Minimal animal, by The Link Quartet

Minimal animal

by The Link Quartet

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1.	Black bug 03:39	buy track
2.	Bear walk 03:49	buy track
3.	Coquette 03:06	buy track
4.	Hippo-tize me 06:21	buy track
5.	Owl train 04:22	buy track
6.	Go-go rilla 03:01	buy track
7.	Crime squid 03:37	buy track
8.	Peacock steady 03:24	buy track
9.	Gnu York 05:46	buy track
10.	Silent eel 03:07	buy track
11.	Voodoo Kangaroo 03:26	buy track
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about

'Minimal Animal' is all LINK QUARTET-originals and all instrumentals with absolutely divine, mindblowing hammond-organ-soli, a jazzy beat, groovy guitars and catchy melodies. Incredibly cool, funky, danceable sounds (such as 'Black Bug') mixed with one or the other calmer song with laid-back jazzy wah-wah sounds and finally even groovy, ska/rocksteady-offbeat, hammond-driven songs like 'Peacock Steady' altogether combine into a well-rounded album from beginning to end.

With this record, Soundflat Records enters a slightly different/new spectrum of sixties-sound and adopts one of Europe's, if not worldwide, best hammondbeat-acid jazz-bands to the Soundflat- Records-family.This band combines hammonddriven beat and jazz so well, that not only Modand Funk-lovers will love this album, but due to its variety of different influences it will appeal to a much broader crowd from all different kinds of musical backgrounds and leave them more than impressed.

"Minimal Animal" is a welcome back home album for The Link Quartet, 11 original instrumental tracks (the CD includes two additional bonus tracks) of pure raw funk, minimal and aggressive, where the screaming Hammond organ of Paolo Apollo Negri duets with the acid wah wah guitar of Marco Murtas over the rocky rhythm lines of Renzo Bassi (bass) and Alberto Pato Maffi (drums). The quartet is back on the track of the long and prolific tradition of bands like The Meters, Alan Hawkshaw, Jackie Mittoo and many others but don't forget to keep an eye on the future to serve a unique cocktail of retro futuristic tunes. With this album The Link Quartet is making a new start, building a new future starting from its own roots.

credits

released February 1, 2017

All songs written by Paolo Negri and arranged by The Link Quartet.
Recorded at Tanzan Music Studio, mixed and mastered at Tonewheel Cavern MKIV.
Original drawings by Liza Schiavi, artwork by Garden of Earthly Delights

Line up:
Paolo Apollo Negri: keyboards
Renzo Bassi: bass
Marco Murtas: guitar
Alberto Pato Maffi: drums

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The Link Quartet Piacenza, Italy

Hammond-funksters, the band formed way back in 1993, and over the years have built a worldwide reputation and have become one of the most distinguishing bands related to the Hammond organ sound.
Italy based, they have produced a unique mix of Funk, Beat, Rock and Soul, strongly tied to the glorious bands of the past, but fully looking forward towards the future for a modern unmistakable touch. ... more