funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

saw this on grime forum lol.

Originally Posted by slu-wasteguy
funky house scene is dead right now no tunes for the summer napa malia every holiday place is going to be dead playing old tunes from earlier on in the year. and the remixes especially by crazy cousins there are more remixes in the funky scene than original written tunes and all the tunes everyone bangs out there r record label single releases of r and b tracks but funky remixes by uk producers which is slackk dj naughty and crazy cousins are the worst culprits especially donaeo. scenes so lost majority of the singers cant sing at all all da mcs r just defected old skool garage mcs who want to make a quick buck and deres a stupid high influx of grime mcs jumpin ship making stupid skank songs which is very annoying. all the beats sound samey and i do not give a shit what anyone says lil silva has only ever made 2 decent beats in his life different and seasons everything after hes a shit producer

Saying Lil Silva has only done 2 great tunes and then listing his 2 biggest tunes makes for a pretty weak argument I reckon. FTR I reckon "Tribal Land" and "Sunshine" are the equal of "Seasons" and "Different".

DJ Naughty's been having a pretty good year I reckon! "Love Lockdown", his tracks with Yazz, his amazing remix of DJ Mystery's "Speechless"... Haven't heard any remixes of major label r&b tracks though so dunno what "slu-wasteguy" is referring to.

dead already ;_;

OMG THIS TRACK:

http://www.uk-funky.com/ukfunky_previews_185.htm

^^^ Changing my life right now.

moony's done some incredible remixes of teedra moses and erykah badu.

saw cooly g AGAIN at fwd last night. and AGAIN she was incredible. looking good too, I'M SO SICK T-shirt and yankees cap with ~flashing blue logo~ omg. i am so happy with her insistence on always playing hardsoul ft. fierce ruling diva - self religion.

gabriel heatwave also amazing - played ALL THE LADIES. shystie and stush and lady chann and everyone.

it was my 4th rave of last week and i am actually dead now.

funkycide

gutted i missed it. but im going to matter on friday so i feel a bit less gutted.

dead already ;_;

you were 234 replies too late.

matter on friday looks really amazing apart from matter being where it is

"i am so happy with her insistence on always playing hardsoul ft. fierce ruling diva - self religion."

Yes. This is an amazing track.

yeah ive not been there but hey, with that lineup, it cant be that bad.

Line up

* Skream v Benga
* Ms Dynamite
* Geeneus
* Magnetic Man
* Caspa
* Boy Better know feat. Skepta, JME, Frisco & Maximum (Live)
* Crazy Cousinz
* Marcus Nasty
* N-Type v Youngsta
* Newham Generals- Live
* Katy B -Live
* Chef
* Spiro v Silencer v Vectra
* Zinc
* Circle
* Slimzee

Holy crap.

I think it would be worth the trek and hassle of Matter purely to see what Skream and Benga would do to the vibrating dancefloor, frankly.

yeah im going for the funky and dubstep djs really. and ms dynamite. MS DYNAMITE! im quite excited to see her.

its all about marcus nasty, skream/benga, geeneus/dynamite, and slimzee. maybe circle too.

Chewshabadoo, that TRG track is great! But it reminds me less of funky than, um, maybe a ruff Basement Jaxx track circa 2000?

I'm not opposed to dubstep producers dabbling in funky though - "Wad" by Pearson Sound (Ramadanman apparently) is one of my favourite funky tracks of the year. What i've tended to wring my hands over is a more subtle likely shift towards a "dubstep-mindset" I guess.

Ah cool, just thought it might have been too tracky for your tastes, I can see the Jaxx comparision now you've pointed it out definitely.

Totally agree about your point if I understand correctly, dubstep needs more fun!

"i am so happy with her insistence on always playing hardsoul ft. fierce ruling diva - self religion."

this track is so perfect. i thought fierce ruling diva was the vocalist, but no, it's cos it samples this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnLG89UlEuU

gutted to have missed cooly at fwd on sunday...

crack house?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO5klGJJGOM

well i dunno what happened but i didnt hear any funky at matter on fri :( must have dipped out the rooms at the wrong times. seemed 80% dubstep/10% grime anyway.

matter sucks though.

I'm not sure I've heard anything in any genre quite as sexy as "Love Dub" this year.

So this "I Feel" track with vocalist Natasha on it.. Is it really El-B? Kinda has some early 80s funk synths all over it, chorus goes "I Feel, that I feel lovely as a summer's day"..

Anyone else heard this??

Yeah it's El-B. He's really into ("proper") vocal house now. It's the last track on the Ministry of Sound UK Funky comp.

