funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

30. Crazy Cousinz - Sweet Like Chocolate

^^^this was on the crazy cousinz essential mix

nb on the ja side of things, this smutlee fabric mix looks amazing - http://soundcloud.com/fabric/smutlee-fabriclive-10th-birthday-promo-mix

01 Geeneus Ft. Chino - Smutlee Special (Yellowtail Vip Riddim) (White)
02 Egypt Ft. Busy Signal & Mavado - Badman Place (In The Morning
03 Riddim) (smutlee Blend) (white) -
04 Illmana Ft. Stush - Ready Fi De War (White)
05 Marvin Brown - Jack It Up (White)
06 Sticky Ft. Ding Dong - Badman Forward [(bad Gyal/jumeirah Riddim) (smutlee Blend) (white)]
07 Suncycle Ft. Mavado - No More (Bless Beats Rmx) (Suncycle)
08 Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Mad Decent)
09 Lil Silva Ft. Vybz Kartel - Pon De Floor (Different Riddim) (Smutlee Blend) (White)
10 Bbk - Too Many Funky Tunes (Martelo Blend) (White)
11 Hardhouse Banton Ft. Vybz Kartel - Dump Truck (Sirens Riddim) (Smutlee Blend) (White)
12 Sticky Ft. Elephantman - Krazy Hype (Fugitive Riddim) (Smutlee
13 Blend) (white) -
14 Warrior One Ft. Lady Chann - King (White)
15 Maxwell D - Funky Baby (White)
16 Geeneus Ft. Ms Dynamite - Get Low (Crackish Riddim) (White)
17 El - B Ft. Mirikal [We Dont Play (ghost)]
18 Dubchild - Show It Now (Ratio Mix) (Dpr Recordings)
19 Emvee - Repeat Me (White)
20 Roska Ft. Jamie George - Wonderful Day (Smutlee Special) (Roska Kicks & Snares)
21 Danny Native Ft. Busy Signal - Da Style Deh (Rass Out Riddim) (Smutlee Blend) (White)
22 Maxwell D - Street Knowledge (Rass Out Riddim) (White)
23 Donae'o - Party Hard (Dev79 Rmx) (White)
24 Malanté & Dex Ft. New Kidz - Lions (Exploited Germany)
25 Erup - Click Mi Fingers (Grahmzilla Rmx) (White)
26 Lady Chann - Sticky Situation (Toddla T & Seiji Rmx) (White)
27 Mavado - So Special (Dj Yonny Rmx) (White)
28 Whitey Ft. Mr Vegas - Hot Wuk (Wrap It Up Riddim) (Smutlee Blend) (White)
29 Miike Snow Ft. New Kidz & South Rakkas - Get Mad (Animal Riddim) (Smutlee Blend) (White)

how come no ones done one of these with grime mcs yet

To be honest that looks a lot better than any grime version which would probably end up with endless variations of JME and Skepta wittering over 'What's In Your Handbag'.

Okay so the Jam City FACT Mix sounds heaps better than the Low End Spasm mix IMO. More dynamic, prettier, great use of vocals.

New single from Benga and Zinc ft. Sweetie Irie is a decent slice of dancehall-funky but using Sweetie Ire is a bit hubristic - or, is that the right word? Is there a word that specifically means "offending the gods by trying to imitate their works?"

Because using anyone from the Middle Row camp is kinda implicitly claiming you can match Ed Case, e.g. remix of "Clint Eastwood", the amazing 2001 refixes of "You're Mine" and "Sorry (I Didn't Know)" etc.

OTOH it's closer to 1999 era Basement Jaxx so maybe Benga and Zinc thought they just had to be better than "Feeling's Gone".

Heard this on Code Red's October 16 show. Also features a funky version of "My Desire", but it's a bit middling, stick with the Bugz in the Attic remix if you have to go there (and in fact just stay with the Dreem Teem if it all possible). Royal P could maybe have done a decent remix.

