Even just in memory I can immediately summon the utter magnificence of "XTC" to mind.
OTOH how dare they release a "Backlog" EP and leave off "Lovers".
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Despite bingeing heavily in Funkystepz instrumental bangers a while back they always feel like they're missing something on their own. Because you hear them piled on top of one another so regularly I've come to view the individual EP tracks as components of some ridiculous mecha-banger that can be slotted together in a load of different ways. Their EPs are more consistently great then pretty much anyone else's at the moment and still they suffer in comparison to their mixes.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
yes that is true, and I think it prevents a lot of people from recognising their greatest material, which was always designed to be listened to in the mix
― Tim F, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/rude-kid-get-busy-funkystepz-1
i am compelled to stan for this again, being as it is the anomalous godhead that can stand majestically on its own two feet
best rmx of '12 in truth imo
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
be sure to save that soundcloud btw as a bowdlerised version was only ever eventually officially released :(
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
as ever with garage remixes you fight back the temptation to post the original load of shit just to fully make clear the magnitude of alchemy wrought
but seriously - what. a. ting.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
It just made my day to see "XTC" is getting a release. I doubt "Lovers" will ever see the light of day, though, Tim, unless they include it in their annual Christmas giveaway, it just sounds so much different than what they put out over the last year and a half. On the bright side, that new vocal track "Bring Me Back" of theirs sounds sick!
― Astrochimp32, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, difficult to make a big deal of it at the time at the end of that breathtaking mix but 'bring me back' sounded fucking fantastic
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
Oh I'm sure yr right Astrochimp, in some ways if it actually came to light now it would tarnish the holy grail status it has earned in my head.
― Tim F, Thursday, 6 December 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
Tim, you can download 'Lovers' here: http://www.louisewmusic.com/#!music/c22j5. Enjoy!
― Astrochimp32, Sunday, 23 December 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
That mix from October is just omg what are these pinky and perky mutations and meltdowns jesus christ!
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 24 December 2012 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
xpost OMG!!! Brilliant.
― Tim F, Monday, 24 December 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
I couldn't get te six tracks (just ask to d/l more things to get it). anyone help?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
Click on the Louise Williams picture, then when you get to zippyshare.com, they'll be a box on the right with scrambled letters. Types those in, then click on the 'download now' link directly below. Hope that helps!
― Astrochimp32, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Cheers! Really enjoying this...
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
b2b w/dj target
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p013t1yz
Funkystepz - Bring Me Back (Extended Mix) Funkystepz - Vice Versa (Original Mix) Funkystepz - Nu Shooz Shiva - Fosky (Martinez Brothers Remix) Salva - BBQ DJ Pantha - Love To The Max Hate To The Minimal (feat. Shantie) Sky Juice - Lick It Back Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey Di Nation & Skitzophrenix - Respeck Funkystepz - Phantom DJ Zinc - Only For Tonight (feat. Sasha Keable) Devolution - My Friends maNga - Time (feat. Wiley & Lily McKenzie) Traits - Fever (feat. Elisabeth Troy Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing (Diplo & Grand Theft Remix)
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 15 January 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQHGK3CBpes
don't mean to make a habit of such posts but this lol wtf banger reminds me so much of deconstructed funkystepz
― r|t|c, Friday, 18 January 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
hot mixxx !!!!! havent heard this shantie
― moullet, Friday, 18 January 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
F-F-F-F-F-Fonkytimez
― The Reverend, Friday, 18 January 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
"Vice Versa" is awesome.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 18 January 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
just getting round to listening to the Backlog EP now and, my god 'Section 5' is completely insane. I mean, I already knew about XTC's amazingness but that track had passed me by before somehow. The whole EP is incredible though. If Zomby or someone had released this as an album everyone would be going completely nuts for it. Have they ever talked about doing an album? I reckon they could do an amazing one.
Then again, casually tossing out a 9 track EP of backlog material that still pisses over 99% of everyone else is pretty admirable.
