Dilated Choonz: funk

Dilated Choonz: funk http://dilate.choonz.com?cat=funk A cream-of-the-crop selection of music from the Dilate and P*Soul crew Dilated Choonz is brought to you by the Dilate and P*Soul crews - an international collective of music-lovers and friends who (in one form or another) have been putting on parties since 1998. Expect to enjoy many different styles of all good music. Dilated Choonz is brought to you by the Dilate and P*Soul crews - an international collective of music-lovers and friends who (in one form or another) have been putting on parties since 1998. Expect to enjoy many different styles of all good music. en-gb Dilated Choonz dilaters@googlemail.com dilaters@googlemail.com (Dilated Choonz) Dilated Choonz http://dilate.choonz.com/audio/rssimage.jpg Dilated Choonz http://dilate.choonz.com Tue, 21 May 2013 10:06:43 +0100 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:12:00 +0000 Loudblog no Music News & Politics Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:12:00 +0000 Happy Birthday Mr Bowie http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=2005 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=2005 Hal Berstram Hal Berstram no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=2005#comments > p*soul, funk, soul, *now offline* > p*soul funk soul *now offline* David Bowie – John I’m Only Dancing (Again) 1975 Sorry for prolonged absence from this blog… I’ve returned to mark the occasion of David Bowie’s 65th birthday with a little tune from 1975, which (I think) was an outtake David Bowie – John I’m Only Dancing (Again) 1975 Sorry for prolonged absence from this blog… I’ve returned to mark the occasion of David Bowie’s 65th birthday with a little tune from 1975, which (I think) was an outtake from the sessions for Young Americans. It’s essentially a funk remake of the 1972 single “John I’m Only Dancing”, and the basic musical structure was used with different lyrics and an additional main two-chord theme as “Stay” on Bowie’s 1976 Station To Station LP. “John I’m Only Dancing (Again) 1975” was issued as a single in 1979 (in 7” and 12” versions – the version uploaded here is the 7 inch mix, largely because I didn’t have any mp3 copy of the 12 inch mix to hand, and my old 12 inch single of it is in storage at the moment). The 12” version was also an extra track on the early 90s CD reissues of Bowie’s back catalogue on Rykodisc (sadly the newer EMI reissues don’t have any extra tracks on them). I own it on an early 80s compilation called (strangely enough) “Rare Bowie” from which I might post another oddity soon…) Anyway I am to be more active here this year, so see yon soon. note: the mp3 file begins with about 5 seconds of silence due to poor editing by me. Sorry. <p><b>David Bowie</b> – <i>John I’m Only Dancing (Again) 1975</i></p> <p>Sorry for prolonged absence from this blog… I’ve returned to mark the occasion of David Bowie’s 65th birthday with a little tune from 1975, which (I think) was an outtake from the sessions for <i>Young Americans</i>. It’s essentially a funk remake of the 1972 single “John I’m Only Dancing”, and the basic musical structure was used with different lyrics and an additional main two-chord theme as “Stay” on Bowie’s 1976 <i>Station To Station</i> LP. </p> <p>“John I’m Only Dancing (Again) 1975” was issued as a single in 1979 (in 7” and 12” versions – the version uploaded here is the 7 inch mix, largely because I didn’t have any mp3 copy of the 12 inch mix to hand, and my old 12 inch single of it is in storage at the moment). The 12” version was also an extra track on the early 90s CD reissues of Bowie’s back catalogue on Rykodisc (sadly the newer EMI reissues don’t have any extra tracks on them). I own it on an early 80s compilation called (strangely enough) “Rare Bowie” from which I might post another oddity soon…) Anyway I am to be more active here this year, so see yon soon.</p> <p><i>note: the mp3 file begins with about 5 seconds of silence due to poor editing by me. Sorry.</i></p><ul> <li> <a href="http://davidbowie.com/" title="">David Bowie's website</a> :: </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-David-Bowie-1974-1979/dp/B000009RNP/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1326041653&sr=1-1" title="on the "Best of Bowie 1974-79" compilation">Buy the track</a> :: on the "Best of Bowie 1974-79" compilation</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/David_Bowie_-_John_Im_Only_Dancing_Again.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:20:00 +0000 New Year Soul (3) http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1945 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1945 The Mighty Alboy The Mighty Alboy no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1945#comments > p*soul, soul, funk, *now offline* > p*soul soul funk *now offline* Mayer Hawthorne- “The Ills” Completing (belatedly) the trio of soul for 2011, is this new school number from Stonesthrow’s Mayer Hawthorne. Born and raised in Michigan, his sound is rooted in Motown soul. With his falsetto vocals Mayer Hawthorne- “The Ills” Completing (belatedly) the trio of soul for 2011, is this new school number from Stonesthrow’s Mayer Hawthorne. Born and raised in Michigan, his sound is rooted in Motown soul. With his falsetto vocals and multiple-instrumental talents, he’s part Smokey, part Curtis and part Stevie, but although he’s real old school, and draws from the same well, he’s got his own style and sensibility too. I strongly recommend getting his album A Strange Arrangement (see Stonesthrow link below). He’s also something of a vinyl junkie and purveyor of soul rarities- if you can find it, I also recommend his Soul with a Hole mix. <p><strong>Mayer Hawthorne- “The Ills”</strong></p> <p>Completing (belatedly) the trio of soul for 2011, is this new school number from Stonesthrow’s <strong>Mayer Hawthorne</strong>. </p> <p>Born and raised in Michigan, his sound is rooted in Motown soul. With his falsetto vocals and multiple-instrumental talents, he’s part Smokey, part Curtis and part Stevie, but although he’s real old school, and draws from the same well, he’s got his own style and sensibility too. </p> <p>I strongly recommend getting his album <i>A Strange Arrangement</i> (see Stonesthrow link below).</p> <p>He’s also something of a vinyl junkie and purveyor of soul rarities- if you can find it, I also recommend his <i>Soul with a Hole</i> mix.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mayerhawthorne" title="">Mayer MySpace</a> :: </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/mayerhawthorne" title="">Stonesthrow label- buy stuff from here!</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/09-mayer_hawthorne-the_ills.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:05:00 +0000 New Year Soul (2) http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1943 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1943 The Mighty Alboy The Mighty Alboy no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1943#comments > p*soul, funk, soul, *now offline* > p*soul funk soul *now offline* Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens – “What Have You Done, My Brother?” Not much time to write, but wanted to whack this up to keep to my new year’s “once a week, minimum” posting resolution. Fortunately, this Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens – “What Have You Done, My Brother?” Not much time to write, but wanted to whack this up to keep to my new year’s “once a week, minimum” posting resolution. Fortunately, this track from Alabama-born gospel veteran Naomi Shelton speaks rousingly for itself- and the pedigree of the artists involved, some of whom performed in the early days with James Brown and Wilson Pickett, is fully evident. Daptone Records have signed her/them, and the What have you done LP, released in 2009 was their first major release. Get over there and check ‘em out! <p><strong>Naomi Shelton and The Gospel Queens – “What Have You Done, My Brother?”</strong></p> <p>Not much time to write, but wanted to whack this up to keep to my new year’s “once a week, minimum” posting resolution.</p> <p>Fortunately, this track from Alabama-born gospel veteran <strong>Naomi Shelton</strong> speaks rousingly for itself- and the pedigree of the artists involved, some of whom performed in the early days with James Brown and Wilson Pickett, is fully evident.</p> <p>Daptone Records have signed her/them, and the <i>What have you done</i> LP, released in 2009 was their first major release. Get over there and check ‘em out!</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.daptonerecords.com/" title="">Buy Naomi Shelton from Daptone Records</a> :: </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/naomisheltonthegospelqueens" title="">Naomi Shelton's myspace</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/04_-_What_Have_You_Done.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:54:00 +0100 This one goes out to the Pope: welcome to our 3rd world country http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1938 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1938 Hal Berstram Hal Berstram no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1938#comments > DC homegrown, > p*soul, funk > DC homegrown > p*soul funk BTSM – (We’ll Arrest You) When You Step Off The Plane A little something topical for the kids now… those of you not on the Richard Branson space program probably know that the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope, is visiting BTSM – (We’ll Arrest You) When You Step Off The Plane A little something topical for the kids now… those of you not on the Richard Branson space program probably know that the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope, is visiting the UK over the next few days. Last month, three members of the Burning Lodge immersion composition group entered a rehearsal studio in Bermondsey to record a selection of freeform jams, sonic experiments and in-jokes. In other words it was very similar to the recording sessions for Guns’n’Roses’s “Chinese Democracy” album but took about a billionth of the time. Around 2 and a half hours of material emerged from the sessions – ranging from in the sweet spot to 1-bit unlistenable. This 8-minute effort, excerpted from a longer 34-minute track, was the most topical ‘song’ of the day (with the exception of a track about 25 per cent spending cuts and odes to the late Tony Wilson and Mr Dave Smith, creator of the Evolver synth). My colleagues Ben and Martin (aka Brothers Buffalo and Sewing Machine) acquit themselves wonderfully. Ben delivers the lyrics with considerable elan: it’s the best delivery since Hunter S Thompson’s story about 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern who went up to a heckler, put his arm round the bastard, and said “I have a secret for you… kiss my ass.” The music is a fractured groove – a bit messy, but certainly something that could be worked on. I’m particularly proud of the mighty irritating synth arpeggiation that comes in at about 5 minutes in – funky funky. The weird Hawkwind-style background noises are courtesy of the Dave Smith Evolver – a truly untameable beast. If you want to read a good article about the true purpose of the pope’s visit, Andrew Brown in the Guardian has a go(o)d hypothesis. I was going to go on the demo this Saturday but not sure if I’ll have enough time. But maybe. <p><strong>BTSM</strong> – <i>(We’ll Arrest You) When You Step Off The Plane</i></p> <p>A little something topical for the kids now… those of you not on the Richard Branson space program probably know that the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope, is visiting the UK over the next few days. </p> <p>Last month, three members of the <a href=http://www.burninglodge.com>Burning Lodge</a> immersion composition group entered a rehearsal studio in Bermondsey to record a selection of freeform jams, sonic experiments and in-jokes. In other words it was very similar to the recording sessions for Guns’n’Roses’s “Chinese Democracy” album but took about a billionth of the time. </p> <p>Around 2 and a half hours of material emerged from the sessions – ranging from in the sweet spot to 1-bit unlistenable. This 8-minute effort, excerpted from a longer 34-minute track, was the most topical ‘song’ of the day (with the exception of a track about 25 per cent spending cuts and odes to the late Tony Wilson and Mr Dave Smith, creator of the Evolver synth). </p> <p>My colleagues Ben and Martin (aka Brothers Buffalo and Sewing Machine) acquit themselves wonderfully. Ben delivers the lyrics with considerable elan: it’s the best delivery since Hunter S Thompson’s story about 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern who went up to a heckler, put his arm round the bastard, and said “I have a secret for you… kiss my ass.”</p> <p>The music is a fractured groove – a bit messy, but certainly something that could be worked on. I’m particularly proud of the mighty irritating synth arpeggiation that comes in at about 5 minutes in – funky funky. The weird Hawkwind-style background noises are courtesy of the Dave Smith Evolver – a truly untameable beast. </p> <p>If you want to read a good article about the true purpose of the pope’s visit, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/sep/15/cardinal-kasper-vatican-true-beliefs">Andrew Brown</a> in the Guardian has a go(o)d hypothesis.</p> <p>I was going to go on the demo this Saturday but not sure if I’ll have enough time. But maybe.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.burninglodge.com/audio/BL-36-BTSM-02-alongun.mp3.mp3" title="(probably only online for a month or so)">longer version of this track</a> :: (probably only online for a month or so)</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11278500" title="about tacky Pope souvenirs - "Benedictaphone", anyone?">hilarious article</a> :: about tacky Pope souvenirs - "Benedictaphone", anyone?</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/BTSM-WhenYouStepOffThePlane.mp3">File Download (8:00 min / 9 MB)</a></p> 00:08:00 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:33:00 +0100 A combination of the old and the new http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1917 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1917 P Rice P Rice no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1917#comments > p*soul, soul, funk, *now offline* > p*soul soul funk *now offline* 6th Borough Project – Planets While I’m here, this is a tune I’ve been enjoying recently. 6th Borough Project – Planets While I’m here, this is a tune I’ve been enjoying recently. <p>6th Borough Project – Planets</p> <p>While I’m here, this is a tune I’ve been enjoying recently.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.juno.co.uk/search/?quick_search_records=m_physical&q=6th+Borough+Project&qs=1&s_search_precision=any&s_search_type=all&s_genre_id=0000" title="">6th Borough Project Tunes at Juno</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Planets.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:06:00 +0100 Campaign tracks (1) http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1912 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1912 Hal Berstram Hal Berstram no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1912#comments > p*soul, funk, old school, *now offline* > p*soul funk old school *now offline* for the Conservative Party: Can – Blue Bag (inside paper) In recognition of the forthcoming UK general election, I thought it would be nice to pick some funky campaign songs for the main parties. First up (for no particular reason), the Tories for the Conservative Party: Can – Blue Bag (inside paper) In recognition of the forthcoming UK general election, I thought it would be nice to pick some funky campaign songs for the main parties. First up (for no particular reason), the Tories (for the benefit of non-UK readers of this blog, that is the nickname for the Conservative Party). I think Can’s “Blue Bag (Inside Paper)”, from their outtakes album Unlimited Edition sums up the Tories’ appeal to the electorate. Once you take away the paper-thin moderate veneer, it’s the same old “blue bag”. I won’t say more than that here, as I’m sure people aren’t reading this blog for a political rant. But feel free to provide one in the comments. At least three more party-themed songs over the next couple of weeks before polling on May 6th. Kickin’. <p><strong>for the Conservative Party:</strong></p> <p><strong>Can</strong> – <em>Blue Bag (inside paper)</em></p> <p>In recognition of the forthcoming UK general election, I thought it would be nice to pick some funky campaign songs for the main parties. First up (for no particular reason), the Tories (for the benefit of non-UK readers of this blog, that is the nickname for the Conservative Party). </p> <p>I think Can’s “Blue Bag (Inside Paper)”, from their outtakes album <em>Unlimited Edition</em> sums up the Tories’ appeal to the electorate. Once you take away the paper-thin moderate veneer, it’s the same old “blue bag”. I won’t say more than that here, as I’m sure people aren’t reading this blog for a political rant. But feel free to provide one in the comments. </p> <p>At least three more party-themed songs over the next couple of weeks before polling on May 6th. Kickin’.