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July 16, 2010
by rune
- posted in Mixes, Releases.
 To quote the original source: “49 songs… expertly mixed, cut and transitioned by two of America’s most popular DJ’s. The songs cover any and everything ‘summer’ related. From songs about summer to songs that just feel like the sunshine season, this multi-genre mix will be sure to make your already great summer even better!”
Download link: Summertime – The Mixtape.zip (144MB zip)
Tagged with disco, funk, hip-hop, jazzy jeff, mick boogie, r&b, soul.
June 30, 2010
by rune
- posted in Misc, Releases.
 This 1 hour long interview with the British funk & hip-hop band The Herbaliser originates from a program called Soul Sendikasi; Turkey’s #1 radio show for Soul, Funk, R&B and Gospel. In it, the two founding members Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba, talk about and play samples from some of their musical influences mixed with a few Herbaliser tracks.
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Download: Soul Sendikasi – Herbaliser (68MB mp3).
Tagged with funk, herbaliser, hip-hop, soul.
June 24, 2010
by rune
- posted in Records, Releases.
 This is one of Herbie Hancock‘s most underrated albums, and one of my personal favorites among many of this musical genius total output during his almost 50 year long career as a genre defining artist. It combines many of the different musical styles prevalent at the time with some of his previous endeavors, and somehow he manages to mix it into a coherent whole that is greater than the sum of it’s parts. Bits of jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat & funk are blended together using mostly programmed but very organic sounding beats, masterfully accompanied by a whole host of superstar session players, including many of his former Headhunters band members.
Tagged with afrobeat, funk, herbie hancock, hip-hop, jazz.
April 22, 2010
by rune
- posted in Records, Releases.
 Call it sample-funk, organic breaks, vinyl mashups or whatever you like; Flow Dynamics, the Australian multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave McKinney’s self titled debut album contains just the right amount of real instruments and vocals needed to maintain the soul of all his diverse musical sources. This is hard-hitting, floor stomping funk music for the dance crowd with a few laid back grooves in between, reminiscent of the more well known DJ Greyboy and DJ Spinna.
Tagged with electro, flow dynamics, funk, hip-hop, latin, soul.
March 21, 2010
by rune
- posted in Mixes, Releases.
 This started out as a laid back jazz session that for some reason ended up somewhere completely different, which is a good thing!, all track selections guided by the solid beats (the playlist and mix download link is available by reading the full post):
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Tagged with disco, funk, hip-hop, jazz, soul.
March 8, 2010
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks, Videos.
Tagged with hip-hop, justd.
February 18, 2010
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks.
 I don’t know who the French person behind the moniker is, but the music he creates is definitely worth checking out. On his MySpace page you can listen to a small selection of tracks, all of them heavily inspired by 80′s electro-funk artists like Zapp, Roger Troutman, Mtume, Atomic Dog era George Clinton and early 90′s hip-hop from the likes of Snoop Dogg. My favourite song (so far) is called “Bedroom Dance”, a bass-heavy boogie-disco tune with vocoder vocals that will make you move!
Tagged with disco, dogg master, electro, funk, hip-hop.
January 11, 2010
by rune
- posted in Records, Releases.
What happens if you combine a highly skilled  live band with some of the best rappers in the business like Gang Starr, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, Main Source and many more? You end up with an instant classic in the form of an album that has a very unique raw energy and drive that is often missing in much of today’s overproduced and highly polished commercial hip-hop. This one-off studio session pays homage to the roots of hip-hop by taking it back to where it all started; The Funk.
Tagged with brand new heavies, funk, hip-hop.
January 4, 2010
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks, Videos.
Tagged with funk, hip-hop, the meters, the nextmen.
December 4, 2009
by rune
- posted in Features.
Rickey Vincent, the funk guru, author, radio DJ and much more, has been kind enough to let us publish his own personal list of favorite releases from the past ten years and it’s a great read, so dig in and have fun!
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Tagged with funk, hip-hop, jazz, rickey vincent, soul.
December 3, 2009
by rune
- posted in Misc, Releases.
 Author of the excellent book “Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One“, Rickey Vincent, has hosted his own radio show dedicated to the funk for a number of years, and you can catch the latest ones through the KPFA.org online archive. You can read more about it and have a look at some of the amazing guests that have visited him in the studio over the years on the show’s homepage.
Tagged with funk, hip-hop, jazz, rickey vincent, soul.
November 24, 2009
by rune
- posted in Mixes, Releases.
 The weekend is definitely over, so I guess it’s time to wake up! (no playlist is available for this mix):
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Download link: Funky Halvor – Wake Up (137MB mp3).
Tagged with baile funk, blues, disco, hip-hop, jazz, miami bass, reggae, rock.
November 16, 2009
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks.
 The now defunct label Internal Bass released a series of CD’s back in the day called Boneshakers which are now all out of print, here is a couple of rare hip-hop tracks from volume 2 remixed live by DJ BMF:
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Download link: Wise Intelligent – Steady Slangin (14MB mp3).
