In preparation for the release of the fourth Du-Rites LP (and our first live album), Soundcheck at 6, here’s a clip from our show at Symphony Space earlier this year. This song (“The Bronx Is Burning”) isn’t on the live album, so get a taste of it here! Soundcheck at 6 is out on Old Maid Ent./Ilegalia/ReDefinition Records in September 2019. Watch more of that concert here.
So The Du-Rites’ first live album, Soundcheck at 6, will drop this fall both digitally and on wax (with vinyl c/o ReDefinition Records)! After our Symphony Space show in February, we decided to throw down the live energy to tape and do something different for our fourth LP in just as many years. Pablo and I are joined by Bill Harvey on bass and Bruce Martin on keyboards and percussion. If you’re familiar with our catalog, you know how short most of our songs are, but on stage we got to stretch out, solo and vamp our asses off. Recorded at The Undisclosed Location in Brooklyn, Soundcheck at 6 brings The Du-Rites live show right to your personal listening device. Till then, here’s a few Instagram teasers we shot during the mastering of the album.
Finally accepting that not everyone likes to have physical copies or downloads of their music. Also realizing the power of the playlist. (Shout out to Danger Mouse for the Jukebox nods). So if Spotify is your thang, dig in on The Du-Rites while you’re streaming.
Here’s our main Spotify page, with plenty Caddy Brougham-tastic Corinthian Leather funk anthems!
Here’s our latest single, Monster
Here’s the A-Side of that single, Zodiac
Enjoy
New music! The Du-Rites’ “Zodiac” b/w “Monster” 7″ out now on Bandcamp. Link below. Everywhere else (Spotify, Apple Music, stores, etc.) in a few weeks. Dig in on the groove and find out how triflin’ your zodiac sign is! After you listen, try to convince me in the comments your sign is not that triflin’.
Also streaming on Soundcloud for now:
Some excerpts from last week’s show.
The Du-Rites did the music for this Levi’s ad! Not our typical funk (more rock-ish) but we “du” it all!
#MrPorter – the Afro-Cuban rendition. Catch us at Symphony Space NYC, Valentine’s Day.
Getting a live show together for The Du-Rites requires re-learning all the song forms…even the solos we forgot about! #showdown