40 Hz hosting the main room with the mighty Joe Nice. Myself and Sidenote,will be in the backroom on the Dub Rock Sound!
All Things Bass..
Thursday, October 29, 2009
40Hz - Dark Room Experiment - Nov.21st 2009 at Nocturne!
40 Hz hosting the main room with the mighty Joe Nice. Myself and Sidenote,will be in the backroom on the Dub Rock Sound!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Ms. Dynamite & Geeneus - Get Low!
This is a fine line between funky and soca! Can't wait to get my hands on this one! This one's for the Toronto Funky Crew! December 18th we return to Toi Bar for session #2!
RUN - A Documentary about the Legendary Bristol Club Night..
I was fortunate enough to play at Run in Bristol with Bailey, D Minds and MC Jakes. Ram jam, wicked soundsystem, great crowd! Check the mini doc.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Daily Swarm - New Genre Alert - U.K Funky
Funky, sometimes referred to as UK Funky, is the newest musical genre/style/trend to come out of urban England’s extremely fertile dance scene—mixing as it does aspects of Britain’s so-called ‘hardcore continuum’ with house music and electronic dance musics from Africa and the Caribbean.
The ‘hardcore continuum’ is a term referring to a theoretical (yet very real) lineage in English dance music after Jungle—encompassing UK garage, 2step, broken beat, grime, yard and dubstep, among possible others. (A philosophical debate led by the term’s originator, critic Simon Reynolds, about what exactly is the ‘continuum’ has raged among British beats thinkers on the internet; if interested, begin here).
What’s undeniable is that musicians, producers and clubs who have formerly been involved with dubstep, grime and UK garage, have all embraced house’s 4/4 beat (and more specifically, an Afro-house groove), marrying it to the arrhythmic tendencies of their prior work and creating a joyous new dance vibe and culture. Among the leading names in funky are DJ Marcus Nasty (formerly of the grime Nasty Crew), Apple (who was responsible for some early funky productions), Crazy Cousins (whose “Bongo Jam” was a considerable street hit in the UK in 2008), and Geeneus (another early adapting DJ/producer who also happens to be a principle in the legendary pirate radio station Rinse FM and the club-night FWD, both of which have previously championed grime and dubstep and now rep for funky).
A SHORT HISTORY OF FUNKY:
Alerting readers of its existence in August of 2008, The Guardian‘s music blogger John McDonnell wrote of Funky:
It is split between tame and tacky cod-soul diva-smothered house that aspires to mimic the assumed classiness of New York house, and harder, more syncopated beats that recall everything from grime to broken beat to soca. The former is wholly unremarkable, but the latter is probably the most exciting development in UK music since garage became grime over half a decade ago. Some beats sound like tribal house disfigured by eight-bar grime arrangements and Caribbean and African percussion; others are simply broken beat in disguise – but without the stigma of association with 30-year-old fans from west London who enjoy telling people about their penchant for “jazz cigarettes”….It would be unfair to tie it too closely to broken beat, though. This is something that is new and constantly developing; I can hear early jungle, two-step, dancehall and even rave influences.
Then again in February of 2009, McDonnell discussed dubstep stagnation and just who has become ensnared in funky here:
[Dubstep’s] current stagnation has resulted in a diaspora of disgruntled dubstep fans, who’ve traveled into more rhythmically interesting territories, like the burgeoning London-centric urban house scene known as funky. Led by dubstep demi-god Kode9, producers and fans are looking to the funky scene for inspiration. Funky producers have a penchant for intricate and broken Latin, African and Caribbean percussion and produce tracks at a more house-friendly sub-130bpm.
In an interview published in FACT March 13, 2009, Kode 9 deconstructs the roots of funky:
“… All this stuff, funky, bassline, two-step, grime, dubstep, is all part of the inter-connected, post-garage world of underground music in the UK. You don’t have to like everything within one niche or another. I can’t remember how I got into funky – probably listening to some sets in the little room at FWD/Rinse at The End early in 2008. I just noticed instantly how much better the dancing and vibe was when the UK house came on, as opposed to what was happening in the big room at that time. The funky house scene, as far as I’m aware, was probably where the more soulful side of UKG went – I think some people used to call it urban house – when its moodier or more aggressive side went into grime and dubstep. No doubt it wasn’t as interesting – it wasn’t for me, anyway – as it’s only recently that some grime producers have started experimenting with it [house]. It’s just a bit rawer and less tasteful, hopefully, although I think retaining the female vocal element is important.”
