These threads are made to initiate discussion and posting about funk, soul, disco, gogo, breakbeat and all the groovy music you don't see mentionned in other threads.
sunny monday edition
I'll post albums and 12"s/7"s, do so yourself so we can all get back home with new items on our wishlists !
optional questions :
a) what are you listening to right know ? b) what are you favorite albums/12"s/7"s released so far this year, and what releases are waiting for c) what shows did you get to recently or are planning to go ?
to start in the JB REAlm, ere's sething he might have appreciated if it came o his ears, because for once this 1976 band understood it was pointless to try to make dinner better than the chef, so they did it their own effective (but, sadly, only 30mn long) style
excellent ! thanks for sharing, I'll try too find more of this band if it is in the same vein the only peruvian funk I knew until now was Black sugar (they made two good LPs that are more funky than this maxi)
incredible half P half boogie album from the usually soulful Chicago from the brain of the Shelton/Commander duo first track is pretty much a copycat of Prince's Sexy dancer, but the rest is so good they(re forgiven
You are welcome, I can give you quick crash course.
The man who adapted the cumbia style to electric guitar was Enrique Delgado, every note he plays grooves, no exceptions, with his band Los destellos he defined the psychodelic cumbia and the electric cumbia.
Yma Sumac the Inca monarchy (for real), made this mambo album inspired by him.
And Charles Mingus has a cumbia record, while a fantastic album I don't think he manages to capture the groove that delgado can reach with three notes.
I went through all the records my mom had in her basement and found Let the Music Play by Barry White and listened to it at home, and It was stupidly good. I don't know much about this type of music so I'm glad this general is a thing
you got it pretty well I'm no puritan, but when shit works there's no need for obstinate innovation. people sometimes complain about funk not being innovative enough but that's because there's no need to when shape's been perfected what often matters is how you use it, not how original you are for the sake of being original
thanks user, been lookin for some funky 80s music to sample
Austin Stewart
I love this album (anything with Burgess and Admas involved is assured to be great anyway). I have two copies of the maxi but I strangely never saw the album in thrift shop, while it's not very rare or anything
there are heaps of excellent 80s funk. it's more maxi oriented than ever, though. but we're lucky, some labels start to issue unreleased stuff from the 80s that are crazy good and were probably left aside solely for money problems
I'm going to a friend's place to help him harvest. I should be back in some hours. keep this thread going, and keep funkin !
