oh damn...the Hood Pass Intact EP is incredible. D-F's stuff is really great I've come to realize but he's better when he works with a vocalist. new album looks to be full of that kinda thing which is a good sign!
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 August 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
loving that mix posted upthread muchas gracias!!!
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 August 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Dâm seems like the archetypal guy who has figured out how to live
― MC Whistler (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 27 August 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
btw http://www.npr.org/2015/08/26/434358222/first-listen-dam-funk-invite-the-light
― MC Whistler (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 27 August 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
^^awesome thank you! (still need to hear the mix you posted earlier though)
digging the new album a lot, much more energetic party feel imo, less of the spacier out-there funk of "come on outside" or "searchin 4 funk's future" which are two of my favorite tunes from toeachizown so i'm a little bummed it doesn't quite have that spacey vibe (though "acceptance" on the new one works pretty well)
ariel pink tune is one of the weakest here, pretty much exclusively b/c of ariel lol (and i am a fan of AP at least the pre-before today albums)
― marcos, Friday, 28 August 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
new album dj kicks is even more mellow than usuAl
― calstars, Friday, 27 May 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/damfunkdjkicksalbumartwork.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 27 May 2016 19:58 (eight years ago) link
sweet
― marcos, Friday, 27 May 2016 20:05 (eight years ago) link
I can't keep up w this guy, but he is awesome
― Οὖτις, Friday, 27 May 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
Dude is playing the museum of natural history in New York next month. Fap!
― calstars, Friday, 27 May 2016 21:35 (eight years ago) link
Moodymann, now this, DJ Kicks is on a bit of a roll...
― henry s, Saturday, 28 May 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
this DJ Kicks set is incredible
― frogbs, Monday, 6 June 2016 04:17 (seven years ago) link
He just did a 2-track single with Ekkah as well.
"Space Between Us" is the better of the two songs, but "What's Up" is the only one on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ffZOZkq-7w
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 6 June 2016 04:37 (seven years ago) link
enjoying the DJ-Kicks, it sounds p much exactly what you would imagine a Dam Funk DJKicks to sound like, which is good.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 15 June 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
Surprised there's almost no discussion of "Invite the Light" on here. is it because this thread is hard to search for or are people tuckered out on the dude's sound? I'm on listen #4 now, it gets a bit better each time, the longer tunes like "O.B.E." and especially "Floating On Air" are excellent, I also dig "Surveillance Escape" for its sheer campiness. The Ariel Pink tune pretty much bites it though, I'm afraid.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for the reminder - slept on that one! The Nite-Funk EP is really nice.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
Don't love it as much as Toeachizown or the Steve Arrington joint, but that's just relative points on a scale of stuff I love
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
wasn't a huge fan of the Arrington album - it is nice but to me it just feels like he's adding lyrics to already-finished D-F tracks, several of which I'm pretty sure were released already. The title track rules though. 7 Days of Funk is pretty nice.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Arrington is such a fun lyricist and I love his voice so I feel like it's his record as much as Damon's. Funkzilla is fine too but just a bit lesser on my scale
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
I dig his SoundCloud funk better than the albums and I'm not sure why. He's got a recent one up there, "I smoke music"... I mean that's the greatest title ever.
― calstars, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/damfunk/i-smoke-musik
― calstars, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
whoaaa I did not see this guy's Soundcloud
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
anyone happen to catch this album
https://soundcloud.com/music-from-memory/sets/garrett-private-life
I dunno if its "officially" been outed as Dam Funk yet but it definitely is
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 August 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
Nice find
― calstars, Monday, 4 September 2017 12:29 (six years ago) link
str8 fire beautiful kixhttps://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/dekmantel-podcast-184-dam-funk
― Neil S, Thursday, 28 June 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
two thumbs up
― Kroos on first (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
keeps the momentum for the whole 3.5hrs too
― Neil S, Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
new EP is dope... reminds me of the old stuff. final 2 mins of "compos mentis" are O_O
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 May 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
Nice, I was just listening to STFU (1) last week
― calstars, Friday, 17 May 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
ain't he doing a real studio album this year?
― frogbs, Friday, 17 May 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
"deeper" is almost his version of minimal techno
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 18 May 2019 00:16 (five years ago) link
I hear Ramona’s voice (in my head) all over “compos”
― calstars, Saturday, 18 May 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
Digging private life 2 a lot more than vol 1... supreme mellowness
― brimstead, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
just walked home from the bar in (fucking finally) 79 degree bedstuy jamming the new ep and it may have been a 2019 highlight
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 03:20 (five years ago) link
“awaiting the light” from private life ii is like the spacey intro to Arnie Love’s “I think I’m out of your life” by Arnie Love stretched out over 5 minutes <3
― brimstead, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:52 (three years ago) link
typo
― brimstead, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:53 (three years ago) link
DJ Kicks set is still out of this world
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 October 2021 02:07 (two years ago) link
i highly recommend any and all Moon B records
― brimstead, Thursday, 28 October 2021 02:10 (two years ago) link
will check it out, everything on this comp is great but a lot of these artists have only released like two singles
vinyl version is quite a bit different, only 12 tracks but a few of the tracks show up in different versions & it's unmixed so most tracks are like a minute or two longer. "True To Yourself" is like 8 minutes longer
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 October 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
was able to get a copy of Invite the Light for $20. would call it a steal but it looks like most copies are similarly priced. its such a good album too, kind of like his own Songs in the Key of Life in how it stretches his sound to every corner he can take it. packaging is super cool too, ultra shiny, almost like a hologram. all three records are white with different color labels. actually kind of sucks that so many copies are out there, suggests this was a gamble that didn't work. doesn't mean you have to miss out though
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 April 2022 20:18 (two years ago) link
Nice one for the collection
― calstars, Thursday, 21 April 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link