So, the day before the big release and you can hear all 15 tracks, purchase and download Coming Around, and I'll link you up to some nice things people have been writing about me and Reggii or should I say, Reggii and I.
Here's a few posters from shows we have coming up ... more to follow ... and keep your eyes and ears out for myself and Reggii coming to your town, your abode. And with the grand ship MuthaFunk also !!
We'll be playing tracks from the history of B-Boy Soul, songs from Coming Around and even some new stuff ...
COMING AROUND - MATT HENSHAW & REGGIIMENTAL - OUT THIS WEEK !
Been up on a all night promo session, you have to work over night to get those cats in America ... laptop only overheated and switched itself off three times, so, not bad ...
As you may well, probably do, should know if you follow me, my music or my Twitter feed, I'm a Sheffield Wednesday fan, and enjoy airing my view about the football. Currently I sit watching the Football League Show on the BBC, featuring Col... Neil Warnock ... and I'll leave it there ...
Thought I'd share a couple of pics whilst sat here doing midnight promo for Coming Around ... first off there's Eric Cantona taking part in a trial for Sheffield Wednesday ... oh, what could have been ... and Pele playing at Hillsborough in 1962 ... Legends !
So, last night myself and ReggiiMental were in Birmingham rehearsing with our new group, Brummy soul and funksters, MuthaFunk ! And to say I'm excited like a boy at Christmas with the promise of his first brand new shiny bike would be an understatement !!! I can't wait to start performing live and kicking with these chaps. The new stuff and a bit of the old stuff sounds fantastic with the group.
Here's a little vid of footage from out rehearsal snapped up by BH Media who will be filming some of our live shows this summer for the Coming Around documentary ...
And one exciting show I'll tell you more about shortly is my first Nottingham show in 5 years ... brand new outfit, might even buy a new outfit and it's nice to see Reggii out and fit bouncing around the stage ... Peace & Love !!
Here's a picture of the Coming Around album artwork by IllustrationDesignLife. Doing a grand job of making all my social networks look pretty snazzy ... I'm sure you've checked this blog, the twitter, bandcamp, YouTube and all of them ... nice, yeah?
And here's the back cover ... you better learn all them there track names, you'll be listening to them and talking about them with all your friends for the next 12-24 months ...
PS. furthermore, and as aside from this blog post ... IllustrationDesignLife has challenged me to a tumblr. race ... I'm not to avec tumblr. so you might have to go over there and follow me and throw me a few pointers ... Matt Henshaw on tumblr.
PPS. Thanks Charlie, Kelly, Abbie, Dani, Deppy, Mary and Charlotte ... Happy Tumbling ... thanks for the artistic inspiration, sorry for being a burden and cheers for the hot beverages !
PPPS. don't forget to watch the new video for Gimme Some More on a loop ...
Morning/Afternoon/Evening little world wide web gang of mine,
News to tell you, just over a week before the official release of Coming Around, we've been getting some radio play in the build up. Three tracks have been featured on the waves, online and digital. Coming Around, Concrete Jungle and Everybody Clap Your Hands featuring myself, ReggiiMental, Joey Gzus and Sharlene Gordon. The BBC, Nusic, IceBreaker Radio and more have been playing my stuff, it makes me happy to think people might be listening in the bath, putting up some shelves or doing whatever else people might do with the radio on.
Got some radio sessions, interviews and podcast features coming up; or Coming Around should I say? But I'll tell you about them when they happen, no doubt.
So, in my last blog I told you about the recording of Coming Around by myself and ReggiiMental fresh from the box ... well, the next step was to get in a mix master general to master the sounds and make them fresh.
Joe Rizzle @ PukkaMix fitted the bill perfectly and trips to Tamworth were on the cards, and the album, I must honestly admit sounds as crisp as I ever wanted it to and thought it could be. 15 track Coming Around and coming soon, so very soon, May 1st in fact. I hope you're following the build up to the album on all the social networks, radio outlets and wherever else they're featuring mine and Reggii' faces. It's all good. Sit tight !
It's been a short while since my last blog so I thought I'd write one about recording the album. It began in January following the release of the ever innocent ReggiiMental aka. Jimmy B-Boy from HMP for misdemeanours I shall neglect to mention. I went to see my partner in crime [sic] for an afternoon of Yorkshire Tea, LEGO and Ribena ... his creative spirit undamaged we proceeded to record new music with a sense of urgency and feeling of optimism I hadn't had for some time. The new album features 15 songs, so many for such a short space of time, recorded over two months, and my parts written and recorded in perhaps two weeks. I can't wait for you to hear the thing in full, the artwork is pretty snazzy too, and I hope you like the whole package, a lot of love has gone into it. My friends and earthbound spirits, I truly hope it tickles your fancy ...
... so far anyways ! These are some dates I'll be playing this summer ... see where we're Coming Around to. Satsuma Elephants ones in there too ... It's all good.
So here we are, less than a month until Coming Around from myself and ReggiiMental hits the internet like a bad case of the mumps ... have a listen to the title track first, and if it makes you happy pre-order the whole thing, 15 tracks of B-Boy Soul goodness ...
Click the pic and get yourself down in The Deepest Cellar for another round of soul swingin' !!!
Keep it here for more updates ... competitions, radio news, festival news, gig news and more and more to come ... we'll be hitting Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, High Wycombe, Coventry and more in the coming months ... so if you live in those places or anywhere else it's time to get your best boots on and do some groovin' !
