funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

i have avoided this so far because i do not get the love for Crazi Cousins stuff at all altho it's interesting that 'Jaguar' is mentioned because i realised the track that 'do you mind' remix's bassline was reminding me of was octave one's 'blackwater'

Re: Hardhouse Banton tracklist - A side was 'Sirens' and 'Reign' for sure. Less sure about the flip. Possibly 'The Music' and then one more. It said test press so hopefully there'll be more.

Of the four Hard House Banton tracks I know - those three plus "Turn It Around" - I reckon "Sirens" is probably the weakest actually, although still pretty good. Love the gothic backing vocals on "Reign".

One of my favourites for some time has been the bootleg remix of DJ Spen & DJ Technics' 'Gabryelle' by Diamondz In Da Ruff. I'd heard other official remixes of 'Gabryelle' being played for ages by funky DJs, and I think the original came out a few years ago now, but this mix is absolutley incredible. I think what appeals most is the almost menacing swagger of the beats in this refix.
Once again, like Steve Gurley in jungle/ukg and Macabre Unit in grime before them, these guys are somewhat north of London (bedford/mk) but are making crucial contributions.

I've just found this Funky site too.

btw I'd like to take credit for some of the marcus nasty adoration due to my post here a while back!

Yeah I love those synth choir stabs on Reign. They remind me of 1991-ish Hypnotist. I see what you mean about Sirens but I really like it in the mix - seems tailor made for Frontline too.

I really hope that Gabryelle version comes out.

How about "bongle"?

eurgh

damn. uptown had hard house banton's siren ep for about 8 hours today. already sold out :(

yeh i know! i was ready to sprint out of work on friday but they sold out so quick. definitely just tps though, that tune is going to be one of the biggest this year i reckon. i like Sirens a lot, its simple but so muscular, the most ridiculously powerful groove. looking forward to checking the rest of the EP

simon reynolds - "few things irritate me more than soca"

?! unbelievable.

although seriously does anyone know what that tune is he chats about from Marcus Nasty April?... that one is too much, haven't heard it anywhere else yet though

also, many thanks r|t|c, very much appreciated :)

also on the Wookie as visionary thing, African Warrior is pure Wookie / Exemen

That tune is by grime producer Chunky Bizzle, Ben. Not sure what's it called.

I aint even that huge into soca but simon reynolds wtf

now jamming: bongo jam

-- The Reverend, Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:35 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

-- deej, Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:17 AM (Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:17 AM) Bookmark Link

I need to jam some Apple but I can't find mp3s of his shit

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^^^^^ complete incompatability of tastes

i mean fuck, half of what I love about funky is that it sounds like reggaeton

and soca too

And where next after bongomania? Steel drum sounds?!?

I would totally approve of this

if it works for ringtone rap...

otm

the other half of what I love about funky house other than it sounding like reggaeton and soca is that it kinda sounds like...uh... house

yeah

ha ha that's three strikes for simon.

Really it's nice that this has come along in such a down year for reggaeton. I need to get my fill of BOOM-ch-boom-CHICK somewhere.

Still keen to ID that Jagged Edge-sampling track on the Marcus Nasty + Rankin and Shantie show from April. I'm wondering if it's by Target - Marcus announces at the beginning of the show that he's got a track from Target he'll be playing later, and the piano plus moody synth bassline combo would seem to be right up Target's alley.

cheers for that ID Tim.

i might be wrong but i have an inkling that that Jagged Edge tune is Producer Mario, the aesthetic, vibe and samples all seem to fit perfectly. but ive been wrong about these things before. i guess also the percussion doesn't fit so well

Ben you might be right. It's odd how producers often don't put their best tracks on their myspace pages.

Meanwhile I think I underestimated initially how much of a prospective anthem "Frontline" is.

Re SR's complaint of too much bongo-style percussion and evocation of live percussionists at house nights in the early 90s... This seems like an argumentative sleight of hand. The analogy implies a necessary reduction in vibe/intensity and air of anti-perspirant refinement: only tracks that are already relatively sedate could easily be accompanied by live percussionists, and the implication is that the music is not interesting enough by itself, it needs the added distraction of live percussionists.

