Bands of Enchantment
The Free Label
Season 4 Episode 4 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Toronto-based sensation The Free Label brings their irresistible groove to the stage.
In this must-see episode, Toronto-based sensation The Free Label brings their irresistible groove to the stage, delivering an explosive fusion of 70s disco, 90s R&B, and high-energy funk. This collective of six multi-instrumentalists and vocalists has taken the global music scene by storm with their breakout hit "All Night," headlining sold-out tours across Europe, North America, and Australia.
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Bands of Enchantment
The Free Label
Season 4 Episode 4 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
In this must-see episode, Toronto-based sensation The Free Label brings their irresistible groove to the stage, delivering an explosive fusion of 70s disco, 90s R&B, and high-energy funk. This collective of six multi-instrumentalists and vocalists has taken the global music scene by storm with their breakout hit "All Night," headlining sold-out tours across Europe, North America, and Australia.
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- [Narrator] "Bands of Enchantment Albuquerque Sessions Filmed live at the Kimo theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(bright rock music) (audience cheers) Tonight's band from Toronto, Canada, The Free Label.
- [Ken] Let's show it, let's show it, let's show it!
The Free Label!
(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Josh] How we doing everybody?
(laughs) (groovy upbeat music) - I'm gonna need your help right here.
We're going like this.
(clapping) (audience clapping) Come on!
(saxophone begins) ♪ Yellow sundress, shades, they Prada ♪ ♪ I got my white Chevy fading colors ♪ ♪ Cruise 150 with the radio shouting ♪ ♪ If you want your place, you got it ♪ ♪ High in the hills I feel you falling ♪ ♪ Pusher lover a thrill, I want it ♪ ♪ I play it cool ♪ ♪ But if I'm honest ♪ ♪ I get tongue tied when you calling ♪ ♪ Say you want it ♪ ♪ Can't keep focus for real ♪ ♪ Jump the gun and I lose all control ♪ ♪ Of the wheel ♪ - Yeah, come on!
♪ I just wanna play it cool ♪ ♪ Rocking these blue suede shoes ♪ ♪ I only got two seats in the coupe ♪ ♪ Riding right next to you, yeah ♪ ♪ Riding right next to you ♪ ♪ 'Cause I just wanna play it cool, yeah ♪ ♪ Rocking these blue suede shoes ♪ ♪ I only got two seats in the coupe, yeah ♪ ♪ Riding right next to you ♪ - Come on!
♪ Riding right next to you ♪ - Show them what you do, man, come on!
Woo!
♪ Say I'm riding next to you, baby ♪ ♪ Riding right next to you ♪ - Jason on the drums, come on!
(audience cheers) Woo!
(audience applause) (groovy music) (audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Yeah.
- [Josh] Thank you guys, we are The Free Label.
I hope you guys are enjoying yourselves.
Can I get a oh, yeah?
- [Audience] Oh yeah!
- [Josh] Let's go, let's go.
One, two, three.
(light smooth music) ♪ Tell me what you said, what you done ♪ ♪ What you doing to me ♪ ♪ Maybe it's the dress ♪ ♪ She just knows ♪ ♪ It does something to me ♪ ♪ All right, all right ♪ ♪ My favorite part of the night ♪ ♪ Let's ditch the party ♪ ♪ And find somewhere ♪ ♪ Quiet to stay the night ♪ ♪ You ask me if I like the way ♪ ♪ Your dress looks tonight ♪ ♪ She's knows just what's on my mind ♪ ♪ What's on my mind ♪ ♪ I said I like it on ♪ ♪ I'd rather see it on the floor, yeah ♪ - Come on, show them how to do it.
♪ So let it slide ♪ - Aye!
Gotta hit them with one more, come on now.
♪ So let it slide ♪ - [Josh] Aye!
Keep that body moving right there.
♪ 'Cause I just wanna leave ♪ ♪ With you tonight ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ - [Josh] Come on!
(audience cheering) - Three, four, one, two, three, four (smooth funk music) ♪ Starts with you, starts with me, yeah ♪ ♪ Things that we would say ♪ ♪ And what we do can never stay the same ♪ ♪ Talk was cheap, but love was easy ♪ ♪ Part of me thinks that we were always ♪ ♪ Meant to be this way ♪ ♪ I've been feeling stuck ♪ ♪ But when I think of us ♪ ♪ Know what we could be, but you playing ♪ ♪ Every time we talk ♪ ♪ Things get all messed up ♪ ♪ The makeup sex is fun, but I'm saying ♪ ♪ I can't take no more ♪ ♪ But I don't wanna, I don█t wanna ♪ ♪ do this with you ♪ ♪ I can't take no more ♪ ♪ But I don't wanna, I don█t wanna ♪ ♪ do this with you ♪ - All right Malik, you gotta talk to him right here.
Come on.
