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About Me

From 1985 to 1994, Futu Futu was one of upstate New York's top drawing bands, consistently packing venues to capacity, with their infectious World Beat dance grooves. During this period, they released 2 albums - the self titled "Futu Futu" (vinyl) in 1987, produced by bass/stick master, Tony Levin, and "Yes Yes" (cd/cassette) in 1992, produced by the legendary John Simon.
John Pareles of the New York Times made the following statement about their Woodstock '94 performance: "Futu Futu stood out. It's a dance band that knows its syncopations; it merges funk, via James Brown and War, with intricate African and Caribbean rhythms, finding multiple levels of melody."
After a 14 year break, they have re-emerged, with original members Joakim Lartey, Chris LanÃ©, Ted Orr, and Peter Buettner, and are joined by Mike Coletti on bass, and Joakim's son, Jamiles Lartey on drums.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/13/2007
Band Website: www.garageband.com/artist/futufutu
Band Members:Joakim Lartey
Percussion, Vocal
Chris LanÃ©
Guitar,Fx, Vocal
Ted Orr
MIDI Guitar
Peter Buettner
Saxophone
Mike Colletti
Bass
Jamiles Lartey
Drums

FUTU FUTU ALUMNII
Brian Farmer
Chuck Ver Straeten
Tranch
Junior Ellis
Bruce Berky
Jeremy Alsop
Brad Houser
David Castiglione
Carl Adami
Pee Wee Ellis
Wadada Leo Smith
Flash
Rob Leon
Jerry Mitnick
Antonio Villodas
Harvey Jones

Influences: James Brown
Fela Kuti
King Sunny AdÃ©
Bob Marley
Miles Davis
actually, this list is endless!
Sounds Like:

discography
FUTU FUTU
Produced by Tony Levin
1987 Vinyl EP
MIX MIX
Produced by John Simon
1992 CD and cassette
Where Woodstock Lives
Slaughter
1992 CD Compilation

Record Label: Mix Mix
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

mixing

futu futu is sounding better than ever!!!!!!the new recording is great!!!!jamiles and mike "the spark" collettiare great additions to the crewted did an awesome job of recording and mixingok now let's...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:46:00 GMT