Lets pretend for a moment that I am dead. Believe me people have imagined that before. Anyway I am dead and as this is a fantasy world things will be a little bit different. In reality the funeral would probably consist of about four people, one of whom is lost and one who is a religious man of undetermined denomination who kicks some dirt my direction while mumbling, "well at least he didn't molest Goats". In this fantasy world it would be a grand old affair, where women cried and men told stories and the wake would come complete with a top notch, kick ass funky as hell band who would shake the rafters, in other words Phat Phunktion.
Yes this is the band I want to play out my mortal soul as it ascends to wherever and tries to laugh off that whole atheist thing. Phat Phunktion are just a good old fashioned funk express train, grooving and moving their way down the track. A band that once again proves a real rhythm section can out funk any drum machine and sampler combination you care to mention. Add a Grade A horn section, a collection of fine tunes and a decent vocalist and you have something a little bit special by any standards.
The album is over an hour long, and skirts around several territories, from the title track 'Here We Go", which takes its cue from 'White Lines' era rap, to the toe tappingly catchy, jangly guitar of opener 'Whatcha Gonna Do". Elsewhere it slides between in your face funk to laid back soulful tunes such as 'Love Supreme'. They do it all with style, talent and verve.
The album has a real live feel to it, particularly in the latter stages, and one has to assume that they are excellent live, they damn better be if they are going to play my fantasy funeral. They are a band who have a sound that should enable them to booked everywhere from major venues to backyard bar mitzvahs. In fact they can lay claim to having played with The Temptations, WAR and Cameo! Wow are they still going, do they still wear the codpieces? Anyway I assume Phat Phunktion are being booked into the ground, if not then there is no God, which would clear up at least one of my earlier problems. Check out their website, listen to the tunes, find your sad old ass a grooving like it hasn't in years and then buy the CD. Oh yeah and you are invited to the funeral, it should be a blast.

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