(197301 CD & LP). Realase Date: May 2004
Coinciding with the boom of the international underground funk revival (promoted by labels like Soulfire, Daptone, Jazzman, Desco…), FUNXPLOSION was born in Madrid in 2003. The band pays homage to old school funk and its masters.
The leader of FUNXPLOSION is Carlo Coupé. After an outstanding career as an instrumental music composer – remember his albums "Estéreo Espectacular" (Subterfuge, 2001) and "Mis balas llevan tu nombre" (Subterfuge, 2002), records where Coupé plays jazz, soul, bossa-nova and funk – this Hammond Organ player (born in 1967) has decided to create an actual dance music alternative with an absolute electronic elements absence, inspired in the good times of black music.
The songs of FUNXPLOSION – composed by Coupé – show a lot of influences as the genre fathers (The JB's, The Meters, The MG's…), soul jazz & jazz funk Hammond masters (Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, The Enforcers' Sonny Burke…) or rare american 60's & 70's deep funk artists (The Chefs, Timothy McNealy, The Fabulous Originals...).
The band respects the classic funk quartet schema: Hammond, guitar, bass & drums. Frequently, FUNXPLOSION relies on vocal collaborations (Harvey "Wah Wah" Banks sings "Show me your feet, girl!" in this debut LP) and assiduous wind and brass instrumentalists (Hugo Alcázar, tenor sax and flute, and Edward Marks, alto sax and flute).
The FUNXPLOSION foundling members are: Carlo Coupé (hammond organ), Héctor del Barrio (electric guitar), Gerardo Ramos (electric bass) and Gonzalo Maestre (drums).
On his first record, published by FUNK-O-RAMA records, entitled The New Carlo Coupé Funk Experience , FUNXPLOSION preserves the colour, dirtiness and fire of the original funk sound, using the correct instruments and amplification and the fallen-into-disuse recording methods.
Screamin' organs, groovy horns, killer wah wah guitars, powerful electric basses and muscular drums. HOT, WILD, EXCINTIN' and HEAVY UNDERGROUND FUNK FOR XXIth CENTURY!!! The LP includes future hits like "Up funk!", "Groovy, babe", "Peace & love & soul", "Show me your feet" & others.
"A great batch of retro funk-styled numbers from Spanish keyboardist Carlo Coupe – a player who steps up to a 70's groove very nicely! Tracks are lean and spare – picking up influences from the current deep funk underground, but also featuring some extremely tight organ work from Carlo – strong enough to give the album a soundtrack sort of approach, in the blaxploitation revival mode..." Dusty Groove America
"Funxplosion es el primer proyecto de Deep Funk genuino hecho en nuestro país. El sonido de la nueva experiencia Funk de Coupé es abrasivo, suena sucio y contiene la crudeza suficiente para sentir el pellizco Funk que produce ese Hammond afilado como un cuchillo de cocina o una espectacular apisonadora rítmica. Un disco que suena como tiene que sonar una producción que pretenda recuperar el sonido añejo del Funk. Sin duda, supera la nota suficiente para competir con propuestas extranjeras dentro del mismo género como Speedometer, Big Boss Man, Sugarman Three ó The New Mastersounds". Miguel A. Sutil (Enlace Funk)
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