Mdungu - Afro What! (2009)

Artist: Mdungu
Title Of Album: Afro What!
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Zimbraz/Music & Words
Genre: Afro-beat / Funk / Jazz
Format: MP3
Bitrate: VBR ~210 kbps
Tracks: 10
Total Time: 52:59 min
Total Size: 77 MB
WebSite: Mdungu.com

Tracklist:

01. Afro What!?
02. Boolow Gambia
03. Slow Music
04. Confusion
05. Pick Up
06. Walk To Togo
07. Kabbaya
08. Mali Express
09. Rio Nights
10. Paps Toure

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Band Members:

Thijs van Milligen - alto sax, bandleader (NL)
Job Chajes - baritone sax (NL)
David Beukers - tenor sax, vocals (NL)
Michiel Bel - guitar (NL)
Frank Jonas - guitar (NL)
Merijn van de Wijdeven - bass (NL)
Ebou Gaye Mada - sabar, djembe, talking drums, vocals (Gambia)
Ruben Montes - percussion (ES)
Benoit Martiny - drums (LUX)

About Mdungu
Mdungu is a formation of nine international musicians based in The Netherlands. Their style is unique. Intense, raw and highly danceable. A fat horn section, a thriving rhythm section, lyric guitars and a pinch of vocals are the cornerstones of the Mdungu sound. Mdungu is influenced by the Griots of Mali, the Afrobeat of Nigeria and the Mbalax of Senegal. Mixed with funk, rock, jazz and samba, played with heart and soul: African music the Mdungu way.

AFRO WHAT!? is Mdungu's debut album released in May 2009. The album was very well received in the Benelux and has been released in the rest of Europe in the fall of 2009. The recordings are mixed by producer/guitarist Justin Adams, who is well known from his award winning work with Tinariwen, his own group the Justin Adams / Juldeh Camara Trio and Robert Plants Strange Sensation. The album is released by Zimbraz, a division of Music & Words.

The Boogaloo Investigators - Dynamighty (2005)

Artist: The Boogaloo Investigators
Album: Dynamighty!
Label: Saagaloo
Released: 2005
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Format: mp3, CBR 192 kbps
Tracks: 10
Total Time: 44:46 min
Total Size: 64 Mb

Track list:
1. If You Reap (3:41)
2. Volcano (5:28)
3. These Days (4:11)
4. I Got The Feelin' (2:58)
5. Sleepwalk (6:53)
6. Let The Groove Move You (4:26)
7. The Sloth (3:47)
8. Gambit (3:30)
9. Frenchy Frenchy (6:20)
10. Let'S Work A While (3:32)

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Formed in late 2002, The Boogaloo Investigators blasted out of the Glasgow funk scene with aplomb. With influences ranging from American rhythm & blues of the 50's & 60's and British mod soul to hammond led soul, jazz and funk, it wasn't long before the 5 piece were gaining support from DJs such as Keb Darge, Eddie Piller, Mr Scruff and Quantic.

VA - Easy Tempo Experience - The Third Dimension (Thermosphere)

Artist: VA
Title Of Album: Easy Tempo Experience - The Third Dimension (Thermosphere)
Year Of Release: March 21, 2006
Label: Easy Tempo
Genre: Chillout, Easy Listening, Lounge, Disco, Jazz
Quality: mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Total Size: 101 mb (+5% rec.)

Tracklist

01. Piero Umiliani - Panoramica (Re-interpretation Cinematic Mix) (6:26)
02. Piero Piccioni - Colpo Rovente (Benja & Fatalis Mix) (4:39)
03. Piero Umiliani - L'umo E La Citta (Metropolis Mix) (7:09)
04. Piero Umiliani - Elzeviro (Utsumi's Jazz Mix) (6:12)
05. Piero Umiliani - Momento Ritmico (Air Kraft Vision Mix) (4:23)
06. Stefano Torossi - Walkin' In The Dark (Dark Side Mix) (8:57)
07. Piero Umiliani - Discomania (Marco Polo Mix) (6:54)
08. G.P. Reverberi - Malizie Di Venere (Breakin' Mix) (5:51)
09. Piero Umiliani - Lady Magnolia (Royal Belleville Orchestra Alternate Mix) (5:32)
10. Piero Umiliani - Hard Times (Astro Dub Mix) (6:19)
11. Lesiman - Messaggio (Black Night Mellow Mix) (6:15)

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Third in this very cool series featuring DJs and producers remixing Italian classic tracks from the past. This time you get DJ Vadim, Raphael Sebbag (United Future Organization), Gak Sato, Cinematic Orchestra, Izusu Itsumi, Captain Funk, Open Transport & Astronaughty.

VA - Black Feeling (2007)

Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: Black Feeling
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: FreeStyle Records
Genre: Funk / Jazz / Latin
Format: MP3
Bitrate: CBR 192 kbps
Tracks: 12
Total Time: 01:04:15
Total Size: 88 MB
WebSite: FreestyleRecords.co.uk

Tracklist:

01. Pacific Rhythm Combo - Honky Tonk Popcorn (6:02)
02. Shirley Eubanks Ensemble - The Blessing Song (6:49)
03. Esperanto - Night Of The Wolf (4:25)
04. The Mighty Show-Stoppers - Hippy Skippy Moon Strut (3:52)
05. Sexteto Excellencio - Fire Eater (5:41)
06. Queens Community Show Band - Ghetto Funk (5:30)
07. Prince Nafa, His Polynesians - Whatcha Feel Is Whatcha Get (4:43)
08. Alvarado Rodriguez Trio - GBJSH0722708 (4:27)
09. Luther Harris - Black Feeling (7:37)
10. King Hector, The Soul Dynamite - Broasted Or Fried (5:18)
11. Rusty Garnett - Licking Stick, Licking Stick (4:25)
12. Zoltar - Executive Party (5:21)

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Mo'J - Beyond Category (2007)

Artist: Mo'J
Title Of Album: Beyond Category
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: IFly Music Group
Genre: Jazz / Funk / Soul
Format: MP3
Bitrate: V2 VBR Kbps
Tracks: 19
Total Time: 01:11:23
Total Size: 87 MB
WebSite: MoJMusic.com

Tracklist:

01. Are You Ready?
02. Hoping for Rain
03. Can You Tell Me Why?
04. Emerald in the Sky (Freedom)
05. J-Lude
06. The Light That Lives in Me
07. Passion Flower
08. Ty-Lude 0:58
09. So Funky
10. Beauty of Your Soul
11. One-Limb Dogg (Instrumental)
12. Premonitions
13. Mo-Lude
14. Here in My Dreams
15. Mirrors
16. Twan-Lude
17. You Are My Life
18. We Will Find a Way
19. Outro

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Album Notes

Exploring the inner reaches of the human spirit, soul and mind, Mo’J simultaneously resists and embraces tradition with every note. Creating music they describe as ‘Beyond Category’, Mo’J constructs melodies rich with the influences of Soul, Funk, R&B, Rock, Jazz and Latin rhythms.

Mo’J began in 2002 as a dream shared by then long-time friends Monica Lynk and Jason Anderson. Raised in Lorain, Ohio, Monica’s roots were heavily grounded in the music she sang in church as well as the chart-toppers she heard on the radio. Jason’s beginnings were equally eclectic as he internalized the classic Rock & Soul of his parents' record collection, as well as the rich jazz scene of his hometown Portland, Oregon.

As destiny would have it, both were chosen as full tuition scholarship recipients to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. There at Berklee, surrounded by a deluge of cultural & musical diversity, Mo & J found each other. As their knowledge and love for music grew, so did their friendship. In the Fall of 2003, Jason and Monica were married, and in so doing, married their individual musical styles into a new music.

Adopting a phrase commonly used by the great Duke Ellington to describe the talents of those whose music surpassed preconceived styles and formulas, Mo’J chooses to call their music “Beyond Category”. Jason and Monica have this to say about their music, “Our music is about truth. We feel that music is a living entity; it has no boundaries to hold its expression, substance, or message. We try to address current personal, spiritual, social, and political issues and inspire our listeners to expand their minds, hearts, and souls.” Choosing to use live instruments and allow their music to change and evolve through the individuality of each musician, Mo’J has rejected many of today’s common practices of entirely sequencing and programming music.

Erma Franklin - Super Soul Sister '1969

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VA - Stay On The Groove (2005)

Artist: VA
Album: Stay On The Groove (FSRCD007)
Label: Freestyle Records
Released: 2005
Genre: Funk/Soul
Style: Funk / Revival
Format: mp3 vbr
Tracks: 20
Total Time: 67:47
Total Size: 93.7 Mb
www.freestylerecords.co.uk

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Track list:
1. The New Mastersounds - Stay On The Groove (3:00)
2. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying (4:25)
3. Troubled Soul - Funky Me Pt 1 & 2 (4:55)
4. The New Process - Freedom (2:24)
5. Jaguar - Battle Of Funk (4:01)
6. Breakestra - Show And Prove Pt 1 (2:59)
7. Lefties Soul Connection - Doin' The Thing (2:23)
8. Cookin On Three Burners - Gravel Rash (3:20)
9. Poets of Rhythm - Ham Gallery (3:21)
10. Quantic ft. Spanky Wilson - Don't Joke With A Hungry Man (5:17)
11. M.F.O.S - El Padrino (4:18)
12. Speedometer - Work It Out (3:00)
13. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Hold It Down (2:51)
14. Context - If I Had A Band (3:12)
15. Ria Currie & The Deep Soul Mes - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (2:30)
16. The New Mastersounds - Two Note Brown (2:26)
17. Lee Fields & The Dap Kings - Give Me A Chance (3:13)
18. B.D.M - No Rest For The Wicked (2:34)
19. Sharon Jones & The Soul Destroyers - Fakin' It (3:48)
20. The Bamboos - Tighten Up (3:50)

Groove. What is it? As complex and diverse as mood; as infectious and innovative as melody and as inclusive and instinctive as rhythm itself, Groove is a term often lacking in todays MTV saturated and easily digestable pop consumerism. It is when an artist or band slips into a relaxed yet uniform swagger and things that usually wouldn't start fitting into place, it's what brings all pieces of the pie together perfectly and when everything seems so right you wish it would never end. It is also something that makes you want to shake your ass, whatever time of day it is and it is to these attributes that this compilation is dedicated.
Since the late eighties funk revival when hip hop artists truly started paying dues (and cheques!) to the masters of days gone by, funk has retained its rightful place at the forefront of modern music. Just listen to the production of the Neptunes or Timbaland to see where it fits into todays market. But it is not just within the memory banks of Akai's and million selling producers that the funk lives on?
This compilation focuses solely on modern day bands who are not just re-living but also re-defining the funk sound. Taking its title from the New Mastersounds storming opening track, the CD aims to show how these bands, whilst steeped in retro-ism, are pushing a new and exhilarating take on the blueprint laid down by seminal artists such as Eddie Bo, The Meters and of course James Brown.
Featuring tracks from artists from all corners of the globe, such as Sweden's Jaguar, Germany's Poets of Rhythm, New York's Dapkings, LA's Breakestra, The Bamboos from Australia and the UK's very own New Mastersounds and Quantic Soul Orchestra, it is also obvious to see that this is a worldwide phenomena we are talking about.' Freestyle

Fanga - Sira Ba (2009)

Artist: Fanga
Album: Sira Ba
Label: Underdog Records
Released: Nov 2009
Style: Afro-beat / Funk
Format: mp3 vbr v0
Tracks: 10
Total Time: 62:35
Total Size: 88 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/afrofanga

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Track list:
1. Dounia Part 1 (12:32)
2. Yeleko (6:58)
3. Bassi Te (5:55)
4. Follow Me (4:38)
5. Corruption (8:12)
6. Illumination (1:33)
7. I Go On Without You Feat Winston Mcannuf (5:18)
8. Tiogho Tiogho (6:26)
9. Ni Ya Wouele (3:59)
10. Dounia Part 2 Feat The Togo All Stars (7:04)

...Empassioned and passionate, their music contains alluring promise. Fanga takes on an entire dimension on stage. Those who’ve had the chance of seeing the group live can only agree. Under the ongoing artistic direction of Serge Amiano, Fanga has recorded its third album in spring 2009 in Montpellier, entitled ‘Sira Ba’ (The Long Road).
Over the course of nine pieces, the collective Fanga offers a look at the past through the eyes of the present and the future. The Jamaican singer Winston McAnuff infuses a reggae accent in I Go On Without You, whereas the Togo All Stars orchestra shines out like a thousand fires on Dounya, one of the strongest and most jubilant of the album, resonating in the afro-funk echos of Moussa Doumbia and Amadou Ballake.
Alternating drawn-out lyrical climaxes, explosive brass passages, killer riffs and melodic ease, ‘Sira Ba’ displays a powerful force of conviction, reflecting an uncompromised musical complicity and an impressive flow of energy. Julien Raulet’s guitar work reacts perfectly with the keyboards of David Rekkab and the percussion of Eric Durand.
Martial Reverdy’s baritone reinforces the energy and persuasive power exuded by Fanga, along with the lyrics that take us straight back to the most glorious hour of the golden age of afrobeat, laced with the influences of that ‘great black music’. Once fallen under the spell of this strength of conviction, all that remains is to dance.

Uptown Funk Empire - The Empire Strikes Back (2009)

Artist: Uptown Funk Empire
Title Of Album: The Empire Strikes Back
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Soulab
Genre: Funk
Quality: mp3
Bitrate: VBR kbps
Total Time: 71:50 min
Total Size: 90 mb
WebSite: Myspace

Tracklist:

01. The Empire Stikes Back Intro 01:03
02. Boogie 05:26
03. N.O.W. Featuring Juan Rozoff 05:28
04. We Stand at the Back of the Bus Featuring 04:31
Janice & Ange
05. You've Got to Have Freedom Featuring Janice 05:49
& Ange
06. Keep on Givin'it Up 05:03
07. No One Gonna Stop Us Now Featuring Noel Mc 04:47
Koy
08. Take You Out (Interlude) 02:33
09. I'm A Manchild 04:40
10. I Guess that You Don't Mind Featuring Jrm 06:28
11. Celestial Blues Featuring Ange 04:40
12. Please Mr Postman 05:04
13. Walking Like the Ginger 04:51
14. Good Time (Bye Bye Mr Dynamit)E 05:52
15. I Used to Spend My Time 03:08
16. The Empire Strikes Back Outro 02:27

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Release Notes:

After Metropolitan Jazz Affair, The Dynamics and Mr President, master of musical ubiquity Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart proudly presents Uptown Funk Empire, a burning tribute to one of his all time greatest loves: Funk.

Bruno ?Patchworks? Hovart, as a self-taught musician and typical teenager, started playling guitar, bass and keyboards at age 15, covering James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Cream in his bedroom and, later in college bands. His first releases are in the mid 90s, with deep house and disco live bands and various electronic projects. He quickly evelops and shows very special skills for vintage disco/funk productions with a contemporary flavor.
This gifted boy's been working with artists such as Amp Fiddler, Archie Shepp, Mr Day, Paul Randolph... and for many recording labels such as I Still Music (usa), Favorite Recordings (france), Infracom (germany), Further Out (uk)...

Uptown Funk Empire is an exciting and ambitious project, worthy of its name. While the first album is simply called "The Empire Strikes back", it's no joke... Forget the whole revival thing, this sounds like an actual rebirth of the real funky stuff.

It's like being back to the better days of Funk without a travel machine... the vibe is vintage but the sound is fresh...That's not funky music, that's FUNKY MUSIC ! This album is huge and it covers all the golden age Groove styles : Boogaloo, Soul,
Disco, Boogie, Funk... but the music flows in the hands of a gifted modern producer. Bruno " Patchworks" Hovart plays bass, keyboards, computers... handling with love all composition, programming, arrangements, vocals...

With brilliant vocal featurings by silky Juan Rozoff, Brit-Soul legend Noel Mc Koy at his best, high-voltage divas Ange & Janice... and the funkysoul brother Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart himself on the mic... it's pure funkiness !

Beware, "The Empire Strikes Back" and is kicking... so get up & dance !

Uptown Funk Empire's music has been playlisted by radio stations such as: Radio Nova (France), Jazz Fm (UK), Nu Cool Show on Hed Kandi Radio (UK), Saturday Night Experience on Jazz FM with Mike Chadwick (UK), Craig Charles Funk & Soul show on
BBC6, Wicked Jazz Sounds on Arrow Jazz FM (Holland), Soul Jazz Meeting on Radio X with Dj Jazzmadass (Germany), Soul Food radioshow on Jazz Radio (France), Hang Time radioshow on Radio Grenouille (France), The Loud Minority radioshow on Superfly FM (Austria), Rui Vargas radioshow on Antena 3 (Portugal), Deep House Mafia radioshow on Superfly Fm (Austria), The Basic Soul radioshow with Simon Harrison (UK), Bogaloo radioshow with Matthias Desch (Germany)... Supported by DJs such
as: Joey Negro, Recloose, Dj Bobbito, Jazztronik, Rich Medina, Osunlade, Rainer Truby, Femi Fem, Nik Weston, Wicked Jazz Dj's, Stereotonic dj's, Simbad, Dj Pharoah, Kiko Navarro, Bob Jones...

Tony Allen - Secret Agent (2009)

Album: Secret Agent
Label: World Circuit
Released: 2009
Genre: Funk/Soul
Style: Afrobeat /Jazz / World Music
Format: mp3 256 kbit
Tracks: 12
Total Size: 111 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/tonyallenafrobeat

Track list:
1. Secret Agent (5:20)
2. Ijo (5:13)
3. Swift (4:49)
4. Celebrate (7:53)
5. Ayenlo (4:57)
6. Busybody (4:34)
7. Pariwo (5:52)
8. Nina Lowo (5:43)
9. Atuwaba (0:49)
10. Alutere (3:43)
11. Elewon Po (5:43)
12. Elewon Po (Instrumental) [Bonus Track] (5:39)

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The drummer Tony Allen helped create the sounds of Afro-beat. With his solo recordings, however, Allen has refused to remain stagnant, incorporating dub and avant-garde hip-hop influences into his modern African dance music.

Raw and uncut, foursquare in the roots Afrobeat tradition, Secret Agent has all the ingredients that combine to make the style so special. Fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns, nagging tenor guitars, jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet solos, effervescent chicken-shack keyboards, lyrics rich in folk metaphors and proverbs—some of which confront state corruption and oppression, Kuti's most frequent targets, still alive and toxic in Nigeria today—call and response vocals, and, of course, energising everything around it, Allen's magnificent drumming.

Janko Nilovic – Soul Impressions (Montparnasse 2000) ‘1975

Tracklisting:

01 Hippocampus (3:00)
02 Open Country (1:46)
03 Crazy Enterprise (2:00)
04 Soul Impressions (3:22)
05 Lettre De Mer (2:18)
06 Drug Song (3:14)
07 Man Of Genius (3:07)
08 Push Push (2:12)
09 Black Swan Lake (2:12)
10 Lady Day (2:39)
11 To And Fro (1:57)
12 Family Tree (2:09)

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Janko Nilovic is a pianist, poet and composer extraordinaire from Montenegro who has lived in France since 1960. He is one of those musicians who devote themselves to music fanatically. This resulted in a great number of published works, but most of them are on library labels not available for sale. His opus stretches from Classical, Jazz and Funk to Pop, Psyche and Easy Listening. He touches all these styles in a characteristic way.
Soul Impressions is his funky instrumentals masterpiece! Half tracks on album are groovy killers! Including Blaxploitation style trilla-drivers “Hippocampus” and “Crazy Enterprise”!

Willie Hutch - The Mack OST [Motown] '1973

Tracklisting:

1 Vampin' 2:45
2 Theme of the Mack 5:36
3 I Choose You 3:42
4 Mack's Stroll/The Getaway (Chase Scene) 3:08
5 Slick 3:36
6 Mack Man (Got to Get Over) 5:11
7 Mother's Theme (Mama) 3:56
8 Now That It's All Over 4:32
9 Brother's Gonna Work It Out 4:46

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Mark Drummond and Grooveometri - Six Strings, One Love (2008)

Artist: Mark Drummond and Grooveometri
Title Of Album: Six Strings, One Love
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Mark Drummond Creative
Genre: Funk / R&B / Smooth Jazz
Format: MP3
Bitrate: CBR 192 kbps
Tracks: 19
Total Time: 01:10:42
Total Size: 97 MB
WebSite: markdrummondcreative.com

Tracklist:

01. Flow (4:06)
02. Power (3:56)
03. Skin Tight (4:21)
04. Change My Plane (3:38)
05. Cowboy Souljer Part 1 (3:10)
06. Cowboy Souljer Part 2 (2:26)
07. Drummadu (4:04)
08. Open (5:46)
09. Mo' Flow - Interlude (0:45)
10. P.r.g. - Phunky Radio Groove (3:58)
11. Habit (3:01)
12. Lookin' Back (4:43)
13. Mkd's Cruise (3:11)
14. Diggin' (4:45)
15. Without Love (5:36)
16. Wrasslin' (2:35)
17. Jingle Jazz (5:23)
18. Grooveometri Theme (4:24)
19. Keep On Flowin' (0:46)

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Album Notes
Mark Drummond is a Southern California-based guitarist and producer with a funky, soulful approach to smooth jazz and R&B. He spent years honing his style in Mid-South show bands before relocating to Southern California to pursue a career in broadcast radio.

The lure of performing too strong, he joined a country-influenced original R&B group called "Cowboy Soul", as a sideman on lead guitar. It was with this band that Drummond's Southern blues-rock roots were best heard, on several tracks he wrote and produced for the band's CDs.

During this time, Mark also hit his production stride, partnering with a successful Nigerian record company for a string of successful remixes that fused the energy of itinerant Nigerian performers with digital production techniques into genre-bending dance and AfroPop compositions. With lifelong songwriting partner Aljay Boyd, Drummond composed and produced the soundtrack to the film short "Bringing Up BayBay" for Soleil Films. Mark also contributed production skills and guitar to gospel jazz pianist Daniel A. Nelson's CD "Just A Touch". This collaboration yielded such a pleasing result that the two musicians teamed up for a smooth jazz CD, "2 Smoov 4 Words", released in early 2009.

After giving so much of himself to so many successful projects, the next natural next step is for Mark Drummond to offer his own musical vision on the CD "Six Strings One Love". With an eclectic track listing variously described as "R&B", "Funk", and "smooth jazz", SSOL is at once all and none of the above. It is an aural representation of one guitarist's influences, ranging from echoes of Wes montgomery's octave melodies drifting through the leadoff track, "Flow", to the all-out finger-licking funk of Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner's (of the Ohio Players) iconic "Fire" motif installed into the ridiculously funky "P.R.G.".Six Strings, One Love manages to touch on several subgenres of R&B, but everything is glued together by Drummond's guitar: tasteful, textured, and always rhythmically in the pocket.

Speedometer - Soul Groovin' (2009)

Artist: Speedometer
Title Of Album: Soul Groovin'
Year Of Release: June 5, 2009
Label: Freestyle Records
Genre: Funk / Jazz / Soul
Format: MP3
Bitrate: VBR ~230 kbps
Tracks: 12
Total Time: 49:40 min
Total Size: 85 MB
WebSite: speedometer-funk.co

Tracklist:

01. Speedopener
02. At The Speakeasy
03. Kool To Be Uncool
04. What Am I Gonna Do?
05. Answer To Mother Popcorn
06. Make It Alright
07. Kool & The Gang / Let The Music Take Your Mind
08. Four Flights Up
09. Soul Grooving
10. Am I Your Woman (Tell Me So)
11. No Man Worries
12. Work It Out

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The UK's premier funk band started out as a quartet gigging in small clubs in the Southeast of England in 1999, playing classic funk tunes by artists such as The Meters and The JB's. The band soon expanded, adding the now renowned horn section (The Rev Horns) and vocalists (The Speedettes) in 2001, which has enabled them to deliver the powerhouse deep funk sound they're known for today.

In 2000, the first single was released "Soul Safari" on Soul Fire Records and soon followed several other releases by other labels. Each of the limited run 45 singles sold out to a rapidly growing funk audience.
Three years later the band joined forces with Blow it Hard Records to record the first Speedometer LP. THIS IS SPEEDOMETER (VOL.I) which blended their love of heavy deep funk with Soul and fused this with Latin grooves that gave the eagerly awaiting funk fans and DJ's one of the best new authentic funk albums since the 1970's.

2005 saw the follow up album "THIS IS SPEEDOMETER (VOL. 2)".This second volume proved the bands credentials in delivering unrivalled heavyweight funk grooves and super-soul vocals from soul diva Ria Currie and the Speedettes. The funky re-work of Beyonce’s “Work it out” has been one of the most successful new funk 45’s to date and in the top 10 of most funk/soul DJ’s around the globe. The album also led them to Japan for a fantastic sellout tour playing 8 shows in Nagoya & Osaka. Check out 'Speedometer live in Japan' video on u tube. Just type Speedometer funk into the search box.

2006 saw Freestyle Records in the UK release “Diggin Deeper”. A compilation of all of Speedometer’s early 7" 45 releases in one place on CD for the very first time. It also saw them back in Big Noise Studios to start laying tracks for the next album "4 Flights Up" due out in early 2007 on Freestyle Records. Over the years, Speedometer has worked with many of the US funk legends including Sir Joe Quarterman, Eddie Bo, Marva Whitney, Sharon Jones, James Bell (The Highlighters), Lee Fields, Billy Wooten and most recently, gigging and cutting two tracks in the studio with Robert Moore. (To be released soon)All the artists were blown away by Speedometer's authenticity to the original soul-funk sound The 2007 album "Four Flights Up" is widely regarded as one of the best funk albums of the last 10years. The band will be releasing a live album in March 2009 and start recording their 5th studio album in summer 2009 for release end of the year. The heaviest funk is yet to come........

Band Members:

Leigh Gracie – guitar/percussion
Professor Chris Starmer – drums
Matt Wilding – percussion
Richardo Hindes - bass
Sting Davies – hammond/rhodes
Simon Jarrett – tenor sax
Matt McKay – alto,baritone sax/flute
Neil Penny – trumpet
Ria Currie – lead vocal

Speak Low - I'm Gonna Groove Ya (2006)

Artist: Speak Low
Album: I'm Gonna Groove Ya
Label: Acid Jazz
Released: 2006
Genre: Funk/Soul, Jazz
Style: Deep Funk / Jazz / Latin
Format: mp3 vbr
Tracks: 10
Total Time: 39:03
Total Size: 59.1 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/speaklowfunk

Track list:

1. In The Fridge (1:17)
2. Trouble Maker (3:43)
3. Funky Falafel (3:44)
4. To My Friend Georgie (4:53)
5. Meters Bread (Speak Low) (4:38)
6. Booganova (4:18)
7. I'm Gonna Groove Ya (3:18)
8. If You'd Be Mine (6:35)
9. Moon Cresta (5:04)
10. Aceituning (1:33)

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In 2002 , three friends joined to set a Hammond trio: Julian Maeso (hammond organ), Jose Garcia (guitar) and Antonio Pax (drums). Starting with covers from Lonnie Smith, Brian Auger, Georgie Fame, Lou Donaldson, The Meters.... the trio would find their own sound and new compositions. After two years burning clubs all around SPAIN, they decided to record 10 songs with a new member in the band, a young talented saxofonist and horns arranger called Martin Garcia. With a 5 piece horn section and new crazy percusionist David “el Indio” on board, they completed their fresh and deep first album “I ..M GOONA GROOVE YA”, that would be released by ACID JAZZ RECORDS (London) in May 2006. After this successful release they supported James Taylor Quartet, Sugarman 3 with Lee Fields, and Big Boss Man in their hot appearances in Madrid, and were invited to play in Gijón International Euro Ye-Ye Weekend, Purple Weekend and Soul Ascension in Berlin as well as important clubs in Europe.

Phat Fred - Don't Spoil The Soup! (2006)

Artist: Phat Fred
Album: Don't Spoil The Soup!
Label: Hammondbeat Records
Released: 14 Nov 2006
Genre: Funk, Jazz
Style: Deep Funk
Format: mp3 320 kbit
Tracks: 11
Total Time: 48:45
Total Size: 115.6 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/dontspoilthesoup

Track list:
1. Stay On The Groove (4:29)
2. I Turned You On (4:04)
3. Yo Mama (6:13)
4. Yu Nou Rili (3:45)
5. Titos Buga (3:40)
6. Get Downg (4:53)
7. Beefsteak (5:03)
8. Starforce (4:39)
9. Stop Your Jive (3:30)
10. Home Sweet Home (4:02)
11. Hand Brake [Bonus Track] (4:27)

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Phat Fred is 4 guys from different parts of the world united by their love of music. The music they create is catagorised as funk. But Phat Fred is never limited by catagories. Mixing funk with blues, disco, jazz, rock and psychedelia their music is 100% "dance-able" and the live show, bordering on the bizzare, has had them described as "Punk Funk!" One thing's for sure, not content with "chasing ghosts" and trying to sound like bands been and gone, Phat Fred is about dancing, getting down and dirty, partying, letting loose from social and musical constrictions and generally having fun!

Osibisa - Welcome Home (1997)

Artist: Osibisa
Title Of Album: Welcome Home
Year Of Release: December 12, 1997
Label: Aim Records
Genre: Afro-Rock, Afro-Pop, WorldBeat , Funk/Soul, Tribal, Disco
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: lossless/320 kbps
Total Time: 40:45 min
Total Size: 344mb / 130mb (+5% rec.)

Tracklist:

1. Sunshine Day (5:00)
2. Welcome Home (4:22)
3. Densu (5:23)
4. Chooboi (Heave Ho!) (5:10)
5. Do It (Like It Is) (4:24)
6. Right Now (3:11)
7. Seaside - Meditation (5:18)
8. Uhuru (3:27)
9. Kolomashie (4:35)
10. Bum To Bum
11. Agoro
12. Sunshine Day (Single Edit)

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The most rare of Osibisa's releases, originally only released in Africa.

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The brainchild of Teddy Osei, a Ghanaian sax player, composer, and drummer who came to London to study music, Osibisa was one of the first African bands to win worldwide popularity. Their mix of African (especially highlife) and Caribbean forms made them a sensation in the mid 70s and their popularity continues today, even though recording dates have fallen off. ~ J. Poet, All Music Guide

Osibisa: Teddy Osei (drum); Kofi Ayivor, Kiki Gyan, Mike Odumusu, Mac Tontoh, Sol Amarfio, Wendel Richardson.

Personnel: Wendel Richardson (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Teddy Osei (vocals, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion); Mike Odumusu (vocals, bass guitar); Paul Golly (guitar); Mac Tontoh (didjeridu, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion); Kiki Gyan (clarinet, piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards); Wiki Gyan (piano, Clavinet, organ); Ray Allen, Robert Bailey , Barbara Thompson (vibraphone); Jean-Karl Dikoto Mandengue (bass guitar); Sol Amarfio (drums, congas, bongos, percussion, bells); Kofi Ayivor (congas, percussion).

Recording information: Roundhouse Recording Studios, London, England (1975).

Osibisa: Wendell Richardson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Teddy Osei (vocals, tenor saxophone, flute, african drums); Mike Odumosu (vocals, bass guitar); Mac Tontoh (trumpet, flugelhorn, prenpresua, digereedo, percussion); Kiki Gyan (clarinet, piano, organ); Sol Amarfio (drums. percussion, bells); Kofi Ayivor (congas, percussion).

The New Mastersounds - Plug & Play (2008)

Artist: The New Mastersounds
Album: Plug & Play
Label: One Note Records
Released: Jun 2008
Genre: Funk/Jazz
Style: Deep funk/Revival
Format: mp3 320 kbit
Tracks: 11
Total Time: 45:10
Total Size: 104 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/newmastersounds

Track list:

1. Hole In The Bag (3:22)
2. I Mean It So feat. Dionne Charles (3:45)
3. Thermal Bad (4:09)
4. Looking For An Answer feat. Dionne Charles (3:29)
5. Altitude (5:58)
6. Kuna Matata (3:19)
7. Chrysalis (3:29)
8. Idris (3:49)
9. All We Can Do feat. Dionne Charles (4:45)
10. Beyond The Bleak Horizon (5:14)
11. King Comforter feat. Dionne Charles (3:51)

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"Like Fred Wesley & The New JB's, Bobby Byrd, Marva Whitney or Maceo & The Macks in their day, the Mastersounds know groove and furrow it out like hogs on truffles." Jambase Review

"Here's a marriage made in heaven: The New Mastersounds with Dionne Charles." Mark Lamarr - BBC Radio Two

"There is a good reason why these guys are the daddies of the UK scene and it is all in this album. Soul, Afro-funk, New Orleans-Funk and one blinding piece of Soul-Jazz. Plug & Play is simply a non-stop party". Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show

