P-Theory Coming to Spain

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First things first, thank you all so much for your support during 2007 and may 2008 bring the fulfillment of all your dreams and and blessings.

Apologies for not being in touch for a while but we have been mad busy for the last few months. During December we had great pleasure in welcoming Gary Mudbone Cooper and his killer band over to the church to lay down some new material. A productive time was had by all and they laid down some killer stuff that will be dropping soon enough.

Since they we have been recording new material for our new forthcomng album. We are extremely happy with the way things have been going and have chosen to take our time with the recording and writing process this time round.  Trust us, this will be the next level from P-Theory so wait for the album to drop.

In other news we are delighted to be finally heading to Spain in a few weeks.  There is a 3 page feature on P-Theory in the current issue of Enlace Funk magazine and we are looking forward to meeting our Spanish friends at the gig at Oviedo University on March 28th.

We have also uploaded the infamous Pollen8 Birthday Gid from 2007 that you can download for free here along with the Cheshire FM live radio special that you can download here.  

We will be taking our website down in the next month whilst we rebuild it ready for the new album launch so grab what you can from all the current  free downloads , photo's,  video's,  interviews and album reviews in the next few weeks as once they are gone....they're gone.  We will keep updating our myspace site whilst the new website is being built so this is likely to be the last mail for a few months whilst we finish the album.

Thanks again for all your support!
One Love
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Free Download - Live Radio Special

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Firstly thanks to everyone who came out to see us this month we had a great time meeting you all out on the road again.  You can see photos from the gigs and the work we did in the studio here.

In between gigs and recording we also performed an acoustic session for Cheshire FM which included an interview with the whole band intertwined with 3 acoustic versions of songs from Chocolate Sock played live in the studio.  You can download the 45 minute radio special here.  Also on the same link you can read the article on P-Theory that Kelly Cowboy wrote for Blues & Soul magazine.

We completed recording the basic tracks for our next album S.T.F.U that is scheduled for release early in the new year and we will make previews available shortly on the members area of the site.  We have also started to collate the album reviews on the site here.

We are pleased to announce a special offer with CDBaby of a 40% discount when buying multiple copies of Chocolate Sock from them. 

We are very busy mixing the new album and will keep you all updated via the blog in the members area when we can. 

Thanks again for all your support
P-Theory

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September Live Dates

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Firstly thank you all so much for your support on the live CD we recently made available for existing customers and new purchases of Chocolate Sock.  We were totally overwhelmed and unprepared for the amount of requests and orders that came back (1,900 in a week) and have being working solidly for 3 weeks to clear the back log.  

Apologies to all those who have been wating for their discs to arrive for a while.  We have finally caught up and sent out all orders throughout the world so your CD's will be there shortly if not yet received. Thank you all so much for the kind words you have been sending us about the live show.  Come and see us in September to experience it for yourselves.

We are honoured to be playing the number one funk club night in the world at Madame Jojo's in Soho on Friday September 14th with the legendary funk collector / DJ and producer Keb Darge. Details of the other dates are shown on the gigs section of our site.

Chocolate Sock is also now available for download as high quality MP3 format on the following partner download sites: iTunes, BuyMusic, Ruckus, Payplay, Napster along as from our own MP3 download facility direct from our website. Many more will be coming online shortly and we will let you know when they do.  Chocolate Sock is also available from CDBaby where all the stock sold in its first day but will be available again shortly once the new stock arrives.

Following the short stint of gigs we will be filming for a BBC documentary and then straight back in to the church to complete the recording of our next album S.T.F.U. which we are aiming for release by Christmas.

Thanks again for all your support and we look forward to seeing you UK friends on the road in a few weeks.

One Love
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Swamped !

The offer of the Free Live CD was proved a lot more popular than we ever thought.  This has left us with a backlog and logistics issue sending orders out.  We are working on 3 days (from the time of order) to shipping at the moment but we hope to have caught up by the end of next week.

Apologies for the delay and thank you all so much for your overwhelming support, it is truly appeciated.

One Love
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New Live CD Giveaway
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Here is your update from P-Theory

Today is Kevin's birthday so feel free to join us in sending him some birthday love. We are pleased to announce that all sales of our latest album Chocolate Sock from our online store now include the CD P-Theory - Live at Pollen8.

