The New Mastersounds
NewMusicForOldFolks says …
As a middle class, middle-aged guy from the midwest, I have never been accused of being funky. But I know good Funk when I hear it, and these guys are making some of the best going right now. Sometimes, it's amazing to me the different kinds of sound you can get out of a four-piece band. Guitar, drums, bass and keyboards can give you anything from gut-bucket Blues to high-energy Funks and everything in between. The four Brits in this band have been doing is since the turn of the century and they're out on tour right now. Check them out if they're coming anywhere near you. The newest album, Renewable Energy, is worth a couple of dozen listens as well.
Artist's Info
Website: newmastersounds.com
See them live: Tour dates
Record company: One Note Records
Genre: Funk
If you like this, look into: Galactic, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Dumpstaphunk
Bio (From the artist's Website)
In the late 1990’s, guitarist and producer Eddie Roberts was running a club night in Leeds called “The Cooker.” When The Cooker moved into a new venue with a second floor in 1999, there was space and the opportunity to put a live band together to complement the DJ sets. Simon Allen and Eddie had played together in 1997 as The Mastersounds, though with a different bassist and no organ. Through friends and the intimate nature of the Leeds music scene, Pete Shand and Bob Birch were added on bass and Hammond respectively, and The New Mastersounds were born. Though it was raw, and more of a boogaloo sound at first, it was powerful from the start. Their first rehearsal was hot enough for Blow it Hard Records to release on two limited-edition 7” singles in 2000. (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
RENEWABLE ENERGY (2018): Originally from the UK, funky soul-jazz veterans The New Mastersounds have been touring the U.S., Europe and Japan for over a decade and return here with their 12th studio album, recorded in New Orleans and Denver and featuring a slew of musical guests including Sam Bell, one of the founding members of plays percussion on most of the tracks, and Mike Olmos and Joe Cohen of the West Coast Horns, who provide added horn action. Renewable Energy expands on the band's trademark sounds. Their cover of James Gang's "Funk 49" takes the album in a fuzzed-out psych-rock direction, while the moody Hancock-esque inflections of "Stash" and the sweet mellow vibes of "Swimming With My Fishes" add the final brushtrokes of colour to the canvas.
Others
Nervous (2001)
Keb Darge Presents The New Mastersounds (2001)
Be Yourself (2003)
Roughneck (2004)
Move On (2004)
This Is What We Do (2005)
Live at La Cova (2006)
102% (2007)
Plug & Play (2008)
Ten Years On, CD and LP, One Note Records (UK), 2009)
Breaks From The Border (2011)
Out on the Faultline (2012)
Therapy (2014)
Made For Pleasure (2015)
The Nashville Session (2016)
