funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

Hmm, i see it more as an ego driven attempt to promote through name recognition, but we disagree. I still like the tunes, but i'd never use them in a mix. You definitely can't play 2 Roska tracks in the same mix without it sounding stupid. Do you need those name drops to let you know big things are about to happen? How did dancefloors ever survive without the name of the producer being shouted over the first big breakdown?

No but no tune "needs" anything. It's a fun trick - and given these guys receive almost zero hype/publicity elsewhere I hardly think you can begrudge the "ego" this displays.

You definitely can't play 2 Roska tracks in the same mix without it sounding stupid.

Funky DJs do this all the time and it doesn't sound stupid; if you're worried that people will think that you only play Roska tunes the answer is you should invest in more funky tunes obv!

"Shabba!"

how are people still surprised/discomfited by producer signatures after so many years of THE-AMERICAN-DREAM or FRIKKI-FRIKKI timbalandisms or WAITAMINUTEMUHFUCKA polowisms &c &c &c - i wish we had even more of them in funky tbh, everyone should have one. it is one's imprimatur

Also the Ill Blu and Funkystepz signatures tell you everything you need to know about their sounds in microcosm (ominous robot warning and chipmunk goblin chortle respectively).

I love producer signatures. Agreed with Lex, they should be embraced not dismissed.

been loving this ravey number recently;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmM63wpzdXI

my fav producer stamp is still cooly g's - which like ill blu et al's is a perfect summation of her vibe. "mwah mwah mwah, yeah it's cooly g!"

producer stamps are so hooky too! it's kind of part & parcel to tons of great songs i think. i mean... the best part of "i luv your girl" is "mmhmmm... the american dream/ mmmhmmm... do you know what i mean? mmhmmm". whenever i think "ew" now i hear it in the way that robot voice shouts "ill!" in ill blu songs

i dont mind producer sigs but some producers could come up with slightly better ones. the roska ones ok, though i always think its kano saying roskas name for some reason. i prefer sigs that are a bit weirder though and dont just shout out the producers name, like terror danjahs cackle, or.... i dunno, im drawing a blank. anythings better than producers talking on their own records though.

i do like the ill blu one though.

ms dynamite looking gorgeous in her new video...great track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKB3hJBvAZY

donae'o's "riot music" has a video too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QA7YesI5Ws

nothing to do with funky per se but yeah Wile Out is hot. finally a big crossover tune i can get behind (after the decent but rather embarrassing attempts of wearing my rolex, etc). top of both dance and pop charts soon? IMO it should be...

and Ayobaness! EP will be available after tuesday of next week... my bad.

dont really like the chorus of the wile out tune. ms dynamite is great but she isnt quite as good as she used to be. why wile out has a video but get low doesnt though is odd. are they waiting for a big label deal for that one or something?

Thoughts on Devine Collective:

http://getphysical.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-not-trying-to-be-legislative-when-i.html

the worst tag ever is that grime mc who shouted ITS THE MERKLE MAN

no. and that wasnt a tag. that was a verse.

one of the best in fact.

tim, how do you go back on your blog? i wanted to read some of the earlier entries but cant seem to find the link.

ever tried googling tim finney?

http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2009/08/tim-finney-on-analysis-of-textual.html

That guy is weirdly like me transposed to Biblical rather than funky obsession, he's even in Australia I think (though on the west coast not east).

New Larizzle mix is good, nice to finally get some names to some of those ace Lil' Silva dubs. Also evidently "Kodi Starr" is the Crazy Cousinz' new non de plume for street productions. "Hooligans" is totally awesome btw, another canonical Ill Blu production (but people should also download the Ill Blu radio set I posted upthread which kicks off with it).

http://www.4shared.com/file/205708101/65fe5c7/DJ_Larizzle__StormParties__Str.html

