The Rob Franken Electrification - Functional Stereo Music (2019) [3CD]

“Rob Franken was the main man & instigator during the so-called FuMu sessions. Functional Music that was meant to sound like background music in shopping malls, hotels, elevators, department stores and airports.
Franken arranged the sessions, played Fender piano and synthesizers and drew from his immense network of musicians to collaborate with. The recordings were often nothing less than inspirational short jam sessions, in which the best Dutch jazz musicians of the seventies contributed. The independent label 678 Records has released an exclusive choice from this enormous library of 'functional stereo music'. Compositions of Billy Cobham, Weldon Irvine, Michael Naura, Marc Moulin, Gordon Beck, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and of course Rob Franken himself.”

Tracks:



CD1 - Functional Stereo Music 1

01. La Vendedora - 02:20
02. Scintilla - 03:42
03. Turtle Shake - 04:07
04. Shining Sun - 02:30
05. Skabadaf - 02:33
06. Together - 03:12
07. The Pleasant Pheasant - 02:48
08. Hemlock - 03:41
09. The Kumquat Kids - 03:00
10. Cactus - 03:38
11. Rhyme And Reason Time - 03:12
12. The Windows Of The World - 03:14
13. The Anderson Tapes - 04:54
14. Rob’s Hit - 02:21
15. Loadstone - 05:23
16. Absorbed Love - 04:06
17. Red Baron - 03:25
18. Adam Smasher - 03:02
19. Escape - 02:48
20. Wild Wild Wes - 02:19
21. The Day The World Becomes Alive - 04:12
22. Hard Beat - 02:28
23. Blow Up - 04:37
24. Do It Again - 02:25



CD2 - Functional Stereo Music 2

01. What a Face - 01:43
02. Beat It - 02:33
03. The Borgia Stick - 02:39
04. The Coming Atlantis - 03:31
05. Speed Ball - 02:27
06. The Day After Sunday - 03:06
07. Just Friends - 02:54
08. Sister Sanctifies - 03:05
09. Lovin’ It - 03:32
10. Love For Sale - 03:47
11. I Don’t Remember My Childhood - 05:17
12. On the stairs - 02:40
13. Dearborn Walk - 02:37
14. S. Junior -02:45
15. Don’t Stop - 03:38
16. Alcudia - 04:25
17. Barracuda - 03:58
18. Brown Out - 03:46
19. Concensus - 04:01
20. Call - 03:08
21. Mary Jane - 03:21
22. Samba For Sander - 03:21
23. Song For Josef - 04:00
24. Serenade For Myself - 03:01



CD3 - Functional Stereo Music 3

01. How’d You Do It Stanley - 03:13
02. November - 03:21
03. Images - 03:51
04. Jiggs - 02:55
05. Was That The Way It Was - 02:21
06. Up The Street, Round The Corner, Down The Block - 02:44
07. Afro Blue - 02:13
08. Por Hermeto - 04:28
09. Brothers Of Serendipity - 04:00
10. Colours - 03:19
11. Her Celestial Body - 03:48
12. Bonjour Tristesse - 04:57
13. Frisky Frog Funk - 03:06
14. Ballad No 1 - 03:07
15. Esopet - 04:50
16. Tones For Joan’s Bones - 04:36
17. One Finger Snap - 02:08
18. Title Wave - 03:52
19. Blame It On The Sun - 03:11
20. Child Song - 03:33
21. Spain - 03:58
22. Six, Seven, Eight - 05:24

Personnel:

Rob Franken - Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Jan Huydts - Electric Piano
Eef Albers, Joop Scholten - Guitar
Ferdinand Povel - Flute, Tenor Saxophone
Jiggs Whigham - Trombone
Wolfgang Schlüter - Vibraphone
Harry Emmery, Wim Essed, Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Koos Serierse - Acoustic Bass
Wim Essed, Rob Langereis, John Lee, Theo de Jong - Electric Bass
Gerry Brown, Bruno Castellucci, Louis Debij, Eric Ineke, Louis de Lussanet, Evert Overweg, Henk Zomer - Drums
Wim v.d. Beek, Nippie Noya - Percussion