Electrofunk Review

They probably don't count as independent or free, but what the heck. I've been looking high and low for new, boundry-pushing electronic and funk music but both commercial and independent releases have been uniformly disappointing. That being said, let's all thank our lucky stars for Azymuth. I have several of their older tracks in my collection from various compliations and they don't disappoint. Suprisingly their newer music rocks. A number of funk bands seem to have lost it somewhere in the 80's (by "it" I mean the ability to play funky rhythms). No one new out there has it (believe me, I've looked!). But these guys -- I guess it's that Brazilian influence. It helps somewhat if you understand Portugese, but there's no denying either their rhythm or their harmonic sensibility. I didn't even know they still made music, let alone really good music. Electrofunkreview says definitely check them out. And now, back to searching...