Tim Whalen : keyboards & vocals; Al Falaschi : saxophone & vocals; Courtney Larsen : trombone & vocals; Jon Schipper : trumpet; Jim Doherty : trumpet; Vincent Jesse : guitar;Nick Moran : bass; Darvonte "Turbo" Murray : drums; Pauli Ryan : percussion.
Phat Phunktion, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison music students formed in 1996, have built a loyal following of listeners throughout the United States and around the world. A nine-piece tour de force that combines the polish of top 40 with the smooth feeling of 60’s soul and the raw groove of 70’s funk, Phat Phunktion is today one of the most talked about bands in the Midwest. Their self-produced CDs have sold in the thousands, and their live shows sell-out virtually everywhere they perform. In their hometown of Madison, WI, they have been known to attract crowds of upwards of 5,000 people.
In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine singled out Phat Phunktion as a “band on the rise.” During the same year, they won a Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award, or WAMI, for “Best R&B Band.” In May 2003, a panel of Billboard Magazine judges selected the band as one of six acts to perform at the Disc Makers’ Independent Music World Series, Midwest regional final, where they funked up the Elbo Room in Chicago. Of the six finalists, Phat Phunktion and Chicago’s Orbert Davis took top honors. The band has appeared numerous times at the Madison Blues Festival, Milwaukee’s Summerfest, and the House of Blues in Chicago, with television and radio appearances, including “The Jenny Jones Show” and Michael Feldman’s “Whad’ya Know?”
Phat Phunktion, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison music students formed in 1996, have built a loyal following of listeners throughout the United States and around the world. A nine-piece tour de force that combines the polish of top 40 with the smooth feeling of 60’s soul and the raw groove of 70’s funk, Phat Phunktion is today one of the most talked about bands in the Midwest. Their self-produced CDs have sold in the thousands, and their live shows sell-out virtually everywhere they perform. In their hometown of Madison, WI, they have been known to attract crowds of upwards of 5,000 people.
In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine singled out Phat Phunktion as a “band on the rise.” During the same year, they won a Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award, or WAMI, for “Best R&B Band.” In May 2003, a panel of Billboard Magazine judges selected the band as one of six acts to perform at the Disc Makers’ Independent Music World Series, Midwest regional final, where they funked up the Elbo Room in Chicago. Of the six finalists, Phat Phunktion and Chicago’s Orbert Davis took top honors. The band has appeared numerous times at the Madison Blues Festival, Milwaukee’s Summerfest, and the House of Blues in Chicago, with television and radio appearances, including “The Jenny Jones Show” and Michael Feldman’s “Whad’ya Know?”
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:22
Size: 149.7 MB
Styles: Funk-R&B-Blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front
[4:15] 1. Whatcha Gonna Do
[3:59] 2. Damn Shame
[3:58] 3. Into Your Groove
[3:23] 4. Here We Go
[4:42] 5. Sweatbox
[3:30] 6. Love Supreme
[4:13] 7. See To Believe
[5:23] 8. Fat Pants
[5:05] 9. The Modern World
[9:38] 10. Slide
[5:30] 11. Do You Believe
[5:56] 12. Big Bang Theory
[5:45] 13. Why
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Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:27
Size: 120.1 MB
Styles: Funk-R&B-Blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front
[4:15] 1. You Want It All (Feat. Johnny Chimes)
[4:24] 2. Eyes Of Mine
[3:30] 3. With You
[4:39] 4. Knockin' Em Down (Feat. Bruce Briney & Kurt Kupcho)
[4:45] 5. No More
[5:04] 6. Don't Destroy The Funk
[5:09] 7. Competition
[3:26] 8. Miss Madison
[3:16] 9. Dance In The Rain (Feat. Emily Leader, Christina Wensel & Ben Wensel)
[4:01] 10. Well Run Dry
[5:40] 11. Broken
[4:12] 12. Jupiter
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