#cosmic funk

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Cosmic Funk - The George Semper Orchestra (Inner City Review, 1973)

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Lonnie Liston Smith - Floating Through Space

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Reviews 185: AD Bourke & Rotla

Mario Pierro has been producing music for years, using his Raiders of the Lost Arp project to explore worlds of techno, electro, and Italo-disco. A subtle change occurred around 2014 when Mario released the incredible Laguna 12” as part Edizioni Mondo’s first series of releases. Accompanying his name change to the anagrammatic ROTLA, his sound also shifted, now inhabiting a minimal yet enchanting balearic dreamworld of textured guitar layers, hypnotic percussion, and atmospheric synthscapes. In the time since, Mario has used ROTLA to produce some of the finest music of his career, re-editing Bonnie & Klein on their debut for Über and contributing to the second Edizioni Mondo series with the jaw-dropping rework of L.U.C.A.’s “Niagara” as well as the equally magical Waves EP, which happens to feature a beautiful Mark Barrott remix. And parallel to all of this, Mario has been exploring realms of exotic space funk and dancefloor heat with AD Bourke (Adam Bourke), first dropping one of the strongest volumes in the Really Swing 10″ set with 2016’s Vol 9 and then resuming the partnership at the beginning of 2018 with the RAW single on Far Out Recordings (which itself presages an upcoming full length for the label). This is a molten interstellar jam out, with live drums blasting away under riffed out wah wah synths, kaleidoscopic Rhodes solos, cosmic clavinets, and grooving bassline hypnotics, even building towards a fiery fusion explosion and concluding with a panoramic drum solo. What’s more, the legendary Ron Trent appears with a stunning remix, one that pulsates with tropical humidity, ecstatic energy, and enhanced percussive power.

AD Bourke & Rotla - RAW (Far Out Recordings, 2018) The LP mix of RAW starts with grooved out live drums of David Nerattini, led by martial snares and syncopated hi-hat patterns. Oscillating electronic gases float all around while liquid wah wah keyboards drop scatting riffs until the hypnotic basslines enter…funked out, adventurous, and bringing with them supremely cosmic and ultra-phased clavinet lines. Rhodes pianos drop waterfalls of crystalline soul beauty over the mix while heatwave pad blasts of synthetic strings and brass move through the humid air. Over top fly cinematic and longform melodies that ascend and descend majestically…like epic harmonies of fire gliding smoothy on galactic waves. After jamming out for an extended period in this island funk paradise, we drop into a climactic build, where the kick drum stomps beneath vibing snare patterns and psychedelic clavinet riffs. And after sci-fi synth lasers blast towards the sky, the track erupts with a molten funk explosion, as a stuttering power groove sees wah soaked keyboards riffing mesmerically and fuzzed out synth solos trailing polychromatic vapors as the soar amongst the stars. It’s a burning fusion jam out with an infectious sense of energy, the vibe almost Latin…like some sort of intergalactic samba taking place on the surface of the sun. Then as modulated bass waves are chopped into unrecognition, we find ourselves deep within a sorcerous drum solo, where a steady beat is embellished by tom fill panoramas, sliding sub-bass fluids, feedback chirps imitating palm-muted wah wah clicks, and effusive hand percussion layers pushing the groove euphoria to a maximum.

In Ron Trent’s version, tripped out voices sit above David’s drum storm, decaying through infinite echoes. Maddening tom-tom and rimshot polyrhythms are added in for a super deep drum intro that also features massive gong strikes and explosive snare rolls. Liquid keyboard scats fade in and are soon joined by hypno-shakers, adventurous basslines jamming through a wonderland of 70s fusion, and the original track’s cosmic clavinets, now chopped up into funkified flashes of fire. Ron adds some heft to the bottom end and his feverish voice layers fly all around while organic handclaps hold down the beat and blazing synth solos climb towards rainbow cloud realms. String synths drone out with harmonious light waves as cascading chimes rain down and sometimes it all grows overwhelmingly ecstatic, as uncountable solar electronic layers journey together towards a dancefloor paradise. The original track’s climactic build up is retained, though Ron adds in rolling timpani drums and cosmic string orchestrations. And when we burst into the cosmic funk and fusion freak out, there is more percussive urgency surrounding the ripping fuzzsynth solos as they surf on waves of eternal energy. Further hazy vocals lead to the psychotropic outro drum workout, with sparkling crystals and haunted string movements now drifting overhead. But rather than end the track here, Ron builds everything back up, letting strings soar while chaotic noise blasts and drunken feedback spirals swarm around the mutating clavinets and subterranean bass gurgles.

(images from my personal copy)

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Shy Luv, the Manchester duo made up of Karma Kid and Armeria, make a wondrous team with UK singer songwriter Jones on their groovy new jam, Shock Horror. The sleek wonky burner now comes with a spiffy cool music video, too, directed by London based French director duo Bif. JONES lends her silky luscious voice to this funky burbling spectacular, a Metronomy meets Chromeo like electro funk fete with some of Little Dragon’s cheeky piquant soul. Shock Horror is the title track from an EP to be released March 10th via Black Butter Records. You can pre-order the EP from iTunes and purchase the single, here.

[twistedsoulmusic]

Nearly three years on from their self-titled debut, Psyché return with a new album that reinvigorates and expands their singular blend of groove and psychedelia.

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