"The New Mastersounds are an organ-heavy group from Northern England who are in love with old American boogaloo records of all stripes (jazz, soul, funk and whatever else gets you on the dancefloor). Beloved for their energetic live shows, the New Mastersounds are joined here (about half the time) by Dionne Charles, a ferocious R&B belter who triumphs on tunes like "All We Can Do" and "Looking For An Answer." While it may initially seem like the band's appeal is limited to mod-suited soul nostalgia, jam rockers, crate diggers and night clubbers will definitely dig the New Mastersounds". Nick Dedina, Rhapsody.com

VA - Dig The New Breed (2010)

Artist: VA
Album: Dig The New Breed
Year: 2010
Label: Acid Jazz
Genre: Funk
Length: 60:41 min
Quality: mp3 (vbr kbps)
Size: 77.36 Mb (recovery 5%)

Tracklist:

01 Smoove - The Revolution Will Be Televised 05:38
02 Twisted Tongue - Got A Really Good Thing 03:52
03 Pleasure Beach - Smells Like Teen Spirit 04:03
04 The Third Degree - Mercy 03:20
05 Andy Lewis And Paul Weller - Are You Trying To Be Lonely
06 Jess Roberts And Smoove - Coming Back 06:26
07 Missing - Three Black Bros 06:17
08 Leleo - Ella Briga Comigo 02:50
09 Grand Union - Jane Jane 02:55
10 Jinrai - Someplace Else 03:01
11 Andy Lewis - One By One 03:25
12 Lord Large - Stuck In A Wind Up 03:14
13 Steve Marriott And The Moments - Money Money 02:19
14 Andy Lewis And Keni Burke - (Love Is) Alive In My Heart
15 The Past Present Organisation - Itchy Feet 04:01
16 Lord Large And Dean Parrish - Left Right And Centre 03:09

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Antibalas - Security (2007)

Artist: Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Album: Security
Label: ANTI-
Released: Mar 2007
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style: Afrobeat, Funk
Format: mp3 vbr
Tracks: 7
Total Time: 57:15
Total Size: 92 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/antibalas

Track list:
1. Beaten Metal (5:52)
2. Filibuster X (11:54)
3. Sanctuary (12:53)
4. Hilo (4:49)
5. War Hero (5:26)
6. I.C.E. (8:16)
7. Age (8:05)

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What do you get when you pair up one of the most critically acclaimed and hardest-working bands on the planet, Antibalas, with one of indie rock's most intricate and innovative producers, John McEntire (Tortoise, Stereolab, Tom Ze)...and let them play sonic tug-of-war in a studio for a month? The answer is Security, the fourth and newest full-length gem from this twelve-strong Brooklyn collective, who over the last decade have become known worldwide as much for their riveting afrobeat-laden concerts and social consciousness as for their previous albums and unique collaborations. Enticed by McEntire to explore and unleash sides not previously mined on earlier recordings, the seven new original compositions presented here illustrate perhaps a darker, more dynamic approach that's guaranteed to shock and dazzle new and old fans alike. This is music that was made to linger long after the party's over.

Alphonse Mouzon - Funky Snakefoot

Artist: Alphonse Mouzon
Title Of Album: Funky Snakefoot
Year Of Release: 1973
Genre: Jazz, Funk
Quality: mp3
Bitrate: 192kbps
Total Size: 60,7 Mb
WebSite: MySpace

Tracklist:

1. I've Given You My Love
2. You Don't Know How Much I Love You
3. I Gotta Have You
4. My Life Is Os Blue
5. Funky Snakefoot
6. My Little Rosebud
7. A Permanent Love
8. Beggar
9. Oh Yes I Do
10. Tara Tara
11. Where I'm Drumming From
12. Ism

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El Michels Affair - Truth & Soul presents A Tribute to Isaac Hayes

Artist: El Michels Affair
Title Of Album: Truth & Soul presents A Tribute to Isaac Hayes
Year Of Release: 17 Mar 2009
Label: Truth & Soul
Genre: Funk, Instrumental
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: CBR 320 kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 27:36 min
Total Size: 63,3 MB

TRACKLIST

01. Shaft (3:26)
02. Walk on by (6:14)
03. Run Fay Run (3:43)
04. Hung Up on My Baby (3:14)
05. Red Rooster (2:31)
06. Bumpys Lament (4:08)
07. Walk on by (Short version) (4:17)

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Cymande - Second Time Around

Artist: Cymande
Title Of Album: Second Time Around
Year Of Release: 1973
Label: Janus Records
Genre: Funk / Soul, Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Funk
Quality: mp3
Bitrate: 320kbps
Total Size: 100 mb (+5% rec.)

Tracklist

1. Anthracite - 5:32
2. Willies' Headache - 4:50
3. Genevieve - 3:60
4. Trevorgus - 3:25
5. To You - 3:31
6. For Baby Ooh - 2:17
7. Fug - 4:25
8. Crawshay - 4:21
9. Bird - 4:25
10. Them And Us - 5:25

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Cymande (Sah-mahn-day) were an electric funk band who released several albums throughout the early 1970s. The group was formed in 1971 in London, England by musicians from Guyana and Jamaica. The name Cymande is derived from a Calypso word for Dove, which symbolizes peace and love.

The group developed a subtle and complex, deep funk style influenced by calypso rhythms, jazz, African music, American soul and UK rock of the time. Cymande can now be seen as one of the most sophisticated of the funk acts that evolved in the early 1970s. By the mid-70s the band members were going their separate ways and the group was disbanded in 1974. It wasn't until 20 years later that they reaped any financial rewards, as their music became a popular source for samplers. Cymande's original albums are still widely sought-after by DJ's and funk aficionados. Perhaps the band's best known recording is the soulful dancefloor filler called "Bra", which was later sampled by the American hip-hop group De La Soul and used as a breakbeat record by the godfathers of hip-hop Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash.

VA - Kyoto Jazz Massive - 10th Anniversary (2CD) (2006)

Artist: VA
Title Of Album: Kyoto Jazz Massive - 10th Anniversary
Year Of Release: June 13, 2006
Label: Compost
Genre: Free Jazz, Broken Beat, Future Jazz, Deep House, Contemporary Jazz
Quality/Bitrate: MP3 / VBR kbps / 44.1 Khz / Joint Stereo
Total Time: 2 h 22 min 09 sec
Total Size: 201 mb

Tracklist

CD1

1. Kyoto Jazz Massive - The Brightness Of These Days Quantic Remix (8:10)
2. Incognito - Where Love Shines (8:27)
3. Kyoto Jazz Massive - Endless.. (5:20)
4. Restless Soul - Time To Fly (6:56)
5. Mind Expansions Blaze Shelter Sundae Mix (6:58)
6. Shine Kenny Dope Remix (6:50)
7. Domu - Taking Flight (6:40)
8. Afronaught - Now Or Never (6:04)
9. Dego & Kaidi Tatham - Come With Me (4:42)
10. Reel People - Tomorrow Never.. (9:15)

CD2

1. Da Lata - Ronco Da Cuica (11:20)
2. Jazztronic - Shine (10:59)
3. Louie Vega & The Eol Band - Aphrodite (4:51)
4. Monday Michiru - A Calmarita (9:37)
5. Dj Mitsou The Beats - Spiredown 2004 (4:46)
6. Sleep Walker - Eclipse (8:56)
7. Toshio Matsuura Group - Behind The Shadow (9:07)
8. Electric Sheep Feat Ua - The.. (6:58)
9. Aurora - Nacel Do Sol (6:13)

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That's really what this is. In 2004, Kyoto Jazz Massive celebrated 10 years of their music, and with loads of friends from around the world, they came up with a three cd series. They were titled "RE: KJM" (Red Cover), "For: KJM" (White Cover), and "By: KJM" (Black Cover). These three discs were straight imports, and initially retailed at about $30-$40 state-side. Re: KJM had artists re-interpreting many of their songs. For: KJM had songs dedicated to them and even had a song done by them. By: KJM featured KJM's remixes. This one, the gold covered "10Th Anniversary", is a double disc set released by Compost Records (their label in 2002) featuring many of the songs from there along with a mix from a random 12" of their tunes. Yup - the three discs came out in 2004, and this gold one came out in 2006. A bit of a delay.

