Made for Pleasure

by The New Mastersounds

Overview

Where in the World (or Maybe Just the U.S.) Are the New Mastersounds? could be a contest run by this Leeds, England band. From 2011 through 2014 alone, the New Mastersounds released studio albums recorded in Texas, California, and Colorado, as well as a live set performed in Hamburg, Germany. Made for Pleasure was laid down in New Orleans, Louisiana. Versed as they are in a multitude of groove-oriented jazz and R&B forms up through the '70s, the musicians naturally incorporate some acknowledgments of the city's contributions to the genres they honor. The title track leads the album with a greased-up, scratched-out instrumental that evokes the Meters, and there are other nods to the Crescent City, but the set roams more freely than any of the group's albums that preceded it. Three songs fronted and co-written by North Carolina native Charly Lowry, who competed a decade prior on the third season of American Idol, add heft and grit, while Spellbinder leads a vintage reggae version of Iggy Azalea's number one pop hit "Fancy" (with "irie," of course, in place of "fancy"). The remaining cuts are instrumentals that, all together, allow each instrumentalist room to shine, whether evoking a late-'60s George Benson date or prime Prestige-era Charles Earland. The quartet members, along with their guest horn players and percussionists, are so proficient at what they do that their output seems to simply flow out with minimal effort. Once they settle into a groove, the course they take always seems instinctive and often predictable, but they always deliver a good time. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	10/02/2015
Label:	Royal Potato Family
UPC:	0020286220558
Rank:	198324

Tracks

1. Made for Pleasure
2. High & Wide
3. Enough Is Enough
4. Fancy
5. Cigar Time
6. Joy
7. Sittin on My Knees
8. Let's Do Another
9. Pho Baby
10. Just Gotta Run
11. Tranquilo

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The New Mastersounds   Primary Artist
Charly Lowry   Vocals
Mike Olmos   Trumpet
Eddie Roberts   Guitar
Joe Tatton   Keyboards
Mike Dillon   Tabla,Congas,Percussion,Vibraphone
The Spellbinders   Vocals
Joe Cohen   Sax (Tenor)
Simon Allen   Drums
Pete Shand   Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Gregory J. Del Deo   Design
Kurtis McKenzie   Composer
Charlotte Aitchison   Composer
Amethyst Kelly   Composer
John Empton   Composer
Patrick Meads   Cover Art Concept
Charly Lowry   Composer
Jon Turner   Composer
Mike Olmos   Composer
Eddie Roberts   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Joe Tatton   Composer,Group Member
David Glasser   Mastering
Joe Cohen   Composer
Simon Allen   Composer,Cover Photo,Group Member
Pete Shand   Composer,Group Member
Jason Pebworth   Composer
Jon Shave   Composer
George Astasio   Composer
James Whitten   Engineer
Josh Fairman   Engineer
Jim Mimna   Photography