The Funkoars (Hons) & Maundz present another collaboration track from two of Australia’s Best Crews – Golden Era Records & Crate Cartel along with Melburn clothing company Ich Pig.
To co-incide with the release the Funkoars have teamed up with MV2 Skateboards (ADL) and released a limited edition deck available for a very short time (Note: deck is now sold out). The track is all about celebrating the “good times” and memories of skateboarding back in the day. Featuring amazing unseen footage of both Hons and Maundz from their early teens to late 20′s.
The Funkoars have dropped a 3rd film clip from their critically acclaimed album The Quickening. Vamoose was produced by Full Clip Productions and features the acting stylings of Benjie McNair of Neighbours fame.
The clip is a biting social commentary on the state of the economy done in true Oars fashion. The video is best summed up by YouTube user KrazyBot: “Absolutely moving and inspirational clip. The camera roll towards the protagonist creates a sense of desperation within the responder as we watch him try in vain to make enough sandwiches as he is struck by projectiles. Audience members are subject to a cruel disappointment when the protagonist survives only to be shot again. There is a sense of great loss when the antagonists (Funkoars) descend upon his lifeless corpse and take the sandwiches for their own. Brilliance. I am at a loss for words.”
Drawing inspiration from a classic Notorious B.I.G. rhyme and produced by Golden Era Records resident recluse Trials (Hilltop Hoods, Drapht, Vents), Vamoose is a one-liner barrage being drunk driven home by Sesta and Hons, smashed into some black market organs, huge guitar stabs and a soul sample fondled to bits by stuntman/DJ Reflux.
Ladies and Gentlemen, VAMOOSE.
Taken from the Funkoars Album The Quickening. You can catch the Funkoars on their Being Vincent D’onofrio Tour, full dates and ticketing information can be found here.
Quick to reclaim the room from the force fed and the fake, The Funkoars are back with another pessimistic party anthem and third single Vamoose from their latest and most deadly album, The Quickening. “So get loose or get gone, Vamoose son of a bitch!”
Drawing inspiration from a classic Notorious B.I.G. rhyme and produced by Golden Era Records resident recluse Trials (Hilltop Hoods, Drapht, Vents), Vamoose is a one-liner barrage being drunk driven home by Sesta and Hons, smashed into some black market organs, huge guitar stabs and a soul sample fondled to bits by stuntman/DJ Reflux.
Catch The Funkoars live on the Being Vincent D’onofrio Tour: Sun 11th March – TAS – Breath Of Life Festival, Launceston Fri 30th March – ACT – The Tradies Club, Canberra Sat 31st March – NSW – Entrance Leagues Club, Bateau Bay Tue 24th April – VIC – Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne Fri 27th April – WA – Bar120 Hillarys, Sorrento Sat 28th April – WA – Rosemount Hotel, Perth Fri 4th May – SA – The Gov, Adelaide Sat 5th May – NSW – Annandale Hotel, Sydney Thu 10th May – VIC – Wheelers Hill Hotel, Wheelers Hill Fri 11th May – VIC – Pier Live, Frankston Fri 1st June – NSW – Great Northern, Byron Bay Sat 2nd June – QLD – The Zoo, Brisbane
Don’t miss out on the last stop of The Quickening Launch Tour at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide! Support for the night will be provided by Vents & Adfu, Ciecmate, Mase & Mattic and K21. Known for having one of the most dangerous shows in the business, The Funkoars will be performing an all-new live show incorporating songs from The Quickening as well as their claaaassic material that forged them one of the biggest cult followings in the country.
Special guests Hilltop Hoods have also just announced that they will be joining The Funkoars on stage for a couple songs!
Congratulations to Vents with news this week his album Marked For Death snagged an ARIA nomination for ‘Best Urban Album’. Vents sophomore release Marked for Death was produced by Trials from The Funkoars, and the album features Golden Era label mates Hilltop Hoods, and Sesta from The Funkoars.
