Cargo Records

Wildflowers

Steeped in American funk and soul, Reggae production aesthetics, Afrobeat, psychedelic rock, late 1960's/early 1970's movie soundtracks, and all types of jazz, Connie Price & The Keystones have melded together their favorite music into a style all their own for their new LP/CD Wildflowers.

"We're really trying to bring soul music back into a cinematic landscape for the full length, bouncing off what producers like Roy Budd, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, and Lalo Schifrin did for films, but throwing in some Jamaican, New Orleans, and Brazilian undertones for flavor," says producer Dan Ubick. "We're definitely going to be picking up up where the Blood's Haul EP left off."

"The distortion-heavy circa-1970 grooves are combined with a kind of wide angle, almost eerie film noir soundtrack vibe....Super deep funk with their always-welcomed cinematic undertone." - turntablelab.com

"There's a wonderfully tripped-out sound to their work - taking the core instrumentation of funky drums, choppy guitars, smoking keyboards, and soulful sax - and pushing it out with a Stark Reality-ish vibe that really makes the group stand out from the rest
of the deep funk underground! The album's a brilliant debut that we'll be digging for years..." - dustygroove.com

Primarily a guitarist, Dan Ubick spent years in Los Angeles' own live-DJ ensemble, the Breakestra, traveling the world to promote the band's Live Mix Part 2, as well as contributing to Macy Gray's On
How Life Is, Blood Of Abraham's EyeDollarTree, DJ Babu's Super Duck Volume 2 and Madlib's Blue Note LP Shades Of Blue.

In his spare time, the guitarist worked on original music with friend and drummer, Connie Price, trumpeter Todd M. Simon (Macy Gray, Daptone, Soul Fire, etc), and saxophonist/flutist James King (Breakestra). The vibe was picked up on tape, and Stones Throw
Records label manager and friend, Eothen "Egon" Alapatt, decided to sign the Keystones to a deal on his new splinter label, Now-Again Records. Along-side many deserving vintage funk reissues, like the
L.A. Carnival, Galt MacDermot, and the Stark Reality, the Keystones feel right at home.

Members of The Keystones appear on Madlib's Sound Directions LP for Stones Throw Records.