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Funk is a many splendored thing. Funk is funkiness, a sweet sexy feeling, and a natural release of the essence within. Funk is a high, but it is also down at the bottom, the low-down earthy essence, the bass elements. Funk is at the extremes of everything. Funk is hot, but can be cool. Funk is primitive, yet funk can be sophisticated. funk is a way out, and a way in. Funk is all over the place. Funk is a means of release that cannot be denied. Trying to put a thang called funk into words is like trying to ...Read More
Funk is a many splendored thing. Funk is funkiness, a sweet sexy feeling, and a natural release of the essence within. Funk is a high, but it is also down at the bottom, the low-down earthy essence, the bass elements. Funk is at the extremes of everything. Funk is hot, but can be cool. Funk is primitive, yet funk can be sophisticated. funk is a way out, and a way in. Funk is all over the place. Funk is a means of release that cannot be denied. Trying to put a thang called funk into words is like trying to write down your orgasm. Both thrive in that gap in time when words fall away, leaving northing but sensation.
Funk is impossible to completely describe in words, yet we know the funk vibe when we see it. Funk is that love-dirty dog feeling that pops up when a baaaad funk jam gets to the heated part, and you forget about that contrived dance your were trying, and you get off your ass and jam. The funk when you're on a date and it's time to make your move-the funk is a rush that comes all over your body. Scientists have yet to discover that particular funk gland, but rest assured there are plenty of bodily excretions associated with it.
Funkiness for our purposes is an aesthetic of deliberate confusion, or uninhibited, soulful behavior that remains viable because of a faith in instinct, a joy of self, particularly unassimilated black American life
James Brown is the Godfather of funk and soul. And we are celebrating his legacy.
Join us Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29th at the Elbo Room for two electrifying nights of gritty, nasty, hard-hitting, out control, expressions of funk. Featuring Sila and the Afrofunk Experience (African Funk and Afrobeat), Vinyl (Old School funk & Soul), Dj Jeremiah and the Afrobeat Nation (Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Latin, Afrobeat), and Dj Felina (Equatorial Funk).
Fri Mar 28 (10 PM) - (Sila & The Afrofunk Experince, Vinyl & DJ Felina)
Sat Mar 29 (10 PM) - (Sila & The Afrofunk Experince, Dj Jeremiah & The Afrobeat Nation)
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