On this episode of vs pod we take it global, when all we can do physically is stay local, very local in the case of the emerging Omicron. So, I have delved deep into compiles to find this funky smattering of global funky beats, majestic voices and a cavalcade of different languages, accents, instruments and lyrics with one thing in common: being beatastic. Yes, that’s a word. I am an academic, I am allowed to make up words. I ain’t Professor Dr Dj Ringfinger for nothing. So some of this stuff comes from compilations, others from recent RSD releases and a smattering for the original vinyl. Does it matter which?
Everything I do gonna be funky – O’Donel Levy (United States)
Dar Kunj Dilam Eshqi Kasi – Ahmad Zahir (Afghanistan)
Psychedelia – X’Lents (India)
Sitar Beat – Klaus Doldinger (Germany)
Open and Close – Fela Ransome-Kuti (Nigeria)
Ideja – Marijan Kašaj (Yugoslavia)
Soul Meeting – Gianni Dell’orso and Gianni Oddi (Italy)
Baby Consuelo – Novos Baianos (Brazil)
Haces Mal Pobre Chico – Zulú (Peru)
Oxymoron – Guru Guru (Germany)
Cutting the Funk – Danny Edwardson / Seamus Sell (UK)
Johnny Guitar – Soul Dance Music (Hong Kong)
Kamen Rider – Shunsuke Kikuchi (Japan)
Dr. Solutsu – Basa Basa Soundz Feat. Fela Kuti (Ghana)
Materia Prima – Igor Wakhevitch (France)
