Benoit Delbecq, is a uniquely gifted French pianist and keyboardist. Benoit also creates his own music, resulting in a rhythmically complex, spacious sound that seems to emanate from more than one instrument. He has an impressive performance and recording career of his own littered with awards.
Christophe Minck, otherwise known as 'Disco' on the bass and harp, also has a full time career as a composer and producer. He's also a baaaad singer and he plays a mean classical harp.
Laurent Levesque is a composer and pianist who works across the music industry from movies to publishing his own music books. Laurent is responsible for all the string arangements and programming on both BigLounge albums. Laurent's job on gigs is to keep all the electronic elements of the BigLounge sound rolling along, but he's also an accomplished piano player, taking the chair on Softly and Sissy's Lullaby.
Finally, a British dude joins them as their drummer. Steve Arguelles, another regular performer at Ronnie Scott's. He was one of the founders of Loose Tubes and has also worked in Human Chain with Django Bates. He owns his own record label called Plush based in Paris and continues working with his own project band The Recyclers, with Benoit Delbecq and Disco. Steve and Ashley met in 1979 for the first time. They've stayed friends over the years and Steve is responsible for producing both BigLounge albums, and a scattering of other electro madness tracks.
Influences
mild davis, coal porter, george and ira gershwin, hee haw, francis fjord coppola, bloody gecko, noel 'gang' bangley, amiably in la, temperance 7, bling crosby stills and hash, michael jackson 5 star sailor, george rustle, greed, sex shotguns, starbucks, richard pryor, sly and the family stoned, bandy legged sheppard, heartless lay, carlton bey, the bays, the dock of the bay, the bay itself, and the sewage outlet store. AndHe Williams, marvin gay, (he's gay, and dead) fay wray, (dead) giant hay (stacks)(dead) macey's grey, charlton athletic you're fucking pathetic, QPR! C'mon lads, it's christmas.
Sounds Like
just what you wanted to hear after a hard day out and about.
sit down, take off your shoes, roll up a fat one and let it wash over you, baby.
and it's all, as always, about the love.
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Ashley Slater was born in Schefferville, Canada in 1961, one of the coldest places in the inhabited world. At the age of about 6 months, Ashley, his parents and their cat moved to one of the hottest, Hanford on the edge of the Death Valley in California. He attributes his fairly extreme approach to life to this early experience. In 1977, he moved to Edinburgh, Scotland on his own, and there joined the regimental band of the 1st battalion the Royal Scots as a bass trombonist. He also got his first taste of minor stardom whilst standing in for the lead singer of Northern Irish R&B band Otis and the Elevators. In 1983 after leaving the army, he attended the National Centre for Orchestral Studies, after which he joined the anarchic big band collective "Loose Tubes".
Over the next few years he was the bass and tenor trombonist of choice for the likes of George Russell, Carla Bley, Andrew Poppy, El Sonido de Londres, Billy Jenkins, Django Bates and Andy Sheppard. During this time he also worked as a session musician recording and arranging for The The, Fairground Attraction, Julia Fordham and the Rolling Stones.
After a gig at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London with Loose Tubes, Ashley was approached by Rob Partridge, the then head of the Antilles Label on Island Records. At this time Ashley and a fellow loose tuber, John Eacott had also been singing and writing songs for their funk band project called Microgroove. Their USP was an electric tuba played by one lunged turbo tubaist
Oren Marshall, which gave the band a slightly New Orleans on crap acid feel. Rob heard the demos and was mildly freaked out by Ashley's vocals, which he compared to a 60 year old delta blues singer! They released one album called The Human Groove in 1988.
In 1993, shortly after Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, had remixed one of Microgroove's tunes, (Walkin') they teamed up to form Freakpower and went on to have a number one record in the UK with Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out. Freakpower released two albums, 'Drive Thru Booty' and 'More of Everything for Everybody', also on Island records.
As Cook's Fatboy career took off, Ashley also went his own way and released music through Skint under the alias Dr. Bone. He also contributed vocals to and topline EDP's Sweet Music. He has also recorded with Dimitri from Paris and Rui da Silva and has contributed vocals to Fatboy Slim's albums, and the mighty Krafty Kuts.
After a break of about five years from playing the trombone Ashley was lured back by Gary Crosby from the Jazz Jamaica All Stars. Since then he has toured with Sam Rivers, Hermeto Pascoal, Roy Nathanson's Jazz Passengers,Hugh Masekela and his own band BigLounge. He also recently appeared with Elvis Costello and Debbie Harry at the London Jazz Festival.
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Hiya, Hope you are well. I wanted to let you know that, my single 'Lost Innocence' is out now. You can get it from itunes, and on cd and limited edition vinyl
We hope to chart this week and every single sale counts, it would be great if you would buy the single, that would be fantastic, and even better in all 3 formats! Your support is much appreciated!!!
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Hi Ash, thanks for adding me,Just started work with Thad on the next album,would love you to have a listen.When your phone's dried off give Thad a shout,Give my regards to Sal and the little ones, Peace and love in a yard rude boy.Take care, Ciaran.
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Brother Slater!I see you are in my manor in a few weeks.Not sure if I am free in the evening, but should be around during the day/afternoon - lets hook up. Haz
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