1) city heat is a hardcore band from Santa Rosa CA
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2) British soul by Joanna Law and Simon Law.
Born in Trinidad to an Anglican minister (father) and a classically trained professional musician (mother), the brother and sister duo of Simon aka The Funky Ginger and Joanna Law were born surrounded by music. Relocating to the UK as children, they quickly realised what they wanted to do and by 1987, City Heat had been signed to Chrysalis but it was after a meeting with the late Ross Anderson that everything clicked. His Kingly St Basement studio became their lab and the master musician, sound engineer, reggae 45 aficionado, and studio builder became their beloved teacher and collaborator.
By 1989, City Heat’s production and songwriting had leapt forward, and we can hear this emphatically on the deliciously smooth RnB slow dancer ‘Strange How It Goes ’and the piano led ‘What Must I Do’ and its loving nod to Roy Ayres productions. Finally, we have the catwalk groove of ‘London Child ’with its fluid Spanish style guitar work from Ross, Joanna in full sensual mode and an infectious nod to the voguing craze.
The Soul II Soul DJs Jazzie B, Daddae Harvey, Q and Aitch were key supporters of City Heat and led to Simon becoming part of the Soul II Soul songwriting and production team (Keep on Moving and Back To Life were both born at Ross ’studio). Artists such as Chaka Khan, James Taylor of Kool and The Gang, Junior Giscombe, Light Of The World and many others came to work with him there. Simon went on to remix Eric B & Rakim and write with his mentor and hero, EWF’s Maurice White amongst many projects but he also continued to produce music with Joanna and Ross. Joanna’s own musical career included releases on US label Easy Street including the classic First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (oft sampled) and two great albums with the Pressure Drop team and has been releasing soul-drenched tunes up to this day.
Dedication
Simon and Joanna wish to dedicate this album to Ross Anderson with their deepest love and gratitude - “Rest In Peace and Light Eternal dear friend.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.