funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

(also totally off-topic but would i be right in guessing that that kandi album for the r&b thread a month ago is proving tricky to errm, procure for preview purposes? i can sort that out too.)

Enjoyed Carnao the other night on Deja Vu: http://www.youtube.com/user/carnaoBEATS

no i got my hands on that kandi album, i remember really liking the first track and wanting to give the rest anothe chance but never really got around to it. i think i have to be in the right mindset to put on such a grown-ass record; the craft was there but i think i just wasn't in the mood for that style at that time

i might've overstated tbf.

MARCUS NASTY, RANKING & SHANTIE 02/02/11

Screama ft Phe Phe - Never Say Bye
GTE ft Kelsey - Something On Your Mind
?? [this old chestnut]
Big Bang - Smile In Your Eyes (Mark De Clive Lowe Remix)
Carnao Beats ft Teeboy & Kadey - Get Out
GuGu - AC Riddim
Louie Vega ft Blaze - Brand New Day
Carnao Beats - Dog Bark (Remix)
?? [you funky whore]
?? [african sub riddim]
Jae Elle - See You There

--------- 30 mins
??
Bassboy & Marcus Nasty ft ?? - Shitta
LR Groove - Basskick? [can't remember, all his new ones sound the same]
Sunday Roast - Occuring
Ill Blu - Chelt
Ms Jaie - Fall Outta Love (Paleface Remix)
Funkystepz ft Louise Williams - Whispers
Eric Benet - Love Don't Love Me (?? Funky Refix)
?? [groovy electric worm riddim]
LR Groove - Buckshot
Funkystepz - Fuller
Sunday Roast - ?
?? ["yeah yeah"]

--------- 60 mins
?? [sunday roast bom bom dinosaur stomper]
?? [caralarmy - ceeeeelebrate?]
Sunday Roast - 14 Months
Mosca - Square One VIP
?? [bit of hiphouse in there...what the fuck ever tbh]
Sunday Roast - ? [pulpit intro -- big drop -- this is a good one!!]
?? [roska?]
Shay & Sinista - Transporter [lol lr groove rip off]
T Williams - In The Deep
Redlight - Source 16
Sunday Roast - [the 'snm' soundalike]

--------- 90 mins
Sunday Roast - Kid Louie
Roska - ?? [bleh imo]
~ 10 minutes of tedium ~
Brackles & Shortstuff ft Terrible Shock - Good Foundations (T.Williams Remix)
Sunday Roast - [mellow intro, then same old]
Sunday Roast - Control
[yawn yawn]
Sunday Roast - SNM

BONUS: TOP FOUR RANKIN OUTBURSTS IN THIS SHOW

4 "like a giant bouncing a basketball"
3 "constructive, professional, unruly behaviour"
2 "ccb.... continuous combinant bangers"
1 "yeah, smizing" (antm lolz)

err, marcus' on a heavy sunday roast rotation, right? the 'dark undergorund' ep was mostly forgettable, but, dunno, maybe in the context of a dj set it can prove to be more interesting.

that set with shantie & ranking will be my first 2011 marcus set. is the rinse fm site still indecisive?

kinda enjoyed the signal mix. disappointed with 'in control' by screama & farah.

oh i don't know about that, it's kinda cute? farah being able to do a scarily spot-on kid sister impression is a thing i did not know before at any rate.

Listened to the first few tracks of the Marcus/Rankin set on the way to work:

Screama ft Phe Phe - Never Say Bye - all time classic obv
GTE ft Kelsey - Something On Your Mind - this is A++!
?? [this old chestnut] - have a feeling this is either Marcus/Bassboy or Madfingers?

Thinking about Sunday Roast vs Dubplate Wonder 2009 (see r|t|c's comparison upthread) - diff. with DW may be how thoroughly (but subtly) he has absorbed that sort of 2-step/r&b groove logic where the groove really wraps itself around the vocals, it makes the percussion and basslines much more thrilling (in the sense of there being something at stake in the choice to place the snare here rather than there) than in SR's straight tribal-into-deep-house "rollers". Whereas Dubplate Wonder is (was? what's dude up to) "deep" in the same way that The Dreem Teem were deep at the end of 2007.

Pretty sure r|t|c identified way upthread the inherent lurking danger of roller-mentality: hat tip to you.

Eric Benet - Love Don't Love Me (?? Funky Refix)

this is great!

The Eric Benet tune is this Sunday Roast mix

http://www.junodownload.com/products/after-all-this-time/1576843-02/

Cheers!

