the new "i don't care, no i don't care" vocal cut right after that too - tremendous
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
glad these guys are going on holiday for a bit, gonna check myself into funky rehab i think
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Haven't had a chance to download the new set yet but my favourite recent Shantie rhyme is the "what's GWANNING cuz?? Why are you startin' trouble/when you can bounce and bubble?!?" one.
not sure 11:20 is j labelz related besides subject matter.
yeah sorry this is a dodgy remix of La Cartier's "Call Me" not J Labelz's "Touch Me".
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
at least 40% of that assertion was just me not wanting it to be true tbh, 'touch me' is unimpeachable
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
one of my favourite things about garage mc-ing i think is when conversational hosting imperceptibly takes on a rhythm all by itself, before lauching back into a full-fledged lyric when the riddim drops -- shantie does this so, so well especially with his peculiar circularity sometimes (cf "hit not miss" i guess), he's like a dreamy kurupt
shake it down, riddim and beat in herestyle and soundshantie's the mc londons the towndo it for the black white blue brownriddim, beat, style and soundeasy the gang thats on the shakedownin we go
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, one of my absolute favourite diva tunes of the year. "Call Me" is pretty great though, both the Fuzzy Logick production original and the Roska remix (which is maybe Roska's best tune this past 12 months).
Re Shantie's rhythmatic rhymes, I really like "Shant lyricilly goin' in for the killy and we're hot and we're flame and we burn like chilli"
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 05:47 (thirteen years ago) link
your one previous mention of that roska remix last october seems to be the only online record of its existence alas
have found listed a "soulful house mix" of 'call me' on a wireless sound mix a couple of months ago however so that's 11:20 sorted if we're still on that
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
if anyone feels like deigning to listen to something that isn't a radio set, i absolute love this scratcha dva mix - http://disko404.org/podcast/podcast.html
1. COOLY G - UP IN MY HEAD2. FINGAPRINT - RISING SUN3. L VIS 1990 - FOREVER YOU4. SMASHER - DUBZ 25. DVA - NEW WORLD ORDER6. MAGNETIC MAN - I NEED AIR (REDLIGHT REMIX)7. BOK BOK - DANCE REPORT8. FUNKYSTEPZ - FULLER9. BREACH - FATHERLESS (DOC DANEEKA REMIX)10. DONAEO - IM SO FLY11. R1 RYDERS - HYDRAULIC12. DEEP TEKNOLOGI - DISTORTION 10113. EL B - I FEEL14. KODE 9 - BLACK SUN15. DVA & STARKEY - 16. GREENMONEY - WHO'S GREENMONEY (DUB MIX)17. REDLIGHT FT MS DYNAMITE - WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUT
and i don't know if i've raved about the new greenmoney gold ru$h ep but it's a must for anyone into the dancehall vocalist end of things - mz bratt/lady chann/serocee over ruff'n'tuff beats - http://www.foolsgoldrecs.com/blog/2010/06/22/greenmoney-gold-rush/
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 11:40 (thirteen years ago) link
8. FUNKYSTEPZ - FULLER
^ yeahhh this tune is a madness - the evil razor slinky attack cousin to naughty raver's 'drama'!
lol don't try turning the prissy tables though.
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
greenmoney ep was pretty middling i thought - 'suh mi stay' is fun but eisegete axis struggling with the flava once again otherwise
are post-dropoff south rakkas crew not still signed to fools gold btw? their time now surely
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Lex the passive aggression is misplaced - the fact that you don't like to listen to radio sets doesn't mean we don't listen to anything else.
This set looks great - will download. And yeah "Fuller" is massive, total ravey madness chaos (wrote "madness" w/o even realising r|t|c had just said the same).
