tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20298810269149394532024-03-05T16:15:37.921-08:00UNDERSCOVEREDFUNK BEATS JAZZ DUB SOUL BLUES AFROBEATSpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-23133637607651225412009-08-30T04:13:00.000-07:002008-12-05T03:25:05.540-08:00Reposts & requests hereyou can request anything off me (in the genres above) if I haven't got it I can probably find it for you - of course if you're a true obscurist looking for real rare digs I'm sure you'll stump me!!!!<br /><br />Un-Cut -The Uncalculated Some - <a href="http://sharebee.com/9c67ad10" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/9c67ad10</a><br /><br />Border Crossing - Ominous <a href="http://sharebee.com/62393488" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/62393488</a><br /><br />Bentzon Brotherhood - Godzilla des Groove <a href="http://sharebee.com/7c01ea4c" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/7c01ea4c</a><br /><br />All Good Funk Alliance - On The One <a href="http://sharebee.com/5ec14a48" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/5ec14a48</a> THIS ONE SHOULD WORK!<br /><br />The Backyard Heavies - Keep On Truckin' <a href="http://sharebee.com/03874c86" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/03874c86</a> (For Fiume)SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-86551447187373712702008-12-03T05:20:00.000-08:002008-12-03T05:24:30.110-08:00Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - A Very Ping Pong Christmas Funky Treats From Santa's Bag [2008]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSkm8VbPpnUEDggsrvCRA5ZBgAhGjPZbHpZfQHOzoJCR4KNxERRZk1Z8Xi2883KiNh2s8tOEQNTBhdTXfzQWb1RDg7-yaqzbrmBkuJ7Rip4n4NZ_r6yydCUmrE1xkxrKMPgEdkfUiRhU/s1600-h/300x300%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275553896456855634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSkm8VbPpnUEDggsrvCRA5ZBgAhGjPZbHpZfQHOzoJCR4KNxERRZk1Z8Xi2883KiNh2s8tOEQNTBhdTXfzQWb1RDg7-yaqzbrmBkuJ7Rip4n4NZ_r6yydCUmrE1xkxrKMPgEdkfUiRhU/s320/300x300%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Merry Xmas:</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Not underscovered, not even close but hey I bought it for christmas so you can have it too - just promise to buy it for your funky loved one</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a lower quality rip (~119kbps VBR) as I don't really like releasing new albums if I can help it</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/861b3d62" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/861b3d62</a></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-33190329603458885642008-11-11T05:43:00.000-08:002008-11-11T05:47:41.842-08:00Sorry, so SorryA few days ago I dropped my hard drive and my 40,000 tracks dun gone died. I have back ups of most of it but it will take me a while to A) buy a new drive, b) restore all 320GB+ from zillions of DVD back ups, CD originals and a few harddrives. I am now suicidal because the time spent organising my library etc was unmeasurable. To add to this I am off to Nigeria for two weeks (looking forward to finding some Afrobeat rarities I hope) so I cannot promise to be posting much for a while.<br /><br />Don't forget me as I will be back around Christmas I'm sure<br /><br />SpankySpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-73152118749883165462008-10-23T04:10:00.000-07:002008-10-23T07:56:57.050-07:00The Mackrosoft - Antonio's Giraffe [2006]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7LiSckkx55HbYmKCAlKveFlaf67YDjvsxrwzUIUtvBDN5uYifmEy194ONPih6JXk3FNRP9xQs9Zzho341UfMV0CkefthAn2ysUHQHF-L9brO2yWEUlJ3eq5WGuLCbvvL6SfR-4XRq5o/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260306242036600930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7LiSckkx55HbYmKCAlKveFlaf67YDjvsxrwzUIUtvBDN5uYifmEy194ONPih6JXk3FNRP9xQs9Zzho341UfMV0CkefthAn2ysUHQHF-L9brO2yWEUlJ3eq5WGuLCbvvL6SfR-4XRq5o/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />It's not (in my humble opinion) as interesting as their first album, Journey to Vaginus (!!!), but the Herbie Hancock fuelled funkin jazz vibe is ever present here - for a host of underscovered exploratives see their website <a href="http://www.mackrosoft.com/">http://www.mackrosoft.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://sharebee.com/d04504ae" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/d04504ae</a>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-40495513153989695412008-10-23T03:53:00.000-07:002008-10-23T04:42:59.898-07:00Doctor L, Tony Allen et al. - Psyco On Da Bus [2001]<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglG0IYjWfYZ6JrskuzVfHrT8hJv7KvY8AsPsCs_F1qU_TxBQpyVGvw9KUnalzDzQcbQ0jT_Kih06eC1YpF3sZ23JoeVdMXAdKzRc-V9NSKVM6BkxE3djKJChyK1JKqQciFgA882ZCoB_g/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260301022288026258" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglG0IYjWfYZ6JrskuzVfHrT8hJv7KvY8AsPsCs_F1qU_TxBQpyVGvw9KUnalzDzQcbQ0jT_Kih06eC1YpF3sZ23JoeVdMXAdKzRc-V9NSKVM6BkxE3djKJChyK1JKqQciFgA882ZCoB_g/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a> To call Tony Allen undescovered is absurd, however this album is relatively under appreciated and verges on a genre of it's own, recorded during Allen's tour at the turn of the millenium it seemed to go relatively unnoticed. Certainly it's blend of genres if not groundbreaking is beautiful enough to deserve constant rotation - groove or smooth its a heady blend of educated music and at least for the moment moves me forward from my afrobeat obsession to pastures new...<br /><br /><h2 class="h2a"><a target="_blank" href="http://sharebee.com/291f0622">http://sharebee.com/291f0622</a></h2><br /></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-41121447749696572372008-10-20T02:13:00.000-07:002008-10-20T02:42:02.597-07:00Ibrahim Electric - Meets Ray Anderson Again [2007]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSPEUyokezcg_5TMjdC03LRLux7JNKWDroHZwFUHrZfyA4_dMl2ETRHmVcrPvQO2-H59aVecPZLcMQjX2f12hB_4PVnjs4kQPjADIV3uPPVlkORm4wkbqZKTtllR3QTzCdOEvregMon4/s1600-h/300x300.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259163937402430514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSPEUyokezcg_5TMjdC03LRLux7JNKWDroHZwFUHrZfyA4_dMl2ETRHmVcrPvQO2-H59aVecPZLcMQjX2f12hB_4PVnjs4kQPjADIV3uPPVlkORm4wkbqZKTtllR3QTzCdOEvregMon4/s320/300x300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Fantastic live album from this Danish funk groove group and the trombonist supreme. Funky fun and as wild as ever Ibrahim Electric's albums are all fantistic - by adding a dash of rock riff to a hard rare funky groove (they are Danish after all) these guys create a frenetic funk that must have every one in the house grooving something rotten - this is to promote their new album, Brothers Of Utopia which is as consistently great as the rest of them (and I haven't got yet)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/d9d6e6d2" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/d9d6e6d2</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>If you love it (and you will) I am happy to email you an additional link to their album Absinthe which contains a number of the tracks here in pristine studio form - just contact underscovered of gmail.com and I'll send you the link you're after</div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-87265072881520621682008-10-15T14:45:00.000-07:002008-10-15T15:10:36.110-07:00Headson Groove - Vitsiozi [2007]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nsGqVg9P7eF5oJMaAgmGQvSz17tvg20g-P8L9i8dyvGF9VooVJ9CtKFXJA0C7QaHUgk7fCBnM2LB633gwJKQgkr9NF1ye-eUhRggennonOq-AEYH7pn-cVya_kapsNpUBcTRt7grYa0/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257500839023285714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nsGqVg9P7eF5oJMaAgmGQvSz17tvg20g-P8L9i8dyvGF9VooVJ9CtKFXJA0C7QaHUgk7fCBnM2LB633gwJKQgkr9NF1ye-eUhRggennonOq-AEYH7pn-cVya_kapsNpUBcTRt7grYa0/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This great Greek little funking, breaking and chilling EP is up next since rumour has it that there's an album coming - if you have the awesome comp "Freestyle 4 Funk" then you have half this EP (and quite possibly the better half) but not the title track (which is what lead me to buy it myself). Interestingly these guys (one guy called <a class="url fn" href="http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=100000080&id=1307243383">Sotiris Egolfopoulos</a> actually) as with a few other Timewarp artists seem to be doing lot of digital releases only - guess you djs all have traktor now so vinyl is just a message not a medium....</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/8c50d908" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/8c50d908</a></div><div> </div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-31208955638609953902008-10-10T01:40:00.000-07:002008-10-10T02:07:45.724-07:00Belgian Afrobeat Association - The King Is Among Us [2003]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oWnrPz-JBWAWTPtwFcEYVc5jrr_swGoSM7hsjl7MEW5dGqEQBbdDJ6lveocVnoDW6ylZsPd7KH5R7x1-GzbIG3QHy4mAkSZTHEybiIb_VHGI-6avxQuqsp4qYrH_YsG7SZkw2WYklWs/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255442731306222562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oWnrPz-JBWAWTPtwFcEYVc5jrr_swGoSM7hsjl7MEW5dGqEQBbdDJ6lveocVnoDW6ylZsPd7KH5R7x1-GzbIG3QHy4mAkSZTHEybiIb_VHGI-6avxQuqsp4qYrH_YsG7SZkw2WYklWs/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I'd say this is a fairly underscovered contemporary Afrobeat with an ensemble swing feel at times - the instrumentals are fantastic and luckily there's quality vocals too - beyond that I know little about them - I haven't really even googled them properly - I'm just getting this out because I wanted to post something and this is obscure/rare enough to be worthy /deserving of promotion</div><div> </div><div>Enjoy</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/6010bf19" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/6010bf19</a></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-78289623261173531902008-10-02T03:10:00.000-07:002008-10-02T12:28:22.768-07:00Big Black - If Your Diggin' What You're Doin' Keep On Doin' What You're Diggin' [1971]<a href="http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400/27562.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400/27562.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Ahh the roots of funk. Soulful singing, african influences on those funky free drums, electric guitars played the way they're meant to be. Social comment and an album title that while not psychedelic is a strain on the brain and groovy too. Rare in every sense of the word, if not underscovered</div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/eb60f07e" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/eb60f07e</a></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-14680713695761267372008-09-09T06:44:00.000-07:002008-09-17T02:28:11.825-07:00Bentzon Brotherhood - Godzilla des Groove [2004]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrDxKEA_Ppoh8G5Ey6LDamoMi3bFROd7R28xPPf698LLVMl6D0j_L603eqgeAizQYvY0i1CEz6XFMwTSaTuexP2upmvwOPxCvS2RStLTfTZeNM33Qp7rOYB4OlFSW_ZNKaYOD8W7JKCY/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244021222907362978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrDxKEA_Ppoh8G5Ey6LDamoMi3bFROd7R28xPPf698LLVMl6D0j_L603eqgeAizQYvY0i1CEz6XFMwTSaTuexP2upmvwOPxCvS2RStLTfTZeNM33Qp7rOYB4OlFSW_ZNKaYOD8W7JKCY/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>A slick groovy jazzy live album that ranges from instrumental Herbie Hancockery to smooth vocal Acid Jazzery and an obvious signal that the Brotherhood had more to come - which of course they have delivered with a number of solid funky singles on Freestyle Records - let's just hope that Nikolaj Bentzon find time amongst his other projects to deliver another album of equal calibre and building on the direction he's moved in with freestyle records</div><div></div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/7c01ea4c" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/7c01ea4c</a><a href="http://sharebee.com/7927fea8"></a></div><div></div><div> </div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-10515871345575815452008-09-08T09:23:00.000-07:002008-09-08T10:48:57.225-07:00Low Fidelity Jet-Set Orchestra - Searching For A Bit Of Popularity [2008]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zphXothnA9vSFjo9j0DgNYM0rYf2Nvbbf3tP2jKF3m81A0TEtugwgKJNRWM_qti-usl2BVXBgEiWnuW9KZpJTq6bB5MVALd9PSFXpucq7Lrm29JcFfYaTrJuAPNln8m9i3BOHOzfu_c/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243708218473360194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zphXothnA9vSFjo9j0DgNYM0rYf2Nvbbf3tP2jKF3m81A0TEtugwgKJNRWM_qti-usl2BVXBgEiWnuW9KZpJTq6bB5MVALd9PSFXpucq7Lrm29JcFfYaTrJuAPNln8m9i3BOHOzfu_c/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>I feel guilty. I mean this is the first and thus far only full length release by the LFJSO and I'm too lazy to strip it down to 128kb to ease my conscience - so maybe I'm just desperate for friends and, boy, I bet some of you will be greatful - this is the sort of stuff that should be on flatsoulspreading, let's go get it or jinkz musings - deep groovin funk, lashings of hammond, and just the right amount of jazz to rock my world and funk my pillow (I try to ignore the weak album cover!). Besides needing to share this discovery and the apparent lack of awareness I can only say the guys behind this aren't newcomers they 've been busy lofi lounging italian mafiarte for a while now in the guise of Modulo 5 and others. Which I can't and won't hold against them now they've dropped this bomb !(I, like many of us I suspect, have a love hate relationship with lounge and lofi)</div><br /><br /><div>Get listening this is the one - and I have no doubt I'll see a flurry of reposting of this babe (you know who you are)</div><div></div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/6c116bbc" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/6c116bbc</a></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-26875089814505386462008-08-19T08:07:00.000-07:002008-08-19T08:19:37.173-07:00Mofro - Blackwater [2001]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VZla8YUkZLJkKKAqx2YLH-7hL2RUkAfn6z9plzpK-vOJI3yRSmxm1-UzpjY3vpZeln__xO0ZlnwXXLBo2AWHdWy-EHcPsqzAk4zuMnLhV5jkEAxGsjVUpm08oeWo7vnsClF26yYfGsM/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236245891107477698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VZla8YUkZLJkKKAqx2YLH-7hL2RUkAfn6z9plzpK-vOJI3yRSmxm1-UzpjY3vpZeln__xO0ZlnwXXLBo2AWHdWy-EHcPsqzAk4zuMnLhV5jkEAxGsjVUpm08oeWo7vnsClF26yYfGsM/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Ok, it's difficult to describe this as underscovered as it was an amazon album of the year 2001 but since I only came upon them recently and perhaps due to their 'deep south' bluesy blue-eyed swamp soul sound that seems not to cross the Atlantic so easily as it's brown-eyed brother I didn't discover them until very recently. Rocking stuff and there's plenty more of their stuff out there...</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/c6636574" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/c6636574</a></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-84386566950004411842008-07-29T03:43:00.000-07:002008-07-29T04:08:15.129-07:00Black Market Audio - Autorama [2001]<a href="http://www.blackmarketaudio.com/pix/autoramacover.gif"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.blackmarketaudio.com/pix/autoramacover.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.blackmarketaudio.com/pix/shakecover.jpg"></a>The debut album from dutch groovateers is pretty sweet, covering a multitude of my favourite comtemporary styles (groove, funk, breaks, lounge etc) with the aplomb that only middling Europeans and the Swedish seem to muster (of course that's not to see that Latin influenced groove isn't awesome and that other Scandinavian breaks aren't errrr.... very occasionally spot on - no names mentioned). Anyway their second album (Shake! 2006) follows on from this and for those of you who like obscurities/variety keep an eye for their compilation of old school "Dutch Rare Groove".</div><div> </div><div>Don't think this is genred and BPMd as yet but besides that should be good</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/f30b4aad" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/f30b4aad</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><div></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-5137212965545246302008-07-16T04:51:00.000-07:002008-07-16T05:00:22.297-07:00Phat Phunktion - You and Me [2004]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiGbn2FbOqbfpHRc0tMsZewH-72KIzdAjDOV0l2qzbFzE5WdThDhoYxwuCrRt2HHsPyhbxK5WToCrekM_Qe1qfJBidqMj1RCSTZnz74M2hJYanUHNLT7VhJTNYaQwqePovTE6GTayVBk/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223580394676968242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiGbn2FbOqbfpHRc0tMsZewH-72KIzdAjDOV0l2qzbFzE5WdThDhoYxwuCrRt2HHsPyhbxK5WToCrekM_Qe1qfJBidqMj1RCSTZnz74M2hJYanUHNLT7VhJTNYaQwqePovTE6GTayVBk/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDBlrKID3ntiNMPknC2sWIa3o5W319cGvWLcTYHaK_Zs38ehSQodBD5wSS1sywkKt1waxXKow7sK9cinE_5Mc4klcHu1LLQRAq7NCvnaDo4hCOE7fcpWb5spTtv61gKzgkxGGXYSNXvY/s1600-h/folder.jpg"></a>(Is it just me or is album art just not working at the mo?<br /><br /><div><br />I'm going pop - trouble is these days blogspot seems to be making sure every bit of music no matter how obscure seems to be available - so I might change tack and start doing compilations of tracks that have never made it to albums/compilations that (in my opinion) should have. Any ways here's an Acid Jazz, Souly poppy number by Phat Phunktion - their second album Soul Juice is less insipid and more accomplished but I'm trying not to give away people's best work </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/313fb2c8" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/313fb2c8</a></div></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-15515104943858459432008-07-04T13:53:00.000-07:002008-07-04T14:32:16.025-07:00VA - James Brown's Funky People Part 3 [2000]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWpqXj0OL8j2l8lPm-XyI_WuV7XGG2hGZXy5APvMEopyNkGCQo8nw-SApquXmwYVh4XPklPhEa_hh_tydt3SKfYkrajhriWZx66DdPaGs-ZibyGL-BUcgyQjqklFi5ZlEmR-ghu7QxPg/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219265299203407186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWpqXj0OL8j2l8lPm-XyI_WuV7XGG2hGZXy5APvMEopyNkGCQo8nw-SApquXmwYVh4XPklPhEa_hh_tydt3SKfYkrajhriWZx66DdPaGs-ZibyGL-BUcgyQjqklFi5ZlEmR-ghu7QxPg/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This one's for <a href="http://theessentialelements.blogspot.com/">essential elements</a> to say thanks for the awesome feat of his breakonomics collection. Whilst this is clearly the third in the series and a little dry - it makes a funk album for funkin' for two in the dancefloor under the duvet - of course if you're an old cheesy man like me you might want Al Green's latest Lay It Down instead but I can remember when foreplay was more of a task than sex so maybe mrs spanky will get a JB's Funk People pressie for her birthday</div><div> </div><div></div><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/842e0824" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/842e0824</a></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-44984264159449620052008-07-01T07:27:00.000-07:002008-09-10T01:59:00.371-07:00Funset - Live Ragga Pumpkin [2005]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfkSBzdAfBkqka3Pot_Kt-HHPFER18l7ju03vAWihYaFlT3B0cVsvK2t1r80iFFYDSpJmhaX609VVR-4G8IBioi61ych_gYkTN7OeTfT5wPvhDp7BuJolwsKq4PH_1QeBPYxq4Ls6Xto/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218054489082582930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfkSBzdAfBkqka3Pot_Kt-HHPFER18l7ju03vAWihYaFlT3B0cVsvK2t1r80iFFYDSpJmhaX609VVR-4G8IBioi61ych_gYkTN7OeTfT5wPvhDp7BuJolwsKq4PH_1QeBPYxq4Ls6Xto/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Initially I was going to post The Apples first or Seconf album to mark the release of they're new album Buzzin' About but flatsoulspreading pipped me to the post so here's another awesome Israeli delivery</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I first discovered MC Karolina and Funset from the awesome Best Seven compilations (Best seven Selections 1 and 2) - soulful, dubby, nu reggae or something - maybe its just trip hop really - whatever it is I like it. Here's the live version of their album Ragga Pumpkin - not that you'd notice that it's live...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I can't be arsed to rate sellers anymore there's so many legal and illegal sites out there selling mp3's now It would take me a week to check them all. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>You can buy Ragga Music and Best Seven's Selections on emusic (that's where I got part 2 and my non-live Ragga Pumpkin!) part 1 was a review copy I got. Let's hope they get more stuff out soon...