One of the great forgotten sounds of mid-70s
funk was the Washington D.C.-based
ensemble Experience Unlimited. (Later
shortened to EU.) Though best later known
as pioneers of the "go-go" subgenre of
dance/funk, and for their Billboard-charting
hit "Da Butt" in the late-80s, the group was a
potent collective of jazz-funk musicians, in
the vein of innovators like War, Earth, Wind,
& Fire, and similarly overlooked DC
contemporaries Oneness of Juju.
Experience Unlimited were renowned for
their ostentatious instrumentals, winding and
precise rhythms and grooves, and
party-ready jams, all of which are on full
display on their debut record Free Yourself,
which came more than a decade before their
greatest commercial success, but is no less
heavy on the classic deep funk sounds.
A1 | It's All Imagination |
A2 | Functus |
A3 | Peace Gone Away |
A4 | Free Yourself |
B1 | Hey You |
B2 | People |
B3 | Funk Consciousness |