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=113224" title="on the reissued CD of "Unlimited Edition" with vastly improved sound quality from the drivel I've served up here... from the very funky Rough Trade shop in London">Buy it here</a> :: on the reissued CD of "Unlimited Edition" with vastly improved sound quality from the drivel I've served up here... from the very funky Rough Trade shop in London</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Can_-_Blue_Bag_Inside_Paper.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:29:00 +0100 Shatner's Bassoon http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1857 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1857 The Mighty Alboy The Mighty Alboy no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1857#comments > p*soul, funk, *now offline* > p*soul funk *now offline* Roy Budd – “I Think I’m Being Followed” Following Squeaker’s Post of Goodbye Carter off Roy Budd’s soundtrack for “Get Carter”, I was reminded of how extremely groovy that soundtrack is, and resolved to Roy Budd – “I Think I’m Being Followed” Following Squeaker’s Post of Goodbye Carter off Roy Budd’s soundtrack for “Get Carter”, I was reminded of how extremely groovy that soundtrack is, and resolved to check some more Roy Budd soundtracks in the hope of finding some similarly cool music. This track is off the soundtrack to a sev’s heist movie called Diamonds, and features a nifty bass and strings introduction, followed by a medium heavy samplicious funk break, replete with what sounds like some kind of bassy clarinet, horns, jazz flute and even a harpsichord. Very groovy. Shame it’s on the short side…. <p><strong>Roy Budd – “I Think I’m Being Followed”</strong><br /> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/3750728714_02bac761df.jpg?v=0" alt="Diamonds" vspace="10" width="315" align="right" height="320" hspace="10"></p> <p>Following <a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1838"><em>Squeaker’s Post</em></a> of <i>Goodbye Carter</i> off <strong>Roy Budd’s</strong> soundtrack for “Get Carter”, I was reminded of how extremely groovy that soundtrack is, and resolved to check some more Roy Budd soundtracks in the hope of finding some similarly cool music.</p> <p>This track is off the soundtrack to a sev’s heist movie called <i>Diamonds</i>, and features a nifty bass and strings introduction, followed by a medium heavy samplicious funk break, replete with what sounds like some kind of bassy clarinet, horns, jazz flute and even a harpsichord. Very groovy.</p> <p>Shame it’s on the short side….</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00004WWT7/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1248387867&sr=8-1" title="">buy it from these guys</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/11_I_Think_Im_Being_Followed.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Sun, 24 May 2009 06:47:00 +0100 71 years and still groovin' http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1835 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1835 Hal Berstram Hal Berstram no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1835#comments > p*soul, funk, weird, *now offline* > p*soul funk weird *now offline* Holger Czukay – Persian Love This post is as a tribute to the best gig I’ve seen in years – Holger Czukay at the Roundhouse, London on 14 May. It was the best performance I’d ever seen by an artist in the free bus pass age Holger Czukay – Persian Love This post is as a tribute to the best gig I’ve seen in years – Holger Czukay at the Roundhouse, London on 14 May. It was the best performance I’d ever seen by an artist in the free bus pass age group, and indeed one of the best performances I’ve ever seen by an artist of any age. More details here. My previous hero in this age group was country star Willie Nelson – largely because Willie had to record an album for the US Internal Revenue Service just because he owed so much unpaid income tax, and also he was busted for possession of mushrooms at age 73. ROCK’N’ROLL! I can’t see Willie Nelson contributing live improvisation over a Schubert string quartet at a gig, though (although I would be pleased to be proved wrong.) I should say something about the track really… this is from Holger’s 1980 album “Movies” which was a pioneer in fusing Western dance music beats with sounds from “the East” (middle East in this case). “Cool In The Pool” from the same album is better known but I really like this one. One could call it “fusion” except that that particular category is reserved for the frenetic 1970s collision of jazz and rock… I’ve put this in the “funk/weird” category but it defies easy description. Right, now it’s off to the car boot sale and I may post something that I find there later on (if it’s suitable. Or even better, if it’s not.) <p><b>Holger Czukay</b> – <i>Persian Love</i></p> <p>This post is as a tribute to the best gig I’ve seen in years – Holger Czukay at the Roundhouse, London on 14 May. It was the best performance I’d ever seen by an artist in the free bus pass age group, and indeed one of the best performances I’ve ever seen by an artist of any age. More details <a href="http://brothertypewriter.blogspot.com/2009/05/live-review-holger-czukay-at-roundhouse.html">here.</a></p> <p>My previous hero in this age group was country star Willie Nelson – largely because Willie had to record an album for the US Internal Revenue Service just because he owed so much unpaid income tax, and also he was busted for possession of mushrooms at age 73. ROCK’N’ROLL! I can’t see Willie Nelson contributing live improvisation over a Schubert string quartet at a gig, though (although I would be pleased to be proved wrong.)</p> <p>I should say something about the track really… this is from Holger’s 1980 album “Movies” which was a pioneer in fusing Western dance music beats with sounds from “the East” (middle East in this case). “Cool In The Pool” from the same album is better known but I really like this one. One could call it “fusion” except that that particular category is reserved for the frenetic 1970s collision of jazz and rock… I’ve put this in the “funk/weird” category but it defies easy description.</p> <p>Right, now it’s off to the car boot sale and I may post something that I find there later on (if it’s suitable. Or even better, if it’s not.)</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=283072" title="from the ever brilliant Rough Trade shop">buy online</a> :: from the ever brilliant Rough Trade shop</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.czukay.de/" title="Crazy stuff from the ex-Can Man">Holger Czukay's website</a> :: Crazy stuff from the ex-Can Man</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Holger_Czukay_-_Persian_love.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Sun, 03 May 2009 08:41:00 +0100 Papa's got a brand new flu strain http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1832 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1832 Hal Berstram Hal Berstram no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1832#comments > p*soul, funk, old school, *now offline* > p*soul funk old school *now offline* Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag The recent outbreak of ‘swine flu’ had me thinking about pig-themed tracks and to be honest, I couldn’t think of many good ones. Pink Floyd’s “Pigs (Three Different Pigbag – Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag The recent outbreak of ‘swine flu’ had me thinking about pig-themed tracks and to be honest, I couldn’t think of many good ones. Pink Floyd’s “Pigs (Three Different Ones)”, despite a welcome dig at Mary Whitehouse, is the weakest track on their Animals lp and the Beatles’ “Piggies” is a similarly duff component of the ridiculously uneven White Album. Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” is classic heavy metal, but a bit too much for 8.30am on Sunday morning. And so I was left with Pigbag – a short-lived early 80s British funk outfit who achieved huge success with this single in 1982 before splitting up the year after. The 7” mix of this is reasonably easy to get hold of on umpteen “best of the 80s” compilations, and the reissue of Pigbag’s album Dr Heckle and Mr Jive on BMG in 2000 featured the 7” mix as an extra track. But I’m not sure if the 12” mix is still available elsewhere. Which is a shame, ‘cos it’s great. <p><b>Pigbag</b> – <i>Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag</i></p> <p>The recent outbreak of ‘swine flu’ had me thinking about pig-themed tracks and to be honest, I couldn’t think of many good ones. Pink Floyd’s “Pigs (Three Different Ones)”, despite a welcome dig at Mary Whitehouse, is the weakest track on their <i>Animals</i> lp and the Beatles’ “Piggies” is a similarly duff component of the ridiculously uneven <i>White Album</i>. </p> <p>Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” is classic heavy metal, but a bit too much for 8.30am on Sunday morning. </p> <p>And so I was left with Pigbag – a short-lived early 80s British funk outfit who achieved huge success with this single in 1982 before splitting up the year after. The 7” mix of this is reasonably easy to get hold of on umpteen “best of the 80s” compilations, and the reissue of Pigbag’s album <i>Dr Heckle and Mr Jive</i> on BMG in 2000 featured the 7” mix as an extra track. But I’m not sure if the 12” mix is still available elsewhere. Which is a shame, ‘cos it’s great.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Heckle-Mr-Jive-Pigbag/dp/B000050XIW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1241336784&sr=1-1" title="(includes 7" mix)">Buy the album</a> :: (includes 7" mix)</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Pigbag-Papas-Got-A-Brand-New-Pigbag-As-It-Was-Live/release/76841" title="on discogs... seems to be fairly cheap">Buy original 12"</a> :: on discogs... seems to be fairly cheap</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Pigbag_-_Papas_Got_A_Brand_New_Pigbag.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:19:00 +0100 Jungle Dub from 1969! http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1827 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1827 The Double K The Double K no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1827#comments > p*soul, funk, breakbeat & hardcore, *now offline* > p*soul funk breakbeat & hardcore *now offline* Franz Auffray – Sweet Popcorn Part II Franz Auffray – Sweet Popcorn Part II <p><strong>Franz Auffray</strong> – <em>Sweet Popcorn Part II</em></p> <p><img src="images/original-popcorn.jpg" align="right" width="240" ="height="248" alt="Original Popcorn" hspace="10" vspace="10" /> I’m not just posting this track because it is so remarkably <strong>way</strong> ahead of it’s time, but also because it’s a damn funky great listen too.</p> <p>From a rare & sought-after 1969 psychedelic-funk LP <em>Original Popcorn</em> (although I read somewhere that the recording was actually made in ‘67), here we have breaks that are looped, chopped, twisted and phased in much they same way 90’s Jungle does – putting it around 25 years ahead of its time. Impressive stuff.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=auffray" title="...just in case you didn't believe me when I said it was rare & sought-after!">Auction history Original Popcorn</a> :: ...just in case you didn't believe me when I said it was rare & sought-after!</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?release_id=618104&ev=rb" title="">Buy it here for 330 Euros(!)</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Franz_Auffray_-_Sweet_Popcorn_Part_2_1969.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:45:00 +0000 Tribute to the Winners of the US Election http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1764 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1764 Babe Rainbow Babe Rainbow no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1764#comments > p*soul, soul, funk, *now offline* > p*soul soul funk *now offline* Billy Paul – Let ‘Em In This was a great charity shop find by Hal and me. Soul singer Billy Paul had already had a massive hit on the Philadelphia International Label with Me and Mrs Jones in 1972, which was a platinum selling US no.1. Billy Paul – Let ‘Em In This was a great charity shop find by Hal and me. Soul singer Billy Paul had already had a massive hit on the Philadelphia International Label with Me and Mrs Jones in 1972, which was a platinum selling US no.1. In 1976 he released the album Let ‘Em In. The title track is a cover of the Wings song, from their album Wings at the Speed of Sound also released in 1976. The original Wings track is a great, but slightly twee affair listing various friends and family members. However, Billy manages to turn it into a funky piece of affirmative action. Although probably best remembered for his softer, poppier stuff, Billy was no slouch when it came to more political material as the glorious Brown Baby and stonking Am I Black Enough For You would testify. Apparently Billy is still around, still gigging and in 2003 finally won 500k in unpaid royalties. Good on ‘im. <p><b>Billy Paul</b> – <I>Let ‘Em In</i></p> <p>This was a great charity shop find by Hal and me. Soul singer Billy Paul had already had a massive hit on the Philadelphia International Label with <I>Me and Mrs Jones</i> in 1972, which was a platinum selling US no.1. </p> <p>In 1976 he released the album <i>Let ‘Em In</i>. The title track is a cover of the Wings song, from their album <I>Wings at the Speed of Sound</i> also released in 1976. The original Wings track is a great, but slightly twee affair listing various friends and family members. However, Billy manages to turn it into a funky piece of affirmative action. </p> <p>Although probably best remembered for his softer, poppier stuff, Billy was no slouch when it came to more political material as the glorious <i>Brown Baby</i> and stonking <i>Am I Black Enough For You</i> would testify.</p> <p>Apparently Billy is still around, still gigging and in 2003 finally won 500k in unpaid royalties. Good on ‘im.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0002OHYD0/ref=s9sims_c5_15_img1-rfc_p-frt_g1_si1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1HDERBGKFSBVDAM14P71&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=222506291&pf_rd_i=468294" title="from a duff major retailer">Buy it here</a> :: from a duff major retailer</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Billy_Paul_-_Let_Em_In.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:47:00 +0000 So who the hell IS Clutchy Hopkins? http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1759 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1759 P Rice P Rice no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1759#comments > p*soul, hip-hop, funk, *now offline* > p*soul hip-hop funk *now offline* Clutchy Hopkins – Song For Wolfie There’s been a fair bit of action around these parts recently, and I don’t wish to be left out so…. According to legend, Clutchy Hopkins is an instrumentalist/producer who has travelled the Clutchy Hopkins – Song For Wolfie There’s been a fair bit of action around these parts recently, and I don’t wish to be left out so…. According to legend, Clutchy Hopkins is an instrumentalist/producer who has travelled the world on a spritual and musical quest, and left a series of recordings dating from the 1970’s onwards. I’m not so sure about this, but whoever Clutchy Hopkins is/are, they have left us with a clutch (sorry) of really nice instrumental tracks, heavy on the drums, and with a few sounds from around the globe chucked in. More music to lie back and listen to than to dance to, it was difficult to pick one particular track to post, but this seemed as good as any. It comes from the album ‘Walking Backwards’, which was released earlier this year after (again according to legend) his daughter found some of his old tapes. Whatever the case, its both unusual and intriguing that Clutchy Hopkins’ true identity genuinely seems to remain a mystery. The MF Doom meets Clutchy Hopkins tracks are well worth checking out too. <p><img src="http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/images/UR221_200.jpg" width="140" height="160" align="right"/></p> <p>Clutchy Hopkins – Song For Wolfie</p> <p>There’s been a fair bit of action around these parts recently, and I don’t wish to be left out so….