The live album features 9 live tracks from the explosive show at Pollen8 during our UK tour of April 2007. Customers who have previously purchased Chocolate Sock can also claim their free CD by responding to this email with your address and we'll send you one out.  Live at Pollen8 will also ship with all sales from our partner thefunkstore.com.

Funk journalist and Atlanta radio personality "Bustin" Bob Mitchel provided the following review of Chocolate Sock for the funkstore:

P-THEORY
CHOCOLATE SOCK

TCC/TFS Release Date:6/18/2007
LABEL: P-THeory WorldWide
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : United Kingdom
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE:N/A
DISC : 1
CONDITION:IMPORT/NEW
STOCK STATUS:*INSTOCK* USUALLY SHIPS IN 24/48Hrs

On one of the most anticipated funk releases of the year, P-Theory with Kevin Goins follows-up the stellar "From the Hood to the Wood" with a record that basks in its own glorious natural uniqueness by taking hard funk back to its natural root, the church.

Kevin's voices are of course, divine sent (som'n about the Goin DNA) and he uses them to sing praises and worship to On High. His tones on the spine-tingling "I Want Jesus" will surely bring Glenn to mind for a lot of folks.

P-Theory's musical accompanying continues its usual thick and slangy, loose and tight salacious globs of bottom and horns splattering all in and around this swarthy beat.. The birthing country downstroke of "3 Strokes Granny". Check the rumbling funk of "What Would I Do Without You", another gospel-tinged funker that features at times Kevin even reworking Parliament's "Swing Low"!!

The band and rhythm section change-up tempos and grooves at the drop of a J. Easily going from gentle acoustic intro's ("Saturday Night" "P-Theory Prayer") on thru foot-stomping gut-bucket funk ("Your Love is Like a Sunday Morning"). Grooving and vamping to the max on tracks like "Thank God I Saw Before I Lost"as K. Goins just busts loose over the later stanzas of an oozing pulsing, funkdafried gospel. Redemption bobba, free to you from, not the friendly ghost , but alas, the power of the Holy Ghost.

And zeeper still on another soul-sanctifying gospel/blues number, "When I've Done the Best I Can", Kevin brings up memories of classic Joe Ligon of the Mighty Clouds. Although my fave of the set is the spacey, "British Are Coming" which for some reason takes me to Detroit-era Counts, but that's another story.

I can really dig the 'driving-thru-the-London fog' churning sound of the whole lp. I can only imagine rolling thru the English countryside and coming upon Ye Olde Pub and finding this groove coalition throwing down on the wee hours of Sunday morning . Only to catch 'em bright and early the following morning at the church next door. Wow.

Reviewed For TheFunkStore.com..By 
Funk Journalist&Atlanta Radio Personality~"Bustin'"Bob Mitchell

In other news you can download the recent 30 min WVOF radio special on the Upper Room with Joe Kelley where Joe interviews Ali Al live discussing the making of Chocolate Sock here.  P-Theory will embark on a UK tour from the 7th - 16th of September.  The 7 consecutive dates will be announced shortly on the gigs section of the website so we look forward to seeing the UK friends in September.  We will also be filming with the BBC during that time, full details to follow shortly.

Thanks for your continued support
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Live Radio Interview and Recording Sessions

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Its been over a month since we last updated you so apologies for the delay in communicating but we have been absolutely crazy busy.  

We want to thank everyone that has shown us such unbelievable support for our new album "Chocolate Sock".  It is really appreciated by us all and has meant that we are able to keep going and creating more new music.

We have been doind a lot of press work recently to support the album.  We will provide a full release schedule of all the press shortly so you can see what is being said where and by whom.  Needless to say though that the album has been amazingly well received.  People are loving the soul of the album.

On that note, tomorrow evening you can hear a live Radio interview with Ali Al on the Upper Room With Joe Kelley show on station WVOF. The live interview will take place at 4:30 NYC time on and can be heard live on the internet as well as being broadcast on 88.5FM in the Connecticut area.

