CHAPTER IX · THE JOURNAL
NOTES FROM
THE STUDIO.
Why a bassline sits. What a song remembers. What moves the scene. Short notes from the work behind Pocket Funk Collective.
SOUND & CRAFT ·
What makes a bassline funky? The one, Chic and Bernard Edwards
A funky bassline starts in the body, not in the head. It lands on the one, leaves space, and makes you move before you have decided to.
IN SHORT ·
What is nu disco? And how it differs from seventies disco
Nu disco is dance music of today that carries the soul of seventies disco, funk and boogie, made with the tools of our time.
SONG STORY ·
Story of Studio 54: what the club was and why it got a song
Studio 54 was more than a nightclub. For a few hours each night, music, freedom, fashion and very different people made one shared world. This song is my love letter to it.
POINT OF VIEW ·
Who is The Soulcatcher? The figure without a face
The Soulcatcher is less a person than a musical soul: funk, disco and soul from a time when music brought people together.