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Defunkt has been played on NTS shows including Ross Allen, with Smooth Love first played on 5 June 2016.

Led by trombone player Joseph Bowie — the son of a St. Louis-based music teacher and the brother of big band arranger Byron Bowie and late trumpet player of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago Lester Bowie — Defunkt created some of the most adventurous sounds of the last quarter of the century.

Formed in 1978, Defunkt initially took a danceable approach to jazz. Although their first three albums — Defunkt, Razor's Edge, and Thermonuclear Sweat — made them leaders of New York's radical underground music scene,…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
In The Good Times
Defunkt
Island Records, Hannibal Records1980
In The Good Times
DefunktIsland Records, Hannibal Records1980
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Illusion
Defunkt
Hannibal Records1982
Illusion
DefunktHannibal Records1982
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Smooth Love
Defunkt
Antilles1988
Smooth Love
DefunktAntilles1988
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