funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

Is this pretty common for bassline in general now or is it a smaller subtrend?

not quite sure how to answer this tbh. those cherrypicks aren't common as such but nor would i class them as a 'subtrend' exactly; they were found during a ton of bassline listening in which you were just as likely to hear exactly what you'd have expected of bassline (even the actual old tunes from 2007 or whatever, remarkably unabashed) as you would grimey or funky-friendly stuff, without conscious distinction. i guess i'd rather prefer to see it as bassline having sorta evolved into like this instinctive pure music sprachbund where producers are liable to morph from one dialect to the other at whim. or something!

dj q's [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x8626
]1xtra mix show/url] is a tremendously fun listen these days anyway - i highly recommend it. can also download in full here, if bandwidth can withstand with:

http://ul.to/pukmfm/1Xtra_UKG_M1X_DJ_Q_2011_01_12_qrip.mp3

certain things in the sound palette of bits i'm hearing played recently by weeksey, antman, rhino and a few others, like sweepy pads, bells, dubby filter bass etc.

yeah, not mega into this stuff if i'm honest. some of smoove kriminal's inorganic-sounding (for want of a better description) stuff is okay ('night breeze', 'big flavour'; his 'blackberry music' remix is v good) but i'm no different to anyone else in much preferring 'stop that!'. smoove also has this one that samples chun li/streetfighter 2 which uncomfortably hits home the impression that a lot of this stuff is closer to 16-bit video game music than it is deep house or anything.

dubplate wonder's lush, humid, thrilling 'wonderland 09' mix is probably the closest there's been to funky & deep house intertwining i reckon.

btw boss did you want an old banton/wonder set then or did i misunderstand?

the sections in wonderland 09' between 11, 12 & 13 are very good examples of those deep, bluelit night-moves in funky. Track 17 (a wonder production?) is the comprehensive instruction in the style (should it exist), i think.

I would love to attempt an articulation on an implied connection with 16bit music and the notion of the 'inorganic', but the longtime lurker in me is putting the brakes on. I will just say though, that Yuzo Koshiro, internal plug-ins and the ecstacy of propulsion in grid patterns are v. important.

Yes please rtc, that would be fantastic. I was going through my 2008 folders and could only find one set from 4th Nov, when i was sure i had many more.

o haha i think that's the only one i've got as well. soz :/

heh i only meant it in terms of smooth gliding neon arcs not really fitting into funky's world of spiky ruffness moreso than any strictly pro-organic damnation. wonderland 09 just has the danger factor to it i guess.

Cheers for the DJ Q set r|t|c, bandwidth permits so I will check it out and report back.

yeah, not mega into this stuff if i'm honest. some of smoove kriminal's inorganic-sounding (for want of a better description) stuff is okay ('night breeze', 'big flavour'; his 'blackberry music' remix is v good) but i'm no different to anyone else in much preferring 'stop that!'. smoove also has this one that samples chun li/streetfighter 2 which uncomfortably hits home the impression that a lot of this stuff is closer to 16-bit video game music than it is deep house or anything.

Also this doesn't feel like a "new" thing to me, but something that's been going on among a whole bunch of producers/DJs (weirdly (coincidentally?) focused around deja vu and also ukfunky.com at least while it was updating) for maybe 3 years now?

Agreed re the distinction of the Wonderland 09 mix.

I have the Dubplate/Hard House sets from 25 November and 9 December 2008 as well, will try to upload one soon.

r|t|c! That DJ Q set!! Changing my life!!!

The DJ Q remix of "Woo Riddim"!!!!! Is even better than the original, not to mention <redacted> et. al. which would dearly love to be even a tenth as eerie and moving and ominous as it is so effortlessly.

Not that I don't adore "Woo Riddim" but this remix is jawdropping.

Also adore the 2-steppy Mike Delinquent Project remix of Wretch 32 that comes on directly afterwards.

LISTEN PEOPLE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NzVp2MSuY&feature=related

Its a quality remix, DJ Q has a quality instro called Oh as well and god knows what else. But I'm feeling that laid back grimy, funky thing. Have you heard the TRC stuff on Butterz? I can't get enough of Oo Aa Ee, Royal T's remix of it and Skipping Rope.

OI i take massive umbrage at just calling 'oh' a quality instro, it is a captivating song of jme's alright?

glad ur enjoying the set tim! bursting with life innit.

Yeah I like JMEs vocal too. Was just on a umm Q tip haha.

Wow "Oh" is great as well!

hey are the rinse podcasts working for everyone?? they havent been all week for me but there's a guy on dissensh talking about the newest marcus now so idk.

rinse keeps tweeting that if the stream stops, just refresh and it should work.

i mean the archive mp3s on the site
! but yeah since we're on the subject their helpful stream advice wasnt working either when i needed it.

Yeah I can't download the archive podcasts at the moment either ;_;

marcus withdrawal

did manage to get the marcus one in the end (was v weird though - browser randomly popped up with the save dialogue like 40 minutes after i tried, and even then it came down painful slow) but whether the set's worth the wait once again rather depends on your level of ramzee and sunday roast withdrawal than it does for marcus per se.

was fiending more for a bit of ill blu action if i'm honest - no luck there as of yet though.

oh wait lol duh ill blu are live right now arent they. goin in babyyy.

selah & donaeo track on now sums up my opinions on recent marcus sets better than i could ever have

was fiending more for a bit of ill blu action if i'm honest

haha how much did this admission cost you.

