Music Superfriends: Mark Ronson & The Business INTL
Richie Adomako / June 15, 2010
With the help of thirty musicians – yes you read that correctly, thirty(!!!) musicians – Mark Ronson‘s upcoming album, Record Collection (due in September) will be a gathering of talents from around the globe that qualifies as a form of musical Superfriends. But, don’t be fooled, most of this album, which will feature Ronson’s vocal debut, is being recorded right here in New York City. It’s been three years since he released his last album, Versions, but we would hardly call this an absence - the producer has kept busy on numerous projects, including his band, Chauffeur, with Sam Sparro, Theophilus London, and the Dap Kings.
The first single off his third album, “Bang Bang Bang” features Q-Tip and MNDR (aka Amanda Warner), and was co-written with the Kaiser Chiefs’ drummer, Nick Hodgson. It is a witty play on the French nursery rhyme “Alouette” with a touch of pop. If the single and the 80′s Sci-Fi style video is any indication of the album to come (beyond the thirty artists involved) then it is one to look forward to. Among the Business INTL, Mark Ronson has enlisted Q-Tip, D’Angelo, Boy George, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Alex Greenwald, Nick Hodgson, Ghostface, MNDR, Dap Kings, Spank Rock, Andrew Wyatt (of Miike Snow), Rose Eleanor Dougall, Wiley and MC Pill, among others. Where he finds the time between a new Amy Winehouse album and jockey duties at East Village Radio, we have no clue. Without a doubt, a release like this qualifies as a summer jam from the Grammy-winning producer. And while this taste won’t hold us over for long, it will have to do for now. Check out two tracks from the upcoming album below and click through for the new video.
Mark Ronson & The Business INTL – “Bang Bang Bang”
Mark Ronson – “Circuit Breaker”