Also big congratulations to Trials who not only produced Vents’ – Marked For Death but also primarily produced 7 time ARIA nominee Drapht’s – The Life Of Riley album, including the track, Rapunzel which was also nominated for Single Of The Year. Coming soon from Vents a brand new film clip for the title track off his album Marked For Death. The clip is directed by Selina Miles who also directed History of the World, Rollin’ Balls and The Funkoars – Where I Am. Stay tuned!
You can catch The Funkoars and Vents on tour right now see dates below: Sun 16 Oct – QLD – Spotted Cow, Toowoomba Thu 20 Oct – NSW – Beresford Hotel, Sydney Fri 28 Oct – VIC – Bended Elbow, Geelong Sat 29 Oct – VIC – Karova Lounge, Ballarat Fri 04 Nov – TAS – V6 @ Grenada Tavern, Hobart Sat 05 Nov – TAS – Hotel New York, Launceston Sat 26 Nov – SA – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Vents also will be appearing at Homebake in Sydney on Dec 3rd
Golden Era Records are proud to present The Funkoars 4th and most lethal album to date, THE QUICKENING! Featuring special guest appearances from Hilltop Hoods, Vents & K21 and guest production from Large Professor, Dazastah (Downsyde), Simplex & Debate.
With their first single Where I Am smashing the radio waves, The Quickening is a non-stop barrage of badness and the epitome of evil!
Order The Quickening now on iTunes Order The Quickening now through JB HiFi Track Listing 1. Fumes That Spell Doom 2. The Quickening 3. Where I Am 4. It’s All Good (Is Very Good) 5. All We Need 6. The Undeniable Third Shooter 7. The Assassination – Feat. Vents 8. Feel The Madness 9. WSDL? – Feat. DJ Ad-Fu 10. Law & Order 11. I Got This (I Got That) – Feat. K21 12. Being Vincent D’Onofrio 13. D Letter 14. Bodycount – Feat. Hilltop Hoods 15. Vamoose
Tweet to pay and get a free Funkoars - The Quickening bonus track: The Funkoars feat. Vents – The Assassination (Jaytee Remix). Simply click the here or the image below to ’Pay With A Tweet’ and grab your download of this murderous track.
Fresh off the back of releasing their thumping first single Where I Am, the Funkoars are proud to announce The Quickening Album Launch Tour which will see them touring extensively throughout the country from September through November. Visit Funkoars.com for ticketing details.
Tour Dates:
Fri 23 Sept – NSW – Wollongong Uni, Wollongong Sat 24 Sept – ACT – Zierholz @ UC, Canberra Fri 30 Sept – WA – Royal Palms, Busselton *^ Sun 02 Oct – WA – King of Sounds Festival, Perth *+^ Fri 07 Oct – VIC – Billboards, Melbourne Sat 08 Oct – VIC – Whalers Inn, Warnambool Sat 15 Oct – QLD – Sprung Festival, Brisbane *+^ Sun 16 Oct – QLD – Spotted Cow, Toowoomba^ Thu 20 Oct – NSW – Beresford Hotel, Sydney Sat 22 Oct – NSW – Fat As Butter Festival, Newcastle *+^ Fri 28 Oct – VIC – Bended Elbow, Geelong * Sat 29 Oct – VIC – Karova Lounge, Ballarat * Fri 04 Nov – TAS – Venue Six – Grenada Tavern, Hobart Sat 05 Nov – TAS – Hotel New York, Launceston Sat 26 Nov – SA – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
* Ciecmate will not be performing on these dates + Vents will not be performing on these dates ^ Mase & Mattic will not be performing on these dates
Funkoars – The Quickening is now available for pre-order on iTunes here! Included in the album is a bonus Remix by Suffa of the Hilltop Hoods and a copy of the Where I Am film clip.
