Risqué is the third studio album by American disco band Chic, released on Atlantic Records on July 30, 1979. One of the records that defined the disco era, the album became highly influential not only within the movement, but also in other styles such as hip hop, art rock and new wave. Everybody knows "Good Times" and it's just such a happy song... Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced so many great music, Bernard Ewards unfortunately died too early after a concert in Japan.. Nile Rodgers is today still one of the greatest producers and always up for new adventures including dance artists like Avicii, Nervo, Disclosure.
Here's an extended version combined with video material of their show at Paradiso in 2005, which was actually a great concert.
So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - Risqué is the third studio album by American disco band Chic, released on Atlantic Records on July 30, 1979. One of the records that defined the disco era, the album became highly influential not only within the movement, but also in other styles such as hip hop, art rock and new wave. Everybody knows Good Times and it's just such a happy song...Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced so many great music, Bernard Ewards unfortunately died too early after a concert in Japan.. Nile Rodgers is today still one of the greatest producers and always up for new adventures including dance artists like Avicii, Nervo, Disclosure.Here's an extended version combined with video material of their show at Paradiso in 2005, which was actually a great concert.
