When we first “Hood Pass Intact” on Dâm-Funk’s mindblowing 2009 album Toeachizown, we were hooked: this was real funk electro boogie, yet from today’s mindstate—you could as much hear up in that as much as you could Snoop Dogg. And it was sooooo instant-classic Cali sounding, the way Roger Troutman’s synthetic swing sounded so at home on, say, “California Love,” when it was in fact just representing the United States of Funk.

What a long, strange trip it’s been to this moment in music. The headlines are all too familiar – major labels are dying, download this, download that, blahblahblah… All the hubbub over technology and filthy lucre has obscured what is becoming increasingly clear: 2009 may be the best year for music in a decade – a veritable golden age, if you will, captured in a twelve-month period.

The remix of Animal Collective’s “Summertime Clothes” by Stones Throw’s resident L.A. boogiemonster Dam-Funk is the damn funkiest, weirdest, summeriest, catchiest track we’ve heard in a minute…

Amsterdam’s Paradiso is with reason one of the most beloved venues by performers worldwide. Comeback Tribe-sman of the year Q-Tip is scheduled to appear in the canalside temple of music Tuesday March 10 together with HEAVy, the underground icons from New York whose ‘Wonderlove’ caused quite the sensation on it’s release in 04. Their latest [...]

When you’re at a great party and it’s boomin’, sweaty enuff, the girls and guys are cute and the DJ’s are killin’ it, you think yeah so it should always be like this. Well based on the recent ‘off the charts’ 1 year Anniversary bash in Londontown, it IS always like this at Deviation and [...]

We’ve got our hands a nice teaser for you. Deviation turns the magic number ONE tonight Weds 1 October with special Exclusive L.A. guest dam funk in the house. Let’s get the bottles popping early, shall we?! Click here for an exclusive dam funk/stones throw podcast. Queues are already forming both online [...]

We’ve got one year to celebrate in a big way! Deviation takes on their first anniversary by creating a funkmosphere inside Gramaphone on Wednesday, October 1st with special guest Cali native dâm-funk. Stones Throw records have declared dâm-funk the official ambassador of Boogie Funk. His LA club night Funkmosphere combines the early [...]

Introducing Dâm-Funk, producer of Baron Zen’s Burn Rubber Remix and host of the weekly event Funkmosphere in Los Angeles. Trainspotter Benji B linked us to his very cool podkast. Oh, and if you missed Benji latest Deviation episode; it’s available online until 25 January.