![]() ![]() Getting hooked up with the legendary bassist was as simple as reaching out to his management. "I think that was obviously what inspired his choosing us, he liked working with us I guess," said Emes. "Hopefully it's a sign of good things to come in 2021."Įmes and Grimes collaborated with Collins on a song called Good Thang, which was released in October by Fool's Gold Records. "It's been a tough year through and through so this has been a cool little thing," said Emes. ![]() "They take a dance groove and kill it, in a good way," reads a quote from Collins.Īnd it's high praise from one of the godfathers of funk.Ĭollins - who played bass in James Brown's band, The Pacemakers, and was a member of Parliament-Funkadelic - is credited with creating the style of 'playing on the one' or the first beat, which helped formulate the funk movement in the 1970s and '80s and pop music as we know it today. Made up of Pete Emes and Mike Grimes, the pair were chosen by the legendary Bootsy Collins for a piece in the current issue of Spin titled The 35 Best Lesser-Known Artists of the Last 35 Years, Picked by 35 Well-Known Artists. This last 12 months have been a real bummer for most artists working in the live event industry, but 2020 is set to end on a high note for the Calgary duo, Smalltown DJs. ![]()
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