Le Funk
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Le Funk is the second EP
by the Louisville
-based band VHS or Beta
. Originally released in 2002 by ON! Records, it was reissued in 2005 by Astralwerks with three bonus remixes and is now widely considered to be their first album.
bonus tracks from the 2005 reissue:
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by the Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
-based band VHS or Beta
VHS or Beta
VHS or Beta is a band originally from Louisville, Kentucky, now based in Brooklyn, NY, that combines elements of rock, house and disco . Their self-released debut EP Le Funk found some success on the charts, but the band became better known in the wake of the 2004 album Night on Fire...
. Originally released in 2002 by ON! Records, it was reissued in 2005 by Astralwerks with three bonus remixes and is now widely considered to be their first album.
Track listing
All songs written by VHS or Beta- "Heaven" – 5:19
- "Disco Paradise" – 4:10
- "Solid Gold" – 7:54
- "On and On" – 7:12
- "Flash" (live) – 8:09
- "Teenage Dancefloor" (live) – 7:25
bonus tracks from the 2005 reissue:
- "Solid Gold" (Bob MouldBob MouldRobert Arthur "Bob" Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.-Early life:...
Loud Bomb mix) – 5:33 - "Solid Gold" (Freaky ChakraFreaky ChakraFreaky Chakra is a project by Daum Bentley, an American artist that produces rhythm-based techno music.In the mid-1990s, Freaky Chakra went on tour, performing live with Single Cell Orchestra. Their performances led to the Astralwerks release, Freaky Chakra vs. Single Cell Orchestra. In early...
Evolution mix) – 8:27 - "Solid Gold" (Joshua's Iz Solid Mix) – 6:22
The band
- Zeke Buck — GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Mark Palgy — Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Craig Pfunder — Guitar
- Mark Guidry — DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional musicians
- Stacy Blakeman — Vocals
- Kaiza Cumbler — Vocals
- Hazen Frick — TimbalesTimbalesTimbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...
- Maiza Hixson — Vocals
- Matt Johnson — CongaCongaThe conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
, djembeDjembeA djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands.... - Jessica Linker — Vocals
- Aaron Todovich — SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
Production
- Mike Blaine — Producer, engineer, mastering
- Kevin Ratterman — Producer, engineer
- Emily Lazar — Remastering
- Sarah Register — Remastering assistant
- Bob Mould — Remix producer
Additional credits
- Zeke Buck — Artwork, design
- Chea Beckley — Live assistant
- Brian Long — Management
Source
- [ Allmusic entry]
- [ Allmusic entry (reissue)]