Member Since: 5/3/2006
Band Website: http://www.babycharles.co.uk/audio/
Band Members: dionne charles - vocals, toby sendall - guitar, simon hill - bass, alex kirkwood - drums, georgina carroll - flute, sigi beare - bari / alto sax, lee nicklen - keys, will rumfitt - trombone..
Influences: Proper heavy funk n soul from the late sixties and early seventies: The Meters, James Brown & the JBs, Dyke and the Blazers, Fela Kuti, David Axelrod, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, Marva Whitney, Syl Johnson, etc... We're also inspired by the new wave of funk that's going on: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, (everything on Daptone records), Speedometer, The New Mastersounds, The Soul Destroyers, Poets of Rhythm, etc. We also love all the Keb Darge Deep Funk compilations and not forgetting the Ultimate Beats and Breaks stuff too.. We love hiphop too; stuff from the golden era '88 to '95 and also a lot of the new stuff like Edan and the Stones Throw Records shnizz.... You get it?????
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Record Label: RECORD KICKS / HIPDROP RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie