After Metropolitan Jazz Affair, The Dynamics and Mr President, master of musical ubiquity Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart proudly presents Uptown Funk Empire, a burning tribute to one of his all time greatest loves: Funk.

Bruno “Patchworks” Hovart, as a self-taught musician and typical teenager, started playling guitar, bass and keyboards at age 15, covering James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Cream in his bedroom and, later in college bands.
His first releases are in the mid 90s, with deep house and disco live bands and various electronic projects. He quickly develops and shows very special skills for vintage disco/funk productions with a contemporary flavor.
This gifted boy's been working with artists such as Amp Fiddler, Archie Shepp, Mr Day, Paul Randolph... and for many recording labels such as I Still Music (usa), Favorite Recordings (france), Infracom (germany), Further Out (uk)...

Uptown Funk Empire is an exciting and ambitious project, worthy of its name.
While the first album is simply called "The Empire Strikes back", it's no joke...
Forget the whole revival thing, this sounds like an actual rebirth of the real funky stuff.
It's like being back to the better days of Funk without a travel machine... the vibe is vintage but the sound is fresh...That's not funky music, that's FUNKY MUSIC !
This album is huge and it covers all the golden age Groove styles : Boogaloo, Soul, Disco, Boogie, Funk... but the music flows in the hands of a gifted modern producer. Bruno " Patchworks" Hovart plays bass, keyboards, computers... handling with love all composition, programming, arrangements, vocals...

With brilliant vocal featurings by silky Juan Rozoff, Brit-Soul legend Noel Mc Koy at his best, high-voltage divas Ange & Janice... and the funkysoul brother Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart himself on the mic... it's pure funkiness !

Beware, "The Empire Strikes Back" and is kicking... so get up & dance !

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Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart discography:
Uptown Funk Empire - The Empire Strikes Back"- Soulab - upcoming
The Dynamics - LP - upcoming
Patchworks - Celebration EP - Still music 07
The Dynamics - land of 1000 dances - 7” Big Single 07
Mr Day - Soul on Wax EP - Favorite 07
Patchworks and Mr Day - Brothers on the….vol.2 - 7” - Favorite 07
The Dynamics - Miss You/ 90% of me is you - 7" Big single 07
Metropolitan Jazz Affair - Bird of Spring - LP Infracom 07
Metropolitan Jazz Affair - Find a way - EP Infracom 07
The Dynamics - Music - 7" Big single 07
Mr President - Love and Happiness EP - Favorite recordings 07
the Dynamics - 7 nation army/move on up 7" - Big single 07
Mr President - Gimme some time EP - Favorite recordings 06
Patchworks Ginger Xpress - Brothers on the slide - Still Music
Music People 2 - Do the Boogie EP - Superhuit - 2005
Porks Watch - Minautor EP - Q-tape 2005
Patchworks and Mr Day- Deep Ocean - EP Still Music - 05
The Evergreen - Food for Soul - Acid Jazz - 2004
Porks Watch - Million toes extended EP - Q-tape 2004
Music People - Hawk / So Sure - Superhuit - 2004
Patchworks feat Amp Fiddler - Sugar EP - Still Music - 2004
Patchworks - Immo EP - Q-Tape - 2004
Metropolitan Jazz Affair - Mja LP - le Maquis - 2003
Patchworks - COCAN / Steve McQueen EP - Q-Tape - 2003
Cinnamone - Narrow Mindings EP - Superhuit - 2002
Patchworks - Velvet and Dust EP - Q-Tape - 2002
Cinnamone - Cinemascope EP - Superhuit - 2001
Plaisir de France - Suave Tempo EP - Prozak trax - 2001
La Cellule - Sweet Entourage EP - SSOH - 1999
La Cellule - Suga free EP - SSOH 1997
La Cellule - Mathematicians love letter - Pandemonium 1996

Remixes:
Guts le bienheureux - living is easy - wax on – 07
The Dynamics – land of 1000 dances – big single - 07
Re:Jazz - People hold on - Infracom - 07
Greyship Daviz - Traffic - Past due - 07
Nicole Willis - My four leaf clover - above the clouds – 07
Nicole Willis – Feeling free - above the clouds - 07
Metropolitan Jazz Affair - Escapism - Infracom - 07
Goodbye song - Mojo Group - Time4livin - 06
The call - Richard E - Further Out - 06
We've only just begun - Lee McDonald - Favorite - 06
Corner Stones - Bob Marley - Rock River Music - 06
Georgia on my mind - Ray Charles - Rock River Music - 06
Stoned Love - Westpark Unit - Farside Records - may 06
Dream - Moses McLean - Still Music - may 2006
San Salvador - King Kooba - Freerange - april 2006
Don't outstay outside 2 night - Pascal Rioux & Mr Day - Rotax - 2005
Suave abril - Nutropic - Soultronik - 2005
Bau Au - Sam & Gigi - Easy records 2005
Angel - King Britts - Scubba 2005
So sure - Teo Moritz - Superhuit - 2004
Superzoom - Colorblind - Plein Gaz Production - 2004
Never leave - Tal M Klein - Aniligital Music - 2004
Déjà morts - Concorde Music Club - XIII bis - 2003
Kool Bavaria - Crusho - Q-tape 2002