But the funny thing about UK "funky house" is how the specific sounds are being used in an entirely different manner.

Something like DJ Naughty's "Quicktime (VIP Mix)" - a massive, inescapable anthem - is basically a grime 8-bar, with bongo samples and piano chords replacing electroid-beats and synth stabs. Rather than ripple calmly across the top of the groove, the bongo samples take centre stage and they're wielded aggressively.

someone PLEASE tell me where i can download some of these tracks, particularly the new Wookie ones. in this day & age, there's no way i'm buying records straight from the UK like I did in the olden days, not with the dollar in such shitty condition. Help an old 2-Step head!

listened to some of the Footloose show - wow why the hell is 90% of this stuff getting the 'house' label again let alone funky?

'housoca'

APHRODISIAX - UNFINISHED BUSINESS

yeah this is really something!

DJ Naughty interview on that site Ach! linked to is interesting:

"Now it's just simplicity my formula is stabby chords, Melodic bass and a mad beat for me really it's all in the groove of the drum pattern that does a lot"

Can anyone ID the track on the Marcus Nasty + Rankin set from June with the raucous soca beats and the bleepy melody somewhere between LFO and acid house? It's at about the 80 minute mark sandwiched between "Devil In A Blue Dress" and JME's "Blanka".

Actually I think it's by Little Silver (grimiest producer on road?)...

BTW thanks RTC for the Footloose sets and that JME track!

I was listening to Star In The Hood again today - so good. Any word on the new JME and Tinchy Strider albums? Good/bad/indifferent?

Ha vaguely prescient:

One thing I could really see take off is really colourful 4X4 grime, which this sorta fits - sort of like a new take on soca-house.

-- Tim F, Thursday, December 6, 2007 1:56 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link

you mean tinch's cloud 9 mixtape? it's very good though haven't given it enough of a chance to go beyond that yet. haven't heard the jme album...star in the hood was one of those albums which i loved on first listen, then forgot about and assumed i overrated it due to basic competence, then about five months after that it totally blew me away. how good is 'dance 4 now'?? BOK BOK BOK BOK! and ny is just gorgeous on 'hands of time'.

anyway the amount of goodness here is totally overwhelming and amazing...the footloose set from the 29th is really great. the wookie/ny track is special indeed (as are, oh, about 947843033823 others that i've heard these past two weekends)

No isn't there a new official Tinchy album? With "StryderMan" as first single?

Fresh cut Roska interview with input from me, TimF and and Siah...

http://www.riddim.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=1

More in the works!

Mario - Mario Play The Bloodclart Bass

about 66mins in on the Marcus NASTY mix

Absolutely sublime

as much as i'd like to chop it up about jme and such, i think i'd much rather see luke skykicker overcome the dark forces of professional politesse and end his father's evil reign already.

congratulations to all at the riddim.ca global recon unit for an enlightening read anyway.

"as much as i'd like to chop it up about jme and such, i think i'd much rather see luke skykicker overcome the dark forces of professional politesse and end his father's evil reign already."

I lost the thread of the extended metaphor somewhere here!

Unless you mean do a hack job on blissblog.

i read that as excellent metaphor.

I'M AN AFRICAN WAAAAAAARRIOR
ROLLIN SARCASTIC OUT OF HAND

are you listening to this btw?!?!?! its incredible!

What is "this"?

footloose!

Oh the tracklisting hasn't been updated so I didn't realise the new show was up. I'm at work but will check it out later today...

hang on the girl on perempay's 'in the air' IS KATIE PEARL!

wheres the link to the footloose mix? if its 1xtra the link i found wasnt working for some reason

For serious though my response to funky house negativity is slowly taking shape in the form of handwritten notes towards a blog entry.

I felt a vicious screed full of ad hominems brewing over the last day or two, but I remembered a certain piece about 2-step in the Wire and decided not to take shots at one of the critics I respect most on Earth.

I would like to register some mild disappointment that Simon isn't into this stuff though.