Future Funk
SEE: A Certain Ratio – ‘Yo Yo Gi’: fantastic funk futurism sees ACR in fine form; album and live stream
A CERTAIN RATIO have shared a new track, “Yo Yo Gi”, from their eagerly anticipated new album, ACR Loco – and it comes with a dazzling video; watch below. Culled and edited with visual distortion and colour casting from rapid transit systems, railway interchanges, road junctions, flickering at speed through timelapse, it’s a dizzyingly urban …
Track: Tenderlonious – Hard Rain
Not so much having finger in pies, more Ed Cawthorne, aka Tenderlonious, seems to have his own pie shop right at the moment. The flautist and sax player, DJ, producer, 22a records boss, and leader of the 22archestra and Ruby Rushton jazz ensembles is about to release his new album, titled Hard Rain. He’s shared …
Track: Potatohead People – Do My Thing / Returning The Flavour
Vancouver duo Potatohead People, aka Nick Wisdom and Astrologica, herald the arrival of their album Nick & Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy, wout May 11th via Bastard Jazz, with a 7″ comprising of two of the albums tracks – Do My Thing and Returning the Flavour. It sees them teaming up again with Illa J, …
Track: Jamiroquai – Cloud 9, plus live/festival dates
Future funk legends Jamiroquai are back with a new album ‘Automaton’, out via Virgin EMI on March 31st. Written and self-produced by Jay Kay and keyboardist Matt Johnson, its the bands first new music in seven years and the eighth album of a stellar career. From it the band have released the first single to …
Track: Marcus Alan Ward – Little Sunshine
Cleveland Ohio singer songwriter Marcus Alan Ward has just released a new slab of future funk in the shape of his new track Little Sunshine. After releasing music under the Freeze-Tag moniker, he’s reverted to his own name, and mixes up soid funk cuts with Ward’s gospel soul infused vocals and a healthy dose of …