The P-Funk Allstars are on tour again. We have added a few details about the first shows in the P.Funk live section.

Believe it or not, we have added a new show to the P.Funk live section: Inspired by the upcoming performance of George Clinton at the Grammy Award show we took the time to add the show in Muskoka on August 31st 2002, complete with cover scans and all.

Appearantly the dates of 420 Funk Mob in germany (see below) are cancelled. We advise everybody to buy their live 2-CD set instead. It can be ordered through Wefunk Online or the ever-growing Funkstore.

It seems like this fall is gonna be a funky one for concert visitors:
The jazz festival in Leverkusen (germany) feature Marcus Miller and Roy Hargrove this year and The Brecker Brother play together with the widely acknowledged WDR Big Band. Their show is titled Some Skunk Funk so this festival offers many chances to get your funk on.
Canadians LMT Connection are on a tour through 4 european countries. Expect a mix of funk, soul and blues and opening act DJ $ Bill.
Another highlight will be the tour of the 420 Funk Mob. So far only play shows in europe are known:
25.11.03 GER Dortmund, FZW
27.11.03 GER Hamburg, Markthalle
28.11.03 GER Berlin, Maria am Ufer

Good news from P.Funk are numerous:
Bernie Worrell has joined the P.Funk Allstars for some fall concerts in the US. Bernie's addition reportedly boosted the already high energy level of the mobs live experience. And rumour has it that plans are being made for a big reunion tour next spring with Bootsy, Bernie and the mob.
The japanese-only Parliament album The Newberg Sessions will be rereleased. Check the funk flashes at Funk To The Max for details on their upcoming release.
Also scheduled for release in 2004 are the lost Mammoth Session (or at least parts of it). The recordings were originally made for a Parliament and a Funkadelic release on the Mammoth label in the late 1990s. Unfortunately the label got sold and the recordings never made their way out of the vaults.. The only available track of those session seems to be "Paradigm" featuring Prince. It was sold during the P.Funk Allstars last concert in Amsterdam as a 1-track CDR.

After almost three months without an update it's time to get live again. The move to a new home is done, although a lot of stuff is still packed somewhere. But from now on you can keep checking back to see the site grow again.

Just as the funk is getting stronger and stronger (see next message) we are running in a state of "no compute". We are sad to announce that InFunkWeTrust won't be updated for some time from now on. Since we move to a new home we won't have computer access and enough time to keep the news updated or do anything else for the site.
But: After moving we will be back with more strength, current news updates and more entries in the live section. So long: Keep dah funk alive!

Seems like it's time for another funk invasion. Dawn Silva is working on her new album, Junie Morrison has his new joint almost finished, a new 12" by Bootsy called "Dance To The Music" is available and the P.Funk All-Stars now allow taping. Plus Prince has his latest album "N.E.W.S." in stores and a live DVD ready to be released. "myriadmorphonic" by Kendra of the P.Funk All-Stars can be ordered through www.georgeclinton.com . And of course The Funkstore keeps getting new and better stuff almost on a daily basis. Rumour has it that they are even working on a deal with NPG Records.

"Don't P on my tree in 2003!"
InFunkWeTrust

It's time for The Difference!
Remember Foley? Bassist extraordinary with Miles Davis, P-Funk and many others has formed a new band called The Difference. And the approach is just about that: different. Consisting of Foley on guitar and female drummer :Cora, it's even hard to call it a band... We are proud to present "Cum' Round (Take 1)", a song by The Difference. Check out www.smartalecmusic.com or click on the icon on the right for more about The Difference and Foley!

We keep working on the P.Funk live section. Some new concerts have been added. Others (like Woodstock or the Tom Joyner Morning Show) were updated with cover scan.

It's been a while but we finally found the time to make some updates for the P.Funk live section. Also some corrections were made. You can watch our database grown and get better. If you even want to help us with it feel free to drop a line at webmaster@infunkwetrust.de !

The Stevie Salas Group feat. T.M. Stevens played a concert in Neuss, Germany, on June 8th 2003. They rocked about 50 people in a little pub called Creem Cheeze with their funk-metal show. From Stevie Salas' own songs to Bootsy, Sly Stone, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Prince ranked their reportoir and the audience liked it. You can see some pictures of the show and even a little video snippet (without sound) in our new feature. Get over to the "Features"-section to check it out.

New releases with old funk ahead:

"Toys" is the name of a new album by Funkadelic with material from their early years at Westbound. Funk To The Max has details.

"6 Degrees Of P.Funk - The Best Of George Clinton and his Funky Family" by George Clinton unites remastered tracks by his own as well side project like Bootsy Collins, Junie Morrison, Mutiny, Phillipe Wynne, P.Funk Allstars, Mico Wave and The Sweat Band. It's released on Epic/Sony.

