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    http://www.shawnlee.net

    http://www.myspace.com/shawnleemusic

    Origine du Groupe : U.K
    Style : Funk , Alternative
    Sortie : 2011

    From http://www.parisdjs.com

    Here's the first listen to a new Shawn Lee record, set for release in Feb 2011. Lee says he lives in a World of Funk, and invited friends from around the globe to make his point; Brazilian singer-multi instrumentalist Curumin (Hailing from Sao Paulo, and of Japanese/Spanish Brazilian background,) British/Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas, Chhom Nimol - singer with the band Dengue Fever, Bardo of Chicano Batman and Cava, from LA, plus Truth and Soul Recording artist Michael Leonhart, NOMO bandleader Elliot Bergman, and Lee's mother-in-law (aka Nanny Jee)!

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    Multicultural and multi-talented composer and performer Shawn Lee lives in what he calls a “World of Funk.” His mother is half Lebanese and a quarter Native American Indian. His wife is Indian, born in London from parents who are from Tanzania, East Africa. Their daughters (Mela & Seela) are half British/Asian and half American with the family roots to American Indian and Lebanese. As an American living in London he has his ears open to sounds from around the world, and all the spin-offs, mash-ups and fusions that pop-up. “Turkish Psych, Thai Funk, African Disco, Cambodian rock, Brazilian soul,” lists Lee. “If you can say it, it exists.”

    Lee has as an uncanny ability to pick-up and play any instrument he can lay his hands on (his studio is like a candy-store for curious musicians) and for World of Funk he went global playing sitar, ektar, Balaphone, Tanpura, kalimba, Steel drum, Guitarron, Moroccan castanets, Cithare, vibraphone, Xylophone, Bulbul tarang, Charango, Bouzouki, talking drum, and Udu.

    But it wasn’t just geography, family roots, and a well-stocked studio that fueled this album. Lee is a massive fan of worldly-funk. The Turkish psych of Selda and Ersen, early 1970s Bollywood soundtracks by RD Burman and Asha Bhosle, the Brazilian soul and disco of Tim Maia, Ethiopian Jazz great Mulatu Astatke and the Afro funk of Pat Thomas and Marijata were all big influences on World of Funk.

    “Like many western musicians, my ears have been seduced by the exotic sounds of the East and beyond.
    By the same token, many musicians from around the world have been inspired by the music of America
    and England as well. What we've got here is a universal language,” says Lee. “When we bastardize each other’s sounds/ music and get it wrong - we get it so right. It mutates and becomes something
    extraordinary. Now that is funky!”

    Adding to Lees melting pot of sounds are guests from around the world. Brazilian singer-multi instrumentalist Curumin (Hailing from Sao Paulo, and of Japanese/Spanish Brazilian background) and British/Egyptian singer Natacha Atlas completely embody the spirit of World of Funk. While on-tour in Los Angeles this Summer Lee locked down three very special collaborations. The first was with Chhom Nimol the LA based Cambodian singer with the band Dengue Fever. Lee made an instrumental track with Clutchy Hopkins (which includes the sound of a 1960's Smith and Corona typewriter!) for Dengue Fever member Paul Smith who recorded Chhoms haunting vocal. A chance meeting with Bardo of Chicano Batman on Sunset Boulevard led to some garage-y flavored West Coast Latino-funk. And then both Willie McNeal and Money Mark suggested Lee work with Cava.

    The album also features Truth and Soul Recording artist Michael Leonhart, NOMO bandleader Elliot Bergman, and Lee’s mother-in-law (aka Nanny Jee)!

     


    Tracklist :
    01. Bina
    02. Ghost In The Rain feat. Clutchy Hopkins & Chhom Nimol
    03. Ethio feat. Michael Leonhart
    04. Cairo Cairo feat. Natacha Atlas
    05. Nao Vacila feat. Curumin
    06. La Eterna Felicidad feat. Bardo Martinez
    07. Nanny Jee feat. Nanny G
    08. Iceberg feat. Elliot Bergman of NOMO
    09. Booya feat. Michael Leonhart
    10. The Mighty Atlas feat. Natacha Atlas
    11. Mi Ilusion feat. Cava
    12. Accelerate
    13. Tablacadabra
    14. Hairy Krishner

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carr

    Origine du Groupe : North America
    Style : Soul
    Sortie : 1968

    by nikos1109  from http://www.funkmysoul.gr

    Sublime southern soul from one of the greats! James Carr is right up there with the best of the 60s,  Otis Redding, Arthur Conley, Joe Tex, and others but he never made it as big as them because of personal troubles and bad planning on the part of his label and management. Fortunately, his genius has been kept alive by record collectors everywhere  for whom this rare gem is a holy grail! The album features tunes that sum up the best of the south in the 60s  all sung by James with his unbelievably heartbreaking voice.