Can anyone point me to some UK funky mixes (or tracks, I guess) that have either no vocals or just minimal, very fragmented vocals?

MARCUSNASTY Marcus Ramsay
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3irp9b <<<< @RinseFM @djsundayroast @djjook10 @MCShantie @MCRanking @bigmanzest @MayhemRawVybes @ramzeemusic
26 minutes ago

marcus posted on twitter the 12/01 show!

what's this ammazing tune around 39.00?

don't know the name but that one would be by sunday roast - could well be a refix of 'snm' if not an original.

ill blu admish did not cost a lot, it's true. show was reinvigorating as fuck obv! even though i didn't hear anything super new i always love how they manage to imbue their ramped up muscularity into everything they play, like black coffee 'superman' seeming 'ard all of a sudden or whatever. shox's 'raise the stakes' sounded particularly bluey, as did a new (but no big deal) crazy cousinz tune.

obv this effect is testament to how common threads of productions frame the rest of a set - same applies for funkystepz or roska or whoever really, while marcus playing batches of 3 sunday roasts at a time (where once he interspersed more judiciously) similarly sets the tone for the current arid landscape du jour, despite a few of those productions individually being of sound merit.

incidentally peeps should be aware the dissensus lot are re-upping a bunch of sets right now, including the 20th october marcus which i class as his last good one. go check that out.

oh and the rinse podcasts appear to be working again btw.

11th jan ill blu is v good indeed - not so much the usual radio show vibe and probably the closest they've come to a proper tracky head-down mix all the way thru.

here

(when i say "they" i just mean def-1 obv but yknow)

^ rudipherous you may as well give that a go idk? if it doesn't suit your very fragmented vocals needs the only other thing i can suggest is a ban.

lolz marcus has only gone and booked shadow demon coalition for next week's show. and then there's this...

http://soundcloud.com/majornotes/legend-ft-mc-kie-sparks-sharky-p-unknown-mc-flirta-d-dappa-mc-hyperactive-more

if it doesn't suit your very fragmented vocals needs the only other thing i can suggest is a ban.

haha

I may use that line in future.

I will check that out. I just lost internet at home because my phone company didn't get my check (just like my landlord). I don't know what happened to the checks I sent out in late December.

Not gonna lie, just transfuring this from dissensus to here got its shit hot...

DJ Hotshot - White Label EP

http://www.mediafire.com/?vhpi88amo4odtz8

Smoove Kriminal left it over there and this is one of the tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFzEeS7abf4

how awesome is cooly g live? he's coming to my country but it's kinda expensive if I consider the transport fee. would it be worth it?

she

hahaha, typo

hey did anyone ever manage to find an mp3 of the major notes remix of 'deja vu'?

or even a youtube?

I wasn't aware he did a remix. I have the Sweet Dreams one.

um maybe i'm confusing it with sometime else. was on a mak 10 set last year. searching all my mess of a harddrive for it but i'm so unorganised argggh

Oh wait OF COURSE I know what you mean. I was momentarily stupid b/c Beyonce has a song with that name as well obv.

Yes BEST TRACK EVER but no AFAIK it has never emerged outside of that set.

gah i found the set anyway. (mak10 @ deja vu 26/03/2009 ) making a mixtape for a friend of my fav funky songs but by the looks of it half of it's gonna be radio rips

for posterity's sake:

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

It would almost be disappointing to come across an official version and realise it doesn't have Shantie saying "YEAH!" just before the drop.

Almost.

Belatedly noticed that Funkystepz got profiled (and did a minimix) in Fact's yearly "producers to watch" segment.

The mix has "Warrior" on it! Sounds great, though rather like Naughty Raver's "Sticks & Stones" or Smoove Kriminal's "Stop Dat" now I think on it. Shame they didn't include "Lovers".

while marcus playing batches of 3 sunday roasts at a time (where once he interspersed more judiciously) similarly sets the tone for the current arid landscape du jour, despite a few of those productions individually being of sound merit.

r|t|c were you actually referring to the sunday roast guest mix on this set? Or was Marcus doing this as well? I guess I heard shout outs to sunday roast several times even early on.

Anyone know who's done the (great) female vocal version of "Shitta" marcus plays early on?

Digging Katy B thanks to the singles poll. (And now I find she did a cover of "Good Life!")

Not funky really, but this chick Little Izzy seems to be pushing the same 2-step revivalist sound (not "future garage", honest to goodness 2-step) as that Mike Delinquent Project remix of "Traktor". Put out on Frenzy's label (the dude who did "Bounce" which I posted upthread).

Everything on The Rain EP is awesome but I'm particularly fond of the cover of Maxi Priest's "Close To You" (inspired cover choice).

Increasingly curious as to how this sound fits into the current landscape.

r|t|c were you actually referring to the sunday roast guest mix on this set? Or was Marcus doing this as well? I guess I heard shout outs to sunday roast several times even early on.

this would have been somewhat foolish of me. no, i meant marcus himself - by my count (oh yes) about a third of each recent set has been soulserious content. (marcus currently also seems to be hashtagging "dubhouse" in their honour.)

care to venture an opinion on these fellows work?

Anyone know who's done the (great) female vocal version of "Shitta" marcus plays early on?

haha this is half great and half deeply tragic casualty of modern rap ;_;

don't know her name yet tho soz.

has anyone managed to snag last week's marcus set btw? site issues for me again.