The Gene Dudley Group represents an outpouring of deep soul and funk music from obscenely talented 27 year-old multi-instrumentalist residing in North London, Gene Dudley.
The debut album, “Saturday Shifting”, released earlier this year, caused quite a stir and quickly gained this deeply soulful producer a new army of fans, with Kenny Dope, Huey Morgan and Daz-I-Kue all singing its praises!
The Brim
One of the most popular tracks from the album is the up-tempo, tropical flavoured cut, and brand new single, “The Hilo Bay Halfway”. It comes complete with a pair of exclusive remixes – a “Disco Dub Remix” from Gene himself, who uses hand claps, synths and some seriously squelchy bass to take this club monster in another, equally foot friendly direction; and one from label mate Scrimshire, whose afro flavoured guitar licks and quirky keyboard sounds guarantee similar dance floor destruction.
Add to that a brand new song from Gene Dudley, entitled “The Mall Walk”, and the added bonus of Gene’s never before released remix of the Scrimshire classic “Alignment”, featuring the sultry vocals of Stac, and you’ve got a package filled to the brim with serious Wah Wah 45s talent!
Look out for The Gene Dudley Group live, when they support Stones Throw artists Myron & E at London’s Jazz Café in December. There’s much more to come from this new star of the deep funk and soul scene.
Reactions
“It might sound like a confidence trick or a number from the South Pacific soundtrack but The Hilo Bay Halfway is actually the new single off The Gene Dudley Group‘s rather good debut LP Saturday Shifting (released back in July on Wah Wah 45s) on which the authentic sound of tropical funk seems to have been captured by the north Londoner.” Monkeyboxing.com http://monkeyboxing.com/content/the-gene-dudley-group-the-hilo-bay-halfway-2013/
“Got that rawness that i like :)” Daz-I-Kue (Bugz in The Attic/I-Kue Recordings/FSR Radioshow, USA)
“I love GDG! This single doesn’t disappoint. Full support!” DJ Gilla (First Word, UK)
“Firstly, I love the whole album and have been playing tracks from it ever since I first received it and peeps always ask me ‘who is it?’ and ‘how old is it?’. So it’s great to tell them it’s new and by the super soulful and somewhat funky Gene Dudley Group. So now to have some bumping remixes in different styles that will fit into a multitude of different sets and styles has just made my day. All versions are killer and will definitely be going into my digital box. I’m gonna purchase the 45 anyway!” DJ Mr Lob (Australia)
“The production vibe is authentic and these tracks swing like any of the best from the ’60s or 70s. Love that Mall Walk and Alignment.” DJ Tomas (Google Play, XLR8R, USA)
“Great package!” Stiliyan Angelov (Love & Happiness Music, Bulgaria)
“What a talent you have on your hands here. Really love how he dubs out his music. My hope for him is that he continues to seek new musical journeys in the next 12 months and push himself to do something even more radical in developing his sound.” DJ Jumij Freek (UK)
“A great EP! Scrimshires’ work out of Hilo Bay Halfway takes the brass funk original to dance floor territory while still retaining the spirit. Mall Walk is a great Menahan type of instrumental, and Stac tops off the release with a great collab on Alignment.” Pimpernel Jones (First Word, UK)
“Two favourites for me on this release… “The Hilo Bay Halfway (Original Mix)” + “The Mall Walk”, both are great!” Sven Thomschke / ‘Dr.Best’ www.radio-z.net (Germany)
“Another belter of a release from Mr Dudley. Particularly enjoying his disco mix.