However I'm betting Lex will LOVE this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBp7LW2wc8

that reminds me of a steppy and bleepy DJ Gregory. It's cool how the track is swung and pushed forward by dropping the 4th kick in each bar.

This Jam City mix is good so far (12 min in). One of the questions I wanted to ask this thread was whether there was a variant of funky that was similar to Darkstar's "Aidy's Girl Is a Computer", but it seems that the JC mix fits the bill pretty well. The more skippy, steppy and broken this stuff is, the more I like it.

Tricky, off the top of my head, search:

Aphrodisiax - Unfinished Business
Funky Underground - Dub Boy
Swift Jay vs Suges - Tribe
Scratcha DVA - Hard House
Scotty D - Dream (any Scotty D really)
Funkystepz - "Funky Sound" or "Bounce"
Pearson Sound - Wad
Hard House Banton - Reign (original and Roska remix)
La Cartier - Call me (Roska Remix)
Mos' Wanted - Different Lekstrix

IMO Jam City's rhythmic erm "matrix" is very much in line with the above stuff - I actually disagree with Matt DC on this, I think from a groove perspective he's 100% funky.

Here's "Unfinished Business" (though it's played pitched up by funky djs):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY3JuTOCJ_Q

A skank version of "Funky Sound":

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

... Unless you mean "similar to Darkstar" in terms of being emo.

From what I can remember of my conversations with the guy from Darkstar, he's the opposite of emo.

Very spirited and friendly, I've actually been completely amazed at where their sound has gone.

But then again this may be just my inner gay goth kid showing, why'd you think I liked Dubstep?.

I will now continue to listen to Dead Can Dance and leave this nice thread alone.

"Emo" as in "emotional" - "Aidy's Girl Is A Computer" sounds like Plaid. "Need You" less so.

What threw me off was when they ditched the sample based aesthetic and went completely IDM/electro.

Its fashionable, but not really playing to their strengths.

Funky that sounded like Darkstar 2 or 3 years ago would actually make a lot of sense.

Thanks Tim! Both of those embeds are good, but I like the skank version of "Funky Sound" the best. I could easily see slotting either of them in with some contemporary deep house. The Jam City mix had plenty of emo in it to push those buttons, but yeah I am looking for something that has both emo and slower, steppier rhythms while also not being so explicitly indebted to hardcore/rave.

Floating Points?

Its not Funky but its good dubstep influenced deep house.

yes!! Vacuum Boogie is one of my favorite EPs from this year.

Trying to point this back towards Funky tempo stuff.

Maybe check for some of the stuff the United Vibes crew are making?

Double Helix, I think he might be under another name right now though.

Some really great broken 2-step vibes to some of them.

http://www.divshare.com/download/8555591-b90

Solar Man- “Cerafin”
No Fixed Abode- “Flowers”
Solar Man- “Cold Hearted”
Low Density- “New Gun”
Amen Ra- “Hidden Life Force”
Amen Ra feat. Double Helix- “Song to Auset”
Low Density Matter- “Definitions”
Amen Ra- “From Whence We came”
Double Helix- “Futuristic Dream”
Double Helix- “Ghost”
Amen Ra- “N22/The Aves”
Double Helix- “The Possibilities 2009”
Double Helix- “Black Ops”
Amen Ra- “Unknown Sources”
Amen Ra and Double Helix- “God Walk”
No Fixed Abode- “Static”

I honestly have no idea what this sounds like, going to listen to it now.

I forgot what big Sun Ra/5% Nation types they were. This is pretty weird.

Like give Floating Points some really strong acid for a couple years weird.

hi thread, can i just--

http://www.sovereignguild.org/gallery/d/1533-3/rolleyes_huge.gif

thanks.

haha

what can i now say though after having referred to funky as a "zone of infinite fluxional context". cruel world.

