馃 GEORGE CLINTON [Avant-Funk]

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  1. GEORGE CLINTON➤Paint The White House Black [Album Version]➤Paint The White House Black➤00:00:25
  2. GEORGE CLINTON + SCREAMIN' RACHAEL➤Our House Is Funkdified [Pour Le Plaisir Remix]➤Our House Is Funkdified [Pour Le Plaisir Remix]➤00:08:18
  3. CABARET VOLTAIRE  ➤Sensoria / Don't Argue [Razormaid Combi Mix]➤Technopolis Vol. II (V/A)➤00:14:46
  4. RUDIMENT ➤Tremor➤Android Funk Solutions #8 (V/A)00:27:05
  5. MALCOLM X➤No Sell Out➤No Sell Out➤00:31:27
  6. TRICKSKI ➤Sweat➤Sweat➤00:34:27
  7. CHARGING SYSTEMS ➤Hack The Planet➤Android Funk Solutions #8 (V/A)➤00:39:02
  8. 69➤My Machines➤Lite Music➤00:47:46
  9. X-RAY➤Let's Go➤Let's Go➤00:56:32
  10. P-FUNK ALL STARS➤Hydraulic Pump [Parts I & II)(12' Mix)➤Hydraulic Funk➤01:02:45
  11. YARBROUGH & PEOPLES➤Don't Stop The Music➤The Best Of Yarbrough & Peoples➤01:14:31
  12. INSTANT FUNK ➤I Got My Mind Made Up➤Instant Funk➤01:22:19
  13. 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
  14. SYNTHETIC ➤Axel F➤Euro Disco Remixes (Vol.1.) (V/A)➤01:39:43
  15. BLAZE PRESENTS UDA FT. BARBARA TUCKER ➤Most Precious Love [Df Future 3000 Instrumental]➤Fabric 25 (V/A)➤01:42:43
  16. GEORGE CLINTON➤Atomic Dog [Special Atomic Mix]➤Extended Pleasure➤01:48:30
  17. 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 derri猫re le vaste collectif Parliament-Funkadelic, une figure souvent surnomm茅e le "Parrain du Funk", est un architecte fondateur dont la vision dans les ann茅es 1970 a jet茅 les bases critiques et futuristes qui ont irr茅vocablement fa莽onn茅 la musique 茅lectronique, en particulier les genres 茅lectro-funk et hip-hop qui domineraient les d茅cennies suivantes. Rejetant les contraintes nettes de Motown apr猫s l'茅volution de son groupe de doo-wop, The Parliaments, Clinton a fusionn茅 la rudesse du rock psych茅d茅lique avec l'intensit茅 rythmique du funk, mais a infus茅 ce son de mani猫re cruciale avec une instrumentation 茅lectronique avanc茅e et une esth茅tique surr茅aliste et afrofuturiste, illustr茅e par son personnage de sc猫ne, le Dr Funkenstein, et l'embl茅matique accessoire de sc猫ne Mothership (Vaisseau-M猫re). Ce mouvement d茅lib茅r茅 vers le synth茅tique et le spectaculaire a 茅t茅 men茅 par le clavi茅riste Bernie Worrell, dont l'utilisation pionni猫re du synth茅tiseur Moog et d'autres claviers 茅lectroniques a fourni aux succ猫s s茅minals de Parliament, comme "Flash Light" et "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)", leurs textures sonores embl茅matiques, 茅lastiques et d'espace lointain, ainsi que leurs lignes de basse distinctives. Le travail complexe de synth茅 de Worrell et l'impl茅mentation pionni猫re d'effets comme la talk box et divers filtres 茅taient r茅volutionnaires, positionnant le synth茅tiseur non seulement comme un instrument m茅lodique, mais comme une force texturale, rythmique et narrative au sein du son funk, cr茅ant les paysages sonores de l'猫re 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 num茅ro un "Atomic Dog", a encore solidifi茅 cette direction 茅lectro-funk, influen莽ant directement les sons 茅mergents de l'茅lectro et du G-funk, d茅montrant une transition directe et pr茅coce du funk analogique aux grooves synth茅tis茅s. Sa contribution durable 脿 la musique 茅lectronique n'est pas seulement l'incorporation innovante de claviers 茅lectroniques dans le vocabulaire du funk, mais la cr茅ation d'une vaste biblioth猫que sonore, qui a fait du P-Funk l'un des artistes les plus sampl茅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 recycl茅e et r茅interpr茅t茅e par les g茅n茅rations successives de producteurs de musique 茅lectronique.

  

 

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