With their successful first 7” release ‘Steam' and debut single ‘Am I Dreaming?' already starting to send ripples through the funk and soul community in Europe, Laura Vane and The Vipertones begin to power up for their album release, expected in mid August 2009. We proudly present to you an album of dancefloor funk and steamy soul tunes, with an honest, passionate and humble delivery. Support for this exciting new band has come from all angles, from online bloggers and music forums, to BBC Radio dj's such as Jonathan Ross, Mark Lamarr and Craig Charles.
Laura Vane & The Vipertones
Drawn together from both sides of the North Sea, Laura Vane & The Vipertones are a new (although most likely already familiar) group consisting of musicians from various Dutch & UK projects, pooling their respective skills together for this remarkably traditional funk & soul mission. From Holland (Dordrecht near Rotterdam) Phil Martin & Ton Van Der Kolk (AIFF, Soul Snatchers, Jazzinvaders, Unique Records) provide instrumental elegance and obvious talent for developing the grooves and beats fired over the internet from the relentless Jonathan Radford (Diesler//Burnley near Manchester, UK). Finally the music, in its rawest form resides temporarily with Laura Vane (Miss honey-over-sandpaper tones/Brighton, UK) who locks herself away from the modern world to work on the sweet vocals and inspired lyrics.
Musicians
Laura Vane // Jonathan Radford // Ton van der Kolk // Phil Martin
Additional Musicians Frank Montis // Rolf Delfos // Peter Broekhuizen // Cees Trappenburg // Simone Roerade // Katie Holmes // Rob Geboers // Eric van Dijsseldonk
Laura Vane info
Recent Studio collaborations:
The Streets - 'The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living' (Warners/2006) & 'Everything Is Borrowed' (Warners/2008), Diesler - 'Keepie Uppies' (Tru Thoughts/2006) & 'The Rhythm Station' (Freestyle/2007), Part Time Heroes – ‘Meanwhile' LP (Wah Wah 45/2008), Hint - 'At the Dance' EP (Tru Thoughts/2007) & 'Driven to Distraction' LP (Tru Thoughts/2008), Hardkandy - ‘Second to None' LP (Wah Wah 45/2008), Kim Hoorweg – My Recipe for a Happy Life (Verve/2009)
Recent Live Performances
The Streets (The Jonathan Ross Show, UK)
Gnarls Barkley (The legendary Top Of The Pops show)
Omar, Carleen Anderson & Lewis Taylor.
iJazz 2009
Samples of our new Record Kicks single “I’m Sorry (Can I please come home)” & ”The Battle of Yoker” are now up on our Myspace for your delectation. Have a listen!
Le 10 NOVEMBRE 2009 à 20:30 - CHANSON FRANCAISE AVEC MATHIEU BOOGAERTS
Sur son dernier opus « I love you », Mathieu Boogaerts a misé sur la simplicité, l’essentiel en réduisant la voilure sonore : basse, batterie, guitare et synthé, basta. Une nouvelle route s’offre à lui : « Aujourd’hui, je n’ai pas envie qu’on me dise que la musique de I love You est belle, mais qu’elle est sexy ». Cousinage avec l’electro-rock pour certains morceaux ou encore funk-rock mutant né dans les ruines du punk, Mathieu Boogaerts se fait plaisir et nous fait plaisir !
LE 14 NOVEMBRE 2009 à 20:30 - SOUL/JAZZ AVEC RAUL MIDON + JESSY RAMDINE
Seul sur scène, lunettes noires et guitare acoustique, RAUL MIDON bouleverse son public par son picking exceptionnel et ses prouesses vocales hors normes. Habité par le blues, la soul de Stevie Wonder et les arabesques du flamenco, cet artiste unique est à découvrir de toute urgence. En écoute à la médiathèque de Nanterre.www.myspace.com/raulmidon
JESSY RAMDINE, jeune artiste aux influences soul, R’n’b, se trouve très vite une passion pour le gospel et nous envoûte avec sa seule voix et une guitare sèche. En écoute à la médiathèque de Nanterre. www.myspace.com/jessyramdine
A très vite, Musicalement, toute l'équipe de Maison Daniel Féry.
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"DJ Monkey …soul-stirring, excitingly edgy music…just disturbing (read ‘mind-f**king’) enough to demand attention. There is a whole spice rack of auditory flavors here, served up like fractured poetry on a collection of intensely listenable Hallmark cards from Hell."
LEFT TO RIGHT's long anticipated release is finally here! It is signed to Destination? Records, which is also home to AC Slater, Calvertron, Electric Soulside, & several more. Remixes include Autoslide, Mikey Dalton & Tin Dog, and DJ Maxsie & Alex Speaker.