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

'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

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...

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!

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?

OK this mix is the business

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

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

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!

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

Six D - Best Damn Night (Funkystepz Dub Mix)

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROeNzHNi4Ps

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

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

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

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

I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS BREAKDOWN AT 3 MINS

been bumping that virus syndicate rmx lately

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

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

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.

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".

OMG the halftime beatbox breakdown at the end!

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.

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

fireworks guest mix still BEST EVAH

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 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.

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.

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

Looking forward to that.

Free giveaway of "You Got It":

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

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

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

haha

Here you go:

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

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

xp tanx

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

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

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

lolol

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

oh yeah i'm sure they love it

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

i have long mentally categorized funkystepz as the biggest jamiroquai fans

amazing

lol @ outkast

Yeah "Fast Love" is the bomb.

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

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

ok everything in that smoove criminal mix is amazing

fffffunkystepz are making me a
believer

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

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

listening to the trouble ep

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

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.

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

thanks j0rd, what would we do without you

Several degrees of awesome - although I'm not inclined to check the originals, the remixes are so authoritative.

IT WAS A BAD TIME FOR THE EMPIRE.

https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/funkystepz-narcotics-ep

http://i.imgur.com/rPrAK6Z.gif

predictably banging

admire them for sticking to their guns in this most antipathetic of climates

altho maybe this is them in a holding pattern for the presumably meagre guaranteed french money idk

rly and truly they should just cut their uk nuum losses already and go all out to slay in the euro edm mongface godzilla stomper electrohouse arena proper instead of reinterpreting it for earnest fraidy cat internet tourists

http://www.beatport.com/genre/electro-house/17/top-100

i mean like if you flick thru this and try and claim that there's not plenty funkystepz kicks to be had then ur a dirty lying ape

thing is i say "reinterpret" there as if there's any evidence they've ever paid attention to this stuff

but then it would be beyond quixotic for them to have just invented something so akin all on their innocent own so idk

http://www.beatport.com/track/home-funkystepz-dirty-trap-remix/4416127

oh btw

funkystepz remixing austra?!?! i might have to take some time to attempt imagining that before i actually play it

rly and truly they should just cut their uk nuum losses already and go all out to slay in the euro edm mongface godzilla stomper electrohouse arena proper

This counts 10x more for Ill Blu by the way, or at least it did 18 months ago before the moment slipped away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiEtCl2vro

just par example like

got more in the clip should anyone desire

For those not already aware, a free EP for the holidays indulging the Loveshy side of things (a good thing): https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/sets/funkystepz-loveshy-ep

Higher hit ratio than the Narcotics one earlier this year, I think.

crazed & epic - https://soundcloud.com/boxed-up-london/funkystepz-low-end-theory-mixtape-101-strictly-funkystepz

This is really great, though it does suggest that Funkystepz haven't decided yet how much they want to fall into line with everyone else and how much they want to continue to forge their own idiosyncratic path. It seems to veer between those two options, though with more subtlety and grace than I would have expected if you'd described that to me.

yeah. on second listen (this time errr from the beginning) it's not nearly as crazed as i'd thought. very smoothed out and quite straight ahead housey actually. for me it really starts picking up around the 1/2 hr mark

radio raving w/ cameo:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gf24g

Quite liking their new (rather mellow) EP for Club Soda:

https://soundcloud.com/clubsodarecords/sets/funkystepz-special-delivery-ep-1

Ok lol:

Iv been in the funkystepz guys dms a few tyms tryna get dem on board w the new vybz ca they wd do ths stuff w dere eyes closed but they sed no and r happy 2pursue dere tech house career insted 😔

— Scratchclart (@ScratchaDVA) August 11, 2021

https://funkystepzldn.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-not-a-tech-house-ep-2021

:(