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Is there a Zed Bias funky remix of "Neighbourhood" in addition to Roska's? Re Cooly G, as much as I like her, I have to say (probably for a third or fourth time) that it's very predictable how the media are already rushing to talk about her as distinct from Scottie D or Madd.One or Fuzzy Logic...

Not sure who's done the production, I mean.

I think that's "Energy" by Yass (sp?). She also did "Still In Love With Me", the DJ Naughty remix of which is a big Marcus Nasty track. Not sure whose done the production on "Energy" but it could easily be DJ Naughty also. The relevant lyric is: "Supreme! The main attraction, like the London...

No way the "Love Lockdown" cover is fabulous, one of my favourite things that DJ Naughty has done. Awful news about Sami Sanchez, some of his funky productions recently have been excellent. Doesn't he do the one with the stiff descending horn riffs and then the beat that's a bit like...

Granted that the name "funky" is inherited, I think that in an odd way it does have purchase. With the benefit of hindsight it's clear that a big part of the appeal of more conventional funky house was, perhaps from the beginning (or certainly from 2005), a certain allegiance to syncopation...

It's an interesting POV but I don't know if it really works when you break it down to actual tracks. Like, he's totally right that funky's notion of "funky" is increasingly divorced from that of conventional funky house, but beyond that, I see funky's rhythmic sensibility breaking down three...

Putting out a general call for help to work out all the tracks on the Mak10/Shantie 26 March Deja Vu show. Fill in the blanks plz: 0:00:00 - ??? "Quit trying to fight you" 0:02:50 - J-Will - Deja Vu (??? Remix) 0:05:02 - ??? "You give me butterflies" 0:07:14 - ??? "Dangerous... I'm about to...

I love how excited Shantie gets by the references to 2-step in Rapid's "Report To The Dancefloor" on the Mak 10/Shantie March set. "2-STEP MASSIVE!!!"

Sorry Baboon as I said I like the tune too, not suggesting that liking it is sinful at all! I think the Mak10/Shantie set was March 26? The link was posted here a while back... It's already the thing I've listened to most this year I think.

I dunno, the new Roska EP does sound very good (there are longer samples on Roska's myspace page BTW) but it's also precisely the sort of gentrification move which I think is ultimately the wrong direction for the scene. If you take away the street/dancehall/african/grime elements of funky, what...

Moreover I think both tunes are closer to actual dancehall than they are to speed garage. My favourite example of that actually is Tadow's "Rising Sun", which is a bit repetitive and spare on its own, but with a good MC becomes absolutely hypnotic. In fact Rankin' and Shantie trading back...

Martin if you're not into "Twiss" and "Toppa 5" I... don't know what to say. Those tunes strike me as being at the very heart of what I like about funky! Though I do find it interesting that you refer to the lack of momentum of "Twiss" as compared to speed garage. You could say the same thing...

That's a good piece Martin, and it sets out Queen of Sheba's position really well - I feel like I agree with you more now QoS! Re "funky" vs "UK House" as terminology - it's hard to get worked up re which producers use to describe themselves given both are gonna end up giving people confused...

The more likely scenario to my mind is a less appealing one: in reaction to "nursery grime" etc, most of the more established producers deliberately choose a more sophisticated path - I suspect this is more likely to be along the lines of broken beat than house per se, "dubbage" notwithstanding...

Also Footloose's 1xtra show, though I don't listen to this as much as I'd like as I'm not in a position to listen to the full stream at my home computer very often. Footloose is a good example of someone who has a very expansive notion of what UK funky can be, he seems equally at home with...

I should note that basically all of the above recommendations come from listening to Mak 10/Marcus Nasty and related sets, and trawling producers' myspace pages and ukfunky.com. As always, there are many tracks that belong in the list but which I cannot even begin to ID. Funky tracks can be...

Re "Toppa 5", it's up for download at ukfunky.com Swift Jay is a fantastic and underrated producer - see also "Tribe" (which I think is billed to Swift Jay vs Suges) which reminds me of old Low Deep instrumentals. I have the feeling though that a whole swathe of producers like him will end up...

I'd put Swift Jay's "Toppa 5" in the same category as "Twiss" - it's the one with all the Elephant Man samples and the voice saying "Dubplate style" over and over again. The rhythm programming on it is totally sick. Also there was that really fractured track which samples Bounty Killer but I...

What are the "really bad" nursery grime tunes? (quotation marks not specifically directed at Queen of Sheba - though I'd be keen to hear your opinion - but just for the general consensus that there are a lot of them, always supposed to be much worse than "Migraine Skank" or "Jump In The...

So good finally to be able to ID OB's "Domino Effect" - such an amazing track!