Et voici le Volume 2. A déguster avec un vieux Ron Abuelo. La Murga de Panama y Tropical Pusation!

Es Para Ti

Premier Volume d'une série consacrée au Panama. Selected by Miles Cleret from Soundway Records.

Tropical Groove en Fusion.

Psychedelic Afro-Beat, Latin, Hip-Hop, Soundtrack Music, Funky Beat...

Killah Soundz!

Ocote Soul Sounds is Martin Pena (Antibalas) & Adrian Quesada (Grupo Fantasma, Brownout) and their extended musical family spanning from Austin to New York to Washington DC to Sao Paulo.

Check It Out Now!

Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada :

El Niño Y El Sol (Aire Sol Records/ Eighteenth Street Loung Music, 2004)

The Alchemist Manifesto (Eighteenth Street Loung Music, 2008)

Coconut Rock (Eighteenth Street Loung Music, 2009)

Ocote Soul Sounds :

Taurus (Eighteenth Street Loung Music, 2011)

Latin Soul & Boogaloo From Nueva York.

The group was formed in 2011 by singer/producer Ray Lugo previously known for leading the Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra.

2 Lps released on London's Freestyle Records. Big Up! 

Funky Afro-Cuban Grooves from Areito/Egrem Records compiled by Tom Wieland. Big Up to Freestyle Records.

Press Release :
Right in time for the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution legendary Bavarian DJ & producer Tom Wieland (7 samurai, panOptikum & Les Gammas - Compost Records) is coming on strong with his version of the story. 12 lost rare grooves from the vaults of the Egrem/Areito studios in Havanna get after 5 years of work a proper reissue at last!
Cuba was a late 20th Century anomaly: a communist government that fostered a vibrant, influential, and essential musical output. Cuban sounds resonate and persist in music throughout Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the United States. In the 1960s and 70s, Cuban music played just as big a role in the development of popular music styles in Central and West Africa as anything coming out of the U.S. or Europe.
Tom Wieland, Bavarian music producer & DJ has taken note of the overwhelming response to the funky Cuban tracks he plays in his sets and decided it was time to make some of this elusive music available to everyone, complete with well researched liners and a wealth of background information.
If you're into Cuban music beyond Buena Vista, Arturo Sandoval and Celia Cruz, you'll likely recognize some of these names, Juan Formell y Los Van Van, Orquesta Riverside, Juan Pablo Torres, Irakere but you'll likely scratch your head at some others.
Tom Wielands new compilation "Revolucion!" digs deep to provide a nice mix of straight-ahead funk and psychedelic experimentation, with frequent hints of more traditional sound.
Feliz cumpleanos, Cuba!

Israeli Funk-Soul-jazz supergroup. La Fusion du Groove. So Funky!

Consisting of a drummer, upright bassist, 4 brass, 2 DJs and a sound console operator. They play funk, jazz and groove. The Apples started out in 2002, when a friend assembled the members of Radio Trip (Ofer Tal, known as SchoolMaster, and Uri Wertheim, known as MixMonster), drummer Yoni Halevy and bassist Shai Ran. The idea was to create a funky base combined with samples, scratching and a dominant brass division.

Mitz (Audio Montage, Bumbaklaat, 2003)

Attention! (Audio Montage, 2005)

Buzzin About (Freestyle Records, 2008)

Kings (Freestyle Records, 2010)

Fly On It (Audio Montage, 2010)

Dragonz (Not On Label, 2016)

On reste au Nigeria et en 1973, peut-être l'année la plus funky!

Dans la série "album qui déboite", la saga continue...

La réponse de Soul Jazz à Trojan.

Jamaican Funk & Soulful Reggae 45s!

Studio One Funk : "The album is a first for Studio One and Soul Jazz as it is compiled of mainly unreleased material from the vaults of Studio One. This CD shows how American Funk influenced Jamaican artists as heavily as Soul music had been an influence in the Rocksteady era and Rhythm and Blues in the Ska period."

Jamaica Funk : "The music on this album contains original Jamaican funk and soul mainly released on 45s released in the years 1972-78. These cross-cultural musical gems exist on account of the hidden triangle of communication between 3 countries: America, Jamaica and Britain.

The first link is the influence of American music on that of Jamaica from the late-1950s onwards; the second is the way in which, from the 1960s onwards, the new emerging market for Jamaican music in the UK influenced the styles of reggae coming out of Kingston.

As a phase in the history of black American music, funk and soul spans from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s (roughly between rhythm and blues and disco); but throughout the world, funk and soul was also absorbed into the musical melting pot of many different countries: from the afro-beat of Fela Kuti, the boogaloo of Tito Puente to the diverse sounds emanating from Kingston in the late-1960s and early-1970s.

