"Wad" is arguably funky too, no?
― art crut (The Reverend), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
what genre is "hot city bass" ?
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
marcus and a whole heap of mcs killing it on rinse right now. though not sure for how much longer.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i could def do with hearing more female mcs in funky though, yeah. stush needs to be doing more. dynamite too.
"31. kode9 - black sun"
this track is really overrated. i prefer LDs funky forays to kode 9s so far personally. i dunno if it was this year or last, but LDs remix of kylas do you mind is divine.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Rev, "Wad" is definitely funky.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
black sun is really great i think. ditto the b-side.
marcus was brilliant tonight. there was one dj (the guy before doctor cosmo or whatever) who was brilliant.
― tom lea, Thursday, 31 December 2009 00:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Me on Dubplate Wonder. If I'm really nice I might even upload the mix of his I talk about a lot in the post, which seems to have gone off the internet.
http://getphysical.blogspot.com/2010/01/dubplate-wonder-dubplate-wonder-and.html
― Tim F, Friday, 1 January 2010 00:21 (fourteen years ago) link
wow Tim, you have brought us the future - it's still 2009 here! (not according to the post timezone thingy below)
― Paul, Friday, 1 January 2010 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I should note that I did not spend my new years eve writing about Dubplate Wonder.
That said I also didn't spend it dancing to UK Funky so :-(
― Tim F, Friday, 1 January 2010 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
haha Tim, I was just using Tom's phrase
― art crut (The Reverend), Friday, 1 January 2010 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Well I'd get people being uncertain if it's funky or not (mostly due to Ramandanman's lineage)... But in fact it's much more so than, say, most Bok Bok or Julio Bashmore tunes I reckon. But it's very hard to say why precisely - one of the odd (reynoldsians might say "weak") aspects of funky is that there's no single ultimate litmus test for saying what is or isn't funky (whereas 2-step at least had the 2-step beat itself).
My distinction above is not a criticism of Bok Bok etc. either, or some comment on who is part of the "scene". There's a Wookie remix of (Lex will cringe) Le Roux's "Bulletproof" which I think is marvelous (vocals notwithstanding) and rather similar to the Fingaprint remix of Rudenko's "Everybody" (the virtues of which I have extolled previously) and yet for reasons I can't quite put my finger on (not Le Roux) I'm reluctant to call it funky... (it's def. worth checking though!)
― Tim F, Friday, 1 January 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
one of the odd (reynoldsians might say "weak") aspects of funky is that there's no single ultimate litmus test for saying what is or isn't funky
that's such a strength tho! it means funky can take all sorts of things that weren't originally intended as funky (like "Turn Me On" or "We Belong to the Night" or "Self-Religion") and make them funky by proxy
― art crut (The Reverend), Friday, 1 January 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree! I like r|t|c's image of the genre being suspended in amniotic fluid (though me saying so may cause him to disown it).
― Tim F, Friday, 1 January 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I would think that in general, the more malleable a genre is, the stronger it is. That Reynoldsian line is completely antithetical to my thoughts about genre
― art crut (The Reverend), Friday, 1 January 2010 02:37 (fourteen years ago) link
btw, how is the future? do you have a personal jetpack?
― art crut (The Reverend), Friday, 1 January 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm over-simplifying SR obv - it's more like what a reynolds-fan who wanted to use the singularness of jungle etc. as a stick to beat the present would say.
I would not say that malleability automatically equals strength - it's that odd combination of malleability and absolute self-confidence that funky inherits from... what? us hip hop? dancehall?
(maybe this is why I kneejerk don't like the whole "let's dance to dubstep/wonky/funky/etc." movement - can't help but see it as the upmarket equivalent of hollertronix, implying by its self-conscious eclecticism that the individual genres aren't wide-ranging enough on their own - even if that's inaccurate or unfair)
The future is not as tired as it should be after last night.
― Tim F, Friday, 1 January 2010 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Here's a download link for Dubplate Wonder's Wonderland '09 mix:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/r16fnl
― Tim F, Friday, 1 January 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
the (free d/l) new nguzunguzu ep is amazing - need to find out more about these dudes, all i've known so far is that they're affiliates of kingdom http://www.wholeareas.com/
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 January 2010 12:19 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/31/music-tips-for-2010
i can think of several dozen other names id rather have seen than kingdom and bok bok personally, who i think might have deserved it more, but hey, sort of good to see them there.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 2 January 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
kingdom's "mind reader" is one of the best songs of this/last/any year, and there were nice parallels in the way both of them started out and made their names as club promoters and djs
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 January 2010 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm interested to know whether anyone had any reactions to the Dubplate Wonder mix - I feel too close to this stuff to accurately guess whether whatever I perceive as brilliance is something me-specific or if others will see it too.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Great Marcus Nasty set with Majestic on the mic here - good quality, and some real bad boy riddims (as well as big vocals) here.
ttp://soundcloud.com/marcusnasty/marcus-nasty-ft-majestic
― Tim F, Thursday, 7 January 2010 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Seriously, don't sleep on this, it's a great summation of funky right now.
