The Frank Popp Ensemble - Love Is On Our Side Video
The Frank Popp Ensemble
Label: Ace Of Clubs
Distribution: Universal
Single 'Love Is On Our Side' 14th November 2005
Album 'The Frank Popp Ensemble' 21st November 2005
• The Frank Popp Ensemble deliver you an album packed to the rafters with Neo-Northern Soul, infused with a massive shot of Garage Rock. Having spent years honing his DJ talents at clubs like the infamous Unique Club in Germany, Frank Popp and his comrades introduce you to their world – and it's a world inspired by vintage 60's rock vinyl, rare Northern Soul, early R&B, Rockabilly and Freak beat. This is music to put a smile in your heart and add bounce to your beat. The single "Love Is On Our Side" is released on November 14th.
Watch the full length video to the new single from the Frank Popp Ensemble 'Love Is On Our Side' - Out Monday 14th November
You'd be hard pushed to find a band that are plying their trade with such a passion these days. Frank Popp has been obsessed with all things good and great about the sounds of the '60s and early '70s for more than half his life. Nearly every weekend, and for many years he has been playing his vinyl collection in clubs throughout the world. During the week, he's dedicated himself to producing, writing and performing with The Frank Popp Ensemble.
The first records Frank got to hear were the early Beatles and Elvis stuff his father played around the house, when he was about 5 years old. In order to save his records from scratches and bad treatment, his parents bought him a ghetto blaster and soon, so he started checking the different radio shows on German broadcast. Frank started recording his favourite tunes, so he could listen to them on his LoFi tapes. Later when he moved to Duesseldorf at the age of 19 he discovered 60s Northern Soul mixed up with Acid Jazz, Hammond Grooves and Funk at the early Unique Club, which was every Friday in a cool 800-people venue. This became a very big influence for his musical taste, and later for his DJing and producing music.
There are currently 8 active members of FPE and they let the samples and computer sequences mingle and collide with organs live guitars and vocals. The live set up includes a multitude of instrumentation including vocalists, Hammonds, Rhodes, Farfisa Organ, guitars, bass, live drums and samplers…It's a spectacle to behold.
Click Here for all you need to know about: The Frank Popp Ensemble
