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BFK 027EP
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"Stevie Kotey makes another collaboration after the success of Kotey & Essa's Salon De L'Herbe project which has garnered praise far and wide for its summery euphoria. This time it's with Bear Funk Gold favorite and gentleman from Chieti, Italy, Mr. Fabrizio Mammarella. Fabrizio has been getting props and plays from across the globe after his releases Mystery Guest/Tear Up and Triangle of Love/Allunaggio on Bear Funk and Bear Funk Gold and numerous other European imprints including Tiny Sticks, Brontosaurus Recs and the now newly re-activated Hairy Claw. Things went a bit crazy when Ivan Smagghe included 'Tear Up' in his Fabric (#23) compilation, but he's kept his head down and his feet on the ground. Two tracks were written by Stevie and Chaz Jankel ('Sooner or Later') and have been tossed and rejigged by Stevie and Mamarella. And they've shown their respective skills to the the maximum. 'Love Sprinkle' is a cheeky splash of their musical love with guitar, bass and synth from Stevie and drums, percussion and more synths from Fabrizio. Up-tempo and riding their unique space funk horses, it's a crazy xylophone psych-out for the heads and the feet! The hook will stick! 'Tits & Assets' is more heads down and even trippier with the funk. Then there's the influence of Max Essa on guitar but it's pure Kotey and Mamarella for the end result."
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BFK 026EP
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"This hot collaboration between Stevie Kotey, Bear Funk Gold head bear, and Max Essa (the highly acclaimed 'Midnight Garden' EP on Bear Entertainment) sees Bear Funk Gold go into euphoric summery piano mode. The band name, Salon De L'Herbe is a new project for these two daddies of house (and ankle-biters!) inspired in name by the heady herbal smoke atmosphere of the Bear studios where the magical music is created. There's something of a wistful, better days color to the piano on 'Let's Hold Hands' and played at the right time could induce a few moments in those partial to sunsets and sunrises. 'Mirage' takes us into a more driving Balearic field with Essa's guitar layers floating over each other in symphonic harmony. Expect more delights on Bear Funk Gold from Salon De L'Herbe."
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BFK 025EP
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"Originally hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Jon Dacey a.k.a. Dubious began playing in scuzzy lo-fi noise punk bands at age seventeen. An obsession with 4-track cassette recording spawning his initial productions. Now residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dubious' interests in crazed dance music fuel his DJ sets and productions alike. Playing everything from drums, guitar, bass and keys, his take on left field disco house production is distinctly his own. Dubious's musical appetites bounce from wild cosmic rock to blazing acid house, he has few boundaries, yet he remains focused on the funk first and foremost.In addition to his debut on Bear Funk Gold he has also produced for Deep Freeze, Truffle, Loop: Recordings and on Prize (the label he founded). There's nothing dubious about this fella's music."
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BFK 024EP
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"According to a friend from New York, Nick Chacona is into hugging, the Smurfs, biting people and feeling really guilty about it the next day, chewing his moustache, shaving his head, cleaning up cat piss, noodling disco, crying and sharing. Well, he forgot to mention that he's also been recording some of the finest house music to come out of NYC since 2001. His 'Angel Dust Swan Dive' on Bear Funk back in 2005 established him on the international scene but he's also recorded for labels as respected as Compost, Mood Music, Greyhound and 20:20 Vision. This release sees him delve deep into the guitar dub house that sits so sweetly on Bear Funk Gold, the regenerated id for a regenerated Bear Funk. A Cambria Heights Affair/Lucidia is sure to please."
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BFK 023EP
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"Rising star Fabrizio Mammarella's new slammin tracks for the regenerated Bear Funk Gold are a fine return for the man from Pescara, Italy. His last work for Stevie Kotey's Bear Funk was his amazing remix of Piston Fiston which appeared alongside the Optimus remix. He also made it onto Ivan Smagghe's Fabric compilation with the 2005 Bear Funk release 'Tear Up'. Things are really looking up for this quietly spoken studio don. Releases on Bear Funk, Hairy Claw, Tiny Sticks and Brontosaurus Recs have all turned heads in DJ booths and on dancefloors and this release is no exception. Low-slung echoed guitars, tight live drums and psyched effects are the order of the day. Funk with a smiling face. Check the flipside for a piece of another guitar-led number. Much slower and blessed out but no less funked-out!"
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BFK 021EP
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Optimus & Fabrizio Mammarella remixes. "Brennan Green/Stevie Kotey & Emperor Machine all on one EP. Green is considered family at Bear towers; we chose well with this remix as Optimus -- none other than Peter Herbert and Mat Anthony -- deliver a scorching club version that has been played on many a Saturday night by the Idjuts and label big-bear Mr. Kotey -- it's pure e-music. One the flipside Mr. Kotey presents Piston Fiston. this crazy inspired work that combines none other than Andrew Meecham (The Emperor Machine) on session musician duty. Then the Italian glamour boy Fabrizio Mammarella gets roped it to remix the parts created and deliver the first installment of the Piston Fiston project which sounds like 4 records in one."
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BFK 001CD
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2006 release that seems to be available again (or never quite was available to begin with). "71 minutes of crazy oddball disco and pothead humor that easily qualify Japanese one man band Altz as the Willy Wonka of dance music: dope percussive beats lure us into a gaudy parallel universe of playful and cinematic sound experiments feeding from jazz, funk, Balearic, early synthesizer records and strange movie scores. Loosen your hips, have a few giggles and keep it easy, amigos!"
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