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Monthly archive: May 2011

    Opolopo – “Voltage Controlled Feelings” (2010)

    Originally from Zirc, Hungary, but now based in Stockholm, Sweden, Opolopo is a highly skilled producer, musician and composer who grew up listening to artists like Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Kraftwerk. Inspired by those and many other sources, he has created his own very unique blend of electronic funk, disco and soul. You can listen to a couple of sample tracks below, the first from his “Voltage Controlled Feelings” album, the second from a SoulParlor record titled “Evoluzion” (both released by the Tokyo Dawn Records label):

    Opolopo – “Reversed” feat. Blacktop & Amalia:

    SoulParlor – “Real” feat. Colonel Red (Opolopo Roller Skate Remix):

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    Rhythm Funk Masters – “Afro-American-Arctic” (2007)

    This is a Finnish group which most eloquently mixes Afro-beat, jazz and funk. Mostly the basic rhythm is Afrobeat, but what the musicians do on top of this leans more towards funk and jazz than Fela Kuti’s classical work. There are also some rhythms that resemble other African dialects, Caribbean ones like souk for instance and some more straight ahead soul rhythms (the song Bushman sounds mysteriously like Donny Hathaway’s The Ghetto).

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    “Thunder Soul” documentary trailer

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