MENAHAN STREET BAND ‘The Exciting Sounds of…’

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After a nearly ten-year hiatus, the legendary instrumental soul group Menahan Street Band release their third album . The result is an album of cinematic instrumental soul-funk, with which the musical collective from Brooklyn seamlessly connects to old great deeds.

When classic ’60s soul was rediscovered after the turn of the millennium, the heart of that movement beat in Brooklyn, New-York City. The independent label Daptone Records stood for authenticity and great analogue musicianship. Its artists like Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley became stars, while they did not copy the funk and soul music of the 60s, but carried it forward and lived it.

Behind these great voices were musicians who helped define how a real soul record should sound today. In 2008, Thomas Brenneck (Budos Band, The Expressions, Los Yesterdays), brought together an all-star collective consisting of the renowned musicians Dave Guy (The Roots, Late Night House Band, The Dap-Kings), Nick Movshon (Lee Fields and the Expressions, The Black Keys, The Avalanches), Leon Michels (Big Crown Records, El Michels Affair, The Black Keys) and Homer Steinweiss (The Dap-Kings, Holy-Hive, Lee Fields and the Expressions) while living in an apartment on Menahan St. in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick – the band name was found.  All members brought their musical backgrounds and preferences, making the group a melting pot of diverse musical genres – from soul and funk to Afrobeat and hip-hop sounds.

 

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