funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

in my recent funky torpor i was inexplicably drawn to listen to that rebekka france mix again (and again) this morning actually

something important and new about it, so alive and wild not just in vocal but totally matched in production

really feels like a road not taken :/

i guess what i'm meaning is there's something almost... junglist about it? as opposed to the simple leanness and meanness of when funky guys usually take their baby steps towards "tribal"

meanness of when funky guys usually take their baby steps towards "tribal"

Totally feeling you on this, 'meanness' is a great description (unfortunately) for most of these kind of tunes. It's weird and frustrating 'cause as a fan of jungle and of drum/percussion led stuff in general, it feels like tribal-funky is something I ought in theory to be totally into, but so many examples just leave me thinking 'eh that's ok' and no more. Bushman from LR Groove's last EP I thought was really cool, but that was as much to do with the synths as the drums. As I said above, I'm starting to enjoy some of Razzlerman's experiments in this direction, but overall it feels a bit like 'missed opportunity' at this stage.
/rambling moaning

WHY DO THESE SONGS NOT EXIST YET

This happens across dance music really - how many hardcore or jungle records never saw commercial release even in a much better age for record sales? European techno or house records can still take a year between appearing in DJ sets and online mixes and becoming commercially available. I suppose it's more noticeable here because the thread catches things so early, and because funky's commercial infrastructure is (still) so patchy and underdeveloped. It's hardly the artists' fault their records aren't seeing the light of day.

At least nowawadays everything ends up on good quality mixes.

There are amazing grime tunes i still only have on homemade tapes.

razzlerman and lr groove actually both nailed a great little sort of tribalism with the stuff they first came out imo with and then (seemingly) once they started to think about it and put name to vibe lost it completely

(talking about 'bushwacker' wrt razzler)

ye olde rhythmic danger discussion once again

as releases go it's more infuriating when artists don't release stuff which has already built up pressure rather than them not taking punts into the vague unknown. like idk maybe i'm jumping the gun in judging when pressure actually exists but am i really supposed to get gassed when champion gets round to releasing motherboard two years late?

think the fives just released or are about to release 'it's what you do' btw

to be fair "motherboard" got a (fairly poor quality) pressing in 2009.

the we r bass ep is out and the great pioneer/egypt tune is also on itunes.

juno also lists a hardhouse banton ep out on monday but i can't listen to the clips right now.

Blast from the past...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/audio/2011/oct/04/get-low-geeneus-ms-dynamite

They're giving away Get Low, it's been ages since I last heard this and it was everywhere.

hadnt that ever come out properly? iirc it was one of the easier ones to get ahold of, even had radio and extended edits...

'crackish' (the instrumental) i've never seen around higher than 256k though if anyone should happen to have that

we should have a nice big mp3 swap shop at some point now all of this is over

talking of such things, this isn't the right thread but rtc was it you who once mentioned the existence of trina's "here you go" with the original teedra vox?

it was, and i remembered you asking for it when it recently rescued most of my dormant hard drives. appears i've only got this radio rip though alas:

http://hulkshare.com/v5fsgzvqyvj9

when i recently rescued, obv..

for this i am even grateful for radio rips!!!

might tweet teedra next time she's online

What a difference 6 months makes - funny how after I spent the first few months worrying that Marcus Nasty was going all boring housey now I wonder if his sets lean too hard on the post-Redlight bassdriven drug noise business. When the basslines don't overwhelm the beats though this stuff can sound really good, kind of Caribbean-rave.

you wonder if...? hmm, i was sure enough to stop listening to marcus altogether a few months ago.

ok i have put on 5th october. nice 2009 selection so far, can't wait til LOL SPECIAL GUESTS sunday roast & jook 10 spit in its wrinkled face.

well yeah you could put it rather more strongly - I meant to say "I wonder if ...x... kinda ruins his sound."

natalie may's put a free ep up, inc "clothes off" (def one of my tunes of the year)

http://soundcloud.com/natalie-may-xx/sets/natalie-may-mayday-ep

can this biche say ZIP FILE? jesus.

don't say you didn't find something endearingly teedra-like about that

at least she can say 320kpbs

What apart from "Clothes Off" and "Sexy Sexy" is really good? I have zero hard drive space at the moment.

in my recent funky torpor i was inexplicably drawn to listen to that rebekka france mix again (and again) this morning actually

^^ where can i listen to this?

