Driving Music - 2

This is the music I listened to this month, well, these last two or three weeks. I usually burn a CDR with many mp3 archives so I can listen to all the records in the car.

Brand New Sinclairs - Ten Blue Pills (2009)

Captain Hammond -  Cosmic Cantina (2007)

Cooper -  RSGo! (2011)

Dom Mariani -  Rewind and Play (2010)

Knave -  Away (single 1997)

                    Bachelor (single 1996)

Quant - I've Got No Time (single 1998)

VVAA - Soulvilla nº17 (2011)

Stanley Road - Clash City Cooters EP (2011)

Suedehead - In Motion EP (2011)

The Aardvarks - Buttermilk Boy (single 1999)

The Acrylic Tones - A Place I Use To Know (single 1996)

The Broken Vinyl Club - One Way Street (single 2011)

The Clique - Save Me (single 1996)

The Cybermen -Word (single 1995)

The Galileo 7 - Are You Having Fun Yet? (2010)

The Lost Minds - Now I'm Alone (single 1996)

The Nice Outfit - Kissing Jocelyne EP (2007)

VVAA - Sugar Lumps vol1 (2005)

Paso bastante tiempo en el coche, como muchos de vosotros, así que es un buen lugar para escuchar la música que me gusta o que normalmente no tengo tiempo de escuchar. Suelo mantener el CDR con unos cuantos discos en mp3 durante dos o tres semanas, tiempo suficiente para empaparme de todos ellos.

The Freaque - Strange Flakes mCD (2004?)

Band was formed in Tokyo led by Toru Kishida. He played as the guitarist of The JUICE that released by Japanese major label.In 2003, Toru met Hidenori Uchida, played as the bassist of Magic Curtain. They performed to the Alan Macgee's "Death Disco" and lots of Mod Event in Tokyo.
In 2004, Shuichi Kawai joined, then the new band as The Freaque started and played at many places so far. Making the new sound and colour in which groovy kind of 60s taste is absorbed, is their theme.Obviously, influenced 60s, British Beat, Psychedelic, Punk and 90s... However, their soul blows up something more than respect and love in them and new.

taken from their web page. More info in myspace.

Toru Kishida      (vocals and guitar)

Hidenori Uchida (bass and vocals)

Shuichi Kawai    (drums and vocals)

Grupo mod Japonés que debió estar activo del 2003 al 2005. Japón me encanta a nivel de grupos mod, siempre tan perfeccionistas y tirando a revivalistas, sonando además bien, Shamrock, Phy, Badge, Mods, Bets o Revival y Collectors ,así. los que me vienen ahora a la memoria. Sólo conozco de Freaque este mini LP de cinco temas publicado seguramente hacia 2004 y alguna canción suelta de su myspace. Aparecieron en el recopilatorio de Dizzy "Takin' A Detour #3" con dos temas. Arriba teneís un enlace a su página web todavía operativa pero no actualizada.

The Inciters - Doing Fine (2000)

Hailing from San Francisco, The Inciters are simply the world's finest Northen Soul act, an overpowering 11 piece dance floor soul band that has brought the house down from LA to SF to DC to Chicago! Maybe you saw The Commitments movie a few years ago, showing the rage a true 6T's soul band can create in a short amount of time.....or have you harked back to a time when Motown/Stax was king, and casinos were packed to sweet sounds of soul: Booker T & The MG's, The Impressions, The Supremes, The Flirtations, Major Lance and more! Well my friend, those days have begun once again....Northern Soul is the sound of NOW. Coined by British press in the 60's to describe the club scene in the North of England, "Northern Soul" nights at famous clubs like Wigan Casino thrived on DJs playing rare soul from independent labels, these sides taking the Motown/Stax ethic but adding a stronger back-beat with more adventurous production! The Inciters "Doing Fine" is exactly that, a mix of heavy dance floor soul fueled by a four dynamic lead singers (1 male, 3 female) that deserve your attention! Already a household name within the Mod/scooter and ska scenes, The Inciters look towards 2000 with a firm grip n an era where music really mattered!.

from jump up! records.
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El Northern Soul es una de las variantes que tuvo el sonido de la Motown y Stax en los años sesenta. Sonido que se desarrolló en Inglaterra en esos años, más bien hacia el norte de Inglaterra, de ahí su nombre. Estilo que fue rápidamente adoptado por los mods, música bailable y que sonaba frecuentemente en los clubs de la época.
The Inciters hacen Northern Soul y son de San Francisco, eran, grupo numeroso de once miembros y con cuatro voces solistas, tres femeninas y una masculina que se van alternando en los temas de este su segundo disco "Doing Fine" (2000 ó 1999) dando un cierto aire de disco en vivo. Aparte de temas propios, hay versiones como "Lay This Burden Down", "Magic Touch" o "Lean On Me". Anteriormente publicaron "Movin' On" y el último fue "Well Well Well"(2002).
No es fácil encontrar sus discos, quizá el Well Well Well, incluso la página donde compré Doing Fine ya no lo tiene. Carátulas modymade.