Jules Brookes, Ron Aslan, Donna Gardier, Deborah Ffrench plus many other talented players during the various line ups. If I forget anyone please get in touch, say hi and remind me!
Drums: Andrew Missingham, Perry Melius
Bass: Yolanda Charles, Jerry Brown, John MacKenzie
Guitar: Nemo Jones
Keys: Rikki Reid, Ski Oakenfull
Backup vocals: Angela Murrell, Lucy Vandi, Sam Brown, Shannon
Brass: Andy Ross, Neil Yates, Matt Coleman, Micky Ball
Influences
Soul II Soul; Steely Dan, James Brown, Santana, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Massive Attack, D:Angelo; loads more
Sounds Like
Early 12"s: Class-A Sound System Soul. Album: Classy soul/jazz.
The original Raw Stylus was 'Class-A Sound System Soul'. Ron Aslan and me, Jules Brookes, released white label vinyl records into the funky London club scene which bloomed post Soul II Soul in the early 90's. 'Pushing Against The Flow' was a big underground tune and later became the title track of the album. Giles Petersen named it his track of the year and Paul Weller claimed it 'should have been a No.1 record' in The Face. Other early singles were: Bright Lights, Big cities; Many Ways (Mo' Wax); Use Me (Acid Jazz). After original singer Debbie Ffrench left it took a couple of years to find a replacement but we did with the wonderful Donna Gardier. At the end of this period, we recorded an album in the US on Geffen Records who insisted that Steely Dan producer Gary Katz got involved. I didn't mind at all being a big Steely Dan fan. The music became more live orientated and we churned out a great record - which was timeless but not particularly commercial. It is filled with musical talent like Bernard Purdie, Donald Fagen, Randy Brecker as well as many cool players from the 90's London and New York Acid Jazz scenes. A US Billboard dance music No.1 single, 'Believe In Me' came off this album. We were signed to Geffen in the US who were busy promoting Beck and Wu-Tang Clan and didnt really take much notice of us. We called it a day after touring up till the end of '98. Donna went on to join Sting's back up band, Jules is MD of a music college (www.pointblanklondon.com) whilst Ron relocated to Thailand where he heads up a design company, Cha Cha Supermarket (www.chachasupermarket.com).
If you want to support me, buy or download the instrumental solo drumming cd “Drums Music” from Peter Hasler’s Kitchen over cdbaby.com or amazon.com. Songs to download are available on itunes.com.
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