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Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR: Barış Manço And The Zenith Of Turkish Prog Rock

The latest post in Egon’s NPR series Funk Archaeology investigates Turkish psych-funk maestro Barış Manço and five of his early 70s masterpieces. If you don’t know of Manço’s genius, we’re pretty sure you won’t need anything more than the picture sleeve, above, to tantalize you – but we’re also posting a download of Manço’s mind-melting “Olum Allahin Emri,” which is referenced in Egon’s piece….

Link: 5 Songs From The Zenith Of Turkish Progressive Rock: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
Download: Barış Manço “Olum Allahin Emri.”
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Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR: Uptempo Ballads

Egon’s latest entry to his Funk Archaeology series at NPR digs into those uptempo ballads that arose in the late 60s and early 70s as soul bands the world over reacted to James Brown’s funk revolution. Find out more at the link below, and download the late Clarence “Sir Guy” Barron’s “Let Home Cross Your Mind.”

Link: Ballads For The Dance Floor: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
Download: Sir Guy and the Speller Brothers’ Band “Let Home Cross Your Mind.”
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Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR: A Lo-Fi Report From Indonesia

Egon’s latest entry to his Funk Archaeology series at NPR sheds some light on his forthcoming anthology Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesia Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 1970-1978. Indonesia’s various 70s scenes were dense, but often times underground; this piece sheds light on not only the process he and fellow record collectors and archivists Jason Connoy and Chandra Drews had to go through in the discovery process, but also on a forthcoming (hopefully?) Madlib/Indonesian collaboration, of sorts, for the discussed, but not-yet-realized, Supreme Team project.

Link: Lo-Fi Indonesia: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
More: Indonesian Psych on Now-Again/Those Shocking Shaking Days Anthology.

Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR: Psychedelic India

This month on Egon’s NPR column Funk Archaeology: India’s psychedelic 70s. Five tracks from a little-known subset of what was then – and is now – one of the largest producers of music on the planet. This should serve as a good primer for the forthcoming Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! album, due out later this year on the World Psychedelic Funk Classics label.

Link: Unearthing Five Lost Gems From Psychedelic India: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR