Concubine Chronicles | CD

Description

CD with picture booklet. Cover art and graphic illustration by Julian Black.

Includes unlimited streaming of Concubine Chronciles via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Edition of 1000

QUOTES

“Stefan grooves so hard with his Music Man Sterling that you will find it impossible to sit still”.
(German Bass Professor Magazine, Lars Lehman)

“I’m always looking for some ensemble sound that is fresh, exciting and ‘signature’. Some never hit anything, but with you I didn’t have to wait long. Terrific, unique, more!”
(Bill Bruford after a live performance at the Boileroom in Guildford)

ABOUT

Recorded live in Mark Knopfler’s studio over 3 days, this album captures the gritty and muscular jazz funk sound of this unique ensemble.

After their polished and discolicious big band studio production ‘Hausmusik’ it was time to record a down, dirty and live record of the tunes Redtenbacher’s Funkestra have been performing live over the past year. Longstanding organ player Dave Limina came over from Boston to join Stefan Redtenbacher (bass, bandleader), Mike Sturgis (drums), Eran Kendler (guitar) and Jim Hunt (tenor saxophone) in a three-day lock down in Mark Knopfler’s fabulous studio in West London. Everything was recorded with microphones onto two-inch tape.

No overdubs, no headphones, no clicks and heaps of sonic ‘bleeding’ – nothing in the way of capturing the raw and gritty feel of the band… and raw and gritty it turned out to be – fine arrangements combined with explosive solos and powerful and grinding rhythms throughout. Bassist and bandleader Stefan Redtenbacher composed and arranged all the material (aside from a funkified remake of Radiohead’s ‘Nude’), blending his influences effortlessly together to create that elusive, unique band sound. The Meters, the Brecker Brothers, Jimmy Smith, the JB horns and the like, all provided a piece in the musical puzzle that is the music of the Redtenbacher’s Funkestra. Long may they orchestrate!

CREDITS

Jim Hunt – tenor saxophone
Mike Sturgis – drums
Dave Limina – Hammond organ
Eran Kendler – guitar
Stefan Redtenbacher – bass

Written, arranged & produced by Stefan Redtenbacher (except where indicated).

Recorded & mixed by Rupert Christie
Mastered by Bruce Barielle, New Orleans
Artwork ‘The Handmaiden’ by Julian Black
Photo by Richard Braine