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Funk
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- Starting recordings
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Meet Funk
Funk is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.
The clearest way to understand Funk is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, Chic and Talking Heads.
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Album·2009
Nova 24h
Album·2001
Ministry of Sound: The Annual 2002
Album·2002
The Wild Bunch: Story of a Sound System
Album·2006
2006-01-25: Radio Soulwax Live: Get Yer Yo Yo's Out: Big Day Out: Gold Coast Parklands, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Album·Afro-Funk
Sand in the Vaseline - Popular Favorites: 1984-1992
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