We all have blood on our hands.

best thing on that jam city fact mix is his refix of endgames 'ecstasy' - thunderously good (i didn't know the original but recognised the hook from 90s heavy d track)

I really should stay out of this thread, I'm basically Tim's model for a dubstep fan that would ruin Funky if they had any say in it. I don't have any say in it, and that's a good thing. So how bout that Ill Blu?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/bruegel/mn-r10.jpg
Tracklisting:
01. Fuzzy Logik – Call Me feat. L.A. Cartier
02. Lil Silva – Different
03. Ill Blu – Rider
04. Lil Silva – Seasons
05. Mad One – Untitled
06. Vato Gonzalez – 4 Minutes
07. Lil Silva – Tribal Land
08. Enrique Benetez – Cooking feat. Mia Mendez
09. Crazy Cousinz – Always Be Mine
10. Fuzzy Logik – In the Morning feat. Egypt
11. Lil Silva – Untitled
12. Altered Natives – Rass Out
13. Nitro & Plague – Inside Pushing Up Flowers feat. Essence (Naughty Remix)
14. Funkystepz – Bounce
15. Geeneus – Yellowtail VIP
16. Roska – Wonderful Day feat. Jamie George
17. Agent X – Trauma
18. Rudimental – Sexy Sexy feat. May
19. Marc Ambiance – Raindance
20. Perempay – Be Your Girl
21. Kris Baya – Heartbreaker (Ill Blu Remix)
22. Lil Silva – Pulse vs Funky
23. S-Tee – Knocking at your Door feat. Sacha
24. Scotty D & Nikki Slimting – The Sound
25. Lil Silva – Untitled
26. Sweet Boy Candy – Caught Up
27. Jallapino – Turbulence
28. Bass Boi – Hit the Dancefloor feat. Cad
29. Funkystepz – Touch On Me

Cant wait for this.

haha

http://twitter.com/MARCUSNASTY/status/5271788840

Lex u made my day!

ooft didn't know they were up to 10 in the rinse series, last one i got was the Supa D.

x-post: compare contrast with Dirty Projectors gatefold inner (no long ting, eh?)

im glad i dont recognise too many of those songs, at least not by name.

weird that it's taken so long to come out, this was reviewed in the observer in what, july i think?? ages ago anyway

im glad i dont recognise too many of those songs, at least not by name.

Judging by the tracklisting it's a nice mix of about a third scene anthems ("In The Morning", "Seasons", "Rass Out", "Wonderful Day"), a third marcus anthems ("Cookin", "The Sound", "Raindance", "Knocking At Your Door") and a third fairly obscure stuff (e.g. all the untitled tracks - though maybe these will turn out to be really familiar dubs).

7th oct marcus set with mc majestic most definitely a keeper. apologies as ever for the following assorted crap notes & queries & forlorn track id's:

0mins, straight away first tune, cascading string mesmerism, was ist das

20mins, tee hee can't get away with repping this basically pure garage "gimme a little more love" jam too hard can i? oh so irresistible tho for a disquieting second everyone in the studio silently knows it

25mins, hardhouse banton 'turn it around' killing me softly every fucking time, so good!! likewise 'come to mama' still sounding great at 40mins; cava and an easyjet package holiday is just more charming sometimes

46mins, ill blu pseudotake on 'night' is a skankers as they say

60mins, YES been meaning 2 ask what this cartoon 8bar with the ragga "GO SIDDUNG!" vox is

62mins, orchestral whirlwind with what teasingly sounds like wu 'cream' about to slip in

64mins, may as well ask what this sub-bass is immediately after

76mins choppy choppy 'reign' special - new new or am i being a rube?? i swear it's just that slightly bit more hectic. same applying at 93m for an unfamiliar 'gabrielle' annihilator

79mins exactly the sort of effing obvious tune i know like the back of my hand and can never remember the effing name of COME ON BRAIN. (brain replies "bom, bom, bom, bom, bom.")

91mins yep yep, and this

109 couple nice ladybits to finish off

Tim: There's a tune by Chunky Bizzle (formerly a grime producer) that sounds like Gant's "Sound Bwoy Burial" meets Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era's "Far Out". Awesome stuff.

did anyone ever i.d. that tune ^^^ Simon also/actually enthused about? there are a couple that sound close (but no cig) on Chunky's myspace ("Snow" and "Soul Food" I think).

r|t|c I don't have that set so can't help out except the "Reign" choppy choppy is probably the Roska refix. The Gabryelle one maybe the same one as on the Larizzle set, assuming it is awesome end of the world business.

