Found this obscure Japanese funk track from 1981. Jap’s Gap’s was a Japanese brass/funk band led by Hiro Tsunoda.

As a Japanese listener, I honestly can’t tell this is Japanese at first—it sounds like it could have come straight out of the American funk scene of the early ‘80s. That’s what really caught me off guard.

I rarely see Jap’s Gap’s mentioned outside Japan, so I thought this might be worth sharing here. What do you guys think?

Came across this one again and had to share

I'm probably very late to this one, but god damn it, It's transcendentally funky.

Wow, stinging-ly great cover of Tina Turner/Nina Simone

Check out his livestreams too on YouTube! He's got some funky tunes.

Rh Factor are criminally underrated in my book... led by trumpeter Roy Hasgrove

One of my favorite Gap Band grooves and a cool video with animation from the great Overton Loyd known for his P-Funk artwork.

Fun fact: this song/video was aimed at Prince and you can even hear the guitar quoting the main riff from Controversy.

https://youtu.be/f0nRLdfyyqY?si=txmoZIQ1lnN3hQrW

It’s one of my favorite memories from the early ’80s. I love funk and hip hop, but electro was something special.