Your fav (synth) funk bands/artists/tracks

[himalaya]

and there's my own synth funk tune:
http://bluedad.com/plug.mp3

Yes! Quaver Mushroom Funk, I say.
I was in a foul mood today, yeah the wife, so your track has put a big smile on my face. Bloody awesome solo! Love the clav break at 2:08! I want a 12" version ( with a longer solo).

And Steve..he's the man, no doubt.

[mcnoone]

Here's some funky thing I did using all Zebra except drums.
Bipple
http://www.box.net/shared/y71cz4znjl

[himalaya]

Here's some funky thing I did using all Zebra except drums.
Bipple
http://www.box.net/shared/y71cz4znjl

Yes! That is it.

Extra cool bass sound (and riff). It's great that it isn't the typical P-Funk bass sound. You've got your own. Kinda spiky FM sound.
This almost sounds like a soundtrack, especially at 1:55min. Brilliant.

Perhaps I ought to be asking KVR members for their own Funk tunes, rather than what they like. The two examples posted so far are more original, alive and quirky/interesting than the commercial stuff.

[mcnoone]

Perhaps I ought to be asking KVR members for their own Funk tunes

Here's one I really like.
http://tinyurl.com/6y2zq2
The music was composed by a guy named Virt- Jake Kaufman, a video game composer.
The instruments were from Zebra designed and set up by Zircon.
It's amazingly great imo.
Some other great funky things can be heard by digging up a few from DocT demos, floating around here.
As a kid, I grew up listening to a lot of 70's funk music.
For many years through my 20's & 30's, I always listened to this college radio station, that only played jazz-funk fusion, which I really liked.
Got to hear some great synth sounds that way.

[himalaya]

Perhaps I ought to be asking KVR members for their own Funk tunes

Here's one I really like.
http://tinyurl.com/6y2zq2
The music was composed by a guy named Virt- Jake Kaufman, a video game composer.
The instruments were from Zebra designed and set up by Zircon.
It's amazingly great imo.

Excellent! The synth clav is just yummy. The arrangement is a bit too overloaded in places, but since it is a demo, I can understand. Playing it on a loop for a while now, a great groove.

I have found this on You Tube:


A synth + drums, live, jamming. Pure Funk, no pop glitter. Love it. Now, all this needs is a chunky synth bass and a wha wha guitar. That's all. I'd love to find stuff like this. Exactly like this.

Keep those links linking me to good stuff.

[mcnoone]

A synth + drums, live, jamming. Pure Funk, no pop glitter.

This
http://vimeo.com/2533229

[himalaya]

Yep. The undisputed master.
I mentioned Mr. Hancock in my first post. More like this please!

In the meantime...

[himalaya]

Now. This is an excellent rock infused funk:



Imagine all guitar riffs were played on synths, keeping the acoustic drums intact...more like this.
But this track is great as it is, one more listen...

[himalaya]

You see that! Right there in the bottom left corner, Wat is dat! a freaking Moog Voyager! Does he use it? Hell no! Shoot the organ player! and let the synth guy play!

[himalaya]

Now. Hear this, all it needs is the sax and guitar solos to be replaced with a synth. A liquid synth line is what this needs:

Don't get me wrong, I love that track as it is, but...it needs a synth.

Look. It's not cool listening to those funk tracks on your own. Share them! Share some synth funk love !

[mcnoone]

If you want the synth leads over guitars and sax, try searching some of the names at the bottom of this page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz-funk

The newer takes like nu-funk, and nu-jazz are also great genres, that have a more contemporary feel.

[himalaya]

Too much jazz there...

anyway, look what I found:
http://synth.me/music-gear/robert-mason ... k-goodness

Never heard of this guy. Space funk synth orchestra.

[himalaya]

KVR's own dacaumodo has come up with the goods, kinda more 80s boogie though:

Great dance funk/boogie/pop track. Wanna make me turn up the volume, but the kids are asleep.

[Bubbamusic]

Here's one of mine......
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/377496

[himalaya]

Excellent. A trully eclectic track. Lots of influences there. Some Hancock's Rock It in places, a tiny bit of Pump Up the Volume by MARS (don't ask me why), some ska brass, 80s boogie bass. I enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.