The Bongolian

Big Boss Man release their long-awaited third album Full English Beat Breakfast’. "Excellent" Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2 "The Sgt Pepper of boogaloo - and you can't go without breakfast, can you?" music 4/5, sonic 4/5 Hi-Fi Choice "Big Boss Man are back and groovier ...than ever" Clash As usual the band have made good use of their extensive collection of vintage (and temperamental) gear for Full English. Head honcho Nasser (a.k.a the Bongolian) plays mini-VIP, Farfisa and Hammond organs, Wurlitzer piano, Moog synths and drums and percussion. Driving fuzz guitar and bass beat is provided by bassman Scott Milsom "the Hawk" and guitarist Trev Harding. The band have once again created a superb spaced-out selection of prime 60’s inspired dance floor tracks: Northern Soul vibes with ‘Black Eye’, garage sounds with ‘The Bloater’, Boogaloo with ‘Pies and Pastiche’ and even samba with ‘Full Brazilian’. Big Boss Man formed in 1999 when three long time friends Nass, Trev and Scott, got together for some Hammond heavy action. They released their album debut ‘Humanize’ (Blow Up) in 2001 which precipitated a wave of interest in the band, and was a clear definition of the BBM sound: a hip Hammond hybrid of 60's and 70's drenched R’n'B, Funk, Latin, Jazz, Soul and Pop. The album went on to be used exclusively as the so soundtrack for the 2002 BAFTA nominated short film ‘Sweet’ featuring The Mighty Boosh (Big Boss Man performing in the nightclub sequences in the film), as well as tracks appearing on numerous compilations. Party 7 from Humanize was featured in the Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona NIKE WORLDCUP worldwide advert in 2006 and subsequently released as a limited single. Their 2005 follow up ‘Winner‘ was produced by the band and Morgan Nicholls (The Streets / Muse / Gorillaz). Morgan (the son of Immediate Records’ inhouse songwriter Billy Nicholls), had a studio choc-full of groovy stuff: The Who’s Hammond, Steve Marriott’s first guitar, Clavis and Wurlis, all of which were put to good use on the album which continued the trip from where Humanize left off - through 60’s Funk, along the way taking in Bongo/Fuzz, Latin Soul, French Beat, Boogaloo and general Hammond/Moog mentalness everywhere else! Big Boss Man have also worked on numerous other projects including remixes for Paul Weller (The Bottle), a solo project from Nasser as The Bongolian (three albums The Bongolian, Blueprint, Outer Bongolia for Blow Up) on which he played all the instruments himself.