crackaud.io x Gurls Talk: Liv Ravden
West London’s Liv Ravden joins us for the mid-way point of our week-long collaboration with Adwoa Aboah’s Gurls Talk, exploring and celebrating womxnhood in all forms. Smooth and uplifting, this is the perfect tonic for the midweek slump
Selections: Dâm-Funk
Modern funk champion Dâm-Funk digs into tracks old and new that rep the Dâm-Funk energy in 2019
Pedro Bell, the artist behind Funkadelic’s iconic album covers, has died
The visual artist behind Funkadelic and George Clinton’s iconic album covers has died
Turtle Bugg
One of the US’ premier diggers delivers an all-45s mix of psychedelic funk
The new sounds of Medellín – Mixed by Jonny Crow
Rolling hip-hop, funk and reggaeton from the Colombian city
Afro Cosmic Club – Mixed by DJ Gioumanne
Intergalactic sounds from Africa
Watch the colourful cartoon video for funk god Bootsy Collins’ Ladies Nite featuring MC Eiht
Collins’ upcoming LP World Wide Funk features Kali Uchis, Chuck D and Big Daddy Kane
Selections: Josey Rebelle
Welcome back to Selections, a series of exclusive artist-curated Spotify playlists from those in the…
The Beat Goes On: Remembering Clyde Stubblefield
The rhythms that drummer Clyde Stubblefield laid down with James Brown would alter the path of modern music forever. Nick Boyd celebrates the man who helped the world find its funk.
Staying In
Your guide of what to watch, read and listen to this weekend
Aretha Franklin announces her retirement
Soul legend Aretha Franklin has announced that her next album will be her last. The…
William Onyeabor, legendary Nigerian musician, has died
The cult musician, best-known for his song When The Going is Smooth and Good, was…
Nao:
Home Grown Soul
Gunseli Yalcinkaya meets the Hackney-raised singer in an East London cafe to talk identity and community in an evolving landscape
Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
The hype surrounding Devonté Hynes’ timely release of Freetown Sound, under his Blood Orange moniker,…
Experimental heroes Black Dice return with Big Deal
Longstanding experimental trio Black Dice have just shared their first song in four years and…
Aesthetic:
FunkinEven
Alongside our extensive shoot, Steven Julien, aka Funkineven, talks ditching his moniker and mapping the demise of a fallen angel for his debut album
Blood Orange announces release date of new album, Freetown Sound
After the drop of his intimate album cover earlier this week, Dev Hynes has unveiled…
Patrick Cowley – Muscle Up
Cowley’s world was “a bubble in time and space”, his sound a vibrant time capsule for the sexually charged climate of San Francisco in the 70s
Prince rumours suggest a stripped-back sixteen-date European tour
The proposed dates will take the icon and his piano around Europe in two weeks time…
Count Counsellor – Disco Dodo
Winter might be fast approaching but Count Counsellor can’t help but sound like summer in this cut from his ‘& The Childhood Heroes’ EP
Dam-Funk:
Pasadena Boogie Cat
An interview with LA’s Dam-Funk: a Funkster through and through
20 Questions: Julio Bashmore
We called Bristol’s finest, Julio Bashmore, to chat about Dungeons & Dragons, Debenhams’ restaurant and hybridising meat-based dishes
Seven Davis Jr – Universes
There’s something extremely impulsive about Seven Davis Jr.’s debut album, as if it were thrown…
Dâm-Funk details Invite The Light album, shares new track We Continue
The LA veteran’s first solo album in nearly six years is coming soon. On 4…
Mbongwana Star
A thrilling new sound emerging from the slums of the Congo