The Poets of Rhythm are from one of the last places you would imagine a funk band surfacing from: Munich, Germany. They were turned onto grimy funk in High School. Soon they coped a record habit that rivals any experience William Burroughs ever wrote about. But instead of leaching and raping society for everything we got, they’ve been releasing some of best hard-hitting-ass-shaking funk of the twenty-first century. “Ham Gallery” is off The Poets’ first release, Dicern/Define (2001). I remember when this album first dropped. All kinds of music fans where praising the release; from the pasty-white indie kids, to the underground hip-hop kids, and even the post-underground ravers where dancing to The Poets’ beats. And how could we not?
The Poets of Rhythm
“Ham Gallery” (download mp3)
from “DISCERN / DEFINE”
(Quannum Projects)
“Ham Gallery“ (play)
