Funk
Fatback Band – Njia Walk (Street Walk)
4th December 2023 · UncategorisedWhen I think of funk, this is the sound I hear in my head. The fat bass (is that the “phat” bass?), the hissing hi-hats, the waka-waka guitar licks, the muffled exhortations of the vocalist… put it all together and that’s The Fatback Band.
Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper
3rd November 2023 · UncategorisedPeople were shocked when Grace Jones performed her “One Man Show” at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in October 1981. Including me.
Defunkt – The Razor’s Edge
28th October 2023 · UncategorisedThis was the first funk I ever really “got” – I remember first hearing it in a pub on the Mile End End where there was a DJ who span tunes far removed from my usual New Wave and postpunk fare.
Was (Not Was) – Wheel Me Out
27th October 2023 · UncategorisedSticking with the No Wave post-disco sound of Ze Records, here is the weird, eclectic and infectious debut single by Was (Not Was).
Butcher Brown – Eye Never Knew
13th October 2023 · UncategorisedButcher Brown are a self-proclaimed “proud throwback to the progressive jazz-funk bands of the 1970s with a 21st century twist” – a phrase that would once have filled me with horror.
Headhunters – God Made Me Funky
8th October 2023 · UncategorisedI never heard this when it came out back in 1975 – I was listening to Wish You Were Here until Horses came along – but I’ve heard that drum break sampled dozens of times in hip hop and house tunes since then.
Nina Simone – Funkier Than A Mosquita’s Tweeter
22nd August 2023 · UncategorisedI don’t know how you can make a song sound this funky with little more than a bunch of drums from Africa and Asia. But dammit, Nina Simone can. And she did.
Alphonse Mouzon – By All Means
20th August 2023 · UncategorisedBeing somewhat jazz-hesitant, if not an outright jazzophobe, especially when it comes to the F-word – “fusion” – I obviously haven’t heard of Alphonse Mouzon before.
Lee Dorsey – Yes We Can
8th August 2023 · UncategorisedHere’s a slice of slinky, sinuous, sweaty, steamy Southern funk from the natural home of that sort of thing – New Orleans.
Lack Of Afro – Loving Arms
11th July 2023 · UncategorisedLack Of Afro’s Adam Gibbons teams up with Greg Blackman on his euphoric new single Loving Arms. I’ll be the first to admit I am naturally drawn to the melancholy in music ahead of hands-in-the-air dancefloor bangers. But even I can’t resist the irrepressible euphoria of a song like this.
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