UK Funky was invented in '91

luka

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This is the tune I most associate with my first immersion in pirate radio. This is the one that was played constantly. Every DJ every day.
 

william kent

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Yeah, I could listen to it a lot more than the remix. That wasn't what the thread was about though. The original sounds like the 90s. The remix sounds like funky.
 

Benny Bunter

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Cool, not heard that remix before.

I posted this one in the house tunes that uk funky showed us weren't boring thread cos Petchy used to play it (and it's a banger). 1987 Chicago:

 

RWY

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Always considered NG & Katy B's 'Tell Me' from 2006 to be the first UK Funky track proper - does anyone know of any productions which pre-date this one? I seem to remember Wookie's 'Gallium' being played on 1Xtra quite early on.

 

Corpsey

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The first tune I was aware of was "Do U Mind?" cos Blackdown wrote about it.

Not sure if that predated it.
 

Benny Bunter

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Apple de segalizer was 2005 apparently, shortly followed by Invasion records stuff around same times as that dj NG.

This is an entertaining listen:
 

Benny Bunter

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Actually I've undersold it - this is essential listening for those interested in what happened at the scrag end of the nuum. Plus Marcus Nasty is fucking hilarious.
 

wektor

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been listening to a lot of uk funky mixes today and they sound incredible pitched down by 1/4, proper feel good moving around the house music
 
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