(i saw it on the tracklist for that pioneer/fuzzy logik/etc show, but can't recall it, tbh)

nevermind, it's on the andy j & s-tee 1xtra mix. yeah, it's great.

What apart from "Clothes Off" and "Sexy Sexy" is really good? I have zero hard drive space at the moment.

^^ nothing really stands out, imo. 3 of the tracks are dubstep-y with ravey synths ('closer' is akin to 'katy on a mission', for example). and the last 2 tracks are somewhat forgettable piano driven ballads.

Rather in two minds about MC Versatile on this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1d92Pc7uHbU#!

I'm having difficulty believing MC Versatile could be anything other than a joy to listen to on anything.

Sometimes to amuse myself I just read him tweeting about Eastenders and imagine it in his high pitched whoop.

If you don't focus on what he's saying he's still a joy to listen to here.

Great free Andy J and S-T tune for free download:

http://soundcloud.com/andy-jay/andy-jay-s-tee-feat-tasha-2

i forget, did the old funkystepz remix of that ever crop up for download? much the better.

I think it could be bought as an individual track due to being on the Supa Dupa comp?

^^ nothing really stands out, imo. 3 of the tracks are dubstep-y with ravey synths ('closer' is akin to 'katy on a mission', for example). and the last 2 tracks are somewhat forgettable piano driven ballads.

"forgettable"? for one thing "trophy girl" doesn't actually have any piano in it, it's more in the promise/devotion vein (and it's great, too). the whole ep is worthwhile imo

Beneath showcase mix: http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/beneath.html

Don't think this will be for everyone, esp those that aren't into Youngsta and 04/5 dubstep but to me presents an interesting complimentary strand to other parts of uk funky.

Thought it was worth a thread bump for this one, should be up the streets of a few people here. Mellow Bee ft Jada Pearl and Fatz - Under The Covers:
http://soundcloud.com/mellowbeeuk/mellow-bee-under-the-covers
New Fuzzy Logic and Myshy tunes is even better, might upload a radio clip of it in a bit if I can be bothered.

^That Beneath mix is well worth a listen btw.

New Fuzzy Logic and Myshy tunes is even better, might upload a radio clip of it in a bit if I can be bothered.

^^ please do. thx in advance.

OK here goes:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/o5r8lx

that fuzzy logic/myshy is great, as expected

on a nostalgia tip...where is royal p nowadays? sincerely missed...

The Marcus Nasty 4 November 2011 set is great, based I've heard in 6 months maybe. Still some overdriven post-Redlight bam bam bam stuff but the good tunes are great and Shantie & Rankin's energy is top notch.

Also like the kind of boppy stiff-jointed femme electro-house vibe that seems to be doing the rounds, like the new Fuzzy/Myshy tune but also that fantastic DJ Pantha "Satisfaction Guaranteed" number.

http://soundcloud.com/dj-pantha/dj-pantha-feat-queen-t-dirty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX501Ywsb4Q

Yes love this one.

'landscapes' is also quite appealling in that 'love dub' sort of way, but 'it's seriou's' is just incredible...

Lol I finally got myself geared up to register for the sandbox and now we're back here. What I was planning to say over the other side - I agree with Tim and others that although there were good tunes scattered here and there, Funky overall did take a bit of a nosedive in 2011, and therefore I'm not sure I have great hopes for it in 2012.
One positive story from last year I though worth mentioning though - Jae Elle. Possibly the strongest vocalist in the scene over 2011, certainly the most consistent I'd say.
First there was Feel Good, Feel Right, which was discussed here quite a bit (this might have started sneaking on to radio in late 2010 actually, I get muddled with things).
More recently Beautiful, her tune with Eastwood, has been doing the round a lot, and it's ace:
http://soundcloud.com/djeastwood/beautiful-radio-rip
(Hope this one doesn't take too much of an age to come out).
And towards the slightly housier end of things there's been her tunes with DJ Whitecoat, first How Does It Feel:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/how-does-it-feel/id442728861
and now Riddim (Stay Over):
http://www.junodownload.com/products/riddim-stay-over/1874738-02/
which has been a real grower for me.