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Groove Cartel

About Me

Groove Cartel are a 6 piece Funk band from Cambridgeshire, playing a mixture of original Funk and hand-picked gems from the oldskool archives. With a positive, danceable vibe throughout, their sets travel from laid back, groove-based riffs to frenetic rock-outs dripping with organ/guitar duelling and vocal-led crowd participation.

Groove Cartel are:

Martin : Vocals. A very experienced soul and funk vocalist, Martin performs with Zanzara and Soul Patrol as well as Groove Cartel.

Hugo : Hammond & Rhodes. Hugo was classically trained and got a Music degree, whereupon he discovered Soul and Funk, and with them the sublime, warm sounds of the Hammond Organ and Rhodes Piano. His sound is decidedly retro, with no synthesizers required or desired.

Marcus : Guitar. Founder member of the Cartel. Influenced by many modern guitarists, he is the flip-side to Hugo's retro sound. Marcus is currently working with Vanquish Guitars www.vanquishguitars.co.uk and is proud to endorse their hand made bespoke instruments.

Dave : Drums. Dave plays in several local bands and is also a drum tutor and owner of Taramik Drums in Peterborough.

Mark : Sax. Mark can also be found in the Mark Wilkinson Trio if Jazz is your bag, but here he keeps it strictly funky. Mark is also responsible for all GC's artwork and branding.

Shop : Bass. Guitar and bass tech to Incognito among others, Shop is now responsible for the low end duties in the Cartel... things are about to get low, real low!

Paul : Percussion. We will occasionally be joined by our friend and session percussionist Paul.

May The Funk Be With You.

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Member Since: 23/01/2006
Band Website: www.groovecartel.co.uk
Band Members: Martin (vocals)
Marcus (guitar)
Hugo (organ)
Shop (bass)
Dave (drums)
Mark (sax)
Paul (percussion)

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Photography by Colin Brittle



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My Blog

Saint paul Soul Jazz 09 au Jazz Café de Londres ( Groove Cartel )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-haLPxkfjY
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:22:00 GMT

Vanquish Guitars @ London International Music Show 11-14 June

Vanquish Guitars www.vanquishsounds.com will be exhibiting at the London International Music Show (LIMS) at the London Excel Exhibition Centre. See the revised line of Vanquish Classic, Customs and Ol...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:47:00 GMT

Groove Cartel Return to the Jazz Cafe

Saint Paul Soul Jazz Festival presents: The Jezebel Sextet + Groove Cartel + Soul Cookers DJs @ The Jazz Café Friday, 26 June 2009, 7pm Saint-Paul Soul Jazz, Europes most exciting funk festival, cros...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:43:00 GMT

GROOVE CARTEL ON THE CRAIG CHARLES SHOW

We are chuffed to bits to have had 'Show Me' played on the awesome Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show. This is 'the' place for funk lovers going out every Saturday night from 6pm to 9pm. Thanks Craig, you...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:58:00 GMT

VANQUISH GUITARS

I (Marcus) have been looking into getting a guitar built for some time, but having trawled the net never found anything from a small UK luthier which really caught my eye. Then I stumbled upon Vanquis...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:45:00 GMT

Our new friends in Leicester

A big thank you to the lovely people of Leicester for giving us a very nice first gig in their City. Its always nice when people shake your hand and say 'nice one', its why we do it and it makes it al...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:03:00 GMT

Jazz Cafe - Camden

Groove Cartel has the pleasure of playing at the legendary Jazz Cafe in Camden last night, and very nice it was too. Thanks you to our London friends for coming to see us especially ex members Jade an...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:10:00 GMT

GC Recording Session

At last....... The Cartel have a studio date booked. Its going to be a live studio recording, because thats how we play best. Not sure how many songs we will be doing, depends how fired up we are and ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:47:00 GMT

1001 and counting..............

We have just reached a milestone..........1000 profile views. Thank you to all those who have left us kind messages and comments, it is nice to know the Funk is alive and well all over this little pla...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:42:00 GMT

Live Grassroots Recordings

Howdy Funk Fans,We managed to get a pretty good recording from the desk at yesterdays Grassroots Festival. We will have three live tracks up by the end of the week.Thanks as always to the Muddy Promot...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:29:00 GMT