Antique Soul, Eccentric Audio, Full Live Show!
Smoove & Turrell? With John Turrell, a voice to be respected! And producer Smoove for the most inventive soul funk productions since, uh … The Style Council? Simply Red?
Yep, this is a British duo/band. From Newcastle Upon Tyne and you can hear it: this is steaming Northern Soul that also has something to say! With unambiguous titles like'The Revolution Will Be Televised '(!) or 'Beggarman ('s Disco!)'.
There are now two albums on the very credible Jalapeno label: 'Antique Soul' was the 1st CD and now there is finally successor 'Eccentric Audio' (here via Munich Records) with, in the meantime, 'Slow Down' as first smashing single.
Also this attempt at a description: not r'n'b in the current big business meaning of the word but rather militant dance music for those who want to move and want to get things moving.
Fans of The Ghetto, The Bottle... Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone, Edwin Starr... Slow Down, come on up to the ABClub!
Support act will be 74 Miles Away, a funky local trio with mainly the Fender Rhodes as central instrument: Pierre Anckaert, Louis Van De Leest and Eric Paquet plus an occasional extra musician (no, not Chick Corea nor Stevie Wonder either but the groovy sound certainly heads in that direction.)
74 Miles Away - Live Set Rehearsal from Laid Back on Vimeo.