The music here's good. Energetic and neat broken beats on the tracks. CD1 starts out with Quantic's rendition of "Brightness of These Days", followed up by a neat broken beat mix of "Where Love Shines" by Incognito - given the trademark Kyoto Jazz Massive percussion treatment. It's such an alive sort of sound... the cut kind of reminds me of a Jiva song. That's followed up with Phil Asher & Rasiyah in "Time to Fly", the opening track on "For: KJM". Great song, nice glide, gentle soul. Other highlights were Kenny Dope's take on "Shine" (man, I miss THAT Guida De Palma, where it wasn't forced!). Other hits were Domu's, Kaidi Tatham/Dego and Afronaught's tracks. Basically, a broken beat fest of cuts.

CD 2 starts out with Da Lata's take on "Ronca de Cuica" which was solid, but not that impressive to me. Jazztronik's crazy beat-heavy version of "Shine" pumped up the album quite a bit. Strange song, but interesting, all the same although the beats, after a while, feel distorted (and it wasn't my speakers... take great care of those!). "Aphrodite" by Louie Vega and EOL was one of my favorites though of the three disc series... really nice latin vibe to it with the drums, xylophone and guitar in harmony. Nice little cocktail jam. Monday Michiru put in a very nice take on one of KJM's biggest cuts, "A Calmaria", with a poem as she does. Would've been even tighter without some of the electronic in it - but still a wonderful song. Other highlights from disc 2 were Sleep Walker's version of "Eclipse" and I lked Aurora's "Nacel Do Sol"... Nacel Do Sol in particular takes me back to the good old "Bossa Tres... Jazz" days.

Speedometer - Diggin Deeper (2006)

Artist: Speedometer
Album: Diggin Deeper
Label: Freestyle Records
Released: 20 Nov 2006
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style: Jazz-Funk, Deep Funk
Format: mp3 320kbit
Tracks: 12
Total Time: 54:18
Total Size: 125 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/speedometeruk

Track list:

1. Speedometer (Pts 1 & 2) (6:11)
2. Soul Safari (3:18)
3. Descarga d'Escargot (4:23)
4. Kool and the Gang (3:37)
5. Up the Down (3:50)
6. Accra International Airport (3:14)
7. Its My Thing (4:00)
8. Two Beat Beast (4:50)
9. Time for Change (6:36)
10. Upstairs at Boston Road (3:11)
11. Ain't Going to Thursford (Pts 1 & 2) (5:53)
12. Hold the Bus (5:13)

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the UK's premier funk band started out as a quartet gigging in small clubs in the Southeast of England in 1999, playing classic funk tunes by artists such as The Meters and The JB's. As the gigs got bigger, so did the band and they were soon complemented with the now renowned Speedo Horns and the all-girl soul vocalists The Speedettes. In 2000, the first single "Soul Safari" was released on the seminal New York based label Soul Fire and was soon followed with a slew of fine releases on other labels such as Timmion and Kennel Klub. Each single was released on 7" only and limited to 500 copies. The emerging modern funk boom of the mid 90s, aided by magazines such as Big Daddy and DJs Keb Darge, Snowboy and Jazzman Gerald, lapped up the authentic sounds and tight arrangements. These early singles sold out immediately and not surprisingly now fetch a handsome price on various on-line auction sites. It is these early groundbreaking singles that this compilation is dedicated. None of the 12 tracks have been released on CD before, with 3 of the tracks being previously unreleased. From the firing opener of “Speedometer Parts 1 & 2” through to the heavy funk workout of “Hold The Bus” it is easy to see this bands influence on the style of artists such as The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Breakestra and any other band in the modern funk scene.Over the years, Speedometer have worked with many of the US funk legends includingJoe Quarterman, Eddie Bo, Marva Whitney, Sharon Jones, James Bell (Highlighters), Lee Fields, and Billy Wooten. All the artists were blown away by Speedometer's authenticity and dedication to faithfully creating the original soul-funk sound. We hope you are too!

Timo - Taxi Groove (2010)

Artist: VA
Title: Taxi Groove
Compiled: DJ Timo
Mastered: Timo
Released: 20 March 2010
Country: Ukraine
Genre: Deep House
Quality:MP3 320 kbps 44,1Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks: 14
Total Time: 01 h: 19 m: 55 s
Size: 186 Mb

01. Jimpster – Sleeper / Freerange Records / 2009
02. Colette - Think You Want It (Pezzner Mix) / OM Records / 2009
03. Kevin Yost & Peter Funk - Form Where You Come / I Records / 2008
04. Lawnchair Generals - I Want Fred (Fred Everything mix) / LCG Music / 2010
05. Jake Island feat. Alec Sun Drae - Can You Feel It? (Fred Everything Lazy Days Vox) / Toolroom Records / 2009
06. Atjazz feat Clyde - I Forgot You (Fred Everything Lazy Remix) / Atjazz / 2009
07. Kessidis and Bucher - Keep (Original Mix) / Plastic City / 2010
08. Scoper & Bubba - I M Satisfied (Kirby and Aruba Remix) / Elevation recordings 2009
09. Milton Jackson - Rhythm Track (Jimpster remix) / Freerange Records / 2010
10. Photon Inc. Featuring Paula Brion - Generate Power (Jimpster Main Mix) / Strictly Records / 2009
11. Adriano Filippucci - City Lights / Musik Gewinnt Freunde / 2010
12. Jimpster - Got A Hold On Your Soul / Freerange Records / 2010
13. Kasper Bjorke - Alcatraz (Jimpster Dub) / HFN / 2010
14. Pezzner - Brooklyn New York (Extended Digital Edit) / Freerange Records / 2009

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Bo Diddley - Drive By Bo Diddley: Tales From The Funk Dimension 1970-1973

Bo Diddley we already love you — but this set gives us another reason why! Although Bo's probably best known for his classic R&B work of the late 50s and early 60s, but during the 70s he also managed to cut some massively funky albums for Chess — working in the blues revival/funk turnover sound that was pioneered in the Cadet Concept studios with some of the label's classic artists of earlier years. The grooves on this set are amazing — heavy funk all the way, and filled with a ripplingly strong guitar sound over heavy drums and bass — still handled with the same offbeat sense of humor that we love in Bo's older work, but retuned nicely for the hip heavy sound of the 70s!

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Eddie Bo's Funky Funky New Orleans: Rare & Unreleased New Orleans Funk 1968 – 1971

Although Eddie Bo is long known as a funky peformer in his own right, during his years on the New Orleans soul scene, he also spent a good deal of time producing records for other artists. This long-overdue compilation brings together a funky funky batch of recordings that Eddie did with other artists in the early 70s, plus a few under his own name that did not appear on the other Funky Delicacies comp of his work. The sound is heavy heavy funk all the way through — with lots of nice basslines and hard drums — and although some of the cuts have appeared on other comps, there's more than enough new stuff here to keep your ears fresh!

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General Elektriks - Good City For Dreamers (2009)

Artist: General Elektriks
Title Of Album: Good City For Dreamers
Year Of Release: (2009)
Label: Surrender All
Genre: Electronic / Hip-Hop
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: VBR ~320kbps
Tracks: 13
Total Time: 45:12 min
Total Size: 62.0 MB
WebSite: myspace.com

Tracklist:

01. Take Back The Internet
02. Raid The Radio
03. You Dont Listen
04. Helicopter
05. Cottons Of Inertia
06. Little Lady
07. Engine Kickin In
08. David Lynch Moments
09. Gathering All The Lost Loves
10. Mirabelle Pockets
11. La Nuit Des Ephemeres
12. Bloodshot Eyes
13. Rebel Sun

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General Elektriks is the brainchild of Hervé ‘RV’ Salters. A French national and a keen vintage keyboard player, Salters was playing keys for his bands and for various artists in Paris (Femi Kuti, M, DJ Mehdi etc…) before he moved to San Francisco in 1999.

He sarted working on funk collages as he was moving to the US, using his favorite keyboards, a computer and a mic. GE became a musical journal that followed RV through his move to Seattle, then back to the Bay Area, in Berkeley, where he currently resides. There, he hooked up with the Quannum crew (Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, DJ Shadow…) and started sessioning for them. He invited Quannum’s own Lateef The Truthspeaker and Chief Xcel on a few tracks, then completed the 1st GE album, ‘Cliquety Kliqk.’ Hailed by URB as ‘Ennio Morricone for the 21st century,’ the album is a far out mix of vintage funk, hip hop beats, noir riffs, cinematic arrangements, pop melodies and digital twinkle.

