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Centrifugal Funk

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Released
  
1991 (1991)

Label
  
Legato

Release date
  
1991

Length
  
61:18

Artist
  
MVP

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Jazz

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Recorded
  
Front Page Recorders in Costa Mesa, California; Kiva Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee

Producer
  
Mark Varney, Jimmy Earl

Similar
  
Truth in Shredding, Powers of Ten, The Tri‑Tone Fascination, Brave New Guitar, Powers of Ten; Live!

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Centrifugal Funk is the second and final studio album by the Mark Varney Project (MVP), released in 1991 through Legato Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2004 through Tone Center Records. This incarnation of the group is a collaboration between guitarists Frank Gambale, Brett Garsed and Shawn Lane. It consists primarily of covers of existing jazz fusion compositions, save for one track performed by Lane—"Lane's Blitz"—which he later dismissed as an impromptu warm-up rather than a planned solo, and thus his dislike for it. Varney, however, disputes Lane's version of events.

Contents

The cover art on the original release features a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer to listeners: "Warning: Contains guitar performances of unparalleled speed, taste and virtuosity. Not for the faint of heart!", while the back cover has an invitation from Varney asking fans to send in demo tapes of potential guitarists for his label, in return for a named mention within the credits on a future album, as well as five Legato releases mailed to them for free.

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Critical reception

Robert Taylor at AllMusic gave Centrifugal Funk three stars out of five, calling it "an exhausting listen" and the songs "fairly weak". Praise was given to the individual talents of Gambale, Garsed and Lane, while criticism was directed at drummer Joey Heredia. "Hey Tee Bone" and "Love Struck" were listed as highlights.

Personnel

  • Frank Gambale – guitar (except track 7)
  • Brett Garsed – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 8)
  • Shawn Lane – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8)
  • Mike O'Neill – guitar (except track 7)
  • T.J. Helmerich – guitar (track 8), remastering (reissue)
  • Freddy Ravel – keyboard
  • Joey Heredia – drums
  • Kevin Ricard – percussion
  • Jimmy Earl – bass, arrangement, production
  • Steve Tavaglione – saxophone, EWI
  • Alan Hirshberg – engineering, mixing, mastering
  • Mark Varney – musical concept, executive production
  • Songs

    1Actual Proof7:39
    2So What9:44
    3Hey Tee Bone5:33

    References

    Centrifugal Funk Wikipedia