Played original on my show last week and it’s disco time today!” Tom Headfunk (Isle Of Wight)
“Sublime!” Markus Milz (Further In Fusion, Germany)
“Scrimshire’s Alignment does the business for me, very nice.” DJ Graham B (Freestyle Records, Club Lite Amsterdam, Netherlands)
“Support on Radio and club sets.” Russ Dewbury (Juice 107.2, UK)
“Nice” DJ Irk (Solid Steel contributor, UK)
“Groovy Baby..Love the disco dub mix & the last track (Alignment) as well.” Ian Lythaby (Glastonbury FM, UK)
“This will get the bejesus played out of it on Source FM I guarantee it..!!!” Matthew Rogers (Source FM, UK)
“Really good tunes that will definitely be played on my show. Loving Alignment.” Steve Bright (heartandsoulradio.co.uk, UK)
“great tracks !” Makossa (radio fm4, Austria)
“Amazing release. The Wah Wah boys delivering the goods as per usual! Love the Stac track, lovely stuff as is the rest of the release.” Rebecca Vasmant DJ (UK)
“Great stuff! This release will fit my radio show’s selection and also DJ sets very well so I’ll support these for sure! My favourites are Alignment (Gene Dudley Remix) and that Disco Dub Mix of The Hilo Bay.” DJ AIS-T / Tommi Partanen (Music People radioshow, Basso Radio, www.basso.fi, Finland)
“like the Gene Dudley Disco Dub Mix” Greg Fenton (magazine sixty/ dmc, UK)
“Feeling the disco dub/ The Mall Walk..Nice!!” Dj Harv (PointBlank FM Tuesday mornings, UK)
“topp!” Daniel (bklyn.de, Germany)
“love the disco dub” Andykisaragi (skank n stomp, UK)
“Hilo… original and dub are rocking my world!” T-Bird (Something Else!, Spain)
“Luvin this! another sure shot release via those lovely peeps at wahwah45´s; instant classic! radio&Dj support ON” Tom Wieland (www.samurai.fm/transeuropaexpress etc…, Austria)
“I’m feeling this!” Steve Williams (ukvibe.org, UK)
“Wicked, wicked, wicked tunes. Love the instrumentation, beats and overall vibe. LOVE IT!!” Mark Parker DJ (UK)
“Nice vibes, “The Hilo By Halfway” sounds great.. gonna support this!” Lukas (OneBeat Berlin, Cityclouds Blog, Germany)
“This Afro funk sound is timeless! Full support!” DJ Ausar (89.3FM wrfg {Kalakuta Show}/ BodyMusic {soulandjazz.com}, USA)
“Wicked !!!” DJ Psycut (Jazz Attitudes and 22tracks Paris, France)
“Awesome. That Scrimshire remix eez da sheet!” Lubacov Soleado (GladysPalmera.com, Spain)
“Disco Dub Mix with funky soul…..mixture successful!” MisterG (greenarrowradio, USA)
“27 really? he must have started playing at 3 – dripping with quality ..” Stuart Patterson (mi-soul.com radio, UK)
“this is hot !!!” Mark Milz (further in fusion @ radio corax 95.9fm, Germany )
“Like the first track. it’s a sleeper. hypnotic, really settles in as an earwig by the end.
nice stuff!” Philville (wrsi-fm, 93-9 The River, USA)
“Awesome. An absolute joy to listen & chill out to.” Eisandnose (Eisandnose, UK)
“Sounds good” Hal Horowitz (freelance writer, USA)
“Will def play this one on the radio!!! :)” Dubbel Dee (Radio {Mo’Jazz}, Belgium)
“Great EP with the Scrimshire Remix as favorite.” Phil Horneman (DJ/organiser Wicked Jazz Sounds & show host on Radio6NL, Netherlands)
“The Mall Walk.” Danny Breaks (UK)
“Cool.”Jason Villani/ DJ Lord Lewis (WESU 88.1 FM Middletown Connecticut, USA)
“Excellent good times funky tunes !!!” Mark Robinson (https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/program/primetime-jazz/ Australia)
“Loving the original fix… mixes are tight too.. loving the Gene Dudley Group sound.. respect to the camp” DJ Snuff (dj funk soul hip-hop and b-boy breaks in clubs and competitions world wide, UK)
“The Hilo Bay Halfway Original and REMIX. YES !!!” Michael Ruetten (soulsearching radio shows , jazz thing & groove mags, mb! mixed tape online mag, Germany)
“Big fan of this group and how nice to hear such a variety of remixes. Love what Scrimshire has done on his version but equally the disco dub was a nice surprise” Chris Welch (Sounds Like This 93.2FM Sheffield Live /Phuture Motion {Freestyle Records} UK)
