Miscellaneous bands thread

#31 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 13 Oct, 2004 15:38
Are any of you familiar with Ubiquity Records? They are based in S.F. and put out some of the DJ Greyboy albums. They have some great artists and compilations in their catalog of music.
I bought some awesome funk/jazz/disco albums and compilations.

#32 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 22 Oct, 2004 12:48
I have an offer for anyone who is interested in acquiring records in addition to tapes/cds. I accidentally received a 2 record set from a recent music order I placed. I plan on copying the records to tapes then giving it away to an interested party. It\'s called No Categories and is put out by Ubiquity Records. It\'s a DJ mix of funk/jazz and hiphop on all of the tracks. I\'m sure someone on here likes that kind of stuff. I\'ll pay the postage too.

If you want to sample the tracks, go to http://www.ubiquityrecords.com and look for the No Categories series. There are several No Categories releases that are numbered 2-5. This one doesn\'t have a number because it was the first compilation in the series.

#33 Reply
Posted by jocelyn on 22 Oct, 2004 12:56
Al I would definitely be interested.... let me know if no one else ends up takin it!

#35 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 27 Oct, 2004 20:15
Which bands/performers would you like to see The Breakfast collaborate with?

I wish I got to see the Karl Denson/PB show last year.

#36 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 04 Nov, 2004 22:13
Jamiroquai is a band that I have loved for a solid 8 years yet know very little about. I am wondering if they tour or ever make it over to the U.S. as we never hear much about them. I really think all of their albums are absolutely great.

Does anyone have any comments to offer? Maybe Andy (Boombox) because he has the U.K. inside track.

There must be someone on the forum with Jamiroquai insight.

#37 Reply
Posted by davepeck on 05 Nov, 2004 07:35
al,

huge jamiroquai fan here, though i don\'t really like the direction they took after \'travelling without moving\'.. their new stuff, while good, sorta moved away from the funk on the first 3 albums, and started going more \'dance\' music. it also didn\'t last long over here. travelling without moving gave them a good run with virtual insanity becoming popular, cosmic girl and alright also getting some play.. but after that, i think canned heat was the only thing i ever heard (getting play).

they pretty much packed it up and abandoned the US market after that. i believe they released a DVD in 2003 (not available over here, of course), and also had a brief tour in \'03. but they haven\'t released anything since \'a funk oddyssey\', so who knows.. kinda sucks, cause pre-1998, they really funked it up..

#38 Reply
Posted by boombox on 05 Nov, 2004 07:51
Have to agree with dave\'s take on them - first three albums are great, then.... Always wished I hadn\'t taped over a fantastic live set from WDR Rockpalast I had on video from the early days whehn the band were well up for it.

Don\'t do much over here now either - JK is more interested in driving his sports cars these days and hanging out at celeb bashes. I believe he lives somewhere in the states now.

#39 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 05 Nov, 2004 19:22
I think they can pull together in the future and create another great album.

I really like Funk Odyssey, but a more appropriate title would probably be Dance Odyssey.

#40 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 05 Nov, 2004 19:25
I really like the Late Night Tales compilation put out with Jamiroquai\'s name on it. Has some great funk/soul tracks from the 70\'s.

#41 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 13 Nov, 2004 23:14
Boombox, have you heard of the James Taylor Quartet? I think they are supposed to be a funky British band.

Leith, have you had any exposure to the West Coast acid jazz band Slide 5? I am also wondering if they are still together and touring.

#42 Reply
Posted by skalnbyc on 14 Nov, 2004 18:41
I\'m sure many of you on here are familiar with Greyboy. I am wondering if anyone knows if \'Land of the Lost\', the follow up album to \'Freestylin\', is any good. It had a good review on Amazon.com but is one of the few albums that doesn\'t have the tracks available for 1 minute listening samples.

#43 Reply
Posted by boombox on 14 Nov, 2004 18:49
JTQ are a good 60s style acid-jazz band led by James Taylor on organ. He was previously in a great mod-revival band in the mid-80s called Makin\' Time, who were fantastic the one time I saw them. A similar band, who I prefer, but more in the Jamiroquai vein with more vocals and guitar are Mother Earth, led by Matt Deighton. I can ask my brother-in-law who\'s a big JTQ fan for some album ideas.