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Grammy nominated soul-funk jam band returns with a new album of songs selected by their fans!
If your band had a Saturday morning cartoon, what would the theme song be? If you were present for a bar-fight, what would be playing in the background? Can you describe your band’s show in six words? How do you describe your relationship with your soulmate?
The first four songs on the album, “MAMA’s HAMPER – Pure Phunk”, by The GroovaLottos, are their answers to these questions. The album is the result of a survey of GroovaLottos fans, asking them to name their favorite, original songs from the band’s live shows. The top eight selections ended up on the album. “We let the fans be our A&R directors for this one,” explained GroovaLotto drummer and Polyphonic Studios staff engineer, The ZYG 808.
A retro soul-funk project, the band wanted to make the project experiential. “So much of music, especially urban styles, are so sterile and uniform. We wanted something a little more absorbing and engaging,” explained GroovaLotto keyboardist and Polyphonic Studios owner, Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor. Mwalim, who is also a professor of English, Communications and Black Studies at UMass Dartmouth, has been specializing in a genre called “experiential fiction”. He explains, “good writing stimulates the senses. Sound can be an experience that also stimulates memories and moods. It’s something used in the sound design of films to heighten the viewer’s experience. I like doing it with sound.”
“MAMA’s HAMPER – Pure Phunk” is the band’s re-introduction to the recording game, as well as their calling card as a production unit. One goal of the band is to write, produce and develop other artists in the genres of soul, R&B, jazz, rock, Afrobeats, and EDM.
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SEVEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT The GroovaLottos
The GroovaLottos are a soul-funk jam band, formed in 2009 by veteran touring and studio session players and singers; who’s resumes included Motown, Wilson Pickett, Rufus Thomas, Howlin’ Wolf, and Angie Stone. Now, as a merry band of frontmen, they turn every show into a party, and every party into a revival.
The band is built around a prescribed musical philosophy and work ethic, allowing for personnel changes without sacrificing quality.
The band loves playing festivals and concerts, but smaller venues where they can engage and interact with the audience are their favorite types of gigs.
The current line up consists of core members: Mwalim, keyboards & vocals; Chuck V., bass, guitar, and vocals; and The ZYG 808, drums, percussion, vibraphone, and vocals. Also in the crew is vocalist & percussionist, Shadowmaster; and bassist, Richard Johnson.
Their 2016 debut single “Do You Mind…?” spent 41 weeks in the top ten of the Indie Blues/Americana charts. Their debut album, “Ask Yo’ Mama” earned 4 Grammy nominations in Pop and R&B in one year and 2 nominations in Rock and R&B the following year.
The current drummer, The ZYG 808 was a student of the band’s founding drummer, the late Eddie Ray Johnson.
The GroovaLottos are looking to work with and produce other artists in various genres. They are the house session band, and staff producers for Polyphonic Studios in Buzzard’s Bay Massachsetts, owned by band keyboardist, Mwalim.