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Archive for the ‘Funky House’ Category

Bass culture class of 2015

March 8, 2010

There has been plenty of press in urban/dance/bass magazines of this ‘new sound’ coming out from the hybrid of Dubstep, Grime, Garage, etc. though the catering of Funky. There are plenty of in-depth discourse and articles on it that I cannot do justice with my own writing. As this is my depository and I feel […]

Cooly G – XLR8R Podcast

January 29, 2010

Oh my oh my oh my… I’m bobbin my head as I type this! There is this new thing gwan’ in the UK dance music scene. Its this place where Dubstep, Funky, House, and Garage are all meeting in the middle somewhere. And its sound absolutely gorgeous. I’ll post a list of who is who […]

January 18, 2010

While a bit late, here is a list of the top UK Funky Tracks of 2009 by “It’s a UK Funky Movement“. UK Funky has shocked British dance music in the last couple of years, particularly Dubstep and Grime. Forward thinking producers have taken the syncopated shuffle, the 130 BPM, and other elements of the […]

Zed Bias Ft. MC Rumpus & Nicky Prince – Neighbourhood 09 (Roska Remix)

October 8, 2009

WHOOAA!!! What a gem, and another reason I’m digging the Funky House vibes.

Worldwide Liberation Sound Appendix A: UK Funky Cypher on Westwood TV

September 10, 2009

A pretty entertaining video of MC’s from across time and genres all throwing down their party and battle bars over the top UK Funky DJ, Marcus Nasty. The set features veteran UK Garage MCs, alongside Grime, Funky and Dubstep MC’s doing their best to ride riddms. It’s a good showcase of the relationship between MC’s […]

Geeneus feat. Katie B – "As I"

July 21, 2009

A lush and mad sexy Funky track… not my cup, but i’m impressed

and this is why I like Funky…

January 26, 2009

See… i never saw what “Funky” looked like being that I’m here in the U.S…. while I think the song is decent, what i dig even more are the dances, the vibes, and the Blackness of Funky… that is what I imagined House was in 83, Hip Hop in 77, Jungle in 94, and UKG […]