</div><div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://sharebee.com/40bde5c9" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/40bde5c9</a></div><div></div><div>PS the playlists in the folder are wrong so delete them on unpack! (this is a copy I skanked off the net so no wonder they're wrong)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-80281200026965852542008-06-19T04:44:00.000-07:002008-06-19T04:47:41.342-07:00Rhythm Funk Masters - Afro-American-Arctic [2007]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzyzPzCBn6ZSVHZXjacZ4FYHN6zm4rSJorxKcwSBoX1IBajhed9z5XxrdE_eyErGbAHwsvFa0uUKn7YwzPyboZcH791iMg_v1kTBfRyLZpaLsITbJGd9bOkNogbsXMJjxPVcSOI45Vh0/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213557398266044546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzyzPzCBn6ZSVHZXjacZ4FYHN6zm4rSJorxKcwSBoX1IBajhed9z5XxrdE_eyErGbAHwsvFa0uUKn7YwzPyboZcH791iMg_v1kTBfRyLZpaLsITbJGd9bOkNogbsXMJjxPVcSOI45Vh0/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This was requested on <a href="http://flatsoulspreading.blogspot.com/">http://flatsoulspreading.blogspot.com</a> and since I'm a big fan of old school Afrobeat and these fellahs have a nice Jazz Funk Afrobeat groove going there she blows<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://sharebee.com/4073090e" target="_blank">http://sharebee.com/4073090e</a>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-51611304576662336162008-06-10T01:18:00.000-07:002008-06-10T01:52:42.050-07:00God Made Me Funky - We Can All Be Free [2006]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhztW-4Mp-f_66XqoaaQmvFls-07z2VDGzDsm2z66Q2ljTKeROebApwdbNAPKM4WyFdpKF-WB5pqPRdqwasAEsm-ZZdGwcBAw1_5V__LWKNQ2LLT1tXAcU9x_RljTe5ALf3dSRrpFBcfk/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210168480648077698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhztW-4Mp-f_66XqoaaQmvFls-07z2VDGzDsm2z66Q2ljTKeROebApwdbNAPKM4WyFdpKF-WB5pqPRdqwasAEsm-ZZdGwcBAw1_5V__LWKNQ2LLT1tXAcU9x_RljTe5ALf3dSRrpFBcfk/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>The Canadian Black Eyes Peas - funky like the name says and just as poppy really but I'm no longer young enough to be anti-pop and given that a large part of the beats and breaks I listen too were the pop of their time I'm unashamed of the fact. So be ready for an R&B flavoured mix of funky light hip-hop and almost serious beats and breaks. They've got a new album out this year (Enter The Beat) which is pretty good and I wanted to post their eponymous debut but I can't find it so you get this instead. If you like Plantlife or UnkleJam or Nu funk you should like this (or at least be pleased to know their sound). Would like to see them live that's for sure - they sound like one of those bands whose sound would carry well off record too...</div><br /><div></div>Purchase: emusic, itunes<br />Freeloaders: the usual ...... 98facc93<br /><div></div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-79095924914166844262008-05-14T02:58:00.001-07:002008-05-14T03:16:21.351-07:00Un-Cut - The Un-calculated Some [2003]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfczgbr7zyu8ghsztqSd03zTzetMmNHlLSDjxbxAMoPFpm1b535TWSrXm-8QVLjEWPtfUk98U1USH4Y5hDmYP4ILneVdbW18ciEsHEbbhX-sCiNr_H3ivSjiwIAhyoXnyoqDEUBh0fvI/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200170920352606290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfczgbr7zyu8ghsztqSd03zTzetMmNHlLSDjxbxAMoPFpm1b535TWSrXm-8QVLjEWPtfUk98U1USH4Y5hDmYP4ILneVdbW18ciEsHEbbhX-sCiNr_H3ivSjiwIAhyoXnyoqDEUBh0fvI/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Totally overlooked as far as I can tell, this is a fantastic pop drum and bass acid jazz effort and deserved to go further. Of course drum and bass never really went far - they should have more pop friendly versions with remixes as well but hey. Give it a listen - and if they're still together let me know. Some fun samples and styles all mixed in too</div><div> </div><div></div><div>Purchase - dunno, can't find it I got this on CD remainder/bargain bin</div><div>Freeloaders: the usual a0369773</div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-64118738710218086442008-05-13T01:59:00.000-07:002008-05-14T03:25:37.129-07:00Ceux Qui Marchent Debout - Funky Stuff in a reggae style -<a href="http://media.virginmega.fr/Covers/Large/BLV/3700368477601.