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Burial to Remix Massive Attack.. The Guardian Article
The next dubstep ... Burial is to work his dark mojo on Massive Attack's material. Photograph: Hamish Brown
Massive Attack might be putting the finishing touches to their new album, featuring Damon Albarn, Martina Topley-Bird and Elbow's Guy Garvey, but they also have another project in store. The Bristol duo are in talks with Mercury-nominated mystery man Burial, who is preparing some dubstep remixes of their music.
"We've been listening to a lot of the stuff that [Burial] does and he's just amazing," Daddy G told Clash Music. "The way he does his layers, his drums and stuff like that. The dubstep thing is amazing, there's a lot of really good people there – Kode9 is great as well. These kids are just amazing and we want to be part of that."
Though there is "no timeframe" for Burial's project, he has been given several songs from Massive Attack's forthcoming album. "[He] brings out a different version of quite a lot of the tracks that we've done," said Daddy G. The plan is for a Burial record in line with Mad Professor's 1995 release, No Protection, which remixed the Massive Attack album, Protection.
Meanwhile, Daddy G and 3D are finishing their fifth album, with the working title False Flags. Besides Albarn, Garvey and Topley-Bird, other guests include Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval, TV On the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe and DFA producer Tim Goldsworthy. Though samples of this work appear on the group's new EP, Splitting the Atom, False Flags is intended to be a cohesive whole and not a compilation record.
"Since I was a kid, my mum use to dance me around to Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road, and I've had that in my head for years – the concept of the whole album, what it means," 3D told AOL's Spinner. "At the same time, I'm just as insane as the next person, splitting tracks and playlisting, making mixtapes in the old DJ days. That said, the new album feels like a complete album that comes from a time and place."
"The philosophy on this record has been to keep it stark and simple, where [2003's] 100th Window was complex and intricate ... Working with so many people, it was a real challenge to try and make the record feel like a singular work."
This Post is from the Guardian.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Saturday November 14th Junglist Movement Presents JUNGLE JUNGLE!
Big shouts and thanks to Sunil (Dubplate Special) for the design.
Get ready for a dark and grimy jungle rave. Saturday November 14th 2009.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Faulty Dl - Party
Faulty DL is on fire right now. Bringing back that classic 2 step sound with a fresh new touch. Keep it coming..
Kode 9's Bubble 'N' Squeak Mix
Kode 9's Bubble 'N' Squeak Mix
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* Words: Shawn Reynaldo
When it comes to dubstep and the outer fringes of UK garage, few names ring out quite like Kode9. Next week, the Hyperdub label head will release 5, a two-disc compilation that both looks back at the influential label's history and lays the groundwork for its future. To help commemorate the release, we asked Kode9 to submit something for the XLR8R podcast. Apparently, 5 has put the man in a historical mood, as he delivered this Bubble 'N' Squeak Mix, comprised entirely of classic UK garage and 2-step from 1999-2002. Originally aired as part of the special 25th-Anniversary broadcast of Radio Lancashire's On the Wire, XLR8R and Hyperdub are now making it available as a proper download.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Skankin' at Toi Bar - Marcus Visionary Freeza Chin and MC Plain English
TORONTO FUNKY..
FREEZA CHIN & PLAIN ENGLISH
Marcus Visionary B2B Freeza Chin with MC Plain English - FUNKY @ Toi Bar Oct. 10 2009
I feel sorry for anybody that missed this BASHMENT!
In case you're one of those unfortunate enough to miss this party, I recorded most of it for your listening pleasure. Keep your eyes peeled for the next installment of FUNKY @ Toi Bar as we are making this a monthly occurrence.
PART 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5y82bi
PART 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/deqc1l
2 hours and 40 minutes of non stop Funky!
FREEZA CHIN & PLAIN ENGLISH
Marcus Visionary B2B Freeza Chin with MC Plain English - FUNKY @ Toi Bar Oct. 10 2009
I feel sorry for anybody that missed this BASHMENT!
In case you're one of those unfortunate enough to miss this party, I recorded most of it for your listening pleasure. Keep your eyes peeled for the next installment of FUNKY @ Toi Bar as we are making this a monthly occurrence.
PART 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5y82bi
PART 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/deqc1l
2 hours and 40 minutes of non stop Funky!
Friday, October 9, 2009
U.S President Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize!
It's great to see Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize. I wish people would help to support his vision instead of fighting him every step of the way.
The Nobel committee recognized Obama's efforts at dialogue to solve complex global problems, including working toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the committee said.
Jagland said the decision was "unanimous" and came with ease. ...
He rejected the notion that Obama had been recognized prematurely for his efforts and said the committee wanted to promote the president just it had Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990 for his efforts to open up the Soviet Union.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Brand New Breakage Feat. Newham Generals, David Rodigan
This is my favourite that I've heard from the album so far! Big up Breakage. Digital Soundboy coming with fire!
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