― Tim F, Thursday, 7 January 2010 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Link fixed btw:
http://soundcloud.com/marcusnasty/marcus-nasty-ft-majestic
if I don't see more assent, I'm going to have to check myself in
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
is there any funkstep
― not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Friday, 8 January 2010 03:32 (fourteen years ago) link
pictureofheadexploding.jpg
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 03:38 (fourteen years ago) link
ha
― estelawolf (The Reverend), Friday, 8 January 2010 04:34 (fourteen years ago) link
not sure if you were serious or not, but here's a couple things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juzk7MqnrBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIbkC1NMM1k
― estelawolf (The Reverend), Friday, 8 January 2010 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Your post won't load for me while i'm at work Rev, I'm almost afraid.
Seriously I'm gonna start uploading ordinary funky sets as rickrolls under cover stories like "this dude is from AMSTERDAM, yes it's true he makes funky but he namechecks DERRICK MAY, hangs with MARTYN and likes to parade his BOLANO books in interviews while playing THIS HEAT in the background!"
Instant front page of some zine or other.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
It's "Wad" and "Love Dub (Refix)"
― estelawolf (The Reverend), Friday, 8 January 2010 04:46 (fourteen years ago) link
i.e. calm down
― estelawolf (The Reverend), Friday, 8 January 2010 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
hey bolano is awesome
― not a playa but i ilx a lot (deej), Friday, 8 January 2010 04:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I know I'm reading Savage Detectives right now - Derrick May and (sometimes) Martyn and This Heat are awesome too!
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish Scratcha DVA's "Hard House" was on youtube or like, if Scratcha's stuff is by definition funkstep then that is far and away the best example (or tied with "Wad" maybe). Ridiculously... funky!
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 06:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll give the Marcus Nasty and the Dubplate Wonder a listen.
I'm a little less cranky tonight, its got a better chance of getting through.
― babylon sister (Siah Alan), Friday, 8 January 2010 06:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Majestic really reminds me of Gods Gift. Kind of wish it was him actually.
― babylon sister (Siah Alan), Friday, 8 January 2010 06:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Come to think of it, Gods Gift used to do safe sex bars back in the day. Can anyone tell me if I'm crazy or not, Majestic = Gods Gift? This whole set reminds me more of that rolling not quite garage, not quite breaks, not quite grime thing that Slimzee used to do back in 2001 or so.
― babylon sister (Siah Alan), Friday, 8 January 2010 07:05 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a good point of comparison for it actually.
Majestic ain't God's Gift - you can hear a lot more of the Carribean in God's Gift's rapping.
The safe sex rhymes are great.
"Silly billy got a case of chlamidy!"
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 08:32 (fourteen years ago) link
"Are you gonna bang? 'Course I am!"
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 08:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry, it was definitely giving me a little deja vu, same sort of vibe without God's aggro yardie thing. Nice to think that he might have influenced some people at least, he's one of the most underrated MCs of his time. Kind of brings me back to downloading shitty 128 kbps rips of grime sets off of DC++ forums back in 2003 and 2004. Man, I loved Slimzee's sets.
― babylon sister (Siah Alan), Friday, 8 January 2010 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I love God's Gift, you're def. right about the resemblance.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 January 2010 08:57 (fourteen years ago) link
btw No More (Ill Blu Remix) by Suncycle ft. Mavado is a free download on 7digital
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 8 January 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
A tracklist has emerged for the (still brilliant) Marcus + Majestic set:
1. LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS - GREYMAN 2. SHITTA - (un-edited version) BASSBOY & MARCUS NASTY 3. IT’S YOU - DJ NAUGHTY FT MISS FIRE 4. MALIBU – FUNKY STEPZ 5. BOUNCE – FUNKY STEPZ FT LILLY MCKENZIE 6. STAMP – MARCUS NASTY & BASSBOY 7. TRIBAL DAY DREAM – DEVINE RECORDINGS 8. CRACKISH – GENIUS 9. TOUCH ME – J LABELS FT NAUGHTY NATZ 10. MOTHERBOARD – CHAMPION 11. LETS GET NASTY – BASSBOY & MARCUS NASTY FT CAD 12. KISS – SCREAMA FT FARAH 13. GANGSTA – SCREAMA 14. CANT SAY NO – DIGITAL DUBSTAR FT MISS FIRE 15. FUNK JUICE – NASTEE BOI 16. SKANKIN THE HARDEST – FUNKYSTEPZ FT BLACK BISCUIT 17. DIFFERENT (Marcus nasty VIP) – LIL SILVA 18. CHEEKY BARSE RIDDIM – NAUGHTY RAVER 19. TAKE ME – SCREAMA FT PHE PHE 20. DRAMA – NAUGHTY RAVER 21. JUST TO GOOD – BASSBOY FT CAD 22. STICK & STONES – NAUGHTY RAVER 23. LUSH – FUZZY LOGIC FT SKEPTA 24. DRIP – MARCUS NASTY & BASSBOY 25. FRIEND OF MINE – METRIC MOSES REFIX 26. N/A - GREYMAN
― Tim F, Saturday, 9 January 2010 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
The Bassboy/Marcus Nasty tunes are uniformly excellent!
― Tim F, Saturday, 9 January 2010 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
the fuzzy logik remix of "lush" is so good.
that set was pretty good though i could've done with a lot less majestic tbh.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 9 January 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i do like majestic but there are times when he tries to do over tongue twisty type rhymes and it just sounds a bit ropey.
i would love to hear gods gift on some funky, if only for one set.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Saturday, 9 January 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
god knows it would be better than that awful attempt at a commercial hit he made a few months back.
I think Majestic is great, the perfect tone for a funky MC in my opinion.
― Tim F, Saturday, 9 January 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link