thread of DâM-FunK

i just cant believe he didnt have a thread on ilx before -- pretty unique stuff to be confined to the end of a stones throw thread

A few weeks ago one radio station around here had some guest dj on who was playing a bunch of late 70s early 80s stuff that sounded exactly like dam funk's shit and I was like man it has to be dam funk playing this

and thn it was

i endorse this thread

I haven't heard any of this but now I'm very interested.

I think he djs regularly at a bar within walking distance from my place but I've yet to go. =(

ha jaxon i just downloaded that 'night shift ii' mix that site has up after a friend linked me to it -- amazing stuff

this is great!!

Dam Funk is the shit. i'm sure it will be uncool to like him on ILM soon enough.

maybe when people hear his animal collective remix.

Dam Funk is the shit. i'm sure it will be uncool to like him on ILM soon enough.

― pipecock, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

???? everyone is going on about how good he is, wtf are you even bitching about

esp lol since your entire persona on here is abt how much cooler u are than everyone else for appreciating true genius & soul or whatever

cocks will be cocks

"esp lol since your entire persona on here is abt how much cooler u are than everyone else for appreciating true genius & soul or whatever

― zzz (deej)"

exactly, and as such it will not go out of style for me to like Dam Funk's music. it's cool that he seems to be hitting big in terms of wide appreciation right now, but it won't last long. 5 years from now people will be talking shit in this thread and i'll still at the very least be bumping the records he's already released.

ok ms cleo how about you stop bitching about things that havent even happened, at the very least

cant say i admire anyone's ability to force themselves to not get tired of something, though

"cant say i admire anyone's ability to force themselves to not get tired of something, though

― zzz (deej)"

i don't have to force myself to get tired of your bullshit.

no one asked u to be hear

*here

don;t feed the cock

he just pre-emptively lashed out against future backlash -- I for one am impressed and respectful

premature backlash-ulation

or something

like this.

bored. don't like it anymore.

lmao yah fukk dam funk -- now im into bmore club again

bmore passé now, kuduro for at least the next 10 minutes, them maybe funk carioca revival.

very disappointed that it's "DAME funk" rather than "DAMN funk" ... i take it back, this guy sucks balls

5 years minutes from now people will be talking shit in this thread and i'll still at the very least be bumping the records he's already released.

― pipecock, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://www.zshare.net/audio/591766334c2915da/

Live set tracklist:

1.JOHN TEJADA - "Loose Change" | '04
2.JOHN TEJADA - "Progressive Patterns" | '04
3.DEZ DICKERSON - "Modernaire" (Complexxion version) | '08
4.WAS (NOT WAS) - "Out Come The Freaks" | '81
5.STONE CITY BAND - "Bad Lady" | '83
6.PRINCE - "Controversy" | '81
7.PRINCE - "Sexy Dancer" (UK only Long Version) | '79
8.CHANGE - "Don't Wait Another Night" | '83
9.O'BRYAN - "Be My Lover" | '84
10.KLYMAXX - "Man In My Life" (UK Fred Dove & Froggy Remix) | '82
11.THE CURE - "Let's Go To Bed" | '82
12.SOFT CELL - "A Man Could Get Loot" | '82
13.TRANS-X - "Living On Video" (Dub Version) | '84
14.GOSUB - "Love Like The Past" | '07
15.FINGERS INC.- "Distant Planet" | '88
16.SCOTT SELLARS - "Let's Dance Shall We?" | '91
17.EAST 17 DIVISION - "Textures" | '92
18.B.F.C.(aka Carl Craig) - "The Climax" | '90
19.FIREFLY - "Love Is Coming" (Remix) | '83
20.STONE - "Girl I Like The Way That You Move" | '82
21.DâM-FunK - "Galactic Fun" | '08

good lookin

yeah played it about 3 times yesterday, really good fun

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/music/26dam.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=funk&st=cse

MUSIC REVIEW | DAM-FUNK
A Chatty Fan of ’80s Funk, Serving It Slow and Low

“Ladies, if any guys ask you to dance, do not refuse. I repeat, do not refuse-use-use.”

<3

holy shit

First Volume (of 5) from Dam-Funk's debut full length album, Toeachizown, which will be released as a 5LP set in Fall 2009.

“1983, y’all — a great year for funk,”

that live set looks funking weird and awesome

that mix was wicked. i like a good talking DJ.

reminds me of when i saw moodymann. "the bar is still open, people!" then, more ominously: "THE BAR IS STILL OPEN."

checked the videos, dl-ing the mix cuz ms cleo told me so

http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/08/dam-funk-toeachizown-mp3/

XDDDDDDDDDDDD

http://www.thefader.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/toeachizown-1.jpg

also, http://twitter.com/damfunk/status/2475498208

if u guys were curious i had to know!!

this song is amazing

fresh

i want to hear him rmx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBB8RVZ3a4E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89HK0H_-cA8

relistening to this now i can TOTALLY see why this would be his fav

great track! the bass line is so juicy!

not a D-F rmx, but an edit by my man Jitterbug who has since gone on to release on Uzuri:

http://cornwarning.com/tomcox/Maze_-_Twilight(jitterbugsLostEdit).mp3

nice slow weed enabled repeptitive edit.

Everybody needs to listen to that 7" he did as Wavelength. It really is some of his best stuff. Both tracks can be heard here:

http://www.moovmnt.com/2009/07/05/slept-on-sunday-wavelength-funk-dreams/

btw http://www.npr.org/2015/08/26/434358222/first-listen-dam-funk-invite-the-light

^^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)

new album dj kicks is even more mellow than usuAl

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/damfunkdjkicksalbumartwork.jpg

sweet

I can't keep up w this guy, but he is awesome

Dude is playing the museum of natural history in New York next month. Fap!

Moodymann, now this, DJ Kicks is on a bit of a roll...

this DJ Kicks set is incredible

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

enjoying the DJ-Kicks, it sounds p much exactly what you would imagine a Dam Funk DJKicks to sound like, which is good.

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.

Thanks for the reminder - slept on that one! The Nite-Funk EP is really nice.

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

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.

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

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.

https://soundcloud.com/damfunk/i-smoke-musik

whoaaa I did not see this guy's Soundcloud

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

Nice find

str8 fire beautiful kix
https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/dekmantel-podcast-184-dam-funk

two thumbs up

keeps the momentum for the whole 3.5hrs too

new EP is dope... reminds me of the old stuff. final 2 mins of "compos mentis" are O_O

Nice, I was just listening to STFU (1) last week

ain't he doing a real studio album this year?

"deeper" is almost his version of minimal techno

I hear Ramona’s voice (in my head) all over “compos”

Digging private life 2 a lot more than vol 1... supreme mellowness

just walked home from the bar in (fucking finally) 79 degree bedstuy jamming the new ep and it may have been a 2019 highlight

“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

typo

DJ Kicks set is still out of this world

i highly recommend any and all Moon B records

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

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

Nice one for the collection