甘蒂達芙：放克過來　Candy Dulfer / FUNKED UP!

Candy Dulfer's identity as a contemporary jazz musician has not wavered since she entered the professional music arena. A sex kitten on the outside and a very talented alto saxophonist whose sound is directly derived from David Sanborn 30 years past tense, the image-driven Dulfer continues on her path toward making music that is consistent, and at the very least competent. Funked Up! does not stray at all from the more R&B-infused sound she employs, and there are distinct futuristic Euro-dance elements like robotic voices, space soul, and drum machines that up the ante. Dulfer employs a big-band sound with handclaps during First in Line, while a much hipper chart for the horns crops up on the authentic R&B-flavored Be Cool. The introductory lyric line of My Funk (emphasizing it's not your funk) talks self-indulgently about creatin' when it's really all about producin'. The remainder of the music ranges from upbeat Euro-disco to Latin dance on Step Up, the deliberate mechanical rhythms of Don't Go, the retro party tune Finger Poppin', and the spaced-out rave-up Roppongi Panic. The slow funk of Bliss 2 This features an intimate vocal late-night foreplay sex tape, while the straight funk-pop tune CD 101.9 samples a radio DJ from the station calling Dulfer dynamic on-air. The band does stretch a bit on the slowed lovers reggae True & Tender and the deeper bass and rhythm-infused Still I Love You. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi