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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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    Florian Keller & Jan Weissenfeldt – “Funk Squad!”

    April 3, 2011 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Mixes, Releases.

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    The Haggis Horns – “Keep On Movin’” (2010)

    October 22, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Albums, Reviews.

    The eternal curse of the sideman, always in the background, never in the spotlight. Where would James Brown (R.I.P.) be without the JB Horns? During his prime, they featured such stellar performers as Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and Pee Wee Ellis to name a few, and unknown to many, they were the ones who wrote and arranged almost all of his hit-songs. The same story is true for countless others and their often anonymous but essential hired hands. Well, The Haggis Horns decided; No more, we deserve to show what we got on our own!

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    Herbie Hancock – “Dis Is Da Drum” (1994)

    June 24, 2010 by Rune Johnsrud - posted in Records, Releases.

    This is one of Herbie Hancock‘s most underrated albums, and one of my personal favorites among many of this musical genius total output during his almost 50 year long career as a genre defining artist. It combines many of the different musical styles prevalent at the time with some of his previous endeavors, and somehow he manages to mix it into a coherent whole that is greater than the sum of it’s parts. Bits of jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat & funk are blended together using mostly programmed but very organic sounding beats, masterfully accompanied by a whole host of superstar session players, including many of his former Head Hunters band members.

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