Federation of the Disco Pimp are back. After a 5 year hiatus, FOTDP return bigger & tougher than ever! Signed to Acid Jazz Records with their 3rd Studio album 'Gratuitous', with super special guests including Funk royalty Fred Wesley (James Brown), Billy Valentine & Kenni Holmen (Prince, Cory Wong) , it is a statement of their return and shows why they are Scotland’s premier exponent of modern Funk. FOTDP are legendary for their endless energy and blistering live sets.
"God bless Federation of the Disco Pimp!"
CRAIG CHARLES (Funk and Soul Show, BBC6 Music)
"The hottest Scottish funk since the Average White Band"
JAZZ FM
Providing unstoppable grooves since 2010, Multi Award Winning* Federation of the Disco Pimp are Scotland’s premier exponent of modern Funk. Combining elements of Old-School Funk,Disco, Psychedelic and Jazz, this 7-piece band of Scots are legendary for their endless energy and blistering live sets.
*2017 'Best Musical Group + 2016 'Best Live Performance' Sunday Herald Cultural Award
Championed by funk legend Craig Charles (BBC6), Jazz Nights on BBC Radio Scotland and Jazz Fm, FOTDP have gained a solid reputation in the UK funk scene resulting in further live performances supporting George Clinton Parliament / Funkadelic, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Snarky Puppy, Sister Sledge, Hot 8 Brass Band & Many more.
2014 saw FOTDP being resident house band on BBCOnes 'Tonight at the Games' for 10 nights during the Commonwealth games, featuring on BBCThree every night during the games to close their coverage, House band for a special on BBC2's 'Newsnight' live from the Fringe 'Referendum Special' as well as live in-studio sessions on BBC6's 'Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show' & BBCRadio Scotland's 'Jazz House on Radio Scotland' to name a few highlights.
(FOTDP) were honoured to collaborate with Pee Wee Ellis for a few shows after ‘Inamorata’, we played on each other's music and for a legend to sit in with us was wild! Pee Wee & I remained in contact with each other over the next few years, we had a great time together and we always planned on doing more. I wrote ‘The Pieces that Remain’ for Pee Wee to play on, and we had made arrangements for this to happen coming out of lockdown, but he sadly passed before we could get together again. Pee Wee’s wife Charlotte & his agent Ina came up with the great idea to invite his J.B’s Horns Brother (& obviously Funk legend) Fred Wesley to play on the track for Pee Wee. What a dream! Fred was instantly on board and as soon as he was, I was on a pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama to be their for the session.
It’s rare in life you get a ‘full circle’ moment but this was an exception. From being invited up to play with the J.B’s on ‘The Chicken’ (that Pee Wee wrote) a million years ago, to collaborating with Pee Wee Ellis and writing a song for him to play, that ultimately Fred Wesley plays on, really was serendipitous."