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Below you will find a selection of CDs available now, as well as a couple of forthcoming teasers. Feel free to also browse our releases - past, present and future. As well as these fine albums, we also have an extensive selection of singles - 12"s and 7"s - all available for viewing by clicking the tabs in the top left of this page - happy hunting! Those of you looking for digital releases can find the complete Freestyle catalogue available from your favourite purveyor of downloads including iTunes, Emusic, DancetracksDigital, Napster, Amazon, Juno... For more info on up and coming live shows by our roster of artists, go to our live section. |
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Cookin' On 3 Burners 'This Girl' featuring Kylie Auldist - Release - 29/06/2009 Cookin On 3 Burners join the dots between soul, funk, boogaloo & jazz. Taken from the bands new Freestyle album 'Soul Messin', the new 45 This Girl features renowned Aussie songstress Kylie Auldist (renowned for her work with The Bamboos, Polyester & Mega Bias) who joins forces with the boys and provides the focus for this mellow, beautiful and incredibly catchy song. The flipside 'Four 'N Twenty' is an instrumental club killer, a deep groove you wont want to climb out of. ´This Girl´ is a bit special! This track should have wide appeal" Peter Young (Jazz FM) 'I LOVE This Girl!' DJ Pari (Soulpower) 'One track you won't forget easily, an instant classic. It's called This Girl, Beautiful soul music' Santiago Tadeo Cervera (Acid Jazz Hispano) 'A cracking little soul tune that will appeal to the northern/modern soul crowd' DJ John Corless (Soul Intent) |
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M-Swift 'Evening Sun' Release - 06/07/2009 M-Swift, aka Shouhei Matsushita is the talented instrumentalist and producer who hails from Hiroshima, Japan but has lived in London and has been wide open to musical influences from around the world. As a fan of soul and jazz from a young age he has absorbed all the best elements of classic and contemporary black music and forged a singular identity that enables him to stand out in a musical landscape of sound a likes and copyists. M-Swifts soulful, funky house and jazz inflected RnB combined with the spectacular talents of renowned performers such as Eric Roberson, Tony Momrelle, Joy Rose and Vanessa Haynes whose combined talents makes for an up tempo, feel good record, quality contemporary soul for real music lovers. |
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The Sound Stylistics 'Tie One On' Release - 22/06/2009 The Sound Stylistics are back! 2 years on since the release of ´The Sound Stylistics Play Deep Funk´ which one of the most sought after and best selling Freestyle albums ever, the band have returned with the ´Greasin´ The Wheels´. This absolute killer follow up features the same line up plus very special guests such as Jan Kincaid (Brand New Heavies drummer) and guitarist Eddie Roberts (The New Mastersounds) from which this 2 track 12 inch single is taken. The A side ´Tie One On´ is blistering driving funky jazz with massive horns and features top notch guitar man Al Cherry picking his way to groove nirvana, whilst the flipside ´Knucklehead´ has the one man swing machine Eddie Roberts laying down some of his righteous licks. |
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Revolucion! Original Cuban Funk Grooves 1967 - 1978 Release 20 /07/2009 Right in time for the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution legendary Bavarian DJ & producer Tom Wieland (7 samurai, panOptikum & les gammas?Compost Records) is coming on strong with his version of the story. 12 lost rare grooves from the vaults of the Egrem/Areito studios in Havanna get after 5 years of work a proper reissue at last! Tom Wielands new compilation "Revolucion!" digs deep to provide a nice mix of straight-ahead funk and psychedelic experimentation, with frequent hints of more traditional sound. Feliz cumpleanos,Cuba! |
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