THE SOUL CIRCLE
BRINGING SOUL TO THE PEOPLE
THE SOUL CIRCLE IS THE BRAINCHILD OF DJ ERIC SPEAK (DIG!, THE COOKER, ROOT DOWN) AND MUSICIAN CLEVE FRECKLETON (CHUNKY BUTT FUNKY). THE FRIENDSHIP WAS FORMED BACK IN THE DAYS OF THEIR RESIDENCY AT THE ATRIUM NIGHTCLUB IN LEEDS WHERE CLEVE, KNOWN AS REV CHUNKY, WAS A VOCAL GUEST WITH THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS AND ERIC WAS THE RESIDENT DJ. THEIR LOVE OF SOUL MUSIC BROUGHT ABOUT AN ALLIANCE WHICH HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE “BRINGING SOUL TO THE PEOPLE†REGARDLESS OF THE GENERATION. THIS GREAT FORM OF MUSIC HAS IGNITED THE PASSIONS OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF ALL RACES, COLOURS AND CULTURES. OVER THE YEARS SOME OF THE GREAT ARTISTS HAVE LEFT US (JAMES BROWN, RAY CHARLES, OTIS REDDING AND SAM COOKE) BUT THEIR LEGACY LINGERS ON. SOME ARE STILL VERY MUCH HERE (SOLOMON BURKE, STEVIE WONDER, ARETHA FRANKLIN) AND THE SPIRIT OF THE “SOULSTER†IS STILL ALIVE.
THE CIRCLE IS THE SYMBOL OF CONTINUITY, UNITY AND PERPETUAL MOTION. IT SIGNIFIES FELLOWSHIP, BROTHERHOOD AND IS THE REPRESENTATION OF ALL THINGS UNBROKEN. ITS BRINGS TOGETHER AND ENCOMPASSES, SURROUNDS AND DEFENDS
WHEREVER AND WHENEVER SOUL MUSIC IS PLAYED, WHETHER BY BAND, DJ OR THE NEVER SAY DIE SOUL MUSIC LOVER, THE UNBROKEN CIRCLE OF SOUL WILL CONTINUE. JOIN US AS WE PREACH THE GOSPEL OF SOUL AND BE A PART OF “THE SOUL CIRCLEâ€
