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    Lyrics Born – “As U Were”

    October 12, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    We’re not trying to start a negative trend here, but the same sentiments are worth repeating for the new Lyrics Born album (out October 26.) that were mentioned about the upcoming Jamiroquai release; A return to form. This man and his music has played an important part in keeping the origins of hip-hop alive for new generations. That does not in itself mean that change is not good, but as his previous album showed, he lost a great deal of soul and depth because of it. Even so, Lyrics Born has definitely deserved a second chance.

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    Jamiroquai – “Rock Dust Light Star”

    October 12, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    So far, the two tracks that have been revealed from the new Jamiroquai album (out November 1.), “White Knuckle Ride” (video) and “Blue Skies” (video) show no signs of them returning to their funk, soul and acid jazz roots that many of their fans (including me) had hoped they would do since their departure or escape? from Sony/Columbia. With over 10 tracks still to be heard, there might be room for more adventurous material, the two songs mentioned above being typical radio-friendly single fodder.

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    Incognito – “Transatlantic RPM”

    June 23, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    The new 30th anniversary album from Incognito (“Transatlantic RPM”) will be released worldwide on July 27. Featuring such artists as Chaka Khan, the legendary Leon Ware, Al McKay of Earth Wind & Fire and the former bass player/song writer in Jamiroquai, Stuart Zender, hopefully it will be an amazing release!

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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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    Charlie Hunter – “Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid”

    December 30, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    Jazz/funk guitarist Charlie Hunter will release his latest album titled “Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid” on January 12. 2010. Among the contributing musicians you will find Eric Kalb (Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings), Eric Biondo (Antibalas), Curtis Fowlkes (Jazz Passengers) and more. A free sample track can be directly downloaded here (5.5MB mp3).

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    Nils Landgren Funk Unit – “Funk for Life”

    December 29, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    “Funk for Life” is the latest album from the Nils Landgren Funk Unit that will be released on January 20. 2010, you can listen to a few sample tracks on their MySpace page. They will also be touring all over Europe this coming spring starting in early April (tour dates), catch them if you can, it’s a live funk experience of high caliber.

    Update: A review of the album has now been posted here.

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    News summary for October 2009

    October 18, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    Read on to get the latest news about the new Jamiroquai album and tour, Stuart Zenders latest projects, the state of Ronny Jordans new album, and an update from Nils Landgren regarding the Funk Unit.

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    The history of Ultrafunk

    October 15, 2009 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in News.

    Ultrafunk as a creative entity was started in 1988 by three people from Oslo, Norway: Anders Hamre (R.I.P. my friend & mentor), Lars Hamre and Rune Johnsrud. From 1988 until 1998, the group existed under many different names, and we worked on many different projects, among them ProTracker, Berimbau, Apollon, MovieStation and more.

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    Welcome!

    October 14, 2009 by ultrafunkmag - posted in News.

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    Welcome to ultrafunkmag (ultrafunk magazine), a site dedicated to bringing you quality soul, hip-hop, jazz and funk news, reviews, features and releases.

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