Comments on: Boogaloo Times: A Discourse on Funk and Soul – Pax Nicholas & Seattle Funk

By: Alex Mudge

Alex Mudge — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:21:33 +0000

That bit about funk not being dead is interesting. It’s true, but in the sense that dinosaurs didn’t go extinct–they evolved into birds.

Funk has had a had a second career, in syndication, serving as the foundation for countless other genres. However, those genres don’t really come from the whole funk vibe, but rather (and, quite literally) mere second long clips from funk tracks.

Funk is a treasure trove of breaks, those second-long sampled clips when all the instruments drop out, and drummer goes insane.

Hip hop would not exist. Same for jungle, drum and bass, IDM, breakcore, even Baltimore Club if not for certain breaks, and increased digital sampler capability in the Eighties.

Just as certain instruments are legends, so are certain breaks: the Amen, Apache, Sing-Sing, and Think.

Here’s a interesting bit on prolly the most important break ever, a 5.20 second clip from The Winston’s track “Amen, Brother:”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

By: Nolan Conaway

Nolan Conaway — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:41:39 +0000

Daptone Records is king when it comes to modern funk/soul. Most anything they release is at least pretty good.

wait until next post, modern funk music ahead!

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:50:03 +0000

I’m looking forward to your future funky posts. Artists of the genre offer so much more depth with their ‘feel-good’ feeling than those of other, pop genres. However, I do find myself overlooking these artists at record stores, thinking that there are so many, where do I start? So I appreciate your input!