I think it's great.

BTW I'm now slowly working through the year's top 100 funky tracks on my blog.

Yeah I love it too, though it was a definite surprise. Didn't know he switched up.

Looking forward to those posts.

well i dunno what happened but i didnt hear any funky at matter on fri :( must have dipped out the rooms at the wrong times. seemed 80% dubstep/10% grime anyway.

glad i was still too ill to go then. my friends who went basically said it was ok but i didn't miss anything

The "I Love UK Funky" facebook group asked what were the biggest funky tunes of the summer.

People's top choices seem to be:

Fuzzy Logik - In The Morning (expected)
Attica Pessante - Make It Funky For Me (unexpected! good tune (tho))
Meleka - Go (Crazy Cousinz Remix)

Followed by:

Black Coffee - Turn Me On (great tune!)
Fr3e - Tribal Skank/Skank Calm Down (a bit over this now tbh, loved it at first though)
Are You Gonna Bang Doe - can't remember who this is by but it's a silly/fun MC track swiping an Apple production.

the various skank dances are more "just a bit of fun" than really great trax per se, i mean we all knew that anyway right?

'go' has a proper video now! funny, it was actually on itunes last year (original + various remixes inc crazy cousinz), and i snapped it up b/c i was snapping up anything CC-related - thought it was a+ and didn't know why no one was really mentioning it. and then suddenly it took on a life of its own after it was released on vinyl, then the meleka release was deleted from itunes, and presumably a proper release is now in the offing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQyGCS8gx0c

the other imminent official release which should def be mentioned is kyla's 'daydreaming' (a crazy cousinz production) - v kentphonik! maybe more something to chill to rather than a banger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tomvs3d01M4

I dunno, I listened to "Tribal Skank/Skank Calm Down" a lot when I first got hold of it. I think it was its replacement by the crappy vocal version (together with its awful video clip) that made me sour on it.

And Dotstar's "Stick Up" is a massive massive massive tune, cannot rate it highly enough.

Are You Really Gonna Bang Doe? is by Funky Dee, I think.

"Go" might be the finest vocal of the year. Intense!

Loving Daydreaming as well.

Tim, do you know where that Mos Wanted track you mentioned on skykicking can be bought? Can't find it anywhere!

I don't know if it can be, I only have it on mixes. Best bet is to hit up Mos' Wanted via his myspace page.

Supa Dupa comp:

Disc 1: BASSLINE mixed by Jamie Duggan
Platnum ft. Jamie Duggan 'Over the Heartache'
H Two O ft. Zoe 'Pink Love (T2 remix)'
Delinquent ft. Kele Le Roc 'Naked'
Giggs 'Talkin the Hardest (DJ Q remix)'
Boy Better Know 'Too Many Man (Jamie Duggan meets Da Booda remix)'
TRC ft. Teresa 'In Private',
DJ Q ft. Savannah 'Got it Started (TS7 remix)'
TRC ' One Foot Skank'
Dre 'Whiplash'
Rebz ft. Trilla 'War Skank'
Brett Maverick 'Cut Dem Off'
Bassboy 'Right Now'
AdotR ft. Marrion 'Your Loss'
Tombstone 'Reproduction (Jamie Duggan Special)'
K Dot 'Get Milli Get Mad (DJ Q remix)'
Booda ft. Flameus 'Get That Dough'
AdotR ft. Rae Rae 'You Break Me Down'
TS7 ft. Bianca 'In my Eyes'
Fireman ft. Hayleigh 'Why (Nev Wright & D-Tox remix)'
Andy M ft. Amnesia 'Tell That Girl (Pum Pum's Huge)
TS7 'Flip Flop'
Screama 'Hell No'
Bassboy ft. Slickdon 'Oh Yes'
Sparks & Kie 'Fly Di (Burgaboyremix)

Disc 2: GRIME mixed by DJ Maximum
Boy Better Know 'Too Many Man (Heartless Crew remix)'
Wiley 'Ice Rink'
Frisco ft. Chipmunk 'Skeng Man Mode'
Ruff Sqwad 'I Wanna Let You Know'
Musical Mob 'Pulse X'
Roll Deep 'Terrible',
Kray Twins ft. Lethal B & Twister 'What We Do'
Jammer 'Murkleman'
Ruff Sqwad ft. Tinchy Stryder 'Tingz in Boots'
Ruff Sqwad 'Misty Cold'
Big E D ft. Double E 'Frontline'
Youngstar 'The Formula'
Pay As You Go 'Know We'
Youngstar 'Bongo',
JME 'Serious'
Wiley 'Gangsters'
Burgaboy 'Out of Control'
Turbo 'Asian Boy (TwoFace remix)'
Skepta ft. Trigga & Spyda 'In a Corner'
Giggs ft. Shola Ama 'Cut Above the Rest'

