groove armada

featuring: sunday soccer

the armada’s vanguard producer and dj team tom finlay and andy cato, met through their love of jazz, funk, disco and real house. the name derives from one of their first club nights. groove armada gigs are real live music experiences. tom started as a bass player in funk bands whilst andy was a trombonist in a miners band. released by zomba records, their third album is a collection of live jam sessions. richie havens, nile rogers (of chic), celitia martin, mad and tim hutton have all been to the armada’s studio in the countryside. ‘everybody looked the same’ was the ga’s first big hit. madonna is a fan. she gave them the remix of her hit ‘music’. with any free  time the armada boys join an east london dj-football team. the team have lost every game played until now. their favourite pitches are in victoria park and hackney marshes near homerton railway station. every sunday various amateur teams play it out on the marshes, the biggest football field  in london. here a hung-over armada posse fights a weekly losing battle. after practise, the guys like a pint or two at the royal inn in the park, where their old friend russell works the taps.

 

royal inn in the park

 

 

 

 

                                       

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