Funk & Popping Music 5.

"My Frequency" Album contains old music that i never really released and always was very special to me; songs like "Friday Night" and "Rhodes Music" just to name a few. Of course there's also new songs on there as well and i think the mix between them is pretty cool. Hope you enjoy this project, and that it brings inspiration to other artists. (Chris Neal aka Frankfurt Funk)

Produced, Composed, Arranged, Written by : Frankfurt Funk
Co-Produced, Mixed, Mastered by : Voyear
Executive Producer : Walla P
Artwork : LiamLiamLiam

My Frequency

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Frankfurt Funk - And You Don't Stop

this is an old track from a finished album that i was going to drop but i decided to sit on last minute, made in spring 2012 somewhere between FLUX and Citrus Harmony. hope you enjoy!

track art by Paddy Paddlson

From The Museums Of Sleep [unreleased 2012]

Buy album 2xLP, CD, and Digital at: http://www.bastardjazz.bandcamp.com

Following the critically-acclaimed 2012 release of their beat-centric compilation <a href="https://soundcloud.com/bastardjazz/sets/tall-black-guy-presents">'Tempo Dreams Vol. 1'</a> (assembled by Detroit/UK producer-at-large Tall Black Guy), Brooklyn wax purveyors Bastard Jazz Recordings have returned with Volume 2 of the enlightening, genre-bending series. This time around, the label has enlisted Bay Area mainstay DJ/producers Teeko & B. Bravo, driving forces behind the transformative “modern funk” sound emerging out of the West Coast. Sticking with the series' theme of showcasing new styles and emerging artists, curated by their own musical peers, Teeko and Bravo have conjured up an LP of mind-blowing tracks that push the limits of soulful electronic funk, outernational boogie, and cosmic hip-hop.

'Tempo Dreams Volume 2' picks up where the first edition left off, bridging the gaps between various geographic locations and local scenes, while also reaching for new heights with soaring vocal features and dance-floor primed beats. The compilers' home town is heavily represented through hits like the 80's R&B-styled bomb “Hard Pressed” by Rojai and E.Live, the deep & sexy nighttime-synth vibes of K-Maxx (“Dreamin’ Of You”), and an unreleased sun-drenched remix of the Bayonics track “Wheels". Left coast collective Mugpush bring more heat on “Came Too Far”, channeling a deft balance of smooth P-Funk with killer rhymes from the ever-versatile Black Spade. Teeko and Bravo's own Starship Connection keeps things bumping with “We Can Go All Night”, complete with sexy boogie thump, understated vocals and twinkling synths. Europe and the UK also supply their take on this sound, with the nasty vocodor funk of “Dans” by Belgium’s Pomrad, the bass-heavy Atjazz creeper “One” (featuring wunderkind Amalia’s woozy vocals), and the swirling UK electro-hop of the Insomniax ("A Vibe For Chrissy"), with it’s lovelorn hip-hop vocals.

Individually, both Teeko and B.Bravo have hefty resumes: Bravo is a 2010 graduate of Red Bull Music Academy with releases on Brownswood, Frite Nite and Ernest Endeavors. His tune “Computer Love” was named one of 2009’s best tracks by Benji B (BBC Radio 1). He’s shared the stage with artists like Chromeo, Dam-Funk, Flying Lotus and serenaded crowds across the world with his bass heavy outerspace boogie and dirty grinding synth grooves at festivals like SXSW, Detroit Electronic Music Festival, and Sonar in Barcelona. Teeko, creator of SF’s infamous 4ONEFUNK crew, has been a key player in the next generation of the Bay Area’s Turntablist scene and has been called “the most insane & creative turntablist I have ever worked with" by Mark Ronson, who featured him on his Record Collection album. Recent years have had Teeko looking towards production with his debut album Turn Off The Dark and his collaboration with B.Bravo as The Starship Connection, churning out cosmic, sludgy electronic funk music on Salva’s Fritenite label. The duo's deft ear and unparalleled musical credentials inspired Bastard Jazz to enlist them for this next expedition into Tempo Dreams. "We wanted to represent soulful music being made by our piers from all over the world," says B. Bravo "Artists from California to New York, Canada, London, Germany all with different modern styles but sharing a common thread of being influenced by funk and soul."

Tempo Dreams Vol. 2 album available worldwide October 15th on 2xLP, CD and Digital.

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Rojai & E.Live - Hard Pressed

Available on limited colored vinyl LP, Digital & Streaming.
As music in the digital age seems to be shifting back to a 60's era emphasis on singles over albums, those who clamor for a full-length installment of music from their favorite artists have found their thirst increasingly unquenched. Enter Leopard DaVinci & Louis 707, who are boldly filling this gap in modern funk music with their LP "Make The Party Great Again."

