Orgone this Saturday Night at the Boom Boom Room

Saturday, November 8, 2008

1601 Fillmore (at Geary)
SF, CA 94115

Doors at 8pm
Show at 9:30pm

$15 http://www.boomboomtickets.com/

Orgone (members of Breakestra and Dap Kings) is one of the funkiest out there and my buddy Devin plays trumpet for them. Would love to see you all out there. Please pass this along to your friends. It should be a great show.

DO NOT MISS THIS BAND!
UBIQUITY RECORDS Retro-Soul Sensation. . .

*ORGONE*
(New & Funktified Retro-Soul Dynamite Stax Style...!)

plus:
*DJ K-OS*

*ORGONE*...Sounding much like a cross between The Dap-Kings and Breakestra (with whom they share several members), L.A.'s Orgone keeps the hotness of the recent retro-soul revival coming; lead singer Fanny Franklin fits in very nicely between Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse. As befits the band's name, Orgone's sound is quite organic, rooted in soul, funk, boogaloo, and jazz, with a classic appeal that's nevertheless contemporary...the entire album is one non-stop groove. If smooth, soulful funk with jazzy arrangements makes you sweat, you just found your new favorite band.
- XLR8R

By the time the listener gets to the nasty, distorted, finger-popping, ass waggling Crabby Ali -- where the deep brewed, second-line New Orleans old-school funk goes head to head with the gloss of L.A.'s Tower of Power styled horn charts -- it feels like the party's just getting started.
- All Music

Orgone recalls acts like Fela Kuti, Trouble Funk, and War, but with a heavy dose of disco, as on Killion's Dialed Up, where the deep groove and diva vocals are so authentic, they could be samples.
- The Onion / A.V. Club

Their music is terrifically unfussy, big slabs of grizzled R&B, greasy as fatback and thick as a very particular kind of smoke. At their best, they recall the majesty of Sly & the Family Stone; opening track Who Knows Who is all bleary horns and broken-heart vocals, It's What You Do is a tight, itchy jam. There's still a riot goin' on, and Orgone is at the front of the crowd.
- eMusic

It's easy to imagine The Killion Floor both igniting mass partying and stoking libidos for more intimate gatherings.
- OC Weekly

One of the funkiest singles we've heard on Ubiquity Records in years...
- Dusty Groove

A real force to be reckoned with on the funk scene...
- Jazzman

If this is any indication of how good their album will be we're in for a treat.
- Fat City Records

These guys are on a roll.
- Turntable Lab

If you thought disco–real soulful disco–could never come back, think again.
- XLR8R

Orgone first appeared on Ubiquity with their cover of "Funky Nassau" (on Rewind Volume 4), which became a ubiquitous DJ fave worldwide. We're now proud to present their first full-length album called The Killion Floor.

The Los-Angeles-based band's reputation amongst the funk and soul fraternity is backed-up by an impressive and quickly growing resume that is expanding their reach. This includes landing a spot in an Adidas campaign, touring with major-label crew Little Brother, and going out as backing band for The Pharcyde, Plantlife (including a BBC performance for Jools Holland), Tone Loc, and New Orleans funk legend Eddie Bo at the Hurricane Katrina benefit. Members of Orgone also feature in the make-up of Ubiquity acts Connie Price and Breakestra and perform regularly at the Root Down in LA.

At the core of the band is a rhythm section comprised of close friends who have played together for over 15 years. Growing artistically as a unit they function as one organic and intuitive whole and, while they enjoy the comparisons to hot acts of the moment like Amy Winehouse, or funk staples like Sharon Jones or Breakestra, they're quick to point out that Orgone is unique, "We draw from a wider musical and production palette than a lot of the '60's inspired music that's making a resurgence," explains band-member Sean O'Shea. "It's not intentional; it's simply a reflection of the music and production aesthetics that we love." The Killion Floor backs this up by taking the listener on a musical journey from the sound of Los Angeles to horn and percussion driven Lagos, and from a New York club to the raw sounds of New Orleans.

Lead singer Fanny Franklin joined the groups' recordings after they saw her perform with Dakah, the 30-piece hip hop orchestra. "We felt she was the best soul singer in town," says O'Shea. "We asked her to record "Funky Nassau" and that led to us working together regularly." Franklin delivers monster performances that will surely put an end to her relative obscurity on tracks like the Memphis-drenched "Who Knows Who," the laid-back and cosmic "Said and Done," and the apocalyptic sound of "Do Your Thing." ... more"

I Get Lifted" is a version of the track Harry Wayne Casey (K.C.) and Richard Finch (later known in life as KC and the Sunshine Band) produced for George McCrae. Los Angeles vocalist Fanny Franklin shines on vocals riding an irresistible cosmic-flavored tune that settles nicely somewhere between live disco and spacey soul. Franklin has appeared on recordings by Dakah and sang alongside Macy Gray. She is the de-facto Orgone vocalist to appear on tours and as the main vocalist on the upcoming album.

On the flip is an instrumental inspired as much by Roy Ayers as Fela Kuti. "It's What You Do" will appeal to fans of the bands previous recordings like "Hambone" and "Funky Nassau."