"Zed's dead baby..."
Feel the funk, feel the boogie, feel traces of Reggae, feel jazz pop, blues rock and garden rock all in one song, mind you. The name of the track is "Fly Wizard Fly" and the purveyors of this dense musical deliciousness is the 8 piece funk fusion outfit Mashup & Cozy Condition from Richmond,Virginia. Front man / lead songwriter Michael Hedrick's husky smooth croon reminds me of Donald Fagen during Steely Dan's Halcyon days and Mashup & Cozy Condition, in fact, have the same sort of top shelf musicality as the Dan. There is so much going on, spinning up and down on this track that my words will not do it justice except to say that there is a vintage 70's vibe drawn within the deep bass grooves and universal styles.
This is the 2nd single from band's upcoming “MCC-FUNK” record.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Hailing from Richmond Virginia, Mashup & Cozy Condition is an electrifying eight-piece ensemble that melds vintage funk, with with modern production techniques. With a totally unquie sound that occupies the space between modern funk of Vulfpeck and off the wall experimentation of the Beastie Boys. Acclaimed band features frontman / lead songwriter Michael Hedrick’s edgy vocals over an effortlessly deep pocket and energetic melodies from the three-piece Cozy Condition Horns.
Mashup & Cozy Condition make the kind of dirty, brass-scorched funk / soul / rock which leads you into temptation. The dark side of the boys from RVA features, Jason Newcomb master of all six strings and production knobs, the world class “Cozy Condition” horn section is lead by saxophonist extraordinaire Rick Rieger. So successful are they, so good does it feel, so natural, that voodoo filth will be pouring through you before you know what’s going on.
MCC's have had solid success in 2020 with 1M total streams and an additional to the sought after "Nu-Funk" Spotify playlist. Three singles from MCC’s upcoming full length release will drop in 2021, the band plans to return to the road and release a live video / EP. 8
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