Hear that sound? Raw, loose and nasty funk, recorded straight to
analog tape. It’s just like the old days, but so new it’s sporting a
badass teenage moustache. Now that Melbourne funk sensation The Cactus Channel have graduated high school, they’re taking their own brand of
high-octane, instrumental car chase funk and smooth soundtrack soul to
the people with their debut, Haptics. On the road and on the airwaves,
2012 is the year The Cactus Channel come of age.
Back in 2009, the founding members of The Cactus Channel were already
jamming on some classic soul feels, tripping on Eddie Bo, James Brown
and their contemporaries, and using words like “Boss” and “Cat” while
trying to make it through year 10 in 21st Century Australia. What began
as experimentation in Junior Stage Band developed into outright
insubordination in Senior Jazz Ensemble and by 2011 The Cactus Channel
were an out of control ten piece funk orchestra with the momentum of a
runaway train who could count The Dap Kings’ Tom Brenneck and soul
legend Charles Walker as fans.
How did members of the iTunes generation get on to those rare and
deep seventies sounds at the age of 14? The internet, of course! Also,
who really cares? It works! No matter what year it is, or sounds like it
is, these records are great. From triple j Unearthed to FatBeats
Records in NYC, people all over the place love this band.
The Cactus Channel deliver on all their precocious promise with this
super heavy full length debut LP. Haptics is chock full of deep funk,
jazzed-up soul and boogaloo hits, all informed by a canny sense of
soundtrack-ready drama, loaded with tight, hard grooves and one strong
track after another. The Cactus Channel is ready to roll!
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