🤖 GEORGE CLINTON [Avant-Funk]
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- GEORGE CLINTON➤Paint The White House Black [Album Version]➤Paint The White House Black➤00:00:25
- GEORGE CLINTON + SCREAMIN' RACHAEL➤Our House Is Funkdified [Pour Le Plaisir Remix]➤Our House Is Funkdified [Pour Le Plaisir Remix]➤00:08:18
- CABARET VOLTAIRE ➤Sensoria / Don't Argue [Razormaid Combi Mix]➤Technopolis Vol. II (V/A)➤00:14:46
- RUDIMENT ➤Tremor➤Android Funk Solutions #8 (V/A)➤00:27:05
- MALCOLM X➤No Sell Out➤No Sell Out➤00:31:27
- TRICKSKI ➤Sweat➤Sweat➤00:34:27
- CHARGING SYSTEMS ➤Hack The Planet➤Android Funk Solutions #8 (V/A)➤00:39:02
- 69➤My Machines➤Lite Music➤00:47:46
- X-RAY➤Let's Go➤Let's Go➤00:56:32
- P-FUNK ALL STARS➤Hydraulic Pump [Parts I & II)(12' Mix)➤Hydraulic Funk➤01:02:45
- YARBROUGH & PEOPLES➤Don't Stop The Music➤The Best Of Yarbrough & Peoples➤01:14:31
- INSTANT FUNK ➤I Got My Mind Made Up➤Instant Funk➤01:22:19
- GRANDMASTER + MELLE MEL ➤White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)➤The Best Of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five (Message From Beat Street)➤01:32:06
- SYNTHETIC ➤Axel F➤Euro Disco Remixes (Vol.1.) (V/A)➤01:39:43
- BLAZE PRESENTS UDA FT. BARBARA TUCKER ➤Most Precious Love [Df Future 3000 Instrumental]➤Fabric 25 (V/A)➤01:42:43
- GEORGE CLINTON➤Atomic Dog [Special Atomic Mix]➤Extended Pleasure➤01:48:30
- GEORGE CLINTON➤Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla➤Computer Games➤00:00:25
✚ George Clinton, the mastermind behind the sprawling Parliament-Funkadelic collective, a figure often dubbed the "Godfather of Funk," is a foundational architect whose vision in the 1970s laid critical, futuristic groundwork that irrevocably shaped electronic music, particularly the electro-funk and hip-hop genres that would dominate later decades. Rejecting the clean constraints of Motown after his doo-wop group, The Parliaments, evolved, Clinton fused the grit of psychedelic rock with the rhythmic intensity of funk, but crucially infused this sound with advanced electronic instrumentation and a surreal, Afrofuturist aesthetic, exemplified by his stage persona, Dr. Funkenstein, and the iconic Mothership stage prop. This deliberate move toward the synthetic and the spectacular was spearheaded by keyboardist Bernie Worrell, whose pioneering use of the Moog synthesizer and other electronic keyboards provided Parliament's seminal hits, like "Flash Light" and "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)," with their signature, rubbery, deep-space sonic textures and distinctive basslines. Worrell’s complex synth work and pioneering implementation of effects like the talk box and various filters were revolutionary, positioning the synthesizer not just as a melodic instrument, but as a textural, rhythmic, and narrative force within the funk sound, creating the space-age soundscapes that became P-Funk's hallmark. Clinton's solo album, 1982's Computer Games, featuring the number one R&B single "Atomic Dog," further solidified this electro-funk direction, directly influencing the emergent sounds of electro and G-funk, demonstrating a direct, early transition from analog funk to synthesized grooves. His enduring contribution to electronic music is not only the innovative incorporation of electronic keyboards into the funk vernacular, but the creation of a vast sonic library, which has made P-Funk one of the most sampled acts in history, providing the core DNA and foundational grooves for artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and countless others, proving his influence is constantly recycled and reinterpreted by successive generations of electronic music producers.
✚ George Clinton, le cerveau derrière le vaste collectif Parliament-Funkadelic, une figure souvent surnommĂ©e le "Parrain du Funk", est un architecte fondateur dont la vision dans les annĂ©es 1970 a jetĂ© les bases critiques et futuristes qui ont irrĂ©vocablement façonnĂ© la musique Ă©lectronique, en particulier les genres Ă©lectro-funk et hip-hop qui domineraient les dĂ©cennies suivantes. Rejetant les contraintes nettes de Motown après l'Ă©volution de son groupe de doo-wop, The Parliaments, Clinton a fusionnĂ© la rudesse du rock psychĂ©dĂ©lique avec l'intensitĂ© rythmique du funk, mais a infusĂ© ce son de manière cruciale avec une instrumentation Ă©lectronique avancĂ©e et une esthĂ©tique surrĂ©aliste et afrofuturiste, illustrĂ©e par son personnage de scène, le Dr Funkenstein, et l'emblĂ©matique accessoire de scène Mothership (Vaisseau-Mère). Ce mouvement dĂ©libĂ©rĂ© vers le synthĂ©tique et le spectaculaire a Ă©tĂ© menĂ© par le claviĂ©riste Bernie Worrell, dont l'utilisation pionnière du synthĂ©tiseur Moog et d'autres claviers Ă©lectroniques a fourni aux succès sĂ©minals de Parliament, comme "Flash Light" et "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)", leurs textures sonores emblĂ©matiques, Ă©lastiques et d'espace lointain, ainsi que leurs lignes de basse distinctives. Le travail complexe de synthĂ© de Worrell et l'implĂ©mentation pionnière d'effets comme la talk box et divers filtres Ă©taient rĂ©volutionnaires, positionnant le synthĂ©tiseur non seulement comme un instrument mĂ©lodique, mais comme une force texturale, rythmique et narrative au sein du son funk, crĂ©ant les paysages sonores de l'ère spatiale qui sont devenus la marque de fabrique du P-Funk. L'album solo de Clinton en 1982, Computer Games, avec le single R&B numĂ©ro un "Atomic Dog", a encore solidifiĂ© cette direction Ă©lectro-funk, influençant directement les sons Ă©mergents de l'Ă©lectro et du G-funk, dĂ©montrant une transition directe et prĂ©coce du funk analogique aux grooves synthĂ©tisĂ©s. Sa contribution durable Ă la musique Ă©lectronique n'est pas seulement l'incorporation innovante de claviers Ă©lectroniques dans le vocabulaire du funk, mais la crĂ©ation d'une vaste bibliothèque sonore, qui a fait du P-Funk l'un des artistes les plus samplĂ©s de l'histoire, fournissant l'ADN de base et les grooves fondateurs pour des artistes comme Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg et d'innombrables autres, prouvant que son influence est constamment recyclĂ©e et rĂ©interprĂ©tĂ©e par les gĂ©nĂ©rations successives de producteurs de musique Ă©lectronique.

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