7/7/7 = Max Sedgley & The Shoots @ Telfords, Chester

[3DJ]

7/7/7
Saturday 7th July 2007

Funkdub Live Presents..
Max Sedgley & The Shoots
(Sunday Best Recordings)
@ Telfords Warehouse, Chester
With slabs of wax from 3DJ & G-Kush (Funkdub)

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Max Sedgley's career to date has been a tale of unabashed talent, irregular bouts of what Hollywood folk like to call serendipity and bloody hard work. That the man behind 'Happy', one of this century's most enduring clarion calls, is blessed with an uncanny knack for fashioning infectious, dancefloor-slaying nuggets goes without saying. However, Sedgley has had to persevere - he's earned his rhythmical stripes alright.

Max was always going to be a drummer. As a baby he was always hitting things. As a budding young drummer at school, his music teacher was friendly with one of this country's greatest ever percussionists, James Blades who passed on his expertise to Max.

Having released tracks on labels such as Second Skin, Om, Irma and Cookin' Records, and having drummed with the likes of d'n'b guru Roni Size amongst many others, he is a man of unique talents. His aim to "combine the analogue and the digital; the real and the electronic" so that "no matter what style it was it would always seem current" has been achieved.

The now club classic 'Happy' which everyone seems to know, was adopted by the disparate likes of Mr Scruff, Gilles Peterson, Erol Alkan and Pete Tong, and the DJs at Radio 1 were all over it like a bad rash. The track of course went onto soundtrack the exploits of Wayne Rooney and company when ITV used it as their main theme for Euro 2004 and after spending 10 weeks being played at Radio 1 reaching the Top 30, it went on to sell a staggering 25,000 copies.

You could say that it has become Max’ signature tune but hold on…… Mr Sedgley is no one-trick pony: From The Roots To The Shoots (“It's something which represents my old school influences in the roots and then the shoots is the modern, the colourful and contemporary”) is clear evidence of that. It's a joyous listen; an album enthralled by the possibilities of sound - the album George Clinton would have made if he had been a white South Londoner with a disco fixation.

Live it sounds like the best disco workout. With Max in control, the beat will always go on.

Album "From the Roots to the Shoots" reviews:

"An essential summer album"
Album of the month ***** (IDJ mag)

"An enviable grasp of bass-heavy electro-funk, sun-glazed soul and supafly disco. Fans of Michael Jackson, Funkadelic and Quincy Jones roll back those rugs right now."
**** (Time Out)

"Max Sedgley brings the funk and much more....an entertaining collection that deserves the spotlight."
**** (Evening Standard/Metro)

"Frankly astonishing debut....mind-bending production values combine with real power to make a delightful, uplifting, seriously inspirational dance record."
(Myvillage.com)
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'The best band at Bestival 06'
The Guardian

http://www.myspace.com/maxsedgley
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[Tommo]

I can't wait for this- Happy is a tune that just won't quit and if you think you don't know it - you definitely will!

Top booking Sam, this one's going to sell like crack.
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[gentlemankush]

[easy]

Top marks guys....Oh what a great summer this is gonna be, wait & see who weve booked for surgery the week before this little gem, its all goin on... & glasto (if i get any tix that is) two weeks before!!!

my cup brimeth over

[Woj]

I've just got a copy of the album and really like it. Nice mix of floor stormers like Happy / Devil Inside and some more downtempo tracks like Celebrity / Slowly. Bring it on!
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[3DJ]

[gentlemankush]

Remixes EP of Happy out this week, gonna get me some:

"HAPPY", the tune that sparked Max Sedgley's music career, was picked up by ITV and used as the theme-music to EURO 2004. It quickly sold more than 25,000 copies and was for many the anthem of the year. Max has since had a prolific string of hits from his "From the Roots to the Shoots" debut album, including Devil Inside, Slowly & Celebrity, gaining massive respect from producers and music-lovers alike. However, it was 'Happy' that truly shocked the foundations of a party generation two years ago and it has since become the most requested tune at Max's live shows and DJ sets. That is why we thought it was about time for a 2007 re-rub...

