Tag: Funk
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RIP Elias Rahbani
Sadly just heard the very gifted Lebanese composer Elias Rahbani has died of COVID-19. I suspect not many in the west have heard of him unless like me they have a penchant for Arabic funk/disco/psych verging on prog – he covers all of these bases! As of hearing of his death, three of his tunes…
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RC 334: Windmills of Mercury
A long episode of Radio Clash for reasons explained within, this has taken over a week to finish and started out being an uptempo celebration of Windmills of Your Mind, the Mercury Awards and Eddie Van Halen during the first Kitchen Disco Hour…and became rather more downbeat after I learned that Radio Clash has been…
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RC 328: Summer Always Happens When It’s Raining
Throwing out a queer life ring to those missing London Pride, Notting Hill Carnival and drowning under the constant rain – although yesterday the sun came back but we’ve had weeks of rain – the classic British Summer! Starts with a traditional summer jungle / drum and bass mix fromme, and then more downtempo with…
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Daði Freyr Love
The song that was robbed during Eurovision not by voting but by this virus, Think About Things by Daði Freyr is one of my songs of the year. Funky, funny, and personal – it’s about his child – and such a good video. But not a fluke, even in isolation Daði & Gagnamagnið – the…