Joey Negro and the Sunburst Band live @ Jazz Cafe

Sat 12 Jul 2008 @ Jazz Cafe in London (UK)

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Music : Funky House, Jackin House, Soulful House and Deep House

Joey Negro and the Sunburst Band play live at the Jazz Cafe in London. Sunburst Band plays at 7pm, Joey Negro himself hits the stage at 11pm.

Doors 7pm

£20 adv

THE SUNBURST BAND

Album launch party for Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band third album ‘Moving With The Shakers’

A ragbag delight of boogie, disco, funk and jazz, collaborators on ‘Moving With The Shakers’ include Harlem soul legend Leroy Burgess, Diane Charlemagne (who sang on Goldie’s ‘Inner City Life’) and Chaka Khan’s sister Taka Boom. Fulltime front man Pete Simpson is also known for lending his vocal talents to the Unabombers’ alias, The Elektrons.

Forming in 1998, The Sunburst Band is a collective born out of passion. The release of debut album ‘Here Comes The Sunburst Band’ won critical acclaim with both old school heads as well as nu breed disco and house fans. Tracks like ‘Garden of Love’ and ‘Delicious’ became scene classics, championed by DJs from Pete Tong to 4 Hero to Dmitri from Paris. The follow-up ‘Until The End of Time’ featured cuts like ‘Far Beyond’ which all the top US hip hop guys still spin, and soul anthem ‘Everyday – a favourite with Annie Mac, Trevor Nelson and even Heston Blumenthal, who included it as one of his ‘Desert Island Discs’ on Radio 4.

Lengthy artist careers in the music business are few and far between, but in the ever-changing world of dance music they are scarcer than a signed Moroder twelve. Joey Negro/Dave Lee’s debut release may have been part of the first wave of UK house back in 1988, but 20 years later he is still on top of his game.

The prolific producer has in fact scored more than ten Top 40 crossovers, from the rowdy 90s dancefloor battle-cry of Hedboys’ ‘Girls & Boys,’ to the chart-smashing cosmic chill of Jakatta’s ‘American Dream,’ and house anthem ‘Make a Move On Me’. The man who glides as effortlessly through his aliases as he does the musical landscape also conceived and produced Take That’s early disco classic ‘Relight My Fire’, and collaborated with Seal on the 2002 Top 10 smash ‘My Vision’.

Joey Negro and the Sunburst Band release ‘Moving With The Shakers’ on Z Records May 12th. Keep your eyes peeled for the rest.

Pete Simpson - Vocals
Donna Gardier - Vocals
Frank Tontoh - Drums
Tony Remy - Guitar
Julian Crampton - Bass
Alex Bennett - Keys

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