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Take the bitter with the sweet. NEW!!!
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Take the bitter with the sweet. NEW!!!
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Released: Mar 5, 2011
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In the beginning of 2010, and in such an uncommon place for their soulful passion as Barcelona (Spain), The Excitements have come crashing out the gate delivering a Rhythm and Blues breed of music with a Soul and Rock edge, completely unseen in stages nowadays.
Influenced by the finest black music of the preceeding century, its rhythm section delivers tight backbone, and is complemented by a horn section in the late 50's and early 60's tradition, all of it fronted by the powerful howl of Koko Jean Davis. And so, the Mozambique-born Soul Sister adds her ferocious whirlwind of power and energy, pushing the band towards a territory in which having a good time, dancing and shouting is all that matters.
Etta James, Ike and Tina, early James Brown or Sugar Pie de Santo are only a few names you should expect as the basis to the Excitements' stay-true-to-the-roots sound, which, at this time, you can find on a string of scorching 45s preceeding their inminent LP debut, all of it released on Barcelona's Penniman Records, one of the most important R&B and old school Soul labels around the globe.
So put on your dancin' shoes and join to the groove and energy show of The Excitements, very soon hittin' YOUR town!

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  • Carlos manso

    thnX! 

    1 year ago
  • DJ CAroll

     see u in the north of France in may !!!!! 

    1 year ago
  • moonshoes

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    Hi, thanks for the add !   
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    MOONSHOES The new French Sound of Blue-Eyed Soul !   
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    "BOOGIELAND" Official video with Soul Train :  
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzFWg4sizsI ;
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    1 year ago
  • Madison Street Family

    Great Show Yesterday in Bordeaux !!
    We are a soul funk band from Bordeaux : Madison Street Family, hope to share the stage with you !!

    1 year ago
  • The Mostly Jazz Festival

    Hi friends of Mostly Jazz Festival!

    We just wanted to check that you were heading to the park on 1st, 2nd

    1 year ago
  • Groovebass

    Great music! Thanks for the friendship 

    1 year ago
  • The Mostly Jazz Festival

    Hi friends of Mostly Jazz Festival!

    We just wanted to check that you were heading to the park on 1st, 2nd

    1 year ago
  • sweet home studio

    SAludos!!! 

    2 years ago
  • Nit Jorn

    Excel·lent el concert de divendres passat al Marula! Moltes felicitats i fins ben aviat. :-)

    2 years ago
  • Rockandrockets

    Hello the Excitements, hope your LP will also come out as CD ; I could only find a 7" about you.
    I also hold a blog here :
    http://rockandrockets.bloguez.com/
    All the best, Guillauem /Rockandrockets

    2 years ago
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General Info

  • Genre: R&B / Soul

    Location Barcelona, Es

    Profile Views: 143938

    Last Login: 4/29/2012

    Member Since 3/23/2010

    Record Label Penniman Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .. ..MyGen.. ..Profile Generator.. ........ ........Photo by Dena Flows.... It is significant that our views on music have been turning towards the past in the last years: too much modern-oriented de-humanizing sounds within the musical panorama have made people realize that, maybe, what pop charts are selling as R&B no longer stands for neither Rhythm nor, certainly, Blues; at least in the sense those words were put together musically back in the day. .... Therefore, only a handful of musicians have stayed true to the roots of R&B and Soul in its original conception: music to make you dance, sweat, dream, love and forget about today's worries. And one group who certainly stands for that motto, more than anyone else, is The Excitements. .... Their story may not vary that much from others, in the sense that they do not arrive as new-comers: they emerge from a crossing of paths. The core of the band is formed by members of several spanish R&B and Blues bands, such as The Fabulous Ottomans, which joined musicians from other jazz and soul-jazz combos and big bands from Barcelona, all of them having toured extensively around Europe and US (for example, lead guitar Pere Puertas spent more than a year in Texas backing up Miss Lavelle White, Hubert Sumlin and Bob Margolin (former member of Muddy Water's band) among other blues legends), and having shared stage and/or recorded with such artists as Nathaniel Mayer, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Betty Harris, Speedo and the Cadillacs and Melvin Davis, to name just a few. .... And talking about their Rhythm and Soul fixation, The Excitements turn on audiences getting down to the real nitty gritty, paying their respects to such legends as early Ike and Tina Turner, Etta James, Sugar Pie de Santo and the hardest working man in show business, James Brown, plus several unique artists that formed the late 50's and early 60's black music explosion in the US and abroad. The band stays true to a sound and a brand you might label "old school", but looking towards the NOW. .... Regarding band members' origins, the most unique one may well be Koko Jean's. Born in Mozambique, lead singer Koko Jean Davis soon moved with part of his family to mid-west USA, where at a young age showed interest and a flourishing talent towards singing, either as part of gospel-choirs, small highschool bands and any job that could take her up to a bandstand or stage. During her college years, she was usually in demand for shows at small clubs ranging from blues and rock acts, to hip-hop, jazz and bossa-nova, the latest being an interest she carried on and expanded soon after, when she moved to Brazil and stayed there for a few years. Finally, she established in Barcelona, hoping the musical atmosphere of the city would at last help her find a full-time musical project, a thing she certainly found in what Adria Gual (rhythm guitar), Daniel Segura (bass guitar, both former members of The Fabulous Ottomans) and Xavi Ayala (drummer on several soul-jazz combos) had to offer. .... Ranging from a raspy tone to a soft blues-driven powerful howl, Koko Jean's voice is a distinguished asset and fits perfectly with the raunchy backbone The Excitements provide as they run through their R&B revue which stands on its own: a real "exciting" show, we may say!<br><br><br><object classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' width='640' height='398' id='EVP3531830IE'><param name='movie' value='http://www.tv3.cat/ria/players/3ac/evp/Main.swf'></param><param name='scale' value='noscale'></param><param name='align' value='tl'></param><param name='swliveconnect' value='true'></param><param name='menu' value='true'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><param name='FlashVars' value='instancename=playerEVP_0_3531830&minimal=false&refreshlock=true&themepath=themes/evp_advanced.swf&backgroundColor=#ffffff&videoid=3531830&basepath=http://www.tv3.cat/ria/players/3ac/evp/&autostart=false&xtm=true&basepath=http://www.tv3.cat/ria/players/3ac/evp/&xtm=true'></param><embed width='640' height='398' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://www.tv3.cat/ria/players/3ac/evp/Main.swf' id='EVP3531830' scale='noscale' name='EVP3531830' salign='tl' swliveconnect='true' menu='true' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' wmode='transparent' FlashVars='instancename=playerEVP_0_3531830&minimal=false&refreshlock=true&themepath=themes/evp_advanced.swf&backgroundColor=#ffffff&videoid=3531830&basepath=http://www.tv3.cat/ria/players/3ac/evp/&autostart=false&xtm=true&basepath=http://www.tv3.cat/ria/players/3ac/evp/&xtm=true'></embed></object>

  • Members

    EUROPE BOOKING EXCEPT SPAIN:..http://www.base-productions.com/............After the success of their first 45 RPM, "You'd Better Stop" --which sold out just a month after being released—, and their first tour, here comes the Excitements' second single, at a moment when the band is about to embark in their first European dates and to perform backing legendary soul icon Barbara Lynn. Their debut took the world by surprise ("beware: this is not an oldie but a brand new tune that is going to take the R&B collectors scene by storm", the press has said), and it's likely that this new release will achieve similar immediate results... Recorded over the same session and also produced by Mike Mariconda, these two astonishing numbers offer a taste of their soon-to-be-released first album. Expect the best from the flip side: a tremendous rendition of Pearl Woods' "Right Now."....Penniman Records.. .... The Excitements are:.... Koko Jean Davis - Lead vocals.. Pere Puertas - Lead Guitar.. Adrià Gual - Rhythm Guitar.. Daniel Segura - Bass Guitar.. Marc Lloret - Alto sax.. Nicolás Rodriguez-Jauregui - Baritone sax.. Xavi Ayala - Drums...... ..JOIN US ON................

  • Influences

    Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, Etta James, Pearl Woods, Sugar Pie de Santo, Rufus Thomas, Nathaniel Mayer...

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