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Monthly archive: April 2010

    Badass Motherfunkers: The making of a jazzy funkband

    April 26, 2010 by Halvor Johannes Lie - posted in Features.

    Badass Motherfunkers held their first and only concert (for now), Friday January 22nd. 2010. Five musicians aged 19 to 36, some meeting for the first time at the initial rehearsal, played songs by George Benson, Nils Landgren and Stevie Wonder (among others) in front of a happy crowd cheering and dancing their ass off (check out the audio and video clips below and listen while reading if possible). They weren’t the best band on Earth, but they produced the unmistakable feeling of funk after only three rehearsals. This is the story of how it went down.

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    Johannes mix 4 – “Soul #2″

    April 23, 2010 by Johannes Bjelland - posted in Mixes, Releases.

    My mix no. 4, another soulful blend of 7″ sweetness – slightly more uptempo this time (the playlist and mix download links are available by reading the full post):

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    Flow Dynamics – “Flow Dynamics” (2007)

    April 22, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Records, Releases.

    Call it sample-funk, organic breaks, vinyl mashups or whatever you like; Flow Dynamics, the Australian multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave McKinney’s self titled debut album contains just the right amount of  real instruments and vocals needed to maintain the soul of all his diverse musical sources. This is hard-hitting, floor stomping funk music for the dance crowd with a few laid back grooves in between, reminiscent of the more well known DJ Greyboy and DJ Spinna.

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    Corduroy Industries – “Return to Motor City” samples

    April 16, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Releases, Tracks.

    Unfortunately, the website (wohomusic.net) that hosted the 6 preview tracks from the as of yet unreleased debut album from the reformed band, has just recently removed them all from their server. A few of the songs can still be previewed on the following Corduroy Industries MySpace page. There is still no more news regarding if or when this record will be made available to the public…

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    Kurtis Blow & Trouble Funk – “I’m Chillin’”

    April 16, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Releases, Tracks, Videos.

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    Corduroy Industries – “Return to Motor City”

    April 16, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    The legendary acid jazz band formerly known as only Corduroy, has just finished recording a new album of mainly 80′s Motown covers after a 10+ year long break from the music scene. According to Ben Addison, they are currently reviewing release options, and they will be performing live at the Düsseldorf annual Jazz rally on May 21.

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