Celestial Blues - Music

After Metropolitan Jazz Affair The Dynamics And Mr President Master Of Musical Ubiquity Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart Proudly Presents Uptown Funk Empire A Burning Tribute To One Of His All Time Greatest Loves Funk. Bruno “Patchworks” Hovart As A Self-Taught Musician And Typical Teenager Started Playling Guitar Bass And Keyboards At Age 15 Covering James Brown Jimi Hendrix And Cream In His Bedroom And Later In College Bands. His First Releases Are In The Mid 90s With Deep House And Disco Live Bands And Various Electronic Projects. He Quickly Develops And Shows Very Special Skills For Vintage Disco/funk Productions With A Contemporary Flavor. This Gifted Boy's Been Working With Artists Such As Amp Fiddler Archie Shepp Mr Day Paul Randolph... And For Many Recording Labels Such As I Still Music Usa Favorite Recordings France Infracom Germany Further Out Uk ... Uptown Funk Empire Is An Exciting And Ambitious Project Worthy Of Its Name. While The First Album Is Simply Called "The Empire Strikes Back" It's No Joke... Forget The Whole Revival Thing This Sounds Like An Actual Rebirth Of The Real Funky Stuff. It's Like Being Back To The Better Days Of Funk Without A Travel Machine... The Vibe Is Vintage But The Sound Is Fresh...That's Not Funky Music That's FUNKY MUSIC ! This Album Is Huge And It Covers All The Golden Age Groove Styles Boogaloo Soul Disco Boogie Funk... But The Music Flows In The Hands Of A Gifted Modern Producer. Bruno " Patchworks" Hovart Plays Bass Keyboards Computers... Handling With Love All Composition Programming Arrangements Vocals... With Brilliant Vocal Featurings By Silky Juan Rozoff Brit-Soul Legend Noel Mc Koy At His Best High-Voltage Divas Ange & Janice... And The Funkysoul Brother Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart Himself On The Mic... It's Pure Funkiness ! Beware "The Empire Strikes Back" And Is Kicking... So Get Up & Dance ! Uptown Funk Empire's Music Has Been Playlisted By Radio Stations Such As Radio Nova France Jazz Fm UK Nu Cool Show On Hed Kandi Radio UK Saturday Night Experience On Jazz FM With Mike Chadwick UK Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show On BBC6 Wicked Jazz Sounds On Arrow Jazz FM Holland Soul Jazz Meeting On Radio X With Dj Jazzmadass Germany Soul Food Radioshow On Jazz Radio France Hang Time Radioshow On Radio Grenouille France The Loud Minority Radioshow On Superfly FM Austria Rui Vargas Radioshow On Antena 3 Portugal Deep House Mafia Radioshow On Superfly Fm Austria The Basic Soul Radioshow With Simon Harrison UK Bogaloo Radioshow With Matthias Desch Germany ... Supported By DJs Such As Joey Negro Recloose Dj Bobbito Jazztronik Rich Medina Osunlade Rainer Truby Femi Fem Nik Weston Wicked Jazz Dj's Stereotonic Dj's Simbad Dj Pharoah Kiko Navarro Bob Jones... read less