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Wow! Freeunk is a Bomb! ---Bootsy Collins (Bootsys Rubber Band, Parliament / Funkadelic)
It is very true to the Funk.I liked it very much! Very funky stuff.
----Junie Morrison (ex.Ohio Players, Parliament/Funkadelic)
Crazy Funky!!! Japan Style!!!( I left it in studio last nite...on my way over to get it.We were jammin with it*) Anyway...I dig it.... It's really crazy because it's FUNK with Japanese lyrics!
----Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey (ex.Parliament/Funkadelic,Mutiny)
Since its formation in 1996, FREEFUNK has been playing Japanese original funk. Original crew is Toshi Sakuratani (vocal & guitar), Gonzo (bass & vocal) and Uratch (drums). It was just like mixture of Band Of Gypsys and Early Funkadelc, gradually they got new crew, Horn players, keyboards, paersussions... By the end of 1998, They got 13 members on stage.
FREEFUNK has kept acting and playing aggressively. They started their own party named "FREEFUNK CONNECTION" since 2000. and introduced a lot of Japanese funk artists.
They released first album named as "FREEFUNK" from their own label in 2001, and it got great sales in major chain stores Tokyo. This first CD release was remarkable for all Japanese Funk fans.
Through some of the crew quit and change, FREEFUNK released second album titled "UNIVERSE, FUNK & LOVE" from UNIVERSAL IMS (an Independent distributor of Universal Music Group) in 2003, it was more P-FUNK oriented album. Toshi respects Eddie Hazel. In this album, he dedicated instrumental song "Guitar Thang" for Eddie. Gonzo respects Bootsy Collins, Uracth respects Jerome Brailey... Thus, they and they came to be seemd as "Japanese P-Funk". They got the highest praise and support from the original members of P-FUNK. (see above)
After the release of 2nd album, FREEFUNK plays a lot of show and working for compilation CD "FUNK YOUR STYLE " collaborating with Japanese Hip Hop artists. And finally, they are planning to release long-awaited new album named "FUNKNOLOGY" in July, 2006!! Keep it in you mind, thy will make you free, they make you funk!!

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Member Since: 06/02/2006
Band Website: http://www.freefunkmusic.com
Band Members: Toshi "Maggot" Sakuratani:Captain Axe with universal vibration
Satoshi "Gonzo" Gondo: First mate for the shuttle, Master of fat bottom
Yoshitaka "Uracth" Urakami: Groovalistic agitator, Founder of Enkadelic
Shinri "Sammy" Usami: Geniass keyboardroyd from Funk Nebla
Mei-Me Watari: Space flight attendant, First Lady of Microfone
Kenji "Shibaken" Koshiba: Barrioral Saxoroyd
Kimikazu "Taylor" Hiraoka: Crescent mooner, Funky Tonk Manchild
Kouichi "Papa" Yokoyama: Sinking in thrambos blower, Papa is a Rollin' Stone
Kouhei "ESP" Kiyota: Trumpet
Shingo "Mee Mo" YusaBassnoyd
Influences: Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Horny Horns, Sweat Band, Jerome Brailey, Mutiny, Glenn Goins, Quasar, P-Funk All Stars, Eddie Hazel, Billy Bass, Junie Morrison, Bernie Worrell, Brides Of Funkenstein, Parlet.....We love all heavy, nasty funk stuff!!
Sounds Like: Funk is Free, Freedom is Funk... FREEFUNK loves Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Mutiny, Quasar, Brides of Funkenstein etc...
Record Label: Freefunk Music / P-Vine Blues Interactions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Freefunk & Dayton Project Live 2001

Hello friends, We just added new live video.We played soul classic "Midnight Hour" with Zapp tribute group, DAYTON PROJECT in 2001.Almost 9 years ago!We did mixture arrangement for this song, Zapp sty...
Posted by on Sun, 02 May 2010 07:58:00 GMT

SnÕ;‹fˆF: Freefunk Shuttle (live 10/17/2009)

We just added new live video.This song " Freefunk Shuttle" is for opening of the show. Check it out!SnÕ;‹fˆF: Freefunk Shuttle (live 10/17/2009)
Posted by on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:32:00 GMT

New Live video on YouTube

We just posted new live video on YouTube. We played "Do The Funky Dog", we believe everybody like this song.it's old-Stax Funk style, just like Rufus Thomas! Do The Funky Dog, Funky chicken!
Posted by on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:50:00 GMT

George Clinton in Tokyo!

George Clinton & Parliament /Funkadelic came to play in Tokyo last night,the show was really great!setlistCosmic SlopRed Hot MommaGive Up The FunkUp For DownstrokeP-Funk FlashlightAtomic DogAfter The ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:51:00 GMT

Big Footin' live recordings

We did "P-Funk tribute live" last Sunday,and we just uploaded live recorded cover song " Big Footin'" on our playlist.Please chekc it out.I love this Parliament's song so much, Glenn Goins singing & ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:16:00 GMT

YouTube FREEFUNK channel

We have started FREEFUNK channnel on YouTube.You can enjoy our live video, we are plannning to upload more video soon.Friends, register our channel now!http://www.youtube.com/freefunkFunknology/Freef...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:21:00 GMT

Listen 3 new songs!!

We just added 3 brand new song on MySpace!"One Plus One Is One" This is P-Funk style Heavy Groove.We sung in Japanse, but we believe you can get the message!"Sweet Sticky Thing"Needless to say, this i...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:31:00 GMT

FREEFUNK new songs coming soon!

Hello friends,we have been just working for our new album.Already finished seven or eight songs, maybe we can drop new album this summer.Before the CD release, we've decided release 3 new songs as "...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:37:00 GMT

New Video Added!

We added new live video on YouTube!Check it out!Freefunk - Do The Funky Dog (Live in Osaka, 2008)
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:09:00 GMT