Funky/London/UK House
he prob means just how you tend to either have 'urban music for trendies' nights, an urban music nights for 'normal people', like what you might have at purple e3 or whatever. obvs theres lots of nights where theres crossover (i think) but yeah, a lot seem to fall into one of these two camps. be interesting to see who turns up at that plastic people funky night next week (which i def wanna get down to but cant until at least 11
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nomos
Administrator
http://www.dubplate.net/Tunes.aspx?type=Housewhere can I hear this Lighter - Skanker tune I've been hearing about for the past 3 months?
you can even have your very own
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simon silverdollar
Guest
i was there. crazy cousinz (Paleface) was lots of fun, altho he did play 'seasons' twice, to bookend the set, which was a little odd. i guess that's what happens with anthems.
yeah was a weird crowd. i actually really enjoyed it, because people seemed really happy, but i think it might be the first and only time that i'm at a funky night where someone in the crowd is wearing a kaftan.
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i dont think funky needs a darkside funky, not yet anyway, esp as theres a nice balance at the moment between the fun tracks like that fuzzy logik one and the harder stuff. some of the grimier funky tracks to my ears are a bit annoying to be honest - i hate those leaden sounding monochrome horn fanfares. tribal, heavy percussive workouts though - more please.
thanks. I actually had heard it before.. somewhere
great tune, but tbh it just sounds like early 00's prog/tribal house, e.g. http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/92963-01.htm (I mentioned this in another thread but noone noticed
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baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Wish I coulda stuck around...
Hmm. Not sure it was weird at all - I think it was all too normal, sadly. I've seen that demographic far too many times for there to be anything interesting about it. Seems Dalston is becoming part of Shoreditch.
Must put in a big word for Dlaston Jazz Bar though, for playing all twelve (?) minutes of Water Get No Enemy by Fela. Unexpected and sublime.
nochexxx
harco pronting
not sure if this has been mentioned yet.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=50985433916&ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=50985433916&ref=ts
mos dan
fact music
omg lol. i was there too... as was k-punk apparently, and alex williams too apparently. it was very amusing playing 'spot the writer'. esp when i was standing there with simon, tom lea, alex macpherson, boomnoise, bok bok and others.. were there any normal punters there i wonder, or was it all bloggers and journalists? haha.
by 'normal punters' i mean 'normal punters not wearing kaftans', to clarify.
4linehaiku
Repetitive
I was a normal punter, and I was wearing a sensible jumper. So there was at least one.
It was good to meet you by the way.
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
Yeah I agreesome of the grimier funky tracks to my ears are a bit annoying to be honest - i hate those leaden sounding monochrome horn fanfares. tribal, heavy percussive workouts though - more please.
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
No, he'll be thinking "I shouldn't have shot my mouth off about funky not being part of the nuum!"i wonder if k-punk was frowning through it, thinking "hang on, this isn't part of the continuum!"
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
Good piece in Guardian about dubstep mutating into funky. Well, it mentions me anyway, so it must be good.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/feb/23/scene-and-heard-funky-dubstep
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/feb/23/scene-and-heard-funky-dubstep
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Always nice to see Prancehall laying into the slovenly dubstep massive with their filthy hoodies and red stripe dispensing armpits haha
Agree with the article, though. I talked about something similar on my blog a few months ago...
''It seems to me that there's a great deal of dubstep (not all of it - see Silkie/Quest/TRG etc.) now which has less in common with UK garage than with DNB/techno/hip-hop, which is fine, but that garage-connection seems strong in Funky, and perhaps some sort of Funky/dubstep hybrid will emerge in 2009 that will help strengthen dubstep's ties to its musical roots in two-step and latterly 'tribal' percussion. [L.D has also just remixed 'Do You Mind' and you can't forget D1, whose 'Oingy Boingy' bridges the gap nicely]''
I was really reminded of how intensely rhythmic dubstep was when I saw Youngsta at FWD@the End - the Loefah/Skream/D1 tunes he was playing were so stripped down but so full of syncopation, percussion, and pauses. If you're hearing that stuff on a loud enough system you can dance to it with every part of your beautiful, pink, moist and naked body.
You won't end up pulling, though, unless you count 'pulling yourself off into your hand me down Vans while your mum cooks you eggs', of course.
Agree with the article, though. I talked about something similar on my blog a few months ago...
''It seems to me that there's a great deal of dubstep (not all of it - see Silkie/Quest/TRG etc.) now which has less in common with UK garage than with DNB/techno/hip-hop, which is fine, but that garage-connection seems strong in Funky, and perhaps some sort of Funky/dubstep hybrid will emerge in 2009 that will help strengthen dubstep's ties to its musical roots in two-step and latterly 'tribal' percussion. [L.D has also just remixed 'Do You Mind' and you can't forget D1, whose 'Oingy Boingy' bridges the gap nicely]''
I was really reminded of how intensely rhythmic dubstep was when I saw Youngsta at FWD@the End - the Loefah/Skream/D1 tunes he was playing were so stripped down but so full of syncopation, percussion, and pauses. If you're hearing that stuff on a loud enough system you can dance to it with every part of your beautiful, pink, moist and naked body.
You won't end up pulling, though, unless you count 'pulling yourself off into your hand me down Vans while your mum cooks you eggs', of course.
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
Thanks! I do have a double album out though, there's some good stuff on there... no funky out yet though.
There's loads of new stuff, techy percussive tunes, deep rollage, wonky, spoken word, it's feeding through to djs... plus a load of funky.
I'll put the best dubstep / garage stuff on the next Dubstep Sufferah, should be doing that soon.
New vinyl on Keysound in a few months.