Ya daft funkist!
Haha, I am a funkist, I concede. It just always seems soā¦ pleased with itself, despite being completely formulaic.
But I am strange.
You canāt help be pleased with yourself when you got the funk!
I spend most of my music-making time trying to produce awkward and strange electronic noises and beats and describe it to anyone I happen to chat to it about as āmachine funkā
I had to give a lift to a stanger from work the other day and iād previously been listening to a work in progress in the car.
His face contorted and he said āwhat the fuck is this?ā
I appreciated his honesty,
I explained it was āmachine funkā
He said āwhereās the funk?ā
I said āAre you aware of AphexTwinās Window Licker?ā
He said āNoā
I asked him who his favourite band was, he said Coldplay. I wanted to punch him and iām a staunch pacifist!
This isnāt going well, is it?
Basically, what iām trying to say is āTHE FUNKā comes in many forms and guises.
I think Window Licker is a seriously funky track.
I very much appreciate your strangeness
123alastairj and I would gladly take you to see George Clinton if he plays the UK againā¦ if youāll do me the honourā¦ and thatās a promise!
But just to be getting on with!
Fredugolon 6
kinda has some AFX-like / Jons Hopkins / Jackson + your computer vibe going onā¦
Jam
Thereās some fucking demented production on the new Charli XCX record, especially this closing track. Popheads should check out the whole thing, itās actually amazing. Features from Carly Rae Jepsen, Tommy Cash and Mykki Blanco.
A lot of digital cumbia, like Barrio Lindo, Chancha via circuito, Dengue Dengue Dengue, El Remolon, Nicola Cruz, last album I discovered : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0fkTAec0ks
Surprisingly good album :
Ryoji Ikeda
alright now Iām deeep in a PC Music rabbit hole.