Funk usually brings to mind a heaving beat, thick, slapping bass lines and fashions straight out of "Shaft."
Captain Funk, a fixture on Tokyo's club scene, has long embraced this particular definition of funk. Drawing on a musical vocabulary that begins with Sly and the Family Stone, the Captain's groove encompasses everything from '80s new wave to German techno.
An evening with Captain Funk behind the decks is apt to be a sweaty one. For alter-ego Tatsuya Oe, though, funk is more than just a happening dance floor.