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  • Crank It Up

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    Artist: Otis Grove

    Label: Ropeadope Digital

    ZERO to 60 in 2 seconds flat. Otis groove just takes you there…..QUICK.
    It’s a jazz trio turned rock trio turned groove trio that’s now an “all of the above” trio. There’s the inevitable comparisons to Soulive (b/c of the identical line up - Hammond B3, Guitar and Drums); sometimes to Medeski Martin and Wood and even the Meters, but we need to say that these three Berklee College of Music grads got their own thing (way!) and that’s precisely why ropeadope signed them up to the old digital label. We feel like we stole ‘em, just like Tom Brady was drafted by the Patriots in the 6th round? Not sure how the rest of the industry slept on Otis Groove until we remembered that there is no longer a music industry! back the day there would have been a good old fashioned bidding war.

    Describe Otis Groove in Spanish in 3 words or less: FUGEGO FUGEGO FUEGO. These guys are so hot that they will rip a new place into the space formerly known as the hole of your ass. NOT A DAMN JAMBAND, this is a collective experiment in crossing the traditional jazz sound, with funk and Hip-Hop rhythms with a sound based in groove, free in improvisation, yet rooted in songwriting, and soulful melodies. Oh really? Yes really. And wait til you seem them live. (fuego fuego fuego).

  • Funkwrench

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    Artist: Funkwrench

    Label: Ropeadope Digital

    Escaping from their respective regular gigs with Marty Stuart and Patty Griffin, side-monster guitarist Kenny Vaughan and bassist Frank Swart make the least likely getaway imaginable—essentially by crash-landing the P-Funk Mothership in Electric Ladyland to create Funkwrench. Expect set-long space jams, screaming leads and gristly more-bounce-to-the-ounce grooves from the trio, anchored by drummer Adam Abrashoff.ropeadope digital will be releasing this recording in both it's electric (side a) and unplugged (side b) version. man oh man, are these guys fun. can i borrow a funkwrench please?

  • Suite Seventeen

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    Artist: Black Gold 360

    Label: Ropeadope Digital

    FILE UNDER::avant-electro-jazz. Wanna compare? Welll.....okay: Jazzanova meets John Zorn meets the Cinematic Orchestra meets the Christian McBride Band meets your mama. No, this isn’t for everyone, but for those that it is for, they will want no more. No words, all music (which consequently creates infinite words from an alien language that sounds strangely familiar) Mature. Like a fine wine. This is the late night hang, the post-party, party-in-a-box that takes you from the darkest hours to the promise of a new day. Oh say....can you see? Or better yet....can you hear? It’s all there – thumping upright acoustic bass, skat-a-tat-tat drummer who is two steps ahead (or is it behind?) of all time, keyboards and horns. Oh, it’s a jazz band, but wait, it’s a DJ spinning magic. You know the deal in 2008 everything is real. This one sweeps and swoons, leaving you dancing under the moon. But don’t sleep, every step is a new adventure, excitement lurks behind every beat. Isn’t that neat?

  • The Results Of A Higher Mission

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    Artist: Kicksville

    Label: Ropeadope Digital

    Kicksville is new and fresh and clean and pure and NEW AND FRESH.
    How do you describe a band anymore in this day and age of over-hype, mega-links
    And blogs, blogs, blogs, I mean, there’s music coming out of every corner of your world these days and you still haven’t heard anything that knocked you off your ass…..for better or worse……until kicksville. That’s how I see it, that’s how I heard it. that’s why I signed it. that’s how they dined it.

  • Never Knows Best

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    Artist: Yameen

    Label: Ropeadope Digital

    FILE UNDER::hip-hop that bounces beyond genre and straight into that elusive next level. Thumping bass lines laced with scratches, raw vocals and bliss. A surprise lurks behind every beat; a twist, a turn and what have you learned? That Yameen is the next generation of hip-hop pioneers.

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