Z RECORDS PRESENT THE SUNBURST BAND ALBUM

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The Sunburst Band

‘Until The End Of Time’ Album

Z Records

Zedd CD 006

UK electronic pioneer DJ Dave Lee aka Joey Negro

regroups with his supa-talented muso mates to

reform London’s magical nu-funk and boogie hybrid,

The Sunburst Band, to unleash their magical second

album ‘Until The End Of Time’ on Dave’s own label Z

Records. With members culled from the funkiest

ends of Incognito, Jamiroquai and the Kyoto Jazz

Massive. The Sunburst Band is unashamedly

musical and amid a dance music scene that’s

witnessing people shying away from the worst

minimalist monotonous club plod, they serve up a

sparkling antidote riddled with all the funkier genres

ranging from 80’s boogie, Disco, Jazz Fusion, Go Go

as well as some lurvely down tempo tunes. As you’d

expect from a band used to working only with the

best and wearing their solid funk stripes with pride,

the toweringly afro-ed frontman Pete Simpson is

joined on the album by the original Chic gals Norma

Jean and Lucy Martin among others. Hold tight as

The Sunburst Band crank up the boogie factor for

2004!

“The boogie Assassin is back to kill again, no filtered

2 bar rubbish here, just pure live Disco, Boogie,

Funk, Soul and Jazz- inspired numbers all funked

up with a modern flourish – with lush

instrumentation and the highest production

standards too, quite, quite better than most of those

in my collection” – Dimitri From Paris

The Sunburst Band aka Tony Remy (Guitar); Julian

Crampton (Bass); Pete Simpson (Vocals); Dave Lee

(Keys, programming and production) Thomas Dyani

(Percussion/ Drums) originally got together in 1999

when they released their first album, the funk-flecked

‘Here Comes the Sunburst Band’ to widespread

critical acclaim. It featured the smash singles

‘Atlantic Forrest’, ‘Ease Your Mind’ and the worldwide

anthem ‘Garden Of Love’ which was licensed

everywhere from Dimitri’s Playboy Mansion,

Clubbers Guide to Ibiza, Mad Styles and Crazy

Visions (Louie Vega) to Hed Kandi and also

championed by the likes of Timmy Regisford, Louie

Vega/ MAW, Miguel Migs, Pete Tong, Oliver Lieb,

Tony Humphries and David Morales to name but a

few.

Aside from his phenomenal DJ sets worldwide, as a

producer, Dave Lee is one of the few people who

can glide effortlessly from the chilly depths of the

underground to the moneyfied glitz of commercial

music, while keeping both his dignity and his

wide-ranging fan-base intact. Having moved on

recently from the cool ad-friendly, chill-out throb of

his Jakatta moniker, Dave has embarked upon a

series of production projects, along with The

Sunburst Band he has been developing and

producing new electro-rockers The Like Me’s due to

release their first album at the end of this year.

This incredible musical journey kicks off with the tres

hedonistic funky disco groove ‘We Will Turn You On’

featuring the stunning voices of Chic’s Norma Jean

& Lucy Martin, giving way to the jazz fused disco

outing ‘Until The End Of Time’, brazen with classy

brass and a fabulous percussion solo. ‘Twinkle’ is a

laid back funksome gem sporting the impeccable

soulful voice of Linda Clifford, laid over a bed of

delicious keys and gentle percussive undercurrents

followed by the punchy street groove ‘SB Rock The

Go Go’ that comes packed with light funky guitars

and sexy sax. The easy downtempo jazz fused licks

married with the sublime spoken message of ‘Love

Trouble’ provide the perfect chill before exploding

into the discotastic slice of uplifting dance heaven,

‘Fly Away’, dynamically arranged and posed with

classy brass stabs, funky guitar riffs, warm rhodes

keys and a funky ass bass groove, complemented

by Pete’s outstanding vocal. ‘Fly Away Part 2’ creates

an alternative vibe with its mean slow jam

encompassing laid back echoes of part 1.

As the journey progresses the funk fuelled flavour of

‘Far Beyond’ is beautiful with dreamy haunting keys

that drift through the track giving the listener the

perfect soundtrack to drift away to those far away

places. ‘Just Do It’ , just does it! Firing on every disco

cylinder, this is an electrifying dancefloor smasher

vocalised by Norma Jean & Lucy Martin. Eighties

inspired grooves are also ripe for the picking with

‘Thin Air’s instrumental outing ladened with cowbells

and gripping synthscapes and the smooth soul affair

‘Everyday’. Changing the mood, ‘He Is’ is a touching

slice of kitsch with a pretty retro musical platform of

which girls and boys vocalise their ideas of what god

is. Closing the party, its time to stretch and relax to

the dreamy tones of ‘Strollin’, luscious with pretty

vocal stabs combined with washes of blissed out

keys gliding over downtempo beats.

The full Sunburst Band experience will be hitting the

road in late Spring with a seven strong band line-up.

Expect to see lead vocalist Pete’s mesmerising

effect on the laydees dirtied up by Dave Lee’s sexy

electronic programming. As Dave Lee says, “It’ll be

nice to get out after spending so many months

locked in the studio with myself and other bands.”

Watch this space for forthcoming UK dates!

TRACKLIST

1. We Will Turn You On

2. Until The End Of Time

3. Twinkle

4. SB Rock The Go Go

5. Love Trouble

6. Fly Away (Part1)

7. Fly Away (Part 2)

8. Far Beyond

9. Just Do It

10. Thin Air

11. He Is

12 Every Day

13. Strollin

‘Until The End Of Time’ album will be released on

May 24TH on Z Records.