Dojo Cuts - The 1-2-3's 7'' (2009)

Australia seems to be fast becoming the hottest frontier on the contemporary funk & soul scene, bands like Bamboos, Cooking on 3 Burners, Deep Street Soul, Kylie Auldist and djs like Russ Dwebury who moved his legendary Brighton Jazz Room clubnight are just some examples. Most likely candidates to became the brightest stars of this fast growing international scene are new Sydney based combo DOJO CUTS feat. young and powerful Roxie Ray on vocals... a new soulful little queen is borned! Here you find the first single "1-2-3" from debut album "DOJO CUTS feat Roxie Ray" to be released on RK in April 2009  and on the flipside a cover of Marie "Queenie" Lyons sister funk classic "See and don't see". If you dig Sharon Jones and Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators better watch out for Dojo Cuts, Gabriel Roth and Neal Sugarman who already declared themselves fans of the band can't do wrong!

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Single debut de esta banda Australiana en 2009, mezclando Funk y Soul, algo que se hace más presente en sus LPs "Dojo Cuts feat Roxie Ray" de 2009 y "Take From Me" de 2012. Influencias clásicas de James Brown, Maceo Parker o The Meters o cercanas como Sharon Jones. Como vocalista femenina aparece siempre Roxie Ray, que buen futuro la veo. El tema 1-2-3 ó "The 1-2-3's" aparece en el disco de 2009 y la cara B "See and don't see" en el recopilatorio "Mo'Record Kicks!". Todos sus discos los podeís escuchar en su página de bandcamp, y si alguien desea algo más, que pida...........

Makin' Time - Time, Trouble And Money (1987)

Aunque aparecieron en la escena mod a mediados de los ochenta, tras el "revival" ese, han sido uno de los grupos que supieron devolver la confianza e ilusión a tanto mod aportando lo que más les gustaba: soul bailable y anfetamínico, una vuelta a los orígenes pero sabiendo cuales eran, claro. Este es su tercer disco, en vivo, grabado en "The 100 Club" en 1984, editado en 1987 y re-editado por Detour Records en el 2000.

Para los conocedores del grupo, el nombre de Fay Hallam dice bastante, casada con Graham Day y aparición en grupos como The Prime Movers, Phaze o Fay Hallam Trinity... grupos que tendrán aquí su sitio. Disco fundamental: Rhythm & Soul del 85 (aunque creo que Big Beat lo reeditó y amplió con el título de "Rhythm!). Otro de sus componentes, Martin Blunt, pasó a formar parte de "The Charlatans".

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Makin' Time were one of the main bearers of the torch of live Mod music in the lull after the “revival” storm. Whereas the bulk of the late 70's revivalists drew on a mixture of The Who and New Wave, our heroes from Wolverhampton drew from more authentic Mod friendly sources of 60's Soul and R&B. This is a straightforward reissue of the band's third LP from 1987 recorded live in front of a wild 100 Club audience.Many of the band's recorded favourites are here in live form “Honey”, “Here Is My Number” and “Take What You Can Get” sit alongside live favourites like “Boom Boom” and “Got My Mojo Working” (which both owe a debt to Ray Charles via The Animals and SDG) and the boisterous “Land of 1000 Dances” based “What Is Soul” (featuring vocal intrejections from Big Bob Morris of Bow Street Runners infamy !). If you've got the original vinyl version of this release, this is a good way to update an old favourite. If you missed the band first time round then this is as good an introduction as you could wish for. Reviewed by Paul Welsby .(ModCulture).