James Brown The Bamboos The Poets of Rhythm Bobby Byrd Aretha Franklin New Master Sounds Quantic Nicole Willis Alice Russell Marva Whitney Clarence Reid Sharon Jones Lyn Collins The Daptones Marvin Gaye Stevie Wonder Lefties Soul Connection Reverend Cletus & The Soul Saviours The Apples Speedometer The Broken Keys Average White Band The Meters The JBs and other funky folk!
The mainstays of Funkbox met in 2004 with the night developing from a mutual love of dusty, funky vinyl and their same passion for gigs and club nights. The idea was simple, play the funky groovy music that they all loved.
Run purely for the love of the music they so lovingly collect the boys started a weekly Thursday night session at The Rainbow. With their uncomplicated formula of no egos and just plain damn funky tunes the crowd were happy with their evenings chocked full of crate diggers delights. This soon expanded to guesting at other nights, up and down the country and hosting many weekend sessions, both at the Rainbow and other Birmingham venues.
Following two years at the Rainbow, in February 2007 the boys moved residency to a new dedicated Birmingham Jazz & Funk club, The Yardbird.
From the classic funk hits of James Brown and Marva Whitney to the modern contemporary sounds of the Poets of Rhythm and The Bamboos, the night takes you through all funky genres including psyche, jazz, disco, broken beat and afrobeat…at Funkbox expect to hear anything with soul, an amazing groove and that certain something to get those feet movin'.
hey funkbox check out the recent kaleta & akoya afrobeat 'the spirit of fela is alive and well' 12 on Mukatsuku records and out this week the new Guynamite 180 gram 12 inch -''Born in '82' 4 Track Soul Boogie EP is out now (Cat MUKAT 015 )featuring the amazing vocals of Shea Soul & Dee.
As played by Phil Asher,Simbad,Kyoto Jazz Massive,Tubbs,Kevin Beadle,Mr Scruff and more !
Trippin.. on 80..s Black music; funk, soul, jazz are all met on this classy EP that..s deliberately risk taking too. Down tempo BPM..s electro key pads and rustic synths inserts lead on ..Take My Dreams sung by Dee, while the beats are prominent on instrumental ..Patrice.. dedicated to keyboardist Patrice Rushen. Inputting new wave forms and bonus beats in double time ..Space Elevator.. has plenty of funk with the gorgeously sung headliner ..Set Me Free.. from Shea Soul sweetly soul broken boogie u p ! 10 out of 10 (IDJ Magazine)
to say thanks for the support , new track VIVA LA PUNK,full track myspace download on my page. be great to get your comments and feedback and if anyone wants full wav copy just get intouch and ill send link,as always feel free to use my page for your promo,cheers! LOOK TO THE LEFT ON MY PAGE PODMATIC AND DOWNLOAD FROM THERE!
brand new track just added to my page, don goliath DUBBING DOWN BABYLON,(SUB-VERSIVE&DJ GNOME REMIX) ,due for release shortly on DUBSTEP DIVISION RECORDINGS be great to get your comments on this one and as always feel free to promo your thing on my page,
allright there ,hope things are all good with ya!just to let you know grasshopper is out now on young nrg productions be good if you could check it.just click on link, thanks for the support and feel free to promo your thing on my page!
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