Rent Party v N-Joi

[MK Shrimper]

Round 7 of erm....odd day.

 

[Canterbury Exile]

Rent Party were a UK jump band formed '82 at seaside resort of Southend: Lineup: Jackson Sloane, vocals; John Willmott, tenor sax; sister Chris Willmott, alto; Laurence Parry, trumpet; Steve Weston, piano; Andy Stevens, guitar; Tony Wilsonham, bass; Neil Robinson, drums; and later Dave Mascall on guitar The used to wear, zoot-suits with wide ties and describing their stuff as '50s R&B/jazz dance music, infl. by Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner.
Rent Party held a weekly residency at the railway hotel and the queens hotel in Southend-on-Sea, packing out these two iconic venues led to an agency deal in London
They built a solid reputation in the UK as well as in Europe, topping the bill on countless Festivals and in many clubs, they appeared on many TV shows and released four singles and two albums.

After Rent Party folded in 1988 and went separate ways in the roots music word Jackson teamed up with ex-Rent Party musicians and formed seven piece rhythmn blues band Oobopshbam.

Below are links to Rent Partys final gig at the Riga and of Oobopshbam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bxwBiU86cM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enifs0bUoV0

 

[Mad Cyril]

N-Joi is a house music and techno production duo from Southend, Essex, England, consisting of Nigel Champion and Mark Franklin,[1] (who met at Alleyn Court Prep School) with sometime vocalist/front person Saffron. Champion went to Framlingham College and Franklin to Felsted School but met up again after school in 1987.

Between 1991 and 1996 they entered the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart five times, all of them hitting the Top 10. Two of the songs went to number one: "Mindflux" in 1992 and "The New Anthem" in 1996, which was a new version of their debut single "Anthem," itself a top five dance hit from 1991. In 2006 they returned to the top of the Official UK Dance Chart with a set of remixes of their biggest UK hit "Anthem".

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Missed this yesterday. Glad N-Joi went through. Now Alf is out, N-Joi for me as long as I remember to vote

 

[MK Shrimper]

Yep, N-Joi through. I'll do the draw for the last 8 tomorrow.