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DROP ME OFF IN ROTHERHAM

Rotherham United Football Club are proud to announce that the campaign to bring our club and its truly loyal supporters back to our wonderful home town begins right here, right now.

RUFC initiates DROP ME OFF IN ROTHERHAM: an ongoing plan to unite the club, local businesses and the Rotherham community at large with the aim of RUFC rising from the ashes of administration and, within 4 seasons, resuming footballing battle in a brand new stadium in Rotherham.

The first chapter of the campaign will be a tie-in between RUFC and local rock band The Tivoli, just one example of the many and excellent local businesses in our community. RUFC will be playing the appropriately titled "Drop Me Off In Rotherham", the debut single by The Tivoli, at all home matches until Christmas. The song will be released by Shiva Records as a digital download via i-Tunes on December 15th and The Tivoli have agreed to donate 50% of their royalties to the Drop Me Off In Rotherham Campaign fund.

The Tivoli will be playing a special live set at Don Valley Stadium on Saturday December 13th before Kick Off at the RUFC v Aldershot match.

We would urge all you Millers fans out there to support the DROP ME OFF IN ROTHERHAM initiative. If we stand together, we can take on just about anyone... even Simon Cowell and his Zzz Factor.

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KORA
UK & Europe Tour November 2008

"An infectiously feel good set" The Scotsman Fresh from a whistle-stop tour of the UK this summer, New Zealand five-piece Kora return to Europe this November to do things even bigger and better than before. Having wowed crowds at sell-out shows and festival appearances at the likes of WOMAD, the mash-up maestros have firmly cemented their position as New Zealands hottest export. Made up of four Maori brothers and their adopted musical sibling, Kora are currently destroying the charts in their homeland on a scale not seen since Fat Freddys Drop emerged. Hailing from Aotearoa, the four Kora brothers are Laughton on vocals, guitar and keys, Francis on bass and vocals, Stuart on guitar and vocals, and Brad on drums, alongside the only unrelated member Dan MacGruer on keys and bass. Melding together influences from across the musical spectrum, including dub, funk, breakbeat, rock and blues, the band are renowned for their phenomenal live performances, oft described as The Prodigy meets Bob Marley and the Wailers, where solid vocal harmonies ride a powerhouse rhythm section, creating a sonic boom that can be heard as far away as Fiji. Set to continue the ascent of NZ artists in Britains consciousness led by the phenomenally successful Salmonella Dub and Fat Freddys Drop, Kora will no doubt titillate anyone with any fondness for roots music, whether roots rock or roots reggae, or anyone with their finger on the pulse of dub innovation. The band are now set to bring their inimitable ruckus back to the UK in November, stopping off for gigs in Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and France en route. » www.myspace.com/koraroots » www.myspace.com/shivarecordsltd

Kora Live November 2008

Sun 2nd – Hamburg, Mandarin Kasino Mon 3rd – Berlin, Postbahnof Tue 4th – Copenhagen, Loppen Wed 5th – Cologne, Stadtgarten Thu 6th – Brussels, AB Club Fri 7th – Amsterdam, Paradiso Sat 8th - Paris Cabaret Sauvage Tue 11th – Brighton, Concorde 2 Wed 12th – London, Koko Thu 13th – Birmingham, Barfly Fri 14th – Manchester Academy 2 Sat 15th – Sheffield, Leadmill Sun 16th – Dublin, Whelans

Keep it quiet people but the brand new Crazy P album is almost ready..... watch this space.

Glastonbury rocked, of course, and even the Radio 2 Stage at Guildfest wobbled slightly. Then it was Ibiza for a day, Poland with Muse and the Beastie Boys and Bjork and then Croatia at the supersurreal Garden Party. it's non-stop for the Crazy P.

The Big Chill will be awesome as ever. Crazy P will headline the Castle Stage on Saturday 4th August, the Crazy P Soundsystem will also throwdown the lowdown disco at the Finlandia Cocktail Tent on Sunday before going on air for a couple of hours on Big Chill Radio in the early hours of Monday. If that isn't enough, the band will be doing a signing session in the Big Chill shop to boot... Phew!

After the Bloom Festival on August 11th, and a brief tour of Indonesia, Crazy P will introduce their new album with a gig at London KOKO on Thursday September 20th 2007. Put it in your diaries people.

Featuring: Crazy P, Kora, Norman Jay MBE, North Shore Pony Club, The Tivoli + Special Guests

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
Thursday 20th September 2007

KOKO LONDON - Advance Tickets £14 www.koko.uk.com

"get on the good ship"

Crazy P.... Hot News

The Sun rises in the East Midlands.

It rises with Nottingham's Crazy P on a high. The release of the acclaimed new album “A Night On Earth” has set in stone the worldwide reputation acquired via their first 3 albums, "A Nice Hot Bath With...", "The Wicked Is Music" and "24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout".

