Yup this is whats going to be running through my brain the rest of the day:
Kraak and Smaak's Pleasure Centre - it's like a mixture of pretty much every kind of of funk/dance/electronic music of the last 40 years, and then some, including touches of the west coast "yacht rock" sound and even a bit of bossa nova. I think I've listened to this album more in the last 6 months than any other, stereo or surround. For me this is the album that Daft Punk's Random Access Memories wishes it was, and I say that as a fan of that album.
Maybe the most remarkable thing about the album is the amazing young "unknown" vocalists they've got to participate on it - the tracks with Izo Fitzroy and Wolfgang Valbrun are probably the standouts for me, but it's an album I can listen to end to end repeatedly without skipping a single track.
My latest discovery is British drummer Yussuf Dayes, and his various collaborations with the likes of Tom Misch, Alfa Mist, and others - the bass player he works with is Rocco Palladino (son of Pino Palladino) who's a great player in his own right. If you like the funkier side of 70s fusion like Return to Forever, Billy Cobham, etc. this might be up your alley.
My latest discovery is British drummer Yussuf Dayes, and his various collaborations with the likes of Tom Misch, Alfa Mist, and others - the bass player he works with is Rocco Palladino (son of Pino Palladino) who's a great player in his own right. If you like the funkier side of 70s fusion like Return to Forever, Billy Cobham, etc. this might be up your alley.
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