After touring behind the album, Salters joined Blackalicious in the studio to work on ‘The Craft’ and toured with them for over a year. Concurrently, he formed San Francisco trio Honeycut with singer Bart Davenport and drummer/programmer Tony Sevener. Quannum Projects released their critically acclaimed 1st album, ‘The Day I Turned To Glass,’ in 2006. As he was touring with Honeycut and laying keys down for more artists (Lifesavas, Curumin,, Jel, The Mighty Underdogs, etc…), Salters started working on a second GE effort. ‘Good city for dreamers’ was completed in the fall of 2008. On 'Good City,' RV whips up his own take on psychedelia, one where future soul, oldschool pop, sampling, indie rock, hip hop and free jazz make sparkles as they collide. In doing so, the French expatriate joins the growing ranks of artists who are citizens of the world, nomads who create a sonic landscape that feeds as much on their origins as it does on their travels.

The Sound Stylistics - Play Deep Funk (2007)

Artist: The Sound Stylistics
Album: Play Deep Funk
Label: Freestyle Records
Released: Apr 2007
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style: Deep Funk
Format: mp3 256 kbit
Tracks: 17
Total Time: 54:46
Total Size: 104 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/soundstylisticsuk

Track list:

1. Shake And Hip Drop (2:36)
2. Soul Dynamite (2:35)
3. The Players Theme (4:48)
4. Down Home Style (2:59)
5. Heavy Soul (3:35)
6. Polariser (2:51)
7. Fast Eddie (3:05)
8. Party People (2:41)
9. Night Theme (3:25)
10. Back On The Streets (3:04)
11. Keeping On (3:20)
12. Get Ya Some (2:56)
13. Move It Up (3:26)
14. Homebrew (3:54)
15. The Message (3:17)
16. Put It In The Pocket (3:57)
17. Freedom Sound (2:17)

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Performed by some of the best musicians on the planet, and a veritable who is who on the London funk scene, the list is simply too amazing not to acknowledge fully here: James Taylor (JTQ), Jim Watson (Incognito), Mark Van der Gucht (Galliano], Eddie Roberts (New Mastersounds), Neil Robinson (JTQ), Simon Lee (Dr. Seuss), Andy Ross (The Herbaliser), Mike Smith (Jamiroquai), Nichol Thompson (Brand New Heavies), and Snowboy. Collectively they make up The Sound Stylistics, a virtual group and jam band of the highest order.

Stevie Wonder - Superstition (1972)

"Superstition" is a popular song written, produced, arranged, and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972, when Wonder was twenty-two years old. It was included on Wonder's Talking Book album,[1] and released as a single in many countries. It reached number one in the USA,[2] and number one on the soul singles chart. [3]. Overseas, it peaked number eleven in the UK, in February 1973. In November 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #74 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is recognised as Stevie Wonder's signature song.

Tracks:

1. Kick
2. Ovhead hi-hat
3. Ovhead ride
4. Vox
5. Vox
6. Clav1
7. Clav2
8. Clav3
9. Clav4
10. Clav5
11. Clav6
12. Clav7 mic
13. Clav8
14. Horn1
15. Horn2
16. Synth_Bass

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Quantic - An Announcement To Answer (2006)

Artist: Quantic
Album: An Announcement To Answer
Label: Tru Thoughts
Released: 21 Jul 2006
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Latin
Style: Nu Jazz, Downtempo, Soul, Hip-hop
Format: mp3 vbr
Tracks: 9
Total Time: 38:34
Total Size: 69.4 Mb
www.soulseduction.com

Track list:
1. Absence Heard Presence Felt (3:07)
2. An Announcement To Answer (4:53)
3. Blow In Your Horn - Quantic & Ohmega Watts (4:21)
4. Bomb In A Trumpet Factory (2:44)
5. Politick Society - Quantic & Noelle Scraggs (4:40)
6. Meet Me At The Pomegranate Tree (2:50)
7. Sabor - Quantic & Tempo (7:00)
8. Ticket To Know Where - Quantic & Ohmega Watts (4:06)
9. Tell It Like You Mean It (4:53)

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This is the fourth solo album by Quantic and Will Holland's eighth full-length production. A year and a half in the making, 'An Announcement To Answer' marks the next step in the evolution of Quantic's sound - broadening his musical palette whilst still delivering the trademark funky grooves that have made him a sure-fire floor-filler for DJs worldwide.
Inspired and educated (as opposed to influenced) by the records he discovered whilst travelling and working in Puerto Rico, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Ethiopia, Quantic has fused the traditional sounds of these countries with hip hop, soul, funk and jazz to produce his own potent musical brew.
Much of the album was written and recorded on a laptop in various locations around the world - including Puerto Rico and the Candela studios in San Juan - during an extended period of international gigging and crate-digging. Experimenting with new techniques and collaborating with the talented people he met during his travels has endowed Quantic's music with a greater depth, intricacy and level of sophistication than ever before.
Guest artists on the album include Noelle Scaggs from The Rebirth, Ohmega Watts and Puerto Rican percussionist Tempo, who has previously worked with Roberto Roena of the legendary Fania All Stars.

Quantic - Apricot Morning (2002)

Artist: Quantic
Album: Apricot Morning
Label: Tru Thoughts
Released: 24 Jun 2002
Genre: Electronic
Style: Downtempo, Funky Breaks, Nu Jazz, Jazzdance
Format: mp3 320 kbit
Tracks: 11
Total Time: 51:51
Total Size: 123 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/quanticmusic

Track list:

1. Apricot Morning (6:07)
2. Transatlantic (4:31)
3. Brand New Watusi feat. EQ (5:41)
4. Search The Heavens feat. Alice Russell (5:38)
5. Wider Than The Sky (3:44)
6. Primate Boogaloo feat. Aspects (3:24)
7. Blackstone Rock (3:49)
8. Sweet Calling feat. Alice Russell (4:31)
9. Trouble From The River (6:07)
10. Not So Blue (4:53)
11. Off The Beaten Track (3:26)

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Will Holland's second album under the Quantic name, originally released in 2002. Apricot Morning was the precursor to the excellent Stampede (2003) and hints at the sound he arrived at with his Soul Orchestra, combining influences from Jazz, Hip Hop, Afro, Funk, Soul and Breakbeat to forge a style that is truly original. Tru Thought.

Healer Selecta - Let's Get It Started (2010)

Artist: Healer Selecta
Album: Let's Get It Started
Label: Freestyle Records
Released: 08 Mar 2010
Genre: Funk / Soul, Latin, Reggae
Style: Afrobeat, Rhythm & Blues, Rocksteady
Format: mp3 320 kbit
Tracks: 10
Total Time: 40:34
Total Size: 95.6 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/healerselecta

Track list:
1. You Are Listen To (3:52)
2. Let's Get It Starter (3:29)
3. Melting Pot (4:12)
4. Twangy Batucada (2:34)
5. Sweet Lil Thang Of Mine (7:35)
6. Rock A Rolla Boogaloo (3:07)
7. Foundation Of Love (4:06)
8. Tura Stomp (3:31)
9. Cuban Proyect (3:54)
10. Cruisin' On The Highway (4:14)

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"Healer Selecta (aka Yvan Serrano-Fontova) is bang in the zone with this fresh new offering. Chunky beats, Surf guitar, Boogaloo breaks, soul, rocksteady (you getting the idea? Eclectic!) It's all here and in fruitful abundance. This kid does not let up his schizoid tastes make him more varied than a kelloggs variety 12 pack".Blues & Soul magazine (Emrys Baird)

"An album that takes in Afrobeat, reggae, soul and even surf guitar. The musical metissage works to perfection on 'Melting pot' with percussion courtesy of Snowboy and vocals reggae DJ style from Asher Storm wheareas on 'Foundation of love' it is Brazilian percussion meets Afrobeat with an underlying piano and guitar vamp that does the business." Vibe UK (Tim Stenhouse)

"Packs a punch of fun and joy!!" (Diesler)

"A fantastic release on Freestyle and love the mix between funk, latin and breakbeat. This album is at thetime the best i heard this year!" Innervision Records (Ed Royal)

Ed Royal & Enne - The Groove Collage (2007)

Artist: Ed Royal & Enne
Album: The Groove Collage
Label: Innvision Records
Released: Mar 2007
Genre: Electronic / Funk/soul
Style: Nu Jazz / Nu Funk / Jazz-lounge
Format: mp3 320 kbit
Tracks: 12
Total Time: 61:37
Total Size: 141 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/edroyal

Track list:
1. Funky Kitchen (4:22)
2. He's A Champ (4:10)
3. It's Hip To Be Square (5:35)
4. Vamos Irmanos (5:23)
5. Sunset Groove (5:55)
6. Vibes In Space (5:47)
7. Jazzy Jester (5:35)
8. Rhodes Scream (4:01)
9. Use Your Brain (5:45)
10. Fuzzy Senor Salsa (4:43)
11. Funky Flute (5:13)
12. Groove Collage (5:08)

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Innvision is Ed & Enne's own label and they've released most of their work through Innvision. They've been featured in countless playlists of the tastemaker's tastemakers like Makossa (G-Stone/FM4), Jon H (Fort Knox Five), Kid Loco (Yellow Productions), and Rob Birch (Stereo MC's), and they've contributed to Brazilectro and Ursula 1000's "Ursadelica" to name the least. The Pink Panther track was from their second single "Born To Funk" which sold out within a month (that's the track featured in Ursadelica as well). They've also done remixes for the likes of All Good Funk Alliance, Soulphonic Sound System and Parov Stelar.

