David Bowie ‘Ashes To Ashes,’ Stevie Wonder ‘Jesus Children Of America,’ Gil Scott-Heron ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,’ Billie Holiday ‘Gloomy Sunday,’ The Beatles ‘Here, There & Everywhere,’ Prince ‘Ballad Of Dorothy Parker,’ Public Enemy ‘By The Time I Get To Arizona,’ Iggy Pop ‘The Passenger,’ Fred Wesley ‘Little Boy Black,’ Lee Morgan ‘The Procrastinator,’ Sly Stone ‘Time For Livin’,’ Radiohead ‘Just,’ Tom Ze ‘Augusta,’ John Barry & Nancy Wilson ‘You Only Live Twice,’ David Bowie ‘Letter To Hermione,’ Aretha Franklin ‘I say A Little Prayer For You,’ The Velvet Underground ‘Stephanie Says,’ Curtis Mayfield ‘Blue Monday People,’ Stevie Wonder ‘Ordinary Pain,’ The Beatles ‘I Am The Walrus,’ Arnold Schoenberg ‘Verklärte Nacht– conducted by Pierre Boulez,’ Bob Dylan ‘Visions Of Johanna,’ Charles Mingus ‘Far Wells, Mill Valley,’ Cannibal Ox ‘Iron Galaxy,’ James Brown ‘It’s A New Day,’ Eric B. & Rakim ‘I Know You Got Soul,’ Miles Davis ‘Blue In Green,’ Duke Pearson ‘Sweet Honey Bee,’ Sly Stone ‘If It Were Left Up To Me,’ Bob Marley ‘Real Situation,’ A Tribe Called Quest ‘Steve Biko,’ Graham Central Station ‘Today,’ etc…
Sounds Like
"Like the Beatles in a pub brawl with the Neptunes, excellent!"
Quantic / Tru Thoughts, UK
NOUVEAU CLIP : RAID THE RADIO
Réalisé par Arno Salters
General Elektriks is the brainchild of Hervé ‘RV’ Salters. A French national and a keen vintage keyboard player, Salters was playing keys for his bands and for various artists in Paris (Femi Kuti, M, DJ Mehdi etc…) before he moved to San Francisco in 1999.
He sarted working on funk collages as he was moving to the US, using his favorite keyboards, a computer and a mic. GE became a musical journal that followed RV through his move to Seattle, then back to the Bay Area, in Berkeley, where he currently resides. There, he hooked up with the Quannum crew (Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, DJ Shadow…) and started sessioning for them. He invited Quannum’s own Lateef The Truthspeaker and Chief Xcel on a few tracks, then completed the 1st GE album, ‘Cliquety Kliqk.’ Hailed by URB as ‘Ennio Morricone for the 21st century,’ the album is a far out mix of vintage funk, hip hop beats, noir riffs, cinematic arrangements, pop melodies and digital twinkle.
After touring behind the album, Salters joined Blackalicious in the studio to work on ‘The Craft’ and toured with them for over a year. Concurrently, he formed San Francisco trio Honeycut with singer Bart Davenport and drummer/programmer Tony Sevener. Quannum Projects released their critically acclaimed 1st album, ‘The Day I Turned To Glass,’ in 2006. As he was touring with Honeycut and laying keys down for more artists (Lifesavas, Curumin,, Jel, The Mighty Underdogs, etc…), Salters started working on a second GE effort. ‘Good city for dreamers’ was completed in the fall of 2008. On 'Good City,' RV whips up his own take on psychedelia, one where future soul, oldschool pop, sampling, indie rock, hip hop and free jazz make sparkles as they collide. In doing so, the French expatriate joins the growing ranks of artists who are citizens of the world, nomads who create a sonic landscape that feeds as much on their origins as it does on their travels.
Merci pour le concert d'hier à l'Ampli !! C'etait fabuleux et magique !! ça fesait très longtemp que j'avais pas vu un concert de cette qualitée musiquale et scènique ! Bravoooooooooooooo !!!!!
merci pour le concert,merci d'avoir partager,avec sincerite ce moment groooOOOOoooovVVVVvvintagerockHIPpOp (hey je viens d'inventer un nouveau terme pour ta musique ;-) merci pour ce concert,ni trop long ni trop court,super efficace,pas de parlottes incessantes entre les morceaux... que du bon(enfi,...... que du "que j'aime") a bientot bonne route.
Merci pour cet univers musical pétillant et addictif. Les clips sont aussi super beaux, félicitation au frangin. Dégoutée de vous avoir ratés à l'atelier 210. P-e sûrement au grand mix. bonne continuation et longue vie inspirée. Xiao Neko
Hi, thanks for the add ! We have two new songs on myspace : TWO ROADS and CITY LIGHTS. It would be great if you find time to listen to them and to share your opinion with us ! Thanks a lot !
salut, RV juste un passage éclaire pour te communiquer tout mon respect, " Take back the instant " est un titre vraiment BUENISSIMO!!!!!! merci encore pour la vib's et le message de " Raid the radio " ( on se sent moins seul a penser la même chose ) enfin Big up pour el Señor Salters et son travail sur le vidéo clip.
Faites nous signe quand vous descendez sur Barcelona, on sera au R.D.V.
Peace...et que la route soit bonne encore longtemps pour toi et l'ensemble de ton groupe
Sacré passage sur Taratata! Ca fait longtemps que la télé a abandonné les groupes audacieux, et pour une fois un peu de courage n'a pas fait de mal, bien au contraire. Les morceaux sont géniaux, en même temps vous avez un des meilleurs guitaristes!! Alors j'espère vous voir en concert bientôt, et ciao à Eric (passe quand tu veux!)
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Peace, Love
