I was listening to the tracks I added to my Sansa portable mp3 player and seemed to have been in a DāM-FunK pocket because one after another of his tracks played. Then, I heard it.
This song sounded nothing like DāM-FunK and I had to make sure it was him right after the chorus. The track is Things That Dreams Are Made Of. It's a cover of a classic tune by The Human League. The song is incredible. I went to Twitter and said it was one of the best songs I heard. The video is nuts too.
DāM-FunK sings with this otherworldly quality that's larger than life. He sounds like he could make dreams come true! If I dreamed of a hot track to make me press repeat numerous times, DāM-FunK delivered it with or without inception.
The Ambassador of Boogie Funk keeps the California funk tradition alive every time he plays out or makes music. Do yourself a favor and listen to Galactic Fun when the chance arrives. If you don't find yourself moving and grooving, you may need a higher dosage or an operation.
There is no coincidence DāM-FunK finds himself at home on Stones Throw. While perusing the Fabric Peanut Butter Wolf podcast, one can hear the sounds of West Coast hip hop pioneer Arabian Prince on the playlist. It is no coincidence that Stones Throw released the Arabian Prince Anthology CD not too long ago. The roots of electro-funk are alive through DāM-FunK.
Anyone interested in the sounds of Chromeo, Crystal Castles and Justice should check out DāM-FunK to get an idea about how truly cyclical music really is. The inspirations of those acts can be heard in a boogie inspiring set from the one and only DāM-FunK.
I’ve had the privilege of catching DāM-FunK live a number of times on Canadian soil.
On the first occasion, he was a guest DJ at The Goods. I had barely known of him at the time because I don’t believe I saw his photograph on the Stones Throw website prior to the Goods performance. At the end of his set, I approached him and asked if he was Gary Pants. He smiled and told me he was not Gary Pants but DāM-FunK. Stones Throw Records fans will understand what I did. From that night, I never mistook DāM-FunK again.
On the second occasion, the DJ and producer made an appearance at the now defunct Saints Showbar.
Unfortunately, I missed one of his earliest performances at Le Belmont because of my pilgrimage to Mecca, CMJ.
When I found out DāM-FunK was going to be performing on the opening night of Pop Montreal, I was prepared to not let anything stop me from attending.
I walked to the stage and saw DāM-FunK apparently talking to a few technicians about the turntables and equipment. Those issues caused a slight delay in the progression of the performance but DāM-FunK more than made up for it.
DāM-FunK had the midnight movers around me dancing for nearly two hours. That Pop Montreal night was the most amount of time I have seen and heard DāM-FunK perform. As he is a master of boogie and funk of the early 1980s, I was expecting to hear slightly more songs I would not recognize than ones I would. Thankfully for me, and all in attendance who had a vested interest in knowing what they were grooving to, he spoke about the songs he played. My want list was introduced to a handful of new entries before his performance ended.
I was exceptionally thrilled to hear One Way’s Give Me One Chance during DāM-FunK’s set. I bought the album with that song on it twice this year with the hopes of getting the choice of playing a cleaner copy on The Suite Delight radio show someday soon.
DāM-FunK later performed what I believe to be one of his newest songs, I Don't Want To Be A Star, live. That Pop Montreal night has come and gone but to check out his latest material, a quick browse to the Stones Throw website will bring you up to speed.
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