Thursday, 14 April 2011

Trouble Funk - Drop the Bomb (1982)



Last weekend the sun was blazing here on the south coast, temperatures crept up above 20C and I got a bit of a tan. This fantastic album got some play in my house and a great time was had by all.

When I was in my teens in the North-East of England (a small town called Bishop Auckland to be precise), Trouble Funk were big with the local B-Boys (there were maybe 5 or 6 of them in the mid-'80s) along with Schooly D, Kraftwerk and Run DMC. Trouble Funk make an almighty noise, theirs is a weird brand of disco-funk - heavy on the polyrhythmic percussion, fat bass and simple call and response vocal lines.
If the sun is out where you are, then you might want to give this a go.

'Pump Me Up' is my favourite track, so here it is:


Tracklist:

01 Hey Fellas
02 Get On Up
03 Let's Get Hot
04 Drop The Bomb
05 Pump Me Up
06 Don't Try To Use Me

Get it HERE.
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 April 2011 at 03:13

    awesome. never heard this one - thanks!

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  2. icastico15 April 2011 at 07:20

    Ah memories.

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  3. dial africa15 April 2011 at 10:25

    Trouble Funk were my favorites concerning 80s funk, even a little bit better than Defunkt (for the young soul).

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  4. JONNYCHIBA16 April 2011 at 21:05

    Bishop Auckland, BBoys, I may have been one of them, though mid to late eighties for me. We were the Graff writers.

    Can't beat a bit of gogo, i'll give this a listen

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  5. Simon66625 April 2011 at 08:27

    Thanks Mr tear! Saw these guys in the 80s in NYC, love it :)

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  6. Anonymous16 January 2013 at 09:32

    For anyone wandering through this old post. File this under "Go-Go" music. It's a regional music style from the Washington DC area.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-go

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