We have been back recording in the church for our next album this weekend.  We now have a stockpile of incredible material to make our next album from. However, we haven't forgot, and will issue a live ep from our last UK tour shortly whilst we finish the new album.

The new album, as yet untitled (although it should be called "The Band That Wouldn't Die" as we're not going anywhere)  will feature songs from the recording session at the Pollen8 studios that took place the day after we had just played 6 back to back shows on tour, and this weekend's session at the church.  The raw sound that went to tape this weekend is by far the best sound we have ever recorded and the new tracks are simply SMOKING.  We will make some previews available shortly on the members area of the site.

Expect the new album to be released around October so that will be 3 full studio albums, a full length DVD, 3 UK tours, US shows and recording sessions in the birthplace of P-Funk (Plainfield NJ) and a live ep in just over 2 years.  Thats quiet a prolific output for any band let alone one that is totally self financed through its own activities and who's key members are separated by 4,000 miles of ocean.

With such a hectic schedule at the moment it may take us a while to update you again but we will keep the news section of the website up to date so you can track our progress. 

Thanks again for your support, we couldn't do it without you.

One Love
P-Theory

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Thank You For Your Overwhelming Support
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We would like to thank all of you for the unconditional support you have shown us following our latest album Chocolate Sock. We have been truly blown away by the amazing feedback you have given us and the phenominal sales in the first few weeks.  We knew we had created something special but we can't tell you how good it feels to have to go back to the maufacturers and get thousands more discs pressed as the initial run sold out within 10 days!

The message below is one of the hundreds we receive on a daily basis, but comes from a friend in the states who has a great musical heritage of his own and touched us deeply:

"Man, thank you for the new P-Theory CD. I can't begin to express how great I think this disc is. The music on Chocolate Sock exceeded my expectations tremendously (and I expected a lot from you guys, because you brought the funk so hard on the last CD)! Every track is a winner. The gospel material is the truth! I was feeling sanctified up in this mug! I can honestly say that P-Theory is the funkiest band happening. Nobody, absolutely nobody, is playing music this funky and organic. Kevin's singing is the absolute epitome of soul! Kevin Goins should be a household name like Al Green, and Otis Redding! That brother is the real deal! I think this new CD should give P-Theory the props, recognition and praise you deserve.

Thank you for creating this music! P-Theory can do no wrong by me! I'm hooked for life!"

Things are moving at a rate of knots for P-Theory at the moment and in between a crazy press schedule we are also working on a live DVD and our next release S.T.F.U that will be available in 2 months. For those of you who haven't yet experienced a P-Theory live show you can download a bootleg (for free) from the Telford's show http://ptheory.co.uk/freedownloads.cfm

and see shots of us onstage http://ptheory.co.uk/0uktour2007.cfm.." The pictures are great and capture what was a fantastic night for everyone involved. You can also download a recent interview with Alex and Caroline Rennie of BBC Radio Manchester and AllFM  http://ptheory.co.uk/interviews.cfm..where we discuss the http://ptheory.co.uk/1thealbum.cfm..making of Chocolate Sock.

You can listen to previews of all the tracks from Chocolate Sock and buy the album in MP3 format http://ptheory.co.uk/2buymp3s.cfm.." As explained earlier the album will be available from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and the funkstore in the next 2 weeks. Thanks again for your love and support, we really appreciate it, and for those that haven't already buy the album nPeace & Love..u003cbr..>..n..u003ca href..u003d.."http://ptheory.co.uk.." target..u003d.."_blank.." onclick..u003d.."return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this).."..>P-Theory..u003c/a..>..u003cbr..>..n..u003cbr..>..n..n..u003cbr..>..n..u003chr noshade..>..n..u003ccenter..>..n..u003cfont size..u003d.."1.." face..u003d.."verdana.."..>",1]);//-->..> S.T.F.U that will be available in 2 months.

For those of you who haven't yet experienced a P-Theory live show you can download a bootleg (for free) from the Telford's show here and see shots of us onstage at the Pollen8 show here. The pictures are great and capture what was a fantastic night for everyone involved.

You can also download a recent interview with Alex and Caroline Rennie of BBC Radio Manchester and AllFM here where we discuss the making of Chocolate Sock.

