Gizelle Smith - This Is Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos

Mocambo

£15.30

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: MLP1003
Barcode: 5050580529380
Release Date: 07 Sep 2009
Genre: Funk

01: Gonna Get You - Gizelle Smith
02: Working Woman - Gizelle Smith
03: Coffee High - Gizelle Smith
04: Everything Holds Blame - Gizelle Smith
05: Snake Charmer - Gizelle Smith
06: Free Vibes (Instrumental) - Gizelle Smith
07: Love Alarm - Gizelle Smith
08: Out Of Fashion - Gizelle Smith
09: Nothing For Nothing - Gizelle Smith
10: Magic Time Machine - Gizelle Smith
11: The Time Is Right For Love - Gizelle Smith
12: Hold Fast - Gizelle Smith

Ever since their first collaboration on the "Mocambo Funk Forty Fives" compilation, things have gained momentum for the "Golden Girl of Funk" and the much respected Hamburg-based label and live band. Their first single "Working Woman" became an overnight smash and a prime-time club favourite of funk & soul DJs from all over the world. Initially released on the Finnish private press label Old Capital, producer legend and Grammy nominee Kenny Dope (Masters at Work, Bucketheads) picked up and remixed the song for his own label Kay Dee Records. Gizelle Smith & Mocambo now step up with a full-length album of bonafide sister funk. In the days of digital recording and Pro Tools editing, they show true exception to modern techniques and create their highly regarded, unique and raw soul sound, by making use of simple dynamic microphones and reel-to-reel tape machines. In a genre which is often littered with overused cliches of the past, the charismatic Gizelle Smith adds a lot of her own flavour rather than slavishly copying icons of bygone decades. The result is a refreshing alternative to post-millenium plastic pop without being a mere retro rip-off. From the heavy and determined "Gonna Get You" to vulnerable, gospel-tinged laments such as "Coffee High", the album is just as deeply rooted in the music from the golden era of soul as it is a modern masterpiece in its own right. Blazing horns, soulful guitars, driving drums and basslines combined with Gizelle's gripping and powerful voice all weave together to create a long player that is varied and coherent at the same time.

“A breath Of Fresh Air”
Keb Darge —

“Really amazing stuff, Full of killers!”
Nick - Record Kicks —

“Strong Album - Packs a serious punch”
Craig Charles —

“What a fantastic album - This is proper funk!”
Tobias Kirmayer —