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Monthly archive: April 2011

    Trouble Funk – “Live From Washington D.C. Part II”

    One of the pioneers of the Go-Go beat, Trouble Funk, released a double vinyl only album back in 1983 called “In Times of Trouble”. On the 2nd LP there are 3 live tracks, this is the first one on side D, a killer funk jam reduced to it’s most basic ingredient: pure rhythm:

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    What’s going on with ultrafunk / ultrafunkmag?

    After almost eight years, most of the original ultrafunk crew is back together again, and we are working on a new audio hardware project that has been going on for quite a while. It’s called organic one, and you can find out more about it on the new ultrafunk site. Because of this, we have decided that the ultrafunk name will once again be used for all our future development and design ventures.

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    Special EFX feat. Chieli Minucci – “Speak to Me” (DTTB Remix)

    Scrounging around in my CD collection, I came across a couple of rare (and forgotten) compilations albums with some even rarer tracks, and this is the first one from Special EFX featuring the lead guitar player Chieli Minucci in the form of an extended Down To The Bone Remix:

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    Download link: Special EFX feat. Chieli Minucci – Speak to Me (17.1MB mp3).

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    Ready Made – “Arabesques”

    The second track I stumbled upon appears to be even rarer, it’s from a seemingly one-off French acid-jazz band called Ready Made that was clearly inspired by the likes of early 90s Ronny Jordan and George Benson:

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    Download link: Ready Made – Arabesques (7.3MB mp3).

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    JBrown & The Mic Smith – “Where Ya At”

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    Beastie Boys – “Make Some Noise”

    Beastie Boys long awaited eight studio album called “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two” is close to being released (out May 2.), and below you can listen to the first track from it called “Make Some Noise”:

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    Florian Keller & Jan Weissenfeldt – “Funk Squad!”

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