"A Night On Earth", the brand new Crazy P album, is an epic journey to the dark side of the funk, a coming of age album for a truly gifted group of young British musicians.

They kick it on Record and they kick it Live. Increasingly hailed as every hip housewife's favourite live act, the Crazy P 8-piece live troupe has crossed continents and cultures with missionary zeal. Live Highlights of 2005 were too numerous to mention with the band blitzing everywhere from Sydney to Moscow and back. Crazy P have just played to over 100,000 people in the UK as main support act on the Faithless arena tour and rocked every single show.

Now, with “A Night On Earth” featuring in Album Of The Year charts across the Dance Media, being featured everywhere from Celebrity Big Brother to Football on Five and picking up broadsheet acclaim to boot (“More hooks than a club cloakroom” The Guardian), Crazy P are set to go bang again with a summer of non-stop live action and the release in August of the new single "Can't Get Down" featuring Remixes by Ashley Beedle, Hot Toddy and Ron Basejam.

Premiered on Pete Tong's Essential Selection on Radio 1as part of Crazy P's recent live performance from the legendary BBC Maida Vale Studios, the “Can't Get Down” release is going to be yet another heavy vinyl monster.

More Hot News. Crazy P have just been signed up for a worldwide TV and Cinema Commercial by Southern Comfort... The commercial, which features the band performing in Stockholm, begins transmission in the USA next week and will be on screens in the UK, Australia and South Africa in May.

PRESS:

“The most exciting band to emerge from the British dance scene since Massive Attack.”
Lewis Dene Album Of The Week DMC UPDATE

“More hooks than a club cloakroom...” The Guardian

“Providing a perfect panacea for the glum rock epidemic, Crazy P have once again seduced us with a record of perennial beauty.” Album Of The Week www.bbc.co.uk/music/dance/

“Good homegrown music that really makes then stick out like a sore thumb.”
Pete Tong Essential Album Mixmag

“Crazy Penis really have crafted a top quality album... makes you think sunshine, jazz, cigarettes and good times. Go find it. *****” Album Of The Month Touch

“A Night On Earth’ reeks of quality from start to finish... It’s a fantastically fresh and funky listen.”
Matt Anniss Album Of The Month IDJ

“THE FEEL GOOD RECORD OF 2005” B&S

“More delicious with each successive play.” Record Collector

“An album that will be talked about for some time.” Notion

“Outstanding” Tune Of The Week www.bbc.co.uk/music/dance/

Album of the Week www.bbc.co.uk/music/dance/

Crazy P
A Night On Earth
(Shiva Records)

The follow up to last year's underground gem 24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout sees Crazy P dropping the 'enis' and turning in a set that makes our bosom swell with pride. Billed as a coming of age record, A Night On Earth looks set to romp home as THE 'feel good album of 2005'.

Fans of the band won't be surprised at the glossy fusion of house, disco and jazz; however their crystalline production value and song writing have been cranked up a gear. The dark, funk parable "Lady T" sounds off like a 21st Century Chic, whilst down tempo gem "A Night On Earth" and housed-up "Kicks" and "Sun-Science" see the boys at their uplifting best and with singer Danielle Moore in radiant fettle.

Ah yes... Danielle. She was first in line when they were handing out voices, dance moves and wardrobe. However, it is on stage that she morphs from sweet, soul vocalist into a strutting, superstar front woman. Galvanising the band's performance in to an incendiary party each time, it is she who makes them the hottest ticket on the live circuit at the moment.

Providing a perfect panacea for the glum rock epidemic, Crazy P have once again seduced us with a record of perennial beauty.

Andy Puleston

Album of the Month IDJ

CRAZY P
A NIGHT ON EARTH
Shiva Records (UK)

I have to admit that until this album landed on my desk last month, I’d more or less forgotten about Crazy Penis. While I rated both their 1999 debut album ‘A Nice Hot Bath With’ and 2002 follow-up ‘The Wicked Is Music’, I’d heard so little from them since that I didn’t even know whether they were still active.

Yet Crazy Penis were very much alive and kicking. While we in the UK were left wondering as to their whereabouts, thousands of miles away in Australia the Nottingham groovers were becoming the biggest sensation since the invention of the mullet. Unbeknownst to us, Jim Baron and Chris Todd’s new band were taking Aus by storm, playing to packed crowds of up to 9000 people a time. The quirky, genitalia-obsessed twosome had become a five-piece and were being treated like dance music royalty.