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://media.virginmega.fr/Covers/Large/BLV/3700368477601.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />Another slightly gimmicky french offering - probably best described as Acid Jazz (well best described besides the obvious clue in its title). Enjoyable and obscure but not really a classic, somehow though I quite like it - maybe because it cheers me up. The french means Those who walk standing up (I think!) which also says a lot about the album<br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Purchase: juno mp3fiesta</div><br /><br /><div>Freeloaders: the usual 10a6e7bf</div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-4600048508782825232008-05-06T12:49:00.000-07:002008-05-06T02:41:36.518-07:00Jaques Dutroc - L'essential Dutronc [1994] (Abridged)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lesxAYt9jLyrkviWqt0mu2-v7fYCOF5tiuLByF_BB66mc4c04Ec_kibYOoTUbtNuiSaCtR5C3L3zjJo6FpFVoMq0KrbEsbPNzxCsL2QY-jd5j-7cwyUwVR67gWBE5h4tyjCu2nZs5Fk/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195499537626409170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lesxAYt9jLyrkviWqt0mu2-v7fYCOF5tiuLByF_BB66mc4c04Ec_kibYOoTUbtNuiSaCtR5C3L3zjJo6FpFVoMq0KrbEsbPNzxCsL2QY-jd5j-7cwyUwVR67gWBE5h4tyjCu2nZs5Fk/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a> Well last year Justice (hmm..) dropped one and Andy Smith seems a fan so here's an abridged look at a french celeb that like the Hoff and many other b grade celebs has produced some bloody awful music. I'm being a bit shit here since by abridging the album I'm giving you every track of his worth having but hey he's french and if you're a fan of Bardot and other almost-punk 60s beat you should have some fun<br /><br /><br /><br />Purchase: why would you? mp3fiesta<br /><br /><br /><br />Freeloaders: the usual 3a5b9d07SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-50107312118683060462008-05-02T06:59:00.000-07:002008-05-02T07:16:09.614-07:00B'ismillah- Highlights From The Fes Festival Of World Sacred Music [1997]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn39ePGeLGnr-ZW3FFGgAygVczPftH6kAAHxWpD0BhK-_sR3Dy3UHxhJCMQt-Lkw1urgJSbGIM_q4LHQZCSrOEnq1FLG6tSYVip7Qr1akHZbIlw2_TtgkVs3oxQLk0YmNeFtmno9Gjrs/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195781583833770210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn39ePGeLGnr-ZW3FFGgAygVczPftH6kAAHxWpD0BhK-_sR3Dy3UHxhJCMQt-Lkw1urgJSbGIM_q4LHQZCSrOEnq1FLG6tSYVip7Qr1akHZbIlw2_TtgkVs3oxQLk0YmNeFtmno9Gjrs/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a> I woke up one sunny morning a few months back and there was a beautiful golden crescented dome that had appeared on the skyline behind my flat - it cheered me up no end (<a href="http://www.alrahma-mosque.com/">http://www.alrahma-mosque.com/</a>) and today at home for lunch they were practicing the Muezzin which again made my day. Now I'm no muslim but trust me when I say if there's any good in this world it's embodied in the Sufi way. So here's a taster of the beauty of Sufism and Islam<br /><br />Purchase: CD only as far as I can tell<br />Freeloaders: sharebee 6c2f4e78SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-29934826703657442182008-04-30T02:43:00.000-07:002008-04-30T03:01:28.011-07:00Rephrase - Little Victories [2007]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0g_hrhe-DQ-x0xfd3RXuoLgdnUF9x9pUJi2ln5kwrQ3uVio8zs2jj9zF4Op4G9sBmE6jfp8hCj6B1WBBavTsQsTHNMMxJMMk5H9mK7vII9C1dh-LlxmN9lfbag0gqjFHhXx_BmPU9sU4/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194975508666624194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0g_hrhe-DQ-x0xfd3RXuoLgdnUF9x9pUJi2ln5kwrQ3uVio8zs2jj9zF4Op4G9sBmE6jfp8hCj6B1WBBavTsQsTHNMMxJMMk5H9mK7vII9C1dh-LlxmN9lfbag0gqjFHhXx_BmPU9sU4/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Arrgh! I've had two opportunities to move permanently to Australia and I waish I has because the music scene there is rocking - I mean I knew about the live band rock scene but little did I realize that the best in dub/reggae/soul is coming from NZ and some hot beats/breakfunk is pouring out from AUS. And here's my sacrificial lamb to represent the Australian quarter. Some great breakfunk and mellow funky house all put together on one album - and even an AGFA remix to round it off. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Get Down, get down under.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Purchase: emusic, juno, itunes</div><br /><div>Freeloaders: the usual d6218c3e</div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-39464524637223213152008-04-29T02:39:00.000-07:002008-04-30T09:17:49.070-07:00Mp3Fiesta, Completeness and IWhilst I tend to stick to emusic as my source for music I recently took the plunge with mp3fiesta since besides emusic it seemed to be able to fill the gap for the more obscure albums I was after - however I haev noticed that they have more than back catalog stuff which made me a little suspicious at the prices they charge.<br /><br />Of course I did 'check them out' and their ecommerce credentials are impeccable - unfortunately a google search suggested that they were good boys, subsequent searches have shown me that they're acually a russian outfit mostly posting stuff they've scraped from torrents or elsewhere (hence the variety of bitrates etc). So once my current balance is out I'll not be using them as clearly they do not in any way support artists/labels (I thought the latter since it seemed back-catalogue stuff to me) and they basically just recycle stuff you can get for free anyway.<br /><br />As for tagging stuff as available from them - I shall carry on as my intention here is to find the best source of mp3s on the web and if it happens to be a site in Russia (that is legal under Russian law) well that says more about the record industry's failure to get stuff out there and create mp3 portals where you get can just about anything you ever want. I mean if I was a seller I'd take requests (I mean once burnt you can resell ad infinitum and data on what's being requested would informa marketing decisions add infinitum).<br /><br />My big debate now is whether I should make a concerted effort of tagging torrents (where available) and iTunes (which I just plain don't like) to see how good as sources they are too.<br /><br />Please feel free to comment on this one...SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029881026914939453.post-86483260523564378512008-04-28T07:47:00.000-07:002008-05-01T03:53:40.600-07:00Gioachino Rossini - Petite Messe Solonnelle beginning [1863]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihN7tNb3K0U0pBwmfcHBF04BE0A4UM4WNj4VIkZ6klI_tTK9UU3-Pohyphenhyphen3NRYnvu_VDxFz9rF26Qz7IxcRbDtxZS6fKVGVp410xNnMdRzcsijr3WtJcoI2WBC5uytqJk7LO1402eXNp2g/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194308367101569202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihN7tNb3K0U0pBwmfcHBF04BE0A4UM4WNj4VIkZ6klI_tTK9UU3-Pohyphenhyphen3NRYnvu_VDxFz9rF26Qz7IxcRbDtxZS6fKVGVp410xNnMdRzcsijr3WtJcoI2WBC5uytqJk7LO1402eXNp2g/s320/folder.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I'm getting married this December so I've been attending to my soul a bit more lately and am pleased to say that the C of E has lightened up/modernised a fair bit since my school days (i mean the vicar basically flogged us a DVD called Evan Almighty (it is a good film, mind you) and we even had a hymn to the tune of Dambusters to finish the service on in high spirits. But that was the only good him the rest where solemn latin dirge's that are about as connected with Jesus as capitalism is. And given that Jesus (if nothing else) was at heart a progressive rebel and worldchanger, it's always disappointeed me that his followers are so conservative. Which brings me to this little number, Rossini was an Italian master of Opera but like me (and anyone sane) he thought church needed jazzing up a little bit and so he created this take on mass. And boy is it so much better than anything less modern than a 20th century gospel choir of course whether or not its for you may depend on how against religion you are but Rossini said it best when discussing the work:</div><div></div><div>Have I just written music for the blessed or just some blessed music? </div><div></div><div>I'd say both, you?</div><div></div><div>Purchase: emusic, amazon, 7digital</div><div>Freeloaders: sharebee 9fd05937</div>SpankyMonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344980600295958471noreply@blogger.com0