FUNKY JUICE RECORDS

The Funky Juice records record label was founded in 1997 by Roberto Colella that after numerous musical and organizational experiences within the club-culture in the city of Rome, decides to devote himself passionately to the development of new international artists with musical attitudes outside the box.

To date have been published about 100 between full-length CDs, compilations and EP. The artists who are more distinct and have had more recognition abroad are: Barrio Jazz Gang, Pauline London , (a very talented artist and a really great vocalist who has already featured in many Barrio Jazz Gang productions), Jade And The Freeways, Alacran, Bungalove, Cuban Jazz Combo, Brother Groove, Panaphonic, and the Ensemble Sideral just to name a few. The most successful track is: “Chok-a-Blok Avenue” by Barrio Jazz Gang featured in a variety of international high quality compilations and was listed in all the specialized playlists. In the “Saint germain Cafe des pres vol. 1-cd” (Wagram) we had the chance to develop our artist in all the world. Our passion for the sixties and seventies Hot-Jazz and for the modern Club-Jazz music create our own sounds and the electronic elements are always fused together with analog an acoustic live recordings-set. You can feel it in almost all our productions, this is our main target, as well reaching the listeners with something special and very up-front. “Os Morçegos” traduced: “THE BATS” (samba-jazz with funky). The project: “Alacran” is a is a music journey, spatial-temporal bridge between Latin and modern emotionalism array electronic influences. It is a project that brings together the heritage of traditional musical cultures such as the tango and the flamenco to invent new filtered taste of admixtures research and openness to unpublished. Spanish is the main language used by “Alacran” in their work, was a natural choice for cultural affinity with our “cousins” of the Iberian peninsula but also because it involves a different people, going to Central and South America. It is a universal language that weighs, how much English.  Their most famous song: “Reflejo De Luna“, was chosen and synchronized for the famous Hollywood film directed by John Turturro: “Fading Gigolò”.

The other most important synchs in T.V. Series and movies, with songs by Barrio Jazz Gang and Bungalove are in: “Ugly Betty” twice, “Sex and the City” twice,  and “Rachel Get Married” (the last Jonathan Demme’s Hollywood movie) in USA.

Leonardo Cesari Jazz Combo that was born out of the quest for a sound that weds the jazz of the 1950s and 60s with the rhythms distilled from contemporary club music. All the ten original tracks, that experiment with the fine line between musical tradition and faster-paced moods, played by the typical jazz formation: the quintet. from contemporary club music. Panaphonic cd : “Vintage Streets And Wah-Wah Sounds”.

D.J. Spice with the cd: ” Kaleidoindia”. Our philosophy of music is deals with beauty, art, enjoyment, sensory-emotional values, perception, and matters of taste and sentiment.With our projects and experiments we strongly want to intensify the topics of a new existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.Bubbling out of the worldwide cities avenues with an infectious beat, sweeping across the caribbean beaches or the New York or London streets, our music evoke the spells of far-off places, exticing nights and extravagant days. We been inspired every day by african-rhythms as well, cuban-jazz, soul, funky, bossa-nova, but in relation with new spice and flavor.Our Nu-beats are wild, free and expressive with savage attitude that suggests primitive rituals and passion under a sturry and tropical sky. Children who grow up in an enriched music environment are better able to understand and enjoy music for the rest of their lives so don’t forget to listen frequently the Funky Juice music. Other relevant artists signed in recent years are:

Moreno Viglione (Gipsy-Jazz, Flamenco New-grooves), Alacran (Tango-Electro), Anton Giulio Priolo (World-Mediterranean), Jade and the Freeways (Classic Soul-Funk), Blackshapes (Funk, Soul, R&B, Pop), Wooden City (Indie, Folk, Electro), Thundermeek (Lounge, Surf, Retro-Jazzy Guitar), SAND, WATER & WIND (Jazz-Bossa Vintage Classic)