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ZEDD 028LP
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Gatefold double LP version featuring 10 tracks from the double CD. Z Records returns with a long overdue gospel album compiled by David Hill. With disco and funk-induced soul provided many gospel luminaries, plus exclusive edits from Z Records' Joey Negro, Overdose of the Holy Ghost is a shining example of church music that has been influenced by secular soul that was built for the dancefloor. from The Clark Sisters, who are without doubt one of the most successful and prolific family gospel groups of the last 40 years, recorded the title track in 1981 and it would go on to become the group's biggest crossover hit after being licensed to Elektra Records and released internationally in 1983. Gospel artists are well-known for taking popular secular songs -- or riffs from them -- and adapting the lyrics to take the song in a spiritual direction. Kristle uses The Emotions' "Best of My Love" as its foundation, and builds from a slow intro, gradually turning up the heat until it's the dancefloor burner that is "I'll Go." Rahni Harris is primarily known for "Six Million Steps," which became a classic on the early UK jazz-funk scene, but what most don't realize is that "Six Million Steps" is actually the instrumental B-side of the 1977 vocal gospel song originally released on the Inspirational Sounds label. It was only when the track was licensed by Mercury in 1978 that the B-side became the A-side and made its way onto the dancefloors of Essex. "He's My Friend" was recorded a couple of years earlier, when young Rahni was just 21. Also featuring tracks by Dan Greer, Sharon Johnson, Ricky Womack, Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark and The Young Delegation.
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ZEDD 028CD
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Z Records returns with a long overdue gospel album compiled by David Hill. The album leads with a track from The Clark Sisters, who are without doubt one of the most successful and prolific family gospel groups of the last 40 years. Originally released on S.O.G. Records (Sounds of Gospel), Overdose of the Holy Ghost was recorded in 1981 and would go on to become the group's biggest crossover hit after being licensed to Elektra Records and released internationally in 1983. The "Queen of Gospel Music," Shirley Caesar turns in a smoldering, socially-conscious, Philadelphia International inspired groover with "Message to the People." Gospel artists are well-known for taking popular secular songs -- or riffs from them -- and adapting the lyrics to take the song in a spiritual direction. Kristle uses The Emotions' "Best of My Love" as its foundation, and builds from a slow intro, gradually turning up the heat until it's the dancefloor burner that is "I'll Go." Further highlighting gospel music's influence on current music production, we have Norman Weeks & The Revelations' "Hold On" which first appeared on an obscure, and rare, 12" on Rent productions. Rahni Harris is primarily known for "Six Million Steps," which became a classic on the early UK jazz-funk scene, but what most don't realize is that "Six Million Steps" is actually the instrumental B-side of the 1977 vocal gospel song originally released on the Inspirational Sounds label. It was only when the track was licensed by Mercury in 1978 that the B-side became the A-side and made its way onto the dancefloors of Essex. "He's My Friend" was recorded a couple of years earlier, when young Rahni was just 21. With further disco and funk-induced soul provided by BeBe & CeCe Winans, Gloster Williams & Master Control, D.J. Rogers, James Moore, The Dynamic Clark Sisters with Mattie Moss Clark, Sharon Johnson and many more gospel luminaries, plus exclusive edits from David Hill and Z Records' Joey Negro, Overdose of the Holy Ghost is a shining example of church music that has been influenced by secular soul that was built for the dancefloor. David Hill began his music career in 1994 as a member of the Ballistic Brothers, together with Ashley Beedle and Rocky & Diesel of X-Press 2. In 1994 he co-founded the Nuphonic record label that also produced the Sony award-winning London Xpress radio show for Xfm. He continues to work as a music consultant to several record companies and on personal projects such as "Rootikal," the monthly roots reggae night, and has a number of reissue and compilation projects currently in production. He is also currently overseeing the production of a book and an accompanying touring exhibition that will showcase Bill Bernstein's photographs of New York nightlife in the late '70s.
