“Exploring power, desire, injustice and survival… MXMJoY sound like hope,”

The Guardian 4/5 ****
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“.. a blissful amalgam of electronica and R&B laced with a grittier, brooding undercurrent that harks back to their early–80’s vision, P.E.A.C.E. is a sophisticated rebirth for one of the UK’s unsung trailblazers.” The Vinyl Factory

 
“..Their trademark ‘funk-punk’ sound lives on in this album stabby bass guitar grooves as well as .. simmering synths….with sliding airy vocals …” Crack Magazine 7/10

Maximum Joy John Peel and Kid Jensen BBC Radio 1 Sessions have been audio restored and are available on Maximum Joy’s Bandcamp  – find them here

 
 

The seminal 1980’s post-punk band Maximum Joy, reformed in 2015 spearheaded by founding member  Janine Rainforth. They went on to release their new album P.E.A.C.E. IN 2018 and played the inaugural We Out Here that year.

 
“Elsewhere, Bristol band MXMJoY play to a .. loyal crowd. Seminal to the funk-punk movement in the early 80s, with tracks like Stretch proving anthems of the New York underground….their set packs a punch. Smooth bass lines fall into dub delays and parping horn parts – all providing a strong soundtrack to a sea of skanking revellers 

 

‘A pivotal point in Bristol’s dub-informed lineage, Pitchfork compared Maximum Joy’s sound to “one of the Slits backed by the Gang of Four”

Maximum Joy is pivotal to the history of post-punk as essential to the development of post punk/funk as Liquid Liquid or A Certain Ratio.’

 

“Musically, the group’s use of complex percussion, horns, danceable bass lines, and overtly English female vocals built a bridge between the worlds of Afrobeat, reggae, avant-garde jazz, funk and pop”.

PopMatters 

MXMJoY live at the Moth Club 2018 – Total Refreshment Centre – play Searching For a Feeling – more live on MXMJoY You Tube channel and Maximum Joy You Tube channel also.

Janine selects tunes for live Maximum Joy DJ sets here's a link to her Mixcloud for more info contact: Davide@greymatterltd.com

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