Five Alarm Funk: Big Smoke
Five Alarm Funk: Big Smoke
Format: CD
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Artist: Five Alarm Funk
Label: Ropeadope
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 748926813891
Genre: Soul/R & B
Five Alarm Funk is a horn-powered, percussion-fueled sonic and visual assault. Over 17 years of hard funking the band has burned up stages on four continents, released six studio albums and received two Juno Award nominations (Canadian Grammys). And this ride isn't about to slow down, Five Alarm Funk is set to release their 7th studio album, Big Smoke in 2020. The 11 tracks get right to the roots of what Five Alarm Funk is all about: epic, intense arrangements, heavy groove and a ton of fun. As drummer, vocalist, and band leader Tayo Branston puts it, "Big Smoke is the tightest, funkiest and most energized album we've ever created, it's the culmination of 17 years of creating, recording and performing together. We call it Punk Funk - it's got the punch of heavy hitting dance music with the energy of a ruckus live concert." The album features two collaborations, the first with the legendary Bootsy Collins delivering hook-laden, funktastic vocals over a heavy swung groove on We Play The Funk. "I've been a Bootsy Collins fan ever since I was 15," Branston marvels. "That track we made with him is one of the funkiest things we've ever cut." Next, bari sax phenom Leo P of Too Many Zooz lays down his trademark squawks and melodic squeals for Wake the Funk Up, a supremely syncopated, chromatic laden jam. That collaboration emerged out of a jam session with Too Many Zooz in front of thousands at the Winnipeg Folk Festival and turned into a string of concerts with Leo P joining Five Alarm Funk on stage.
Tracks:
1.1 Awooga
1.2 Mufasa
1.3 Wake the Funk Up (Feat. Leo P)
1.4 Big Smoke
1.5 Chango Vudu
1.6 We Play the Funk (Feat. Bootsy Collins)
1.7 Wheels on the Bus
1.8 Chaos Is a Ladder
1.9 Put Some Mustard on It
1.10 Thumper
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