Popular BBC3 TV series BEING HUMAN on Sunday 14th Feb at 9pm features THE VOODOO TROMBONE QUARTET's "Your Pleasure Is Our Pleasure"... nice!
Here's what they're saying:
"As we emerge from the freeze of 2010, we have HOT music to stir the adrenalin, and when we say HOT we mean scorching. Music from the era that defined HOT.
ELECTRO-SWING has been steadily growing in influence, an exciting fusion of the HOT jazz of the
1920's and 1930's merged with HIPHOP, DANCE and FUNKY Rhythms...
This week sees the release of the first compilation devoted to the scene WHITE MINK BLACK COTTON, and
we've made it our Album Of The Week." (Tunes)
"A sublimely decadent collection" (Clash)
More coming soon...
Don Air's Carpenter's Delight (which we re-issued in 2008) has always been something of a cult classic. In the Freshly Squeezed offices anyway! But it's reputation appears to be growing;
New York station East Village Radio, whose DJ's include Mark Ronson, has now voted the album number 6 in their Top Ten of the decade. Read the full article here.
The rest of their list went like this:
Top Ten Records Of The Decade
10. LCD Soundsystem – Sounds Like Silver
9. The Bees - Free The Bees
8. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
7. Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
6. Don Air – Carpenter’s Delight
5. Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
4. Blur – Think Tank
3. Delgados – The Great Eastern
2. Hot Chip – The Warning
1. Super Fury Animals – Rings Around The World
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The VTQ re-issue their classic first single to celebrate it's inclusion in the new SONY PlayStation game LittleBIGplanet. The game is a beautifully designed piece of graphic inventiveness and we are all very happy to be involved with the project.
Electro scenesters UR Penetrators remix the track to stunning effect, with Lemon contributing a refresher mix to complete the package. The EP is available now from all good digital stores and iTunes below:
The VTQ will also be performing what is becoming a customary live show for them: Their Christmas party at South London Pacific on Saturday 5th December. Last year was riotous with a pantomine santa slaughter and various voodoo schenanigans... we're looking forward to seeing what they have planned this time around.
This is a very good and interesting radio show from our old friend Chris Tofu (of Continental Drifts, Lost Vagueness and Shangri La fame) looking at the whole Electro Swing genre...
In addition to some interesting observations, some iritating omissions, and some amusing chit chat, the show features a live interview with The Correspondents just prior to the 'secret' appearance at our pre-launch White Mink party...
Enjoy.
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... but three (count them!) tunes from Freshly Squeezed. The latest version of Sony PlayStation’s excellent LittleBIGplanet is due later this month. Well respected for it’s unique and quirky graphic style (YouTube clip here or below) it fits really well with our music. We’re genuinely proud that both The Voodoo Trombone Quartet and Stereo de Luxe (x2) are now a part of it.
To celebrate, we commissioned the excellent UR Penetrators to create a brand new electro remix of The VTQ’s classic first single Voodoo Juju (featured in the game).
The mix will be available online from 23rd November but we are also giving away an accapella version of the track to anyone who fancies having a go at remixing it themselves. Drop us a line and we’ll send you the files...
If you haven’t yet visited our YouTube channel yet, now is a good time to do so. We’ve just uploaded a brand new sync show reel which, in true YouTube style, features 30 seconds of us blowing our own trumpet! See for yourself here or ...