Episode 139: 6 Dimensions of Funk

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 with me and I ended up doing the back half of this episode with a text to speech converter. As I say in the episode it's not that different from some rando with a microphone using a pitchshifter to do a Family Dollar impersonation of a Quiet Storm DJ from back in the day.

The funk is all around, enjoy.

Excerpts from this episode:

Owiny Sigoma Band: Norbat Okelo

Nino Moschella: Are You for Real

Eric B. and Rakim: I Ain't No Joke

Karol Conka: Vola

Machete: Fatima

Jeri-Jeri: Xale Rhythm

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