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

    May 9, 2011 by Halvor Johannes Lie - posted in Albums, Reviews.

    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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    Raashan Ahmad – “Beautiful Ugly”

    December 2, 2010 by Halvor Johannes Lie - posted in Releases, Tracks, Videos.

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    Karyn Paige – “The KP EP” (2010)

    November 15, 2010 by Halvor Johannes Lie - posted in Albums, Reviews.

    Overall the KP EP’s production sounds organic and modern, very much like Prince’s latest albums. Some of the songs sounded very pop for me at first listening, but as I listened closer interesting variations in the arrangements sipped through and the whole thing grew on me. There’s a good live-feel to this EP, a lot of variations in rhythms, though always funky, within the the musical genres of boogie-disco, nu-soul, pop and r&b.

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    Badass Motherfunkers: The making of a jazzy funkband part 2 – Tightening up

    September 22, 2010 by Halvor Johannes Lie - posted in Features.

    Badass Motherfunkers held their 2nd concert Friday, August 20th, 2010 (check out part 1 here). This time around the band sounded tighter, there was more media attention, a larger audience (530 paying souls) and some changes in personnel and repertoire.

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    Funky Halvor – “Jazz & Rain”

    June 20, 2010 by Halvor Johannes Lie - posted in Mixes, Releases.

    The north is cold, so cold this summer. Today (June 19 2010) it’s been less than 10 degrees Celsius and rain all day long, an excellent excuse to put together a jazzy mix for thought and comfort. For once I’ve decided to actually make a playlist for the interested listener.

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    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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