Page 1 of 3
What The Hell Is This "Funky" People Speak Of???
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:24 am
by godflesh fiend
Forgive me for being so naive but what the hell is "Funky"? I mean I know funky music when I hear it but I assume this is a type of music which is carrying that term as it's genre name now.
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:43 am
by pidge
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:44 am
by beerz
if ur thinkin of wt i think ur thinking of its called "uk funky". kinda like house with bongo's imo. if u wanna search sum artsits try crazy cousins, paleface etc
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:01 pm
by tlegato
right !! my view on funky is...
UKG turned into a cheese fest, and media+so solid pretty much killed off the soulful and sexy sound which is what it was all about.
So then spurned breaks / dubstep etc. which was one off shoot of other genres and ukg in general. Then you also had grime which was an off
shoot of the mc-ing side of UKG and I presonally think is uk's answer to
US hiphop.
So now you got funky - which is kinda garage-esque but house-esque too.
Its got a urban dirty uk edge to it whilst retaining some soul and actual
music to its productions. Garage vocals, cuts, dubby basslines, its there
for the ladies to brock out to as well. Then its got the house bongo and
usually 4x4 kick to it. Gotta remember with Funky there is no particular
forumla to it at the moment which is why its still innovative - you can do
anything and experiment with it.
Reckon is all about the garage style vocal, house / soca influence beats myself.
Look for donaeo, crazy couzins, footloose, dj naughty, dj zinc etc...
Some big tunes are Bongo Jam, i'd also say Zinc's tune with No Lay could
be classed as a dub in Funky but i'm not sure....
whatever, the vibe is all good - no trouble, no darkness just uplifting good vibes. Suitable for a different mood, as it breaks, jazz, dubstep, uk, house
for other moods.
Representing the london underground at the moment anyway! Poss the next thing to replace bassline (in a way hopeso as that shit is crap, and
funky is actually credible at the moment... but dont want the scene to get
watered and ruined)
Re: What The Hell Is This "Funky" People Speak Of?
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:03 pm
by alexchuck
Godflesh Fiend wrote:what the hell is "Funky"?
not sure but I definitely don't like it.
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:26 pm
by 8bit
pidge wrote:
Basicly its house made by grime producers.
this is the ultimate definition to uk funky
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:28 pm
by alexchuck
8Bit wrote:pidge wrote:
Basicly its house made by grime producers.
this is the ultimate definition to uk funky
word
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:37 pm
by diss04
bibishte wrote:8Bit wrote:pidge wrote:
Basicly its house made by grime producers.
this is the ultimate definition to uk funky
word
and its 20 times better than fucking 'bassline house'
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:38 pm
by diss04
Diss04 wrote:fucking 'bassline house'
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:57 pm
by bandshell
I'm interested to see where funky goes, atm i only really like apple's stuff
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:37 pm
by ginsu
the trick to liking most house type beats (including ukg, funky, and etc) is to learn how to dance. if youre not dancing the beats are usually sound repetitious and annoying.
i like funky and bassline. theres good and bad in any style.
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:54 am
by freqone
funky??? lol... Iv never heard this style labelled as "funky", until super recent, & it escapes as to why the word funky is being used here....
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:56 pm
by blizzardmusic
Kentphonik is good. Made this tune called Sunday Showers which is great.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7a3VOmcqvv0
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:19 pm
by dj snipaz
its awful, underproduced, bossa nova shite produced by the people who failed at grime & bassline
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:57 pm
by ginsu
"bossa nova shite" ? some of it has a broken beat influence, if thats what you mean?
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:52 pm
by Littlefoot
Dj Snipaz wrote:its awful, underproduced, bossa nova shite produced by the people who failed at grime & bassline
lol at the idea of Geeneus failing at grime
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:36 pm
by slothrop
ginsu wrote:the trick to liking most house type beats (including ukg, funky, and etc) is to learn how to dance.
Looking up the word 'fun' in a dictionary and thinking about how it could apply more to your life also helps...
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:09 pm
by apathesis
Joe C wrote:Dj Snipaz wrote:its awful, underproduced, bossa nova shite produced by the people who failed at grime & bassline
lol at the idea of Geeneus failing at grime
word.
I'm not the biggest fan of this funky stuff but it's quite harmless, and Geeneus is a badman and can do what he wants
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:16 am
by slackk
Joe C wrote:Dj Snipaz wrote:its awful, underproduced, bossa nova shite produced by the people who failed at grime & bassline
lol at the idea of Geeneus failing at grime
+1
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:52 am
by big-c
8Bit wrote:pidge wrote:
Basicly its house made by grime producers.
this is the ultimate definition to uk funky
How so?
Every producer in that list doesnt and has never made Grime other than Geeneus