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Welcome to Episode 139 of The Magic Organ, the 6 dimensions of funk. I've been wanting to collect a small sample of some of my favorite funk tracks whether they lie directly inside the definition of funk or not. African music, techno music, a lot of Latin music, it's all an extension of funk music, well techno is and African and Latin music are the godfathers of funk music. No need to get to deeply into this topic, it's all about the listening. Secondly, I forgot to bring a microphone back home

Hey, hey just a quick welcome to Episode 138 of The Magic Organ. This episode's title is inspired by the first two tracks here, a funky stew out of Uganda from Serokolo 7 and a large ensemble out of Colombia called Nuevos Rios. Both these records slap, they're full of creativity and energy and all the good shit. Americans listen to barely any world music, world music has a very low profile in America cuz it's not made by white people, but the music is so so good (not all of it, but a lot). And T

There's really not a ton of new music listening left for the year 2026. There will be a big spurt of back to school new music in September and October and then November kicks off the extended best of year lists starting as early as the first week of November. The Magic Organ usually rocks 5-6 best of year episodes, don't sleep on that, we have the best best of year list of all. There are two (most likely) best of year list records featured in this episode, the opening track from Olof Dreijer an

In this time when the American Gestapo is rounding up anybody in order to make their deportation quotas, The Magic Organ pumps out the jams by those these fascist white people call the undersirables. I love me some undesirable. A Brazilian big band, hip hop (oh lord the shithead white people hate the hip hop) and dancefloor music which has heavy non white history and continues that way. I'm no Rodney King kinda fella (google him), these fascists gotta go they suck ass, they're boring they're vi

That is my advice to you, peep it if you feel it. The Magic Organ is much like the tv sitcom Seinfeld, except we are vehemently opposed to the genocide in Gaza. Every episode is different tunes but the theme is the same - we got bangers from all over, the middle part of this episode goes from Italy to Mali to Venezuela to Cuba, worldwide I tell ya. And we are uninterested in issues of class and race, we want all classes and races up in here, the issue is quality something that can be argued over

We always put the most likely year end best of list bangers up front, we know folks be busy and you gotta hit 'em with your best shot right out of the gate as Pat Benatar used to say. We pop off with some abstract dancefloor techno out of the UK from Batu & Donato Dozzy -- great arrangements, interesting sounds and a big shout out to the hand drumming or the programmed hand drumming. The second tune is from the collaboration between the Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers (check out t