Solar Funk (Coloured Viny LP) Postcards

Solar Funk (Coloured Viny LP) PostcardsTravis Biggs first album, released in 1976, was called Challenge. Initially pressed on independent Detroit imprint TB&C enterprises, the record had little impact on the wider landscape of contemporary black music save for local radio play. Three years after the release of Challenge, Source Records picked up on Biggs underrated talents, a multi instrumentalist and synth merchant whose list of instrumental credits on this release numbers 14, from harp

The iconic bass player tells the third

now near synonymous with his name

following 'Kickinit Alone' (released 2017 on Stones Throw's experimental imprint Leaving Records)

While Daft Punk's second recording still focuses on the maximum accessibility that earned its debut such high marks

whilst ‘Break

is no Jack Bruce either

With Marcus Miller

field recordings and electronics with poetic call-to-arms lyrics about the plight of his homeland of Niger

First there's the lineup: Hammond with Hank Crawford and Grover Washington

Pressed on magenta wax

with Henry "Pucho" Brown

the holy grail of his brief but majestic recording legacy