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Lurpak

Lady be me dog and I'll be your tree... so you can pee on me

About Me


Captain Lurpak started playing the piano at the age of six, when he was only a child and didn't know the funk. Then, after some years of unfunky guitar playing, he discovered the awesome power of the electric bass and doctor funkenstein with the holy mothership was upon him since then.
In 1992, with the inspired percussionist Doc Bix, he founded the Live Tropical Fish, who performed in Italy and Europe (Earth Wind & Fire support band in Bellinzona, Switzerland, 1998) and recorded their first album for IRMA records.
Now Live Tropical Fish are putting together ideas and inspirations for their second work, trying to keep the funk alive (always!) and digging their roots deeply in african culture and rhythms.
Captain Lurpak can't live without listening to or playing music, so when he's not playing his bass, he's listening to his Ipod, pumping good music thru his earholes: jazz, brazilian, soul, nu-soul, funky...
He's a man from the '70s, so he loves to make music with real instruments, not with samplers or machines. Old, old school, isn't it? But someone still do it...
Please check Live Tropical Fish website: www.livetropicalfish.it

My Interests

Music:

INSPIRATIONS:
Doug Carn & Jean Carn, George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, Andy Bey, Gary Bartz, Roy AYers, Oneness of Juju, Babatunde, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Glen Goins (RIP), Ahmad Jamal, Val Watson, Fertile Ground, Dwele, Marlon Saunders, Fuzzy, Sly & The Family Stone, Marlena Shaw, Patti Austin, Kellee Patterson, Bilal, Donnie, Stevie Wonder, Minnie Riperton, (New) Rotary Connection, Esther Phillips, Gil Scott-Heron, Betty Davis, Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Alphonso Johnson, Jon Lucien, Mark Murphy, Karl Denson, Frank McComb, Bootsy, Nick Rolfe, Amp Fiddler, Donny Hathaway, Bembe Segue, Eddie Henderson, Banda Black Rio, Djavan, Lewis Taylor, Leroy Hutson, Claudio Roditi, Kem, Al Jearrau, N'Dambi, The Rebirth, Michael Hampton, Eddie Hazel, Terry Walker, Eric Roberson, Lige Curry, Donald Byrd, Kindred The Family Soul, Marvin Gaye, Ana Mazzotti, Wilson Simonal, Skeet, Erykah Badu, Omar, Eddie Henderson, Alcione, Bob James, Rahsaan Patterson, Ledisi, Antonio Carlos e Jocafi, Alison Crockett, Kofy Brown, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Freddie Hubbard, Don Cherry, Kaidi Tatham, Antoinique, Goapele, Myron, Bugge Wesseltoft, Horace Silver, Michael Brecker, Walter Bishop Jr., Elvin Jones, Cannonball Adderley, Karin Krog, Bugz in the Attic, Maceo, Donald Byrd, Dionne Warwick, Wilson Simoninha, Fred Wesley, Larry Young, Ed Motta, King Britt, Marcos Valle, David Axelrod, Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith, Marc De Clive-Lowe, Elis Regina, DKD, D'Angelo, Deodato, Joyce, Jair Oliveira, Tima Maia, Jorge Ben, Joao Bosco, Don Blackman, Earth Wind & Fire, Eddie Hazel, Gary Shider, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Russ, Idris Muhammed, Johnny Hammond, Antibalas, Kokolo Afrobeat, Leon Ware, Norman Connors, Patrice Rushen, Quazar, Mutiny, Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Richard Groove Holmes, The Soul Searchers, Seu Jorge, Weldon Irvine, The Crusaders, Pleasure, The Blackbyrds and... My God I'm still at the beginning of the list...

Movies:

Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Luis Bunuel Spike Lee

My Blog

Gilberto Gil in Bologna


Posted by Lurpak on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:02:00 PST

Femi Kuti in San Marino

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Posted by Lurpak on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:12:00 PST

Playing @ a friend's wedding party

Watch video!...
Posted by Lurpak on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:17:00 PST

KATIA!!!

Light of my life
Posted by Lurpak on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:50:00 PST

Ed Motta @ Blue Note Milan

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Posted by Lurpak on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:15:00 PST

Omar @ Blue Note Milan

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Posted by Lurpak on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:28:00 PST

LTF in Recording Studio

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Posted by Lurpak on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:30:00 PST

YES!!! Holidays in Pantelleria !!!

Terrace of the "dammuso" with seaviewBack of the house Our new friend......
Posted by Lurpak on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:08:00 PST

Got no words...


Posted by Lurpak on Thu, 18 May 2006 02:34:00 PST

Always composing


Posted by Lurpak on Tue, 30 May 2006 04:03:00 PST