Funkystepz' "Fuller"/"Hurricane Riddim" now also available:

http://www.junodownload.com/products/fuller/1690355-02/

http://soundcloud.com/missfireuk/miss-fire-rock-ur-world-produced-written-sung-by-miss-fire

this is gorgeous btw.

yes isn't it brilliant! i was hoping you'd pinpoint what it was specifically reminiscent of though, it's been driving me mad. (some 00-03 r&b obviously, diamond princess even maybe).

?? [caralarmy - ceeeeelebrate?]

this is dj tonka's 'freeze' btw.

yes isn't it brilliant! i was hoping you'd pinpoint what it was specifically reminiscent of though, it's been driving me mad. (some 00-03 r&b obviously, diamond princess even maybe).

reminds me of the second mis-teeq album actually.

ILL BLU MISTAJAM MIX 08/02/11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y2srl

Ill Blu - Tick Tock
Ill Blu - Overdose
Ill Blu - Bhangra Knights
Ill Blu - Meltdown
Ill Blu - Alrite Mate
Ill Blu - Monsta
Toddska - Gal From England
Shay & Sinista - Glitch In The System
Ill Blu - Dirty Monkey
Ill Blu - Do That
Katy B - Lights on (feat. Ms Dynamite)
Troublesum - Boot Install
Ill Blu - Chelt
Ill Blu - Warp Speed

Last night I was in a club where in amongst lots of dubstep and minimal techno and very "serious" tunes the DJ decided to play Addictive's "Domino Effect (DJ Naughty remix)" and it was a very clear highlight of my night - I don't think there's a single bad funky version of that tune.

Okay excited about checking that Ill Blu set.

I don't think there's a single bad funky version of that tune.

Trying to remember if there are others apart from Naughty, O.B. and Dubplate Wonder? Each of those are excellent, yes.

Crazy Cousinz version too, which is also great, if not as great as other Crazy Cousinz productions.

never heard the dubplate wonder remix, iirc. o.b. = personal fav.

that ill blu set looks great. thx.

Rusty if you haven't heard the dubplate wonder remix you haven't heard his Wonderland 2009 set either! This must be rectified!

http://soundcloud.com/nmbrs/ill-blu-meltdown-ep-3-track-sampler-nmbrs12/s-2B7WQ

the blurb is kinda pointless, tho :

"Elusive may be a word that is easily chucked about in todays scene but despite being regarded as one of the most feted UK Funky / House production teams in the country they rarely let go of their original material. There's a handful of remixes for underground and major label artists, the masterful Bellion twelve inch for Hyperdub and the odd appearance on pirate radio but that’s pretty much it."

Yeah it's kinda... not true?

"Chelt" really is such a banger.

That Ill Blu mix is so fucking intense. I don't think it's possible to concoct a scarier beat than "Monsta".

Though the other new tunes all give it a red hot go. Interesting use of stuttery "pon de floor" snares on several of them. Only Ill Blu can be this macho and assimilationist and yet remain so vibey, it's actually kinda remarkable.

I'm listening to cooly g's boiler mix and there's a track that caught my attention around 34:00. The lyrics are something like this: "Just like the rain your love fall down. I wanna feel the rain." Can anyone ID it? Thanks.

Found it for you...

Rowntree Ft Msz Priscilla - Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2M6FbPLAkA

Good track.

Its some verinant on that track anyway...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7bIJgVRMo

wow, thanks. I thought it was a remix of a popular rnb track.

oh wait wait, appparently that's not the track that i've been looking for. when I asked Cooly via Twitter she said it was a DJ Kismet remix but she didn't tell me the title.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/8wbiu8

new dj reflex mix (doublepack zip w/ miss fire mini ep - mmm synergy) is a must once it gets going

fully take back what i said abt champion's 'loose control' (track 19 on there) btw, dutty riddim like that he can call 'rtc's mum' for all i care

Re: Bhangra Knights - are we far enough away from the early 00s so that bhangra-sampling funky sounds inspired and fresh rather than lazy arse? I think so.

havent marinated on this mix long but also of note:

#12 - finners do we know what this one is? sounds right up ur rarefied alley
#14 - YES DUMPLIN THIS IS THE RUFFNESS
#19 - bloodclaaaaaaaat once again, seriously
#20 - is this some next 'house girls' already?? monster
#23 - liking it, liking it
#24 - YES FUZZY LOGIK U LITTLE BEAUTY
#26 - lol fuck right off what is this madness
#29 - attention tim x2

in conclusion, download this mix it is nifty. apologies for lack of usual diabolical magniloquence.

xp haha glad it wasnt just me that felt some long-dormant vestigial shame rear up at getting excited about that track title. but yeah no i totally agree.

ill blu really are kinda outgrowing the scene now though (in terms of the music itself rather than popularity). can't help thinking of them as a redone without a gaga, a danja without a britney - i'd love to hear them with a vocalist (not a rapper) with enough character to push back against their productions.

i expected more of them for the new princess nyah single (can't remember the title, not worth linking anyway) but frustratingly they only regressed to a sort of budget shondrae/bangladesh.

