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Review: Whoever it was at Sound Exhibitions that conceived of these compilations of rare Afro-funk is probably grinning ear to ear right now as the series is so popular it's just hit its fifth installment. This time round there are four tracks to enjoy - the bongos and hammond showdown of the title track, the electro-freak-rock of "Your Funk", the slow and groovy vibes of "Boss Funk" and the wah-wah-led percussion frenzy of "Sab Funk". Here's to many more installments!
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SE 166
03 Dec 14
03 Dec 14
Review: The second instalment in Sound Exhibitions' rare Afro-funk series Funk & Afro dropped back in August and, due to its success, they're already back with a follow up! This time we get four semi-anonymous tracks - the edgy, blaxploitation flick vibes of "Funk & Afro 3", the loose and twangy '70s shuffle of "Funk Bimp", the Streets-Of-San-Francisco-goes-hard-rock-isms of "Funk City" and the accelerated wah-wah cop show theme grooves of "Afro Boys".
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SE 130
18 Sep 14
18 Sep 14
Review: Formed in 2012 in Sardinia, Italy, Sound Exhibitions self-proclaimed mission is "to celebrate the joy of modern urban life through rhythm and sound". They entertain a variety of styles including house, downtempo, jazz, and salsa, however here they deliver three slices of authentic and rare Afro-funk. These tunes dub-out some killer vintage sounds - adding some loungey organ and strings to the title track, the wah-wah and brass heavy "Paradise Funk" is pure Huggy Bear 70s pimp music and "Funk Small" wraps things up nicely with some old schools breaks, tense bass work and cop chase piano.
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SE 121
11 Aug 14
11 Aug 14
Review: Sound Exhibitions' popular series of rare Afro-funk gets three more additions this week with its fourth installment. "Funk & Afro 4" begins all guns blazing with natty off-kilter drumming, sinuous Hammond work interlacing with some seriously tight guitar riffs. Elsewhere "Only Funk" hits us with some more urgent instrumental breaks, which are upped a notch again on "Sly Funk" courtesy of some seriously frenetic basswork, rolling drums and of course, plenty of wah-wah guitar. Smokin!
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SE 148
26 Oct 14
26 Oct 14
Review: Sound Exhibitions regular Afro Dub returns with the cheekily-monikered (because Pts 1-20 are entirely imaginary) 'Funk & Afro Pt 21', a very fine collection of five sketch-length, all-instrumental numbers that lean heavily towards the 'funk' rather than the 'Afro' side of the titular equation. The cinematic, sax-led 'Big Street' kicks things off and sets the tone for the rest, with all five cuts sounding like they've been lifted from some long-lost mid-70s Blaxploitation soundtrack. Given the tracks' brevity - two clock in at under three minutes - and the absence of any vocals to latch onto, picking faves is hard, but the EP as a whole will provide some very solid ammo for those funk sets.
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SE 1089
04 Oct 23
04 Oct 23
Review: A much loved favourite to come out of the Sound Exhibitions collective, Afro Dub returns with Afro Cocktail, kickin' it straight off with the stripped back, vinyl crackling space dub, "Funk Premier". Sending in some '70s wah wah cantor and jazz pianos in "Funk Smoll", Afro Dub lays down something fit enough for a blaxploitation montage in the free jazz, big band and psychedelica of "Funk Business". With that soundtrack complete, Afro Dub and Sound Exhibitions send in a bonus 'gotcha sucka' drum track punctuated by funk-rock guitars in "Break Of The Day".
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SE 17VL
23 May 21
23 May 21
Review: Italy's Sound Exhibitions label clearly believe that too much of a good thing is wonderful, as they now present the tenth installment in their Funk & Afro series. We begin with a remix - DJ Rubens' version of Funk Small which could easily be an alternate theme of TV's Starksy & Hutch. Beyond that, the title track is based around a tight and slow funk guitar lick and quirky keyboard riffs, "Afro International" is even slower and centered around a raunchy, meandering bassline and finally "Love Funk" keeps with the slow jam feel, but adding a bluesy guitar element.
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SE 237
17 Aug 15
17 Aug 15
Review: Italian nu-disco label Sound Exhibitions have been busy, busy, busy of late but at they've got round to delivering the 11th installment in Afro Funk's Funk & Afro series. We last got our fix back in August but with four ripe new jams to check out its been worth the wait. The title track kicks things off with tight guitar licks and erratic percussion. Then it's all about the brass, bongos and boogie on "Afro In The Night", before "Special Funk" slows things down to a squelchy groove and "For Street" wraps things up with some light funk licks, record scratching and block-rocking vibes.
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SE 256
21 Oct 15
21 Oct 15
Review: Funk & Afro is proving to be one of Italian label Sound Exhibition's most popular series. Perhaps it's because there's no one else consistently providing such a unique and spicy mix of styles, but whatever it is, it's working! Here on volume 8 we get three taught and slinky groovers - the flute-led bongo, (upright) bass and brass workout of the title track, the pan-pipe peppered 70s grinder "Funk G14" and the rolling Hammond organ jam "Kiss On Funk".
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SE 211
26 Apr 15
26 Apr 15
Review: Don't be fooled by the artist name here: there are African and dub elements at play, certainly, but this five-track EP hasn't found itself in the funk section without good reason! Admittedly, opener 'Dub Mex' is a Latin-tinged reggae number that may make you doubt that, but play on and you'll discover 'Don't Save' (an organ-led jam redolent of 70s Afro-funk), 'International Funk' (a more straight-up funk affair), 'Dub Street' (which has a Blaxploitation soundtrack feel) and finally 'On The Night', a laidback, meandering cut that blends all of the above elements over the course of three gloriously horn-y minutes.
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SE 639
26 Sep 19
26 Sep 19
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Review: This five-tracker from Argentina's Ivan Alexis Podwiazny, better known as Alexny, is sitting in our Funk section but truth be told would be just as at home on the Deep House or Disco pages, such is the stylistic variety on offer. We kick off in disco mode with 'We're Here To Party' and its 'Disco Inferno'-esque bassline, then head into struttier funk/soul territory for 'Keep On Burning'. 'Start With Drum' is fast n' furious, slap-happy 70s funk reworked for house floors, 'The Big Bang' is a Saturday night disco/disco-house stomper par excellence, before 'The Symptoms' plays us out on a big, anthemic note.
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SE 24VL
02 Oct 21
02 Oct 21
Review: Big Asha brings us a four-tracker that shows working within well-established styles doesn't HAVE to mean simply aping the past. All four tracks featured here can safely be filed under the 'funk' umbrella, but only 'Salinas' and 'Panagra' would sound recognisable to 70s ears: elsewhere, 'What's Cooking?' blends funk and deep house influences to very impressive effect, while 'Sounds At 20 Fathoms' ploughs a much more wonky furrow and actually wouldn't have sounded out of place on Basement Jaxx's 'Remedy'. But it's 'Salinas' that takes the gold - check out those jazzy keys and that squelchy bassline.
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SE 776
17 Mar 21
17 Mar 21
