In the Raw

While the foundations for the live-band funk revival of the ’00s were largely being laid down in New York, a couple siblings from Munich made their own contributions to the movement — one that clicked so well with their Brooklyn cohort that any dissection of its European provenance is pretty much moot. The brothers in question (Max on drums, Jan on guitar) were joined here by jazz-steeped fellow German Till Sahm on keys and future Daptone scene-cultivator Gabriel Roth (in “Bosco Mann” mode) on bass for this blistering set of small-combo funk. It’s an internationalist take that treats Afrobeat percussion, Ethio-jazz melodies, and canyon-echo dub production as an integral given, and makes even their chops-hewn tightness feel loose-limbed and headswimming.