Les Fleur - Music
Les Fleur by 4hero
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4hero Are A UK Act Based In Dollis Hill North-West London. The Main Members Of This Group Are Dennis 'Dego' McFarlane And Mark 'Marc Mac' Clair. As Well As Being A Recording Artists They Also Run The Reinforced Record Label. They Are Renowned As Pioneers And Frontrunners In Jungle And Drum And Bass And The Group Obtained A Mercury Music Prize Nomination For Their 1998 Album Two Pages. Their Style Was Initially Uptempo Breakbeat House And Techno And Has Progressed To Hardcore Jungle And Drum 'n' Bass. Comparisons Have Been Drawn Between Them And East London Band Shut Up And Dance With Both Bands Evolving In The Early 1990s As A Rapprochement Between The Breakbeat-Driven African-Diasporic Musical Structures Of Hip-Hop And Reggae And The Dark European Reconstruction Of The Techno Sound Popularised By The Likes Of Joey Beltram CJ Bolland And Mundo Muzique. 4hero Both Embraced The Dynamics Of Populist Rave Culture And Maintained An Avant-Garde Status As Innovative And Experimental Producers. They Trail Blazed Genre-Crossing Studio Techniques Like Timestretching And Pitch-Shifting.
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"Les Fleurs" Was Originally Written By Richard Rudolph & Charles Stepney And Featured On The1971 Minnie Riperton Album "Come To My Garden". Rudolph Incidentally Was Riperton's Husband. Although Reasonably Well Received At The Time The Popularity Of "Les Fleurs" Was Not Fully Realised Until Relatively Recently. Despite This Fact It Has Been Covered By Many Artists From The 1970's Through To 2001. Ramsey Lewis Was The First To Cover It And It Has Been Included On Many Of His Compilation Albums Indeed Riperton Performs With Lewis On His December 26 1970 Live Recording Of The Song At Chicago's Famed London House. In 2001 4hero With Carina Andersson As The Lead Vocalist Covered The Track And It Was This Version That Later Featured In A TV Advert For Baileys Irish Cream. Additionally This Cover Has Also Recently Been Used In An Advertisement For A BBC TV Wildlife Documentary And A Video By Sony Entertainment Entitled 'The Future Of Gaming'. Other Perhaps Less Notable Artists Who Have Covered/sampled The Track Include Kenneth Bager In His Track Fragment Seven "Les Fleurs" Feat. Julee Cruise. "Les Fleurs" Has Also Been Sampled By Jurassic 5 On "Thin Line" Charizma And Peanut Butter Wolf On "Apple Juice Break " Gang Starr On "Jazz Music" Black Sheep On "Similak Child" And By The East Bay Hardcore Band Please Inform The Captain This Is A Hijack On "Robot Rampage In A Luxury World." This Sampling And Reuse Is Testament To The 'fresh Sounding' Original Track.
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4hero Are A UK Act Based In Dollis Hill North-West London. The Main Members Of This Group Are Dennis 'Dego' McFarlane And Mark 'Marc Mac' Clair. As Well As Being A Recording Artists They Also Run The Reinforced Record Label. They Are Renowned As Pioneers And Frontrunners In Jungle And Drum And Bass And The Group Obtained A Mercury Music Prize Nomination For Their 1998 Album Two Pages. Their Style Was Initially Uptempo Breakbeat House And Techno And Has Progressed To Hardcore Jungle And Drum 'n' Bass. Comparisons Have Been Drawn Between Them And East London Band Shut Up And Dance With Both Bands Evolving In The Early 1990s As A Rapprochement Between The Breakbeat-Driven African-Diasporic Musical Structures Of Hip-Hop And Reggae And The Dark European Reconstruction Of The Techno Sound Popularised By The Likes Of Joey Beltram CJ Bolland And Mundo Muzique. 4hero Both Embraced The Dynamics Of Populist Rave Culture And Maintained An Avant-Garde Status As Innovative And Experimental Producers. They Trail Blazed Genre-Crossing Studio Techniques Like Timestretching And Pitch-Shifting.
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"Les Fleurs" was originally written by Richard Rudolph & Charles Stepney and featured on the1971 Minnie Riperton album "Come To My Garden". Rudolph incidentally was Riperton's husband. Although reasonably well received at the time, the popularity of "Les Fleurs" was not fully realised until relatively recently. Despite this fact, it has been covered by many artists from the 1970's through to 2001. Ramsey Lewis was the first to cover it, and it has been included on many of his compilation albums Indeed, Riperton performs with Lewis on his December 26, 1970 live recording of the song at Chicago's famed London House.
In 2001 4hero with Carina Andersson as the lead vocalist covered the track and it was this version that later featured in a TV advert for Baileys Irish Cream. Additionally, this cover has also recently been used in an advertisement for a BBC TV wildlife documentary, and a video by Sony Entertainment entitled 'The Future Of Gaming'.
Other perhaps less notable artists who have covered/sampled the track include Kenneth Bager, in his track Fragment Seven "Les Fleurs" feat. Julee Cruise. "Les Fleurs" has also been sampled by Jurassic 5 on "Thin Line", Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf on "Apple Juice Break," Gang Starr on "Jazz Music", Black Sheep on "Similak Child", and by the East Bay hardcore band, Please Inform the Captain This Is a Hijack, on "Robot Rampage in a Luxury World." This sampling and reuse is testament to the 'fresh sounding' original track.
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