Artist.......: Uptown Funk Empire
Album........: The Empire Strikes Back
Label........: Soulab
Genre........: Funk
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Nov.-23-2009
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.myspace.com/uptownfunkempire
track title time
01. The Empire Stikes Back Intro 01:03
02. Boogie 05:26
03. N.O.W. Featuring Juan Rozoff 05:28
04. We Stand at the Back of the Bus Featuring 04:31
Janice & Ange
05. You've Got to Have Freedom Featuring Janice 05:49
& Ange
06. Keep on Givin'it Up 05:03
07. No One Gonna Stop Us Now Featuring Noel Mc 04:47
Koy
08. Take You Out (Interlude) 02:33
09. I'm A Manchild 04:40
10. I Guess that You Don't Mind Featuring Jrm 06:28
11. Celestial Blues Featuring Ange 04:40
12. Please Mr Postman 05:04
13. Walking Like the Ginger 04:51
14. Good Time (Bye Bye Mr Dynamit)E 05:52
15. I Used to Spend My Time 03:08
16. The Empire Strikes Back Outro 02:27
Runtime 71:50 min
Size 90,1 MB
Release Notes:
After Metropolitan Jazz Affair, The Dynamics and Mr
President, master of musical ubiquity Bruno
"Patchworks" Hovart proudly presents Uptown Funk
Empire, a burning tribute to one of his all time
greatest loves: Funk.
Bruno ôPatchworksö Hovart, as a self-taught
musician and typical teenager, started playling
guitar, bass and keyboards at age 15, covering
James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Cream in his bedroom
and, later in college bands. His first releases are
in the mid 90s, with deep house and disco live
bands and various electronic projects. He quickly
develops and shows very special skills for vintage
disco/funk productions with a contemporary flavor.
This gifted boy's been working with artists such as
Amp Fiddler, Archie Shepp, Mr Day, Paul Randolph...
and for many recording labels such as I Still Music
(usa), Favorite Recordings (france), Infracom
(germany), Further Out (uk)...
Uptown Funk Empire is an exciting and ambitious
project, worthy of its name. While the first album
is simply called "The Empire Strikes back", it's no
joke... Forget the whole revival thing, this sounds
like an actual rebirth of the real funky stuff.
It's like being back to the better days of Funk
without a travel machine... the vibe is vintage but
the sound is fresh...That's not funky music, that's
FUNKY MUSIC ! This album is huge and it covers all
the golden age Groove styles : Boogaloo, Soul,
Disco, Boogie, Funk... but the music flows in the
hands of a gifted modern producer. Bruno "
Patchworks" Hovart plays bass, keyboards,
computers... handling with love all composition,
programming, arrangements, vocals...
With brilliant vocal featurings by silky Juan
Rozoff, Brit-Soul legend Noel Mc Koy at his best,
high-voltage divas Ange & Janice... and the
funkysoul brother Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart himself
on the mic... it's pure funkiness !
Beware, "The Empire Strikes Back" and is kicking...
so get up & dance !
Uptown Funk Empire's music has been playlisted by
radio stations such as: Radio Nova (France), Jazz
Fm (UK), Nu Cool Show on Hed Kandi Radio (UK),
Saturday Night Experience on Jazz FM with Mike
Chadwick (UK), Craig Charles Funk & Soul show on
BBC6, Wicked Jazz Sounds on Arrow Jazz FM
(Holland), Soul Jazz Meeting on Radio X with Dj
Jazzmadass (Germany), Soul Food radioshow on Jazz
Radio (France), Hang Time radioshow on Radio
Grenouille (France), The Loud Minority radioshow on
Superfly FM (Austria), Rui Vargas radioshow on
Antena 3 (Portugal), Deep House Mafia radioshow on
Superfly Fm (Austria), The Basic Soul radioshow
with Simon Harrison (UK), Bogaloo radioshow with
Matthias Desch (Germany)... Supported by DJs such
as: Joey Negro, Recloose, Dj Bobbito, Jazztronik,
Rich Medina, Osunlade, Rainer Truby, Femi Fem, Nik
Weston, Wicked Jazz Dj's, Stereotonic dj's, Simbad,
Dj Pharoah, Kiko Navarro, Bob Jones...