Under The Munka Moon II
~ Alice Russell

Description

Alice Russell possesses a voice of such raw beauty and masterful control that she is instantly able to captivate her audience. Through collaborations with many of today’s brightest bands and producers she has earned herself a reputation as one of the UK’s most promising and engaging vocalists. Having grown up in a musical environment, Alice began singing in choirs from an early age. This classical background was enriched by her love of soul music from 1970’s Black America, which has consequently greatly inspired her songwriting and harmonic style. Despite her primary influence being the music of times past, Alice’s own music is very much of the present. Aside from her studio work, Miss Russell truly excels when she’s standing in front of a live band. She has performed to worldwide audiences with Bah Samba and captured the hearts and imaginations of many with The Quantic Soul Orchestra, an eleven-piece heavy funk band where Alice gets a chance to unleash her awesome talent and shine as one of the first ladies of contemporary UK soul. This title should be assured with her new outfit The Alice Russell Band. Backed by a group of accomplished musicians, Alice performs a collection of her favourite songs that draw from both her collaborative and solo work. In a similar way, the Tru Thoughts release “Under The Munka Moon” is a collection of Miss Russell’s finest recordings to date. To highlight a few tracks; “Hurry On Now” is an authentic slice of classic soul, impeccably produced by TM Juke where “Sweet Is The Air” is delightful acoustic outing with Nature Boy. The chanteuse’s work with Quantic and the Q.S.O is represented with a number of tunes which appear for the first time on CD, remixed by the likes of At Jazz (Mantis) and Digitek (Zebra Traffic), as well as a track specifically produced by Quantic for this album.