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The Funkoars are back ‘n badder than ever and are set to unleash their highly anticipated fourth album The Quickening on Friday 16th of September through Golden Era Records. Fresh off the back of releasing their thumping first single Where I Am, the Funkoars are proud to announce The Quickening Album Launch Tour which will see them touring extensively throughout the country from September through November.
The Quickening features guest performances from Hilltop Hoods, Vents, Ad-Fu, K21 with production from Large Professor, Dazastah, Simplex and Debate. Head the the JB HI-FI website to pre-order Funkoars – The Quickening and get your free GE signed mixtape and listeng to an exclusive Funkoars track! Check out the exclusive new Funkoars track ‘I Don’t Think So’ featuring Headlock and Mortar.
Track Listing Fumes That Spell Doom The Quickening Where I Am It’s All Good (Is Very Good) All We Need The Undeniable Third Shooter The Assassination – Feat. Vents Feel The Madness WSDL? – Feat. DJ Ad-Fu Law & Order I Got This (I Got That) – Feat. K21 Being Vincent D’Onofrio D Letter Bodycount – Feat. Hilltop Hoods Vamoose Where I Am (K21 Remix) – Bonus Track
Tune into Richard Kingsmill’s ’2011′ show from 6-9pm on Triple J this Sunday night to hear the premier of the Funkoars – Where I Am. They’re back! After going to ground 12 months ago, the Funkoars have resurfaced to deliver Where I Am the first single from their fourth LP The Quickening through Golden Era Records.
Featuring filthy guitars, stomping drums and a bastard of a bass line, Where I Am brings back what’s been missing from Australian Hip-Hop – The Evil.
Telling tales of parties past, Where I Am leaves the listener riding shotgun with the Funkoars as they tear up hotel rooms, terrorize the neighbours and wreak havoc on motels across the country! No-one is safe after The ‘Oars check in.Featuring a dangerous reworking of Shocking Blue’s – Long & Lonesome Road, Where I Am brings that signature ‘Oars sound of Trials, Hons & Sesta tip toeing through the crass and controversial with DJ Reflux making an example of the wax.Australia’s Hip-Hop scene is about to be paid a very polite visit. Where I Am is available on iTunes on 5th of August, 2011.The Quickening is available everywhere on 16th of September, 2011 Catch The Funkoars performing live on: 15th October – Sprung Festival, Brisbane Album launch tour dates to be announced soon
Since exploding onto the national scene a little over a year ago, the incomparable force that is Briggs immediately established himself as a formidable new presence in the local Hip Hop scene. From the moment Briggs dropped his self-released debut EP, the brilliant and groundbreaking Homemade Bombs (2009), it was obvious to everyone that this marked the arrival on the scene, of an emcee with a melodic rapid-fire approach, and a powerful and unique voice.
aahh: You talk about your hometown of Shepparton in a few of your tracks. What was the hip hop life like back in Shepp in the earlier days? Briggs: I still live in Shepp. Shepp life, shouts to the swiggaz wit attitude. I did a few years stint in melb, but I moved back to Bedrock a year or so ago now. I wrote the album here pretty much. But to answer the question of hip hop in shepparton, it was pretty much non-existent. Everyone played in punk/metal bands, all my mates, and my uncles played guitar too so I picked that up for a couple of years when I was a kid. I was always into hiphop though, i just never knew how to make it. I would rap but that’s as far as it would go, then when I got a computer and shepparton stepped out of the dark ages and we all got electricity and the internet from then on, the research was on!
aahh: Do you feel your indigenous roots have influenced your chosen art form of rhyme and in a sense story telling? Briggs: I guess it influences everything I do because it’s who I am, its me and I wear it proudly (on my forearms). I think I have a different perspective from a few others because I’ve seen and dealt with things that they will never have to, but that’s a whole other can of worms.
