http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jgggh
FUNKYSTEPZ GUEST MIX
Funkystepz x Drake — YOLO (Miami Bass mix)Funkystepz — BizzaroRihanna — We Found Love (Funkystepz Edit)Funkystepz — JiggaFunkystepz — Mind FFunkystepz x Rihanna — Birthday Cake (Miami Bass Mix)Funkystepz — Star 9Funkystepz — WarriorFunkystepz — PhantomFunkystepz — Royal RumbleThe Hi-Fives — What you do (Funkystepz Billionaires Club mix)Shanay Holmes — Worth the Wait (Funkystepz LoveShy Mix)Bruno Mars — It Will Rain (Funkystepz LoveShy Mix)Usher — Climax (Funkystepz LoveShy Mix)RudeKid Feat Sketpa — Get Busy (Funkystepz LoveShy Mix)Scrufizzer — Steam (Produced by Funkystepz)Scrufizzer — Fizzy Flow (Produced by Funkystepz)Funkystepz x Scrufizzer — Barracade
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
haha taping that as i type
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
Great mix! Nice mix of Funky, Garage and Grime. I like the Scrufizzer collaborations too, they're hard and heavy, but still rhythmically interesting. I really hope 'XTC, 'Mundo Bizzaro' and 'Radar' get releases in the near future, those tracks are amazing. Off topic, but why on earth is BBC 1xtra dropping DJ Q? He's the best thing going for them, imo.
― Astrochimp32, Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone else hear this? It's out now.http://soundcloud.com/3beat/3beat098-preeya-kalidas-love-3I just realized that Preeya Kalidas played Omar's wife in Four Lions. I knew she looked familiar!
― Astrochimp32, Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
is it wrong that half the reason I'm addicted to them right now is because i love their tag so much?
― frog ball (caulk the wagon and float it), Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
Tim F or anybody else, what's one of their songs where they do the stuttered "highpitched goblin chirp" tag?
― frog ball (caulk the wagon and float it), Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
?standard one as in beginning of birthday cake remix or something rarer?
― ogmor, Thursday, 7 June 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
kinda funny anomalous thing is that dj q despite his ineffable genius is probably the one ukg-and-related dj who's never really traditionally ever played much funkystepz stuff
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
I've been wondering about that too. It is Scrufizzer that does the tag, no? His voice could be described as a 'highpitched goblin chirp", just listen to 'Funkystepz Anthem' from their Boiler Room set. I've noticed the sometimes downpitch the tag, like on 'Hurricane Riddim' and 'John Wayne'.
― Astrochimp32, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
ok guys enough about the flipping tags already
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
NOT ENOUGH ABOUT THE FLIPPING TAGS
― frog ball (caulk the wagon and float it), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
the tags are fantastic but ONLY IF YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THEM TOO MUCH
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
you can have your tags talk if you say anything remotely at all of value about the myriad dizzying musics of funkystepz, imagine that for a compromise
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.sharebeast.com/vgnsrjb6wm0z
here's the set to cut out and keep btw
'mind f' is the ONE i tell you, the prancing dinosaur sequel to 'fuller' ONE
― r|t|c, Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
I get your point, rtc, but as an unrepentant Funkystepz fanboy, I'm just glad people are talking about them at all, here and dissensus are the only places I'm aware of online where they get any love at all, if it takes some tedious tag talk to accomplish that, I can live with that. I'm glad I'm not the only one that loves Mind F! It sounds to me like a mix between 'Vortex' and 'Phantom' with a psy-trancey 303 grumbling underneath.
― Astrochimp32, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
i love the preeya kalidas remix!
haha omg the gothic backing vox coming in at 2:40
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
also hey the original is surprisingly good too
'kinda funny anomalous thing is that dj q despite his ineffable genius is probably the one ukg-and-related dj who's never really traditionally ever played much funkystepz stuff'
true. In a way Funkystepz are a bit too good for their own good now. Now that that the funky scene has died and fell away beneath their feet, its sort of hard to see how they fit in. As much as I enjoy Qs show and a lot of the new garage he's playing, when funkystepz do garage they make everyone else look shit. it must be quite intimidating for everyone else.
The fact they have so many killers that their DJ sets are all their own tracks only underlines how far ahead and isolated they are by now.
― Benny B, Friday, 8 June 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
First "Pastor Lucas" and now the girl who played Amira in Eastenders, do you think Funkystepz have a fondness for the BBC soap opera?
― boxedjoy, Friday, 8 June 2012 10:09 (twelve years ago) link
heh benny tbf they were playing full sets of their own productions even when it wasnt yet all killer
i don't disagree that they outmatch a lot of other stuff in quality but that gives the misleading impression that they're on the same page to begin with
certainly the mutated dutch gene in their dna - or at least the way it's mutated - is something sui generis and as yet indigestible to the nu-garage nation
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
i think that (absolute masterpiece of a) remix for the rude kid tune is probably going to do well for them in terms of its comparative restraint
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 10:50 (twelve years ago) link
love Star 9 so much
the Scrufizzer stuff is thrilling, coming off of 20 minutes of no rapping to suddenly having every demi-bar stuffed with eight words apiece
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 June 2012 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
i also love how little - as DJs - Funkystepz appear to give a fuck
ya scrufizzer is such a fun dizzee/twista hybrid (even if he can be schizo to the point of alarming on occasion)
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDNzIrQkTXI
this was really great if you're prepared to forgive teeza's laughably inept presence
― r|t|c, Friday, 8 June 2012 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
"mind f" and "star 9" are so amazing!