</p> <p>According to legend, Clutchy Hopkins is an instrumentalist/producer who has travelled the world on a spritual and musical quest, and left a series of recordings dating from the 1970’s onwards. I’m not so sure about this, but whoever Clutchy Hopkins is/are, they have left us with a clutch (sorry) of really nice instrumental tracks, heavy on the drums, and with a few sounds from around the globe chucked in.</p> <p>More music to lie back and listen to than to dance to, it was difficult to pick one particular track to post, but this seemed as good as any. It comes from the album ‘Walking Backwards’, which was released earlier this year after (again according to legend) his daughter found some of his old tapes. Whatever the case, its both unusual and intriguing that Clutchy Hopkins’ true identity genuinely seems to remain a mystery. The MF Doom meets Clutchy Hopkins tracks are well worth checking out too.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.fatcity.co.uk/sales/stocksearch.aspx?keyword=clutchy" title="">Buy his/her/their albums from Fat City</a> :: </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.clutchyhopkins.com/" title="">Who is Clutchy Hopkins?</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/02_song_for_wolfie.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:00 +0000 Sly's gonna knock you out! http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1754 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1754 The Mighty Alboy The Mighty Alboy no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1754#comments > p*soul, funk, soul, *now offline* > p*soul funk soul *now offline* Sly and the Family Stone – “trip to your heart” Not much funk’n’soul music, and- apologies dear listeners- not much of anything gets posted by me with any frequency on DC of late. To make some small amends for this sad Sly and the Family Stone – “trip to your heart” Not much funk’n’soul music, and- apologies dear listeners- not much of anything gets posted by me with any frequency on DC of late. To make some small amends for this sad and sorry state of affairs, here is a psychedelic soul bomb from the legendary Sly and the Family Stone. Real genre defining stuff, coming as it did from Sly’s debut 1967 album A whole new thing, although plenty wigged-out, this track stands out from the other psychedelic hippy sounds coming out of San Francisco at the time by virtue of it having a great beat in place of the stodgy stylings of other artists in the genre. As well as raising the bar for psychedelic soul, it also pre-dated and most likely did something to define funk music as we know it. This, combined with his own personal and insane musical talent, his progressive approach to racial and sexual integration within the band, and general prolific quality output makes Sly for me one of the most coolest and most profound modern dance music influences of all time. He is also the only man ever to sound funky while yodelling. Is that enough enthusing about Sly? Probably not, but it’ll have to do for now. We could also get into Larry Graham’s prowess with the bass- he was the guy who taught all the other funkateers how to play- and he had a little box to add distortion- here’s a clip from youtube of the man in action: Hip hop heads amongst you will recognise the kinda stoned chorus from straight to your heart was sampled on LL Cool J’s Mama said knock you out!. In case you never heard it, or wanna hear it again, here’s the low-budget video featuring the muscular MC Ladies Love Cool James: “Dont you ever, ever pull my lever!” <p><strong>Sly and the Family Stone – “trip to your heart”</strong></p> <p>Not much funk’n’soul music, and- apologies dear listeners- not much of anything gets posted by me with any frequency on DC of late.</p> <p>To make some small amends for this sad and sorry state of affairs, here is a psychedelic soul <strong>bomb</strong> from the legendary <strong>Sly and the Family Stone</strong>. </p> <p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2988038726_e7bdca32e1_m.jpg" width="240" height="219" vspace="10" alt="Sly Stone!"/><br /> Real genre defining stuff, coming as it did from Sly’s debut 1967 album <i>A whole new thing</i>, although plenty wigged-out, this track stands out from the other psychedelic hippy sounds coming out of San Francisco at the time by virtue of it having a great beat in place of the stodgy stylings of other artists in the genre. As well as raising the bar for psychedelic soul, it also pre-dated and most likely did something to define funk music as we know it. This, combined with his own personal and insane musical talent, his progressive approach to racial and sexual integration within the band, and general prolific quality output makes <strong>Sly</strong> for me one of the most coolest and most profound modern dance music influences of all time. He is also the only man ever to sound funky while yodelling.</p> <p>Is that enough enthusing about <strong>Sly</strong>? Probably not, but it’ll have to do for now.</p> <p>We could also get into Larry Graham’s prowess with the bass- he was the guy who taught all the other funkateers how to play- and he had a little box to add distortion- here’s a clip from youtube of the man in action:</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j2_SreKsg2k&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j2_SreKsg2k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Hip hop heads amongst you will recognise the kinda stoned chorus from <i>straight to your heart</i> was sampled on <strong>LL Cool J’s</strong> <i>Mama said knock you out!</I>.</p> <p>In case you never heard it, or wanna hear it again, here’s the low-budget video featuring the muscular MC <i>Ladies Love Cool James</i>:</p> <p>“Dont you ever, ever pull my lever!”</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-7l250E5uM4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-7l250E5uM4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whole-New-Thing-VINYL/dp/B00133KHEM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225376765&sr=8-2" title="">buy it on old timey vinyl at amazon</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/08_-_trip_to_your_heart.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:30:00 +0100 Ursine Sunshine http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1745 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1745 Kevvy K Kevvy K no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1745#comments > p*soul, funk, *now offline* > p*soul funk *now offline* Richard T. Bear – Sunshine Hotel (just walk on in) This got a spin last Sunday at the Horse Meat Disco, and also features on Filthy Luka’s contribution to DJ History’s monthly Mystery Mix series that you can download from here. Richard T. Bear – Sunshine Hotel (just walk on in) This got a spin last Sunday at the Horse Meat Disco, and also features on Filthy Luka’s contribution to DJ History’s monthly Mystery Mix series that you can download from here. It’s crammed full of soul and Brazillian beauties… not at all the disco stormer I was expecting, and I would hugely appreciate anyone who could tell me who the artiste is behind the frankly gobsmacking track at 38mins 30secs called I Just Can’t Help Myself. As for the ludicrously feelgood funk offering from Mr Bear, I am just going to rip off what it says on Discogs as it says all you need to know… “Its a very funky record and fun to listen to . Rhythm section is really jammin. Nice bottom on the Bass. Piano sounds like the piano player beat the hell out of it.The guys vocal is like a cross between Dr john and Joe cocker. Wish he made more records like this one.” BTW, the picture is of the endangered Malayan sun bear. <p><img src="http://mocii.com/uploads/posts/2007-12/1198512521__sun_bear.jpg" width="400" height="386" align="right"/></p> <p><strong>Richard T. Bear</strong> – <i>Sunshine Hotel (just walk on in)</i></p> <p>This got a spin last Sunday at the <a href="http://www.horsemeatdisco.co.uk/">Horse Meat Disco</a>, and also features on <strong>Filthy Luka’s</strong> contribution to <a href="http://www.djhistory.com/mixes">DJ History’s</a> monthly Mystery Mix series that you can download from <a href="http://www.djhistory.com/files/mixes/audio/Filthy%20Lukas%20Mystery%20Mix.mp3">here</a>. It’s crammed full of soul and Brazillian beauties… not at all the disco stormer I was expecting, and I would hugely appreciate anyone who could tell me who the artiste is behind the frankly gobsmacking track at 38mins 30secs called <i>I Just Can’t Help Myself</i>.