Best of Vimeo: Week 6
This week's selection from the Sweet and Submissions group on Vimeo. It's all about city life.
This week's selection from the Sweet and Submissions group on Vimeo. It's all about city life.
The third of a three part documentary on hip hop's most influential producer Detroit-born James Yancey (A.K.A J Dilla) went online today. It looks at the people he worked with and their introductions, his move from his hometown to Los Angeles and his highly regarded album Donuts. Props to Stussy for ...
When people ask me what music I like I usually reply, ‘everything’, then I proceed to list off a few genres; ‘Jazz, Dub, Soul, Old School Hip Hop’, in an attempt to sound like I know what I’m talking about. But what I really, really want to say in this situation is I like ‘Space Music’ or more specifically ‘Space Funk’. But I can’t because unless you listen to exactly the same music as me you will have no idea what I am talking about and probably think I’m a bit weird. ‘Space Funk’ is a genre entirely of my own conception but most of my favorite tunes seem to fit into the category. In the course of this article I will attempt to define ‘Space Funk’ and what musicians and songs fit in to my made up genre.