When this news eventually filtered through last month, it was initially difficult to take in. Crazy Penis always had the ideas and the talent to make it big, but they’d never quite got it together on vinyl. While the album that made them famous down under, ‘The Wicked Is Music’, was pretty good, it wasn’t that good. There must have been something we were missing. The answer arrived in the form of ‘A Night On Earth’, an album that goes some way to explaining Crazy Penis’ move from second-tier support act to dance music headliners. Quite simply, it is their best album by a long chalk. Whereas previous sets had shown moments of genius amongst the so-so instrumental filler, ‘A Night On Earth’ reeks of quality from start to finish. The production is tighter, the songs better, and the instrumentals groovier. There are more live instruments, fuller-sounding vocals and better ideas .It’s a fantastically fresh and funky listen.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about ‘A Night On Earth’ is the variety and quality – of the material on offer. Previously, Baron and Todd have rarely strayed from their successful formula of warm house grooves infused with a delicious disco-funk edge. This time round, they’ve tried their hand at ’80s soul (‘Turnaround’), jazzy P-funk (‘Lady T’), proggy downbeat grooves (‘Life Is My Friend’), glammy electropop (‘Can’t Get Down’), string-drenched melancholy (‘Sweet Feeling’) and straight-up, full-on electrofunk (the brilliant ‘Music Is My Love’). Such adventure could have resulted in embarassing failure, but every experiment hits the mark – and then some. There are, though, plenty of more ‘traditional’ Crazy Penis moments; the disco-funk thrust of ‘Bumcop’ (really), spangly hoe-down of ‘Cruising’ and Mylo-ish ‘In Deep’. These more familiar tracks work better when charismatic frontwoman Danielle Moore is at the mic, as on the upbeat ‘Kicks’. Moore excels herself on the album’s stand-out moment, the anthemic ‘Sun Science’ – a Big Chill/Carnival anthem in waiting of ever there was one. Just like ‘A Night On Earth’ is a future dance classic. Go seek – you won’t be disappointed.

5 Matt Anniss

Essential Album Mixmag

Not brand new but defintely brilliant. Is it too grown up? Nope, and everyone feels good about it. The single “Lady T” deserves to be a hit – it's a monster waiting to happen! But “Can't Get Down” is pure magic too. Good homegrown music that makes thenm stick out like a sore thumb. Expect to see them at all the major festivals next year!”

Pete Tong

Album Of The Month Touch

Crazy Penis really have crafted a top quality album. It pulls no punches: right at the get-go there's the filthy futro-funk strut of “Lady T” which rolls with a rocking p-funkacidic riff. “Can't Get Down” also takes some juice from the Eighties with a great male vocal reminiscent of some of the classic synth groups of that era. Their downbeat grooves (think classic Madonna) moves up into house territory towards the end of the LP with some very well put together cuts and strong vocals. To sum up, this album's vibe makes you think sunshine, jazz ciagarettes and good times. Go find it. *****

Album of the Week DMC Update

CRAZY P
‘A NIGHT ON EARTH’
(SHIVA)

The once Crazy Penis, are now just plain old Crazy P and the name change seems to suit them if the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed ‘24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout’ is anything to go by. Another beautifully constructed soundscape of Balearic-kissed beats (‘Bumcop’ and ‘Cruising’), rolling dance grooves (‘Sun-Science’) and dreamy chilled numbers (‘Warm On The Inside’) sound more delicious with each successive play, yet again demonstrate why we’ve previously called them the most exciting band to emerge from the British dance scene since Massive Attack. The single, ‘Lady T’, with abstract lyrics and acid-etched beats is implausibly relaxed, while the ‘80s feel of ‘Music’s My Love’ and ‘Kicks’, grooving to Dannielle Moore’s lead, once more aptly highlight the Nottingham combo’s sharp production savvy and musical flare.

LEWIS DENE 5 dancin’ men

Album of the Month Blues & Soul

Essential Listening

Crazy Penis are back! Well, sort of… they’re back as Crazy P. And at last I can shout about it as I’ve been sitting on this long-player for the best part of six months! New album, new label, a lot has been happening for Chris Todd and Jim Baron since the days of Paper Recordings, the place that started it all for the CP boys. Crazy P’s only release last year was “24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout” on Shiva Records, a compilation that was sought far and wide, but now, they return with not only a new studio album, but their finest work to date. “A Night On Earth” (Shiva) will feature in many end of year charts, and it’s easy to see why. “Lady T”, the track that opens the album (and incidentally, the first to be lifted as a single) makes references to the Jackson 5 and Saturday Night Fever, all flawlessly sung. This is pure party stuff! And it sets the tone for a quite remarkable record. Chris and Jim have packed in their influences, drawing in elements of soul, jazz, funk, downtempo and house.

Tracks such as “Bumcop”, “Warm On The Inside”, “In Deep”, “Kicks” and “Cruising” just leave you with a stupid grin on your face and wanting to hit that ‘repeat’ button. This is ‘THE FEEL GOOD RECORD OF 2005’! Essential in every sense of the word. Don’t be a doofus and miss out on this one.