</p> <p>As for the ludicrously feelgood funk offering from <strong>Mr Bear</strong>, I am just going to rip off what it says on <a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/331933">Discogs</a> as it says all you need to know…</p> <p>“Its a very funky record and fun to listen to . Rhythm section is really jammin. Nice bottom on the Bass. Piano sounds like the piano player beat the hell out of it.The guys vocal is like a cross between Dr john and Joe cocker. Wish he made more records like this one.”</p> <p>BTW, the picture is of the endangered Malayan sun bear.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28112458" title="">Filthy Luka on Myspace</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Richard_T._Bear_-_Sunshine_Hotel_just_walk_on_in_12_inch.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:26:00 +0100 Creatively used (and come camp) http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1709 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1709 Kevvy K Kevvy K no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1709#comments > p*soul, funk, edit, *now offline* > p*soul funk edit *now offline* Mark-E – Sun Shadow This has been out and about for a while now, and I plugged it when it was first avaibale, so hopefully I might not ruffle too many feathers by whacking it up now… from the very excellent Creative Use edit label that we Mark-E – Sun Shadow This has been out and about for a while now, and I plugged it when it was first avaibale, so hopefully I might not ruffle too many feathers by whacking it up now… from the very excellent Creative Use edit label that we have had tracks from a few times before. This very tasty piece of vinyl seems to have sold out in record shops all over the UK, but I spotted that you coudl still get it from Rush Hour records here. Mark-E does his trademark, languorously looped thang over this Gallery and Loft Labelle classic… cutting out of the Cat Steven cover verses and instead building it up to the more freestyle and very funky bit at the end where everyone gets to have a little turn in the spotlight while Patti muses on the day-to-day challenges of not having legs, lips or if one didn’t have hands to able to do the hand-jive. Been meaning to check Mark-E’s DJ sets out for quite some time, and I just noticed on his my space that he’ll be playing at the Horse Meat Disco on the 26th of October. The Climate Camp site has been occupied, and it’s all in full swing for its offical openning on Sunday. There’s a nice little piece in the Guardian last week on what to bring/expect that you can read here. I’m off this afternoon, so you won’t be hearing owt from me in the next week. Oh also, check out this rather sobering countdown here. <p><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TECH/science/07/31/climate.camp/art.camp2.jpg" width="292" height="219" align="right"/></p> <p><strong>Mark-E</strong> – <i>Sun Shadow</i></p> <p>This has been out and about for a while now, and I plugged it when it was first avaibale, so hopefully I might not ruffle too many feathers by whacking it up now… from the very excellent <i>Creative Use</i> edit label that we have had tracks from a few times before. This very tasty piece of vinyl seems to have sold out in record shops all over the UK, but I spotted that you coudl still get it from <i>Rush Hour</i> records <a href="http://clone.nl/item12803.html">here</a>.</p> <p>Mark-E does his trademark, languorously looped thang over this Gallery and Loft <strong>Labelle</strong> classic… cutting out of the <strong>Cat Steven</strong> cover verses and instead building it up to the more freestyle and very funky bit at the end where everyone gets to have a little turn in the spotlight while <strong>Patti</strong> muses on the day-to-day challenges of not having legs, lips or if one didn’t have hands to able to do the hand-jive.</p> <p>Been meaning to check <strong>Mark-E’s</strong> DJ sets out for quite some time, and I just noticed on his <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mark_e_jisco">my space</a> that he’ll be playing at the <strong>Horse Meat Disco</strong> on the 26th of October.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/">Climate Camp</a> site has been occupied, and it’s all in full swing for its offical openning on Sunday. There’s a nice little piece in the Guardian last week on what to bring/expect that you can read <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/31/activists.climatechange">here</a>. I’m off this afternoon, so you won’t be hearing owt from me in the next week.</p> <p>Oh also, check out this rather sobering countdown <a href="http://www.onehundredmonths.org/">here</a>.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://clone.nl/item12803.html" title="">buy it here from Clone</a> :: </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mark_e_jisco" title="">Mark E on myspace</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Labelle_-_moonshadow_Mark-E_edit.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:37:00 +0100 Starr turn http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1707 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1707 Kevvy K Kevvy K no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1707#comments > p*soul, funk, soul, *now offline* > p*soul funk soul *now offline* Edwin Starr – Get Up – Whirlpool Pilooski put out an edit of this on the original 12” that featured Beggin’ that extended and ramped up the intro to this, but I think it’s a shame to miss out on all the funkiness of what Edwin Starr – Get Up – Whirlpool Pilooski put out an edit of this on the original 12” that featured Beggin’ that extended and ramped up the intro to this, but I think it’s a shame to miss out on all the funkiness of what follows with the rest of this song from 1980. Edwin Starr, who was based in Nottingham and remained a firm favourtie on the Northern Soul scene, died at the age of 61 in 2003. <p><img src="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Blues%20And%20Soul%20Images/Edwin%20Starr.jpg" width="197" height="198" align="right"/></p> <p><strong>Edwin Starr</strong> – <i>Get Up – Whirlpool</i></p> <p><strong>Pilooski</strong> put out an edit of this on the original 12” that featured <i>Beggin’</i> that extended and ramped up the intro to this, but I think it’s a shame to miss out on all the funkiness of what follows with the rest of this song from 1980. <strong>Edwin Starr</strong>, who was based in Nottingham and remained a firm favourtie on the Northern Soul scene, died at the age of 61 in 2003.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Starr" title="">Edwin Starr on wikipedia</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Edwin_Starr_-_Get_Up_Whirlpool_Extended.