Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology, Vol. 1

Free Form Funky Freqs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 12, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thirsty Ear
• ASIN: B000X1BK0A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,764 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Your Freq On, February 23, 2008

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TSK - See all my reviews

This review is from: Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

For anyone who's familiar with these guys, this record is basically a crank-it-up no-brainer. If you're not familiar with them, or if you know Vernon Reid only from his Living Colour days, there's no better place to start. Despite the "free form" in the name, there's nothing out-there about this, in the chaotic manner, say, of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time. This is mainly very accessible funk-rock material, pretty much guaranteed to appeal to just about anyone who gets off on a power trio. The opening and closing tracks may be a little on the spacey side, with some guitar synth and laptop work from Reid, but it's not anything a metalhead can't handle. As for Tacuma's bass-in-ya-face, he sounds so good here it's ridiculous. I find myself listening to him as if he were out front, with Reid receding into the background. So here's looking to Vol. 2. As good as this is, though, for a truly adventurous Tacuma/Weston-based guitar record, check out Mirakle, with the late, great Derek Bailey doing his genuinely freaky thing over smokin' funk grooves. It lives up to its name. No idea, incidentally, why Amazon is offering only an SACD version of this Freqs record. I got it from iTunes. There's nothing about an SACD version on the Thirsty Ear site.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funky improvisations, February 14, 2009

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C. Oberst "guitargeek" (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

I gave this album five stars just to counteract the reviewers who unfairly docked it points solely based on sound quality. What's up with that? The sound isn't perfect, but it's very much 'in your face' and fits with the overall intent. A harsh, uncompromising funkiness that makes one think of an unholy union of Albert Ayler and the PFunk.

Vernon, Jamaladeen and Calvin lay down some seriously amazing stuff on this album, and I think anyone who loves the instrumental side of Funkadelic or appreciates the wilder parts of '70s fusion jazz would love this. I'd like to see this guys work together again, and maybe even play some shows outside NYC (hint hint!).

5.0 out of 5 stars a tale of two bridges, March 18, 2011

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JahHannibal Abba-Ra (Baltimore, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Free Form Funky Freqs: Urban Mythology, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

propulsion
of sensations
tonal relations
infinite interjections
textplosions
galactik communication
star system to star system
impulse vibrations
levitation
downward
inward
outward
upward
beyond orbit
into Spirit
hyper-creation
of the enlightened void
divine calling
ghost notes
station to station
righteous sign crossroad
no outer bounds
lost ways found

the forward projection
vision justification
prayer/meditation
myth/manifestation
i am flying
fly-yin
fly-yang
Spirit funk
slam dunk

museseek conducted
from outside of the body
sound frequencies
beyond mysteries

hole notes
Soul notes