Plunky & the Oneness of Juju
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Juju plays a big part in the work of Plunky Branch with his afro-funk
jazz fusion
music. From 1971 to 1974 his band was called Juju, from 1975 to 1981 Oneness of Juju, from 1982 to 1988 Plunky & Oneness of Juju and from 1988 to present day is known as Plunky & Oneness.
Their song, "Every Way But Loose" is featured on the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
, playing on fictional radio
station Paradise FM
.
The band also had an album in 1984 called Electric JuJu Nation. (This information courtesy of the band's website: http://www.plunkyone.com)
Plunky works and resides in Richmond, VA.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
music. From 1971 to 1974 his band was called Juju, from 1975 to 1981 Oneness of Juju, from 1982 to 1988 Plunky & Oneness of Juju and from 1988 to present day is known as Plunky & Oneness.
Their song, "Every Way But Loose" is featured on the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a 2006 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Rockstar North. It was published by Rockstar Games for the PlayStation Portable in late 2006 and later for the PlayStation 2 in March 2007. The game is the eighth...
, playing on fictional radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
station Paradise FM
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories soundtrack
The soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is presented as a series of radio stations that broadcast music and information to Vice City, circa 1984. Most of these stations are also featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; however, as Vice City is set two years later, there...
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The band also had an album in 1984 called Electric JuJu Nation. (This information courtesy of the band's website: http://www.plunkyone.com)
Plunky works and resides in Richmond, VA.
http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=oneness&type=0