http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/posts/tags/funk/page/1/ Songs I Like en Vox Fri, 09 May 2008 16:03:47 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss funk http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/im-still-listening-to-nine-inch-nails-and-peter-hope.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/im-still-listening-to-nine-inch-nails-and-peter-hope.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/im-still-listening-to-nine-inch-nails-and-peter-hope.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 16:03:47 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398f811e60004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398f811e60004-50si" alt="A1 Too Hot" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398f823a00005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398f823a00005-50si" alt="Chain - Chains(1)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here I am saying The Slip is the best Nine Inch Nails album since the first one when I haven't really listened to any of them since Broken. So I've been trying to catch up, going from recent to older; Year Zero and With Teeth are actually better ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/im-still-listening-to-nine-inch-nails-and-peter-hope.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48cf67d7e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 80s nine inch nails industrial funk 00s james hardway gothic funk industrial funk peter hope david harrow http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/back-to-the-funk-brownout.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/back-to-the-funk-brownout.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/back-to-the-funk-brownout.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:55:02 -0700 I've been spending a lot of my listening time lately back in the 80s and neglecting the funk, so I sought to remedy that today. I started listening to Brownout, the Latin funk band from Austin, and as soon as I heard "African Battle" I was hooked... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/back-to-the-funk-brownout.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48cf303fe0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> austin latin funk 00s brownout deep funk http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:00:13 -0700 I've liked Medeski Martin and Wood ever since I first heard them on the Get Shorty soundtrack (one of the grooviest soundtracks to a mainstream movie since the 70s), but I only ever got a couple of their albums. One that I bought was their first ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/medeski-martin-wood-and-scofield-give-me-goosebumps.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48d10e4d60001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock jazz funk guitar 00s miles davis organ john scofield medeski martin wood http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-doors-funky.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-doors-funky.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-doors-funky.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:11:05 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48d077eb40001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48d077eb40001-50si" alt="06 - A Perfect Kind of Love" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce8c3280002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce8c3280002-50si" alt="05. The Witch" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Doors were accused of a lot of things, but being funky wasn't one of them. So I am naturally surprised when I hear Doors influences in contemporary funk; who'd'a thunk it? Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators (she's from Brooklyn, they'r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-doors-funky.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce8c71a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 80s finland funk 60s 00s doors charlatans nicole willis soul investigators nostalgia 77 natural self donnaslut broken keys http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/chris-joss.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/chris-joss.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/chris-joss.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:49:56 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce2ba410003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce2ba410003-50si" alt="Teraphonic Overdubs" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> To the elite group of musicians who have mastered the art of retro-disco-cop-show-funk-o-lounge-a-phonics (i.e. Skeewiff and Shawn Lee) add Frenchman Chris Joss, who since 1999 has built up an impressive catalog of recordings in that vein. His la... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48d0166170001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lounge 90s retro funk 00s breaks cop show themes chris joss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/new-funk-from-jamie-lidell.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/new-funk-from-jamie-lidell.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/new-funk-from-jamie-lidell.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:26:17 -0800 Starting with the premise that it's not healthy to live in the past all the time, I scan the zip blogs once in a while to get a taste of what's new, to hear if anyone is making good music today. Answer: for the most part, no. Same as always. Bu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce2720a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> soul germany funk 00s jamie lidell http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/back-with-some-vintage-guitar-funk.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/back-with-some-vintage-guitar-funk.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/back-with-some-vintage-guitar-funk.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:08:40 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f30f5b02050001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f30f5b02050001-50si" alt="09-Scorpio" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398dbc0160004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398dbc0160004-50si" alt="09 - side saddle -1974" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f30f5b02220001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f30f5b02220001-50si" alt="A1 Dr Abraham" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've been laid low by illness for the last few days, too sick to blog, but I did manage to listen to some music and find a nice trifecta of funky guitar instrumentals from the 70s. The grandaddy of them all is Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio" from 1971.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398dbb2830002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 70s funk guitar breaks dennis coffey janne schaffer donald austin http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/more-blood.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/more-blood.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/more-blood.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:18:30 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398daad320004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398daad320004-50si" alt="02 Pleasure Control" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I could sit and post songs and videos to this blog all day every day, but the prospect of picking out one or two from the universe of things I want to post sometimes paralyzes me into inaction. So in the interest of catching up, here's a follow-u... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398dab5590005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock 80s bass funk guitar james blood ulmer harmolodics amin ali http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/take-a-look-overhead.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/take-a-look-overhead.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/take-a-look-overhead.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:12:29 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f30f585d1d0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f30f585d1d0001-50si" alt="Ugress-SpiderEyes(Spider-ManTheme)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Spiderman theme is fine as a jingle, but I've never thought of it as an actual cop-show theme. Until today, that is, when I found Norwegian electro duo Ugress's groovy remake: That's definitive; I doubt you'll ever hear a better version of ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/take-a-look-overhead.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f30f585d880001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> synth funk electro 00s norway spiderman cop show themes ugress http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/ultramarine-reminds-me-of-23-skidoo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/ultramarine-reminds-me-of-23-skidoo.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/ultramarine-reminds-me-of-23-skidoo.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:38:44 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d0a6b30004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d0a6b30004-50si" alt="Ultramarine - Bullprong" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d0ad280005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d0ad280005-50si" alt="23 Skidoo - Language" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Upon discovering, just last year (fashionably late again) that A Primary Industry had morphed into Ultramarine in 1990, I got Ultramarine's first album, Folk. It's a nice extension of the softer side of API, with lots of layered reeds (from both ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/ultramarine-reminds-me-of-23-skidoo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398d0fe880001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 90s electronica 80s industrial funk uk ultramarine 23 skidoo a primary industry