Funkshone are an original funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 act from the UK created by musician, DJ and producer Mike Bandoni and musician and producer Nino Auricchio.

Formed in 2006, Funkshone have recorded and released numerous 7 inch singles (45s), a 12" single and a CD album on UK funk label Skyline Recordings. The first title Purification parts 1 & 2 ]has now become a deep funk

Deep Funk

Deep Funk is a genre of funk music which, unlike traditional mainstream funk, has a more soulful, rawer, grittier, and "heavier" sound. The term "deep funk" is also the name of the scene of collectors, DJ's, and musicians who are into deep funk as a genre....

 classic amongst the global funk contingent. The world's funk DJs immediately took to the Funkshone sound including DeeJay Random.

Due to the popularity of the Funkshone sound, Mike formed the band in early 2007. The following 45s, "Stop the Bus", "Droppin" and "The Raw" have all been met with popular and critical success from the deep funk fraternity. The band's debut album Shining was released in 2008 in Europe and in Japan as an extended 16 track version. The album received favourable reviews.

In 2010 Funkshone collaborated with soul singer Chris Wilson for the first 7" single Soul Survivor from their forthcoming second album.

A video of Mike Bandoni drumming as Funkshone at the Brighton Hip Hop Festival in June 2007 before the band was formed can be found here. Mike is also the drummer for the Craig Charles Fantasy Funk Band.

Members

• Nino Auricchio - Keyboards
• Mike Bandoni - Drums
• Alex Bezzina - Trumpet
• Phil Brookes - Guitar
• Daniel 'Grudgemonkey' Huckridge - Bass
• Patrick Kenny - Trombone
• Tom Macleod - Saxophone
• Andy 'DJ Prone' Sedman - Percussion
• Jaelee Small - Vocals

7 inch singles

• Purification Parts 1&2, double A side single, Skyline Recordings, 2006
• Stop the Bus (side A) / Soul Food (side B), Skyline Recordings, 2007
• Droppin' & Droppin' (Instrumental), double A side single, Skyline Recordings, 2007
• The Raw (side A) / The Strut (side B), Skyline Recordings, 2008
• Soul Survivor (Part 1) (side A) / Soul Survivor (Part 2) (side B), Skyline Recordings, 2010
• Forward on Brother (side A) / Forward on in Dub (side B), Skyline Recordings, 2010
• Never Gonna Work (side A) / Aberlady Fry (side B), Skyline Recordings, 2011

Albums

• Shining, Skyline Recordings, 2008
• Shining (16 track Japanese release), P-Vine Records, 2008

Compilations

• Modern Funk Stay On The Groove Volume 3, Freesyle Records, 2007
• Confunktion Volume 1, Mr. Confuse, 2007
• Stay On The Groove Volume 4, Freestyle Records, 2008
• Underground Jazz File: Drums, Rambling Japan, 2008
• Paradox Presents: The Age Of Outsiders Vol.2, Outsider, 2009
• Football & Funk, Skyline Recordings, 2010

Notable performances

• February 2008 - The Jazz Cafe (London, UK)
• February 2008 - Live set for The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show (BBC 6Music)
• May 2008 - Ektremsport Veko as the headline act at the Norwegian festival (Voss, Norway)
• October 2008 - Shining album launch at The Jazz Cafe (London, UK)
• January 2009 - 100 Club (London, UK)
• August 2009 - Satta Outside Festival 2009 (Klaipėda, Lithuania)
• July 2010 - The Jazz Cafe (London, UK)
• September 2010 - Sofia Live Club (Sofia, Bulgaria)
• October 2010 - 6 Fest - Celebrating the successful campaign to save BBC 6Music (229 Great Portland St., London)