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:51:00 +0100 Ride it on, baby http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1704 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1704 Tommy Squeaker Tommy Squeaker no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1704#comments > p*soul, funk, disco, *now offline* > p*soul funk disco *now offline* Lenny White – Ride Drummer Lenny White featured on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew before moving on to work with Chick Corea’s Return to Forever Jazz funk fusion project in the mid to late 70s. Come the 80s, Lenny picked up the electro-funk Lenny White – Ride Drummer Lenny White featured on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew before moving on to work with Chick Corea’s Return to Forever Jazz funk fusion project in the mid to late 70s. Come the 80s, Lenny picked up the electro-funk baton, forming Twennynine with like minded individuals. Ride (perhaps dedicated to his favoured Ride cymbals?) is on the 1983 Attitude album released on Wounded Bird records under Lenny’s name alone. It appears on Maurice Fulton’s Bubbletease Communications Volume 7 mix which you can find on the RBMA site, where Mr Fulton makes full use of the killer groove that gets going about two and a half minutes in, looping it out to good effect. The fat bass, synth whoops, vocoded chant and those big clanging chords… best listened to LOUD. I made a cameo appearance at the Lambeth Country show this weekend along with DC colleagues. I wasn’t able to stay long, but did manage to grab a quick pint of Chucklehead before I left. Highlight for me was where a gent running things in the small arena asked children in the audience if they wanted to ‘smell his stinky ferret’; grounds for arrest you might think although, to be fair, it was as part of the ferret racing demonstration. <p><img src="http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/590/599432.jpg" width="200" height="200" align="right"/></p> <p>Lenny White – <i>Ride</i></p> <p>Drummer Lenny White featured on Miles Davis’ <strong>Bitches Brew</strong> before moving on to work with Chick Corea’s <strong>Return to Forever</strong> Jazz funk fusion project in the mid to late 70s. Come the 80s, Lenny picked up the electro-funk baton, forming <strong>Twennynine</strong> with like minded individuals. Ride (perhaps dedicated to his favoured Ride cymbals?) is on the 1983 Attitude album released on Wounded Bird records under Lenny’s name alone. It appears on <strong>Maurice Fulton’s Bubbletease Communications Volume 7</strong> mix which you can find on the <a href="http://rbmaradio.com/ARCHIVE.153.0.php">RBMA site</a>, where Mr Fulton makes full use of the killer groove that gets going about two and a half minutes in, looping it out to good effect. The fat bass, synth whoops, vocoded chant and those big clanging chords… best listened to LOUD.</p> <p>I made a cameo appearance at the Lambeth Country show this weekend along with DC colleagues. I wasn’t able to stay long, but did manage to grab a quick pint of <a href="http://www.chuckleheadcider.co.uk/">Chucklehead</a> before I left. Highlight for me was where a gent running things in the small arena asked children in the audience if they wanted to ‘smell his stinky ferret’; grounds for arrest you might think although, to be fair, it was as part of the ferret racing demonstration.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Attitude-Lenny-White/dp/B000AMPZDA" title="On CD. At Amazon. Try harder.">Buy Attitude</a> :: On CD. At Amazon. Try harder.</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.lennywhite.com/" title="...dripping with Flash business">Lenny White's website...</a> :: ...dripping with Flash business</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/04_Lenny_White_-_The_Ride.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:00 +0100 Hot chazza action http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1685 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1685 Kevvy K Kevvy K no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1685#comments > p*soul, disco, funk, *now offline* > p*soul disco funk *now offline* Stargard – What You Waitin’ For I’ve been on a bit of a roll recently with some real gems nestled amidst the endless copies of Paul Young’s No Parlez in the charity shops. This funky little thing was but a single pound on Stargard – What You Waitin’ For I’ve been on a bit of a roll recently with some real gems nestled amidst the endless copies of Paul Young’s No Parlez in the charity shops. This funky little thing was but a single pound on 12” from the Cowley Road Oxfam in Oxford. Stargard are perhaps better known for their wonderful disco anthem Wear It Out, which provided the sample for one of my guiltier house pleasures, Pete Heller’s Big Love. This is an earlier, less overtly disco offering and there’s lots to love.. jaunty guitars, great horn stabs, some wiggy synth and a few space noises towards the end.. in fact all the second instrumental half of the track is really one to get your groove on. Back to the incessant slog of a bazillion and one things to do at the moment.. and its only going to get worse till after the first week in August. EDIT: BTW, we now have a Dilated Choonz page in the Facebook blog network if anyone wants to add themselves as a reader, although I must admit, I am still wondering myself what the point is. <p><img src="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Stargard-8.jpg" width="306" height="198" align="right"/></p> <p><strong>Stargard</strong> – <i>What You Waitin’ For</i></p> <p>I’ve been on a bit of a roll recently with some real gems nestled amidst the endless copies of <strong>Paul Young’s</strong> <i>No Parlez</i> in the charity shops. This funky little thing was but a single pound on 12” from the Cowley Road Oxfam in Oxford.</p> <p><strong>Stargard</strong> are perhaps better known for their wonderful disco anthem <i>Wear It Out</i>, which provided the sample for one of my guiltier house pleasures, <strong>Pete Heller’s</strong> <i>Big Love</i>. This is an earlier, less overtly disco offering and there’s lots to love.. jaunty guitars, great horn stabs, some wiggy synth and a few space noises towards the end.. in fact all the second instrumental half of the track is really one to get your groove on.</p> <p>Back to the incessant slog of a bazillion and one things to do at the moment.. and its only going to get worse till after the first week in August.</p> <p>EDIT: BTW, we now have a <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blogpage.php?blogid=4116">Dilated Choonz page in the Facebook blog network</a> if anyone wants to add themselves as a reader, although I must admit, I am still wondering myself what the point is.</p><p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Stargard_-_What_You_Waitin_For.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:48:00 +0100 Seven deadly synths (5) http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1666 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1666 Kevvy K Kevvy K no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1666#comments > dilate, funk, edit, *now offline* > dilate funk edit *now offline* James Otis White Jr – Baby Come On (Ulysses 82 edit) Work, the immenence (sp?) of Climate Camp, and a myriad of other responsibilities are really playing havok with my life/blog balance.. it’s Sunday evening with a whole host of domestic James Otis White Jr – Baby Come On (Ulysses 82 edit) Work, the immenence (sp?) of Climate Camp, and a myriad of other responsibilities are really playing havok with my life/blog balance.. it’s Sunday evening with a whole host of domestic things to attend to, and with no chance to blog in the next few days neither, so I’m banging this out on the hoof so as to not drop off the board entirely. This is a welcome contribution from Ulysses 82, whose edit work we’ve had the pleasure of hosting before, and who wanted in on the synth action. I’ve never had the pleasure of the OG on this, but this edit is wonderful… chunky, synth-heavy funk from 83 that Prince would have been proud of. The Ulysses 82 duo are concentrating their talents and dj sets on “working that deep, deep 80’s funk and boogie thing” in response to the disco-domination of recent years. They’re also putting on a monthly night at Favela Chic on Great Eastern Street called Ain’t It Black that showcases this type of sound. The next one is actually this Wednesday June 18. It goes on from 8 till 1 in the morning (a realistic prospect now that The Apprentice is over), and its free, so cheap-assed slags like me don’t have any excuse either. I have to catch a train to the dam at the butt-crack of dawn on Thursday, but I might see if I can rustle up some mid-week drinking buddies to swing on by. There’s a nice flyer for this, and a whole slew of other edits well worth checking out on the Ulysses 82 myspace page. More stuff… a nice mention of Dilated Choonz on a BBC article on the resurgence of Ahmed Fakroun here – with blogs and edits being creditted with giving his international recognition a new lease of life. My favourite people of this week are the Climate Camp folks who hijacked the coal train on the way to Drax power station and started shovelling it all out over the course of the day. Total respect, and here’s hoping everyone is safe and out of the nick. Pics, info and video here. <p><img src="http://image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/06/13/drax.jpg" width="300" height="420" align="right"/></p> <p><strong>James Otis White Jr</strong> – <i>Baby Come On (Ulysses 82 edit)</i></p> <p>Work, the immenence (sp?) of <a href="http://climatecamp.org.uk/">Climate Camp</a>, and a myriad of other responsibilities are really playing havok with my life/blog balance.. it’s Sunday evening with a whole host of domestic things to attend to, and with no chance to blog in the next few days neither, so I’m banging this out on the hoof so as to not drop off the board entirely.