    Much more obscure than his first album, ‘A Man Needs a Woman’, for my money, is every bit the equal of its predecessor. Not least, naturally, since it includes “The Dark End of the Street” and “You Got My Mind Messed Up” once more, two all-time legendary waxings that I’ll never tire off. But the LP’s original material isn’t far behind at all. “A Man Needs a Woman”, a sweet, country-soul tune written by O.B. McClinton, is another emotional tour de force that just spells out ‘DEEPER Soul’. “Stronger Than Love” picks up the pace considerably, a fine stomping groove featuring some nice high-pitched backing vocals, whereas the plaintive, minor keyed “More Love” is a thinly disguised ‘payback’ song aimed at Carr’s onetime girl. James is now expressing the virtues of his new lover, who’s got ‘more love in her little finger than [she] got in all of [her] heart.’ Ouch… The sentiment is continued on the more upbeat “You Didn’t Know It But You Had Me”, a fine beater, while Carr gets back in a lowdown pleading bag on the tender, slow “A Woman Is a Man’s Best Friend”, featuring that typical highly trebled Goldwax guitar and weeping horns.

    The first side is completed with the frantic, sizzling “I’m a Fool for You”. A well-oiled, crunchy R&B-romp featuring soulful second vocals by Betty Harris - the track surely comes across as a full-fledged duet. The interaction between the two is electrifying, especially on the chorus. The flips opens on a decidedly moodier note, as Carr puts his spin on country singer Howard Harlan’s “Life Turned Her That Way”. Carr’s tormented soul is laid bare on top of an incessant, punishing groove, one smothered in purring Hammond organs and fits of brass, as he laments on the disposition of his woman. James’ rendition of Timmy Willis’ 1963 hit “Gonna Send You Back to Georgia” takes us right back to a run-down juke joint shakin’ it up somewhere down a dusty Mississippi road, and the very country-esque “I Sowed Love and Reaped a Heartache” could’ve stirred up just as much noise ‘at the other side of town’. A great, lazily rocking tune souled up by those fabulous pipes.

    With the inclusion of “You Got My Mind Messed Up” and, especially, “The Dark End of the Street”, what you have is a perfect platter of brilliant Southern Soul.

    Tracklist :
    1. A Man Needs A Woman
    2. Stronger Than Love
    3. More Love
    4. You Didn't Know It But You Had Me
    5. A Woman Is a Man's Best Friend
    6. I'm A Fool for You
    7. A Losing Game
    8. A Message To Young Lovers
    9. Life Turned Her That Way
    10. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia
    11. The Dark End of the Street
    12. I Sowed Love and Reaped a Heartache
    13. Let it Happen
    14. You Gotta Have Soul
    15. You Hurt So Good
    16. You've Got My Mind Messed Up

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    http://www.3mf.net

    http://www.myspace.com/3motherfunkers

    Origine du Groupe : Mexico
    Style : Funk , Heavy Funk
    Sortie : 2004

    Review by Domi Bañuelos from http://cultura.iteso.mx

    3MotherFunkers es un proyecto de Funk-Jazz con influencias en el blues, hip-hop, soul, pasando por ritmos latinos y ritmos electrónicos interpretados de forma acústica. Radicado en Guadalajara, el grupo está influenciado por los sonidos modernos de los bares de acid jazz de NYC y Nuevo Orleans, lo cual da como resultado una música llena de cadencias rítmicas y rica en improvisaciones sublimes.

    El proyecto es encabezado por Alejandro “Kruppa” Saat Cobián, bajista y compositor principal del grupo. Cuenta con la participación de músicos distinguidos de la escena musical tapatía, incorporando elementos como una sección de metales, guitarra, batería, tornamesas y percusiones, entre otros instrumentos. En poco más de dos años de trayectoriael grupo se ha logrado posicionar en el gusto del público tapatío y la crítica especializada tras romper las barreras entre el jazz y el funk, sirviendo como plataforma de lanzamiento para el nuevo movimiento del funk-jazz en Guadalajara.

    “Música para caminar con estilo...”

    En junio del 2004, 3MotherFunkers lanzó en Guadalajara su album debut bajo el sello independiente ALLO Producciones. “Música para caminar con estilo…” es el título de esta obra integrada por 10 temas originales compuestos por Alejandro Saat y presentando una estética visual diseñada por el renombrado artista tapatío Ivan Puig. Siguiendo la tradición de los grandes discos del jazz clásico y moderno, el disco fue grabado “in session”, lo que significa que se grabó en vivo en el estudio sin doblajes ni audífonos bajo el mando de Alejandro Lepe Soto en los Estudios A.L.S. La mezcla del disco se llevó a cabo en los estudios Galápago Music por Guillermo Ramírez, productor del disco “Infinito Palmeras” de Galápago,recientemente galardonado por Radio France Internacional como el Mejor Disco Latinoamericano del 2003.

    La grabación en sesión logró captar la calidez que se genera cuando un grupo de músicos interactúan en un mismo espacio sonoro. Musicalmente, el disco se distingue de cualquier otra producción hecha en nuestro país, ya que ningún otro grupo mexicano ha ofrecido un disco que explore la musicalidad y el virtuosismo del jazz tradicional combinado con la fuerza rítmica y la accesibilidad del funk. La intención de este disco será la de inducir al baile, creando una atmósfera cargada de cadencia rítmica.

