funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

well they have pretensions towards being commercial so it would be fine with me for it to be reflected in the bitrate. I don't think they're completely listenable, put any sort of volume on them and the bass sounds like complete ass.

128-192 is the ideal bitrate for radio shows i think. lower and higher then i'll think twice before downloading.

128-192 is the ideal bitrate for radio shows i think. lower or higher then i'll think twice before downloading.

dan183zig, there's a whole bunch of higher quality shows available from marcus nasty's myspace page.

"i would be more disappointed to hear pirate radio through pristinely recorded 320kbps to be honest"

yep.

"128-192 is the ideal bitrate for radio shows i think. lower and higher then i'll think twice before downloading"

sorry for my unhelpful posting above! glad Tim F was able to make a more positive contribution :)

there are also a whole load of mixes in better quality in the mixes section here - http://ukfunky.free-forums.org/

1hr07 is D Malice, i think Visions

Cool, was v curious about that one. I like that middle section of the mix a lot because it feels very UK but without going the obvious route of crap grime vocals/chants or harsh synths as a signifier.

they're completely listenable though to be fair. i would be more disappointed to hear pirate radio through pristinely recorded 320kbps to be honest

― Benjamin, Sunday, February 8, 2009 9:03 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats dumb

"thats dumb"

cool thanks for the feedback

nah in truth i can see where you're coming from however unengaging the response was

and i apologise for saying it to dan138zig, it wasn't really a valuable contribution in the context, and its each to their own so i shouldn't have piped in

but im not really interested in a dull and straightforwardly logical approach to experiencing music. your perspective on that is what it is

its also a bit unfair for me to say that cos i live in London so its easy for me not to care about the low quality when i can go to a rave whenever i choose

Did anyone pick up the "Fantastic 4" 12 inch split between Roska, Scratcha/DVA, Ill Blu and D-Malice?

The insane Danny Weed-ish track I was talking about in December is on there but i'm not sure who's responsible for what.

did that come out already? looking forward to picking it up, some great tracks on there. i think the one you mention is Ill Blu. i'm pretty sure the clips on Roska's myspace appear in the order that the producers are listed judging by the production on them

Was supposed to come out in January I think. Yeah all of the tracks sound pretty great from the samples on Roska's site.

yeh too many releases getting pushed back, but Roska seems quite efficient relatively. hopefully it'll be out soon! in other exchange news Lil Silva is selling new mp3s through his myspace at £4 a pop! which is a touch steep i would say

"Cool, was v curious about that one. I like that middle section of the mix a lot because it feels very UK but without going the obvious route of crap grime vocals/chants or harsh synths as a signifier."

― Mirror-spangled elephant head (J@cob)

yeh there is definitely a thread out there of deep dark and hypnotic uk stuff, taking cues i guess from Dennis Ferrer and Objektivity and such, but developing into a distinctly uk sound. i am definitely keen, and even keener when that rolling vibe is combined with some slightly odder or sourer elements / melodies or vocals. that Hard House Banton mix of Turn It Around is a good example, and some of the stuff D Malice is playing / producing. this set although old now has some big tunes in this vein - D-Malice b2b Twista @ Deja Vu FM (26-10-2008)

on another note its interesting how Hard House Banton's stuff is turning really rushy and euphoric, pure 3am bliss material, detroity synth stabs and loopy vocals, deep subby bass. its funny cos all these nights are booking him up apparently expecting and promoting 'grime in disguise' but must be getting quite a different thing out of him. Dubplate Wonder has got so many phenomenal unreleased tunes too, the vibes on his stuff are crazy

Benjamin, where's good for Funky vinyl in London? Am looking forward to picking up a bunch now that I'm here... Is it Uptown? Rhythm Division?

Uptown has the most concentrated funky selection in the centre, and gets some stuff the others don't. but bm-soho is increasingly good on the UK stuff, and has a far far superior house section in general, its always got loads of heavy stuff from all sides of house (plus dubstep, grime, bassline downstairs). they do those funky CDRs too

i've never actually made it to Rhythm Division's physical shop, it being a bit of a mission, but they seem to have a good range in now

RE: Rinse podcast bitrate...

They have been 64kbps, but they're in mono, which means that effectively they are 128kbps. The station broadcasts in mono over the FM dial, as have most pirates over the years, so not much to worry about.

The lastest Marcus Nasty set (Feb) is acually 160kbps and mono, so is 320 quality. The difference is not really worth worrying about tbh.

wow, thanks for the info

a lot of music rinse plays actually benefits from that compression sometimes compared to when i hear the proper cds of it (grime esp).

JUMP IN THE MIDDLE & SKANK:

SKANK CALM DOWN:

Hook me up with this tune.

MORE SKANK CALM DOWN:

As a special gift for y'all. Tune of 2009 so far?

http://rs515.rapidshare.com/files/184960926/Pro2Jay-_Skank_Calm_Down.mp3

JUMP IN THE MIDDLE & SKANK

This is awesome. I really love these sort of ultra-cheesy and brazen attempts to start dance crazes. In years to come there'll be a thread where we happily reminisce about DIY funky videos featuring people dancing in formation.

Yeah I could stay up all night watching these.

ha, kig bandwagonning! have you seen the migraine skank too?

also, this doesn't have a dance, but roska's 'our father' is just euphoric, and just slightly reminiscent of booka shade: http://www.sendspace.com/file/v1k65v

Yeah it's pretty intense! Thanks heaps for the link though - had only heard that on his site.

I'd seen crappy videos of the migraine skank but that one's great.

The beat on the Migraine Skank video is ruff.

It's sounds like a bootleg remix of the Karimza/Gregory track 'Don't Panic'.
Whodunnit?

Oh, it actually is the Migraine Skank...

I wonder if there's an instrumental

yeh the beat is in fact DJ Gregory - Don't Panic, just pitched up. such a big track!

such a good name for a dance!

that 'our father' there bears quite the resemblance to the admittedly less evocatively titled 'to be vocalled soon i hope' tune on dj ng's page mentioned way upthread; both in turn remind me of elephant man's 4ever fabulous 'can't stop we now' from 2003, which married that year's sense of triumph with an uncontrollable welling-up of a vague melancholy it knew not, and which has also just given me an unrelated and undesired libertines earworm. bah.

also love 'bounce' on roska's myspace. bit underwhelming in demo form there though, footloose played a better one a while ago i'm sure.

Ha I love "Can't Stop We Now" but i'll have to listen to everything again to see such a link.

Does anyone think "In The Morning" might become a moderate-sized hit? it reminds me of Architechs' "Bodygroove" for some reason.

Anyway I love, it's so irrepressible and fun and feel-good but (unusually for a big vocal anthem) with a really cool beat.

I am sympathetic to jacob's complaint upthread that the scene is a bit bipolar in terms of anthems vs bangers. 2-step managed this issue by having long "hard" instrumental sections in the middle of poppy tracks (most typically this would be on a remix of a more straightahead pop-2-step version) which would turn anthems into bangers. Funky seems still to be beholden to the housier tradition of not actually switching up the groove too much.

That said I adore that vocal track that goes "if you want it gotta take it babe you know you gotta ask for it don't you wanna own it honey..."

Also loving DJ Naughty's electrodribbly fem-vox cover of "Love Lockdown" - A+ for concept and execution.

^^show me!!

i'm not sure funky is going to spawn any size of hit - 'do you mind' missed the top 40 the other week :(

Lex it's on all the recent marcus nasty sets, I don't have any standalone evidence.

Other tune that's really hype for me right now is the one with the descending piano riff and the sampled vocal going "dat dat, nn dat nn whoo-whoo!" before breaking out into near-absurd broken beat percussion.

can someone re-up or send me "Our Father"?

okay listening to the Jan 15. Marcus Nasty set and the funky beat + "Gypsy Woman" riff + "Back to Life" vocal + Skepta doing that one rap he always does about the gorgeous lady is totally fucking w/ my mind

okay, what is the piano track that comes in at 22 mins?

this set is k-awesome btw

Yeah the 15 Jan is a favourite of mine too. I don't know what the piano tune is but how cool are the beats on it?

When you get to it Reverend let me know what you think of the track at 36 minutes.

I'll try to re-up "Our Father" a bit later.

Also the one I'm describing above (see quote below) is at 52 min:

"the one with the descending piano riff and the sampled vocal going "dat dat, nn dat nn whoo-whoo!" before breaking out into near-absurd broken beat percussion."

Actually it's more like "da da, da-daon her-ber!"

Also wouldn't mind knowing what the track at 30 mins is.

Yeah that one's everywhere - in my head I'm grouping it under the banner of "LFO revivalism" (see also Roska's "In Your Handbag" and JME's "Blanka").

(though "In Your Headbag" is perhaps more like LFO X Claude Von Stroke X Nick Holder's "Erotic Discourse" - and of course there's a funky refix of "Erotic Discourse" floating around too)

36 mins is okay. I like the vocals in the chorus, but not so much during the verse, beat isn't quite anything special. I've heard several things in this mix I like more.

Liking whatever comes after it.

52 mins is A++++ would dance to this all the time

sorry to be dumm but wheres the link for that mix?

The Crazy Cousinz track at 56 mins is dope too

http://rinsefm.blogspot.com/2009/01/marcus-nasty-21st-january.html