Carnivalism Fridays No.78 – Two Tons o’ Fun – Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven
Posted on 4 November 2011 | No responses
Disco camp-it-up Friday in the form of these larger than life lovely ladies.
Martha Wash & Izora were latterly renamed the Weather Girls and are guilty as charged for It’s Raining Men. They did produce some disco belters and no surprising they were sprinkled with a little campness after being brought together and names Two Tons o’ Fun by Sylvester. They sung backing vocals the “Queen” of Disco in addition to helping out Aretha Franklin on occasion.
Two Tons on Wiki
Sylvester on Wiki
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Carnivalism Fridays No. 77 – Chas Jankel – Get Yourself Together (Hercules + Love Affair Hercbump Mix)
Posted on 28 October 2011 | No responses
Anyone familiar with Ian Dury and the Blockheads might know Chaz Jankel, keyboard player, guitarist and co-writer to numerous track the band wrote in the 70′s
Chaz and this track featured on our 16th podcast .
Carnivalism Fridays No. 76 – Heaven – Kem
Posted on 21 October 2011 | No responses
A bit of deepness for a bit of an Autumnal day.
Kem orginates from Tennassee, Nashville and found spirituality and music after fighing homelessness and addiction. He was picked up by Motown and the original version of Heaven featured on his last release on their label 2005.
Carnivalism Fridays No 75 – The Herbaliser – Gadget Funk
Posted on 14 October 2011 | No responses
Some people love it, others hate it. I for one, have a real soft spot for funk and Gadget Funk holds no prisoners in The Herbalisers’ epic. I defy anyone not to turn their head at its over blown crecendo leading into the first chorus. I’ve often used this track to liven things up of an evening. It, for me, is a cue to get on with it, stop the chatting and start the dancing.
The jazzy, funky, hip hop style of Herbalizer was picked up by Ninja Tunes in the 90′s. They have enjoyed commercial success in the forms of movie soundtracks and computer games.
Ollie and Jake proved their DJ skills with the acclaimed 2004 mix album Herbal Blend and their 2006 mix for Fabric. In between, they returned to the studio with Take London, released in 2005. A multicultural manifesto celebrating the UK capital’s unique mix of soul, funk, hip-hop and reggae, it featured the triumphant return of Roots Manuva alongside Jean Grae, who by now had left her What What alias behind. A rave review on the BBC Urban site described Take London as “tailor-made for cruising over Waterloo Bridge at midnight, preferably in a blacked-out mini with a Union Jack painted on the roof.”
2010 saw Ninja Tune release “Herbal Tonic” a 16 track compilation featuring the cream of The Herbaliser’s recording career.
The Herbaliser’s website
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Carnivalism Fridays No 74 – 808 State – Pacific State
Posted on 7 October 2011 | No responses
Dom woke up at 8:08 today, tomorrow he is aiming for 9:09.
Manchester based 808 State, who formed in 1987, struck gold 2 years later with this track. Only 2 years later group member Gerald Simpson left the group, metamorphasising into a rather well know A Guy Called Gerald.
808 State on Discogs
A Guy Called Gerald’s website
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