Karl Hector & The Malcouns

Karl Hector & the Malcouns are a ten piece group of musicians including Funk Pilots leader Karl Hector and Jay Whitefield (guitarist for the Whitefield Brothers and the Poets of Rhythm), and Malcouns founders Zdenko Curlija (drums, percussion, bass and vocals) and Thomas Myland (organ & bass). The band also includes Bo Baral on percussion, Wolfi Schick, ( sax, flute and bass clarinet), Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (tenor, baritone sax) and Stu Krause (trumpet, valve trombone). Recorded in Germany, there is a world of music to be discovered on their album Sahara Swing, due on July 8th on Now-Again Records/Stones Throw.

They call it "Afrodelic Kraut Funk" and man does this groove. You can hear the likes of Fela, James Brown, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Can, Mingus, Groove Holmes and some old school Weather Report in the mix. These guys give up some righteous beats reinvigorating the concept of fusion along the way.

Sahara Swing - Karl Hector & The Malcouns

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