I've started by being involved in The Funk Food Family project (parties and writter for the website which is now active again). Since 2004, I've been helping my bro to run an independant record label called Soul Cookers Records. I'm also involved in the Organization of the Soul Cookers Festival called Saint Paul Soul Jazz.
Interests: collecting vinyls, fashion ( clothes, accessories ), movies, football, Marvels, landscape gardening and DIY/
MUSIC : Hard Funk, Raw Soul, Blaxploitation, Funky Soundtracks/
Movies: Bullit, Superfly, Black belt Jones, Slaughter, Hitman, Cool Breeze.../
Television: Starsky and Hutch, The 6 million Dollar Man, The Streets of San Francisco... everything that is Super Funky/
Books: "What it is what it was", "James Brown, l'Amérique noire, la Soul et le Funk"/
Heroes: Super Heroes from Marvel
FUNKY AS HELL : MY FAV TV SERIES
Hi - a few things to keep you up-to-date with in our world:
First we release our first single - a double A sided 7 inch "The Contessa" / "Snake Charmer" Sept 26 on dctone records, you can get it from www.dcfontana.com.
The same day we play a special show in central London - our album launch & celebration gig @ 229 The Venue (opposite Regent's Park on Gt. Portland Street) with an enlarged line up & featuring special guests, followed by an all-nighter:
The debut album itself, "SIX AGAINST EIGHT" will be out sometime in October (we hope)....
This Saturday (SEPT 12) we play our next Birmingham show:
On Sunday (13th) we also play Bullit in Tamworth and finally we play with ex-Can frontman DAMO SUZUKI @ The Underbelly in London on Weds Sept 30
Don't miss the auction on friday Sept 18th @ Meanie Bar, Reeperbahn,
Hamburg, Germany. Tommy Rock A Shacka (JP) will open his
record vaults and sell some rarities!!
keep spreading good and amazing sounds! Funky Seventy thanks ahead of time... by Spreading the its Funk&Soul... Peace... Hugs Funky Greetings www.cdbaby.com/cd/funkyseventy
Je pourrais pas être des votres cette année mais le coeur y sera ! Découvert Will Bernard Trio (http://www.myspace.com/willbernard) par hasard à Vienne hier : ils feraient une excellente alternative à Fast3 pour le SPSJ !!!