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J​-​Zone & Pablo Martin are The Du​-​Rites

by The Du-Rites

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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 22 The Du-Rites releases available on Bandcamp and save 30%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of "Go Funk Me" b/w "Bucket", Plug It In, Bay B. MoMa, Pressure, Super Phunk, The Sun (feat. Elson Nascimento of Sun Ra Arkestra) (Digital Single), A Funky Bad Time, "Jheri Curl" b/w "Du-Vibrations" Single, and 14 more. , and , .

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  • Orange Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    500 pressed. We've got a for sale here on Bandcamp. If they sell out, it's available plenty other places! ReDefinitionrecords.com is one. These other fine retailers will have it in stock by street date (Nov. 18): fatbeats.com, HHV.de, UGHH.com, Amoeba, Brewerytown Beats, Good Records NYC and your favorite mom and pop shop if they order it. We may re-up our stock here, depending on how quickly these move compared to other places.

    A note to our much appreciated international customers: WE DO NOT INVENT THE SHIPPING PRICES. THE USPS DOES! The rates are insane, but they're beyond our control. Shops worldwide can order this so they may be able to sell at a cheaper rate. We understand if you can't get it from us - as long as ya get it!

    Free download + bonus liner notes PDF with purchase.

    Includes unlimited streaming of J-Zone & Pablo Martin are The Du-Rites via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Green Solid Shell Tape
    Cassette + Digital Album

    120 made. We have a few of these back in stock. They're a niche item, so they were pressed in limited quantity.

    A note to our much appreciated international customers: WE DO NOT INVENT THE SHIPPING PRICES. THE USPS DOES! The rates are insane, but they're beyond our control.

    Free download + bonus liner notes PDF with purchase.

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  • CD - 2 albums on 1 Disc!
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Our debut and our sophomore effort (and both accompanying digital only bonus tracks) bundled together on one CD is the perfect gift for your aging Baby Boomer parents! They love the funk and they have a car with a CD player. Limited to 200 hand-numbered Digipaks.

    Includes unlimited streaming of J-Zone & Pablo Martin are The Du-Rites via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Neckbones 02:26
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Bug Juice 02:33
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Bookie 03:21
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Git'n Off 02:00
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Hustle 03:13
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Du-N-It 03:09

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* Digital only bonus track

Track by track discussion / liner notes PDF included with purchase

Watch our mini-documentary here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H0hPmO2mUQ

Ever order a kale salad and discover a neckbone in it? That’s funk.
Ever write a love letter on a chicken grease-stained napkin? That’s funk.

The Du-Rites are without a doubt the soundtrack to both of those situations, but by definition, The Du-Rites are a duo of New York-based multi-instrumentalists comprised of Pablo Martin (guitar, bass, synthesizer) and J-Zone (drums, organ, bass, turntables, small percussion instruments that require little skill).

Funk comes from so many places that it’s hard to visit them all, but the duo manages to do just that on their self-titled (and almost wholly instrumental) debut LP on Old Maid Entertainment/ Ilegalia Records (with vinyl LP c/o ReDefinition Records). From the greasy, lo-fi and syncopated grooves of the late ‘60s (“Bug Juice,” “Git’n Off,” “Ghetto Ferris Wheel”); to ‘70s cop show funk (“The Chief & I,” “Hustle”); to the slick stomp of the early ‘80s (“Du-N-It”), The Du-Rites have membership at both the rib shack and the discotheque.

Individually, both J-Zone and Pablo have already planted their funk seeds, albeit in different locations. With 24 years experience as a hip-hop producer, 20+ as a DJ and four as a working drummer recording for the likes of Danger Mouse, various film scores (the Stretch and Bobbito Documentary being one) and his own albums and break beat projects, J-Zone knows a thing or two about what makes a song groove. Pablo currently holds down guitar duties for the legendary new wave band, Tom Tom Club, and has worked as a mastering/sound engineer in New York City for 20 years. The Argentina native brings a musicality with his Telecaster guitar that pairs with J-Zone’s rhythms and screaming organ riffs for a hard-grooving and quirky funk sound.

With influences ranging from the obvious (Booker T. & The MGs, Lalo Schifrin, Cameo, Kool and the Gang, The Meters, Jimi Hendrix, P-Funk, Motown, Herbie Hancock, and James Brown) to the obscure (overlooked late ‘60s funk bands Warm Excursion, TSU Toronadoes, The Counts and Willie & The Mighty Magnificents), The Du-Rites bounce from improvisational, raggedy and psychedelic to tight and snappy with the skip of a track. Pablo’s proficiency in punk, disco, pop and Latin and J-Zone’s deep roots in hip-hop and soul combine to make one of the more off-kilter, but undeniably funky instrumental long players you’ll dig into.

The Du-Rites’ music is already being featured in a major film in 2017 and if you need a theme song for your fried chicken joint, they’ll get it done. But for now, enjoy their first full-length album.

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released October 20, 2016

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The Du-Rites New York, New York

The Du-Rites are an NYC-based funk combo of Jay Mumford on drums, keys + percussion and Pablo Martin on guitar, bass guitar, + synthesizer. 7 albums and numerous singles deep, The Du-Rites have been paired with a wide rage of talent, from Ghostface Killah; to Eddie Palmieri; to members of Sun Ra Arkestra; to Robert Glasper. Dig! ... more

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