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| | 2008-12-14 12:26:05 | | | Chanan Hanspal "It's Only Just A Garden" Original / Yam Who? Rework | Epic orchestral intro to the soul jazz grooves featuring Imaani from Incognito tearing it up on lead vocals.
Jazz guitar supremo Chanan Hanpsal has had a successful career in music working with Kylie, Geri Halliwell, Jamiroquai, Valerie Etienne, Questlove, Adam F and touring the world with 23 Skidoo. And now he has written, recorded, arranged, and produced “It’s Only Just A Garden” for Here And Now Recordings.
Imaani lead vocalist with Incognito and following in the footsteps of Carleen Anderson and Jocelyn Brown delivers the perfectly fitting lead vocals with her rich tones. It’s obvious Chanan wrote the track with her in mind.
Charlie Creed-Miles features on drums. His background as an actor saw Luc Besson cast him in the Fifth Element and then had a leading role in Gary Oldman’s Nil By Mouth. He also fronts the band North Of Ping pong. They sound like a modern day Blockheads!
Backing vocals are by Debbie French who has sung extensive with Joey Negro and also faithless, Jon Cutler, Ultra Nate and Acid Jazz group Raw Stylus.
Sarah Button has played violin on recordings Jill Scott, New Sector Movements, on many 4 Hero tracks and for Placebo too. Natalie Bonner, also on violin has, worked with Max Richter and David McAlmont amongst others.
Trumpeter Arden Hart had played and worked with Chaka Khan, James Taylor Quartet, James Mason, Massive Attack, Gwen McCrae, Take That, Brand New Heavies and many many more.
And Jane Tuff who features on clarinet has played with many bands from the Acid Jazz days on clarinet and saxophone too.
Andy Panayi is on flute. He was no stranger to Here And Now Recordings having played flute and saxophone on much of the Funkanala stuff!
Yam Who? remixers of Grace Jones, Joss Stone, John Legend, Dwele, Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq and many more flip the script creating a retro boogie masterpiece. Reverso 68 and LSB’s Pete Herebert commented “sounds like Maurice Fulton meets Atlantic Starr”
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| | 2008-12-14 12:23:32 | | | DJD, Chaz Jankel & Angie Brown "Into The Night", "Dusk" and "Dawn" | DJD aka dominic dawson is no stranger to House Music having been writing, recording and producing it since the mid 1990s and releasing tunes on such labels as Defected, Zoom, Strictly Rhythm, Guidance and now Here And Now Recordings.
Chaz Jankel has had an exceptional career in music since the 1970s when the multi-instrumentalist and co-writer in Ian Dury and the Blockheads penned such hits as Sex & Drug & Rock & Roll, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Reasons to Be Cheerful plus solo recordings Glad to Know You, 3000000 Synths and Ai No Corrida which Quincy Jones, producer of Michael Jackson Off the Wall and Thriller, covered taking it to worldwide success. 2008 has seen Chaz Jankel writing with Robbie Williams in place of Guy Chambers!
Angie Brown, uk soul and house vocal sensation has worked with everyone from The Rolling Stones to Chaka Khan to Copyright and even sang on the Mark Morrison one hit wonder Return Of The Mack!
Together they are responsible of the hands-in-the-air soul-house anthem Into The Night, which Chaz Jankel plays keyboards, bass and guitar on whilst DJD arranged produced it and Angie Brown provides the soul vocals. This is what collaborations are all about!
Supporting Into The Night are 2 lovely jazz-hip hop instrumentals showcasing Chaz Jankel on piano, bass and guitar again with DJD on arrangement, percussion and production duties
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| | 2008-12-14 12:22:48 | | | MOTIVATORS "Jobu" / "Le Groove de Prune" | MANU DIBANGO’s rhythm section star in this 100% live session recorded in both Paris and the FAZE ACTION studio, London! From REEL PEOPLE, Hannah Kemoh features on vocals plus a brass section of MAX GRUNHARD and Scott Baylis from the QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA and IMPOSSIBLE ARK RECORDS.
KEVIN EADLE has repeatedly played “Le Groove de Prune” on Solar Radio and also getting plays on the CRAIG CHARLES SOUL & FUNK SHOW on BBC 6 MUSIC! “Jobu” is getting radio play from Adrian Leach and Mark Taylor on the HAPPY JAZZ show.
On the HERE side “Jobu” is an upbeat cosmic jazz funk extravaganza constantly evolving to a fantastic climax. Think ESG meets Arthur Russell meets The Headhunters meets Innerzone Orchestra. We challenge you to categorize this! The NOW side’s “Le Groove de Prune” is a fresh driving afrobeat mover with chants and scats from Hannah and Noel Ekwabi (Manu Dibango’s bass player) plus more horn from Scott and Max! To complete the recipe we have Conti Bilongs’s driving drums and the keyboard wizardry from Afrika Mkhize. There is some serious esp shit going down with this rhythm section; musically they know each other inside-out!
Both the HERE and the NOW side also getting dj support from the likes of Dom Servini from WAH WAH 45s, Tom Wieland from LES GAMMAS, Chris from SOFT ROCKS, FAZE ACTION, YAM WHO, SHANNON HARRIS from URBANICITY, Young Lee from OK_MA, Andy Newcombe from DIAL MUSIC and Rob Coley from SOUL IDENTITY!
It is both written, arranged and produced by the very talented Steve Laviers, organizer and resident dj of the Funk4Food parties in London and Paris. These parties have seen such notable guests as CITIZEN KANE, Qool DJ Marv, The IDJUT BOYS, Martin Brew, JC from Here and Now Recordings and many more!
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