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.

Aloe Blacc has been a mainstay of the L.A. music scene—as one of the pillars of the Stones Throw movement. He’s a gifted vocalist, MC, and all-around musician, in groups like Emanon and Bee and also on solo albums like 2006’s majestic Shine Through. Blacc’s latest single comes from his upcoming album The Good Things, and it’s a killer—a cover of “Femme Fatale” by the Velvet Underground.

It’s no surprise that every posthumous drum kick attributed to J Dilla stirs up excitement about hip-hop cognoscenti. The release of Donut Shop, a joint project by the DJ technology leaders Serato and Dilla’s record company/movement Stones Throw, proves downright inspiring.0

Two great tastes that go great together: the coolest, most forward and backward gold-standard hip-hop/music in general head and the coolest, most forward illustrator/designer around.

We were a little bit early on the Mayer Hawthorne tip, including this track in our early playlist. However, as the summer has developed, so has the buzz, getting quite strong everywhere. This seemingly uncharacteristic crooner from Detroit channels some of Motor Cities finest…

It’s heartwarming that London continues to give love and respect to the Classic and timeless artists that roll through. This past Wednesday was no exception when Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, performing together with The Heliocentrics, was ecstatically celebrated by a capacity crowd at Koko. The diverse mix of musos, new converts and London based Ethiopian allowed for a whole lot of shaking and quivering goin’ on as Mulatu effortlessly strutted his Ethiopiques magic together with the dynamic Heliocentrics crew.

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 [...]

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.