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Recloose

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About Me

RECLOOSE ON THE RADIO: "HIT IT AND QUIT IT" MONDAY NIGHTS 6-8PM(NZL)/ 98.6FM AUCKLAND/ www.georgefm.co.nz/show70.html------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------early 30s musician/producer/DJ originally from Detroit moved to Titahi Bay New Zealand in 2001. now living in tha big smoke (auckland, noozilla) and still digging island vibes (most of the time) but really miss haters, burritos, basketball, q-tips, eazy cheese, twang, delicatessens, isopropyl alcohol, fluff, indoor heating...music is my job and on and off passion- djing, collecting, producing, playing, pontificating, jiggling. lead the recloose live band (what a brilliant name), playing lots of originals and classic jazz disco funk joints. djing is now more fun than ever, playing dusties helps... so far have released 3 full players (2002’s ’Cardiology’, 2005’s ’Hiatus on the Horizon’, and 2007’s ’Backwards and Sideways’ live album). and now the 4th full-length monster is landing momentarily- ’Perfect Timing’.i take myself a little less seriously these days as i’m a proud father of a beautiful four and a half year old little sidekick and i’m trying to have some fun and do something different with my music at the same time... working on new joints with new people (check tyna!) and really excited at the chemistry at work. detroit boy gelling with island people= yankiwizm.
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Member Since: 11/13/2005
Band Website: recloose.com
Influences: in a blink..... parliament-funkadelic, stevie wonder, marvin, earth wind and fire, war, brick, trouble funk, the beatles, wings, love, talking heads, the clash, tom tom club, zapp, al jarreau, herbie hancock, dilla, primo, pete rock, bomb squad, roy ayers, edwin birdsong, norman connors, patrick adams, rod temperton, charles stepney, donald fagan, james mason, juan atkins, carl craig, theo parrish, kenny dixon jr., kraftwerk, prince, kid creole, dr. buzzard's savannah band, the time, level 42, mutiny, was not was, freeez, gil scott-heron, brian jackson, chaka khan, ohio players, the new birth, the counts, the meters, dirty dozen brass band, fela kuti, brass construction, john coltrane, miles davis, weather report, jaco pastorius, leon thomas, don cherry, chico hamilton, marcos valle, jorge ben, azymuth, marku ribas.... oh and hall and oates
Sounds Like: whimsical boom bap
Record Label: LOOP/Fingertips/Rush Hour
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Recloose LP ’Perfect Timing’ is here! (New Zealand)

Kia Ora Crew! The wait is over, the new album hits stands in New Zealand Feb. 26 via Loop recordings (www.loop.co.nz). Featuring a stellar cast of familiar faces (Joe Dukie, Justin Chapman, Genevieve ...
Posted by Recloose on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:06:00 PST

USA tour, Album updates, other news

Some quick updates! Dates announced for June DJ tour in the states, some details still trickling in. Hope to see you somewhere in there! Europe DJ tour in July, dates will be posted very soon...'The R...
Posted by Recloose on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:56:00 PST

Summer Updates... Return of the Useless Blogger

Hellooooooo!Yeah, its summer here, but almost not. And yeah, while I've been meaning to write a new blog for months I haven't. Thus I am useless...But whatever, I've got excuses. Our first Fingertips ...
Posted by Recloose on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:25:00 PST

My American Brethren, PLEEEEASE VOTE

Hi. I gotta soap box. This should be a no-brainer, but being an expat in New Zealand I want to make sure all my yankee compadres vote since I can't (not for this one...). No excuse, I don't care what ...
Posted by Recloose on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:07:00 PST

"Backwards and Sideways" Press Release

 Fingertips Records and Tone Def PresentsThe RECLOOSE LIVE BAND"Backwards and Sideways"(FOR PRESS) Mark the calendar! Nov. 3 and 4 it's on at the San Francisco Bathhouse. The dance funk phen...
Posted by Recloose on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:11:00 PST

Mo Blogz, From Bondi With Love

Kia Ora Crew...Time to kill in Oz, so another installment. What goes on?! Well, been in Australia for 5 days now bouncing around DJing in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and back to Sydney (finishing in ...
Posted by Recloose on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:54:00 PST

Captain Slack Blog Strikes Again

My Peepoze-   Playing catch up with my slack blog styles. My flight is late (waiting for a typhoon to hit in Osaka?!) so why not run down the skinny from the last few months. Had three week...
Posted by Recloose on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:59:00 PST

RECLOOSE IN EUROPE- LIVE TOUR!!

Kia Ora! The full Recloose 7-piece live band coming to your area soon! Come hear Dust, Ain't Changin', Landed, Get There Tonight, and all the other biz brought to life by 7 seriously funky country-liv...
Posted by Recloose on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:21:00 PST

What Up?! Jan 22 News...

Blog to the blog blog... Just sum quick news bits, have had my head down getting the Recloose live band over to Europe, check the events listings for our shows (late Feb-early March). It WILL be a goo...
Posted by Recloose on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:20:00 PST