Comments on: How about this stimulus package?

How about this stimulus package?

P.o.B. — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:37:51 -0800

Del The Funky Homosapien has two song packs available for free download. His newest album, Funk Man (the stimulus package), is available for the price of your email. All available at Bandcamp.

By: mad bomber what bombs at midnight

mad bomber what bombs at midnight — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:49:25 -0800

Hey this is great. Del is always great. I'm one of the few who loved his last album. Still, I wish he would finish working on Deltron 3030 2.

By: the dief

the dief — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:53:06 -0800

Dammit, I have Flash and it says I don't and maybe it just hates Linux but if someone has a direct link or something I'd like to see it. grrr.

By: the dief

the dief — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:55:33 -0800

Oh wait, nevermind, I got it to work. Hooray free music!

By: carter

carter — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:30:05 -0800

Cool, thanks for posting this!

By: Kyol

Kyol — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:03:38 -0800

Yeah, it's one of those rare flash interfaces that just doesn't work with a flashblocker, since it loads the elements as needed or something. Load up your alternative browser and go to town. I'm uncertain of the quality, but hey, it's free.

By: Kyol

Kyol — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:12:44 -0800

(and that said, it finally gave me a chance to check out Deltron 3030, which I promptly bought, so mission accomplished!)

By: Bageena

Bageena — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:30:33 -0800

I still think 3030 is the best thing he's done, but then, I haven't heard any of this yet. I'm excited! Thanks for the link.

By: Rangeboy

Rangeboy — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:36:28 -0800

I hate to admit it, but I have never heard Deltron 3030. However, I Wish My Brother George Was Here is one of my all-time favorite albums. Can anybody comment on how Deltron measures up to that album?

By: now i'm piste

now i'm piste — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:26:11 -0800

>>I hate to admit it, but I have never heard Deltron 3030. Let's fix that RIGHT now. A few choice cuts. >>Can anybody comment on how Deltron measures up to that album? While I'm not familar with any song on George other than "Mr Dobalina", I can describe Deltron 3030: It's a concept album, a hip-hop space opera about a tyrannical world a thousand years in our future. It's equal parts Del, Kid Koala, and Dan the Automater. It may sound hokey, but it really hangs together. The scope is incredible, and to my mind it really delivers on the promise and the premise. Along the way, Del narrates piloting a Gundam-like mech via a rap battle and creating a computer virus to wreck the totalitarian regime. It's halfway between the starship antics of Parliament Funkadelic and the Gorillaz. Best song on the album, but you're cheating yourself if you don't listen to the whole thing at least once.

light the torch, they can't fight the force, victory is ours once we strike the source enterprising wise men look to the horizon thinking more capitalism is the wisdom and inprison all citizens in power with rhythm we keep the funk alive by talking with idioms

By: stifford

stifford — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:30:00 -0800

Funk Man is one of the best Del albums, imo. And one of my favorites of '09 (so far) .

By: freebird

freebird — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:43:15 -0800

Rhythm, you have it or you don't That's a fallacy. I'm in them Every sprouting tree, every child of peace Every cloud and sea.

By: infinitywaltz

infinitywaltz — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:15:30 -0800

Best song on the album, but you're cheating yourself if you don't listen to the whole thing at least once. Holy shit...why can't all hip-hop be this awesome?

By: Rangeboy

Rangeboy — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:43:43 -0800

Sweet...thanks for the primer, now i'm piste.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:30:53 -0800

His newest album, Funk Man (the stimulus package), is available for the price of your email. Price of an email? Fuck that. When are the music industry going to learn they need to stop ripping off and charge affordable prices? Now if this album was priced at something like a web-click, that'd be ok. But you know that even if they went there, they wouldn't be able to stop themselves from sneaking in hidden costs -- saying it's just a click, but then putting in a captcha *after* you've made that click, just to extort as much as they possibly can from you. Talk about bait and switch. You've paid your click, so you're invested. Now do you ramp up and pay the captcha, or do you just walk away and wipe off your initial one click investment? Write it off as a bad investment, so to speak? They're cunning bastards in the music industry all right.

By: robinhoudt

robinhoudt — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:50:01 -0800

Download Album >mp3 320k >Audiophiles and nerds >mp3 V0 >mp3 V2 >AAC >Ogg Vorbis >FLAC >Apple Lossless Whoa.

By: plexi

plexi — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:37:49 -0800

in the year three thousand and thirty everybody wants to be a dj

By: lunit

lunit — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:41:50 -0800

yes! this is awesome and you are awesome.

By: now i'm piste

now i'm piste — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:57:01 -0800

You're welcome rangeboy. Thanks for tipping me to this release, Pob. Haven't listened yet, but it's cued up. Bandcamp looks intersting.

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:28:21 -0800

I just spent like half an hour clicking around on Bandcamp, and think that it indeed looks pretty great. If I were in a band, I'd be tempted just to redirect my domain name to a Bandcamp site. I do fear that they'll get overrun by people in phony and/or not-very-good bands who can't pull their weight with mp3 sales, forcing Bandcamp to resort to Flash ads and the like.

By: rifflesby

rifflesby — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:10:49 -0800

Listening to Deltron 3030 now. Thanks! I'd been looking for something to tide me over while waiting for the next Gorillaz album.

By: ostranenie

ostranenie — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:13:24 -0800

IWMBGWH is totally worth it just for the skits in "The Wacky World of Rapid Transit." Are you Rosa Parks' son, motherfucker? So...nobody's going to mention Hieroglyphics? Great logo, too.

By: Kreiger

Kreiger — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:21:22 -0800

About once a month for the last year I've been checking out Heiro's site, hoping there'd be a new Heiro/Del/tron album, or a single, or anything. DOOM will only hold a man's attention for so long, awesome as he is. This is the best news I've had in fucking ages. You made my day here P.o.B.