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ZEDD 006CD
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2004 release. Veteran UK electronic producer Dave Lee (aka Joey Negro) is one of the few people who can glide effortlessly from the chilly depths of the "underground" to the moneyfied glitz of commercial music, while keeping both his dignity and his wide-ranging fan-base intact. With members culled from the funkiest ends of Incognito, Jamiroquai and the Kyoto Jazz Massive, The Sunburst Band is unashamedly musical. The first Sunburst Band originally got together in 1998 when they released their first album, the funk-flecked Here Comes the Sunburst Band to widespread critical acclaim. The Face hailed the album as "too infectiously happy to resist" and praised a musical "authenticity which should keep even the purists on the dancefloor." However, band leader Dave Lee's blooming career as one of the UK's most successful electronic producers ignited and diverted him off in many other chart-bound directions, scoring hits not only for himself but also for artists as diverse as Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey with his remix work. Amid a dance music scene which had people returning to straightforward soul or rock and shying away from the worst minimalist excesses of club music, The Sunburst Band returned in 2004 with their second album to provide the UK with the post-dance soundtrack they had all been waiting for. Until The End of Time promotes all the funkier genres ranging from '80s boogie, disco, jazz fusion, go-go as well as some lurvely downtempo tunes. As you'd expect from a band used to working only with the best and wearing their solid funk stripes with pride, the toweringly Afro'd frontman Pete Simpson is joined on the album by the original Chic gals Norma Jean and Lucy Martin, among others.
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ZEDD 013CD
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2008 release. A ragbag delight of boogie, disco, funk and jazz, collaborators on Moving With the Shakers include Harlem soul legend Leroy Burgess, Diane Charlemagne (who sang on Goldie's Inner City Life) and Chaka Khan's sister Taka Boom. Fulltime front-man Pete Simpson is also known for lending his vocal talents to the Unabombers' alias, The Elektrons. Says band founder Dave Lee: "On this third album, I wanted to say something in the songs and avoid the banal lyrics that plague so much dance music." "Journey Intro" opens with live strings and luscious vocals, setting the scene for the 17 track opus. "Our Lives Are Shaped" is a nod towards the East London 2 step soul, sound-system days. Next up is a slinky rework of David Bowie's "Fashion." "Sitting on Top of the World" harks back to the uplifting disco of Earth, Wind And Fire with a message to keep your ego in check, while the stomping "Days Gone By" remembers the innocence of youth.
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ZEDD 009CD
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Subtitled: Classic Eighties Boogie, Soul & Electro-Funk Nuggets. 2006 release. What was the true sound of the underground in UK club land in the early '80s? At a time when most young people from inner cities chose their musical paths -- soul-head, reggae, indie or rock -- and stuck with them 'til they knew better, boogie was the big thing in the UK's clubs. Now, Z Records joins forces with the UK's finest disco historians Joey Negro and Sean P to bring you the essential boogie picks from this often over-looked genre in an ass-shaking double CD. As Sean P says: "The post-disco era represented by boogie was a turbulent and creative time for independent dance music in general and one where the early trends in music technology are easy to spot." So how, you may ask, does boogie differ from its glitzier forbearer, disco? Well it's still a continuation of disco, though dressed up differently. For example, as you'll hear on the CD, its rhythms weren't always the ubiquitous four-to-the-floor. Rather, boogie is all about the groove -- tempo down, or up, the rhythm has to groove. It's a heady blend of disco, funk, soul/R&B, jazz and electronic, fused by and for the party-heads of the day. Among the gems unearthed on this double CD comes the quirky synth-pop of Karen Young, Lowrell Simon's fat-bottomed love odyssey "Love Massage," Carol Sylvian's beefy gospel funk "Think" and Color's life-affirming R&B stormer "Am I Gonna Be the One?" Elsewhere, the compilation showcases the creative and brilliant mixing techniques of top notch producers Shep Pettibone, Butch Ingram and Wayne Braithwaite, alchemists who turned even basic tracks into the kind of complex sonic masterpieces still capable of turning heads even now. This choice selection of over 20 tracks is proof of boogie's versatility and is an essential buy for not just lovers of the post-disco era but anyone interested in a large helping of groove with their music.
