The Du-Rites: Greasy Listening

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Du-Rites: Plug It In, The Zone Identity: "Knight Rider" b/w "9 Breaks", The Du-Rites: A Funky Bad Time, The Zone Identity: "Soul Food" b/w "Melting Pot" (2nd Pressing), The Du-Rites: Gamma Ray Jones, MANZEL: "High And Tight" b/w "Standing On Mars", The Du-Rites: Greasy Listening, THE ZONE IDENTITY: "Funk-I-Tus" b/w "Let The Music Take Your Mind", and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Live At The Collard Green Lounge 01:15		buy track
2.	Du The Twitch 02:42		buy track
3.	Bite It 03:15		buy track
4.	Mr. Porter 02:29		buy track
5.	Du-Matic* 02:38	info	buy track
6.	Ballad For A Fallen Country 03:10		buy track
7.	Life Is A Chitlin Circuit 02:48		buy track
8.	Woody The Wino 02:39		buy track
9.	Nip It In The Bud 02:29		buy track
10.	Fabuloso! 02:42		buy track
11.	Bocho's Groove 03:22		buy track
12.	Black Olives 02:33		buy track
13.	The Bronx Is Burning 03:00		buy track

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Album #2 from J-Zone + Pablo Martin aka The Du-Rites. Bonus liner notes PDF included. Available via digital download only in this store. To buy vinyl LP or CD (and all Du-Rites physical merchandise), head to The Du-Rites Bandcamp:

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*Digital + CD only bonus track. Not available on LP.

Less than a year after their out-of-nowhere debut LP, J-Zone and Pablo Martin (aka The Du-Rites) return with their sophomore effort, Greasy Listening. The positive response to their 2016 self-titled offering inspired the NYC funk duo to become winter-spring studio rats and churn out 13 new tracks that both pick up where the initial offering left off and explore some uncharted territory. J-Zone (drums, organ, percussion, turntables) continues to deliver funky rhythms and chunky drum sounds, while Pablo (guitar, bass, synthesizer, electric piano) returns with plenty greasy guitar moves and addictive melodies. But where Greasy Listening differs from its predecessor is in its composition and theme.

Where their almost entirely instrumental debut often built upon jams and vamps, the tunes on Greasy Listening are composed and arranged with more attention to detail, feature some vocal narrations and rely less on soloing. Undermanned as a duo, the J-Zone and Pablo realize they would they need to tighten up the areas beyond their main instruments (drums and guitar, respectively) to prevent rehashing their debut. These limitations birthed raw (but charming) organ solos, electric piano riffs, greasy bass solos and commentary, all of which were almost absent on the first LP. This go round is also an opportunity to be tongue-in-cheek about being forced to multi-track everything as a two-man band. Greasy Listening is a “live” concert staged at a fictitious hole-in-the-wall chitlin circuit venue fittingly dubbed: The Collard Green Lounge.

The aforementioned limitations have aided The Du-Rites in creating their own sound, which nods to both Pablo’s tenure as guitarist in new wave band, Tom Tom Club, and J-Zone’s former path as a hip-hop producer/artist, but somehow remains its own entity.

Welcome to the Collard Green Lounge for some nasty, dripping bacon fat Greasy Listening with The Du-Rites. Don’t tell your doctor you were here.

Pablo: Guitar, Bass, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Organ (on "Mr. Porter"), Vocals

J-Zone: Drums, Organ, Percussion, Turntables, Vocals

Additional Funk Personnel:

Chief Chinchilla & Pimpin' Polyester Pete: Hosting, commentary

Bruce Martin: Congas, Bongos and extra percussion on "Life Is A Chitlin Circuit," "Nip It In The Bud," and "Black Olives"

Mastered by Pablo Martin
Album Design: @REDEFrecords
Photography: Juan Mirko, Dylan Hundley

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released September 19, 2017

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J-Zone Queens, New York

My childhood dream of playing bass in a funk band died when Jheri curls went out of style. I had an on again-off again rap career that ended in 2016. I wrote and self-published a book in 2011, learned to play drums shortly after and returned to my funk roots as a drummer, where I feel most at home. Enjoy the music and thanks for your support! ... more

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