J.Johnston - (Vocals, Guitar)
Alexander Johnston - (Producer, Keys, Drums, vox)
Doc Calcott - (Lead Guitar, Vox)
Dickie Redfern - (Keys, Vox)
Gareth Bourne - (Bass, Trumpet)
Bob Marsh - (Trumpet, French Horn, Cornet)
Bruce Hunnisett (Tenor, Soprano Sax, Flute)
Influences
Sly and the family stone, Bill withers, The black crowes, A tribe called quest, Pearl Jam, Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Henry Mancini, jurassic 5, Led zeppelin, 70's funk and soul, Brian Wilson,the dave matthews band, sheryl crow, the doobie brothers, rare earth, hip hop, rock, funky house, michael macdonald, michael jackson, The Doors, jazz, thomas newman, inxs, johnn williams (composer), quincy jones, wu-tang, method man, peter gabriel, zero 7, aretha franklin, fun lovin criminals, ray charles, harry connick jnr, stevie wonder, janes addiction, Ennio Morricone, Eumir Deodato
Sounds Like
Sounds Like Mamma Freedom...........It's big beats, hard dark moody riffs and cinematic strings one side, emotive warm uplifting soul on the other
Likened to a split personality, they knock you out with one hand while picking you up with the other, like watching a storm flatten a building, with anger and fury one minute, then seeing the sun break through the next. From chaotic to calm in the beat of a drum. A lethal combination of heavy, moody, hard driven, beat laden funk rock and hip-hop and soaring, warming, uplifting soul with raunchy blues.
Mix in a heavy Sly and the family stone 70's funk influence, Zeppelin / Black Crowes Style drive, soaring cinematic strings and powerful harmonies weaved together by Producer Alexander Johnston using his unique production styles and wall of sound and delivered by Singer/brother J, whose gravel driven, velvet tinged, soul soaked voice scales effortlessly through the range of life..s emotions. They are selling out venues, playing to capacity crowds and sending them home happy with a tight, explosive live show and have gained the reputation as one of the best bands in the UK. After taking Hollywood by storm recently with US Record company meetings and possible Film scores the band are now being managed in the US by the Carlini group whose artists include world famous oscar winning composer Ennio Morricone, Eumir Deodato and Keith Emerson, they have set up a base there and are lucky enough to have recently teamed up with world renowned Mixer/Engineer Tom Fletcher who is working with the band in various capacities and amazing rapper Trey-P the newest member of the family who will be collaborating with the band. Already and influence on their peers and having playboy playmates and Hollywood actors and film producers as fans, having their music played in the most exclusive Hollywood night clubs, averaging 200 plays a day on Myspace, over 20,000 in 5 months and having to tour the UK fully to satisfy demand.
Mamma Freedom are already drawing rave reviews and have a fan base worldwide due to the success of mammafreedom.com. Mamma Freedom will be touring 2007 .
"Superb 7 strong Mancunian Funk/Rock task force" - Bristol Metro
"Genuinely thrilling" - Manchester Metro
"Most of you already know who these are" - Paul O'Brien Manchester Online
"Brilliant!" - Manchester Evening News
"The hardest working band around" - City Life
"Those boys are amazing! I listen to them all the time" - Diora Baird Hollywood actress and Playboy 2005 playmate
"These boys are monsters, hugely talented" - James McCeachin Actor, Writer and discoverer of Otis Redding
"7 Piece Orchestra!" - Daddy Fresh Music
"One of the best bands in the country" - Pulse rated
"WOW! Fantastic" - City Beat Radio
"Brilliant! I absolutley love it!" - Clint Boon XFM
"A Hurricane of a band, We've never been so excited about a band" - PRS -MCPS
"They could be as big as anyone ever!" - Tom Fletcher Engineer Toto, Don Henley, Ozzy Osbourne
Contact:
Worldwide Management
Charles Carlini
Carlini Group
445 Park Avenue
9th Floor
New York, NY 10022
US Call:
(212) 714 7722 vox
(212) 202 7579 fax
UK Call:
(+44) 020 7084 6330
US Mobile:
001 9174064045
www.thecarlinigroup.com
info@carlinigroup.com
Music
Alexander Johnston (Executive Producer and head of CMI)
CMI Music Group
The Voodoo Suite Studio
Suite 12
New Islington Mill
Regent trading estate
Oldfield Road
Manchester
M5 4DE
00 44 (0)161 834 3434
00 44 07740 361-376
www.cmimusicgroup.com
alex@cmimusicgroup.com
www.mammafreedom.com
info@mammafreedom.com
www.myspace.com/mammafreedom
www.thevoodoosuite.com
info@thevoodoosuite.com
Lawrence Ayers
CMI USA
Hollywood
CA
00 1 818 605 8713
producer777@yahoo.com
hey lads u guys sound great. u have at least one fan in australia. congrats! if im ever in manchester ill try an get to a gig :-D in the meantime, feel free to check out some aussie indie music. us colonials have come a long way, eh what? kudos chaps. you've got some real pucker tunes.
