Member Since: 11/20/2006
Band Website: homosupersapiens.de
Band Members: Funky Flyman (vocals/percussion), Max "Brainy" Keller (guitar), Kemann (synths/sampler/production), Burkhard "Burkey" Fabricius (drums), Flow Funk (bass), Franz Funk (alto-/tenor-/sophrane-"sexophone"), San Francisca (trumpet), Fab Funk (honourmember/drums/vocals), Bene Gatt (honourmember/tenorsaxophone), Philipe (honourmember/trumpet)
Franz Funk in a franzy mood:
Influences: Prince, Sex Pistols, Miles Davis, James Brown, Parliament, Defunkt, Ammon Düül, Betty Davis, Muhammad Ali, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Cem Karaca, Grandmaster Melle Mel, The Furious Five, Grace Jones, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Gil Scott Heron, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Ruhi Su, Mozart, Frank Zappa, Primus, Taraf de Haidouks, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Asik Mahsuni, Asik Veysel, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Karl Valentin, Baris Manco, Erkin Koray, Prince Charles & The City Beat Band, Mr. Blowfly, Mogollar, Ferdi Tayfur, George Clinton, Joan Jett
Special thanks to Kool and the Gang:
Thanks to the badest person that god created - he made the ants crawl into our pants:
And here is one episode of a documentary about Fela Kuti. Sometimes musical genres which where rather unknown over decades are getting popular very quickly. This nowadays happens with Afrobeat. It's worth to know more about this music and it's main protagonist:
And last but not least - thanks to this guy for his 45-mix-show:
Sounds Like: who cares?
Record Label: TripTownMusic
Type of Label: Indie