At last week’s DMC NYC, so fun! Thanks for everyone’s love and support ❤✌and big thanks to Christie Z Pabon for always being an inspiration. Photo credit: Ming Han.

Less than 2 days notice I’m participating the NYC’s DMC’s tonight? Yea, I’m pooping my pants, but let’s just have fun folks. RRS Feed @shredone @djroza represent! And GetBKfunk crew @areuin2thetruth @slimmy_jimmy (saw your 2006 set!!&$%+*)

Philly digs. Coffee and records? Yes, please, and thank you.

“Well hello there…did you lose your mommy and daddy?” (Yep, we abducted it shortly after this) cc: @still1

Letsgetserious.net/radio/getbkfunk :

GetBKfunk crew (minus Kamui) live mixes from WNYU’s “A Downtown Affair” radio earlier this month! Big shot out to Tackleberry & Mike McGill for having us and sharing their gummy candy. Boogie disco funk served fresh and hot. Spread the love.

DOWNLOADS:

Raichous

SupaDave

Slimmy Jimmy

Tune in tonight to WNYU 89.1 to myself and the GetBKfunk crew on Let’s Get Serious radio! Fresh boogie funk vinyl to tickle your fancy 10:30-1am with funky hosts Alex & Mike, A Downtown Affair!

Men. Cherries Records x Benjamin 45rpm release party! Good people in the house, even better music. @serious_bloke @meatyogre1 @wayjells @gnarnahan cc: Cherries boss @shredone (at Tandem)

Pleasure to be spinning a few tunes at Cherries Record’s 45rpm release of BENJAMIN this Monday!

Cherries Records is proud to announce the Release of CH004 BENJAMIN “Love Is Gonna Let You Down b/w Not A Moment Too Soon”. Join us for beverages in a funky commemoration Hosted by Ridgewood Soulcial Club and featuring guest DJ & Cherries BOSS Andrew Brearley (aka Meaty Ogre / Cermakk)

Tandem Bar / Bushwick / BKNY

Hardest drums and bass lines to break your back @esgtheband #ESG tonight at the Bowery Electric NYC. These women will rock your world in any decade. (at The Bowery Electric)

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Monday freebie. EASY by Question. Listen, DOWNLOAD, share…

Cherries Records 004 released! Get yours before they’re gone. And congrats to Cherries and AMALIA for a successful 003 release! Keep it movin’ & spread <3.

cherriesrecords:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CHERRIES RECORDS NEW RELEASE INTRODUCES HOT MODERN SOUL/R&B ARTIST “BENJAMIN”

 

CHICAGO, IL — On Tuesday, January 29^th, 2013 Cherries Records showcases the first flight of new, hot talent BENJAMIN with the label’s fourth 7” release, ‘Love Is Gonna Let You Down b/w Not A Moment Too Soon’.

Windy City singer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Pirani’s fondness for ‘80s soul is the driving force behind the slick panache of CH-004. He cites Fatback Band producers Bill Curtis and Gerry Thomas as prime influences, and as such, the single contains two jams that channel the synth chic of the time, while adding a signature contemporary touch. ‘A’ side Love Is Gonna Let You Down sets plaintive vocals, keys and ripping guitar work at an addictive mid-tempo pace over reverb-heavy drum machine, all while exuding an inspiring & romantic melody. The slower Not A Moment Too Soon features panned synth stabs and lush, layered keys, the quad bumping as BENJAMIN testifies to love’s onset. “We’ll travel to the heights of lovers’ ecstasy”, he promises a lucky lady, before climaxing with a rapturous axe burst. Two stand out efforts - entirely performed and produced by the artist - that are guaranteed to bang in the club, car or crib.

 

ABOUT BENJAMIN

“I have a bit of genuine nostalgia for that period of music,” BENJAMIN muses wistfully, helping illuminate the audacious Jheri curl uptopianism of his formidable debut. Although, funk is just one color in this shining star’s musical palette. BENJAMIN also plays guitar and sings in Chicago Stone Lightning Band, a heavy blues rock affair who recently released an eponymous LP.  He is also a founder of Chicago’s northern soul music staple Windy City Soul Club. This broad scope of activity rests in solid foundation as BENJAMIN is from a family of pros. His mother’s opera career ran from the ‘60s to the ‘80s, while his father played piano on Terry Callier’s timeless 1972 LP Occasional Rain, as well as alongside leading lights of Chicago soul such as Charles Stephney and Minnie Ripperton. Stay tuned as this release is just a brief glimpse into the deep musical vaults of BENJAMIN.

 

 

ABOUT CHERRIES RECORDS

Cherries Records is a Chicago based record label founded in 2012, devoted to releasing a fresh alternative sound in modern funk & r&b music.

 

‘Love Is Gonna Let You Down b/w Not A Moment Too Soon’

available on 7” vinyl & mp3 on Tuesday, January 29^th

at www.cherriesrecords.com

Looking forward to spinning some boogie funk tonight with the good people at Kinfolk Studios [BK] S/O to Shane Okouchi! Excited to see Team Rojas [Miami/BK] get down too, these dudes are BAAAAAAAAAAD.

SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE! Finally gettin’ down with these funky wax junkies David Osborne Slimmy Jimmy Kamui Sumida at Getbk Funk this Thursday, January 13 at Tandem Bar, Brooklyn!!! One the first nights I went to in NY and still one of my favorite. Finally get to let my crates from Cali get some NY air, let’s get down boogie FUNK!

Tandem Bar/236 Troutmant St/Bushwick/Free/10pm

Spinning tonight with DJ Swisherhands, WESTSIDE in East Wburg Brooklyn! If you got your Cali ID, you get a free drink ticket = CALIFORNIA LOVE. Come thru, no cover lover.

New weekly for that 2013! It’s a pleasure to be spinning alongside these cool cats @still1 @youlovepoon @kleankut @ashakerslife NYC! See you Thursday!