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AFTER MANY JAM SESSIONS IN MANCHESTER,PERCUSSIONISTS LEA MULLEN(HAPPY MONDAYS,BUFFALO 66,JAMIE SCOTT)AND CHRIS CRUIKS (RAE AND CHRISTIAN,AIM)DECIDE TO CREATE A "MIXING TOOL" OF LOOPS AND GROOVES THAT COULD BE UTILISED BY DJ'S AND REMIXERS... WITH THE ADDITION OF LONG-TIME MATES AND MUSICAL COLLABARATORS STEVE RIGBY AND WAYNE EDWARDS,THE FOCUS SOON SHIFTED FROM A "MIXING TOOL" TO A FULLY-FLEDGED MUSICAL PROJECT ....LATE-NIGHT 'PHONE CALLS WERE MADE,MUSICAL "FAVOURS" WERE CALLED IN AND BEFORE THEY KNEW IT THE GUYS HAD ENLISTED THE HELP OF PERCUSSION LEGENDS LUIS CONTE(MADONNA,PAT METHENEY,JAMES TAYLOR),RENI(THE STONE ROSES) AND ANDY TREACEY(FAITHLESS)... THE VENEZUELAN GENIUS OF SERGIO GALLARDO(ZIGGY MARLEY) ADDED HIS OWN BRAND OF RHYTHMIC CHAOS... WITH THE EMPHASIS NOW ON THE MELODIC AS WELL AS RHYTMIC,VOCALISTS JUDY GREEN(LITTLE GREEN)DENNIS BOURNE(BUFFALO66) AND DAVE BAILEY(DBREEZE)WERE ENLISTED TO ADD A SOULFUL,DISTINCTIVE EDGE.

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Member Since: 19/12/2006
Band Website: www.jooksofficialwebsite.com
Band Members: JOOKS are..LEA MULLEN(percussion,vibes,ideas...humour) CHRIS CRUICKS(percussion,vibes....bud) WAYNE EDWARDS(guitar,keyboards,production,artwork) STEVE RIGBY(bass,keyboards,production/engineering/mastering)FEATUR ED GUEST ARTISTS ON "SOFTHANDS"Luis Conte (Madonna,Pat Metheny,James taylor) Reni(Alan Wren)..(The Stone Roses,The Rub) Andy Treacey (Faithless,Groove Armada) Kevin Whitehead (Lisa Stansfield,Olive,The Christians) Ollie Collins(Solaris,Pete Simpson) Roger Crombie (Proud Mary,G-balls,sessions) Judy Green(Little Green) Sergio Gallardo(Ziggy Marley,Latin sessions) Dennis Bourne (Elektrik Milk,Buffalo66,Brahma) Dave Bailey(Dbreez,London sessions)
Influences: Downtempo/chillout/soul/funk/jazz/electronica....Fragile State,Zero7,Jose Padillas,Jam and Lewis,Herbie Hancock,Hed Kandi,Ministry,Lonnie Liston-Smith,Gil Scott-Heron,The Beatles,George Martin,Faithless,Trevor Horn,Massive Attack,Mark King,Bjork,Cinematic Orchestra,Sade,Pat Metheny,Azymuth ,Los Van Van,Giles Peterson,Roger Sanchez,Pete Tong,Talking Heads,Honeyroot,John Mayer,Sly and the family Stone,Brian Eno,Bowie..
Sounds Like: An eclectic mix of Balearic soul and funk,fused with an up-tempo mix of percussion,house and latin rythyms,brought back down with a chilled out soundscape of mellow grooves.
Record Label: Roots music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

JOOKS WILL BE PERFORMING LIVE , SUMMER 09

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Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:22:00 GMT

JOOKS IN THE STUDIO RECORDING NEW TRACKS, FOR THE AS YET UN-TITLED 2nd ALBUM.

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Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:18:00 GMT

Lea performing on the "25Live"tour with George Michael..

Yes people-you read it right..Our very own Mr.Mullen performing in the US with Mr George Michael on the "25LIVE" tour....the rest of the Jooks boys left in blighty wish him all the best!!Pics soon! &n...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:58:00 GMT

"SOFTHANDS" ALBUM RELEASE ON I-TUNES..

"Softhands"release date 18-07-07 on I-TUNES  worldwide download..
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:17:00 GMT

JOOKS MEMBER IN

JOOKS REPRESENTED AT V-CANCER GIG!!! JOOKS mainman WAYNE EDWARDS took to the stage at the second V-Cancer gig a the the MEN arena,Manchester on Friday March 30th.He was part of  a "supergrou...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:02:00 GMT

NASA clearance...(yes,really!!)

NASA,DO WE HAVE CLEARANCE? Seriously,folks....one of the album tracks "Beanbag"has been submitted to NASA for sample clearance...we used a couple of lines from a 1973 information film and it just "mad...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:04:00 GMT

Hello and welcome to JOOKS...

Well,here we are at last!!After what seems like ages..the albums' almost ready to go,and the boys are starting to sound the part...For those of you who don't know us,we are basically a group of mates ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:49:00 GMT