Pablo Discobar is Australia’s premier original soul/funk outfit. 8 of Melbourne’s hardest working musos have put together an ensemble that conjures up images of scungy dancehalls , brown suits and reel-to-reel tape machines. However, Pablo Discobar are not a tribute band. With an appreciation of what was, Pablo Discobar keep things current with a strong emphasis on fresh breaks, beats and rhymes. Executed with an unbridled energy and tightness, Pablo Discobar represent soul/funk the way it should be played – raw, nasty and in the pocket.
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Pablo Discobar have earnt their stripes and confirmed their reputation as one of this country’s hardest working bands through non-stop appearances around the country. Highlights include shows at The Woodford Folk Festival, Queenscliffe Music Festival, Apollo Bay Music Festival, Brisbane International Arts Festival,NXNE (Canada) The Famous Spiegeltent and St Kilda Festival.
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J.Clements - BEAT MAGAZINE
There are ways to bring the funk. Some use a shovel. Others chuck it in the boot of their car and drive it around town. Others carry it in their underpants. Most of it, however, resides in the human arse, where bringing the funk will cause said arse to tumultuously grow a mind of its own and proceed to ?shake?. This is commonly referred to as ?bringing the funk?. Teamed with a bottle of Papa Hemingway?s finest rum, hot nights, and any number of fine looking ladies, the funk becomes an unstoppable force of nature, akin to a tidal wave of ?awesome?. About as awesome on the awesome-a-meter as, say, Johnny Depp dressed as Batman.
There are few bands who harness that wave of funk - and in Melbourne we?re blessed with a bevvy of soul-funk-Latin kinda bands, of whom Pablo Discobar manage to stick from like a sore thumb covered in melted soul. The pure groove and persona they take on as masters of straight-up funk-soul leaves a trail of pop-funsters in their wake. It?s a leaner, more blues-funk (rather than the P-funk of say George Clinton or Earth Wind and Fire), but IT?S STILL GOT SOUL BABY, and it?s all the better for it. Think Marvin and Stevie, then you?re kicking. The words ?funk-soul revue? were probably created so a band like Pablo Discobar could use them. And how.
The Devil?s Song shows exactly why funk be the devil?s music - it?s so sexy it hurts, and if you don?t give into Arik?s little guitar noodling, the booty-delivering bass, those sassy horns, and Julian Feldman?s smooth vocals, then you?ve got no sex in you, baby. And you ain?t likely to get any in the near future either, unless you join the church of Pablo.
Furthermore, I Got It could be backing a wicked chase scene in a 70s cop flick, but without the cheese - it?s lean, it?s hungry, it?s insistent on being funky-as-all-hell, and by god, it?s something the Godfather himself (the late great James Brown) would be proud of. Pleasure-Come-Pain displays a slightly darker side, but is still all about brown suits, skinny ties, dark shades, and nice shoes. It?s all funk should be. Don?t Gimme The Loop and Interlude just hasten its coming.
There?s a shrine to James Brown somewhere, and Pablo Discobar have been worshipping at its feet. There?s funky, and then there?s funk-ay. Pablo Discobar own funk-ay.
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J. KILBY: TRIPLE J ROOTS & ALL
"the most exciting live funk band in Australia"
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L. GOLLY: BEAT MAGAZINE
"these boys are all shit hot musicians. A must have for all fans of funk!"
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J. RIDLEY: BEAT MAGAZINE
"Your arse cant help but move to Pablos contagiously positive vibes The Kung Fu Kitchen captures Pablos electrifying live element while allowing each instrument to shine throughthe end result brings enough funk to rival Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem!"
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THE NAKED DWARF
"I encourage you all, if you are in the mood for a little rump shaking, not to mention a little thigh-slapping, crumping or gyrating, step into the Kung-Fu Kitchen and let Pablo Discobar serve you up one of this summers tastiest musical feasts."
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ARIK BLUM: GUITARIST, PABLO DISCOBAR
"If I was not in this band already, I would 'so' audition"
