Check out these broken beat tunes:
Mentor Roska
track called Feeline, or
"Just Leave" - Footloose feat. Simone
the Fingerprint's dark dub mix
Also the second half of
Supa D's 'Exclusive Casa Funk NYE Promo Mix' has some interesting tunes which have only drums, percussions and sub bass going on.
If funky house is like being 2step and then evolving into "grime & dubstep", how would the "grime" stuff sound then? Maybe somekind of dark hip-house
That Supa D mix is fantastic - although I'm only talking about the second half as you recommended. Lots of dubs and dj tools - a great one is:
Alex Wizz - Drummin (H2O Remix), real bassy tribal stuff. I'm definitely hearing this sound a lot right now, just out and about on the street, at clubs and in cars. The next step is for more and more UK/London productions coming through, which I guess is happening with
Footloose,
Apple,
MA1,
Moonshine (aka
Geeneus - his tracks 'Yellow Tail' and 'Make Me' are great),
Crazy Cousinz etc.
That track
'Feeline' by Roska is absolutely fantastic! It's about 61mins in on the Supa D set, and sounds great in the mix. Sounds less broken beat and more like an offbeat house dub type thing. I think that whole sound is great. There's a vocal MC track that
Footloose plays on his show called "
MC Creeper - Dub" which is also on the Supa D mix (41mins) but without the vocal. Once again the beats aren't 4x4, but the hat patterns kinda are, which gives it the housey swing and pulse I guess. I'm thinking there'll be more experimentation within this area by UK producers. I was saying on the
African Youtube post that a lot of the UK stuff seems to have a similar sound to the African house scenes (of which I know next to nothing about). A direct influence on London producers with African heritage perhaps?