"George Clinton. George made himself and a lot of us believe that he could dance under water, but the truth is that he's one of the few black people who can't dance at all."

Fred Wesley in his biography "Hit Me, Fred - Recollections of a sideman" (Duke Univerity Press)

The P-Funk live section is updated with a few shows again.

Once again we've added some information about concert of the mob. Check out the P-Funk live section to see what's new today.

Prince has opened his NPG Music Club for fans again. For 25$ you can surf through the extensive web site at www.npgmusicclub.com , listen to a new song and take a look at 4 live clips. Three of the live clips are from the planned One Night Alone Tour DVD. Also, members get preferred tickets and seats at Prince concert in 2003 as well as admission to soundchecks and aftershows. Unlike the years before, there are no promised downloads or albums for club members.

Finally we found the time to update the P-Funk live section with details to some concerts. More updates are planned for the near future.

Casblanca released three Parliament album as reissues with bonus material:

Up For The Down Stroke with the folowing bonus tracks:

Up For The Down Strokes (Alternate Mix)
Testify (Alternate Mix)
Singing Another Song (Previously Unreleased) 

Chocolate City with the following bonus tracks:

If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It) (Alternate Mix)
I Misjudged You (Alternate Mix)
Common-Law Wife 

Mothership Connection with one additional song:

Star Child (Mothership Connection) (Promo Radio Version) (Bonus Track) 

Rumour has it that a new Jimi Hemdrix tribute album is in the making. Planned contributions come from Prince, Chaka Khan,Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Seal and Jeff Beck. Prince is reported to play "Purple House", his version of "Red House". Let's hope this comes true.

There are plans to release the movie My First Name Is Maceo on DVD in 2003. The concert and documentation film is really worth seeing with guest appearances by some of Maceo's friends like Kim Mazell and George Clinton. Also check out the soundtrack of the film (with an extra long version of C Jam Funk available on vinyl only).

Dutch funk band Seven Eleven is recording a new album. Reportedly Fred Wesley is featured as guest on some tracks dropping his trademark horn lines. Former albums of Seven Eleven featured Gary Mudbone Cooper,

We have a new feature online. Go to the "Features"-section to find what it is about...

"So what if we're controlling all the oil
is it worth a child dying for?"

(Prince "Money Don't Matter 2Night")

 Remember female violinist Lili Haydn? She's a Bill Laswell alumni and played with P.Funk at Woodstock 1999. She's just finishing her album to come out on May 6th on RCA Victory. Musicians involved are George Clinton, Pharao Sanders, Alice Coltrane and Karsh Kale, producer is Bill Laswell.

The Clinton Administration is the name of a band coming up with the album "One Nation Under A Re-Groove" on Magnatude Records. Musicians of the band are DJ Logic (turntables), Skeric (sax), Robert Walter (keys), Melvin Gibbs (bass), Clyde Stubblefield (drums), Phil Upchurch (guitar) and Chuck Prada (percussion). If you do't know what to expect check out the sound samples at the albums site on magnacarta.net

Candy Dulfer is in the final production/mixing of her new album "Right In My Soul". The album is supposed to hit the streets on April 28th 2003 in europe and Japan with the USA following later. As often, the japanese release will contain an extra track. Complete track listing with personal notes from the funkiest (and cutest) dutch girl can be found at www.candydulfer.nl.

On February 24th 2003 Lucky Petersons album is released. Multi-instrumentalist and blues-musician Lucky Peterson teams up with Bill Laswell, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey (Mutiny, ParliamentFunkadelic...), Graham Haynes and others for his new album "Black Midnight Sun" on Dreyfus/Sony.

Once again it's ESC Records bringing you new funk for your earholes:
"Made by Maceo" is the title of Maceo Parkers latest joint released shortly before his 60th birthday. Rumour had it that Prince would be co-producing this album but due to different time tables this didn't happen. Maceo recorded most of this album with his current touring band. If you have seen them recently you know how tight this album must be. A tour will bring this album to the stage, too. Check out www.maceoparker.com and www.esc-records.de for more information on the album, the tour and anything else. And check back soon because we're in the making of a special for Maceo Parkers "Made by Maceo"!

The Funk Store has added two new releases:
P.Funk Allstars and Bootsy's Rubber Band drummer Frank "Kash" Waddy released his first solo album called "Kash Up Front"
Boogie Mosson formed a band called "Trump Dawgs". Their debut is now available.
Also coming to the Funk Store any day is Bootsy's new album "Play With Bootsy" (see InFunkWeTrust-feature here).
Check our links section or www.thefunkstore.com to read reviews and order online.