Was that Take Control or whatever it was? I didn't like it very much.

#12 - finners do we know what this one is? sounds right up ur rarefied alley

Really? this sounds good but not especially amazing I reckon. Rarefied, yeah.

#14 - YES DUMPLIN THIS IS THE RUFFNESS

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#20 - is this some next 'house girls' already?? monster

LOVE this.

#24 - YES FUZZY LOGIK U LITTLE BEAUTY

Classic fruity fuzzy vibes.

#26 - lol fuck right off what is this madness

!!!!! When this tune drops it's the biggest shock ever. Total Banger, but I'm also getting an Eric Morillo kinda vibe...

#29 - attention tim x2

haha do you just assume I like the spacey deep tunes. This is great though, so guilty as charged I guess.

#29 - attention tim x2

tracklist for the reflex mix :

01. Miss Fire Ft. Van Cleef - The Beat
02. Bucie Vs. Fuzzy Logik - Your Kiss (Reflex Bootleg)
03. Miss Fire - Crazy
04. Eastwood - I Wanna Be The Man
05. Andy Jay & S-Tee Ft. Big Rob - Tutti Frutti
06. Perempay & Dee Ft. Cleo Soul - Addicted
07. Flavia Ft. Tribal Magz - Walkaway (Wireless Sound Remix)
08. Fuzzy Logik - Hello (In The Morning Instrumental)
09. Sharnell & Denica - Why (Lil Silva Remix)
10. Jada Pearl - All My Love
11.Troublesum - Boot Install
12. Illmana Ft. Becky Rhodes - Wild Over You
13. Bassboy & Marcus Nasty - Stamp
14. 321 - Big Man Ting (Dumplin' Remix)
15. Bucie - Party With Me
16. Fuzzy Logik - Freestyle
17. DJ Naya - Rain Down On Me
18. Ruff Diamondz - Alright Still
19. Champion - Lose Control
20. DJ Eastwood - Hard Touch
21. Brian Storme - Messed Up (DJ Naughty Remix)
22. Todz & Beatz Ft. Branjae - Mystery (DVA Soule Power Remix)
23. Miss Fire & Miss Anonymous - Jump
24. Myshy - Playground
25. Wireless Sound - The Follow Up
26. Oliver Twizt - Another Step (Vato Gonzalez original vs. Mark Simmons Bootleg)
27. Miss Fire - 004FH
28. Flavia Ft. Riskgo - Be The One
29. Miss Fire - Confusion Beat
30. Andy Jay & S-Tee - Crunk VIP
31. A.L - Should I?
32. Miss Fire & Miss Anonymous - Animal
33. Renee Soul - Freakend

http://soundcloud.com/marcusnasty/mc-free-show-just-beats 16/02

marcus is going in on tonight's show

http://relay.exequo.org/rinsefm/podcast/MarcusNasty020311.mp3

this fuzzy logic tune around 25 minutes that makes rankin scream at marcus like he's a naughty child!!

most of the singing/music written to the signing on that Reflex mix is just shocking. i like offkey ish, i like in key ish, but the producer/singer really should settle on one before Miss Singer goes all Mariah-esque embellishment...

PS if anyone can get that Marcus set to download can they pls reup?

Miss Fire going from strength to strength.

Petchy interview on The Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/05794-militant-euphoria-petchy-interview

Really enjoying Miss Fire at the moment, she's brilliant.

Really rare to find a great singer who's also a good enough producer and songwriter both to be able to smash it on instrumental tracks and step back and let other singers take over.

That Petchy piece was very good though I scratched my head at the reference to "so-called UK Funky". Really?

Very rare indeed, I hope she gets picked up for some releases soon her tracks deserve wax for sure.

No idea what the "so-called UK Funky" line is about either, it seems pointless, wrong and a out of place. It was prob just a flipant slip though I wouldn't bother reading much into it.