The Du-Rites: “Tenement” vinyl pre-order is live!
The Du-Rites: “Tenement” 10″ EP vinyl/digital pre-order is now live on our Bandcamp page! And so is the second single, “5 on the Floor”. This one’s a special collaboration with Village Live Records (UK). 10″s are a specialty for the most part, but we went for it in 2021 for the Pressure EP and it seemed to be a good fit for The Du-Rites’ aesthetic. This one features an obi strip (a first for us) and comes in black wax and clear transparent as well. The latter is sold exclusively at the Village Live Bandcamp and we’ll have them at our live shows once it drops officially on February 27, 2026. Our Bandcamp has bundles of Tenement with our back catalog if you’re looking to catch up on our older stuff. Depending what you’re looking for and where you’re at in the world – saving on shipping is REAL – pick up your copy via our Bandcamp or Village Live’s…the choice is yours!
Check out “5 on the Floor” on Spotify or Apple Music (or Tidal, etc.). Here’s a bit about the new record:
NYC funk combo The Du-Rites – Jay Mumford (drums, keys, kalimba & percussion) and Pablo Martin (guitar, bass, keys & percussion) – cranked out seven funk albums in six years. After 2022’s Plug It In, they continued working, but chilled on releasing music for a bit. Jay worked as a session drummer (Gnarls Barkley, Kelly Finnigan, Just Blaze, etc.), was sampled by Vampire Weekend and toured with guitarist Adrian Quesada. Pablo toured as a guitarist with veteran UK singer-songwriter Belouis Some, producing and composing when not on the road. When not on stage and in studio with others, the pair maintained their weekly residency in NYC and released a handful of digital singles to keep ideas flowing. But after a three year hiatus from making albums, their new EP, Tenement (on UK-based Village Live Records), is a lean, mean funk machine.
Guest flautist Seth Hachen compliments the twists and turns of the abstract “In Du Time,” while the title track is meat and potatoes instrumental funk. “5 on the Floor” continues the experimentation with its featuring of a kalimba and heavily syncopated, off-kilter drumming, while “Bucky’s Groove” (featuring Bruce Martin of Tom Tom Club on synths) brings it back to basics with b-boy breakbeats. The Du-Rites’ use of guitar and synthesizer tones that are absent from the standard “retro funk” sound are what truly separates them (“Filibuster” and “Super Phunk”), but the dirtiness of the drums keeps things grounded in what funk is about. But above all, Tenement is an exercise in groove. Abstract groove, stank face groove, booty shake groove…it all makes an appearance in the EP’s just under 17 minute run time.
