The Marvellos – It's Your Love That I Need / It's Your Love I Need (Instrumental) (7" )
9,90 €*
LTDBOX 020-1-A
Osaka Monaurail Whole Lot Of Lovin' (feat. Casey Malone) (7" )
17,90 €*
For 30 years, Osaka Monaurail has been on a global mission to preach the
gospel of the book of soul. And now Japan’s greatest little funk
orchestra is back with not just one but two brand new burners that will
put a strut in your walk and make you feel the hairs standing up on your
neck. More than a decade after their collaboration with James Brown’s
Soulsister Number One Marva Whitney, the group has once again teamed up
with a singer – L.A.’s alluring and uniquely expressive Casey Malone.Together,
Malone and the tightly-drilled 10-piece band led by singer, keyboardist
and producer Ryo Nakata breathe new life into two monster hits of 1960s
soul; “Do You Really Want To Rescue Me,” written by James Brown and his
saxophonist-collaborator Nat Jones and first recorded by back-up singer
Elsie Mae; and Fats Domino’s “Whole Lot of Lovin’.” The Monaurail’s
hard-driving interlocking rhythms, their short melodic and rhythmic
phrases, and the bluesy harmonic vocabulary help to make these two
pieces quintessential funk, complemented by Malone who, much like jazz
icon Billie Holiday, uses her voice as an expressive musical instrument,
bending and glissing notes like a horn player, commanding attention not
with forcefulness, but with reluctance.These two new singles
came about at the behest of Ubiquity’s founder Michael McFadin who had
been busy coming up with ideas on who to pair with Malone after the
release of her debut single “Hey Amerika.” He reached out to DJ Pari,
Marva Whitney’s former manager and producer, who made the connection
with the mighty Monaurail – and the rest, as they say, is history. “When
I heard about the opportunity to cut some tunes with the legendary
Osaka Monaurail I was over the moon,” Malone says. “It was truly an
honor to share sound waves with the band.”Osaka Monaurail and
Casey Malone went on a singular mission to come up with the tightest
collaboration in recent years between Japan’s top funk export and one
the genre’s new protagonists based in the funk’s homeland. Without a
doubt, here is indisputable proof of that achievement. Play these jams
to any permanent pressed squares in your cribs or dancefloors, and watch
them turn into jive dancin’ live wires!