aahh: It’s been a massive last year and a half for yourself. Firstly lets talk about your self released debut EP Homemade Bombs. We hear a lot of emcees talking about how much knowledge they gained from their first drop, do you feel the same? Briggs: I learned a great deal, I dealt with everything for that release, I was the marketing-managing-artist-autobot-all-round-good-guy. I made all the calls, put them in all the stores. At shows I had troops selling them for me, but in the beginning i did all the work. I mean it was natural for me to hustle my product, because in reality, if I didn’t I couldn’t eat at the next show. And I believed what I had was a dope release. But I think I learned a lot more with The Blacklist though, just being on that next level. And I’m sure I’ll learn even more off the next release, basically if you’re not learning your either not paying attention or you’re an idiot.
aahh: You had an amazing chance to tour with the Hilltop Hoods in Europe, what was that like? Briggs: That was probably the best thing I’ve done, ever. Going over seas with your mates and being given an opportunity not everyone will have, playing sellout international shows, is probably the highlight of my career so far. I had never been over seas before and pretty much hadn’t left Victoria, so it was a big jump in the deep end.
aahh: A few weeks ago you dropped your first LP on GE Records, The Blacklist. How did the build up compare to your EP? Briggs: Well it was just larger scale, everything was amped up 1000%. I didn’t have to stress about getting it in street press or ringing editors/writers to review it. The big difference was just the convenience in how things work now, GE have all the connects and things are ready to roll, interviews, reviews and so on.
aahh: The Blacklist staunched in at #14 on the ARIA charts and has had people raving, did you expect such a massive response? Briggs: I didn’t expect that at all. And for 4 days it sat at number #3 on the iTunes hiphop charts, which I didn’t expect either, Ice Cube knocked me off. It was a great feeling, because all in all, I made the record I wanted to make. There’s nothing on there that isn’t me. I chose the beats I wrote the rhymes I put it together. Of course with the extensive help of my GE fam, but that goes without saying. But at the end of the day its my name and my idea, so it was dope that people were feeling it.
aahh: On an album full of highlights do you have any personal favorites from The Blacklist? Briggs: It’s hard to choose because I haven’t got to kick them all live yet but lately ‘The Checklist’ and ‘Gargantuan’ have been getting a work out. ‘Game On’ is up there and I like my collabs with Trials and the Hoods too.
aahh: The Blacklist was the final name of the album, did you have any others in mind? Briggs: I had ‘The Gospel According to Briggs’ on my EP, that’s just because I needed to put something there for people to look out for. It never really had another name, or working title, it was just in a folder called ‘NEW RECORD’ then I changed that folders name and the rest is history. It sounded cool… And I often found myself banned from certain places. There’s not a whole lot of depth to the name.
aahh: The lead track from the album ‘The Wrong Brother’ is an absolute banger, accompanied by a brilliant film clip. Are there any plans for another clip for a track off the album? Briggs: I certainly hope so. Trials and I have a great idea for ‘So Dangerous’. But nothing is confirmed so far.
aahh: Soon Australia will see Ice Cube tour and you’ve been named as the support, are you looking forward to this? Briggs: Ice Cube has been my favourite rapper since I was a kid, so im definitely excited for the opportunity to gain some more fans and share the same bill with a legend of that calibre.
aahh: Aside from hip hop, we hear you’re a bit of a Lakers fan? Briggs: Love the Lakers. Phil and Kobe are taking us to the 3 peat. Fuck Miami and fuck Boston. Also a massive Bombers fan, the messiah Hird has returned to windy hill, his hair is still golden and we’ll reign down sulfur on the infidels, so fuck the pies and fuck Carlton.
aahh: Final thoughts and comments, album launch? Briggs: Thank you to everyone who picked up the record and if you haven’t picked it up, go have a listen. I’ll be out and about with Jaytee and Eloquor on the Ice Cube tour and ill be around again with Drapht in December.
The Wrong Brother Single – Out Now grab it here. Briggs debut album The Blacklist – Out Now grab it here.