BTW that "Call Me" remix is on Roska's 100% Roska productions special for Rinse from September last year. I should up it as it's basically the only Roska set one really needs. The remix is awes, has a fantastic "Pump Up The Jam"-but-ridiculously-stop-start-syncopated feel to it.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Dunno if I ever mentioned this short Undisputed BBC 1xtra special mix earlier in the year:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ryrk21
Anyway, it's lots of fun, if you don't mind hearing several different iterations of "Sunglasses" (which I certainly don't). Really teases out the bassline influence on funky, lots of slithery slimy but metallic synth sounds and bassline-ish MC-tracks.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp saying all that i'm enjoying this picking up carnival momentum lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsXSfvtp8K0
richie dan is a no-brainer though obv.
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link
at some point i shall have to confront the influence of major lazer on todays music without resorting to the afrojack solace haha
i assume no one checked out the busy signal youtube upthread btw?
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i did! it's kind of nuts, i like it.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 9 July 2010 12:36 (thirteen years ago) link
do feel like roska has suppressed a more colourful impulse throughout his career in lieu of the edgy minimalist moneymaker
was BOUNCE ever released??
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.zshare.net/audio/78134353eca0427f/
lol soz forgot to paste it in
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
100% roska set would probably be too much roska but id love to hear it if poss, tim.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes! The "Call Me" remix handily demonstrates this.
Okay will try to do this soon. It kinda is too much roska, but it's a handy resource.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
roska reminds me a lot of terror danjah.
i wish terror would make some funky, i dont get why he hasnt and why hes made a couple of bloody dubstep tracks instead.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Because he's a goth.
― Matt DC, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
also other goths shelling out for his objets d'goth natch
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Can sort of see that at Roska's more madcap end ("Hey Cutie" say, or his remix of Borish Duglosh's "Bangkok") but Terror Danjah has a more squiggly multicoloured quality mostly I reckon. I'd put forward Funkystepz's "Hurricane Riddim" and "Bubbly" and "Rude Girl" and (coincidentally) "Fuller" if I was trying to think of Terror-ish funky tracks.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
r|t|c that richie dan track is brilliant! Should not be remotely surprised though, if anyone's career deserved a funky-derived revival...
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
what is this squiggly multicoloured quality people always talk about with terror (and its influence on joker, gemmy and co)? i must have missed it. the roska comparison is based on terror tracks like green street or cock back. ultra ultra sparse, even similar drum sounds, and not much variation between tracks. all very similar but just slightly different under the surface each time (which is kinda what i love about both of them).
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
♫♪ call it fate... ♪♫ xp
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
what is this squiggly multicoloured quality people always talk about with terror (and its influence on joker, gemmy and co)? i must have missed it. the roska comparison is based on terror tracks like green street or cock back.
I'm thinking of stuff like "boogeyman", "one wish", all those goblin-ghosty keyboards he used/uses all the time. "Cock Back" is definitely Terra at his most spartan, so I can see the Roska comparison making sense in that regard.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
boogeyman isnt really 'colorful' though is it? it is a tiny bit wonky i suppose but the synths (which are a tiny bit wonky i suppose) are in the background. terror was always more of a percussive producer IMO rather than one with an overt melodic sensibility in his work in the way someone like joker is.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah but I'm not comparing him to Joker, Joker takes all that a lot further obv.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
didnt say you - i think people have just gone along with that theory since reynolds said it.
what other devine collective tunes are worth checking/out there except for house girls btw? seems amazing to think that they play so many tracks on the radio but there are so few you can get.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
^ see what i'm saying about this guy being a peerless wind up merchant
― r|t|c, Friday, 9 July 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
er who/how am i winding anyone up exactly?
at least im not wilfully dense and purposelessly verbose.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Titchy see also "Poltergeist (Remix)" and "So Contagious" for two pretty colourful tunes. The diff. with Terror I guess is he'll then pull the layers back to just bass and beats for a while.
Re Devine Collective:
Tribal Conga - You'd probably know this one, it's on Marcus' Rinse CD (though weirdly uncredited, mixed in with "Wonderful Day").Tribal Daydream - Eerie menacing tune with a guy talkin' about love, peace and unity like he's gonna impose them on you by force.People Keep Dancing - really humid vocal tune, absolutely gorgeous groove.Touch Her In The Morning - stark, martial string-slashing tune.Eyes On You - liberally samples Tim Deluxe's "It Just Won't Do.Thriller Refix - self-explanatory.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm pretty used to titchy now even when he says totally face-slapping things like Teedra only has one decent tune.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
how good is the first track on lil silvas fact mix?
