Left Turn, UK Funky @ Enormous Room! Vice-T, Nickdawg, Umi, 5.12.09

This tuesday Vice-T, Umi, and myself will be playing UK Funky, Garage, and House at the Enormous Room! Vice-T of the Soulchampion crew runs a bi-weekly there every other tuesday called Left Turn. Although the guests who play at the event are known to cover all the diverse flavors of garage music, there is definitely a lean towards the rapidly emerging sounds of UK Funky house. Vice-T, along with crew mate G Notorious, are (to my knowledge) the first dj's in the new england area playing it! I just designed the flyer yesterday and am actually pretty happy with the way it came out.

In case you are unfamiliar with UK Funky, it is essentially a new form of garage that takes on a slower tempo (around the 125-130 range) and draws a lot of influence from early 1990s deep house as well as latin, african, and soca music. Although it tends to be lumped in the "garage" category I actually think it has a much different character to it, and think that the emphasis lies more on the percussion and groove than the bassline. UK funky tends to incorporate a LOT of percussion, including latin drums and bongos, which give it its' distinction. It's great music to chill out to, and some of the producers who pioneered this sound include Blaine, Roska, and Apple. UK Funky music has really only existed for 1-2 years and there are only a few hundred songs out there tops right now, but I see a great deal of potential in it. It might not be considered "peak hour" music at a rave by any stretch of the imagination, but perfect for warming things up and setting the tempo. Check out ukfunky.com for more info on this style of music.

Be sure to download Vice-T and G Notorious's Boston Gets (UK Funky) mix here!

Mix 1: G Notorious
Tell Me - DJ NG & MC Versatile feat Baby Katy
Dutty Dance Apple
Boombaclot - Klaus Hill
Sirens - Hard House Banton
Make Your Move - Dj Seany B Feat Monique Parris
Riddim Box - NB Funky
Gabryelle Refix - D Malice
Emotions - Geeneus & Zinc Feat. nikki
Reign - Hard House Banton
Soundtape Killin - Toddla T

Mix 2: Vice-T
Over The Horizons - Roska
Im Right Here - DJ-MA1(TT Sky mix)
Tack Tiles - Roska
Funky Underground - Dub Boy
I Wish - X5 Dubs Ft Teresa
Do You Believe - Roska
Log 19 - DJ Tremendous
Pyramids - Roska
Losing Wings - EDDY meets YANNAH (feat Capitol A Koolade mix)

And I did a quick promo youtube mix, volume 6 of the 9:59 series!

UK Funky Flavas: Oldskool Classics vol. 1 (track A2)
Blaine: Mutant Funk
D-Malice: Visions
Hard House Banton: Siren
Sully: Trackside
Hardrive: No Future

Download the quikkmix in MP3 format here.

Check it out this Tuesday at the Enormous Room, cheap beers there and NO COVER!

Comments

[G Notorious]

Hey Nick, I blogged your mix over on SoulChampion...
http://www.soulchampion.com/garage-grime-articles.html#dawg