    En marzo del 2005 se lanzará el disco de 3MotherFunkers a nivel nacional con promoción en varias ciudades importantes en la República Mexicana.



    Tracklist :   
    01. Intro
    02. Mofofunk
    03. Struttin’
    04. Street Styler
    05. Latina
    06. Strip-Hop
    07. Chunk
    08. Hell, Yeah!
    09. Summersong
    10. Llevame a Tokio
    11. D’jam

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    http://www.myspace.com/gizellesmithmusic

    Origine du Groupe : U.K
    Style : Funk , Nu-Soul
    Sortie : 2009

    Par Stephane   pour http://www.soulbrothers.fr

    Gizelle Smith gagne à être connue et son album « raw funk » est en passe de devenir la révélation 2010 grâce à The Mighty Mocambos, groupe réputé d’Hambourg qui eut l’idée de s’associer avec cette belle panthère black de la scène soul made in London.

    Depuis leur première collaboration sur la compilation «Mocambo Funk Forty Fives», les choses ont pris de la vitesse pour Gizelle Smith «The Golden Girl of Funk» et The Mighty Mocambos.

    Leur premier single «Working Woman» est devenu un incontournable des soirées, un titre favori des clubs et des DJ dans le monde entier de Gilles Peterson à Kenny Dope.

    Gizelle Smith & the Mighty Mocambos intensifient leur collaboration avec leur album, où l’on retrouve ce son très vintage, unique et brut. La charismatique Gizelle Smith y ajoute son emprunte vocale pouvant ainsi s’aligner sur les voix des décennies passées. Le résultat est une alternative rafraîchissante et énergique !! Non sans rappeler les divines Lyn Collins et Vicki Anderson, choristes de James Brown , le Godfather of Funk. La relève Funk Diva semble assurée. Un son deep funk puissant et efficace avec un groupe composé de cuivres, guitare, basse, batterie, orgue et percus. C’est une pure énergie, une pêche vocale, du groove et de la sensualité qui s’entremêlent. Kenny Dope, la moitié funk des Masters At Work, a même craqué sur le hit «Working Woman» pour en faire un remix plus « funkylicious » sur Kay-Dee (label qu’il a fondé avec Keb Darge). Craig Charles a aimé, Keb Darge trouve cela très frais, une réelle reconnaissance des professionnels du funk à l’égard de cet album

    Gizelle Smith nous livre ici un album deep funk, avec une voix originale et un combo énergique. A découvrir sur scène en vivant!

     


    Tracklist :
    01. Working Woman (3:04)
    02. The Time Is Right For Love (2:48)
    03. Hold Fast (3:28)
    04. Coffee High (2:58)
    05. Everthing Holds Blame (3:12)
    06. Free Vibes (Instrumental) (2:12)
    07. Gonna Get You (3:42)
    08. Love Alarm (3:50)
    09. Snake Charmer (3:04)
    10. Magic Time Machine (2:44)
    11. Out Of Fashion (3:47)
    12. Nothing For Nothing (3:02)

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    http://www.biribiriband.com

    http://www.myspace.com/biribiriband

    Origine du Groupe : Grece
    Style : Funk , Alternative Fusion
    Sortie : 2009

    Biri Biri have made a hell of a good album (which btw, sounds even better live, where they play covers, too). A hell of a good album, I say. This is good fusion as we know it: damn funk, intelligent and very fun, the musicians know the deed, lots of instruments (sax, trumpet, bongo, cowbell, cymball, drums, bass, etc), it's upbeat (mostly in the second part of the album), it's the bomb, i tell ya. Music to move the body and get the chicks to the next drink. These guys must hit on chicks all summer long down at their base, Crete island. "Killing Me Woman" is my favourite track.

    by http://stopthatsound.blogspot.com


    Tracklist :
    1. Breaking Stones (5:16)
    2. Chlup (5:11)
    3. Tsu Tsunation (5:48)
    4. Doze 8 (6:43)
    5. Killing Me Woman (3:26)
    6. Walslante (6:05)
    7. Wake Up (3:54)
    8. Jacket (5:44)
    9. Matala (5:22)
    10. Dirty Boy (4:52)
    11. Wrong Way (7:08)

    vocals: Mihail-Paul Mihailos
    guitar: Manos Kamaratos
    bass: Yorgos Diapoulis
    drums: Vasilis Papadourakis
    trumpet, rudal heater: Simeon Delikaris-Manias
    trumpet, woodblocks: Nikos Lavranos
    tenor saxophone: Yorgos Tsotsis
    bongos, congas, timbales, shaker, cowbell, cymbals : Christos Sayient
    sound engineer: Markos Pinakoulakis

     

    ...
    guest percussionist:
    cajon, pandero, darbouka, small chinese Gong: Yiannis Moutsakis
    frame drum: Yiannis Papayianoulis

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