It Ain't Retro e-bog
80,10 DKK
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Soul is the most powerful expression of American musica distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure. But if you thought the sounds of Motown or Stax Records died along with 8tracks and macram, youd be wrong.For two decades, Daptone Records has churned out hard funk and such beautiful soul that these records sparked a musical ...
E-bog
80,10 DKK
Forlag
Jawbone Press
Udgivet
20 august 2021
Genrer
Discographies and buyer’s guides
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781911036746
Soul is the most powerful expression of American musica distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure. But if you thought the sounds of Motown or Stax Records died along with 8tracks and macram, youd be wrong.For two decades, Daptone Records has churned out hard funk and such beautiful soul that these records sparked a musical revolution. Run by a collective of soul-obsessed producers and musicians, the Brooklyn-based independent label launched the careers of artists such as Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley, and Bruno Mars. Daptones recordsand those of the larger soul revival scenepay homage but never lip service to the original artists, proving that soul is still culturally relevant, and just as exciting as ever.It Aint Retro charts this revivals players, sounds, and tectonic shifts over the past twenty years, taking you from dingy clubs where soul crazed DJs packed the dancefloor, to just uptown where some of the genres heaviest musicians jumpstarted the renaissance in a basement studio, and all the way to the White House. This definitive tale of Daptone Records soulful revolution chronicles the labels history, players, and sounds while dissecting the scenes cultural underpinnings, which continue to reverberate in pop music. The book also contains rare and unseen images of Daptone artists past and present, including Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, Antibalas, The Sugarman 3, The Budos Band, and more.