Rock Candy Funk Party

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Gothic Orleans 00:00 Tools
Octopus-E 00:00 Tools
In the Groove 00:00 Tools
Spaztastic 00:00 Tools
Ode to Gee 00:00 Tools
Root Down (And Get It) 00:00 Tools
Dope on a Rope 00:00 Tools
The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life 00:00 Tools
Animal/Work 00:00 Tools
We Want Groove 00:00 Tools
Don't Even Try It 00:00 Tools
Groove is King 00:00 Tools
New York Song 00:00 Tools
Low Tide 00:00 Tools
We Want Grooove 00:00 Tools
Uber Station 00:00 Tools
East Village 00:00 Tools
Don't Be Stingy With the SMPTE 00:00 Tools
Don't Funk With Me 00:00 Tools
Digging in the Dirt 00:00 Tools
Mr. Space 00:00 Tools
Cube's Brick 00:00 Tools
If Six Was Eight 00:00 Tools
Ping Pong 00:00 Tools
After Hours 00:00 Tools
C You on the Flip Side 00:00 Tools
Work 00:00 Tools
Drunk on Bourbon on Bourbon Street 00:00 Tools
The 6 Train to the Bronx 00:00 Tools
Heartbeat 00:00 Tools
New York Song / Mr. Clean (Hidden Track) 00:00 Tools
Introducing the Master of Ceremonies Mr. Funkadamus 00:00 Tools
Rock Candy 00:00 Tools
Two Guys and Stanley Kubrick Walk into a Jazz Club 00:00 Tools
The Fabulous Tales of Two Bands 00:00 Tools
I Got the Feelin' 00:00 Tools
Steppin' in It 00:00 Tools
Isle of the Wright Brothers 00:00 Tools
This Tune Should Run for President 00:00 Tools
Mr. Clean 00:00 Tools
Mr. Funkadamus Returns and He Is Mad 00:00 Tools
Funk-o-potamia 00:00 Tools
The Token Ballad 00:00 Tools
One Phone Call 00:00 Tools
Best Ten Minutes of Your Life 00:00 Tools
In The Grooove 00:00 Tools
And Now a Word from Our Fine Sponsors With Mr. Funkadamus 00:00 Tools
Animal Work 00:00 Tools
Mr. Funkadamus Thanks All the Senors But Especially the Senoritas 00:00 Tools
Animal-Work 00:00 Tools
Animal - Work 00:00 Tools
Ode to Gee (Live) 00:00 Tools
We Want Groove (Live) 00:00 Tools
Octopus-E (Live) 00:00 Tools
New York Song (Live) 00:00 Tools
Steppin' in It (Live) 00:00 Tools
Animalwork 00:00 Tools
Isle Of Wright Brothers 00:00 Tools
Octopus E 00:00 Tools
Heartbeat (Live) 00:00 Tools
Spaztastic (Live) 00:00 Tools
Party New York Song 00:00 Tools
Dope on a Rope (Live) 00:00 Tools
Best Ten Minutes of Your Life (Live) 00:00 Tools
Work (Live) 00:00 Tools
One Phone Call (Live) 00:00 Tools
Mr. Clean (Live) 00:00 Tools
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Rock Candy Funk Party is as celebratory as the band name suggests. Spinning a fresh take on classic '70s and '80s funk and jazz, RCFP is powered by a lineup of world-class players collaborating for the sheer joy of making music, and a mutual love of genre-blurring grooves. The band includes: Tal Bergman, Ron DeJesus, Joe Bonamassa, Mike Merritt and Renato Neto. Regarding their 2013 release, 'We Want Groove' ... "The jazz-funk, soul brew is often given a bluesy touch by Bonamassa who is situated on the left channel while DeJesus is heard on the right channel, tendering a well-defined soundstage. In a loose sense the guitarists are role players, alternating between the jazz, funk and blues-rock idioms. One of the more prominent examples of the retro vibe is "The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life," which could parallel a soundtrack from one of the old Blaxploitation flicks with inferences to the late, blues and funk guitarist Johnny "Guitar" Watson's oozing notes and trickling phraseology, tinted with echo and reverb. Otherwise, keyboardist Renato Neto kicks the proceedings off with spacey and dream-laden Fender Rhodes treatments, followed by bassist Mike Merritt distinct groove-building and Bergman's simple metronomic hi-hat pulse. With breezy and drifting synth overlays, the guitarists eventually spawn a counter-melody to inject a tuneful theme built on effective use of space via a multi-hued outline, piloting a blissful primary melody. They inject multi-colored sound-shaping mechanisms into this piece that also benefits from an insightful production, designed with a Midas touch. One of the enthralling aspects of the album, other than the solid material and stellar audio engineering, pertains to the bands manifold rhythmic flows and perceptive use of dynamics. Of course the dance-ability factors are prevalent throughout, but it's a hybrid concoction that yields significant rewards where the old synchronizes with the new, as the group artfully contemporizes and uplifts the tried and true." (Glenn Astarita) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.