You can listen to previews of all the tracks from Chocolate Sock and buy the album in MP3 format here.  As explained earlier the album will be available from iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and the funkstore in the next 2 weeks.

Thanks again for your love and support, we really appreciate it, and for those that haven't already buy the album or you will miss out on something special.

Peace & Love
P-Theory

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The Wait Is Finally Over....The Sock Has Dropped!
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Category: Music

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First things first, the great news is that our new gospel funk album "Chocolate Sock" is finally released.  Originally planned for an April 12th release to support our UK tour, a monumental mess up by the manufacturers meant that the album was delayed until now.  The good news is that it we are 100% confident that it will have been worth the wait.

You can buy the album immediately from our online store here.  You can also preview all the tracks and purchase them in high quality MP3 format here.  The album will be available in all UK stores via Proper Distribution by the end of May and will also be available via Amazon, iTunes, CDbaby and our chosen partner the funkstore (where it also ships with the exclusive DVD P-Theory The Movie) within the next 2 weeks.

The album is by far our strongest work to date and is the album that all of us have always wanted to make. Having been brought up in a deeply religious family, Kevin Goins began his musical career in Gospel with Gary Shider's father's band the Sons of Emmanuel at the age of 12 but along with his brother Glenn, continued to sing gospel all his life. Glenn used to call in the mothership during PFunk's heyday to the old gospel song Swing Down.

The album features Kevin's unique voice in rare form that has made not only his surviving family extremely proud (his mother Jesse Mae always dreamed of her sons recording a gospel album) but has an unbelievable similarity to his brother Glenn's voice in its powerful delivery. 

And above all the whole thing is down right funky. If you like real, organic, nasty funk with a postive message just BUY IT, you won't be dissapointed!

In other news, P-Theory returned from very successful 5 date UK tour last week.  If you sign up as a member to the site you will be able to read a blow by blow account of the tour on our members area of the site where you can interact with the band as well. You can also see some of the personal photos the band took whilst on tour here.  There will be a whole bunch of professional and stage shots uploaded to that section of the site in the next few weeks.

We were honoured to welcome the legendary Doug Wimbish on stage with us at the Soho show and had a great time jamming with him.  Doug has invited us to join him at his next Wimbash event in August so as soon as the details are confirmed we will let you know.

On top of performing 5 back to back dates all over the UK we also managed managed to record the basic tracks for our next EP entitled S.T.F.U. before Kevin flew home last Saturday.  S.T.F.U will be P-Theory's first release on Pollen8 records and will feature 6 brand new studio tracks as well as a selection of live songs from the recent tour and video's from both the Stroud show and the Pollen8 birthday bash.

The updates will be coming thick and fast in the next few weeks so hurry up and buy the album before the initial run sells out.

Peace & Love
P-Theory

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Chocolate Sock Album Launch

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The new album goes off to be manufactured tomorrow.  We are ALL really pleased with it and it is by far the strongest work we have done so far.  We have started to update the website in preparation for the release of Chocolate Sock so for easy reading I will list the updates below.  

You can read the story of the album here.
You can see all the photo's from the recording sessions here 
You can see videos of Kevin recording some vocals for the album here.
We have also uploaded four full length tracks (out of the 13 on the new album) on our myspace site so you can listen to your hearts content. 
There is an additional track on our website here
We have updated the band biog here
You can join the discussion on the album here
You can hear the unmixed previews of other tracks in the members section
Kevin arrives on the 11th April ready for the UK dates as shown in the gigs area on our site
We all our NW friends to support us at the Jabez Clegg gig in Manchester

We have a very hectic press schedule at the moment so the updates will come thick and fast shortly.  The album is launched on 12th April and will be immediately available from our shop, iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and from our partner thefunkstore where it also ships with exclusive DVD P-Theory the movie.

Thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing all you UK people in April.

Peace, Love & Blessings
P-Theory

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New Tracks

Just upoaded 2 new songs "Your Love Is Like Sunday Morning" and "When I've done the best that I can".  Both our from our forthcoming new album "Chocolate Sock" which is out on the 12th April.  You can see photos from the recording sessions here.

Enjoy

P-Theory

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