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ZEDD 027CD
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After the universally well-received Under the Influence Vol. 1 compiled by Red Greg, Z Records returns with Vol. 2, this time compiled by Paul Phillips. Paul Phillips first got into soul music in the late 1970s with the discovery of radio shows such as Greg Edwards and Mike Allen (Capital Radio), Robbie Vincent (Radio London) and the original soul pirate Radio Invicta. These were discoveries that led him to start his own soul pirate radio station in 1982 and go on to present radio shows on London-based pirate radio station Starpoint FM from 1986 to 1991 and as the official on-site radio station at the Southport Weekenders during the 1990s. Paul is still involved in radio and currently presents his own show on Solar Radio that features the new soul and soulful house releases of the day mixed with the classic and lesser-known soul, funk, jazz, disco and boogie tracks from the last four decades. Paul also continues to travel around the UK and USA in pursuit of collecting soul vinyl, a conviction that this new Under the Influence compilation highlights. The story behind UTI is this -- being a seasoned record collector, Z label boss Dave Lee (Joey Negro) has made the acquaintance of many of the world's other vinyl junkies. People that may be unknown to the general public but are hardcore enthusiasts who have built some of the best collections of soul, funk and disco on the planet. As always with Z Records, they have spent time and money to make the masters sound as good as possible, so if you're a fan of compilations from BBE or Dimitri From Paris and their own Soul of Disco CDs, then this new series will not disappoint. "The vast majority of these releases went unnoticed other than in some cases exposure in their local area of release via local radio airplay and sales, which in some cases would lead to a minor local hit. Admittedly, much of it was in no comparison in terms of quality when placed head-to-head with the slick production sounds of the major labels and were often under-produced, suffered from weak musicianship or were vocally weak, but that wasn't always the case. Quite often well-produced, great songs on these small independent labels would fail commercially due to either lack of promotion, poor distribution or limited pressing runs. This compilation represents some of my favorite soul, funk, disco and '80s club boogie tracks that for one reason or another went totally under the radar at the time of release." --Paul Phillips
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ZEDD 027LP
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Gatefold double LP version. After the universally well-received Under the Influence Vol. 1 compiled by Red Greg, Z Records returns with Vol. 2, this time compiled by Paul Phillips. Paul Phillips first got into soul music in the late 1970s with the discovery of radio shows such as Greg Edwards and Mike Allen (Capital Radio), Robbie Vincent (Radio London) and the original soul pirate Radio Invicta. These were discoveries that led him to start his own soul pirate radio station in 1982 and go on to present radio shows on London-based pirate radio station Starpoint FM from 1986 to 1991 and as the official on-site radio station at the Southport Weekenders during the 1990s. Paul is still involved in radio and currently presents his own show on Solar Radio that features the new soul and soulful house releases of the day mixed with the classic and lesser-known soul, funk, jazz, disco and boogie tracks from the last four decades. Paul also continues to travel around the UK and USA in pursuit of collecting soul vinyl, a conviction that this new Under the Influence compilation highlights. The story behind UTI is this -- being a seasoned record collector, Z label boss Dave Lee (Joey Negro) has made the acquaintance of many of the world's other vinyl junkies. People that may be unknown to the general public but are hardcore enthusiasts who have built some of the best collections of soul, funk and disco on the planet. As always with Z Records, they have spent time and money to make the masters sound as good as possible, so if you're a fan of compilations from BBE or Dimitri From Paris and their own Soul of Disco CDs, then this new series will not disappoint. "The vast majority of these releases went unnoticed other than in some cases exposure in their local area of release via local radio airplay and sales, which in some cases would lead to a minor local hit. Admittedly, much of it was in no comparison in terms of quality when placed head-to-head with the slick production sounds of the major labels and were often under-produced, suffered from weak musicianship or were vocally weak, but that wasn't always the case. Quite often well-produced, great songs on these small independent labels would fail commercially due to either lack of promotion, poor distribution or limited pressing runs. This compilation represents some of my favorite soul, funk, disco and '80s club boogie tracks that for one reason or another went totally under the radar at the time of release." --Paul Phillips
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ZEDD 026LP
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Gatefold 2LP version featuring eight of the 15 tracks from the CD. Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band unleash their highly-anticipated 4th studio album titled The Secret Life of Us on Z Records. Packed with Sunburst signature sounds -- a lush cross-pollinating of hot soul, jazz, funk, electro-boogie and disco dazzlers, The Secret Life of Us is their most exciting adventure into modern soulful music yet. Who could resist the catchy Chic-style disco of the title-track with its story of an illicit affair or the witty, two-step boogie "My Way." Things get jazzier on the moody electro "Jazz the DMX" with Bluenote piano and dubby weirdness. The album also features their glimmering disco-tinged outing, "In the Thick of It," which hit the Traxsource No.1 spot in just four days of release. What is common throughout The Secret Life of Us is the attention to detail and labor of love that's gone into crafting this wonderful collection of fantastic songs, all performed by a truly heavyweight collective of talent. The Secret Life of Us features band members who regularly play live around the world headed by singers Pete Simpson and Donna Gardier. Combine this standard of musicianship with strong songs and Dave's sharp arrangements and you've got a potent brew both in the studio and on the live stage. Joey co-wrote most of the songs with Diane Charlemagne, who many will know from Goldie's Inner City Life.
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ZEDD 001CD
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2008 reissue, originally released in 1998. Here Comes the Sunburst Band is the debut album from Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band aka Tony Remy (guitar), Julian Crampton (bass), Pete Simpson (vocals), Donna Gardier (vocals), Alex Bennett (keys), Dave Lee (programming and production) and Frank Tontoh (drums). They originally got together in 1998 to release the funk-flecked Here Comes the Sunburst Band to widespread critical acclaim. It features the smash singles "Atlantic Forrest," "Ease Your Mind" and the worldwide anthem "Garden of Love," which was licensed everywhere from Dimitri's Playboy Mansion, Clubbers Guide to Ibiza, Mad Styles and Crazy Visions (Louie Vega) to Hed Kandi and also championed by the likes of Timmy Regisford, Louie Vega/MAW, Miguel Migs, Pete Tong, Oliver Lieb, Tony Humphries and David Morales, to name but a few.
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ZEDD 014CD
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2008 release. Doug Willis is the alter ego of Dave Lee (also known as Joey Negro, amongst other names). Dave has been releasing his floor-filling Doug Willis EPs on his Z label since the early '90s. With titles like "Armed and Extremely Douglas," "Doug-ism," "Dougshit," and "Syndrum Syndrome" there is a sense of fun and humor in the music. The tracks themselves are heavy on the funk with hooky vocals, audacious bass lines, acid-tinged synths and clipped guitars. Doug's Disco Brain brings together 20 of the grooviest Doug Willis moments, many of which have never been available on CD before, plus there are a couple of brand-new remixes thrown in. Over the years Doug Willis cuts have been played by just about every house DJ: Gilles Peterson, Pete Tong, Ashley Beedle, Dimitri From Paris, Tony Humphries, Roger Sanchez, Sandy Rivera, Carl Craig, David Morales, Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold, CJ Mackintosh, Pete Heller, Danny Tenaglia, Kenny Dope have all dug some Doug. The full release is a double CD featuring 20 storming cuts. All the tracks are full-length club- and DJ-friendly versions representing exceptional value for your credit crunched pound, dollar, Euro, etc.
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