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...according to our Business Lady on Thu 10 Mar, 2011.
Dwayne Omarr appears to be an unsung hero of the Electro-Funk scene having worked with various musicians and producers since being discovered around the late 70's but never taking that big step to centre stage. He's one of them super gifted types who's been playing multiple instruments since his being discovered as a child and has since worked his way into songwriting and production with in excess of 300 tune to his name. In 2010 he hooked up with Rephlex to release some of his finest jams coupled with a few newies which is what we are listening to now. Can't say I've ever come across any of these tracks prior to hearing the promo for this LP a few weeks back but this guy is king of Funk! He's got the worlds of Electro-Funk, R&B, Future Funk and Party Rock all sewn up. On top of that the lad plays a mean bass bringing to mind master Bootsy with he's mashing of classic funk melodies with wild tonal effects like ring modulators, moogerfoogers and the like. He also endorses the vocoder style which suits these post Parliament Funk Rock workouts down to the ground. Each of the seven tracks included are stone cold party jams with 'This Party's Jam Packed', 'Omarr Rocks The Nation' (great Prince style guitar solo) and 'Multi-Funk' being fine examples of his unique electro funk blend. Also worth noting is the addition of a couple of pseudo-dub mixes of previously successful tracks like 'Breakdown New York Style (Incredible Dub Mix)' and 'Save The Children (Dub Mix)'. They are Dub's in the looses sense of the word but he's definitely having fun freshening up these tracks. Think Prince, Arabian Prince, Egyptian Lover, Grand Master Flash, Funkadelic / Parliament, Dam_Funk... all the good stuff.
"The Crown Prince Of Electro Funk" Is Back!
DWAYNE OMARR has been in the shadows as a ghost writer, vocalist, and producer for many years, creating songs for many artists with major deals, even reaching number one on the charts Stateside. He has, so far, generally preferred to remain behind the scenes... until now.
Dwayne Omarr grew up in Boston, was first interviewed by Tom Bergeron, and featured on the NBC program SUPERKIDS at age 14 for his ability to play multiple instruments. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, and Berklee College of Music both in Boston and is a member of ASCAP, with a personal catalog of over 300 songs. Dwayne Omarr is managed by businessman and music impresario, Cornell (the Genie) Brown.
-1978 a young Dwayne Omarr traveled to New York with "Prince Charles" Alexander to record "Bush Beat" for the project known as Slyck on Solid Platinum Records Label, which was a highly successful cult single around the world.
1982 Prince Charles introduced Dwayne Omarr to Maurice Starr, and they collaborated on another one of Omarrs' classics "This Party's Jam Packed", originally on Survivor Records.
1984 Dwayne plays bass, lead guitar, and performed background vocals on Prince Charles & The City Beat Band Stone Killers Virgin Records. In an effort to spread his production wings Dwayne Omarr Produced "Rusty P" The Toe Jammer & The Sure Shot 3 single "Breakdown New York Style" on Critique Records. As the result of the success of the Rusty P project, Omarr was offered an album deal at Critique.
1985 marked the release of Holy Rock featuring the cult hit single "Save The Children". Dwayne Omarr also created an alter Ego named "Sir D" and released the single "Born To Be Free" on Solid Platinum Records the same year.
1986 Omarr took a trip back down to Miami, and produced the single "Mr. Gigolo” for Omarrs' Girls. All above-mentioned records are still well sought after records to this day.
1987 Dwayne Omarr collaborated with Ralph Tresvant of New Edition producing many unreleased projects, touring the US, and Japan as Music Director for “ The Rated R “Tour for Ralph Tresvant for the Budweiser Superfest Tours venue.
1988 Dwayne Omarr Produced Suave Playmate Featuring the classic hit single "My Girl" for Capital Records.
1989 Dwayne Omarr collaborated with singer Betty Wright, and Luke Skywalker, and Produced the Angie Griffen LP "Gentle" Luke's Skyline Records Label.
1989 Dwayne Omarr also collaborated with Boston Businessman Cornel Brown on many projects including the first Ralph Tresvant solo album and the Unbelievable Fun Boys project on East West Records America.
2010 Dwayne Omarr linked up with UK-based label Rephlex to release the highly anticipated Multi Funk album, an unashamed funk rock R&B showcase featuring new tunes plus favourites like Save The Children, Breakdown New York
Style, Mr. Gigolo, and others.
01 THIS PARTY'S JAM PACKED (EDIT) 02 OMARR ROCKS THE NATION 03 BREAKDOWN NEW
YORK STYLE (INCREDIBLE DUB MIX) 04 SAVE THE CHILDREN (DUB) 05 MULTI FUNK 06 ANNOINTED ONE 07
MR. GIGOLO (DUB VERSION)
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