Booker & Bridges DaLight's first studio album, WORLD JAMDEMIC - released on Media Stream LLC in 2021 - sees the renowned Detroit born drummer/producer Muruga Booker team up with Texas "Fire Brand" singer/guitarist Justin James Bridges, to create their approach towards their progressive sound - fusing Rock, Blues, Funk, and Rap music to create their FREE FUNK SOUND.
Produced by Muruga and Bridges, the new LP finds DaLight enlisting ex-Parliament Funkadelic guitarist Tony 'Strat' Thomas to lend his psychedelic funk sonics to the project along with David Winans II, of the legendary Detroit gospel family, on bass guitar. Bridges brought long-time friend Emiko to WORLD JAMDEMIC where she lent her high-powered Hammond/keyboard virtuosity to the album while Paul VornHagen brings funky horn lines to the jam.
WORLD JAMDEMIC explores Booker & Bridges musical histories from the Doors inspired "Key of Life" to more traditional blues/rock with "Fire Burning" and "Paid Your Dues" and diving deep into their Funk roots with "Free Funk Land" and "Might Be Funk to You" -which features the Choir of Da Light, specially put together for WORLD JAMDEMIC by David Winans II.
Easy to dance to but not easy to classify BOOKER & BRIDGES DaLight's WORLD JAMDEMIC is a sonic journey into the positive light and sounds waves of music, dance, and trance!
credits
released October 5, 2021
Muruga Booker - Drums, Nada Drums, Vocals
Justin James Bridges - Guitar, Vocals
Tony Strat Thomas - Guiat, Vocals
David Winans II - Bass, Vocals
EMIKO - Organ, Synth, Key Tar, Talk Box
Paul Vornhagen - Tenor & Soprano Saxaphone, Flute
Choir of DaLight - Fareece Cargill, Ursula Brown, Kenny KB Brown, Mercedes Scott, Fredrick Purifoy
Kali Rose - Harp, Vocal
Lily Kushmanda - Harp
Basic tracks and pre-mix recorded at Sage Court Studio, Ann Arbor, MI
Engineers: Aaron Bookvich, Justin James Bridges, Muruga Booker for Media Stream LLC
Keyboards recorded at Rose City Produtions
Choir Vocals produced by Winans Productions at Plymouth Rock Studio
Record mix and mastering by Greg Riley, The Disk Ltd, Easpoint, MI
Special thanks to Darrell Stavros
Booker & Bridges DaLight sponsored by Dip Devices, 420 Custom Promotions, and Media Stream LLC
The six songs on this record combine the brass-heavy sounds of jazz and afrobeat with pulsing dance beats to intoxicating effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2020