{"id":15645,"date":"2015-04-16T17:42:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicbar.cz\/?p=15645"},"modified":"2015-04-17T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T10:31:08","slug":"tortured-soul-vystoupi-v-praze-presne-v-den-vydani-nove-desky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/novinky\/tortured-soul-vystoupi-v-praze-presne-v-den-vydani-nove-desky\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortured Soul coming back to Prague with new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US soulful house trio Tortured Soul are proof that modern soulful house music can be freed from the DJ booth.\u00a0 Influenced by such classic artists as Prince, Heatwave and Kool &amp; The Gang, the band deliver their third\u00a0 cool, groove-centred album, dedicated to the memory of keyboard player and founding member Ethan White, who passed away suddenly in March at the age of 39. Tastemaker Gilles Peterson has dubbed them \u201cthe future of house music\u201d.\u00a0 Led by drummer\/vocalist Christian Urich, delivering four-on-the-floor beats topped by a Maxwell-like falsetto, this band plays seamless club classics, always with poppy hooks. They will come to Prague Lucerna Music Bar at the day of the release of the new album, 11<sup>th<\/sup> of May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHot For Your Love Tonight\u201d, the band\u2019s third album, opens with the ultra cool \u201cI\u2019ll Be There For You\u201d.\u00a0 Other highlights include the deep house of \u201cDon\u2019t Lead Me On\u201dand the handclap-catchy title cut, both of which are co-written by bass player Jordan Scannella.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Know What\u2019s On Your Mind\u201d was written and co-produced by Christian and Ethan with South Africa\u2019s house music legend Black Coffee, and the Chic-like \u201cCan\u2019t Keep Rhythm from A Dancer\u201dhas received airplay all over the world, including from the UK\u2019sJazz FM, BBC Radio 2 and Mi-Soul.\u00a0 The band have recently shot a video in Los Angeles for \u201cDon\u2019t Lead Me On\u201d, which features a cameo by J\u2019Something, vocalist with South African house trio Mi Casa. Tortured Soul never stop touring the world.<\/p>\n<p>In Czech Republic they were for the first time at the Colours of Ostrava in 2011. They had such an impact on the audience, that Tortured Soul is returning every spring to the Lucerna Music Bar. This spring they are on European tour, where they stop also in London, Vienna and Hamburg to present for the first time their new album live.<\/p>\n<p>On facebook you can find a fundraising-link to support the wife and the two kids after the sudden death of Ethan White: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/o2vkvk\" target=\"_blank\">Gofundme.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available for 320 CZK (+fee) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicbar.cz\">www.musicbar.cz<\/a>, GoOut.cz, Ticketpro, Ticketportal and Eventim. At the cash desk of the LMB without fee, at the door 370 CZK.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US soulful house trio Tortured Soul are proof that modern soulful house music can be freed from the DJ booth.\u00a0 Influenced by such classic artists as Prince, Heatwave and Kool &amp; The Gang, the band deliver their third\u00a0 cool, groove-centred album, dedicated to the memory of keyboard player and founding member Ethan White, who passed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-novinky"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15647,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15645\/revisions\/15647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicbar.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}