♪ How many times you think we gonna talk ♪ ♪ How many times you think we gonna stop ♪ ♪ How many times do I gotta do ♪ ♪ What you wanna do ♪ ♪ But it all ends up in a ♪ ♪ Whether or not ♪ ♪ You'd like to admit it girl ♪ ♪ I got something that you need ♪ ♪ Just admit it girl ♪ ♪ And you got something that I need ♪ ♪ Got that kitty girl ♪ ♪ But I still gotta leave ♪ ♪ 'Cause you ain't for me ♪ ♪ I've been feeling stuck ♪ ♪ But when I think of us ♪ ♪ Know what we could be, but you playing ♪ ♪ And every time we talk ♪ ♪ Things get all messed up ♪ ♪ The makeup sex is fun, but I'm saying ♪ ♪ I can't take no more ♪ ♪ But I don't wanna, I don█t wanna ♪ ♪ do this with you ♪ ♪ I can't take it, I can't take it ♪ ♪ I can't take no more ♪ ♪ But I don't wanna, I don█t wanna ♪ ♪ do this with you ♪ ♪ I can't take it, I can't take it ♪ ♪ I can't take no more ♪ ♪ But I don't wanna, I don█t wanna ♪ ♪ do this with you ♪ ♪ I can't take it, I can't take it ♪ ♪ I can't take no more ♪ ♪ But I don't wanna, I don█t wanna ♪ ♪ do this with you ♪ - Jake, come up here, baby, come on.
Play it with me.
(upbeat groovy music) We got Cole on keys, come on!
(upbeat groovy music) - Hey, ho, hey!
Hey, ho, hey!
Hey, ho, hey!
Hey!
(audience cheering) - How we doing, everybody?
(audience cheers) Jason on the drums, come on!
(audience cheers) (upbeat groovy music) (audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Malik] Jason on the drums!
- [Ken] Free Label in the house.
Let's get some brews going.
I heard a Mexican lager.
Turns out there's a Mexican lager.
♪ Take my time ♪ ♪ I'm getting a beer ♪ - [Josh] Dare to be different, Jacob.
- Look, he's already halfway done with his drink.
- [Josh] Yeah, it's a nice, beautiful glass of water.
- Yeah.
- [Josh] It's just pure vodka, don't be fooled, all right?
(group laughs) - Cheers.
- [All] Cheers.
- Thanks for coming.
- Oh yeah.
(soft blues music) ♪ Everyday, everyday I feel less lonely ♪ ♪ Don't you know ♪ ♪ What it means ♪ ♪ And everyday, everyday you are my only ♪ - Where'd you guys meet?
- [Josh] So half of us, it's school.
So we went to university.
It's kind of a mix of friends, playing in different jazz groups and all that kind of thing.
And then me and Matt met up, started the band up, and then Malik and Cole joined in later on.
He was actually the drummer at the beginning.
It was a whole mix up.
I was playing guitar.
Eventually we caught, we kind of threw Jason in the band last second for a big tour we went on.
And then Jake too, we called them both and we were like, "You guys are coming tomorrow if you wanna come.” And then they were amazing.
- [Cole] Three years later, here we are - [Josh] Exactly.
♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ When I'm caught up in the spaces ♪ ♪ In between ♪ ♪ In between ♪ - [Malik] We just try to put fun first.
Once you put fun first, everything that happens afterwards just doesn't even matter man.
- [Jason] Man, we love music.
There's a lot of joy in music.
There's a lot of joy in playing music, and we hope that the people that listen to us also feel a little bit of that joy.
- [Ken] That comes through for sure, yeah.
♪ You are my own ♪ ♪ Don't you know ♪ - [Matt] We've always wanted to create a sense of community in the audience.
We wanted people to be free to do whatever they want to do, act however they want to act.
And I think a key to that is to be real from us first.
So we can open up our ourselves, and then they can open their selves up to us.
(light upbeat music) - [Josh] You know how I'ma start this off, right?
Come on!
(clapping) - [Matthew] Clap your hands together.
Come on now.
- [Josh] Come on!
That's right, that's right.
(guitar begins) Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Jason, I need some kick right here.
I need some kick right here.
Come on!
(drums begin) (audience clapping) Give me something to dance to, boys.
(funky feelgood music) ♪ You like the quiet ♪ ♪ Little conversations ♪ ♪ My body language ♪ ♪ Yeah, we talk ♪ ♪ Hear what you saying ♪ ♪ You spark a fire ♪ ♪ We can't contain it ♪ ♪ I'm on the floor ♪ ♪ You see me there ♪ ♪ Don't leave me waitin' no more ♪ ♪ You got that loving ♪ ♪ I'll keep it coming, babe ♪ ♪ No need to rush it ♪ - Come on now.
♪ Hold tight ♪ ♪ Baby, I can take you there ♪ ♪ I need you to hold tight ♪ ♪ 'Cause I can take you anywhere ♪ - Hey!
♪ You like the quiet little places ♪ ♪ You feeling tied up, under pressure ♪ ♪ Let's escape it ♪ ♪ You spark the fire ♪ ♪ And we can't contain it ♪ ♪ And now we're burning from the words ♪ ♪ Your body's saying, oh ♪ ♪ You got that loving ♪ ♪ I'll keep it coming, baby ♪ ♪ No need to rush it ♪ ♪ No need to rush it ♪ ♪ I'll keep it coming, baby ♪ ♪ You got that loving ♪ - Come on, now!
♪ Hold tight ♪ ♪ Baby, I can take you there ♪ ♪ I need you to hold tight ♪ ♪ 'Cause I can take you anywhere ♪ ♪ Well baby, I need you to hold tight ♪ ♪ Baby, I can take you there ♪ ♪ Said now hold tight ♪ ♪ 'Cause I can take you anywhere ♪ - [Josh] All right now y'all, one more time for me.
Put your hands together like this.
(claps) Way above your head, come on.
(audience clapping) Albuquerque, make some noise!
(audience cheers) We got Jacob on the keytar, come on!
Get out there, baby.
(audience cheers) (music slows) (audience cheers) (audience applauds) Play it on guitar, Malik.
Come on, play a little something.
(soft blues music) - [Cole] I think music's gotta be a reflection of the actual life that you're living I feel like that's something that we've narrowed down more and more on over the years, is what the truth really is to us and the truth that we're building together.
We spend so much time together, and it takes time to build up those experiences and even more time to actually learn from them and figure out what just happened.
But making sure that you don't hold back with the music is I think key to making it mean anything to you, which is the only way it's gonna mean anything to the audience.
- Sing it man, come on.
♪ Don't you know what it means ♪ ♪ What it means ♪ - [Cole] And we want our music to be a refuge.
There's an infinite amount of terrible stuff going on in the world.
It's important for people to talk about that stuff and make art about that.
But it's also important to have a space where you can get away from that, and you can have all these different people who maybe were just fighting on the internet 20 minutes ago.
They come to the show, they're just dancing, they're just having a good time.
♪ Don█t you know what it means ♪ - Turning off the noise is huge.
Then you get to experience it too, right?
You get to experience our fun because we have the most fun playing music.
♪ Know what it means ♪ ♪ What it means ♪ ♪ Baby, baby ♪ ♪ Stay honest ♪ ♪ Just stay honest ♪ - Show them what you do, baby, come on.
♪ Yeah ♪ - [Audience] Free Label Love, Free Label Love!
- What?
(laughs) [Audience] Free Label Love!
We love you guys, thank you so much guys.
Do you guys want one more?
Hey, come on!
(audience cheers) (soft thudding music) (audience clapping) (energetic funk music) - One, two!
One, two, three, go, give it to them!
- Come on, baby.
♪ Want you to wash me like this ♪ ♪ Haven't left your head since ♪ ♪ I know what you crave ♪ ♪ No need to explain ♪ ♪ Come on and give me a kiss ♪ ♪ Take it off real slow ♪ ♪ Feel your body explode ♪ ♪180 degrees ♪ ♪ It█s not hard to see ♪ ♪ We got some hot, hot, heat ♪ - Sing it with me.
♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ I'll take you to your peak ♪ ♪ I'll show you things you ain█t seen ♪ ♪ I know what you've crave ♪ ♪ No need to explain ♪ ♪ Come on, get under the sheets ♪ ♪ Taking off, taking off real slow ♪ ♪ Feel your body explode ♪ ♪ 180 degrees ♪ ♪ It█s not hard to see ♪ ♪ We got some hot, hot, heat ♪ - All right everybody, we gotta get low now.
♪ Just wanna feel it again ♪ ♪ Feel it again, feel it again ♪ ♪ Na, na, na, baby ♪ ♪ Just wanna feel it again ♪ ♪ Feel it again, feel it again ♪ - You ready now?
One, two.
One, two, three, four ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ - [Josh] That's right, that's right.
♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ - Number one, man.
Gotta hit them with it.
Come on!
Uh!
I need it again, man, I need it again.
All right, you know what I need.
On the bass, come on!
Aye!
(audience cheers) Give it to them!
Wow!
What you got, Jake?
One, two!
One, two, three!
♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ - [Jake] Woo!
♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ I'll be gone ♪ ♪ Yeah, baby ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ - [Josh] Wow!
Thank you guys so much.
We are The Free Label.
(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Jason] Six people that are all opinionated and all have their own views on what things should be, it could be hard, man.
- [Matt] You guys made it sound so nice.
We just get in a room and scream at each other.
(group laughs) - Hey man, I said we make it work.
We make it work, okay?
- [Malik] Scream of love.
- [Ken] Dust City Opera!
♪ To come true ♪ (singer laughs) (brooding rock music)
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