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The Wrap-Up

The past weekend saw Brooklyn Funk Essentials rounding off the summer's touring with two last gigs in Lyon and Bordeaux, France. Photographer Richard Ahlstrom took some excellent pictures at the shows which we are sharing with you.

Photo by Richard Ahlstrom.

BFE's 'Take The L Train' is the soundtrack to The New Yorker cover story on the borough's disparate cultures.

This week’s New Yorker cover taps into the visual similarities between two very different types of Brooklyn dwellers: Hasidic Jews and hipsters. Josefin Dolsten is telling how The New Yorker does 'Take The L Train' story inspired by Brooklyn Funk Essentials.

BFE quoted again as the MTA recently announced it would close the L subway line for up to three years, causing many Brooklynites to bemoan extended commutes. Read more here

“Take the L Train,” by Tomer Hanuka.

“Take the L Train,” by Tomer Hanuka.

Flea Market Funk front page feature on 'Funk Ain't Ova' this week with link to new 'Gabriel' video.

BFE video Premier at Flea Market Funk and their Facebook, Twitter or Instagram page.

Flea Market Funk? Flea Market Funk is an all vinyl site focusing on Funk, Soul, Jazz, Hip Hop and Reggae music based out of Jersey City, NJ. They has you covered from dusty 45’s to out of print LPs to sampling to live music to Modern Funk and Soul to producing and more.

They say funk is what you make it, and they make the best kind
— fleamarketfunk.com
 Click on image for Flea Market Funk - Photo by Richard Ahlstrom.

 

Click on image for Flea Market Funk - Photo by Richard Ahlstrom.

BFE Blasting Okayplayer

Blast It! will be available to download and stream tomorrow on Dorado Records, in the meantime check it out exclusively at Okayplayer

True to its name, [‘Blast It!’] is brimming with high-voltage frequencies, anchored by a simple groove and an uplifting mantra that permeates. Strings soar, muted guitar licks strut in the ‘Funky Space Reincarnation’ vein and the whole things wreaks of sweat on the dance floor.
— Okayplayer
Photography by Richard Ahlstrom.

Photography by Richard Ahlstrom.