Category archive: News

    Charlie Hunter – “Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid”

    Jazz/funk guitarist Charlie Hunter will release his latest album titled “Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid” on January 12. 2010. Among the contributing musicians you will find Eric Kalb (Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings), Eric Biondo (Antibalas), Curtis Fowlkes (Jazz Passengers) and more. A free sample track can be directly downloaded here (5.5MB mp3).

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    Nils Landgren Funk Unit – “Funk for Life”

    “Funk for Life” is the latest album from the Nils Landgren Funk Unit that will be released on January 20. 2010, you can listen to a few sample tracks on their MySpace page. They will also be touring all over Europe this coming spring starting in early April (tour dates), catch them if you can, it’s a live funk experience of high caliber.

    Update: A review of the album has now been posted here.

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    News summary for October 2009

    Read on to get the latest news about the new Jamiroquai album and tour, Stuart Zenders latest projects, the state of Ronny Jordans new album, and an update from Nils Landgren regarding the Funk Unit.

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    The history of Ultrafunk

    Ultrafunk as a creative entity was started in 1988 by three people from Oslo, Norway: Anders Hamre (R.I.P. my friend & mentor), Lars Hamre and Rune Johnsrud. From 1988 until 1998, the group existed under many different names, and we worked on many different projects, among them ProTracker, Berimbau, Apollon, MovieStation and more.

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    Welcome!

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    Welcome to Ultrafunk, a site dedicated to bringing you quality soul, hip-hop, jazz and funk news, reviews, features and releases.

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