F-F-F-F-F-Funkystepz

RENAY WHEN ARE YOU GUYS RELEASING 'LOVERS'!! we love that one round here

also is 'rude girl' on the refix ep cos that's a personal fave too

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

'Rudeboy' isn't as its unofficial however now you've said that ill add the instrumental! So as it stands its refixes of Trinity Hills, Bubbly, Loca Moca, Rudeboy, Malibu and one more which ill keep a secret :p

'Lovers' would defiantly need a remix with it, as i feel the beat is dated...love her vocals on it though! ill see whats happening with that too! but it will be defiantly after the 3 releases mentioned in my previous post

― RenayFunkystepz, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha wow, dunno about "dated"... if you mean just in terms of the ravey 90s piano riff then i'd say that was a big part of what makes the track so enjoyable. and it's not like that vibe ever really gets a bad response anyway? (especially not in funky circles but beyond that too.)

course i wouldnt have anything against additional mixes...

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh yeah and with 'rude girl' i was thinking of this one instrumental refix of the 'rude boy' remix that maxsin played a couple of times round the middle of last year - it was kinda pretty much the same but you guys added loads of big swooning synth choruses and tropical steel pan stuff?

to be honest i'm going from dim memory here cos i've lost the radio rip of it i made - it's a good memory though!

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

Renay,

1) Congrats on running it so hard at the moment

2) Everything about "Lovers" is perfect, please release in its OG form (though additional mixes are fine)

3) What is going on with "WARRIOR", aka certified banger for the ages?

― Tim F, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 23:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

OK this mix is the business

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 June 2011 10:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

It is funky
It is steppy
It is... FUNKYSTEPZ

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 June 2011 10:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

But no upcoming gigs listed anywhere on the net.... What's up with that?

― windows desktop, Saturday, 4 June 2011 12:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Good shout on the feedback, glad it doesn't sound dated either...

Everyone is asking about Warrior!! theres a few labels interested in putting it out

Rudegirl is Rudeboy with just a few more sounds

Our Love is out 4th July, still no info on the rest, will also get details about upcoming gigs however i do know were on the Hypderdub soundsystem at Bestival!! http://www.bestival.net/#/artists/2011-lineup/hyperdub-soundsystem-feat-kode-9-joker-king-midas-sound-nomad-lv-and-funkystepz

Make sure you lock in to Roskas Show on Rinse FM today at 5-8 it will be FUNKYSTEPZ B2B DJ CHAMPION B2B ROSKA...we got LOADS of freshness..DO NOT MISS THIS!

We will also be on Scratchas 'Grimey Breakfast' on Rinse FM this Friday too!

― RenayFunkystepz, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://soundcloud.com/matchstick-1/six-d-best-damn-night

Six D - Best Damn Night (Funkystepz Dub Mix)

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 13:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

oops i see that went up on youtube yesterday, along with some other new bits:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Funkystepzuk#g/u

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 13:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

Can't remember where I first heard this but now it's up on youtube, always liked it

― rrrivero, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 14:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Funkystepz killing it on Rinse right now btw, alongside Roska and Champion

― rrrivero, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

rmde at my belated ass only just getting round to buying the backseat remix

this thing is surely one of the great wonders of the world

― r|t|c, Friday, 17 June 2011 15:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

one of their top 5 ever for sure. no, top 3. no...

― r|t|c, Friday, 17 June 2011 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS BREAKDOWN AT 3 MINS

― r|t|c, Friday, 17 June 2011 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

been bumping that virus syndicate rmx lately

love that initial link was to jubilee's show, love her

― fauxmarc, Friday, 17 June 2011 15:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah that one's another masterpiece

like you assume it's only doing one thing, that it's looping somewhere, but there's just constant mindboggling everything going on simultaneously

especially of late their stuff feels so uniquely alive and organic and careering around wildly but somehow never quite losing control

― r|t|c, Friday, 17 June 2011 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

Spot on. The backseat breakdown is ridic. I like how their increasingly staged production style has all these little resemblances to but difference from ill blu. Ill Blu use breakdowns to push the tune higher, but for funkystepz the breakdown is the moment when the tune eats itself.

― Tim F, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also "Best Damn Night" is AMAZING.

Those youtube clips also remind me of how much I love the use of the booka shade stagger trance riffs on "Heaven".

― Tim F, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

OMG the halftime beatbox breakdown at the end!

― Tim F, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

Download our Promo mix for the YOYO takeover at Fabric Tonight https://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/archive/2011/07/

10pm-6pm - Room 3 - YoYo - Seb Chew, Funkystepz, Champion, Greenmoney, Smutlee, Monki - £16 on the door.

