Music: Smoove – First Class Smoove is the archetypal B Boy made good. Despite his huge international success with Smoove & Turrell and his ability to craft jazz, soul, latin, hip hop and funk into world beating dancefloor killers, Smoove can still be found every weekend playing live behind the decks in Germany, [...]
News: Yo Brothers & Sisters, it’s done!!! My new mix, called “Keep The Faith” is out on the streets and as we are in the digital era -> out on the web!!! This time I wanted to create a mix that is focused on contemporary soul & funk. That’s why most of the featured tracks [...]
Music: Sunday Night Fevers is a brand new unmixed CD compilation of must play disco versions by Pete Herbert & Dicky Trisco. Together they provide disco DJs some killer re-edits, reworks and remixes the have released over the year. Their style is groove-heavy and dubwise, teasing listeners with just a whisper of vocal or singalong [...]
Videos: Tahuna Breaks have always encompassed a rich diversity of musical genres and styles. It combines aspects of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and is influenced by artists as varied as James Brown to Daft Punk. The band is well known for being unafraid to mix genres and with seven members, the group’s live act [...]
Music: When Pitch & Scratch came up with their “Hamburg Hustle” in 2009 it was a revelation. These guys studied the Seventies school of funk and soul, were digging deep in disco roots and knew what a good hiphop beat was all about. Well, having the same musical background, I had to dig this album [...]
Music: Timewarp Music is an independent Greek record label whose musical style moves through Nu-Funk, Dub, Breaks and Freestyle paths. Its the creation of Angelos ‘Timewarp’ Stoumpos since 2004, Timewarp Music, was inspired by the fresh Nu-Funk and Dub Electronica music stream that at the time was blooming in the neighborhouds of Vienna, Berlin and [...]
Music: Australia seems to be the heart of the Nu-Funk movement. Besides bands such as Cookin’ on 3 Burners, The Bamboos, Deep Street Soul and Kyle Auldist Dojo Cuts seem to be stirring up a storm in the Southern hemisphere and beyond, making them the most likely candidates to become the brightest stars of [...]
Music: Numerous contemporary bands play soul music, recordings inspired by the classic singles of the Motown, Stax, Atlantic, and thousands of other regional U.S. record labels that forged the timeless R&B sounds of the 60s and 70s. But Brandy Butler & The Fonxionaires do something more. They take those sounds and ingeniously craft them [...]
Videos: Jazzanova takes it to the next stage: The Funkhaus Studio Sessions. Jazzanova producers, Stefan Leisering & Axel Reinemer, went into the studio with their 7 piece live band with Paul Randolph on vocals to record a 14 track set. The “Funkhaus Studio Sessions” marks Jazzanova’s first live album release, including the songs the band [...]
Music: Monophonics were formed in 2005 in San Francisco, originally a instrumental ensemble comprised of guitarist Ian McDonald, bassist Myles O’Mahony, saxophonist Alex Baky, trumpeter Ryan Scott, and drummer Austin Bohlman, the band has recently added the dynamic soul vocals of keyboardist Kelly Finnigan. The result is a psychedelic soul & heavy funk sound, [...]