1. Princess Nyah Hooligans
2. Crazy Cousinz Sonar
3. Crazy Cousinz ft. MC Versatile Searching For You
4. Deep Teknologi Anthem
5. MC Ramzee (StormParties) Hand In Da Air {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
6. Geeneus ft. Ms Dynamite Get Low
7. DJ Sdoko World On Fire
8. Addictive Domino Effect (O.B Funky Remix)
9. Perempay & Dee Kick Start
10. Dennis Ferrer Hey Hey
11. Mista Bee (PiknMix) Amazons Soul
12. Major Lazer ft. Vybz Kartel Pon De Floor
13. Funky Twinz ft. Angel J Smile
14. Storm ft. Ishan Round and Round (Bobby Digital production) {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
15. Miss Fire Fallin (Dj Naughty Remix)
16. Lil Silva Heartbeat
17. Princess Nyah Crazy
18. LR Groove Key
19. Crazy Cousinz Bongo Jam (L-Vis and Bok Bok Refix)
20. Kodi Starr (Crazy Cousinz) ft. Mc Sickman - Money Routine
21. SMI ft. Quicy (choice fm) Hear Wot I Say {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
22. Mad One Girls House
23. Jan Driver Rat Alert
24. Lil Silva ft. MC Versatile Im The Man
25. Undisputed Sunglasses (DJ Champion Remix)
26. Slick Don Freestyle {{DJ Larizzle Exclusive}}
27. Kodi Starr (Crazy Cousinz) Extortion
28. MC Ramzee (StormParties) Whos Dat Lighty
29. Illmana ft. Tamzin Kiss You
30. Champion ft. Sharky, Trilla, Zest, Riskgo & Ash Monee - Swagger Affair
31. Greyman Blackberry Music {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
32. Dums Amari Pees 4 Dat {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
33. Undisputed ft. Mr M Dash Down {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
34. Funkystepz ft. Lily McKenzie - For U
35. DJ Champion Motherboard {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
36. NIKX Ft. Sharky - Come on over
37. Greyman ft. Charlean Dance & Major Ace - Not In Love
38. JP Styla Gabryelle Storm
39. L3 ft. Tribal Man & Ramzee I Love Funky {{DJ Larizzle Special}}
40. Undisputed ft. Riskgo Be My Baby
41. Lil Silva Drift

Titchy, the general link http://getphysical.blogspot.com goes back to about 2004 which is as far back as I've been using blogspot. One day I'll sort out the archives for the previous stuff but anything in my "one day" box usually means "never".

re: producer stamps, the roska ones definitely add to them. the one on 'our father' is just an incredible release.

wile out is alright, it's not even half as good as 'get low' tho. i was going to make some comment about how geeneus vol 2 needs to hurry up and come out, but yeah, they're probably waiting for a data/ministry deal or something. which means we'll have to wait another year for a proper release.

or is it our father? i cant remember, theres one that builds for ages and when it finally drops you get the roskaROSKAROSKA and it's an incredible moment.

As much as I love it, I can't see "Get Low" doing anything other than flopping as a major label single.

"Psychedelic futuristic noise is playing in the background..." :)

That DJ Larizzle mix is full of greatness.

"get low" isn't going to be a single and probably isn't going to be on ms dynamite's album (tbr this year, apparently) - went into her PR's office the other day (to listen to the new hole album, bizarrely) and they don't even have an mp3 of "get low" themselves.

plebs not ready for crackish

lex, whats the new dynamite album like? is it just her doing R&B/hip hop again?

get low should probably just remain on the underground. prob better that way. though i reckon if it did get a bit of radio 1 airplay, it could do ok. prob not as good as boo, but hey.

haven't heard the album, "wile out" might not be on it given that it was a feature, she was pretty reticent about it when i interviewed her a while back

As much as I love it, I can't see "Get Low" doing anything other than flopping as a major label single.

agreed, but that doesnt seem to have stopped a lot of people waiting for ministry.

either way, if it's not coming out then maybe dynamite will just let it out as a wav like she did 'bad gyal'. which was like the most overlooked song of last year or something.

Yeah I definitely think it will be big amongst a certain contingent (myself included), but more in the way that "Ramp" was. It's just too hard and groove-focused to crossover I think.

boo was pretty fucking hard too.

the diff i think is just that theres no context in the mainstream for this to be a hit. no one knows what funky is yet. do you mind got a bit of mainstream airplay but that was an age ago now and there was nothing to follow it up that kept the momentum going.

Yeah but not as repetitive musically or performance-wise - on "Get Low" everything is deliberately kept at the exact same intensity throughout.

Otherwise I agree with your post.

DJ Antman - House or Nowhere:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/gmcond

TRACKLISTING:

01 - Mos Wanted - De Congo
02 - Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (DFS Attention Vocal Mix)
03 - Jose Carretas feat. Dani - Taking A Little Piece Of Me (Vocal Mix)
04 - Ralf Gum - Kissing Strangers (Todz & Beatz Remix)
05 - Joeysuki & Apster - Stick It (Original Mix)
06 - Apster & Bassjackers - Kinda Kluzu (Vato Gonzalez Dirty House Bootleg)
07 - Afrojack - Do My Dance (Sidney Samson Remix)
08 - Broomstick (Lil Silva Remix)
09 - Crazy Cousinz feat. Versatile - Searching for You
10 - Undisputed - Sunglasses (Champion Remix)
11 - Don Haffer feat. Wayne McNeish - I Apologise
12 - DJ Naughty feat. Miss Fire - It's You
13 - Funkystepz feat. Lilly McKenzie - For You
14 - LR Groove - Sickness
15 - Wiley feat. Emeli Sande - Never Be Your Woman (Solo UK Remix)
16 - D Double E Freestyle
17 - Hard House Banton - Peek N' Duck
18 - D-Malice - Unecessary
19 - Beezy - Dejavoodoo (Geeneus Remix)
20 - Lil Silva feat. Golden B & Irie Dan Bless - Put It On Ice
21 - Perempay - Kick Start
22 - Sony - Mysterious Lady
23 - Champion - Bongoshot
24 - Funkystepz - Backwards

