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A
former Scottish disco dancing and Tae Kwon Do champion,
who became a Northern Soul DJ hero throughout the 80s,
Darge had his belief in funk reinvigorated by a residency
in Japan. And belief is the key word here - for Darge's
brand of funk is about passion, energy, authenticity
and belief. Specialising in compiling otherwise unobtainable,
incredibly rare 45s alongside fellow fanatics DJ Shadow,
Ian Wright, Snowboy, Darge has championed his sound
for almost a decade at his now legendary Deep Funk club
nights at Madame Jo Jos in London. Keb's obsessive musical
archive plots the trajectory of funk from its Northern
Soul, R&B and boogaloo origins through to the disco
and jazz-funk period.
Legendary for the choicest and rarest collection of
Funk 45's known to man, Keb Darge has spent nearly 10
years travelling around the world collecting and thrilling
audiences with his own distinctive style of Funk, this
in turn has brought this long neglected music back to
the dance floors for which it was made! Inspired an
international revival of DJ's digging in the crates
to unearth a wealth of Black American soul music which
was all but destined for obscurity.
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