― RenayFunkystepz, Friday, 8 July 2011 07:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

Butterz & Hardrive presents @ Cable Saturday 13th August

Kode 9
Elijah & Skilliam with P Money
Terror Danjah
Swindle
Champion
Royal T
D.O.K
Scratcha DVA

Room 2 hosted by S.O.T.U (Sounds Of The Underground)

Playing the best in UK Funky and Deep House

DJ PIONEER (Kiss 100)
MARCUS NASTY (Rinse Fm)
DJ NAUGHTY
FUNKYSTEPZ (Hyperdub)
HARD HOUSE BANTON
MA1 (Rinse Fm)
FUNK BUTCHER (Rinse Fm)
LR GROOVE (Deja Vu)

http://www.cable-london.com/event/we-fear-silence-pr%E2%80%8Besent-butterz/13082011

― RenayFunkystepz, Friday, 8 July 2011 11:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

fireworks guest mix still BEST EVAH

― moullet, Sunday, 10 July 2011 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

Some hot new Funkystepz tunes on this Smoove Kriminal / Maxsin Funkystepz set:

http://smoovekriminal.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-07-01T06_11_43-07_00

"Class A" is super compulsive. "Royal Rumble" is actually insane, like someone should slap them for the cheek of it. Dead center between "Warrior", the Jim Screecha remix and a computer having an epileptic fit. "Fizzy" is yr typical jittery funkystepz party vibes only with added percussive hi-jinx.

These dudes really do have too many killer tracks.

― Tim F, Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

^ Tim where did you get the tracklist for that? Is it on the Deja site? Some great Funkystepz bits that I hadn't heard before on there anyway. Actually the show as a whole had a lot going for it I think - I remember last year really enjoying Smoove Kriminal's shows, but in the last few months I've found it hard to listen to them because long stretches of them just seem very dull to me. This felt more like... maybe not a full return to form but def a step back in the right direction.

― Mr Andy M, Friday, 29 July 2011 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

Here it is Andy:

Tracklisting:

Floating – DJ Trizzy Feat. Yelitza
We Can Go (In The Sunshine) – Soneni & The Soul
Heartbeat – Major Notes Feat. Lisa Lee (Smoove Kriminal Special)
Emergency Room - OB Feat. Channy Angelina (Fingaprint Congo Mix)
A Fool - Delerious (Funkystepz)
Soul City – Mistaken Identity Feat. Panama & Salwa M
Windstorm - Funkystepz
On My Mind - Smoove Kriminal
Riddim - DJ Whitecoat

*Funkystepz Mini Mix*

Jumanji - Funkystepz
Class A - Funkystepz
Fuller - Funkystepz
Warrior - Funkystepz
Caution - Funkystepz
Girls Go Wild - Funkystepz
Your Life - Virus Syndicate (Funkystepz Dub Mix)
Trouble - Funkystepz
Royal Rumble - Funkystepz
Fizzy - Funkystepz

*End Of Funkystepz Mini Mix*

Resilience - Smoove Kriminal
Kingston Town - Funkystepz (VIP Mix)
Avalanche - Smoove Kriminal
Unfinished Business - DJ Seany B
Tropico 2011 - Lorenzo
Space Impact - Zoltan
Darkwing - Smoove Kriminal
Stereo In Motion - Smoove Kriminal
Stop That! - Smoove Kriminal
Broken - Mr Solo
Dance Music - Smoove Kriminal
Beat Of Zen - Damu
Drops - Beneath
Brick Lane - Matt IQ
Lost - Mr Solo
Our Love - Funkystepz Feat. Rhian Moore
Robot Wars - Mistaken Identity

*Funkystepz & Rhian Moore Interview (Back Ground Music 'No More Instrumental Mix)*

Live PA Of No More By Funkystepz Featuring Live Vocals From Rhian Moore.

― Tim F, Saturday, 30 July 2011 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

They're on Deja on Sunday night w/ Local Action too 10-12.

Looking forward to that.

― jimitheexploder, Saturday, 30 July 2011 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

Free giveaway of "You Got It":

http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/08/01/download_funkystepz_you_got_it_original_mix_

― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 07:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

logging in or signing up to a kev kharas vehicle seems a bit much tbh, can anyone reup that?

I remember last year really enjoying Smoove Kriminal's shows, but in the last few months I've found it hard to listen to them because long stretches of them just seem very dull to me. This felt more like... maybe not a full return to form but def a step back in the right direction.

― Mr Andy M, Friday, 29 July 2011 21:23 (4 days ago) Bookmark

yeah, i was in the same boat and i agree the sets are sounding pretty good right now. guess it's just the serendipity of funky moving more in smoove's general direction this year but with him uninterested in the deep moody boring set building that marcus does so it stays light

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

shock, awe, rending of garms @ 'royal rumble' btw obv

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 09:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha

Here you go:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cayr71

― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh excellent, i've been resisting signing up to rcrdlbl for a while now (when did they start this anyway) and now i can resist some more

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

xp tanx

always had a soft spot for this one, it's cute

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

kinda lol how they present "You Got It" as filling the yawning gap between the first and second (forthcoming) Hyperdub releases.

― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E86FB60CDD0B24A

lolol

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah I'd seen that! It seems to be pretty genuine.

― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh yeah i'm sure they love it

damn i forgot how much of a tune 'fast love' was

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

i have long mentally categorized funkystepz as the biggest jamiroquai fans

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

amazing

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol @ outkast

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah "Fast Love" is the bomb.

― Tim F, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

i should really listen to older again one day, my mum used to absolutely cane it and i secretly didn't mind

also the back to reality mix of freedom 90 is proto funky i just decided

― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ha, I just figured out that "You Got It" samples Juan Maclean's "One Day". The origin of that riff had been bugging me.

― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 August 2011 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

ok everything in that smoove criminal mix is amazing

fffffunkystepz are making me a
believer

― Dark Noises from the Eurozone (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 August 2011 08:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

"you got it" is so todd-the-godlike

― lex pretend, Monday, 8 August 2011 08:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

^ Belated thanks to Tim for the tracklist. Class A is the fuggin one. :D

― Mr Andy M, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

listening to the trouble ep

hadn't really rated any of these tracks before now but they really are remarkable

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

BACK IN THE GAME.
You guys have seen this, right? Big mix that FZ did for Fader -

http://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/funkystepz-fader-mix-1
http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/funkystepz-fader-mix-mp3/#ixzz1b9Rm6slt
Tracklist:
Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie – Circles
Funkystepz – Transformer
DR Gonzo – Bust em up
Roska – Jackpot
Six D – Best Damn Night (Funkystepz Mix)
Funkystepz – Dirty Dutch
Canblaster – Clockwork
Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air (Seiji Remix)
Funkystepz – Trouble
Funkystepz – XTC
T Williams Feat Terri Walker – Heartbeat (Mosca Remix) ****
Champion – Lighter
Funkystepz – Class A
Scratcha – Flute
Funkystepz – Anger
Funkystepz – Royal Rumble
Funkystepz – Bruk Out
Encore – The One (Champion Mix)
Roska – Roskallion
Funkystepz – Fizzy
Funkystepz – Jumanji
Crazy Cousinz Feat Omarion – Arch Your Back
Funkystepz – Fuller
Champion – 1994
Funkystepz – Warrior
Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie – For U
Funkystepz – Tokyo Drift
Funkystepz Feat Rhian – Our Love
Duchess Feat Scorcher – All The Boyz (Wookie Remix)
Roska – Do You Believe (Ma1 Remix)
Favorite Flava – Heaven (Funkystepz Mix)
Funkystepz – You Got it
Roska Feat Jamie George – Wonderful day (Scratcha Soule Power Mix)
Funkystepz – Underground
Scrufizzer – Fizzy Flow

Kind of hate saying this, but this mix along with a couple of other select bits and pieces is basically keeping the flame of UKF alive for me right now.

― Mr Andy M, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

is there a greater thrill this year than listening to 'xtc' slowly but terrifyingly surely construct itself into a ultrabanger?

― r|t|c, Thursday, 20 October 2011 00:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

Tim, you can download 'Lovers' here: http://www.louisewmusic.com/#!music/c22j5. Enjoy!

― Astrochimp32, Sunday, 23 December 2012 23:45 (5 months ago) Permalink

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 (5 months ago) Permalink

xpost OMG!!! Brilliant.

― Tim F, Monday, 24 December 2012 21:38 (5 months ago) Permalink

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 (4 months ago) Permalink

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 (4 months ago) Permalink

Cheers! Really enjoying this...

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 26 December 2012 13:28 (4 months ago) Permalink

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 (4 months ago) Permalink

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 (4 months ago) Permalink

hot mixxx !!!!! havent heard this shantie

― moullet, Friday, 18 January 2013 00:45 (4 months ago) Permalink

F-F-F-F-F-Fonkytimez

― The Reverend, Friday, 18 January 2013 19:28 (4 months ago) Permalink

"Vice Versa" is awesome.

― Spencer Chow, Friday, 18 January 2013 22:42 (4 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

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 (3 months ago) Permalink

https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/jeremih-all-the-time

― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 March 2013 15:49 (2 months ago) Permalink

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 (2 months ago) Permalink

Loving the Jeremih.

― longneck, Saturday, 2 March 2013 17:04 (2 months ago) Permalink

https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/drake-started-from-the-bottom

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:08 (2 months ago) Permalink

thanks j0rd, what would we do without you

― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 March 2013 19:18 (2 months ago) Permalink

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 (2 months ago) Permalink