Music:
Member Since: 1/2/2007
Band Website: jestofunk.net
Band Members: MOZART (aka Claudio Rispoli) from the Riviera of Romagna (Rimini), beside his own DJ skill "Afro" style, is well known for productions hit the cult status on the Dance scene in the past years. Some of this productions have been released in Italy and climbed the charts all over the World: Double Dee "Found Love" and Soft House Company "A little piano/What you need" just to name a few.
BLADE (aka Alessandro, Staderini), from Tuscany, is very well known in the UK for his productions on the Amoco label, "Talkin' about the Power" was a huge hit in the underground scene in UK and in the US.
KEKKO FARIAS, from the Riviera as well, he released other projects with Mozart under the name The Last Minister, "Tribute to the Family" has been selected in the past has the only not English track for the official Compilation for the Breakdance World Championship.
Where does JESTOFUNK come from:
Since the beginning, the project Jestofunk started with an International view. The first single, "I'm gonna love you" (1992) received great feedback from the Dj's, especially in the UK and US. The originality of the sound immediately became the trade mark of the band. With the second single, "Say it again" (1993), starts the collaboration with Ce Ce Rogers, one of the most prestigious voices of the House scene in the US, the single was licensed in different countries in Europe, and specially in France became a great hit climbing the top of the charts. The following year (1994), the third single, was released featuring once again the powerful voice of Ce Ce Rogers, followed few months later by the release of their first album "Love in a Black Dimention". In 1999 CeCe Rogers decided to leave Jestofunk and start his own project called CeCe Roger's Nuphunk.
The Music of JESTOFUNK:
The Groove is a perfect example of a fusion between the DJ style and the live instrumentation, connected with the Afroamerican side of contemporary music. Jestofunk arrives to this second album after a six years itinerary through Jazz, Funk, Soul and the most experimental sounds generated for the Dancefloor. Their music theorizes a Universal language without boundaries, going back and forth from the most hypnotic atmospheres to the contemporary sound.
The First Album "Love In A Black Dimention":
An irresistible mix of Funk, Soul, R&B and House music. Very special guests are featured on the album : Fred Wesley, from the JB's, James Brown sidekicks and Ce Ce Rogers
The second Album "Universal Mother":
The latest album "Universal Mother" is a summit of the past experieces of the band, a tribute to the jazz funk of the 70's but also to modern technologies, underlined by the metronomic pulse of the drum machines. It sounds like if the Heartbeat can be mixed with sampler and sequenzer, creating in this way a connection between Man and Machine. This is the goal of MozArt, Blade and Farias the 3 Dj's-producers behind the Jestofunk's project .
For this second album they decided to recreate the same workshop's atmosphere of the previous one, involving even more special guests: starting with the amazing voice of Jocelyn Brown and Reggae legend Freddy Mc Gregor, and once again hosting trombonist Fred Wesley and Ce Ce Rogers who ia by now established mamber of the band touring live with them. Last but not least newcomer Dr. Felix English DJ with Nigerian roots who sings the title track of the album "Universal Mother" The Single "Special Love" The first single from the album,"Special Love" featuring Jocelyn Brown, will be remixed by Chicago DJ/Producer Steve "SiW" Hurley, one of the hottest remixers of this end of Century.
Album releases:
JESTOFUNK - Love In a Black Dimension (1995)
JESTOFUNK - The Remixes (1997)
JESTOFUNK - Universal Mother (1998)
JESTOFUNK - Live (1999)
JESTOFUNK - 70 Miles From Philadelphia (2003)
JESTOFUNK - The Anthology (2005)
12'' single releases:
JESTOFUNK - I'm gonna love you (1991)
JESTOFUNK - Say it again (1992)
JESTOFUNK feat. Cece Rogers - Can we live (1993)
JESTOFUNK feat. Cece Rogers - Say it again (1994)
JESTOFUNK - For your precious love (1995)
JESTOFUNK feat. Cece Rogers - The Ghetto (1995)
JESTOFUNK feat. Cinda - Stellar Funk (1997)
JESTOFUNK feat. Jocelyn Brown - Special love (1997)
JESTOFUNK feat. Cece Rogers - Happy (1999)
JESTOFUNK - Disco Queen (2002)
JESTOFUNK - Big Lover (2003)
Influences: Funk, Soul, Jazz, Hip Hop, House, Deep House, Soulful, Latin, Broken Beat
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Irma
Type of Label: Major
