Psych-Funk 101: 1968-1975

Overview

With a growing interest in -- to use a term very loosely -- "world music" and all its very permutations, heralded in part by the work of Luaka Bop and series like Ethiopiques, it makes sense that the compilation Psych-Funk 101: 1968-1975 A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum was sold on the Stones Throw website. Madlib and brother Oh No have both put out compilations sampling various countries' records (Indian, for the former, and Turkish, Greek, Italian, and Lebanese funk for the latter), and the underground funk scene has certainly gained a strong following in metropolises worldwide. And the compilation, put out by World Psychedelic Funk Classics, for its own part, should help inform the discussion of psychedelic funk (or, as the liner notes point out, the related but unique genre funky psychedelia), as it provides a very interesting and in-depth look at how English and American musical traditions made their way into the rest of the world. Despite its title, however, and informative liner notes, Psych-Funk 101 is not a primer in the genre, as the majority of the artists included are obscure, even in their own countries, and none of the songs have been reissued before. Still, musicians like South Korean guitarist Shin Jung Hyun ("The Man Who Must Leave") and Italian composer Armando Sciascia ("Circuito Chiuso") are both included, along with recognized artists like Ennio Morricone, Mulatu Astatke, and Omar Khorshid, doing work that may be less recognizable (Morricone, for example, as part of the Group, or Il Gruppo di Improvvisione Nuova Consonanza, the experimental composers circle of the '70s, and playing trumpet on the noise-and-effects-driven "The Feed-Back"). There are a couple of unfortunate missteps here -- Staff Carpenborg & the Electric Corona sound exactly like their name: slipshod, and the nearly two-minute introductory tack-on of Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" before Metin H Alatli's otherwise satisfying "Mevlana Boyle Dede" is completely pointless, to the point of detraction -- but the compilation is still one of the better ones out there. The tracks are funky and experimental and cool enough to appeal to a music fan looking for new sounds, but obscure enough to teach even a seasoned crate-digger a couple of things. ~ Marisa Brown

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2009
Label:	World Psychedelic Funk Classics
UPC:	0933654010111
Rank:	51959

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Omar Khorshid   Primary Artist,Guitar
Kim Wan Sun   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Group   Primary Artist
Wadih El-Safi   Primary Artist,Vocals
Eskaton   Primary Artist
Armando Sciascia   Primary Artist,Conductor
Melodiya Ensemble   Primary Artist
George Garanian   Primary Artist
Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi   Primary Artist
Kim Sun   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kukumbas   Primary Artist
Mehr Pooya   Primary Artist
Metin H. Alatli   Primary Artist
Petalouda   Primary Artist
Staff Carpenborg and the Electric Corona   Primary Artist
Mulatu Astatke   Primary Artist,Piano
Wadih Essafi   Primary Artist
Mario Bertoncini   Piano,Percussion
Assegedetch Asfaw   Featured Artist
Belaynesh Wubante   Featured Artist
Elias Rahbani   Moog Synthesizer
Ennio Morricone   Trumpet
Egisto Macchi   Percussion
Shin Jung Hyun   Guitar
Franco Evangelisti   Keyboards,Percussion
Yaz Baltacigil   Bass

Technical Credits

Omar Khorshid   Composer
Dave Bennett   Producer
Walter Branchi   Composer
Mario Bertoncini   Composer
Kim Gi-Pyu   Composer
Lee Tae-Hyun   Composer
Mun Yung-Bae   Composer
John Heineman   Composer
Nickolas Gerogakopoulos   Composer
Paule Kleynnaert   Composer
Renzo Restuccia   Composer
Stephan Umutyan   Composer
Veysel Cadir   Composer
Wadih Essafi   Composer
Yesil Giresunlu   Composer
Amara Konig   Composer
Andre Bernardi   Composer
Assegedetch Asfaw   Composer
Attila Ceyhan   Composer
Belaynesh Wubante   Composer
Bruno Battisti Da Mario   Composer
Emmanuel Kalu   Composer
Erdogan Aktug   Composer
Gerard Konig   Composer
Gilles Rozenberg   Composer
Hal Koulumbis   Composer
Marc Rozenberg   Composer
Elias Rahbani   Composer
Armando Sciascia   Arranger,Composer,Engineer
Ennio Morricone   Composer
George Garanian   Composer
Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi   Composer
Mehr Pooya   Composer
Metin H. Alatli   Composer
Staff Carpenborg and the Electric Corona   Composer
Egisto Macchi   Composer
Shin Jung Hyun   Arranger,Composer
Huesnue Ozkartal   Arranger
Mulatu Astatke   Composer
Franco Evangelisti   Composer
Duyal Karagoezoglu   Composer,Engineer
Yaz Baltacigil   Composer