FLEVANS feat. LAURA VANE: Realisation

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FLEVANS feat. LAURA VANE: Mr Right

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FLEVANS feat. LAURA VANE: Invisible

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LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: I Can’t Move No Mountains/ 110 Per Cent (Draikolk Remix) (2012)

Dutch/ English outfit Laura Vane & The Vipertones drop a disco-touched jazz-funk cover of seventies number I Can’t Move No Mountains for the new millennium. Originally performed by R&B/ big-band/psychedelia fusioneers Blood, Sweat & Tears and covered many times you’d have to move a mountain to improve on Margie Joseph’s soul-disco version though Vane and co manage to dislodge a respectable amount of scree. Over on…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: 110% (2011) Remix competition

LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: 110% (2011) Remix competition
Dutch/ English deep funkers Laura Vane & The Vipertones released their second LP Sugar Fix on Unique earlier this year and now there’s a remix album in the works. However, it seems they’ve realised they’re short a track. This is where you come in. Download the stems of 110% off the Sugar Fix album and get to work because if you win,…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

UNFORSCENE: Return Of The Wob – 2011

UNFORSCENE: Return Of The Wob – 2011
If January was afrobeat month 2011, it looks like March is ‘Bristol sound’ month as news of Unforscene’s forthcoming long-player surfaces at the same time as The Beekeepers (Parker and Boca 45) return to the scene. And, like The Beekeepers and Ewan Hoozami, Unforscene seem to be heralding a new generation of beats and vocal collaborations from Bristol that add dubstep and broken beat stylings to the atmospeheric, bass heavy gumbo with which the city is associated. Guest vocalists include Laura Vane, known for her raw soul vocals on numerous Diesler tracks and with retro-funk outfit the Vipertones, and jazz/ soul/ blues-man Kirris Riviere. Coincidentally (or not) the two best tracks on the LP feature these two…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: Roof Off - 2009 - Single review

LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: Tear The Roof Off – 2009 – Single review
RATING: 5/5
The third in a solid run of singles off the self-titled LP. “I see you shaking/ And I want to see you lose it,” belts out Laura at the start of a song that lyrically pretends to be about the dancefloor but that even the most literal-minded autist could see is about sex.
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LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: Am I Dreaming? – 2009 – Single review

LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: Am I Dreaming? – 2009 – Single review
RATING: 4/5
‘Northern soul’ style tracks are the new black in deep funk circles these days since everyone’s ‘chasing Amy’, and no band's album would be complete without it’s own. I refer to recent output by The Bamboos, Smoove & Turrell, forthcoming releases from Cookin On 3 Burners and now Dutch/ English combo Laura Vane & The Vipertones with this promo for their imminent LP…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES – Steam – 2008 – 7” review
RATING: 4/5
When I first saw the name ‘Laura Vane and The Vipertones’ it conjured a crazy bunch of psychobillies with mad quiffs. As it turns out they’re a crazy bunch of funksters with mad riffs, so what the fuck do I know…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM