Nuno Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 What the title says, really. Has there been any good soul/funk music coming out as of late? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxdestroyer Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 i doubt anything as funky as this will ever be made again thats why i stick to old skool funk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Disappointing DV. Nothing from Chris, Jon, Sy? Even Bimcer? Hey n00n, try Dam Funk or some of the Stones Throw artists or indeed anything off the Tru Thoughts label. They're based in Brighton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Check out Daptone records mate, they got some really good funk / soul stuff. They try to use old recording methods to give the sound an older sound. Check: Sharon Jones, Lee Fields and the Expressions, Charles Bradley, The Menahan Street band (his band), The Budos Band, Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble got some pretty funky stuff too. Also, the bamboos, the apples, the haggis horns Craig Charles actually has a pretty good radio show playing this stuff, can't remember what station he's on these days. Also Wax Destroyer, I'd like to argue this is funkier than what you posted! (esp 3 min 50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEqaFFxnUAg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Post a couple of examples of things you like..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I was gonna post on this, but I've been out of the loop for the last year or so... So all I could think of was stuff from then or before - Tru Thoughts, Daptone, MPM, Bamboos, Apples, Hypnotic, etc - and I didn't want the cool kids to calling me out for being a year behind. Luckily It seems that nothing has happened for the past year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuno Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Ah, cheers guys, thanks for the suggestions. I was thinking stuff more in the Daptone mould, throwback soul-funk, or deep funk if you'd rather, more than the George Clinton type of funk. I'll make sure to check out some of the names Doob mentioned and that I didn't know about, and I've also found out that a documentary on Charles Bradley came out a couple of months ago. I feel inclined to agree with Rock Well, though, not much seems to be happening these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I was gonna post on this, but I've been out of the loop for the last year or so... So all I could think of was stuff from then or before - Tru Thoughts, Daptone, MPM, Bamboos, Apples, Hypnotic, etc - and I didn't want the cool kids to calling me out for being a year behind. Luckily It seems that nothing has happened for the past year. Why you gotta always put me down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Doob - Woah, hold on - that was never a put down... as someone younger than me, living in London, currently both going to and playing regular gigs, I really do consider you way cooler than me. Plus, I'm sure you have a much better knowledge of what's been happening with new music coming out over the last couple of years... the best I could offer here is the names of bands whose singles i bought about 5 years ago. Nuno - Go back just a few years and there was a rash of 45s coming out by new bands aping classic funk and soul and doing funky cover versions (before Ronson killed that one). Many were from one-off artists, but some did a bit more. Some names to check out if you haven't already; Melting Pot Music, Lefties Soul Connection, El Michels Affair, The Sweet Vandals, Breakestra, The Bamboos, The Apples, Orgone, Quantic (in all guises from Quantic Soul Orchestra to Flowering Inferno), Hot 8 Brass Band, The Heliocentrics... and of course all the Tru Thoughts, Daptone stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Get some Shaolin Afronauts in your life: - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jMq3bIpo0s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 http://youtu.be/xWFKwuin_ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Doob - Woah, hold on - that was never a put down... as someone younger than me, living in London, currently both going to and playing regular gigs, I really do consider you way cooler than me. Plus, I'm sure you have a much better knowledge of what's been happening with new music coming out over the last couple of years... the best I could offer here is the names of bands whose singles i bought about 5 years ago. Ha i was only kidding mang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I read d00b's post before he edited it to add that smiley on the end. He wasn't kidding. /stirring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 A lot of this newish throwback funk seems a bit reinventing the wheel, though El Michaels Affair album is tight. Also a group called Magic In Threes, apologies if they're already mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Doob - Woah, hold on - that was never a put down... as someone younger than me, living in London, currently both going to and playing regular gigs, I really do consider you way cooler than me. Plus, I'm sure you have a much better knowledge of what's been happening with new music coming out over the last couple of years... the best I could offer here is the names of bands whose singles i bought about 5 years ago. Ha i was only kidding mangStop teasing the elderly. #kidsgotnorespectthesedays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Does anyone make the distinction I call wet/dry when it comes to funk? Bass heavy funk with squelchy synths like p-funk or Zapp is "wet" and older, funky drummer James Brown type stuff (whet Nuno calls "deep funk") is "dry". You've got to have a system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I love the wet/dry distinction. I never knew how to put it into words so succinctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I've been pushing it for years but it won't catch on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattnice Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 That's what Lauren said to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 2/10 That's what...etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I'd differ them on era rather than wet/dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I'd differ them on era rather than wet/dryMe too, although I quite like wet/dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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