Dam Funk was in Dublin last October (2009) playing in the Twisted Pepper as a guest of ChoiceCuts and we nabbed him after the gig to pick his brains on all things L.A., life and music related.

Sorry about the dodgy sound, we were in a service lane-way at 3am so finding a quiet spot was a bit tricky.

Be sure to check out Dam’s latest 12″ titled “Hood Pass Intact” on Stones Throw.  This release features the vocals of Steve Arrington on the track “4 My Homies”. Arrington is best known as the lead singer of the group SLAVE during the Dayton funk outfit’s most popular period, lending his voice to classics such as “Watching You” and “Just a Touch of Love.” “4 My Homies” is the initial project from the team of Arrington and DaM-FunK, and a precursor to their forthcoming full-length on Stones Throw.   Rounding out the four-track Hood Pass Intact are contributions from Devonwho (who has had a release recently on Dublin’s All-City label) on the instrumental re-edit of Toeachizown’s “Come On Outside” and JT Donaldson and TK co-producing the non-album single “How It Be Between U & Me?”

Dam-Funk: Hood Pass Intact feat. MC Eiht by stonesthrow

Props to our own Laura Glass for the titling and re-editing, Jamie Tanner for the filming, Krystal Klear as the probing interviewer and honourable mention to Fruitman for the original edit which we lost in the office, sorry!