You can get a copy of the Korean 2026 CD reissue of "Reebop" here on Discogs or here at the Funk section of my eBay Storefront (disclosure: As an eBay Partner, I may be compensated if you make a purchase).
Ten tracks are the result of an incredible musical movement by a Soweto nightclub who managed to get funky during the height of Apartheid. "One Night in Pelican" is presented by Matsuli Music in a gatefold double vinyl edition with printed inner sleeves. Cover artwork by Zulu Bidi of Batsumi fame plus unseen photographs, and liner notes by Kwanele Sosibo. There is also interviews with key musicians, players and a former president of South Africa. For Funk fans who enjoy vibing out to obscure instrumental projects, this one is a must-listen.
With their joyful Funk and Soul vibe, the band known as Freeway create a time to chill with the groovy sounds of "ABAHAMBI". In the vein of groups like Kool & The Gang and Bernard Purdie, this band party down and get funky as the best of them. Take a trip through South Africa on 7 instrumentals driven by lively guitar and organ arrangements supported by heavy drums. Funk and Soul fans will recognize this as is one of those albums that you put on during the weekend, relax and let your mind be free.
"São Paulo’s acclaimed 10-piece instrumental collective return for their 4th album. Urban Afro-Brazilian grooves, empowered horn-driven melodicism and massive dance floor inspiration.
One of South America’s most exhilarating musical propositions.
Almost four centuries after the first slave ships loaded their cargoes and set sail, the connection between Brazil and West Africa remains firm and deep. It was African slaves who created the culture of Brazil in all its sorrows and its joys, and those memories have flowed down through the generations. Africa is everywhere in Brazil, and it pulses through the music on Quebra Cabeça (Puzzle), Bixiga 70’s second studio album for Glitterbeat, where two continents dance together across the black Atlantic. "
"Official reissue of one of the hardest to find albums by the Afro Soul maestro, a pure Afro Funk spiritual grail from 1978!
Born in 1943 in Ikole-Ekiti in Ondo State, Nigeria, Orlando Julius Ekemode (“Orlando was really a nickname, taken from the Nigerian actor, Orlando Martins“) had started in music from an early age, becoming the school drummer and learning flute, bugle and other instruments at St Peters Anglican School in Ikole-Ekiti. Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is credited as one of the first musicians to fuse US R&B into traditional highlife music, creating his own influential Afrobeat sound during the mid-‘60s. From his time playing in the USA during the 1970s onwards, he is credited with bringing African music to a broader audience and famously co- composed the song ‘Going Back To My Roots’ with Lamont Dozier.
In 1978 , Orlando Julius Ekemode decided to produce himself this amazing session, originally recorded between Maryland and West Virginia (USA ) and released in limited quantity in Nigeria by the obscure label Jungle records .
6 stunning monster Afro Funk tracks , recorded by 8 musicians based in Oakland .
Fully licensed with the artist and remastered by Carvery. Essential !"
The Austin-based 10-piece collective of musicians known as Hard Proof are a Funk bomb waiting to explode on their 2017 LP "Stinger". The fiery and upbeat fusion that makes up the Hard Proof sound is a mix of numerous talent which represent an emerging movement of Southern Funk music, including members of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, The Calm Blue Sea, Cougar, Ocote Soul Sounds, Spanish Gold, and several other notable Austin acts.
Oscar Lindok
"ERUZIONI"
1974 Eruptive and vulcanic Italian Library composed by infamous Oscar Lindok aka Giacomo Dell'Orso. Raw and Experimental sounds recalling endogenic phenomena, ciclic rhythms inspired by Vulcanic nature of those islands. Jazz-Funk and Funky vibes alternated by mad Fuzzy Electronics, sleaze esoteric and exotic themes. Listen!
V.A.
"MUSICA IN RILIEVO"
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