― Tim F, Saturday, 9 June 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
How do these guys stay so good
― Tim F, Saturday, 9 June 2012 07:01 (twelve years ago) link
My favourite grime set of last year, absolutely wild. Quite frustrating that Scru can't capture the same energy on record, apart from maybe his 'Circles' freestyle, all his singles are let down by weak choruses. Haven't listened to Barricade yet, tho.
― Mercer Finn, Saturday, 9 June 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
Also, yeah, Teeza is woeful.
― Mercer Finn, Saturday, 9 June 2012 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
Did anyone catch the Funkystepz guest mix for Shox on RInse.FM? There was supposed to be a lot of exclusives.
― Astrochimp32, Monday, 18 June 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's tomorrow @ 11am?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 18 June 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Is it? It sounded like it already happened on their twitter page. Either way, unless someone records it, I'll have to wait until later in the week when Rinse puts it up on their website, I live on the west coast so that would be 5 or so in the morning.
― Astrochimp32, Monday, 18 June 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
ah, an american
i'd assumed otherwise for some reason
― r|t|c, Monday, 18 June 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
esthero remix is so gorgeous
― fanute gingrich (The Reverend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 08:47 (twelve years ago) link
no you're right astrochimp it was yesterday
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:32 (twelve years ago) link
available here - http://rinse.fm/category/podcast/
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://instagr.am/p/MA4QQAk0be/
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
oooh fuck i love that little acid 303 number
now that's a comeback with some potential mileage
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
(the one that comes before and joins the dots with 'star 9')
Last year I never found the Funkystepz plasticky mini-Autobot arsenal quite as exciting as Ill Blu gleefully causing explosions all over the place but they seem to have maintained their upward trajectory more successfully. The DJ Q mix is a blinder.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, I think there's definitely a moment starting from "Warrior" where they really started to up the ante on their instrumental bangers. The idea that they worked best on vocal tunes or remixes was a reasonable position up to that point.
― Tim F, Sunday, 24 June 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
that is still my position w/r/t both funkystepz and ill blu, i find their instrumentals mostly admirable but the minute a vocal remix comes along it hits the spot in a way the instrumentals have never done
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Sunday, 24 June 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPtoxmwMxAw. Love this one. Really love the Shanay Holmes remix too, the vocal breakdown on that one is crazy. My one minor complaint for Funkystepz is that they don't do enough vocal tracks, whrn they do them they are great. On Shox's show Maxsin said they were working on that though, trying to get some done with Lily Mckenzie. Shanay Holmes also said she's be collaborating with them and in the near future.
― Astrochimp32, Sunday, 24 June 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
Just my opinion, and I love Ill Blu, but if that last XLR8R mix is indicative of their recent work, then Funkystepz are far and away the better producers atm. Funkystepz's sound continues to get more nuanced, detailed, and complex, but as it does, instead of becoming more cluttered or awkward, it's even more full of raw energy and banging rhythms. Their recent guest mix on Shox's Rinse show is also great, everyone should check that out.
― Astrochimp32, Sunday, 24 June 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
Yes I'd say Ill Blu's sound peaked in late 2010 (though I liked the XLR8R mix) whereas Funkystepz appear to be still peaking.
One of the issues being that Ill Blu are much more within the orbit of that more masculinist post-dubstep-and-dutch-house kinda vibe characterised by Marco Del Horno / Shox (ironically given the above) / the kind-of-funky-Marcus-now-plays*, both sonically and socially and in terms of their own listening habits (e.g. the sorts of tunes they post to youtube) which is pulling them away from that galloping rrrrushiness they had previously perfected.
OTOH I'm not sure where you'd really take that sound after e.g. the "Green Light" remix on the one hand and "Monsta" on the other so I don't really think of Ill Blu as having fallen off (except in the lack-of-releases sense) so much as necessarily having reached the end of a chapter.
* Pantha / X5 Dubs / Kry Wolf et. al. I should probably address my mixed feelings re this stuff at some point.
Whereas I think the Funkystepz aesthetic was much hazier and more ill-defined for a long time and has really only snapped into focus in early 2011, as much as I adore many of their tunes from prior to that time (indeed since their very first widely-played tune).
― Tim F, Monday, 25 June 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I noticed the last time I listened to Ill Blu's radio show that they were playing mostly "wobbly Funky" or whatever you call it, Their XLR8R mix had a lot of that same overly aggressive, glum, dour vibe. Funkystepz's recent work, otoh, while being plenty heavy, has a much more fun, colorful vibe to it. Ill Blu are obviously very talented producers though, so hopefully they can apply their talent in a new, more fruitful, and most of all, more fun direction.
― Astrochimp32, Monday, 25 June 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
It's worth noting though that Ill Blu's own recent productions (as per the XLR8R mix) are basically "wobbly funky" at its very best. Basically Ill Blu >> Pantha >> everyone else.
― Tim F, Monday, 25 June 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3PDaDc5WmQ
― Tim F, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not really feeling the Amira from Eastenders remix, Funkystepz contribution is great but it would be much better without the watery diffident vocal.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
Kind of agree about Ill Blu's more recent direction but at their best (most of that Mistajam mix from last year) they're only 'dark' in cartoonish shoot-em-up way.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:10 (eleven years ago) link