VA — Funky Chicken: Belgian Grooves From The 70\’S — Part 1 & 2 (2014)

Funky Chicken: Belgian Grooves From The 70\’S — Part 1

Disc 1

1. Chakachas — Stories (02:39)

2. Mad Unity — Funky Tramway (04:41)

3. Ren? Costy — Ostinato Bass (03:08)

4. Alex Scorier — Topless (04:14)

5. Open Sky Unit — Sunshine Star (04:59)

6. Plus — Gimme Some More Of That (04:30)

7. Andr? Brasseur — Funky (04:55)

8. Chicken Curry & His Pop Percussion Orchestra — Librium (03:50)

9. Placebo — Balek (04:18)

10. Les H?lions — Music & Co (04:53)

11. Black Blood — Avenue Louise (02:57)

12. S.S.O. — Tonight\’s The Night (feat. Douglas Lucas & The Sugar Sisters) (02:50)

13. Nico Gomez And His Afro Percussion Inc. — Ritual (03:55)

14. Andr? Brasseur — Saturnus (03:25)

15. Chocolat\’s — El Caravanero (10:37)

Disc 2

1. Chicken Curry & His Pop Percussion Orchestra — Malaria Fever (03:25)

2. Amadeo — Memories (03:58)

3. El Chicles — Funky Chicken (05:21)

4. Plus — Put Everything Together (03:19)

5. The Mol Percussion Band — Tileto (02:50)

6. Cos — Viva Boma (02:35)

7. Ren? Costy & His Orchestra — Scrabble (04:13)

8. The Rapture — Pop In Three (04:18)

9. Doug Lucas — One For You (06:23)

10. Hein Huysmans Kwintet — Marakesh (07:30)

11. Placebo — Humpty Dumpty (02:32)

12. Leo Cavallo — Smoke (03:41)

13. Chakachas — Turtle Soup (03:53)

14. Super Funk Special — Lord Funk (20:56)

Funky Chicken brings together some of the best Belgian dance tracks from the early seventies. Emerged in a country where virtually every musical wave passes through, most of these tunes were created and recorded by hired guns, in this case a few clusters of gifted session musicians and composers. The music on Funky Chicken is their take on (afro-)funk, soul and Latin. Some of their releases were hit parade cannon fodder, but occasionaly, some spare studio or the urgent need for a B-side allowed for memorable musical expents.

Funky Chicken is a post-fact documentation, the result of a quest into a period on which information is few and far between, the \’black hole\’ in Belgium\’s history of popular music. The barren wasteland between the variety orchestras of the sixties and the electronic revolution of the late seventies and early eighties. This series explores the ground the dance pioneers built upon.

Funky Chicken: Belgian Grooves From The 70\’S — Part 2

1. Chicken Curry & His Pop Percussion Orchestra — Malaria Fever (03:24)

2. Amadeo — Memories (03:58)

3. El Chicles — Funky Chicken (05:21)

4. Plus — Put Everything Together (03:19)

5. The Mol Percussion Band — Tileto (02:50)

6. Cos — Viva Boma (02:36)

7. Ren? Costy & His Orchestra — Scrabble (04:12)

8. The Rapture — Pop In Three (04:18)

9. Doug Lucas — One For You (06:23)

10. Hein Huysmans Kwintet — Marakesh (07:31)

11. Placebo — Humpty Dumpty (02:31)

12. Leo Cavallo — Smoke (03:42)

13. Chakachas — Turtle Soup (03:53)

14. Super Funky Special — Lord Funk (20:56)

Review

Second instalment of the fantastic compilation \’Funky Chicken\’ — a heavyweight selection of Belgian funk, soul, jazz and latin from the 70\’s. Featuring rare grooves by Ren? Costy & His Orchestra, Placebo, Cos and more.