BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS - Black Butterfly - LP - Vinyl [MAY 15]

LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl.  

'Black Butterfly' is Brooklyn Funk Essentials eighth studio album and includes the bands recent hits 'Never Give Up', 'Bust The Bus Stop' and 'Life During Wartime'
Playlisted on BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM and supported by Craig Charles and Cerys
Matthews at 6 Music as well as many stations across Europe and the Americas. The
album was produced and co- written by bassist Lati Kronlund and features Alison
Limerick, Ebba Asman and Desmond Foster on vocals.

Kronlund and Limerick have been enjoying the recent renewed interest in 'Where Love
Lives'. Kronlund wrote and produced it for Limerick in 1990, it was remixed by Frankie
Knuckles and David Morales and became a club classic and was featured in this
year's John Lewis Christmas TV Ad. Arthur Baker heard the original in a club in 1991
that he contacted Kronlund about working together and they then formed Brooklyn
Funk Essentials.

Since then, Brooklyn Funk Essentials have built a devoted international following and
notched up over 100 million streams. Fusing Soul, Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Jazz, Latin,
and, of course, Funk, the band's journey began experimenting with drum machines
and loops in Baker's Shakedown Sound Studio in Jersey City--hunting for that perfect
beat. The early recordings featured greats such as Maceo Parker, Lenny Pickett,
Tower of Power Horns, Michigan & Smiley, and Dizzy Gillespie, leading to the
acclaimed debut 'Cool & Steady & Easy' (1994). Fast- forward to April 2024, when
Kronlund reunited with Baker in Miami, rediscovering recordings featuring percussion
prodigy Bashiri Johnson, which inspired new creative sparks for the next chapter of
Brooklyn Funk Essentials.

The band's acclaimed catalogue also includes 'In The Buzzbag' (1998), 'Make Them
Like It' (2000), 'Watcha Playin' (2008), 'Funk Ain't Ova' (2015), 'Stay Good' (2019) and
'Intuition' (2023).

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. 77 Blackout 
2. Bust The Bust Stop 
3. Never Give Up 
4. Voodoo Gates 

Side B
1. Come Back 4 Real Love 
2. Shameless 
3. Life During Wartime 
4. The Girl From Outer Space 
5. Black Butterfly