Living through an era of social distancing, event cancellations, and venue closures, making the party thrive as it once did is no small task, but this French synth-funk duo come across as extraordinarily energized to meet the challenge. It feels like every synthesizer sound ever conceived somehow lives within their arsenal, as a colorful blend of analog tones and back-cracking handclaps form the foundation for pure boogie bliss. From the album's inception, "Kinda Get Funky" sets the tone. It's clear that Leopard & Louis respect the original flight plan of the Mothership, though they draw more of their inspiration from subsequent sons of the "P" such as Zapp or 80's era Cameo. They remain uptempo throughout the entirety of the album, and even when they chill the mood slightly on songs like "Girl Oh Girl" & "I Get Up," it's only to spit a little slickness to the ladies before bumping the bpm's right back to where they were before. The album doesn't stray far from the usual topics of conversation in modern funk - Dancing, women, & funk itself. But such deviation isn't needed; if we're going to bring the party back we've got to stick to the script.

As always, Sleepers takes the time to package the music as thoroughly as it was created, this time in a full-color jacket on yellow vinyl. Limited to only 300 copies!

You Can Leave Me

Download here: https://mofunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/who-is-that-girl-xl-middleton-remix

Remix produced by XL Middleton.
Written & performed by Moniquea.
Intro performed by Kevin "Slow Jammin" James.
Rap written & performed by XL Middleton.
All keys & drum programming by XL Middleton.
Mastered by Ivan Makvel.
Illustration & design by Foniks.
Animation by Brandon Mahlberg.

Who Is That Girl (XL Middleton Remix)

For the entirety of their existence, First Touch have been at the forefront of modern funk music. The Germany-based group was a major component in the first wave of boogie revivalism which began in the 2000's. Their eponymous debut album would become legendary among synth funk aficionados who were seeking to hear new artists working with 1980's-era blueprints of analog keyboards & heavy hand claps. First Touch has remained active ever since, with releases on many of the prime modern funk labels in the game. Now they can add Sleepers to that list with a 7" which includes two new songs. "Changes" is classic First Touch - Drum tracks that could've been lifted from any song in regular rotation at Paradise Garage, rubbery synth bass lines and leads, and unlike many of their fellow modern funksters, a willingness to place non-synth instruments prominently into their production via warm piano chords & horn stabs. "Chron" falls more into electro territory, and as such adds new dimensions to the First Touch sound.

As always, Sleepers brings you these two tracks in physical form via limited edition color vinyl 7" - only 150 copies pressed!

Chron

Digital & 7" Vinyl

instrumental version !

sample: Azymuth - Falcon Love Call (1977)
vocal chops: Sylvia St. James - Ghetto Lament (1:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xWqNS8qMI&feature=kp)

Behind You (Instrumental)

Kenlo Craqnuques - Fins Dsemaine

JAKEN - Soft Music

On his third single, Reality Jonez brings a new dimension to his "new oldies" sound, by upping the usual tempo to a more danceable pace, and melding it with warm synth work that suggests the influence of late 70's/early 80's proto-boogie that became the dancefloor standard in R&B circles of the day. Still saying true to his soul-based roots, the track is nonetheless carried by pianos, plucking guitars, and live drums, effectively forming a bridge between the sometimes distant worlds of contemporary soul and synth funk. 

Jonez' vocals reach out to the woman he's been longing for, hoping that she will "just say yes" to his propositions of love. His straightforward sentiment proves that the tried-and-true subjects of love and romance never sound tired when delivered authentically. 

Produced by Matthew Middleton 
Keys: Matthew Middleton 
Guitar/additional keys: Jeremy Diamond-Ortiz 

Catalog #: CCE0021

Reality Jonez - Just Say Yes

Soulglow (ft. Damon Trueitt)

https://neonfingerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-eye-galaxy

Bybo Funk - Supernova "Future Funk" Shockwave (Black Eye Galaxy) - NF13

Official Music Trailer: https://youtu.be/vy2jgl9aK3c
Stay tuned @: https://www.tryezz.com

Yes indeed. It has mos' definitely been a min. But I'm still out here forging ahead with this music and artistry. 15+ years on this journey. And the journey continues...

Stay tuned for: "Alternate Routes"
Full release dropping: July 19th

Much love and many thanks to all that have decided to tune in.

Alternate Routes

Alternate Routes (Out July 19th)

A new mix from the boys with an electro boogie take on the original that oozes the K&S signature sound

JAL100 Picture Disc B Side

Kraak & Smaak - Dynamite (Kraak & Smaak's Boogie Funk Version)

Single from the upcoming 'StereoTypes' EP, which drops 4/12/12 on www.jellyfishrecordings.bandcamp.com. Vocals by Claire Mortifee. Mixed & mastered by David Pimentel. 

Stereotypes ft. Claire Mortifee

Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Kenlo Craqnuques - Fins Dsemaine

Music Is My Sanctuary

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