The Apples - Kings

15 years after it's original release, Freestyle Records serve up a reissue for The Apples' Kings LP - fully remastered & fully re-cut, it's sounding better than ever! In a musical first for the band they wrote, arranged and recorded Kings with specific collaborators in mind. They held sessions with two of their heroes; a congregation with two musical and spiritual father figures from opposite ends of The Apples rich spectrum: Fred Wesley (pioneer of funk trombone in particular and funk horn arranging in general with James Brown, The JBs) Shlomo Bar (vocalist, percussionist, godfather of Israeli world music). The exciting process of these recordings exposed the band's many roots and influences; elements of The JB's funky foundations, cut 'n paste, soul, middle eastern and dub elements are all clearly displayed - strained through the band's unique decks-horns-sfx-bass-drums lineup. This release signified the next step in The Apples ever thickening groove stew, priming them for festival and club stages all over the planet - with a relentless live set filled with runaway grooves, countless twists and turns, dizzying transitions, spontaneous arrangements, and the occasional reworking of early 90's alt-rock fist shakers... plus the basic jump-up-and-down crazyness for which they are now known across dancefloors, soundsystems, playlists, films, televisions, cars and ears worldwide.