The Bamboos-Step It Up(2006)

Since The Bamboos are getting mad love at FDH, I thought I would give you guys some more funk. Yeah Buddy.

The Bamboos were formed in 2000 in Melbourne Australia by NZ-born guitarist Lance Ferguson. The initial line-up consisted of Ferguson, Ben Grayson on Hammond Organ, Stuart Speed on Bass and Scott Lambie on Drums. Making their home at Tru Thoughts records (home to Quantic and Alice Russell) in 2005, The Bamboos debut album "Step it Up" was released jointly by Tru Thoughts and US-based Ubiquity Records. Its a winner.

01. Step It Up feat.Alice Russell
02. Tighten Up (Album Version)
03. In The Bamboo Grove
04. Golden Rough
05. Black Foot
06. Transcend Me feat.Alice Russell
07. Tobago Strut
08. Another Day In The Life Of Mr. Jones
09. Crooked Cop
10. Eel Oil
11. Voodoo Doll (Album Version

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The Bamboos-Rawville(2007)

THE BAMBOOS have received critical acclaim across the board from Jazz, Funk and Hip Hop publications for their previous Tru Thoughts album ‘Step It Up’. The Australian funk six piece are big funk collectors and inspired by artists such as The Meters, Mickey & the Soul Generation, Jimmy Smith and Reuben Wilson but have a contemporary Deep Funk sound too. ‘Rawville’ still embraces the deep raw organ based funk aesthetic of their album ‘Step It Up’, but it also embraces different flavors.

The album is half vocal based tunes and half instrumental. Vocals include those from label mate Alice Russell as well as vocalists Kylie Auldist, Tyra Hammond (Opens Souls), Fallon Williams and Ohmega Watts (Ubiquity).The Bamboos took a larger horn section into the studio for this album, so the horns are thicker and more experimental in terms if harmonies. You will hear influences from the J.B’s, Alice Clark, and early Kool & The Gang coming through on the horn arrangements.

Super fresh funk album...The Oz is holdin it down on the funk tip.

Tracklist
01. The Bamboos Theme
02. Bring It Home feat. Alice Russell
03. Get In The Scene feat. Ohmega Watts
04. The Witch
05. My Babay's Cheating (I Sure Got The Feeling) feat. Fallon Williams
06. I Don't Wanna Stop feat. Kylie Auldist
07. Head I The Clouds feat. Tyra Hammond
08. Happy
09. Rockin' It feat. Ohmega Watts
10. Pussy Footin'
11. Rawville
12. Tongan Steel

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