a deep and dreamy album from james vernon on uz mi records.

playful live jams from money house club aka rick silver & james vernon.

the genre-bending debut album from naeem on limited red vinyl.

money house club, rick silver and james vernon with 4 cuts of raw techno & house for the next uz mi release.

new label out of london uz mi records kick things off with a house-driven four tracker vibrating with deep and sub-aquatic vibes from label owners rick silver and james vernon.

low-down and dirty jazz goes right back to the early 1900s in storyville, after the bands had played their hot tunes in the evening for dancing couples, the musicians would head off to the after-hours joints and play a less energetic but more bluesy kind of music, enabling them and their late-night audiences to get through to the early hours of the morning without suffering total exhaustion. and nobody in new orleans laid into the blues so low down and dirty as buddy bolden, whose funky butt became a staple in the repertoire of the citys early jazz bands.
jacksonville, florida, 1960. charles hungry williams mentors young clayton fillyau after he had just joined the james brown band: *i dont care where you put it on those drums, remember where 1 is and you ll never lose the time. listen to hungry on huey smiths *talk to me baby* and then listen to how clayton turns it into a relentless breakbeat on james browns *i ve got money*. earl kings *trick bag*, prefiguring the meters, is as good an example of early new orleans funk as can be found.

two 80s-era tracks from one of the most sampled musicians of all time! tony cook was drummer for james brown among others and released the proto-house tune >on the floor (rock it)< in 1984. get to the point is from the forthcoming tony cook album on stones throw called >back to reality<. for fans of dam-funk, peoples potential unlimited etc. check!

uz mi records showcase on cd.

2011 holiday collection. the project started in 2010 when jan illustrated the diversity of more than 50 christmas tunes in the field of jazz, funk and soul to tobias kirmayer of tramp records, germany. although some of the titles had already been compiled, there were exceptional songs that grabbed their attention. major record companies owned a handful of the initially pre-selected songs. despite the fact that these terrific songs never topped the charts the quality of this compilation easily shakes hands with famous christmas records of major artists like james brown or lou rawls. ladies and gentlemen, sing along, shake your hips and dance because: santas funk & soul christmas party is goin on.