COMING SOON!

SWEATER FUNK SONG :: DAM FUNK DROP:: STEVE ARRINGTON

Its not every day that Dam Funk makes a quick song about your event to share with the world! In this case our brother from Los Angeles went above and beyond and created a special track for Sweater Funk to help promote our 3 year anniversary with Steve Arrington.

I almost SHIT my pants once I heard this Modern Soul track. If this song doesn't make you go to the our event in 2 weeks, than you must be crazy! You can download the track via SoundCloud!

Thanks Damon!

DROP ~ Sweater Funk presents: Steve Arrington 'LIVE' July 29th @ SOM (San Francisco) - DāM-FunK by DâM-FunK

HOOD PASS INTACT

This video is straight G-FUNK... Low-Budget flava. KEEP YOUR HOOD PASS INTCT.

NEW DAM-FUNK POSTER

The poster is 19x25-inches (48x65cm), 3-color print on cougar white paper. Designed by Mike Davis and screen printed by Ben LaFond for Burlesque of North America.

San Francisco, Thrs, July 1:
Dam-Funk live with Master Blazter, Nite Jewel, Jonas Reinhart at Mezzanine, 444 Jessie St; $12 advance, $15 at the door; 21+ 9PM TICKETS

Hollywood, Fri, July 2:
Dam-Funk live with Master Blazter, MC Eiht, Peanut Butter Wolf, Mona Lisa, DevonWho at Troubador, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd; $15, 8PM, All Ages TICKETS

KILLDAT

BIG UP TO OUR BROTHER DAMON AKA DAM-FUNK... WE'VE SEEN HIM GROW AS A ARTIST. NOW DOING HIS THING ON THE LIVE PERFORMANCE TIP, WHICH I MUST SAY IS GROWING AND SOUNDING BETTER EVERY TIME... AS MENTIONED, DAM WILL BE RELEASING NEW MATERIAL THIS YEAR WITH SOUL LEGEND STEVE ARRINGTON. PEEP THE SOUNDS.

TILL THEN ENJOY THIS KILLER FUNK TUNE ON A RECENT PERFORMANCE FOR FUEL TV... KEEP FUNKING.

Dam Funk "Funk's Revenge" Mix CD and T-shirt

Coming straight from Los Angeles, Dam Funk is known as the "Boogie Funk Ambassador", an artist who has been working since the mid 80's as a mult-instrumentalist, DJ, record collector, producer and vocalist; this guy is a renaissance man of all things funk. In the last couple years he has been gg an avalanche of press over his modern funk productions with a sound that brims with vintage synthesizers, stuttering handclaps, and low slung grooves that conjures late night drives through the Los Angeles metropolis. Working in the tradition of Slave, early Prince, Preettinlude Records and ZAPP, here is a sound that is spiritual and robotic, iconoclastic yet still rooted in the tradition of his elders.

It is a great honor we present to you the Dam-Funk "Funk's Revenge" Mix CD and T-shirt. This special collaboration includes a mix cd by Dam Funk himself and t-shirt design ispired by one of Dam Funk's favorite album covers

PRE ORDER

DAM-FUNK AND STEVE ARRINGTON LP = 2010

Stones Throw head honcho Chris Manak, a.k.a. Peanut Butter Wolf, has just confirmed that Leimert Park funkernaut Dâm-Funk is working on two collaborative records to be due out some time in 2010. Giving further gravitas to the rising artist's credo, "Funk is not a fad... It's a way of life," Dâm will be reaching into his native genre's colorful past to bring the former singer of Ohio funk band Slave, Steve Arrington, back into the realm of secular music. As if that weren't enough, Dâm and Stones Throw have begun talks with L.A.'s own Nite Jewel in order schedule recording for an upcoming joint LP. In the word of the late, great, godfather of soul, "Good God!"

Before we go on, here's a little refresher on Slave.

The Wolf weighs in on the backstory after the jump.

According to Manak, Dâm (real name Damon Riddick) and Arrington have five or six songs in the bag, with "all of the instrumentals coming from Damon, and Steve writing his own vocal melodies and lyrics. It's fifty-fifty."

Fittingly, it was a love for Slave that brought Dâm to Stones Throw in the first place.

"When I first talked to Damon, we bonded over an appreciation for Slave," said Manak. "He told me that he had video of Steve Arrington performing in the early '80s, and I'd never seen live footage, so I was excited to check it out. When Dâm and I met [in person], he gave me a copy of the DVD, and I thought, 'I've gotta stay in contact with this guy.'"

Though Manak said he had his doubts about Arrington's willingness to collaborate when Dâm broached the topic -- Arrington left funk for the ministry in 1990 after experiencing a religious conversion -- emails were exchanged and the former Slave singer was apparently wooed by Dâm's take on the medium. A release date is still pending.

