Funky/London/UK House
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
As good as the vocal version of Shitta on this is, I'm slightly disappointed that it's basically an anti-shitta lyric...
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Mellow Bee and Razzlerman are two producers that seem to be getting a lot of play and hype on radio at the moment, esp on Deja. I need to get my head round exactly which tunes they've done and which are good though, will report back.
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Also really looking forward to catching T Williams at La Cheetah this Friday (La Cheetah is prob my favourite Glasgow club at the moment, though I'd find it hard to pinpoint exactly why).
Benny Bunter
Well-known member
Frustration...
Is UK Funky Dead?
by Deejay Whitecoat on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 8:18am
Is UK Funky dead?
I started writing this a few days ago and after a crazy night I finished it off on the way to work, please
excuse the spelling, grammar and punctuation, as i spent alot of my school days sneaking off to Uptown Records.
Alot of people have been getting the impression that UK Funky is dead but what they don't seem to realise
is UK Funky has changed it's name to UK House and is more alive than ever, what it seem's is the oldschool
funky guy's forgot the 3 main rules to surviving in the industry 1. Do it for the Love, 2. Do it for the Respect
and 3. Allways stay Humble. I havn't really been in the so called circle untill recently but i have been a
fan of Funky since DJ Gregory started messing with the drum patterns. And from what i can see is alot of these
guy's got ego's and thought they were bigger than Jay-Z, with tunes sitting on harddrives or charging a few
a small fortune for dubplates, from holding people with real talent back and only helping out people that
benefitted themselfs.
Comericialisation obviously was one of the main reasons any Genre starts to loose it's touch as it seems the
gimmicks and un-true artist bask in it's glory. But on this occasion it has done the opposite and due to the
scene growing at a very fast rate the commercial candle was blown out, only for Funky to be forced back into
the underground, people say it's still there with Katy B and Dynamite grabbing a number 1 but one tune in 3
months is not good enough for me to agree.
I believe Marcus Nasty is one of or if not the most important man in the UK Scene as he doesn't care whether you
have been in the game for five minutes or five years, the fact is if you make good music in the correct ways he
will play your music and possibly blow an artist to a certain extent, something alot of DJ's lost along there jorney.
Alot of people have interesting things to say about Marcus but the truth is he is just a normal guy doing his thing.
If one day I get to a level like Marcus I hope to do exactly the same thing.
The new breed of Producer emerging from the scene which in about a years time u can read this article and know
I chatted truth is Humble, Respectful and does Music for the love not for the money not for the women. These
breed of Producers should be proud of thereselves as it is very easy to fall into temptation in the music industry.
We have all held a bottle of Grey Goose and felt invincible but the fact remains this is not the route to take.
And being a DJ that played at clubs like China Whites, Dolce, Studio Valbon and Embassy I can only describe these
people as the worst people I've ever met FAKE, some racists and complete arseholes, driven by money and greed.
As allways not everyone can make it but each one of you has done your part to ensure and inspire people in the correct
way. I'm talking about musicians like Smoove Kriminal, Carnao Beats, MR Turbo, Mr Solo, LR Groove, DJ Eastwood,
Shay and Sinista, Razzlaman, Jae Elle, Tempa Da Beat Kid, Seani B, Mista Bee, Locksmith, Rudimental Records,
and myself DJ Whitecoat to name but a few.
I am certain that these people will achieve something with their music as the passion and determination never dies.
With DJ's like Weeksey, Tallman Stretch, Glacier, GGB, Crucial B, Marcus Nasty, the scene will once grow again.
There are alot more people but these are the people I am directly in view of, so apologies if I forgot someone.
Even as a DJ I can never loose the fan aspect of the music and being around the people I am around at the moment
is an absolute Honour. I believe that if my music career finished soon I would have hit my peak doing what i'm doing
now and have absolutely enjoyed every minute of it.
I'd like to thank from the bottom of my Heart DJ Glacier for starting my jorney on Deja Vu Fm, Genesis Elijah who has taught me over the years that Realness is everything, DJ Weeksey for resurrecting me on the One's and Two's and I'd like to thank DJ Dlux for being an excellent role model and Freind. I'd also like to Thank everybody on my station Deja Vu you are all so special to me and I have yet to meet an Idiot person, Thank you all, your bloody Wicked!
Thank You Emma,
I am Blessed to have one of the most supportive Mothers and Sister's in the world and am surrounded by some great friends who I am eternaly in debt to Alx Sosa, DJ Matt and D.K.
The Last Thing I Will say is this... Allways back the Underdog...which has been my position for many years...we will Prevail.
Is UK Funky Dead?
by Deejay Whitecoat on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 8:18am
Is UK Funky dead?
I started writing this a few days ago and after a crazy night I finished it off on the way to work, please
excuse the spelling, grammar and punctuation, as i spent alot of my school days sneaking off to Uptown Records.
