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UK FUNKY (NOT 45 RELATED)

mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
edited July 2010 in Strut Central
SO WHAT IS UK FUNKY? LIKE NEW DANCE NON-2STEP DANCE SCHITT?
PLEASE TO EXPLICATE
THX

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  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    one of my fav genres of the past decade
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    hahaha.

    "uk funky" is a kind of heavily syncopated house music often played on london pirate radio stations. A kind of "grimey" (grime influenced) dance music.

    some of the common signifiers:

    "carnival" style rhythms (eg - soca patterns)
    steel drum samples
    marimba melodies
    hooky basslines
    deceptively simple melodies which get stuck in your head

    see:

    Roska

    Scratcha

    Crazy Cousinz feat Kyla

    Mr Mageeka

    Fuzzy Logic feat Egypt - In The Morning


    some people think "uk funky" is a funny name and prefer to call it "uk hunky", "uk chunky", or "uk clunky".
  • mickalphabetmickalphabet deep inna majestic segue 374 Posts
    slowed down soca without the fun bits often mixed with
    terrible house cliches

    b/w

    counter movement to the darkness of dubstep

    check my man stacks mix though, nice mix of the current clash
    of styles going on http://soundcloud.com/stacks/stacks-useyourdelusion-mix192
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    tbh the most interesting stuff are peeps like mosca, girlunit, lil silva, all the bok bok and lvis 1990 stuff, hot city, deadboy, who are drawing from that music but fusing it with all sort of other influences.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Music for people who wish they were still in Ayia Napa. Ten years ago.
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    *speak and spell voice* that is incorrect. besides, maga-loooof is the new nappa get me.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Point taken, I am old and disconnected though and it was the first thing that sprang to mind when I realised all the stuff banging out of cars (like that Fuzzy Logic track) wasn't actually from 2000,
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    haha i'm just out pedanting you. there is a thriving underground scene which is drawing on the last 10 years of the uk bass music diaspora, like a kind of musical smoothie made out of jungle, garage, soca, grime, hip hop.. . that scene is not about labels, its about dancing, having fun and colourful ideas.

    mick is right when he says it is the flipside of dubstep, which ultimately has turned into a very bland, dark and monochrome music. meatheads staggering around to the sound of lfos modulating a sine wave at 40 hz. eurrgh.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    mickalphabet said:


    counter movement to the darkness of dubstep

    UK Garage to the darkness of DnB circa 2001? (or whenever it was)
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    mickalphabet said:


    counter movement to the darkness of dubstep

    UK Garage to the darkness of DnB circa 2001? (or whenever it was)

    exactly
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    Ulysses31nicholas said:
    Duderonomy said:
    mickalphabet said:


    counter movement to the darkness of dubstep

    UK Garage to the darkness of DnB circa 2001? (or whenever it was)

    exactly

    What's also weird is that when UK garage champagne-club-culture started, I was also very bored with DnB.

    I'm now getting bored of Dubstep. Last year was a brilliant vintage, this year it's purple-synth-overkill or wobble-banger heavy-metal, with not so much inbetween that I'm feeling.

    Bored as I was with DnB, I never liked UK garage. I can't see myself ever liking UK funky either.

    What's on the cards then? Some producers taking the UK funky template, and re-injecting some ragga darkness elements to balance it out (before that gets too dark, and spawns another neon, girl-friendly sound)?


    Something cool always gets spat out at some point though.
  • mickalphabetmickalphabet deep inna majestic segue 374 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    Ulysses31nicholas said:
    Duderonomy said:
    mickalphabet said:


    counter movement to the darkness of dubstep

    UK Garage to the darkness of DnB circa 2001? (or whenever it was)

    exactly



    What's on the cards then? Some producers taking the UK funky template, and re-injecting some ragga darkness elements to balance it out (before that gets too dark, and spawns another neon, girl-friendly sound)?

    this >
  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts
    re-injecting some ragga darkness elements

    :comedy_gold:
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    Paul said:
    re-injecting some ragga darkness elements

    :comedy_gold:





    while removing a little of

  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    re: ragga darkness element

    Mosca - Square One.



    *gunfingers*
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    ew
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    This is more my cup of tea.



    (is it grime, pubstep, or UK funky though?)
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    This music sounds pasty.
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    uk hunky > drake

    deadboy remix of drake > drake
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    Ulysses31nicholas said:

    deadboy remix of drake > drake

    Does this remix actually make Drake sound good? Please post.
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    http://hypetrak.com/2010/07/drake-fireworks-deadboy-remix/
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    Excellent. Drake never sounded so good. Reminds me of this uber-dark-garage-house-thing by Rob Sparx:

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