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Posted by Domesticated on Jun-14-2008 08:22:

Funk & Disco

This is probably the wrong website to be asking on, but can anyone recommend some good disco/funk, whether new or "authentic" (70-80's)?

This is one area where I have no idea where to start, though it's a sound I'm really digging out the moment as a kind of polar opposite to all the dark and mechanical psy-trance I'm also enjoying immensely.

Preferably I'm looking for stuff with very strong basslines, using more plucky bass guitars and deeper tones rather than the overblown symphonic strings found in late era disco. Vocals optional but also okay.

Thanks.

Posted by Spacey Orange on Jun-14-2008 08:38:

Posted by lacksesepsotygh on Jun-14-2008 09:14:

might not be what you're looking for, but it's awesome.

simplicious - let her feel it. got some edit on 7" of it only :\

Posted by Domesticated on Jun-14-2008 09:36:

Track names are fine thanks.

Youtube videos take too long to load on my end.

Posted by Az on Jun-14-2008 10:48:

for new stuff, the new "was (not was)" album is fucking great.

Posted by sljiva on Jun-14-2008 13:53:

Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer
Why I'm posting this? Because I was listening to Hood's Fabric CD the other day and I noticed that Hood's own track The Greatest Dancer samples this one.

Posted by Az on Jun-14-2008 15:40:

quote:
Originally posted by sljiva

Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer
Why I'm posting this? Because I was listening to Hood's Fabric CD the other day and I noticed that Hood's own track The Greatest Dancer samples this one.

saw hood play it a couple of months back. Incredible.

Posted by bamski on Jun-14-2008 18:15:

Apologies in advance if these don't fit the bill.

Giorgio Moroder - The Chase

Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant

Sharon Brown - I Specialize In Love

Teena Marie - Square Biz

Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

The Chase is probably not the case.. But i just had to. So classic.

Posted by bamski on Jun-14-2008 18:22:

Re: Funk & Disco

quote:
Originally posted by Beat Blog
Preferably I'm looking for stuff with very strong basslines, using more plucky bass guitars and deeper tones rather than the overblown symphonic strings found in late era disco. Vocals optional but also okay.

Donna Summer - I Feel Love should be spot on then(?)

Posted by pierre_escargot on Jun-14-2008 18:33:

Funkytown was a classic 80's disco hit.

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Jun-14-2008 18:37:

I highly recommend this site: www.discomusic.com
That place is full of people who lived in that era & it is the tranceaddict of disco music.

Posted by Domesticated on Jun-15-2008 01:01:

Re: Re: Funk & Disco

quote:
Originally posted by DuBam
Donna Summer - I Feel Love should be spot on then(?)

Believe it or not, I actually have the original of that on vinyl!

That's not really what I'm looking for though, I'm looking for chunkier stuff with more groove.

Thanks anyway.

Posted by Domesticated on Jun-15-2008 01:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Az
for new stuff, the new "was (not was)" album is fucking great.

Close, but no cigar.

Thanks for that one though.

Again, looking for a deeper, more bass driven sound.

Can't find a youtube video, but if you know the track Beef Wellington - Dedication, that's the kind of stuff I like.

Posted by bas on Jun-15-2008 01:42:

Check out LCD Soundsystem, anything from Prins Thomas, anything from Lindstrom, Toby Tobias has a new cd coming out on Rekids that's called "Space Shuffle"...loaded with spacey disco/80s sounding stuff

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Jun-15-2008 05:22: