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"Funkytown" is a song by American disco-funk group ... US Hot Soul Singles ... Like the original song by Lipps Inc., Pseudo Echo's version of the track is the band's ...
Pseudo Echo are an Australian new wave band formed in 1982, best known for their 1986 single "Funky Town". They released three studio albums before disbanding in 1989. The band reformed in 1998 and have released four further studio albums, and continue to tour Australia. They have released 6 studio albums, 2 live, and 7 compilation albums.
Their debut album, Autumnal Park, produced by Dawkins and John Punter, was released in June 1984 and peaked at No. 11 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. [1] [2] [6] The album was released as Pseudo Echo for the North American market. [7] It yielded the singles "A Beat for You" (No. 12 in April), "Dancing Until Midnight", and "Stranger in Me".
The Echo is an American music venue and nightclub, located in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. For 14 years, it hosted Funky Sole, an all-vinyl 1960s funk-and-soul dance party. [ 1 ]
[27] Ben Kelly of Attitude opined that the song is "the album's bluesy moment" [...] "echo[ing] of Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay, with Sam's strong falsetto running free as ever." [28] Maeve Heslin of Hot Press labelled it "laidback, funky soul at its finest."
The song was written by David Stewart and Jessica Agombar and produced by Stewart. [4] It has been described as an upbeat disco-pop song [1] with elements of funk, soul, and bubblegum pop, and takes influence from 1970s music—it features snapping handclaps, echoing synths, and celebratory horns.
Another group who defined funk around this time were the Isley Brothers, whose funky 1969 #1 R&B hit, "It's Your Thing", signaled a breakthrough in African-American music, bridging the gaps of the jazzy sounds of Brown, the psychedelic rock of Jimi Hendrix, and the upbeat soul of Sly & the Family Stone and Mother's Finest.
Motherlode is a 1988 James Brown compilation album.Created as a follow-up to the successful 1986 compilation In the Jungle Groove, it similarly focuses on Brown's funk recordings of the late 1960s and early 1970s.