The Gene
Dudley Group represents an outpouring of deep soul and funk music from
obscenely talented 27 year-old multi-instrumentalist residing in North London;
Gene Dudley.
The
debut album, Saturday Shifting, released earlier this year, caused quite a stir
and quickly gained this deeply soulful producer a new army of fans, with Kenny
Dope, Huey Morganand Daz-I-Kue all singing its praises!
One of
the most popular tracks from the album is the up-tempo, tropical flavoured cut
The Hilo Bay Halfway - available here on vinyl for the first time. It comes
complete with an exclusive'Disco Dub Remix' from Gene himself, who uses hand
claps, synths and some seriously squelchy bass to take this club monster in
another, equally foot friendly direction; and one from label mate Scrimshire,
whose afro flavoured guitar licks and quirky keyboard sounds guarantee similar
dance floor destruction.
Add to
that a brand new song from Gene Dudley, entitled The Mall Walk, and the added
bonus of Gene's never before released remix of the Scrimshire classic
Alignment, featuring the sultry vocals of Stac, and you've got a package filled
to the brim with serious Wah Wah 45s talent!
In the
live arena, rather than trying to play all the instruments himself though, Gene
deploys a quartet of top notch young musicians to help him out (whilst Gene
mixes it up between bass and keys throughout the set), as witnessed when they
supportedThe Hot 8 Brass Band, played The Soundwave Festival London Launch,
rocked Brixton's Hootananny, and will soon be seen again when they support
Stones Throw artists Myron & E at London's Jazz Cafe in December. Look out
for that, and much more to come from this new star of the deep funk and soul
scene!
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