The Gene Dudley Group - Zambidoose (2015) [Hi-Res]
Artist: The Gene Dudley Group
Title: Zambidoose
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Wah Wah 45
Genre: r&b/soul, blues, brass, funk
Quality: 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
Total Time: 35:46 min
Total Size: 416 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Following on from 2013's debut long-player, Saturday Shifting, where Gene Dudley played almost every note himself, his second offering is very much a product of the relationships he's built up over the past two years. Most notably these have been with vocalists, and particularly when the group got the chance to tour Europe with Stones Throw artists Myron & E in the summer of 2014. This resulted in E contributing to two vocal cuts to the new album, along with hotly tipped U.S. vocalist Ishtar. Title: Zambidoose
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Wah Wah 45
Genre: r&b/soul, blues, brass, funk
Quality: 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
Total Time: 35:46 min
Total Size: 416 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Another collaboration that blossomed was with London powerhouse soul vocalist and acclaimed funk DJ Anne Frankenstein. The pair hooked up for Gene's cover of Richard "Groove" Holmes' No Trouble on the Mountain, released as a 7" single last year. It's a tune that appears on the album alongside two hot new offerings from Dudley and Frankenstein - namely the disco flavoured soul monster Dynamite in the Still of the Night, and mid-tempo funk nugget, Jackpot.
Add to that some classic Dudley horn work on The Arm Wrestling Channel and Do The Cookie Dough Throw, albeit with one eye firmly on the dance floor; some tasty tropical and dub flavours on Tiger Jaw, Stevie Flare and the title track; plus a very cheeky Todd Terje cover (approved by the man himself!) and you have a statement of intent from one of the UK's finest and most exciting producers and multi-instrumentalists.
Tracklist:
2:10 | 01. The Gene Dudley Group, E - I've Changed
3:24 | 02. The Gene Dudley Group - The Arm Wrestling Channel
3:40 | 03. The Gene Dudley Group, Anne Frankenstein - Dynamite in the Still of the Night
3:27 | 04. The Gene Dudley Group - Tiger Jaw
3:46 | 05. The Gene Dudley Group - Do the Cookie Dough Throw
3:16 | 06. The Gene Dudley Group, E. Ishtar - Covered in Black
3:05 | 07. The Gene Dudley Group - Inspector Norse
3:30 | 08. The Gene Dudley Group, Anne Frankenstein - No Trouble on the Mountain
2:47 | 09. The Gene Dudley Group, Horace Andy - Stevie Flare
3:23 | 10. The Gene Dudley Group, Anne Frankenstein - Jackpot
3:18 | 11. The Gene Dudley Group - Zambidoose