Funk - All

Wednesday Oct 17, 2007

Manu Dibango / Kassaby Dehe

New Bell / Yoyo

''Kasaaby Dehe'' is a stone cold classic piece of afrobeat that only appeared on 12'' on an extremely rare dutch pressing. Quite simply, if you have a... more...

12inch Afro Funky: Key103

Thursday Oct 11, 2007

V/A

Paradisco - Feel Good Music

Classic funk/soul/disco tracks. Bobby Byrd - ''I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming'', Kool & The Gang - ''Hollywood Swinging'', Commodores - ''Brick House... more...

12inch Urban Sounds: Urban Sounds 99816

Wednesday Oct 10, 2007

Manu Chao

La Radiolina

Manu Chao makes music that cuts across cultural lines. As though singing in seven languages (French, Spanish, Galician, Arabic, English, Portuguese, a... more...

2LP Because: ED/BEC2129

Thursday Sep 20, 2007

V/A

Choices ep 2

All killer, no filler … Side 1 features Belgian Milez Benjiman (4Lux, aka Gerd) with a freaky mid-tempo track. Side 2 holds an extended mix of Ohmega... more...

12inch Ubiquity: Ubiquity 216

Friday Sep 14, 2007

12inch Columbia: CBS1138

Saturday Sep 1, 2007

Bumblebee Unlimited

Sting Like A Bee

A spacey Patrick Adams/Greg Carmichael dance classic, and very much in the P&P disco mode! The record's filled with extended club cuts that have a lot... more...

LP RCA: Rca Victor AFL1-3407

James Brown

Soul On Top

A different James Brown album. James doesn't sing soul, so much as jazz -- in front of large backings by Louis Bellson, with arrangements by Oliver Ne... more...

LP Verve: Verve

James Brown

I Got The Feelin

Funky funky funky! A nice one that shows the direction James Brown would take in the 70s -- a bit harder and more funky than before, with even more of... more...

LP Polydor: Polydor 1031

V/A

James Brown's Funky People

Volume one of the legendary compilation of James Brown produced stuff. Monster stuff by The JBs, Lyn Collins, and Maceo. This was a sampler's dream in... more...

2x12inch Simply Vinyl: Simply Vinyl 128

Saturday Aug 25, 2007

Mesak

Fusil Sonographique

Dope electronic Finnish funk from the legendary Harmonia label.

7inch Harmonia: HRMN002

Randy Barracuda

The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions

Dope electronic Finnish funk from the legendary Harmonia label.

7inch Harmonia: HRMN001

Prince

1999 / Little Red Corvette

Both taken from the brilliant '1999' album from 1982, one of Prince' best albums & maybe the best synthetic funk album of the 80's.

7inch Warner Brothers: Warner Bros

Wednesday Aug 22, 2007

Tom Tom Club

Genius Of Love

The Tom Tom Club release that was one of the big records for all the early hip hop dj's. One of those pop high lights of the 80's generation that was... more...

12inch Sire: Sire996

Wednesday Aug 15, 2007

The Mighty Tom Cats

Soul Makossa

Contains the mighty Soul Makosa track made famous by Manu Dibango.. Mighty breaks on this legendary afro-funk album.

LP Paul Winley: Paul Winley Records 121

George Benson With The Harlem Underground Band

Erotic Moods

Splendid jazz groove album. Georges Benson’s erotic moods with the Harlem Underground Band including Reuben Wilson on keyboards and bass, Willis Jacks... more...

LP Paul Winley: Paul Winley Records 131

Tuesday Aug 14, 2007

Yesterdays New Quintet

Presents Sound Directions

Another great YNQ release (produced by Madlib) featuring Dan Ubick (guitar), Todd Simon (horns) & Malcolm Catto (drums) filled with covers of songs by... more...

LP Stones Throw: STH2124

Wednesday Aug 1, 2007

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Think Africa

After extensive touring across the globe, Seun Kuti is presenting his first release, recorded together with Egypt 80, the legendary band of his father... more...

12inch Still Music: STILLM023

Greyship Daviz

Traffic (M. Enochson & Patchworks Remixes)

Greyship was a mid-1970s Westerville rock band. Markus Enochson drops 2 future disco classics: the Traffic Jam Remixes. A2 is an amazing spaced out sc... more...

12inch Past due: Pastdue003

Thursday Jul 5, 2007

V/A

Moon Vehicule / Sauterelles

Comes with an edit from a cover of Juan Atkins' 'Cosmic Cars' track. The flip has an edit from a funk instrumental from Holland.

12inch D-Classics: Dclass005

Wednesday Jun 13, 2007

Willie Hutch

The Mack

Classic Soundtrack by Willie Hutch. Amazing funk tracks... from the composer of Foxy Brown and the brilliant Brothers gonna work it out. more...

LP Motown: Motown766

Saturday Jun 2, 2007

Kashmere Stage Band

Out Of Gas But Still Burning

A stunning batch of funky big band tracks, sounding a lot fuller than on their first LP, thanks to an expanded lineup that gives them a whole new soun... more...

LP Kram: Kram 107

Kashmere Stage Band

Zero Point (1971-1972)

This group's got so many members, there's barely room left on the stage for the instruments! That doesn't stop the record from being plenty darn funky... more...

LP Kram: Kram 104

Cymande

Arrival

The legendary British dub funk outfit Cymande was comprised mostly of West Indians who'd emigrated to England in the 60s, eventually meeting up under... more...

LP Paul Winley: Paul Winley 141

The Whatnauts

Help Is One The Way

An obscure later tune by The Whatnauts, issued years after their classics for All-Platinum in the early 70s. This tune's got a mean mean boogie groove... more...

12inch Harlem International Records: Harlem International Records 110