</p> <p>This is a welcome contribution from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ulysses82">Ulysses 82</a>, whose edit work we’ve had the pleasure of hosting before, and who wanted in on the synth action. I’ve never had the pleasure of the OG on this, but this edit is wonderful… chunky, synth-heavy funk from 83 that <strong>Prince</strong> would have been proud of. </p> <p>The <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ulysses82">Ulysses 82</a> duo are concentrating their talents and dj sets on “working that deep, deep 80’s funk and boogie thing” in response to the disco-domination of recent years. They’re also putting on a monthly night at <strong>Favela Chic</strong> on Great Eastern Street called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dontposejustdance">Ain’t It Black</a> that showcases this type of sound. The next one is actually this Wednesday June 18. It goes on from 8 till 1 in the morning (a realistic prospect now that <i>The Apprentice</i> is over), and its free, so cheap-assed slags like me don’t have any excuse either. I have to catch a train to the dam at the butt-crack of dawn on Thursday, but I might see if I can rustle up some mid-week drinking buddies to swing on by. There’s a nice flyer for this, and a whole slew of other edits well worth checking out on the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ulysses82">Ulysses 82</a> myspace page.</p> <p>More stuff… a nice mention of <strong>Dilated Choonz</strong> on a BBC article on the resurgence of <strong>Ahmed Fakroun</strong> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7434014.stm">here</a> – with blogs and edits being creditted with giving his international recognition a new lease of life.</p> <p>My favourite people of this week are the Climate Camp folks who hijacked the coal train on the way to Drax power station and started shovelling it all out over the course of the day. Total respect, and here’s hoping everyone is safe and out of the nick. Pics, info and video <a href="http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/node/41">here</a>.</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ulysses82" title="">Ulysses 82 on myspace</a> :: </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://climatecamp.org.uk/" title="">Camp for Climate Action</a> :: </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/282188-01.htm" title="on the Italian Disco Funk Vol 2 compilation">buy the original</a> :: on the Italian Disco Funk Vol 2 compilation</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dontposejustdance" title="">Ain't It Black myspace</a> :: </a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/james_otis_white_jr_-_come_on_ulysses_82_edit.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:14:00 +0100 Synth plus fretless bass = a classic Partridge moment http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1655 http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1655 Hal Berstram Hal Berstram no http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=1655#comments > p*soul, old school, funk, *now offline* > p*soul old school funk *now offline* Gary Numan – Music for Chameleons A few months back, a trip to a Clacton-on-Sea charity shop and the exchange of 25 new pence resulted in the acquisition of this remarkably well preserved piece of 7” vinyl, which is a fine example of the Gary Numan – Music for Chameleons A few months back, a trip to a Clacton-on-Sea charity shop and the exchange of 25 new pence resulted in the acquisition of this remarkably well preserved piece of 7” vinyl, which is a fine example of the 80s sub-genre known as “synth plus fancy bass”. Fretless, slap or even Chapman stick, many bands played ‘em in the 80s, with the keyboards kept safely in the upper part of the frequency register. Gary Numan started off as a rather new-wavey, rocker proposition in 1977-8 with his band Tubeway Army before discovering the Polymoog synthesiser – usually thought to be a turkey of the highest order by synth afficionados, but he used it to great effect on “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” “Cars” and “Down in the Park”, to name but three, so once again the experts are talking total shite. By ‘82, when this track was recorded, Numan was in a commercial tailspin, just another guy with a collection of synths and a funny voice in a music industry where ‘real instruments’ were becoming the preserve of heavy metallers. His response was to head for a funkier sound, drafting in bassist Pino Palladino for some fretless mayhem. It worked so well that Norfolk-based DJ Alan Partridge was still spotted playing ‘air bass’ to this track as late as 2002 (see clip below). Partridge is now rumoured to be teaming up with Numan for an album of Japan covers. <p><b> Gary Numan </b> – <i>Music for Chameleons</i></p> <p>A few months back, a trip to a Clacton-on-Sea charity shop and the exchange of 25 new pence resulted in the acquisition of this remarkably well preserved piece of 7” vinyl, which is a fine example of the 80s sub-genre known as “synth plus fancy bass”. Fretless, slap or even Chapman stick, many bands played ‘em in the 80s, with the keyboards kept safely in the upper part of the frequency register. </p> <p>Gary Numan started off as a rather new-wavey, rocker proposition in 1977-8 with his band Tubeway Army before discovering the Polymoog synthesiser – usually thought to be a turkey of the highest order by synth afficionados, but he used it to great effect on “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” “Cars” and “Down in the Park”, to name but three, so once again the experts are talking total shite. </p> <p>By ‘82, when this track was recorded, Numan was in a commercial tailspin, just another guy with a collection of synths and a funny voice in a music industry where ‘real instruments’ were becoming the preserve of heavy metallers. His response was to head for a funkier sound, drafting in bassist Pino Palladino for some fretless mayhem. It worked so well that Norfolk-based DJ Alan Partridge was still spotted playing ‘air bass’ to this track as late as 2002 (see clip below). Partridge is now rumoured to be teaming up with Numan for an album of Japan covers.</p> <p><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lecytazY6n4&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lecytazY6n4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Assassin-Remastered-Gary-Numan/dp/B00006J677/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1213039195&sr=8-1" title="includes 'Music For Chameleons"">Buy Gary Numan's "I, Assassin" album</a> :: includes 'Music For Chameleons"</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun98/articles/polymoog.html" title="Why exactly was Gary Numan's favourite synth a bag of cack?">Polymoog retrospective review</a> :: Why exactly was Gary Numan's favourite synth a bag of cack?</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://dilate.choonz.com/pod/Gary_Numan_-_Music_For_Chameleons.mp3">File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)</a></p> 00:00:00