Big Boss Man
Debut Release:
September 2000
Blow Up Cat. No.s:
BU056, BU053, BU050, BU037, BU027, BU022, BU018, BU017
"Excellent" Mark
Lamarr, BBC Radio 2
"The Sgt Pepper of boogaloo - and you can't go without breakfast,
can you?"
music 4/5, sonic 4/5 Hi-Fi
Choice
5/5 Drummer Magazine
"Effortlessly hip" 4 stars -
Echoes
"Their best album yet " 4 stars - Record
Collector
"Big Boss Man are back and groovier than ever. If Charlie Croker
from The Italian Job was still alive - he would be dancing to this,
and recommendations don't come any better than that!" 7/10 Clash
"14 scorching hot tracks"
Scootering 'Recommended
Listening'
"For loud'n'proud modish club soul, this is it!" Shindig!
BIOGRAPHY
Big Boss Man formed in 1999 when three long
time friends Nass, Trev and Scott, got together for some Hammond
heavy action. They released their album debut 'Humanize' (Blow Up)
in 2001 which precipitated a wave of interest in the band, and was
a clear definition of the BBM sound: a hip Hammond hybrid of 60's
and 70's drenched R'n'B, Funk, Latin, Jazz, Soul and Pop. The album
went on to be used exclusively as the soundtrack for the 2002 BAFTA
nominated short film'Sweet' featuring The Mighty Boosh (Big Boss
Man performing in the nightclub sequences in the film), as well as
tracks appearing on numerous compilations. Party 7 from Humanize
was featured in the Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona NIKE WORLDCUP
worldwide advert in 2006 and subsequently released as a limited
single. Their 2005 follow up 'Winner' (Blow Up) was produced by the band and
Morgan Nicholls (The Streets / Muse / Gorillaz). Morgan (the son of
Immediate Records' inhouse songwriter Billy Nicholls), had a studio
choc-full of groovy stuff: The Who's Hammond, Steve Marriott's
first guitar, Clavis and Wurlis, all of which were put to good use
on the album which continued the trip from where Humanize left off
- through 60's Funk, along the way taking in Bongo/Fuzz, Latin
Soul, French Beat, Boogaloo and general Hammond/Moog mentalness
everywhere else!
Big Boss Man have also worked on numerous other
projects including remixes for Paul Weller (The Bottle), a solo
project from Nasser as The Bongolian (three albums The
Bongolian, Blueprint, Outer Bongolia for Blow Up) on which he played
all the instruments himself. Following the inclusion on the
Thievery Corporation's 'Outernational Sound' compilation, Big Boss
Man's dancefloor favourite 'Sea Groove' was also used by the Red
Cross for a nationwide campaign in the USA this year. The original
7" version of Sea Groove now valued at £25 in the official Record
Collector guide - although that's if you can find one!
RELEASES
Appears On
LEGO 006 : CD
ESL075 : CD
VVR5026910 : Ltd. 7"
later 00/8 : CD
later 00/5 : CD

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