Disc 3: UK FUNKY mixed MARCUS NASTY
TS7 ft. Teresa 'End With Goodnight'
Crazy Cousinz 'Always Be My Baby'
Princess 'Frontline'
Ill Blu 'Blu Magic'
Lil Silva 'Seasons'
H Two O ft. Zoe 'Pink Love (Ill Blu remix)'
Marcus Nasty 'Funky Monkey'
Miss Fire 'Falling (DJ Naughty remix)'
Apple 'De Siegalizer'
Donaeo 'Part Hard'
Roska 'Wonderful Day'
Lil Silva 'Different VIP'
Shystie 'Pull It'
Hard House Bantons 'Sirens'
Hannah Liston 'Embrace Me (Crazy Cousins remix)',
D-Malice 'Gabryelle refix pt.2'
Crazy Cousinz ft. MC Versatile 'Funky Anthem'
Apple 'Chantes'
Ill Blu ft. Shanique 'Say Yes'
Funkystepz 'Touch On Me'
Bassboy ft. Cad 'In the Club'
Immaculado ft. D Heart 'Monkey Skank'

'L' for grime that half the songs on there are well old.

excited to hear marcus' cd and the rinse 10 one too.

i dont think i get the cooly g hype anymore. in the beginning i was well into that track marcus nasty was playing, but all these ones coming out on hyperdub with her singing amateurishly, like a bad sort of pisstake of dreamy dance diva vox are just a bit... ho hum.

as heard being played by edith effing bowman :o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hma8r-d238g

If this isn't big I will very very upset.

if by that you're referring to the singer's nose then i wouldn't worry personally.

She's certainly distinctive.

it's good though. she and her video kind of nail the agreeable laissez-faire funky vibe - is this like, broken beat? is this like, 80s? is she like, hot? dunno bruv but i'll give it a go.

in the same way, it does bug me when some prig about it being called funky - there's a great truth in that supposed, i dunno, lapse of something or other, that its detractors still aren't getting imo. obviously (in case anyone wants to try and have a pop) it is all a measure more nuanced than "anything goes" or whatever , but i'm just saying.

anyway, 'in the morning's perfect slight distance from its contexts cf upthread has guaranteed it a pleasantly long shelf life. you don't feel like it's late or anything.

it does bug me when some prig about it being called funky

HI (really tho i just think the UK prefix is so clunky and needless - who the hell knows what US funky house is about now anyway?)

Of course it's not late - it's yer standard trick of releasing a Napa/Ibiza anthem in the late summer/early autumn. I actually hope people DON'T dwell on the idea of funky when In The Morning is released, and just let it do its thing in its own right.

There's nothing more offputting to a pop audience than being hectored about "the scene" - RTC's idea of slight distance is totally there and the song is strong enough to hit on its own merits. Also if it does well it'll work as a gateway and hopefully lead to more funky tracks getting big releases and a decent promotional budget.

its still perfect though. it might be 'late' but its not like its anything less of an anthem. its not like the buzz has subsided. everyone still rates it stupidly highly, as they should. plus, yeah, its part of funky, but also so good that it kinda transcends it too, so the late thing doesnt really matter. its a proper classic. lets hope it does better than do you mind.

I LOVE it. Only got it on a mix so I have missed the longer intro until now.

at least its not as late as the 'do you mind' vid ... i dunno if any of u guys noticed &/or care, but the fader is onto funky now (as of about a month ago)

on first listen to 'In The Morning'....wtf? not a patch on 'Falling Again', 'In The Air' or countless other tunes. way too basic. i don't see what makes it stand out at all.

"way too basic" is exactly what I like about it. The layered bassline (to my ears one slick new sound over top of that vintage 2step bass) and those sort of xylophone arpeggios work so good that's all I want to hear.

it's just a ringtone, sod that

I actually think "In The Morning" works better in context of a mix than as an isolated pop song (though I'm keen for it to do well in the form of the latter). This isn't because I want to big up funky as a genre, but more that its effervescence feels more pronounced rising out of darker/harder stuff. I thought the same for tunes like "Flowers" and "Girls Like Us" though.

BTW deej I think Fader has been onto funky longer than just about anybody. If i recall prancehall did a piece talking a lot about DJ NG in early 2008.