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The Honeydrippers were a post-Led Zeppelin side project for singer Robert Flower, allowing him to indulge his sincere love for vintage R&B. Though most widely known for the all-star aggregate that waxed the group’s just documenting in 1984, Flower actually shaped the Honeydrippers in 1981 in an effort to go …

Bernard Edwards’ supple, big-bottom basslines powered platinum strikes by Chic, the ’70s dance/pop music group that he co-founded with guitarist/songwriter/maker Nile Rodgers. The group obtained three precious metal singles and something platinum solitary including two number 1 pop/R&B singles, “Le Freak” and “MEMORIES”; two platinum albums, C’est Chic and Risque; …

Focused around leader Steve Washington and singers Starleana Young and Curtis Jones, Aurra was an outgrowth from the Ohio-based funk group Slave. They documented a small number of albums throughout their past due-’70s and early-’80s lifetime, with the majority of that result released on Salsoul. The group’s account shifted continuously, …

Vocalist Andrea True was being among the most fascinating people to emerge from the disco period — a ex – porn superstar, she was most widely known for the smash “Even more, Even more, Even more,” among the truly basic club strikes of its period. Born and elevated in Nashville, …

A FRESH York Town octet, among three funk and/or disco rings in which maker/keyboardist Randy Muller was involved. The initial lineup presented Denise, Delores, and Bonny Dunning as vocalists, with guitarists Solomon Roberts and Anibal Anthony Sierra, keyboardist Larry Greenberg, bassist Gerald Lebon, and drummer Tommy McConnell. Muller structured the …

Maker/arranger/songwriter Patrick Adams’ profession spans a lot more than 30 years. His abundant resume includes use Sister Sledge (their 1974 debut LP on Atco/Atlantic Group of Like), Loleatta Holloway, Coolio, Herbie Mann (“Superman,” quantity 26 pop, early 1979, through the 1978 Atlantic LP Super Mann), Bumblebee Unlimited (the 1979 RCA …

T-Connection was one particular groups through the late ’70s and early ’80s that blurred the range between funk and disco. Unlike practically all of the peers, these were through the Bahamas; led by vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist Theophilus “T” Coakley, T-Connection’s regular membership was fleshed away by Kirkwood Coakley (bass, …

Mixing disco, funk, electro, and five-part harmonies, Australian quintet Parcels feature keyboardist/vocalists Patrick Hetherington and Louie Swain, bassist/vocalist Noah Hill, guitarist/vocalist Anatole Serret, and drummer/vocalist Jules Crommelin. The group officially produced in 2014, when the five close friends settled upon this musical path after many years of playing in tasks …

Iguazúl may be the music moniker of San Francisco-based manufacturer and label owner Loïc Maestracci — also creator of San Francisco’s internationally renowned Music Expo. His incredible, simple, and soulfully tinged dancefloor audio combines electro and funk with Brazilian and Latin rhythms within a retro-modern design. (With influences which range …

United kingdom quintet Blossoms shaped in Stockport, a city just beyond Manchester, England, in 2013. Began by college chums Tom Ogden (vocals, electric guitar) and Joe Donovan (drums), the music group afterwards incorporated Charlie Sodium (bass, vocals), Josh Dewhurst (electric guitar), and Myles Kellock (keyboards, vocals). Their audio was pigeonholed …