― Benny B, Monday, 18 February 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.djcity.co.uk/digital/shea-soul-where-did-you-go-funkystepz-loveshy-remix---29090.htm
only clip around right now outside of target's shows but the track is fucking fiyah
― r|t|c, Monday, 18 February 2013 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
New Funkystepz from their soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/jeremih-all-the-time. That Shea Soul remix has been running through my head since I first heard it on Target's show. They're IMO the best producers in the UK (along with Lorenzo atm) and have been for over two years. The could easily put out another 2-3 Backlog EP's worth of killer tunes, their sheer volume of quality tracks is breathtaking. I'm genuinely perplexed at how Funkystepz have not blown up then. Is it their name? Their connection to UK Funky? Not conservative or serious enough for the Factmag/ Post-dubstep crowd? Maybe if they just changed their name to something like Blawan/Beneath/Girl Unit people would be falling over themselves to proclaim them as modern-day musical Gods?. Help me out here..
― Astrochimp32, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/jeremih-all-the-time
― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 March 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
So i guess this tune is aimed at the cutting shapes/shuffling scene right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&client=mv-google&hl=en&v=dIJ5_ahR0ME&nomobile=1
― Benny B, Saturday, 2 March 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
Loving the Jeremih.
― longneck, Saturday, 2 March 2013 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/drake-started-from-the-bottom
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
thanks j0rd, what would we do without you
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Several degrees of awesome - although I'm not inclined to check the originals, the remixes are so authoritative.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 9 March 2013 11:42 (eleven years ago) link
IT WAS A BAD TIME FOR THE EMPIRE.
https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/funkystepz-narcotics-ep
― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rPrAK6Z.gif
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
predictably banging
― ogmor, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
admire them for sticking to their guns in this most antipathetic of climates
altho maybe this is them in a holding pattern for the presumably meagre guaranteed french money idk
rly and truly they should just cut their uk nuum losses already and go all out to slay in the euro edm mongface godzilla stomper electrohouse arena proper instead of reinterpreting it for earnest fraidy cat internet tourists
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.beatport.com/genre/electro-house/17/top-100
i mean like if you flick thru this and try and claim that there's not plenty funkystepz kicks to be had then ur a dirty lying ape
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
thing is i say "reinterpret" there as if there's any evidence they've ever paid attention to this stuff
but then it would be beyond quixotic for them to have just invented something so akin all on their innocent own so idk
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.beatport.com/track/home-funkystepz-dirty-trap-remix/4416127
oh btw
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
funkystepz remixing austra?!?! i might have to take some time to attempt imagining that before i actually play it
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 08:37 (eleven years ago) link
rly and truly they should just cut their uk nuum losses already and go all out to slay in the euro edm mongface godzilla stomper electrohouse arena proper
This counts 10x more for Ill Blu by the way, or at least it did 18 months ago before the moment slipped away.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 09:00 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiEtCl2vro
just par example like
got more in the clip should anyone desire
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 10:00 (eleven years ago) link
For those not already aware, a free EP for the holidays indulging the Loveshy side of things (a good thing): https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/sets/funkystepz-loveshy-ep
Higher hit ratio than the Narcotics one earlier this year, I think.
― Mercer Finn, Monday, 30 December 2013 09:36 (ten years ago) link
crazed & epic - https://soundcloud.com/boxed-up-london/funkystepz-low-end-theory-mixtape-101-strictly-funkystepz
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 8 June 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
This is really great, though it does suggest that Funkystepz haven't decided yet how much they want to fall into line with everyone else and how much they want to continue to forge their own idiosyncratic path. It seems to veer between those two options, though with more subtlety and grace than I would have expected if you'd described that to me.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link
yeah. on second listen (this time errr from the beginning) it's not nearly as crazed as i'd thought. very smoothed out and quite straight ahead housey actually. for me it really starts picking up around the 1/2 hr mark
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
radio raving w/ cameo:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gf24g
― dbs, Saturday, 10 January 2015 10:37 (nine years ago) link
Quite liking their new (rather mellow) EP for Club Soda:
https://soundcloud.com/clubsodarecords/sets/funkystepz-special-delivery-ep-1
― Mercer Finn, Sunday, 19 July 2015 09:29 (eight years ago) link
Ok lol:
Iv been in the funkystepz guys dms a few tyms tryna get dem on board w the new vybz ca they wd do ths stuff w dere eyes closed but they sed no and r happy 2pursue dere tech house career insted 😔— Scratchclart (@ScratchaDVA) August 11, 2021
https://funkystepzldn.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-not-a-tech-house-ep-2021
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
:(
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link