Born the prodigal son of a BBC music producer, Max's youth was spent clacking on spoons or bashing cushions to the soul and big band records his tuneful old man played around the house. Eventually graduating to drumming lessons from world-class percussionist James Blades, Max has become a king pin in his field, also picking up some mean piano techniques along the way. In the early days, he drummed for Roni Size and it is these clinical beats that have distinguished him, not only as a very special drummer, but also as a master of the all-essential rhythmical backbone that is so essential to his powerful party sound.

This year, a truly high-end line-up of producers has been enlisted to take on the task of remixing Happy for 2007. Mr Dan, the man responsible for making Sebastian Tellier's beautifully epic 'La Ritournelle' radio-friendly turns 'Happy' into a three-minute, razor-sharp radio smash. Ashley Beedle is on form as ever, giving the track a live, soulful, blaxploitation makeover; he has also been kind enough to throw in an instrumental to boot! Finally, Go Home Productions delivers a brilliant, up-tempo, electro-breaks banger with his mix.

1ST time round, this track dominated the airwaves and lit up every dancefloor it touched. It's still got every bit of its original charm and more thanks to these fantastic re-rubs. So get ready for a HAPPY 2007...

http://www.sundaybest.net/site/home/

+ check the video for the original of Happy here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugEgKA24dig
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[Woj]

And a little taster of what we're in store for come the Summer:

HAPPY LIVE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE


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[3DJ]

remixes and dj feedback on the new single at:
http://www.myspace.com/maxsedgley

ps, check some of the other dates we're rubbing shoulders with!
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[easy]

excuse my french but that new happy 2007 mix fucking rocks!

[3DJ]

line up is looking like this:

Max Sedgley (Drums, Percussion, Keys)
Tasita D'mour (Lead vocals)
Mike Buchanan (Guitar, Lead & backing vocals)
Andy ("V") Valentine (Guitar, Lead & backing vocals)
Marcus Dods (Bass)

3DJ & G-Kush on the decks
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[3DJ]

JUNE 2007

'Happy' (Make You Happy) has just aired as part of a major global TV & Cinama ad campaign for Bacardi having been re-released in March 2007 on Sunday Best Recordings incorporating remixes by Ashley Beedle and Go Home Productions. Max will make his Glastonbury DJ debut in 2007 on the Dance East Stage on Friday night.

"Fans of Quincy Jones, Funkadelic and Prince roll back those rugs right now "
- Time Out

"An essential summer album *****"
- album of the month, IDJ magazine


LIVE
Believe it or not, Max Sedgley, master producer of club classic 'Happy' is an accomplished drummer and has a great five-piece live band, The Shoots, fronted by soul diva Tasita D'mour. They play a blinding live set of material from Max's debut album 'From the Roots to the Shoots' released on BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank's Sunday Best Recordings.

"Best of all is Max Sedgley's Saturday afternoon performance. Happy, his bounding 2004 crossover hit, is an absolute peach - equal parts soul, dance and rock'n'roll. This is live music with a genuine groove, and it proves an exhilarating focal point to a fine weekend."
Bestival 2006 LIVE REVIEW **** The Guardian James Smart

To date Max Sedgley and The Shoots have aired their exploisively funky live sounds at Koko, The Jazz Cafe, 93 Feet East, Cargo - London. Bestival - The Isle of Wight. Wakestock Festival - Wales. Bournemouth University Summer Ball. Audio - Brighton. Petrol - Antwerp, Belgium. Reeperbahn Festival - Hamburg, Germany. The Hague Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, The Green Room Festival, Kuala Lumpar. The Roxy - Prague, Czech Republic. Club Yellow - Tokyo.
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[3DJ]

Thanks for the influx of mail about this, yes the Bacardi advert music IS Max Sedgley & The Shoots!

Apparently, it was first aired during Big Brother's launch show on Channel 4 and has pretty much been aired constantly since.

It's a new Bacardi Drink Ad and it uses the Go Home Productions remix of Max Sedgley's 'Happy', that was released on Sunday Best back in March 07.

The Bacardi ad is titled 'Blend and Assimilate'.

You can view the advert here

More info here
http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=2185

and here
http://www.moving-picture.com/bacardi

and here
http://www.gohomeproductions.co.uk/
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[gentlemankush]

aye saw that ad last night, go max !!
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[gentlemankush]

soon soon soon !!

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