Alot of people have been getting the impression that UK Funky is dead but what they don't seem to realise
is UK Funky has changed it's name to UK House and is more alive than ever, what it seem's is the oldschool
funky guy's forgot the 3 main rules to surviving in the industry 1. Do it for the Love, 2. Do it for the Respect
and 3. Allways stay Humble. I havn't really been in the so called circle untill recently but i have been a
fan of Funky since DJ Gregory started messing with the drum patterns. And from what i can see is alot of these
guy's got ego's and thought they were bigger than Jay-Z, with tunes sitting on harddrives or charging a few
a small fortune for dubplates, from holding people with real talent back and only helping out people that
benefitted themselfs.
Comericialisation obviously was one of the main reasons any Genre starts to loose it's touch as it seems the
gimmicks and un-true artist bask in it's glory. But on this occasion it has done the opposite and due to the
scene growing at a very fast rate the commercial candle was blown out, only for Funky to be forced back into
the underground, people say it's still there with Katy B and Dynamite grabbing a number 1 but one tune in 3
months is not good enough for me to agree.
I believe Marcus Nasty is one of or if not the most important man in the UK Scene as he doesn't care whether you
have been in the game for five minutes or five years, the fact is if you make good music in the correct ways he
will play your music and possibly blow an artist to a certain extent, something alot of DJ's lost along there jorney.
Alot of people have interesting things to say about Marcus but the truth is he is just a normal guy doing his thing.
If one day I get to a level like Marcus I hope to do exactly the same thing.
The new breed of Producer emerging from the scene which in about a years time u can read this article and know
I chatted truth is Humble, Respectful and does Music for the love not for the money not for the women. These
breed of Producers should be proud of thereselves as it is very easy to fall into temptation in the music industry.
We have all held a bottle of Grey Goose and felt invincible but the fact remains this is not the route to take.
And being a DJ that played at clubs like China Whites, Dolce, Studio Valbon and Embassy I can only describe these
people as the worst people I've ever met FAKE, some racists and complete arseholes, driven by money and greed.
As allways not everyone can make it but each one of you has done your part to ensure and inspire people in the correct
way. I'm talking about musicians like Smoove Kriminal, Carnao Beats, MR Turbo, Mr Solo, LR Groove, DJ Eastwood,
Shay and Sinista, Razzlaman, Jae Elle, Tempa Da Beat Kid, Seani B, Mista Bee, Locksmith, Rudimental Records,
and myself DJ Whitecoat to name but a few.
I am certain that these people will achieve something with their music as the passion and determination never dies.
With DJ's like Weeksey, Tallman Stretch, Glacier, GGB, Crucial B, Marcus Nasty, the scene will once grow again.
There are alot more people but these are the people I am directly in view of, so apologies if I forgot someone.
Even as a DJ I can never loose the fan aspect of the music and being around the people I am around at the moment
is an absolute Honour. I believe that if my music career finished soon I would have hit my peak doing what i'm doing
now and have absolutely enjoyed every minute of it.
I'd like to thank from the bottom of my Heart DJ Glacier for starting my jorney on Deja Vu Fm, Genesis Elijah who has taught me over the years that Realness is everything, DJ Weeksey for resurrecting me on the One's and Two's and I'd like to thank DJ Dlux for being an excellent role model and Freind. I'd also like to Thank everybody on my station Deja Vu you are all so special to me and I have yet to meet an Idiot person, Thank you all, your bloody Wicked!
Thank You Emma,
I am Blessed to have one of the most supportive Mothers and Sister's in the world and am surrounded by some great friends who I am eternaly in debt to Alx Sosa, DJ Matt and D.K.
The Last Thing I Will say is this... Allways back the Underdog...which has been my position for many years...we will Prevail.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
^Interesting stuff from Whitecoat, thanks to Benny for posting it. This gradual rebranding of uk funky as 'uk house', or back to the idea of 'house and funky', is def something I've noticed since around the turn of the year. There's a lot of producers and djs (like the ones on Whitecoat's list) who a year or so ago would have been described, and sometimes described themselves, as UKF who are now tending to refer to themselves as house artists. I think the reasoning behind it is that 'funky' for a lot of punters had connotations at first of the most novelty/young-sounding stuff and then increasingly of the MC-dominated end of things, and those associations led to some people parring it. So rebranding yourself as house was a way around that.
When you listen to the music coming from those people though... some of it def has resemblances to deep house that weren't there so much before, but a lot of it still has the type of rhythmic patterns and sounds that I would associate with UKF, they just don't always call it that now. So to me it does seem primarily like a marketing change, and I don't have a problem with that if it means DJs keep getting bookings and producers keep getting DJ play and sales for their tunes.
The main thing for me is that whatever new developments happen keep building on the rhythmic developments funky has made, as opposed to people all going back to making straight-line kind of tunes. Also ideally I'd like there to be some role for the MCs still, as that side of things has been amongst the most exciting over the last 12 months for me. But whether this can form part of the broad 'uk house' thing or will have to become its own specialised sub-scene is maybe what will become the question.