As much as I love it, I can't see "Get Low" doing anything other than flopping as a major label single.

who cares about the charts anymore anyway? underground for underground's sake i say, Get Low, Wile Out and Bad Gyal are amazing on their own terms, the blessing of the chart channels are irrelevant.

i'm sad about these songs not crossing over - not because it makes them any less brilliant in the slightest, but because it makes the charts less brilliant. the blame is entirely on the charts, the gatekeepers involved there, the public who don't get these tunes - it makes one feel curmudgeonly to be dismissive and snobbish about the charts but there's no other option, really.

who cares about the charts anymore anyway? underground for underground's sake i say, Get Low, Wile Out and Bad Gyal are amazing on their own terms, the blessing of the chart channels are irrelevant.

I just meant that releasing it on a major label is entirely the wrong strategy for a tune like this.

"everything is deliberately kept at the exact same intensity throughout."

i like that simmering quality to funky.

i dont care about the charts either, but it would be nice to tell people every so often when they ask what youre into and be able to give them an example that they might know. plus i dunno, i still like the idea of more people being into something good. though im fine with this being a stricly underground thing. i like it in fact. though im fine with it not being in fact too. hoho@me.

It's a big thing in funky - that simmering thing I mean - and one of the qualities that really distinguishes it from all but a handful of garage tunes.

groove/restraint: they're hallmarks of rollidge, rather than the drop/large dynamic range change of lots of, ahem, bass music.

13 - Funkystepz feat. Lilly McKenzie - For You

this is amazing!

love the way the vocal twists itself around the beat

"the public who don't get these tunes"

i played Wile Out for an 11 year old girl yesterday and within the first 30 seconds she was like "WHO IS THAT?!?!" and was totally into it :)

Cooly G on XLR8R podcast duty: http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2010/01/cooly-g

Of all the new producers to pop out of the London underground, we must admit that there's an especially warm place in XLR8R's collective heart for Cooly G. Not only do her dark and techy beats sound like no one else's, but her sexy vocals subtly turn up the heat while maintaining a totally cool vibe. Plain and simple, we love the girl, which is why we've been hounding the UK's funky queen to put together an XLR8R podcast ever since she graced the cover of our magazine last fall. Now, after months of anticipation, Cooly G has delivered with a slow-burning mix that's so fresh, the playlist is littered with unknown artists, white-label tracks, and songs simply known as "exclusive." Even better, the mix features live percussion provided by her pal Dezy Da Bongo Man.

And for those who simply can't get enough Cooly G—count us as solidly in that camp—you'll be happy to know that the XLR8R podcast only represents the first half of this massive mix. If you want to get part two, you'll need to follow Cooly G on Twitter, where she'll be releasing the remainder of this DJ session in the very near future.

01 Cooly G "Intro"
02 Cooly G/DVA "Ol' Dirty"
03 DJ Gregory "Traffic"
04 T Williams "Hardcash"
05 Zander Hardy (exclusive)
06 Ben Westbeech & T. Williams (exclusive)
07 Martyn "Megadrive"
08 Artist Unknown "Glow"
09 O.B "ER"
10 Artist Unknown "Get Slapped Up"
11 Artist Unknown "Gain"
12 Artist Unknown "Dougsanna"
13 DJ Gregory "Work Me"
14 Sami Sanchez "Air Raid"
15 MA1 "Samurai Remix"
16 Wbeeza "Deep Underground"
17 Bowly (exclusive)
18 Major Notes "Friend of Mine Dub"

not sure about all these live bongos. is that standard in a cool g set?

i played Wile Out for an 11 year old girl yesterday and within the first 30 seconds she was like "WHO IS THAT?!?!" and was totally into it :)

― zoom, Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:17 AM Bookmark

yeah, when I was teaching tap dance, the funky tracks I used in class were well-recieved

really looking fwd to that cooly g mix

great piece on the rise of night slugs - http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2010/01/slug-life-london-bassheads-l-vis

that antman mix is also a+++ tim - soooo housey, apart from the MCs exactly the kind of thing i'd hear at circle/adults only