Deep Funk — CDs  

A heavy slab of jam band funk! Mushroom are a heavy jamming funk outfit with a classic groove – working hard with horns and Fender Rhodes to craft up solid slabs of groove, circa early 70s Atlantic Records vintage. This 5 track ep has about as much music as you'd find on a regular album – and it's awash with great remixes, like the Bundy K Brown remix of "American's Own The Moon", and the Quintus Kannegiesser remix of "Let's Have Sex", both of which are considerably more modern sounding than some of the other tracks on the set, like the group's cover of "Compared To What" or the original "Foxy Music".

Raw instrumental funk from the mighty Soul Investigators – true trailblazers on the international funk revival scene! This Finnish combo started recording raw, searing takes on classic funk in the late 90s – and from there cut some incredible, and now quite rare funky 45s – and many of those stellar tracks are on the great Home Cooking set. It's a fantastic collection of deep funk instrumentals – and we couldn't be more thankful this group – who paved the way for the thriving, worldwide funky soul scene! Titles include "Home Cooking" (Parts 1 & 2), "Mo' Hash", "Greasy Pork", "Midnight Bar-B-Q", "Deep Fired Chitlings", "Momma's Gravy (Yum Yum)", "Electric Cooker", "Micro Popcorn", "Baby! It's Delicious" and more. This 2012 CD edition also has 3 previously unreleased tracks from the same 1999-2001 recording period: "Funcky Bagg", "Butter Buns" and "Round Two".

Plenty of rhythm here – tight small combo funk, or funky jazz if you prefer – played in a great no-nonsense style! The group's just guitar, bass, and drums – but they've got energy that's much more that of a funk combo than a jazz trio – thanks to arrangements from Japanese groovemeister Farah, who also produced the set! Lots of the tunes echo a sweet 70s style of funk, and the lean presentation makes the whole thing sound even better – as you'll hear on cuts that include "Real Love", "Boy You Knock Me Out", "Right Here", "Angel", "You Gotta Be", and "Summer Bunnies".