On Saturday, 14th October, Funkdub celebrated its 2nd birthday. It was always going to be difficult to surpass the previous Funkdub Live events at Telfords Warehouse, but by securing one of the UK’s hottest bands, Little Barrie, the night comfortably made it into the pantheon of Deva legend.
ALUMINIUM is an album of avant garde orchestral recordings of music written by Jack White of The White Stripes.
Not a man to rush matters Josh Davis’ third long player, “The Outsider”, the follow up to 2002s “The Private Press” comes out on CD, Gatefold Vinyl & limited edition CD / DVD on the 18th of September. Featuring collaborations with Q-Tip, Kasabian, emcees Keak Da Sneak and Turf Talk amongst others, it’s good to have him back.
Little Barrie are preparing a new single for October 16th and it’ll be released as a limited edition 10″. Read the rest of this entry »
In association with Telfords Warehouse
Funkdub Live Presents…
Stoned Soul Picnic (Hammond Beat)
With DJ Support From Funkdub Residents
Saturday September 16th @ Telfords Warehouse, Chester
FREE before 10pm, £4 thereafter / Band on Stage 10.30pm / Bar open till 1.30am
Stoned Soul Picnic are an instrumental Hammond Organ based combo formed in 1999 by four musicians with a mutual enthusiasm for the funky soul grooves laid down by the likes of The Meters and The Mohawks. With a sound led by swirling Hammond and fatback drums, the band have carved a reputation as a formidable live funk band, with a string of successful festival and club dates across the U.K and Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
”They say you get as long as you need to make your first album, but the second one you get a year!” jokes Lucas McFadden a.k.a Cut Chemist. As a well as a heavy international touring schedule, Cut Chemist spent months recording hundreds of songs before choosing the final twelve for his debut album “The Audience’s Listening” released August 2006 on Warner Records. Read the rest of this entry »
Summer Soul Clash BBQ
NuNorthern Soul vs FunkdubNuNorthern Soul
The NuNorthern Soul Allstars Phat Phil Cooper | Ste Hodge | Phil Charnock | Kwinzola
Funkdub 3DJ & G-Kush
Starting at 2pm til 1am
SOUL FUNK DUB JAZZ DISCO BROKEN BEATS
The Bouverie | 51 Garden Lane | Chester
Finnish producer Janne Hatula is the creator of two separate and unique- yet inexorably linked- musical styles. For each of these he goes under an independent pseudonym: Fanu and FanuSamurai. Your alter-ego allusions are all there: Jekyll and Hyde, Bruce Banner and The Hulk; Saturday night and Sunday morning, take your pick- it all applies. Read the rest of this entry »
Whisper it, but the demise of the peerless Beta Band may be no bad thing, especially since the aliens have landed. Read the rest of this entry »
After dropping two classic mix albums - ‘Boca Play his 45s’ and ‘Boca’s Jukebox’ - Boca 45 emerges with a brand new studio album ‘Vertigo Sounds’.