I’m going to keep this one short and sweet.

United Vibrations are one of the hottest, most energetic bands to walk the UKs stages in a while. I’ve had the pleasure of sharing many a gig with them and their music never fails to engage. On a personal tip, having broken bread with them at length, I’m as impressed with their ideology and aspirations as I am with the heat scorching up the microphones.

One of their set’s highlights is RA! a fast paced afro-jazz cut with a boom-bap breakdown and energy for days. Funnily enough, the cut is actually in part a celebration of solar energy, the other part being reserved as a homage to the visionary Sun Ra. The single is out now (it was officially launched on the winter solstice) and you can pick it up on ITunes. Vinyl lovers you’re not forgotten. Cop the plastic here.

Here is the video, recorded at the launch party….enjoy

We’ve had a lot of fun with the 12 Tone collective this year. Now our shared session at Vibe has been broken in, we’re getting comfy and beginning to experiment.

The last session of 2009 takes place this Sunday 20th December. It’ll be a good one, you should come. As usual, myself, Duke Etienne, DJ Judge and Cal Jader will hold down DJ duties with live collaboration from Connie Bell and musicians from the 12 Tone camp.

We’ve got some recordings (audio/video) to post from our previous events but for now, check out this  footage of RA! the United Vibrations single which was launched last Saturday and has been garnering attention from Giles Peterson amongst others.