THE BEAT GOES ON
DETROIT—Dance music has seen much change in the last few years—with the “Death to Disco” bell sounding nationwide, a funk revival was bound to come dancing out of the closet sooner or later, and it has surfaced in the form of people like James Chance/White and the Contortions, and Lizzy Mercier Descloux, shaking their collective money-makers to a fortified funk beat.
THE BEAT GOSE ON
The Great Funk In
DETROIT—Dance music has seen much change in the last few years—with the “Death to Disco” bell sounding nationwide, a funk revival was bound to come dancing out of the closet sooner or later, and it has surfaced in the form of people like James Chance/White and the Contortions, and Lizzy Mercier Descloux, shaking their collective money-makers to a fortified funk beat. Detroit has a worthwhile addition to this happyfooted family, with the group Gary Fabulous and the Black Slack.
I caught the Fabulous One at a local new wave dub called Nunzio’s in Lincoln Park. Here is a group that is all black, with dirty white boy Gary fronting, howling like a strange hybrid of Bryan Ferry and A1 Green. A great concept, and a fun one too.