[Deep Funk]

I have to make a new list for Funk to buy in the future, this thread will really hurt my wallet...

 

[leeperry]

oh c'mon, I didn't even start on japanese funk: osaka monaurail marva whitney - Google Search

this band's goal is to play exactly like the original JB's! they've made many mind blowing JB covers("mind power") and also toured quite a lot w/ Marva Whitney(JB's female alter-ego).

too bad she can't sing anymore....their studio album is fantastic, you would think that it was recorded w/ the JB's in the 70's

but thank you Dr "punch-in", coz she prolly overdubbed it zillion times..their live album is desastrous, she's out of breath in every sentence..it's highly irritating

OTOH, she already had a hard time singing those songs in the 70's, so being quite a bit older now doesn't help

anyway, her "it's my thing" LP(produced by the godfather) is as good as it gets! and she did a "live at the apollo" album(I posted the cover in the previous pages) w/ JB, it's just top notch.

 

[JadeEast]

The raw funk is great but I like funk with a bit of jazz.

A band that sometimes gets slept on is Mandrill.
[YOUTUBE]YouTube - Mandrill "Mandrill" 1971[/YOUTUBE]
I always kind of think of them as a east coast version
of War.

Or a US version of
YouTube - Cymande - Bra

 

[Br777]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deep Funk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have to make a new list for Funk to buy in the future, this thread will really hurt my wallet...

There ought to be a giant disclaimer on the fromt page of this site that reads:

Warning: all those who enter this site will shortly find themselves spending all of their money on various audiophile related equipment and music, selling everything that isnt nailed down in order to buy more, and shortly thereafter selling all of that to upgrade to something even better, "no i wont, i have self control" "oh yes, you will" Muwah ha ha ha ha!
-Head-FI

P.S. : Can't get enough of that FUNK FUNK FUNK!

 

[Deep Funk]

I could be worse, lately my AKG K240 DF made me realize it replaces almost all of my headphones. I should test it more but it handles Bootsy Collins' bass lines as if it never did otherwise.

First some Joe Tex and Laurent Garnier while resisting many other good albums...

 

[leeperry]

Dusty Groove America - Various: Well Hung -- Funk Rock Eruptions From Beneath Communist Hungary

http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/discog_fkr017.html

heavy funk from Hungary, now that's something too

it's been edited by "Finders Keepers" records, they have released much goodness in the past! they find those rare records and allow us to keep them, that's the idea basically.

 

[tru blu]

Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight

Fela Kuti - Zombie

Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in '70s Ghana

 

[leeperry]

oh yes, the nigerian JB! w/ his hypnotic beats

OTOH, all his songs sound pretty much the same to me, but the recipe is top notch anyway! I love this album from one of his sons, "Master plan" sounds so friggin' good:

DISCOGRAPHY OF FEMI KUTI

 

[tru blu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by leeperry /img/forum/go_quote.gif oh yes, the nigerian JB! w/ his hypnotic beats OTOH, all his songs sound pretty much the same to me, but the recipe is top notch anyway! I love this album from one of his sons, "Master plan" sounds so friggin' good:

That's too bad: For me (and apparently, the folks who've been packing the theater for the new Fela bio-play on Broadway), it's about the music of the originals. For the record, I find Fela's son's music facile but underwhelming.

The mission, for those who choose to accept it:

The Best Best of Fela Kuti

 

[Shark_Jump]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHf4C0sVT0I

 

[leeperry]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tru blu /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's too bad: For me (and apparently, the folks who've been packing the theater for the new Fela bio-play on Broadway), it's about the music of the originals. For the record, I find Fela's son's music facile but underwhelming.

true, but Femi's music to me is really some of the best easy listening "silly head nodding" afro-beat, "Master Plan" is just perfect...7 mins of massive afro beat! he's got such a great voice, the lyrics are funny, the sax melody is awesome...and the usual Kuti background vocals...to me he's done a very impressive spin off from his father's legacy.

"Truth Don Die" from him is also really cool, one of the guitars sounds holographic around the middle of the song...it's one of my test songs for SS.

and Femi's work is still a far cry from the junk Marley's sons have been doing..

yes, his dad's recipe is more hypnotic...20 mins of the same beat, you need to be high as hell and listen to it very loud I guess ^^

but he was fighting for politic power as I understand it, so it feels a bit like brain washing to me

the guy in my avatar also did a fantastic funk masterpiece: Dusty Groove - Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire De Melody Nelson

it's been sampled by Massive Attack, Beck and many hip hop ppl....very very convincing!

what's amazing w/ Gainsbourg is that he was such a genius that he could compose any kind of music to perfection...he did two Reggae albums and recorded them in Kingston w/ Sly & Robbie, and he blew them away because he had done all the arrangments already...usually foreigners came to their island w/ a melody and that's pretty much it. IMHO, one of the most gifted french composers from the 20th century. He's up there w/ JB and Lee Scratch Perry

one of the fundamental rules of chess is that "you can only get smarter by playing a smarter opponent"...and the 3 aforementioned ppl are exactly that, 3 true trends creators.

w/o JB, funk/hip-hop wouldn't really exist...w/o Lee Perry, maybe Bob Marley wouldn't even be famous and clearly electronic music wouldn't be what it is now(Dub Style!), and Gainsbourg's legacy is audible in many different styles nowadays(especially all those french singers who make lame attempts at copying him

)

 

[Deep Funk]

Maceo Parker - Roots & Grooves (from 2007 with the WDR Big Band if I'm correct, a very fine album.)

 

[leeperry]

Dusty Groove- Orlando Julius: Super Afro Soul/Orlando's Afro Ideas 1969 to 1972 Quote:

has been credited with virtually inventing the Afro Funk sound, and for being the inspiration to some of James Brown's funkier work of the late 60s!

"Ijo Soul"

 

[Deep Funk]

Leeperry,

could you please give me a list of Funk essentials? I'm not referring to consumer albums but albums for those into deep Funk and its origins. The record fair on the 10th of April in Utrecht might offer me some chances. I'm serious for I will buy the CDs.

This thread is already tempting me enough.

 

[leeperry]

hehe, well it's not too easy tbh...I've been hoarding 70's heavy funk/roots & dub reggae records for almost 20 years now...good thing noone created a reggae thread ^^

reggae when not made in Kingston hardly ever works, but funk does..wherever it's been made! there's many compilations around, that are all equally as good IMHO...as the premium media for funk is a 45rpm record pressed to 100 copies, that some fellas would be kind enough to locate and put on CD for you.
if you listen to all the records discussed in this thread already, you'll feel gooood!

Amazon.com: Revenge of Mister Mopoji: Original Soundtrack