Pasadena, CA modern funk master DaM-FunK recently announced plans to release Love, Peace and Funky Beats, his sophomore effort and follow up to 2009’s Toeachizown, late this summer. In support of the album, FunK has also unveiled some summer tour dates and a stream of “Goin Hard,” the first single from the album.
Love, Peace and Funky Beats is set for release on July 12 via Stones Throw Records. Considered FunK’s “next phase” in his contribution to the modern funk movement, the album reportedly takes the DJ/producer’s melodic approach to 1980s funk to another level with the help of former Slave frontman, Steve Arrington.
Head here to stream “Goin Hard.”
Tour dates kick off today, May 28, in Detroit at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Other festival stops include Connecticut’s B.O.M.B. Fest, Japan’s Taico Club Festival, Bonnaroo and the Winnipeg Jazz Festival.
Unfortunately for our East Coast readers, FunK’s tour is limited largely to the West Coast in the US, minus a few dates in New York, Ohio and Connecticut.
The full list of dates is as follows:
05/28 – Detroit, MI – The Detroit Electronic Music Festival
05/59 – Hartford, CT – B.O.M.B. Fest
05/30 – New York, NY – Rocks Off Concert Cruise
06/04 – Nagano, JP – Taico Club
06/09 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
06/21 – Winnipeg, CN – Winnipeg Jazz Festival
06/24 – Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Waterfront
06/25 – Cleveland, OH – The Cleveland Museum of Art
07/01 – Roskilde, DN – Roskilde Festival
07/08 – Paris, FR – Bateau Concorde
07/09 – Amsterdam, NL – Pitch Festival
07/10 – Sete, FR – Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival
07/31 – Montreal, CN – Osheaga Festival
08/26 – Pasadena, CA – The Terrace
08/28 – Long Beach, CA – Alex’s Bar
08/29 – Culver City, CA – Funkmosphere @ Carbon
08/30 – Visilia, CA – The Cellar Door
08/31 – Oakland, CA – The New Parish
09/01 – Arcata, CA – Humboldt State University @ The Depot
09/04 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot
09/05 – Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo
09/07 – Calgary, CN – TBC
09/08 – Vancouver, CN – Bar None
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