Jimi Hendrix, Floetry, TY, Eska, Bilal, Frank Zappa, Matthew Herbert, Mulatu Astatke, Bjork, Debussy, Muhsinah, Joni Mitchell, Sam Beste, Alex Bonfanti, Alice Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Judy Garland, Sondheim, John Lennon, Bobby McFerrin, Arale, Feist, Q-tip, Dorian Concept, Beyonce, Laura Marling, Mother nature, Stravinsky, Big L, The Roots, ?uestlove, Mos Def, David Bowie, Deal Real, Tonex, Lauryn Hill, Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Roy Ayers, Prince, Queen, Madlib, Dudley Perkins, Joanna Newsom, Wildchild, JDilla, Medaphor, PPP,
Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Jack Prideaux, Tiombe Lockhart, Georgia Anne Muldrow, D'angelo, Kirk Franklin, Noisettes, Eric Lau, Mark De Clive Lowe, Bob Marley, Aster Aweke, Tribe Called Quest, Kim Burrell, Jazmine Sullivan, Kev
Brown, J*davey, Flying Lotus, MIA, Nelson Mandela, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, Beatles, Martin Luther King, Ray Charles, Mark De Lessier, Morcheeba, Rolling Stones, Stonesthrow, Mummy and Daddy and much much more
Rahel
is an energetic singer and songwriter. A dynamic performer who electrifies the stage, whether she is performing alongside a full band, solo guitarist or simply acapella, Rahel draws the crowd’s full attention.
Rahel has completed a number of Solo dates and also support UK and European dates with Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow (Stones Throw Records). She is now working on a series of projects (see "Coming Soon" below) which should be completed and due for release late 2007/early 2008.
Highlights:
. February 5th Live Session on the Giles Peterson Show with Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow. Here are some images with, Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, DJ Rags and Rahel during their Radio 1 Radio Interview:
. April 30th ‘I’m Fine’ listed under the for Giles Peterson Word Wide part 1 track listing.
. July 21st Rhyme4Respect @ Deal-Real instore performance aired on MTV Base. Here are some images below. For more info log onto - WWW.RHYME4RESPECT.COM.
Current Discography:
Summer 2006 "Eric Lau present Dudley & Friends" (Fat City Records)
October 2006 Rahel & producer Eric Lau’s "I’m Fine" track appears on the compilation "BROWNSWOOD BUBBLERS” (Brownswood Recordings)
Coming Soon:
Eric Lau’s "New Territories"
"The Comic Strip EP"
Kwes. & Rahel "Untitled EP"
More to be added soon :).....
For demos (CD/MP3), Press Pack, Press Shoots please just ask :).
FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our third LP release...
"Anutha Kinda Brotha" is the debut LP from underground legend ART TERRY. Since moving to the UK from his native Los Angeles in the early 90s, Mr Terry has established himself as one of London's characters.
Describing Art's sound to the uninitiated usually involves debunking some of the stereotypes of what the 'typical' black Californian might play. Despite his jazz training, and coming of age to the sounds of classic soul and funk, these styles are only a part of his musical vision. His fascination with folk styles, classical music, punk rock, pure pop, easy listening, musical theatre and the European avant garde have taken him on different paths from most...
The result is an orchestral pop record full of sonic inventiveness, whether it's the blend of Shuggie Otis's 60s California and Sun Ra's ancient Egypt on 'Bible', Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons leading a mariachi band on 'Escort', or the Walt Disney music box orchestra of 'Miss Dominatrix', but whilst this is very much a sonic feast, we shouldn't overlook Art's extraordinary lyrical adeptness, and the distinctive character this brings to the proceedings, with a knack for unique and colourful imagery, and how like a great short story writer he is able to paint an engaging picture whilst keeping back from casting judgement on his characters, always leaving open ends for the listener to tie; giving us the feeling that however far astray someone might have gone, there is always sympathy and human feeling for them in Art's mind...
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Just to let you know there's a new Blog on the David Mensah Official My Space Page where you can find out about David's latest Newsletter and a big competition we're organizing next month. There’ll be exciting prizes to be won so don't miss out on this occasion :) If you wish, you can subscribe to the Blog on our page to keep up to date with David's news.
Hey There. Just dropping by to let you know Episode 3 of Habesha Life is out. Check this and the other episodes and please leave a comment on www.habeshalife.com. Peace
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our second official LP release...
"Modern Mediaeval" is the third LP from singer-songwriter DAVID GARSIDE, and the first to receive the full Frizz Records vinyl treatment. It’s also clearly the most fully-realised statement of his distinctive vision so far…
It’s an easy route to locate David in the tradition of his ‘classic’ influences (McCartney, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, Love, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Dexy’s…), but there are few songwriters working today that have absorbed these influences so fully, and arrived at a mature style as David has…
This is ’singer-songwriter’ music in the sense that it’s focus is on song-craft and the unfolding of the lyrical vision of a single individual, but if so then it’s definitely at the sophisticated end of the scale (’progressive’ if that term isn’t too loaded…), filed alongside ‘Bryter Layter’, ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’, ‘Pretzel Logic’ or ‘Surf’s Up’...another FRIZZ RECORDS instant classic!
"Modern Mediaeval" can be downloaded from the iTunes Store
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers
Hello x if you did or didn't get the chance to listen to my track Women Of The Wind, I have a Witty Boy UK funky remix of the track & a Lee-Jo Remix of the track on my page. Check it out if you have time and let me know what you think, later sweets byex
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our first official LP release...
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" is the debut release from AUGUST, the London based band centred around the songwriting partnership between vocalist VEDINA MOSE and multi-instrumentalist / producer RAPHAEL MANN (MR HUDSON / JOY JOSEPH / ART TERRY), with master drummer CLEAN CUT MARK and clarinetist / vocalist MAREE CHOIE completing the core line-up, and a supporting cast including ART TERRY (keyboards), SHOHEI KAWAMOTO (AKA Japanese producer Baraki, Bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute), and KAI HOFFMAN (French horn)
Always an act that juggled a diverse set of influences, the album has been compared to artists as diverse as KATE BUSH, PRINCE, DE LA SOUL, SLY STONE, MADLIB, SERGE GAINSBOURG and THE DELFONICS, for its concoction of wild experimentation and traditional song craft, organic production and futuristic electronic touches, funk bass & drums and jazz & orchestral references, infectious melodies and lyrical flights of fancy...with nods towards classic soul, JB funk, Studio One, 60s pop, psychedelia, left field hip hop, new wave, doo wop, tropicalia, high life, & avant garde jazz, without any song ever fitting squarely into any of those categories...new music, basically...and an instant classic!
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" can be downloaded now from the iTunes Store
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP in a sumptuous gatefold sleeve, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers
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