city". Re-juiced Phat Shake The Pimptones third studio album Re-juiced Phat Shake was released on Legere Recordings on Valentine's Day 2014 and featured a host of guest singers creating a much more varied sound from the previous album "Midnight Feast of Jazz". Nick Pride states "I was always a fan of amazing pop songwriters like Burt Bacharach and Holland-Dozier-Holland, but on the other hand, being a dedicated musician, I love the raw energy of being on stage with a funk band". The album was well received by reviews saying "The emphasis is on songwriting backed with energetic, tight funky playing"; "an album filled with soulfully deep and satisfying recordings that are light on filler yet heavy on grooves to keep your body shaking to the beat";"one of the most exciting albums of 2014". With the departure of sax player Tomas Quilliam to set up his own business John Waugh was brought on board as the new full-time sax player. Go Deep With the sudden departure of John Waugh (sax) to join The 1975 both Alex Saxon (sax) and Beth Macari (vocals) were brought in to re-focus the band towards a more old school funk & soul sound. The result of this is the new album Go Deep recorded live in Newcastle upon Tyne in August 2015 at Loft Studios, and being released on Légère Recordings in June 2016. Live performances / airplay The group’s touring schedule has also taken them to many of the UK’s finest funk venues including the 100 Club, The Yardbird in Birmingham, Band on The Wall in Manchester, Hi-Fi Club in Leeds, the Jazzbar in Edinburgh, as well as festivals such as The Mostly Jazz Festival, The North East Funk and Soul Revue and The Sage Gateshead International Jazz Festival. Internationally they have played at the Imagina Funk Festival (2015), Novara Jazz Festival (2012) and Swingin' Groningen (2012) along with various gigs in Italy and Spain. In 2011, The Pimptones remix of The Breakbeat Junkie track "Rock The Funky Beat" become a firm favourite of the BBC6 Music Funk and Soul Show, and was one of the most requested songs on RAI Radio 2’s Pop Corner (Italy). Nick Pride also produces the Pimptones podcast designed to highlight up and coming music from the band and from other artists in the North East. Band members The current line-up for Nick Pride and the Pimptones is as follows: