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The lockdown is forcing our hand to be even more creative as usual. This is about our third time testing remote live performance streaming facilitated by Masterlink Productions, revealing some surprising results.
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None of the audio of the MASTERLINK SESSIONS videos has been available until now. We’ve just released our first Masterlink ‘Instrumental’ Sessions album on BANDCAMP only and have decided to support the Save The Children’s COVID-19 Appeal by donating all the proceeds.
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The studio was nearly bursting with intensity and this single with the same name as the forthcoming album ‘The Hang’ is testament to it. It features the high-energy acrobatics of US saxophonist Tucker Antell, at times threatening to break the perpetuating Funk riff apart – only some RnB/Gospel interludes providing the listener temporary respite.
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‘Tee Off’ is a smooth instrumental in the footsteps of The Crusaders and the Average White Band. “My tune intended as a Richard Tee tribute, came out more like a Crusaders tune.” (Dave Limina)
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US SoulTracks are proud to present the World Premiere of “Money Ain’t No Truth” with Portuguese songstress Diana Silveira and studio house band The Redtenbacher’s Funkestra. A sizzling performance – half rock, half R&B and 100% funky.
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Redtenbacher’s Funkestra presents ‘The Masterlink Sessions’ featuring Hamish Stuart (vocals, guitar) delivering a beautiful and haunting performance of his original composition ‘No More days’ – all live at Masterlink Productions studio. A great honour to have him in the studio with us. In loving memory of Malcolm ‘Molly’ Duncan (1945 – 2019)
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We are super-pleased that the editoral team from Spotify added our latest relase ‘Kerria Lacca’ to the ‘Instrumental Funk’ playlist. We are in great company amongst ‘Pick Up the Pieces’ by the Average White Band and ‘Chameleon’ by Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters.
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This instrumental groove tune is dedicated to the lac insect that produces a resin which was used to produce gramophone records until vinyl was invented. This is a pre-release on the artist-friendly Bandcamp so you can hear the master without being ‘squashed’ (as customarily done by all major listening platforms).
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Our first Masterlink Session in 2020 started with a ‘bang’: the return of Grammy-award winning Mike Ferris, super-funky vocalist and keyboard player Sam Tanner plus an 8 piece band, new studio set-up and video lens! Can’t wait to present the result to y’all – it’s ‘cold-blooded’ as they say in Tennessee when stuff is ‘wicked’!
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Brass artist Christoph Wundrak and Stefan Redtenbacher team up to write a piece for large wind and brass ensemble. The resulting ‘BIG BEE’ is dedicated to the JSTM MV Jung St. Marien to raise awareness for threatened bee populations worldwide, in loving memory to Bernhard ‘Big B’ Auer’
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‘Funkberater’ merges two bands into one massive group featuring two drummers, two guitarists, two keyboard players, percussion, drums and a Big Band horn section. London based mastermind Stefan Redtenbacher is featuring his UK flagship band the Redtenbacher’s Funkestra doubled up with Backwood Five – an Austrian band performing his compositions for which he is also the musical director and bassist. Stefan’s Funkestra has clocked up over one millions Spotify streams and wants to shine some light at this side-project as well as showcasing his contemporary Big Band instrumental with an infectious beat and riff to boot.
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‘Bump-de-Bump’ is firmly stepping into the footsteps of the Meters and the Funkestra’s general love for the New Orleans Funk and Jazz tradition.
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