French online magazine Funk ★ U offers a rare recording of a performance by Brooklyn New York Funk band Mandrill recorded in 1974 on KCRW radio New Yorker. The program features music from their self-titled 1970 album, "Mandrill Is" (1972), "Composite Truth" and "Just Outside of Town" (1973). Enjoy the sounds of a band who fused Funk and Rock music like none other for a distinctively raw sound while providing a musical resource for classic Hip Hop songs by EPMD, De La Soul, Nas and Kanye to name a few. Total time 50:30.


• Carlos Wilson - Trombone, Flute, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
• Lou Wilson - Percussion, Trumpet, Vocals
• Ric Wilson - Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals
• Claude Cave - Keyboards, Vibraphone, Percussion, Vocals
• Fudgie Kae-Bass, Percussion, Vocals
• Omar Mesa - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
• Neftali Santiago-Drums, Percussion, Vocals