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Download link: AIM – Soul Dive (12MB mp3).
Tagged with aim, dj bmf, hip-hop, wise intelligent.
November 12, 2009
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks.
Our Jazz Mafia friends from San Francisco have released a free 15 track sampler of their music:
Tagged with blues, funk, hip-hop, jazz, jazz mafia, latin, soul.
November 6, 2009
by rune
- posted in Mixes, Releases.
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Download link: Halvor + Johannes + Rune – Fresh From Frisco – Part 4 of 4 (123MB mp3).
Tagged with disco, funk, hip-hop, jazz, latin, soul.
November 5, 2009
by rune
- posted in Mixes, Releases.
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Download link: Halvor + Johannes + Rune – Fresh From Frisco – Part 3 of 4 (117MB mp3).
Tagged with disco, funk, hip-hop, jazz, latin, soul.
November 4, 2009
by rune
- posted in Mixes, Releases.
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Download link: Halvor + Johannes + Rune – Fresh From Frisco – Part 2 of 4 (106MB mp3).
Tagged with disco, funk, hip-hop, jazz, latin, soul.
November 3, 2009
by rune
- posted in Mixes, Releases.
 Meeting up with Halvor right after he landed in Oslo fresh from his stay in San Francisco with the usual batch of new records under his arm, resulted in this 4 hour long DJ-session with the three of us which is presented here in four parts (no playlist is available for this mix):
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Download link: Halvor + Johannes + Rune – Fresh From Frisco – Part 1 of 4 (110MB mp3).
http://www.ultrafunk.com/docs/Halvor%2BJohannes%2BRune%20-%20FreshFromFrisco.mp3
Tagged with disco, funk, hip-hop, jazz, latin, soul.
November 2, 2009
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks.
 The state of Norwegian hip-hop is, to put it mildly, pretty pathetic with a few honorable exceptions, Side Brok being one of them. Their unique original blend of funk music and lyrics filled with sly ironic remarks about daily life and biting social commentary is really worth checking out even if you don’t understand a word of what they are saying. Their latest album “Ekte Menn” (follow the link for sound samples) contains five outstanding tracks: “Mann Med Manera”, “Skjemde”, “Nattmat”, “Heile Handa” and “Ej Ser”, so please check it out!
Tagged with funk, hip-hop, reggae, side brok.
October 30, 2009
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks.
 “Rhythm’n'Booze” is an excellent series of white-label mashup 7″ and 12″ vinyl only releases counting five volumes so far of mostly funk, disco, hip-hop and reggae music with some other genres mixed in as well, most of them were created by someone calling themselves Mr Blennd, please read on for a selection of the best tracks:
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Tagged with disco, funk, hip-hop, jazz, mashup, reggae.
October 23, 2009
by rune
- posted in Misc, Releases.
 Excellent BBC Radio 4 documentary presented by Toby Amies on crate digging and beat mining, the influence old vinyl has had on hip-hop, the resurgence of funk and soul/northern soul, sampling etc., featuring interviews with Coldcut, Keb Darge, Steinski, Mr. Scruff, Idris Muhammed and more:
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Download link: Archive On 4 – “Beat Mining With The Vinyl Hoover” (54MB mp3).
Tagged with crate digging, documentary, funk, hip-hop, sampling, soul.
October 22, 2009
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks.
 One of my all-time favourite bands and also some of the friendliest people I have ever met are these gentlemen from Venezuela, better known as Los Amigos Invisibles. The whole band, and especially their guitar player and DJ José Luis Pardo, have remixed and collaborated with a lot of different bands and artists over the years, and presented here are some audio samples of the (in my own humble opinion) best resulting tracks – it’s a long list, so please read on:
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Tagged with disco, dj afro, funk, hip-hop, house, jazz, latin, los amigos invisibles.
October 20, 2009
by rune
- posted in Releases, Tracks.
 As a mostly vinyl playing DJ, I like compilations because they save me a lot of time and weight, and when the track selection is good, it can get you out of a pinch when you’re playing for a tough crowd. The “Groove Collection” 12″ series has now passed 50 records in total, and to be honest, not all of them are great, but a select few are really good, listen for yourself and decide. Some of the tracks are pretty well known, some are not, but most of them work a treat on the dance floor.
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Tagged with disco, groove collection, hip-hop.
October 18, 2009
by rune
- posted in Records, Releases.
 The boys from Valencia, Spain is at it again with yet another high-quality hip-hop remix tape, and as usual it’s filled to the brim with old and new-school inspired smooth grooves and plenty of quality rapping, and best of all, it’s FREE!
You can read more about this release on their homepage, or even better, you can download it directly here (90MB zip).
Tagged with cookin soul, hip-hop.
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To quote the original source: “49 songs… expertly mixed, cut and transitioned by two of America’s most popular DJ’s. The songs cover any and everything ‘summer’ related. From songs about summer to songs that just feel like the sunshine season, this multi-genre mix will be sure to make your already great summer even better!”
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