As for Nite Jewel's Ramona Gonzales, she and Dâm recently made a "Tune In An Afternoon" for XLR8R TV but until today, no news of any further output from "Nite Funk" had emerged. While recording hasn't yet begun -- both have been spending a lot of time out on the road -- Manak said they all "sat down for dinner" last week to figure out a schedule. And here, not that you need it, is a refresher on Nite Jewel.

The impetus for WCS' call to Stones Throw came with this release from the label a couple of days ago, accompanying the leak of a brand new Dâm-Funk track:

"Besides putting together the forthcoming STEVE ARRINGTON (Formerly of SLAVE) LP for Stones Throw as well as collaborations with NITE JEWEL, production for JODY WATLEY, various remixes for XX & the Hyperdub label, Exclusive Mix CD's for 101 Apparel, forthcoming collaborations w/ JOKER + traveling all around the world w/ the 'Modern-Funk' sound in tow...this is the newness that D-F has been up to 'so far' in 2010"

You can download said "newness" below. As for the work with former Shalamar singer (and Soul Train dancer) Jody Watley, Manak said he thinks Dâm's only produced a track or two for her. He also mentioned that Monsieur Funk just wrapped up some studio time with Raphael Saadiq, so we've got that to look forward to as well.

LA WEEKLY

STEPPIN - MODERN SOUL

DAM FUNK - I WANNA THANK YOU (STEPPING INTO MY LIFE

DAM-FUNK at POLENG TONITE

Here is a photo from the last time Dam played at Poleng...the crowd went bananas! I hadn't seen Poleng that packed since Slum Village played there a few years before. The Sweaterfunk crew and I will be opening up in the fireside lounge, so come through early!

Here is a special track from the archives by Young Dam-Funk...this man has been doin' this for years "Funk is not a fad!"-D~F

I APPRECIATE MY LIFE-DAM FUNK

SWEATERFUNK + DAM FUNK

DECEMBER 5th....Last time Dam played at Poleng I thought the Fire Marshall was gonna shut things down...get there early!

Dãm-Funk's Beautiful Music 4 Beautiful People Mix 4 Clae

Dãm-Funk's Beautiful Music 4 Beautiful People Mix 4 Clae

DAM FUNK LIVE AT DIESEL:U:MUSIC RADIO

DAM FUNK is the LA man behind the renaissance of early-'80s styles known as Boogie, Modern Soul and Electro-Funk. We were lucky enough to have him come to the studio. He came armed with a selection of rare records and his fine voice to get the re-verb bouncing off the studio walls. His voice was arguably the smoothest we have ever had grace the DUM Radio mics, singing some tracks off his new album Toeachizown. He was having such a ball he insisted on staying on for an extra hour....

THE FADER - NEW ISSUE

EGYPTION LOVER B-DAY BASH, FUNKMOSPHERE THIS MONDAY

Dam-Funk FTW!! lol

Mayer Hawthorne aka DJ Haircut dropped this video the other day. This Michigan kid is the business. He just got back from is Europe Tour with A-Side World Wide and Now On.. He is now on the Stones Throw Tour with Dam-Funk, James Pants, & Peanut Butter Wolf.

ON TOUR: MAYER HAWTHORNE, PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, DAM-FUNK, JAMES PANTS
4/28 Minneapolis @ Varsity Theater. 9pm. 18+ $15
4/29 Madison @ High Noon Saloon. 9pm. 18+ Ticket Info
4/30 Chicago @ The Abbey Pub. 9pm. 18+ Ticket Info
5/1 Toronto @ Revival Bar. 9pm. 19+ Tickets
5/2 Montreal @ Les Saints. 8pm. 18+ Ticket Info
5/3 Princeton @ Terrace F Club. 5pm. All Ages. FREE
5/4 Boston @ Paradise. 7pm. 18+ Ticket Info
5/5 Baltimore @ Sonar. 7pm. 18+ Ticket Info
5/6 Philadelphia @ North Bowl. 9pm Tickets
5/7 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club. 9pm. All Ages. Tickets
5/8 NYC @ American Museum of Natural History. 9pm. 21+. $20
5/9 NYC @ LPR. 11pm. 21+. $10 (Pants, Dam, Hawthorne & Folerio)
Ticket info

DAM-FUNK - UNRELEASED MATERIAL

I RAN INTO DAM FUNK LAST WEEK WHEN THE STONES THROW TOUR WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE SHOW WAS GREAT, AND DAM DID HIS USUAL JOB OF PLAYING TOP NOTCH RECORDS WHILE FEEDING THE CROWD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EACH ARTIST. AFTER HIS SET WE CHOPPED IT UP FOR A MINUTE AND I ASKED HIM IF IT WAS OK TO PUT UP "SPECIAL DIMENSION" A TRACK I RECEIVED WHILE HE WAS TOURING IN EUROPE. DAMON GAVE ME THE THUMBS UP.

DAM FUNK - SPECIAL DIMENSIONS 2009