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't know he'd done one! Getting now.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 July 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
track around 34/35 mins in is proper eski-funky ;)
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 9 July 2010 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure about the sudden shift into funky schaffel midway through that Scratcha DVA mix, this doesn't really seem like a fruitful direction to be going in. The first half of the whole mix is a bit too I Am Serious Funky for my liking and in weather like this any funky mix should be sounding amazing.
― Matt DC, Friday, 9 July 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Surely that funky-schaffel track is intended to be a quasi-comedic genre-splicing exercise. It's Bok Bok yeah? Don't worry I don't think this is going to be a "thing" in funky any time soon.
The Cooly G track that starts the mix is fab I think. "Rising Sun" (by Tadow Productions not Fingaprint ftr) is the most amazing track ever with the right MCs (my fave will always be Shantie and Rankin' going head to head over it about two years ago) but always sounds incomplete when played as an instrumental. After that I'm not into anything really aside from "Fuller" and "I'm So Fly" and "I Feel". DVA sure does has a taste for lugubriousness these days. I wonder if he'll bust out anything as carefree and light as "Hard House" from now on.
LOL that my favourite thing on the Lil Silva's (excellent) Fact mix 'pon first listen is Fedde Le Grand's "Oh Yeah" - and it turns out to be titchy's too!
― Tim F, Saturday, 10 July 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, so I know it's over a year old now, but can we talk about how amazing Aphrodisiax's "Unfinished Business" EP is?
There's so much feeling of momentum on these tracks, and those delirious counter rhythms on the title track...the cheesy dubby horns on Keep it Moving. And the spoken word house gospel stuff on My Getaway. I'm always a sucker for that.
Pretty sure the guy doing the vocal bit on My Getaway is the same one from Grand High Priest's My Guitar, too.
― matt damon & the jb's (the anephric project), Saturday, 10 July 2010 01:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know if i've heard the tracks apart from "Unfinished Business" (all time classic) and "Keep It Moving" which is a persi.
― Tim F, Saturday, 10 July 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I can remedy that for you sometime this weekend.
― matt damon & the jb's (the anephric project), Saturday, 10 July 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
cheers!
― Tim F, Saturday, 10 July 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Speaking of the Devine Collective, did anyone actually shell out for those $40 a pop EPs?
― matt damon & the jb's (the anephric project), Saturday, 10 July 2010 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=130911980280071
looks like fun
― Luka, Saturday, 10 July 2010 05:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I found that Aphrodisiax single at Grammaphone in Chicago and it made my day.
Why isn't all house music desperately imitating Aphrodisiax right now? Instead of MCDE?
― initiate slut mode (Siah Alan), Saturday, 10 July 2010 05:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Because interesting rhythms in house are now thought of as a bit naff. Also in a lot of ways the rise of post-dubstep as the dance-connoisseur's experimental after dinner mint of choice has meant that the main course has grown more inward-focused by comparison.
― Tim F, Saturday, 10 July 2010 06:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, South African House and Funky are certainly grounds for some optimism.
That trip to Chicago did not leave me feeling like House is in roaring health otherwise.
― initiate slut mode (Siah Alan), Saturday, 10 July 2010 08:00 (thirteen years ago) link
where did u see house in chi
― blap...tremendo (deej), Saturday, 10 July 2010 09:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I'm also a bit disappointed by that Greenmoney record. Love love love his remixes and that Serocee track is great but the rest of it is too 'dirty basement' and not 'riotous street party' enough for me. Lady Chann only works in one gear and the track isn't quite ferocious enough for her and Ms Bratt's awful sub-Tinchy monotone shouldn't be allowed anywhere near anything - she raps like she's reading an autocue.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 10 July 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link