Paul: I don't think so!

closest I've found so far is "Zen On", which has similar rushiness (great signature sound) but not the anthemic melodic riff.
need a new vinyl E.P. Chunky. nah keep it one track per side for maximum weight!

marcus nasty's gone to gambia!

@MARCUSNASTY Im gone! Need to get back to my villa be4 it gets too dark if i dont twitter soon holla at the British embassy PLEASE
3 minutes ago from web

Kinda annoyed that Enrique Benitez has recycled his (amazing) arrangement for "Cookin" to use as the basis for a remix of Keri Hilson's "Energy" - comes out so much more drab without the yelpy singer he had before.

it's more than a little disconcerting that Marcus Nasty (who is in Paphos, Cyrus after missing a flight) hasn't done a followup tweet to the one Lex quoted above - 6 hours ago... especially after indicating that he was feeling strong racial tension directed at him from the locals.

(Cyprus, sorry)

on the other hand, considering this happened in the meanwhile: [via BBC] "Israel's navy has intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Iranian weapons intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli military has said. ...The vessel was intercepted "near Cyprus",..."
it could be affecting transmissions in the area?

track 11 on the marcus rinse CD is the one... really good mix actually. was wondering how i would like it without rankin but it works.

I've already forgiven Enrique Benitez on account of the amazing instrumental track of his that Mak10 plays on the Mak10/Marcus Oct 28 Rinse show. Urgent questions this show provokes:

1) Who is SCREAMA??

2) Who is CHAMPION??

i've been reigniting my love for funky last week or two, old sets but getting back that feeling! does anyone have any big new sets / shows?

Tim, i reckon Screama is probably the same Screama who has made a lot of amazing bassline...

on that tip i've been re-running Illmana ft Chloe – Burning many times these last few days, amazing track! that preceeded by Diamond ft Sophia Romian – Fly Away Remix and then a couple later some outrageous remix of Mr Seduction on the Footloose show from April has been doing it for me over and over again. whats footloose saying nowadays? is he still off 1xtra? i can't believe that they cut him

that's weird - meant to come back after benjamin's post and this thread is totally not on new answers??????? is this a thing?

anyway yeah tbf i think footloose mightve had other commitments given how often he had dj ng filling in for him the last few months, but even still i agree its a catastrophic loss - on a specific level his sets are like, idealogically crucial (well, to me at least), on a general one he's left a massive gap that 1xtra must be insane to think cameo and dj q currently fill.

or else they feel the general purpose crossover djs (mistajam, ras kwame, target) will account for funky, which is sort of grimly prescient of them tbh but divorces funky from proper house as it were entirely. i mean, are they just not gonna represent for that sort of stuff at all any more? i realise it's the most crowded sphere ever to have a presence in but to jack it all in to focus on just giving the uk bassline scene an outlet seems like some tallest midget shit to me.

anyway footloose is supposed to be appearing once a month in this graveyard segment, next one's on the 9th: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nsmwk

where does bassline stand now generally? does anyone here check for it much?

ah i see, didn't know he'd been struggling to make his shows. catastrophic loss is right though, as is crucial. i don't know anyone doing what he was doing. been listening to rinse a fair bit recently and all the house on there seems to be properly techy, loads of what i would think of as 'minimal' really. most of the rave poster i catch around are going with house / tribal / tech etc which is interesting

caught Funk Butcher the other day and he was heavy though, loads of tracky but deep house then an hour of very enjoyable funky. not all mixed up like Footloose does though, which for me was quite key to what was so good about his show

no idea what bassline is doing nowadays, i was never that deep into it, just the odd tune caught my ear. Screama and TRC were definitely some of the names i watched for though

http://www.myspace.com/screama1418

some heavy funky tunes on there, a freaky roller and a very buff vocal number