Ben Mynott

TUNE OF THE WEEK BBC WEBSITE

Crazy P, Lady T (Hot Toddy Remix)

From the amazing, new album 'A Night On Earth' comes the first single "Lady T". Crazy P's Chris Todd deftly re-works the original dark, funk, odyssey into this killer dirty house jam. With love already from Tong and the Buzz Chart massive this outstanding tune is set to propel the album skyward. Check it! Out on Shiva Records on 31st October.

Andy Puleston www.bbc.co.uk/music/dance/

Crazy P
A Night on Earth
(Shiva)

Sometimes records have the ability to drag you back to a place that even though you remember vividly deep in your subconscious, you can’t quite remember how you got there, or how you got home. A Night on Earth takes you to that place. It is freely familiar and foreign all at once, bringing a funky disco-esque flava with progressive bass lines and synth rises. This truly is a memorable record and is easy to get into, over and over again. Offering refreshing and exciting ranges of tracks, Crazy P have certainly made a record to which you will get off your seasonally depressed ass and get down to a bit of shakin’…

Credits: SAD disorder, ice cream, getting fat or facing the goddamn music!

BLOWBACK

Record Collector – Club Column

Can taking a pee make the difference between underground and mainstream success? The once Crazy Penis, are now just plain old CRAZY P. A Night On Earth (Shiva *****) - the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed 24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout - shows there’s nothing flaccid about this wonderfully crafted act that again demonstrate why we’ve previously called them the most exciting band to emerge from the British dance scene since Massive Attack.

Another beautifully constructed soundscape of Balearic-kissed beats (Bumcop and Cruising), rolling dance grooves (Sun-Science) and dreamy chilled beats (Warm On The Inside) sound more delicious with each successive play. The single, Lady T, with abstract lyrics and acid-etched beats is implausibly relaxed, while the ‘80s feel of Music’s My Love (riding a choice sample ‘borrowed’ from Steve Drayton’s boogie tune Stop Playing With My Love) and Kicks grooving to Dannielle Moore’s lead once more aptly demonstrate the Nottingham combo’s sharp production savvy and musical flare.

Crazy P will be dropping the dead gorgeous "Can't Get Down" on October 30th on 12" Vinyl featuring remixes by Ashley Beedle and our own Hot Toddy and Ron Basejam. Make sure you catch up with them on the current tour before they whizz off down under... See below for New Australian Tour Dates.

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Crazy P are set to release "Can't Get Down" as the next single from the unanimously acclaimed album "A Night On Earth". Watch out for brand new Remixes by Ashley Beedle and our own Hot Toddy and Ron Basejam.

Full UK Tour in September/October. Crazy P finally set to confirm NYE in New Zealand to be followed by Australian tour in January 2007. Watch this space for details.

Not only has Pete Tong made the new Crazy P Album, "A Night On Earth", his Essential Album in this month's Mixmag but he has also featured it as his Album Of The Month on his 3G Mobile Phone Show. Click here to see and hear what Mr. Tong makes of it all....

"A Night On Earth" the brand new Crazy P album is an epic journey to the dark side of the funk, a coming of age album for a truly gifted group of young British musicians.

Preceding the album on October 31st will be a 12” single release of "Lady T" from the album featuring Chris Todd's "Hot Toddy" Remix as well as "Can't Get Down" and "Kicks" from the album. Crazy P are just back from a jamboree of dates in Australia to promote the stunning "A Night On Earth" and will tour the UK through October, November and December 2005.

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Advance Press:

"The most exciting band to emerge from the British dance scene since Massive Attack." Lewis Dene Album Of The Week DMC UPDATE

"Outstanding" Tune Of The Week www.bbc.co.uk/music/dance

"THE FEEL GOOD RECORD OF 2005" B&S

"More delicious with each successive play." Record Collector

"Record Of The Week" BBC 6 Music

"An album that will be talked about for some time." Notion

"Awesome." Pete Tong

"Sometimes records have the ability to drag you back to a place that even though you remember vividly deep in your subconscious, you can't quite remember how you got there, or how you got home. A Night on Earth takes you to that place. It is freely familiar and foreign all at once, bringing a funky disco-esque flava with progressive bass lines and synth rises. This truly is a memorable record and is easy to get into, over and over again. Offering refreshing and exciting ranges of tracks, Crazy P have certainly made a record to which you will get off your seasonally depressed ass and get down to a bit of shakin." Blowback

IDJ NOVEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH
"I have to admit that until this album landed on my desk last month, I’d more or less forgotten about Crazy Penis. While I rated both their 1999 debut album ‘A Nice Hot Bath With’ and 2002 follow-up ‘The Wicked Is Music’, I’d heard so little from them since that I didn’t even know whether they were still active...." Matt Anniss ( click here for full review )