giancarlo mura: drums stefano ciuffi: guitarz giuseppe russo: sax genzo okabe: sampling and programming
影響
James Brown - Stevie Wonder - P-Funk - Aretha Franklin - Jill Scott - Lauryn Hill - Tammy Paine - Sly & the Family Stone - Mandrill - Rufus & Chaka Khan - Stax Funk - The Commitments - Herbie Hancock - Headhunters - Lamb - Massive Attack - Incognito - Freakpower - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Roni Size & Reprazent - Prince - Me'shell Ndegeocello - Smith & Mighty - Zero Seven - Dzihan and Kamien - O'Jays - Weather Report - Led Zeppelin - Ohio Players - Gil Scott Heron - Tower of Power - Maceo Parker - Maysa Leak - Curtis Mayfield - Red Snapper - Morcheeba - Average White Band - Cameo - Billy Cobham - Bill Withers - Marvin Gaye - Tower of Power - Casino Royale - The Roots - Cinematic Orchestra - Markus Miller - Nitin Sawhney - Dave Matthews Band - Erykah Badu - Guru's Jazzmatazz - Brand New Heavies - Isaac Hayes - Jungle Funk - Kool & the Gang (early periods only) - Stereo MC's ...
風格近似
Lamb meeting Tower of Power while jammin' with Red Hot Chili Peppers
The urbanSoul Project. Two singers, the classical rock quartet, alto sax and a wide use of analog synthetizers are the source of Urban Soul's live sound.
The two voices are involved together to create complex harmonies; the quartet's job, together with the alto sax, is to funk the house; a non-trivial set of cuts and loops, sometimes coupled with live percussion, completes a wide spectrum of sounds which faces every day the challenge to mix harmonic research with physical movement, dance with melodies.
BIO - The urbanSoulband was formed in 2000, and the main task of the early periods was to blend the diverse experiences and musical backgrounds of the members in a straight and close funky style.In summer 2001, Urban Soul release their first self-produced CD and bring their songs on outstanding Rome stages (Il Locale, Classico Village, Big Mama, Bush, Sonica, Jailbreak, Circolo degli Artisti), and in prestigious locations all over Italy (Napoli Strit Festival, Portacomarock, Spazio Giovani 2003, Arezzo Wave Lazio 2002 and 2003, SpaghettiMusic 2002).
After recording their second mini-CD, Fun2k in summer 2002, starting from early 2003 the Urban Soul toured the new songs among pretty all the top musical scenes in Rome and underground festivals around the country. The programmatic title of the album, synthesizing the mixture of funk and new millennium dance sonorities, has been for a while the label under which the band got widely known in the Italian underground circuit. Various tracks included in the CD have been played on cool radios in Rome like Radio Centro Suono (Black Music Station), Radio Citta' Aperta, and for two year sin a row Urban Soul had songs played in the number one public radio in Italy, Radio 1 Rai.
Urban Soul were selected to represent Italian Contemporary Music at XI Biennial of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean (www.bjcem.org), set in Athens, Greece, june 6th-15th, 2003. During the gig of june 11th, more than 1500 people gathered together, grooving and dancing with the band's sound, and, as many of the participants and organizers said, the gig was one of the most exciting moments of the entire festival.
During 2004, the interaction with musicians and djs of the Roman clubbing scene resulted in the co-production of the dance song Sweet Love with Francesco Gazzara, leader of the worldwide known acid-jazz band Gazzara. The song features in the compilation "Slowly Cafe", mixed by Jacopo Corazza.
Right after, Urban Soul started writing the songs for a new big album project, and decide to quit every live activity until the CD is issued. It is at this moment that some of the band members leave the band, that remains formed of only 3 of the original 7 elements.
Starting June 2005, the band enters in studio for the first recording sessions of the new album, UNO, to be released by the independent label Millennium Music.
At the end of the summer, non-musical reasons bring two thirds of the band to work and live in New York, thus slowing down the post-production process of the album.
Nonetheless, after 2 years of hard work, the CD has been released June, 24th 2007.
The new album has been presented to the public during a spectacular live set at Villa Lais, Rome, featuring the band playing with a full brass section, after more than 3 years of absence from the stage. A few weeks later, the band plays again with a more traditional line-up at Big Bang, 07/07, always in Rome. A new italian tour is currently being set up for late december 07/january 08.
Keep in touch for news and live sets, check us out on on our website www.urbansoul.it, or on MySpace: www.myspace.com/urbansoulband.
urbanSoul - Keep Groovin'
Sabato 21.11.09 PLAY THE MUSIC on Tour TRIESTE @ STABILIMENTO AUSONIA, Trieste INTERNATIONAL TALENT & DIFFERENT GROOVES presents PLAY THE MUSIC on Tour Trieste --- 21.11.09 special guest DAVE CLARKE - U.K. ABNORMAL BOYZ (Splitsound Rec.- International Talent) - NAPOLI ANTONIO PEPE (International Talent) - NAPOLI A-LEX & MATT KEYL (Different Grooves) - TRIESTE
Sabato 31.10.09 PLAY THE MUSIC ....CLUBCLASS .... TUSCANY .... 2ndAct*** @PRIME CLUB, Valdarno HARMONY FLORENCE presents PLAY THE MUSIC CLUB CLASS TUSCANY --- 31.10.09 HALLOWEEN EVENT special guest from Sino. Rec > TECHNASIA from PTM crew > ANTONIO PEPE from Prime RIKI M.A.R.E.K. meet TECHFLOOR ZENO VS LUCA MANNINI
Sabato 24.10.09 PLAY THE MUSIC ....CLUBCLASS .... NAPLES .... 2ndAct*** @ EL DIVINO CLUB ***Dj MURPHY || UTO KAREM || FLAVIO DIAZ | Don't miss it...!!!
It's PLAY THE MUSIC...club class Tuscany ...Sabato 10 10 09 Official Winter Opening @ PRIME...: Joseph Capriati || Flavio Diaz || Giacomo Calusi || Dj Deaf || Don't miss it...!!!
It's PLAY THE MUSIC...club class naples...Sabato 03 10 09 Official Winter Opening @ ELDIVINO...: SINO LIVE (Technasia & Dosem) || Marko Nastic || Abnormal Boyz || Dj Deaf || Don't miss it...!!!
05_09_09_PLAY THE MUSIC CLOSING PARTY @ OLD RIVER PARK: DAVE CLARKE, JORIS VOORN Live, STEVE RACHMAD, RINO CERRONE vs MARKANTONIO, ABNORMAL BOYZ, FLAVIO DIAZ, ANTONIO PEPE !!!
05_09_09_PLAY THE MUSIC CLOSING PARTY @ OLD RIVER PARK: DAVE CLARKE, JORIS VOORN Live, STEVE RACHMAD, RINO CERRONE vs MARKANTONIO, ABNORMAL BOYZ, FLAVIO DIAZ, ANTONIO PEPE !!!
Check out Mindstorm and Glide's newest DrumnBass release on Mindstorm Records "Future Music Sessions Volume 1". It features 4 tracks starting off with Mindstorm offering up some of the old sounds of DnB with "Destiny" and "Sudden Movement" followed by Glide bringing the new and current sound with his tunes "Funkadelicious" and "Apoptosis". Definately a favorite for old and new school fans alike. Hope you enjoy and thanks for the support, cheers!
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