When it comes to the music on The Groove Collage you'll get a little bit of everything, but what else would you expect. There are healthy Brazilian music influences here, as well as Afro-Latin grooves of all kinds. Added to that are some exquisite lounge moods, demonstrated best in songs like the opener "Funky Kitchen", which is well suited to lovers of Ursula 1000, Thunderball, or Kraak & Smaak. "Vamos Irmanos" was released as one of the singles off The Groove Collage (as was "It's Hip To Be Square") and it's a heavy Latin groove saturated with funky keys and horns over a smooth layer of breakbeats. This one is going to hit fans of Fort Knox Five or Skeewiff right.

Stereoscope Jerk Explosion - La Panthere Pop (2008)

Artist: Stereoscope Jerk Explosion
Album: La Panthere Pop
Label: Les Disques Cosmic Groove
Release date: 11 Nov 2008
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Funk / Garage / Psychedelic / Pop
Format: mp3 192 kbit
Tracks: 21
Total Time: 47:47
Total Size: 67.9 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/stereoscopejerkexplosion

Track list:

1. Prelude panthere pop (0:15)
2. Bengali corporation (3:11)
3. Bumblebee (2:52)
4. Interlude fuzz party (1:07)
5. Sitramania (3:16)
6. Interlude bumblebee (0:50)
7. L'homme grenoulle (3:35)
8. Fuzz party (2:47)
9. Interlude truc bidule (1:17)
10. Truc bidule (3:01)
11. Per la riviera tolonesa (1:38)
12. Interlude Bengali corporation (1:23)
13. La panthere pop (2:19)
14. Interlude sitarmania (0:46)
15. Promenade des British (4:22)
16. Interlude moog traffic (1:33)
17. Jark a la vague (3:04)
18. Interlude promenade des british (0:39)
19. Moog traffic (4:06)
20. Club vandou (4:04)
21. Postlude panthere pop (1:42)

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Funky grooves, psychedelic sitar, and mod Hammond organ - a magnificent blend that's every bit as dynamic as the image on the cover - served up as the long-awaited album from this cool European combo! The album's got a feel that's somewhere between 60s spy soundtracks and Brit library work - but also carries a tighter, funkier groove overall - a contemporary ear for the best funky elements of the old days, served up with production styles that continue a very classic groove! The whole thing's a real unexpected delight - a set that grabs us with the same sort of energy as the older Blow Up scene during its best years - with no kitsch, no nonsense, and a brilliant sense of sound throughout.

"Super tunes, full of Hammond, wah-wah, sitar, Moog, drum breaks. What with the shifts in textures and mood it's far more preferable to what the other bands of this ilk have been turning out over the past few years! Classy and cool ! " Jon Mojo Mills - Shinding Magazine (UK)

"Ces cocktails furieusement pop pourraient bien devenir aussi cultes que les annes 60. C'est, en tout cas, tout le mal qu'on leur souhaite." Joachim Bertrand - Only Groove (France)

"The first releases by Stereoscope Jerk Explosion are nothing short of marvelous! Stereoscope Jerk Explosion have taken a classic sixties club sound and made a genuine classic to sit alongside the masters." Martin Lawrie - Soul Generation (UK)

Ritornano Quelli Di... Calibro 35 (2010)

Artist: Calibro 35
Album: Ritornano Quelli Di... Calibro 35
Label: Ghost Records
Release date: 19 Feb 2010
Genre: Jazz / Funk
Style: Psyhedelic / Funk
Format: mp3 160kbit
Tracks: 13
Total Time: 47:09
Total Size: 55.6 Mb
http://www.myspace.com/calibro35

Track list:
1. Eurocrime! (2:56)
2. La Morte Accarezza A Mezzanotte (5:17)
3. L'Esecutore (3:10)
4. Milano Odia: La Polizia Non Puo' Sparare (4:21)
5. Convergere in Giambellino (3:34)
6. Il Ritorno Della Banda - Parte I (3:19)
7. Il Ritorno Della Banda - Parte II (2:56)
8. Cinque Bambole Per La Luna D'Agosto (2:18)
9. Piombo in Bocca (3:31)
10. Sospesi Nel Traffico (3:22)
11. Gentil Sesso e Brutali Delitti (2:55)
12. Il Consigliori (6:23)
13. Si Dicono Tante Cose... (3:07)

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Researches begun years ago, diggin dusty vinyl crates for obscure samples. The discovery of italian '60s and '70s soundtracks was a crucial point; from that moment on nothing sounded as good and interesting as electrifying tracks from exploitation movies.

By the summer of 2007 time was ready and Tommaso Colliva (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Arto Lindsay) invited an incredible jam band formed by Massimo Martellotta (Stewart Copeland, Eugenio Finardi, Mauro Pagani) on guitars and lapsteels, Enrico Gabrielli (Afterhours, Mariposa, Morgan) keyboards and brass, Fabio Rondanini (Pino Marino, Roberto Angelini, Collettivo Angelo Mai) on drums and Luca Nano Cavina (Transgender, Lindo Ferretti, Beatrice Antolini) on bass to record at omniaB studios in Milan.

During that first two days long recording session Calibro 35 became a killer combo performing classic and obscure themes, trying to bring something contemporary to the compositions but still remaining very respectful to the originals. Original tunes appeared soon with the same aim, recreating the attitude, the sound and that strange mixture between jazz, funk, rock, classical and improvvisation that made italian soundtracks known worldwide.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (Remastered) 2010

Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Title Of Album: Electric Ladyland
Year Of Release: 2010
Original Release Date: October 1968
Label: Legacy Recordings
Genre: Classic Rock
Quality: mp3
Bitrate: VBR, ~215 kbps
Total Time: 75:30 min
Total Size: 115 mb

Tracklist:

01. ...And The Gods Made Love 01:23
02. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) 02:10
03. Crosstown Traffic 02:27
04. Voodoo Chile 15:00
05. Little Miss Strange 02:52
06. Long Hot Summer Night 03:28
07. Come On (Let The Good Times Roll) 04:09
08. Gypsy Eyes 03:44
09. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 03:40
10. Rainy Day, Dream Away 03:42
11. 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) 13:40
12. Moon, Turn The Tides...Gently Gently Away 01:02
13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming 04:26
14. House Burning Down 04:33
15. All Along The Watchtower 04:01
16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 05:13

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Widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. Hendrix's innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. Because he was unable to read or write music, it is nothing short of remarkable that Jimi Hendrix's meteoric rise in the music took place in just four short years. His musical language continues to influence a host of modern musicians, from George Clinton to Miles Davis, and Steve Vai to Jonny Lang.

Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend

Fantastic! The lost link in the Chicago soul scene of the 60s was Baby Huey — and he was a pretty darn big link too, if you've ever seen him in pictures! Weighing in at about 300 pounds, Baby Huey was sort of a rockin' soul star who played clubs on both sides of the city, to audiences of all types — working in a party-styled blend of funk, rock, and soul that was one of the most powerful grooves going down in the Windy City at the time! Huey sadly passed away at a very young age, leaving only this full album as his legacy.

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Dennis Coffey - Hair & Thangs

A stunner! You'll probably never find this rare first Dennis Coffey album in the original, so you owe it to yourself to snatch up this funky funky reissue of stripped down guitar breakbeat jams! The record has Coffey playing his trademark fuzzy guitar, along with his early group that included the legendary Lyman Woodard on organ and Andrew Davis on drums.

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