The connection between funk, soul and reggae is one of the strongest, all three containing a certain rawness and concentration on rhythm. Everyone knows the influence of rhythm and blues on ska and of soul music on rocksteady - both fostered by the powerful US radio stations in New York, Miami and New Orleans beaming the music across the Atlantic..." Soul Jazz Records

The Funky States Of America!

Merci à Jazzman pour toutes ces pépites. Raw & Heavy.

Texas Funk: Hard Texas Funk 1968-1975 (2002)

Midwest Funk: Funk 45s From Tornado Alley (2003)

Florida Funk: Funk 45'S From The Alligator State (2006)

Carolina Funk: Funk 45s From The Atlantic Coast (2007)

Heavy Funk, Afro & Soulful beats. High Quality Work.

Comme on aime chez FunkyGrooves.

Since forming as a quartet 15 years ago, Speedometer has been at the forefront of the funk and soul scene. Their music has been on the playlist of every funk and soul DJ dropping their heavy funk, latin or soulful beats on dancefloors around the world. Their music has also been the backdrop for countless TV shows and even Hollywood film trailers and has inspired a new a generation of funk bands too.

The early days were small gigs, playing Meters covers and Meters-inspired originals (hence the name). As the attention grew, so did the band, from a quartet up to the 10-piece outfit seen today. On the way, there have been countless singles, a load of albums, collaborations with some of legendary names in soul and funk, and toured all over Europe and Japan.

2 compilations diggées sur le Net, a long time ago. Sur un site qui n'existe plus et dont j'ai perdu le nom.

Si son propriétaire se reconnaît, tout mon respect et ma gratitude pour cette selection.

Des Hits Soul, Funk à la sauce Jamaicaine. Furieusement FunkyGroove.

Un régal / delightful!

Street Funk And Jazz Grooves.

Big Up RVG.

Blue Note Classic Records: Funky Jazz Series Part. 4

Richard Grooves Holme - Comin' On Home - 1971
Grant Green - The Final Comedown - 1972
Horace Silver - Total Response (The United States Of Mind / Phase 2) - 1972
Donald Byrd - Street Lady - 1973
Eddie Henderson - Heritage - 1976

BLUE, BREAK, BEATS

"Some downtempo grooves on a jazzy – and funky – tip" dixit Larry. Big Up!

The third volume of the Afrobeat Makers Series by Comet : Nu Guinea - The Tony Allen Experiments
By re-working the original magic drum patterns from the Afrobeat master Tony Allen, Nu Guinea created a compilation of tracks which is charged by a voluminous electronic jazz-Psyche funk imprint.
For this release, Comet records teamed up with Early Sounds recordings, the Berlin label also home to duo berliners Nu Guinea.

• Bongos, Congas, Percussion – Adam Paweł Dziewiałtowski Gintowt
• Drums – Tony Allen
• Drums [Reconstructed] – Massimo Di Lena
• Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Lucio Aquilina
• Mastered By – Cem Oral
• Other [Additional FX] – Mr. Venec
• Vocals [Additional] – Malu Aliqun
• Written-By, Producer – Nu Guinea

Tony Allen Legacy!

La France a le Groove et la Sono Mondiale dans ses gènes. Big Up.

"Autant prévenir tout de suite : il va falloir pousser les meubles. Capable d'ensoleiller les soirées les plus sombres, le groupe français Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra dispense avec une rare ferveur les rythmes les plus soutenus. Opérant une nouvelle fois une fusion entre l'afro-beat, le jazz-funk, le hip-hop et le soul-jazz, « Ayodegi » ravira les mélomanes en quête de groove roboratifs. Fondé en 2007 par le multi-percussionniste Masta Conga et composé de différents artistes issus de la scène underground parisienne, les dix musiciens (deux trompettistes, deux saxophonistes, deux percusionnistes, un clavier, une guitare, une basse et une batterie) ne connaissent aucune baisse de régime. Même les rares titres chantés restent dans le ton. Peu de messages donc ici, juste le projet de marteler les cadences. Et de rappeler que la meilleure façon de danser, c'est de mettre un pied devant l'autre. Et de recommencer." Les Echos

Latin Soul & Boogaloo Dynamite Funk

I told you, The Funky16Corners Saga continues... BIG UP Larry!

Blue Note Classic Records : Funky Jazz Series Part. 3 

Jimmy McGriff -  Electric Funk 1970
Grant Green - Alive! - 1970
Grant Green - Green Is Beautiful - 1970
Lou Donaldson - Everything I Play Is Funky - 1970
Candido - Beautiful - 1971

La source des samples du Hip-Hop 90's

BLUE, BREAK, BEATS