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Chic ill be there9/12/2023 ![]() You can also head to Spotify to catch the equally funky b-side "Back In The Old School. Grab a copy of the single on iTunes if it's good to your eyes and ears. There's no firm date on the new album just yet, but you can with the new visuals for Nile Rodgers and Chic's latest single "I'll Be There" below. The track will appear on the forthcoming full-length Chic & Nile Rodgers piece It's About Time,which is a joint sonic venture with NYC house duo The Martinez Brothers. And, of course, Rodgers and the gang are holding down duties as the house band.Īccording to Nile's website, the track is a reworked outtake of Sister Sledge's "Love Somebody Today" renamed "I'll Be There" in tribute to his late, great writing partner Bernard Edwards,who tragically passed after a 1996 performance in Japan. The Inez and Vinoodh-directed visual taps right back into the sweat&sequins-soaked vibes of the Studio 54 generation with an ultra nostalgic vantage that follows the disco ball daydreams of supermodel Karlie Klossas she makes her way from the living room floor to the dance floor. Just moments ago, Rodgers let loose the video for "I'll Be There," the foundational disco crew's first single in 23 years. The disco era at it’s most musically vital represented a full channeling of Afro-Latin world music,big band jazz and the long form rhythms of funk.Nile Rodgers & Chic have been teasing their resurgence via Rodgers' Facebook pagefor a minute now, but it seems the wait is finally over. This reminds me of my favorite lyric in this song which says “I don’t want to live in the past,but it’s a nice place to visit”. Not to mention the importance of those songs complete embrace by the public in a positive light. Yet it ended with huge popular rappers such as Biggie Smalls and even Will Smith sampling disco/post disco era songs with total pride. It started out with a very virulent hatred in the “disco sucks” mold of the early 80’s freeze out of the music. My own adolescence in the mid/late 90’s seemed to represent a gradual change in the music world’s attitude towards disco. Wanted to close off with a little personal story time about myself and Chic. The music video featuring a then and now look at a fashion conscious lady enjoying old Soul Train episodes,and spinning Chic vinyl records while the current band perform in a contemporary club perfectly captures their modern/retro disco vibe. 5:13 CHIC feat NILE RODGERS - Back In The Old School. NILE RODGERS - Ill Be There (12' Single Vocal Extended) 2015. As well as being the core element of the post “Rapper’s Delight” take on commercially viable hip-hop that used live musicians as opposed to samples. Ill Be There Chic - Ill Be There letra y traducción de la canción. BUT: Now the album has been released and - Ill Be There is NOT on the album. These are the elements that made Nile and Chic some of the funkiest musicians of the disco era. The emphasis is again on the rhythm instruments such as bass,guitar and percussion. Just before the bridge of the song,the music again reduces down to the bass and percussion sound before even the bass strips out-leaving nothing but the fast paced Afro-Latin percussion before the song fads out on Nile’s chorus.įirst thing that I can say about this Chic groove is that it has the complete flavor of a Chic song from their late 70’s,early 80’s heyday. ‘Nard himself then chimes in on his iconic mid toned rhythm guitar for his always danceable,rhythmic and chunky groove along with melodic (and sometimes spacey) accenting horns.-having Barnes take over on bass as the lead instrument on the vocal refrains. It begins with the rolling percussion of Ralph Rolle,with Jerry Barnes bass weaving itself into the mix for a colorful rhythmic tapestry. Back in the game of hit production work with new artists such as Tensnake and Sam Smith? Nile began fine tuning some discarded tapes recorded originally for Sister Sledge and featuring the late bassist Bernard Edwards and singer Luther Vandross on vocals, and re-introduced his much anticipated comeback with Chic on a new groove entitled “I’ll Be There”. Ever since his major commercial comeback in 2013 with creatively promising most millennial nu funk/disco icons Daft Punk Pharrell Williams on “Get Lucky”. The contributions to every sub-genre of instrumental oriented funky dance music owes a great debt of gratitude to Nile Rodgers and the Chic Organization.
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