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Thread started 12/17/11 4:43am

arX

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Swung beats

I've noticed that a common denominator for the music (old and new) that I most enjoy is swing and syncopation where you get that lilting feel to a beat.

A sense of "swing" for jazz artists has analogies in the similarly idealised but indefinable notions of "funk" in funk music, or "flow" in the hip hop scene and music. The notion of a special 'feel' (rather than a set of rules) that defines the musical style is common in non-Western music, especially the African tradition. "Flow is as elemental to hip hop as the concept of swing is to jazz." Just as the jazz concept of "swing" involves performers deliberately playing behind or ahead of the beat, the hip-hop concept of flow is about, "funking with one's expectations of time," - that is, the rhythm and pulse of the music.[6] "Flow is not about what is being said so much as how one is saying it."[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ance_style)

There's a lot of music out there that lacks these elements and, even though it can still groove, it just doesn't have that 'automatic head-nod' effect.

So post up some of your favourite grooves.

Flying Lotus - Mmmhmm ft.Thundercat

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Reply #1 posted 12/17/11 4:53am

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Great thread.

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Reply #2 posted 12/17/11 5:01am

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They're such great musicians! Probably the best trio we've seen since Sa-Ra. Nice one.

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Reply #3 posted 12/17/11 7:52am

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arX said:

They're such great musicians! Probably the best trio we've seen since Sa-Ra. Nice one.

Thanks. They're definitely one of my favourite artists out right now.

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[img:$uid]http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1266/dukeswing.png[/img:$uid]

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Reply #5 posted 12/17/11 9:00am

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Miles Davis...



...Tutu




Music for adventurous listeners

tA

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Reply #6 posted 12/18/11 9:45pm

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Jesse Cook - Rumba d'El Jefe


"There's Nothing That The Proper Attitude Won't Render Funkable!"

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Reply #7 posted 12/20/11 7:03am

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More of a World Swing, but groovin' nonetheless.


Zawinul Syndicate...



...Intro & Orient Express


0:00 to 5:12 is the setup, from 5:13 on, look out!




Music for adventurous listeners

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