Since this was an all talky-talky post I'll post some new music next, gimme a minute though.
When you listen to the music coming from those people though... some of it def has resemblances to deep house that weren't there so much before, but a lot of it still has the type of rhythmic patterns and sounds that I would associate with UKF, they just don't always call it that now. So to me it does seem primarily like a marketing change, and I don't have a problem with that if it means DJs keep getting bookings and producers keep getting DJ play and sales for their tunes.
The main thing for me is that whatever new developments happen keep building on the rhythmic developments funky has made, as opposed to people all going back to making straight-line kind of tunes. Also ideally I'd like there to be some role for the MCs still, as that side of things has been amongst the most exciting over the last 12 months for me. But whether this can form part of the broad 'uk house' thing or will have to become its own specialised sub-scene is maybe what will become the question.
Since this was an all talky-talky post I'll post some new music next, gimme a minute though.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Ok then here goes. Devotion EP out on the 7th:
http://www.junodownload.com/products/devotion-ep/1700570-02/
This is by no means all great, but it does include Get Up, aka the 'Let's get this started' tune with the big bouncy bassline that Petchy used to play. Likewise the Invasion EP (due out on the 28th) features Daka, which the one Ory (iirc) asked for an ID on ages ago. It's got that distinctive 'pew-pew-pew' bass sound going right through it, Marcus was playing it a lot towards the end of last year:
http://www.junodownload.com/products/invasion-ep/1707537-02/
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Speaking of Marcus, he's started uploading his shows on Soundcloud (maybe 'cos of the problems people were having with the Rinse stream/podcasts last month?). This one with just Shantie is particularly good:
Prob my favourite I've heard from in a while because it's not overly heavy in Soulserious tunes and generally avoids blandness.
http://www.junodownload.com/products/devotion-ep/1700570-02/
This is by no means all great, but it does include Get Up, aka the 'Let's get this started' tune with the big bouncy bassline that Petchy used to play. Likewise the Invasion EP (due out on the 28th) features Daka, which the one Ory (iirc) asked for an ID on ages ago. It's got that distinctive 'pew-pew-pew' bass sound going right through it, Marcus was playing it a lot towards the end of last year:
http://www.junodownload.com/products/invasion-ep/1707537-02/
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Speaking of Marcus, he's started uploading his shows on Soundcloud (maybe 'cos of the problems people were having with the Rinse stream/podcasts last month?). This one with just Shantie is particularly good:
Prob my favourite I've heard from in a while because it's not overly heavy in Soulserious tunes and generally avoids blandness.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
http://soundcloud.com/mellowbee
Tick Tock and Dutty Stinkin on here are particularly good. Heat Wave is not quite in the same league but still decent.
Tick Tock and Dutty Stinkin on here are particularly good. Heat Wave is not quite in the same league but still decent.
Benny Bunter
Well-known member
Good work Andy. I love that Jook 10 tune Get up! Soulserious definitely have a few bangers amidst some of the more boring straight house stuff. The hit rate is quite low, but seeing as they seem to have a new ep out every other week, thats pretty understandable I suppose.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Yeah I agree, they really illustrate the good and bad points of that 'bash em out' mentality. Worth trawling through the mediocre stuff for the gems every so often though. 
Benny Bunter
Well-known member
Petchy interviewed in the Quietus!
http://thequietus.com/articles/05794-militant-euphoria-petchy-interview
http://thequietus.com/articles/05794-militant-euphoria-petchy-interview
^^ http://blissout.blogspot.com/2011/03/stirrings-of-backlash-against-nu-e-c.html
and yeah, good to have some exposure for Petchy and Co + Live FM at last
and yeah, good to have some exposure for Petchy and Co + Live FM at last
Benny Bunter
Well-known member
Good video of Marcus Nasty and Shantie tearing it up at the Boiler Room: http://boilerroom.tv/marcus-nasty-ft-mc-shantie-30-min-mix/
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Jook 10 - Daka. Coming out later in the month (see upthread).
listening to a marcus set from 2-3 weeks back. lot more deep dark techy (to use rankins words) stuff in there than i expected. seems to cut into the dubstep friendly stuff more (though its not the same) quite easily. he even shouts out 'filthy!' when this wobbler-type track comes on lol. dont know if this is the norm these days.
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balls, know this is old but i spent ages looking for corpsey's link and when i eventually found it it was dead. can someone re-up? trying to go through loads of these live sets i've missed, been slack at keeping up with funky for ages now and tryna get back into it. really enjoyed that recent one with the eleanor rigby joint at the start!
Sectionfive
bandwagon house
Do you me 20.3.10 ?
That was the one
That was the one
Benny Bunter
Well-known member
Yeah it was 20.3.10. I'll re-up it for you.