“I love it, thanks” Komar (blogger/music consumer, Czech Republic)
“Thanks. Another killer release” Nick Armitage (22Tracks, UK)
“Great! disco dub” Craig Woodrow (Craig Woodrow DJ, UK)
“The Mall Walk is great. Already been playing the A-side on the show.” Mr Jason (Seal Of Approval radio show, every Tuesday on New York-based BreakthruRadio, UK)
“Brilliant!” Eric Tchaikovsky (Night Light Soundsystem, Ukraine)
“Lovin the disco dub… different” Ross Allen (Clubs and Mi-soul.com, UK)
“High level!” Dobo Marzov (The “45 RPM” Radio Show {Radio Varna, part of the National Radio of Bulgaria}, Bulgaria)
“Supporting” Four40Records (four40 records, UK)
“Awesome awesome cool vibes”Gurdeep Singh Uppal (underground uk dj, UK)
“Its got a great groove, this would keep my dancefloor moving nicely, and the other tracks would go great in the bar.” Jim Ling (Tavern, Barnstaple, Devon, UK)
“Bursting with wholesome wickedness!!” Diesler (Tru Thoughts/Freestyle Records/Buried Treasure, UK)
“Nice selection of mixes! Decent tunes.” Adam (The ASBO Disco, UK)
“A great EP! Scrimshires’ work out of Hilo Bay Halfway takes the brass funk original to dancefloor territory while still retaining the spirit. Mall Walk is a great Menahan type of instrumental, and Stac tops off the release with a great collab on Alignment…..” Pimpernel Jones (Herma Puma, UK)
“Dopeness!!” djenigma (wxci, USA)
“Original and disco dub mix here please…” Found Sounds (DJ Mag, UK)
“One of my favourite tracks from the album. Adore the GD remix of the Scrimshire’s” James Lewis (Radio Syndication, UK)
“Great stuff!!! Love the mixes..especially the Hilo Bay Halfway Gene Dudley Disco Dub Mix. Thank you!!!!!” Dj Emskee (WBAI 99.5fm/RECORDnition party NYC, USA)
“Like it” Hannu Ikonen (DJ, Finland)
“Embedded in my funk set, great” Gerald Gundacker (DJ, Austria)
“Nice stuff !” Antonio Bacciocchi (RadioCoop, Italy)
“Dopackage” Ahmet Gunes (lovaj.com/acik radyo, Turkey)
“Nice funky styles … with love” Martin Double D Huebscher (funky fresh radio x, Germany)
“The Mall Walk is…delicious!!! I love also the Gene Dudley Disco Dub of The Hilo Bay Halfway” Black Mighty Wax aka Cesare Cera (Gru Radio {Turin} & Radio Fujiko 103 {Bologna} Italy)
“Some nice honest soul and funk with some cool remixes”James (Audio Texture Radio Show, Spain)
“I always love a good one-man-band. And this is a good one-man-band.” Dave Lilley (Double Yellow, UK)
“Love it! Will support on the air!” Jamal Ahmad (Jazz 91.9fm WCLK Atlanta, USA)
“Gene Dudley Group does it again superb.” Nick Davies (Radio Winchcombe, UK)
“Like that Alignment remix! cool riff” MATHIEU SCHREYER (KCRW, USA)
“Loving the Scrimshire remix!” John Bailey (Triple R 102.7fm Australia)
“On promo chart” Doogie (extramusicnew, USA)
“Really liking the Gene Dudley Remix of Alignment” Ket Shah (www.muchosoul.podomatic.com Back2Backfm.net, UK)
“Love Scrimshire’s remix and ‘The Mall Walk’ the most! Lovely lovely tunes!” Marcus Rosario (KSDS-FM San Diego’s Jazz 88.3, USA)
“Nice deep funk track sound… will be putting in to rotation.” JJ Nite (Funk Republic Radio, USA)
“Strong track off the recent LP, Scrimshire’s remix is the undoubted winner!” Mark Ski (Funk by Funk show, UK)
“Love it!” Jasper (www.nerdyframes.org/, New Zealand)
“Absolutely splendid stuff! Will support where ever I bloomin’ well can.” Ross Wakefield (Part-Time Heroes/Hideout Sessions, UK)
“Excellent the ‘Disco Dub remix’ and I love so much ‘The Mall Walk’” Cesare Cera (Black Mighty Wax / Irma, Italy)
“Serious foot action from this one dance floors beware” Paul’ABBO’Abbott (www.starpointradio.com, UK)
“Gene Dudley Group does it again superb” Nick Davies (Radio Winchcombe, UK)
“Really enjoyed that Gene Dudley disco dub, I’m a sucker for those dubbed-out delayed horns!” Dave Fortune (My First Moth Records, UK)
- Radio play from Higher Street (Spain);
- Chris Ex (Up’n’Loud Radio);
- Playlist: The Jazzmadass Radio Show (Radio X, Frankfurt, Germany);
- Jason Pulaski, Innamissions, KUCI 88.9FM (USA)
