Mother Popcorn by Funk Elastic feat. Nikola Marjanović is a song written by James Brown and Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, recorded by James Brown Orchestra and released as a two-part single in 1969. Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) has a groove and structure similar to Cold Sweat, but a faster tempo and a greater amount of rhythmic activity give it a more funkier quality than the earlier song. Continue reading
As I relaunched the Funk Elastic project with new music last year, after ten years of inactivity, we released three instrumental singles in 2020. This relaunch was greatly catalyzed by lack of live gigs and work with other bands, due to the Covid-19 virus. In 2021 we are planning to release four new singles, three more instrumentals Continue reading
Soon – Sambite by Funk Elastic, this is rock samba groove and added percussions on top of it, with piano and tenor saxophone solos it gets a nice Latin jazz vibe. It has a simple flow without any major breaks. The theme is presented by three horns, flute (lead), flugelhorn and tenor saxophone. Apart from some strings background, there is not much arranging involved. Continue reading