Freestyle Records big hitters The Fantastics! are back with a brand new exciting album: ‘All The People’. Never comfortable within tightly defined and rigid musical genres, The Fantastics! have always been pushing the boundaries and honing their eclectic style. ‘All The People’ sees this talented bunch dip their toes into a pool of soul-jazz, blues, latin, rock, ska, funk & fusion, laced with a distinctly progressive edge, performed with superb musicianship.  

The Fantastics! are Greg Boraman (keyboards), Pete Collison (guitar), Raydn Hunter (bass), Mark Norton (woodwinds), James Smith (drums) and Sulene Fleming (vocals). The band first began to take shape in 2003 after keyboard player Greg departed the ranks of the acclaimed deep funk outfit The Soul Destroyers (Jazzman Records) and answered the call to fill the keyboard seat in Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours, the previous incarnation of the band.

After changing their name to The Fantastics! Freestyle Records founder Adrian Gibson picked up the band, resulting in their debut album ´Mighty Righteous´ in 2009 which featured vocals from UK soul legend Noel McKoy. The albums critical acclaim led to live performances on BBC Radio 2´s Mark Lamarr show (twice!) and Craig Charles’ BBC6 Music Funk & Soul Show as well as countless club and festival appearances across Europe.

Now in 2011 - featuring the stunning vocal talents of Sulene Fleming, who was bought up on a musical diet of Marvin Gaye and Ella Fitzgerald to The Kinks and Fleetwood Mac. Sulene worked with Ministry Of Sound, Soulheat Records, Cooker Records, and Ecko Records, as well as featuring on numerous compilations as well as writing and performing for numerous TV and film projects. 

The recent single ‘Somewhere…Finally’ was a Jazz FM ‘Single Of The Week’, and also featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music and was ‘described by BBC London 94.9 presenter Robert Elms as ‘the song of the moment for me’ and had the band in to perform live on his show.

Gigs…

7 January 2012
Boisdale of Canary Wharf, London, UK

27 January 2012
The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK

28 January 2012
Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK

29 January 2012
Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle, UK

25 February 2012
Hootananny, Brixton, London, UK

31 March 2012
The Yardbird, Birmingham, UK

1 April 2012
The Jazz Cafe, Camden, London, UK

4 April 2012
Clapham Grand, Clapham, London, UK