Redtenbacher’s Funkestra - The Hang (RSB Records)

Add Date: 10/20/2020
Focus Tracks: Kerria Lacca, Blood and Whiskey, Bump-de-Bump
FCC: Clean
Formats: Jazz, Chill, Soul, Funk

Artist Info: ‘The Hang’ is the 10th fully blown album from Redtenbacher’s Funkestra, recorded live over two days at Masterlink Production Studio (near London/UK) by six men from the US, UK, Ghana and Austria.

The Funkestra is probably best known for being a large ensemble horn band that has featured horn sections and players from James Brown, Tower of Power, Incognito and the New Power Generation, but this is their first small ensemble recording after ‘Concubine Chronicles (Live at British Groove)’ twelve years ago.

'The Hang' showcases the units creative spontaneity and an abundance of pure performance joy recording live in the studio. The recording also features high octane soloists Mike Outram (guitar), Tucker Antell (tenor saxophone) and Dave Limina (Hammond organ) propelled forward by the long-standing engine room of drummer Mike Sturgis, Karl Vanden Bossche on percussion and bandleader/producer Stefan Redtenbacher on bass.

Unlike on previous records almost all band members have contributed tunes for this record resulting in a wider spectrum of musical colours. Although the influence of classic Jazz Funk bands of the 70s like The Brecker Brothers, The Meters, The Crusaders and The Average White can be felt - they are putting their own stamp on the music are not in any way striving to be a pastiche or retro act - they adhere to the belief that recording together in the studio is an art form which is timeless.

Funkestra - who incidentally 'moonlight' as the 'house band' for the noted 'Masterlink sessions’ featuring many of the world's best vocal artists - has accumulated nearly 2 million Spotify streams with their own brand of groovy Jazz Funk and the extended 'soft' release strategy has landed two tracks on Spotify’s editorial playlists ‘Instrumental Funk’ and ‘Jazz UK’ resulting in 250,000 streams before the actual album release, a limited edition physical CD package.

Long may they funkify!

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