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dutty_switch wrote:The Swamp81 sound that Loefah is pushing has more in common with 80's electro boogie like Arabian Prince, Africa Bambaataa etc than funky in my opinion.

for sure.

Most of it i like, but only the stuff on a darker tip to be honest. The Ramadanman, Pinch and Instra:mental bits stand out for me. Things like the martello remix of 'what you talking about' im less keen on. I prefer it when its higher up the tempo too. Work them is better at +8% in my opinion for example. I fucking love 808's too.

geoff wrote:There is very little relationship between Loefah's house sets and uk funky apart from the odd tune. He's is carving out something that is quite different to my ears.

Truth! I've got all the recent loefah mixes, not much funky going on it there... Wonder what's making people say stuff like that?

loefah is BADMAN.

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wooda916 wrote:

dutty_switch wrote:The Swamp81 sound that Loefah is pushing has more in common with 80's electro boogie like Arabian Prince, Africa Bambaataa etc than funky in my opinion.

for sure.

Most of it i like, but only the stuff on a darker tip to be honest. The Ramadanman, Pinch and Instra:mental bits stand out for me. Things like the martello remix of 'what you talking about' im less keen on. I prefer it when its higher up the tempo too. Work them is better at +8% in my opinion for example. I fucking love 808's too.

Yeah I agree. Work Them is awesome but pitching it up to 138ish gives it a bit more pace. The sound tends to get quite ploddy (for want of a better word) if you don't juggle the pitches around a bit. I think a lot of these darker, more percussive house tunes are actually also very close to old half-step. Very minimal, with each sound having a lot of space and with quite a tribal feel to it. I'm definitely feeling it.

And yeah, the world would definitely be a better place with more 808 cowbell!

Looking forward to his set at FWD next week. I'm hoping for a set like the B.Low set with the Swamp 81 sound for about 40 mins and then finishing off with a little bit of classic DMZ/Tectonic (still never heard System played out )

fractal wrote:

geoff wrote:There is very little relationship between Loefah's house sets and uk funky apart from the odd tune. He's is carving out something that is quite different to my ears.

Truth! I've got all the recent loefah mixes, not much funky going on it there... Wonder what's making people say stuff like that?

i think mostly the tempo and country of origin. its an easy tag to throw out. true tho the stuff he's playing doesnt have congas or that now ubiquitous snare pattern

also feel like his b.low mix has a lot more of that flavor while the rockers mix sounds more like footwork and 90s bass.

dutty_switch wrote:I think a lot of these darker, more percussive house tunes are actually also very close to old half-step. Very minimal, with each sound having a lot of space and with quite a tribal feel to it. I'm definitely feeling it.

Looking forward to his set at FWD next week. I'm hoping for a set like the B.Low set with the Swamp 81 sound for about 40 mins and then finishing off with a little bit of classic DMZ/Tectonic

that sounds worth hearing
does he ever play vinyl nowdays?

whats all this talk about bath products

sd5 wrote:

dutty_switch wrote:I think a lot of these darker, more percussive house tunes are actually also very close to old half-step. Very minimal, with each sound having a lot of space and with quite a tribal feel to it. I'm definitely feeling it.

Looking forward to his set at FWD next week. I'm hoping for a set like the B.Low set with the Swamp 81 sound for about 40 mins and then finishing off with a little bit of classic DMZ/Tectonic

that sounds worth hearing
does he ever play vinyl nowdays?

I think he's Serato only now. Must still keep a bag of records on hand just in case though I imagine.

the new loefah set is entrancing, feeling it to the utmost

dutty_switch wrote:

sd5 wrote:

dutty_switch wrote:I think a lot of these darker, more percussive house tunes are actually also very close to old half-step. Very minimal, with each sound having a lot of space and with quite a tribal feel to it. I'm definitely feeling it.

Looking forward to his set at FWD next week. I'm hoping for a set like the B.Low set with the Swamp 81 sound for about 40 mins and then finishing off with a little bit of classic DMZ/Tectonic

that sounds worth hearing
does he ever play vinyl nowdays?

I think he's Serato only now. Must still keep a bag of records on hand just in case though I imagine.

u don't think loefah cuts dubs anymore?

boxxy wrote:

dutty_switch wrote:

sd5 wrote:

dutty_switch wrote:I think a lot of these darker, more percussive house tunes are actually also very close to old half-step. Very minimal, with each sound having a lot of space and with quite a tribal feel to it. I'm definitely feeling it.

Looking forward to his set at FWD next week. I'm hoping for a set like the B.Low set with the Swamp 81 sound for about 40 mins and then finishing off with a little bit of classic DMZ/Tectonic

that sounds worth hearing
does he ever play vinyl nowdays?

I think he's Serato only now. Must still keep a bag of records on hand just in case though I imagine.

u don't think loefah cuts dubs anymore?

He might do, I don't know. I'm one of these people who doesn't trust technology and wouldn't want to rely solely on my laptop working properly so I know I'd alwasy still keep vinyl handy. The last couple of times I've seen him though, he's been on Serato and I'd wonder if there was any point spending £35 on a dubplate when you have a perfectly usable WAV file on your hard drive that you've paid nothing for.