Sweater Funk: Party Preview
For seven years now,
Sweater Funk has been holding down a weekly funk and boogie party at The Knockout, every Sunday night. This week it's moving to Monarch on a Friday night to play host to
Dâm-Funk (pronounced "dame," from his first name, Damon — not "damn"), an L.A.-based musician and DJ who has almost single-handedly brought boogie and funk back into focus around the world. Affiliated with dusty L.A. hip-hop label Stones Throw, Dâm-Funk specializes in modern "
synth funk," music that borrows the rhythms and patterns of vintage funk but updates them with a new, synthesizer-heavy sound palette. These modern artists (Teeko, B. Bravo, Dibiase, and more) are also closely affiliated with L.A.'s "beat scene," crossing over freely into hip-hop. Dâm-Funk is something of a connoisseur of vintage funk and he's playing an all-vinyl set this time around, so expect a set heavy on the classics. Sweater Funk's
resident DJs will be on hand to open and close the proceedings as well.
— Chris Zaldua
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