Kingdom ft. Shyvonne - Mind Reader

there aren't too many threads about individual tracks on ilm any more, but this is quite simply the best club track i've heard over the past year, from the first astounding drop to the amazing todd edwards-esque cut-up vox to that twisting worm of a bassline to shyvonne's incredible diva performance, both pleading and denouncing. this is what the urban/dance fusion should've sounded like!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQVbyYdaPBs

dude's also done a ton of great mixes that i've linked to passim - lower end spasm, discobelle, [Removed Illegal Link].

appropriately enough there's also an ACTUAL todd the god remix of "mind reader" -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQqox8cK1Ac

also, this remix of kid sister's "right hand hi" last year was banging.

uh i meant this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOClfXLD6Wo

Is Kingdom = KKingdom?

maybe? his myspace is http://www.myspace.com/kkingdomm and he's @kkingdomm on twitter

not sure if there's another kkingdom out there but this kingdom used to go by kkingdomm on occassions before it got too confusing.

also, i still dig this but i think before the official release it was less... busy? near the end? or maybe i'd just been jumping around in the track and never noticed it.

lol glad i opened this thread

Here's a mix by him; http://soundcloud.com/fabric/kingdom-fabriclive-fools-gold-promo-mix

At least I think it's (a) him. Lovely mix, starts with Acid Eiffel which is neat.

yup that's him - tried to link in my first post but it came out as [illegal link] for some reason.

yeah, he just got on fool's gold a few months back.

damn this joint is d-_-b

yeah feels like the platonic ideal of the urban dance stuff that i kind of vaguely remember when i was like 12

like i know what the stuff im talking abt sounds like, i just couldnt tell u any of the acts or anything

Great great track.

Yeah it's fantastic - the sort of song I once hoped that bassline would regularly throw in the direction of the charts. Obviously this won't chart but it's enormously enjoyable nonetheless.

i like the song, but the production seems so self-aware in squirelling around all its grime/2step/bassline/junglebreaks references that it kind of detracts from the total force of feeling. boy i'm not an rss readerrrr, readerrr.

I think the real genius of this is the mammoth amount of space opened up by those trance/proghouse synths - space in both a practical, aural sense but also in a semiotic sense. Like, where the fuck am I? What club plays this stuff??

The trance synths are kind of what I don't like about it. Actually it's this huge grab bag of various stylistic quirks, and rather than coming across as a synthesis that leads to something new, it just seems like they threw in everything but the kitchen sink (unless I'm wrong and one of those percussive sounds is a sample of a kitchen sink) and came up with a camel.

Monster bassline, though.

Aw man I'm tellin you the trance synths make it. Otherwise it wouldn't be quite cheap enough!

i like the song, but the production seems so self-aware in squirelling around all its grime/2step/bassline/junglebreaks references that it kind of detracts from the total force of feeling. boy i'm not an rss readerrrr, readerrr.

Yeah it's total blog house and I agree the production could probably do with a bit of space. Not heard the Todd Edwards mix yet though.

Weird, I feel like it's got acres of space.

mebbe i dont get the refs enough but this sounds more like radio house than blog house 2 me

dunno what radio you're hearing bruv.

i dunno, it's not so much actual nuum nerd refererences (altho - what is the ponderous empty wiley riddim at the intro - lol could it even be that 9/11 one!!) it's more stuff like the bassline verses having garage tss-tss-tss throughout AND dnb breaks clutter at the end of every bar.

tbh i'm just wishing it was full-on punishing transgender trance all the way thru rather than merely the bookends.

although it could just as easily be better off sticking to any one (or two) of whatever's going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6RRmwiH6QI

this is the todd mix btw. it is great, classic, super todd but like... what do you even do with that any more. prefer to chew over different, possibly flawed versions instead tbh.

a happy hardcore mix would be sublime

DJ PANACEA

i'm with tracer on hearing the acres of space in this, i've never really felt it's too cluttered - i think he's quite judicious with how much he lets in of any particular sound - like how there are elements of bassline, inc the 4x4 beat, but the 4x4 beat also ties it into big-room techno. and shyvonne's such a huge presence that she dominates proceedings quite effectively anyway.

ridic to call it blog house - i can see the fidget aspects leaning it in that direction but it doesn't quite make it there, still feels more or less just old rave and garage. he's actually decried the ubiquity of blog house in an article or two.

...and trance synths are so needed to counter that shit in this day and age, i can even admit that as an adamant "blah blah blah trance sucks" househead. i'm actually excited about him getting exposure now as i want to see what if anything he'll do around those in respect to reggaeton - it hasn't really come up much as the typical audience for his music doesn't care much he's also big into old 90's/early 2k mixtapes from the likes of djs blass, playero, nelson, etc, i.e. before reggaeton became known for being melodramatic autotuned pop this and that. hoping he gets to it soon actually considering time's dwindling down before the bloggy types take that up, if they don't get to mambo or traditional merengue first.

late last year jd twitch (stirmonster of this bailiwick) did an entire set of CUMBIA for tim sweeney's radio show!! it was awesome! but failed to ignite a worldwide blog-driven cumbia craze afaik

cumbia / "digital" cumbia or whatever is _absolutely_ what everyone is doing now, which is why i say there's not much time left for the rest of the larger latin genres viable to dance music to be hit

haha seriously?? man

into the cfcf remix which pulls it back a bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND64f2XYQrw

Yeah maybe it's more Basement Jaxx than blog house - something about the unnecessary flourishes on each beat. That said, its not a criticism at all, I really like peak era Basement Jaxx and I really like this.

(I didn't mean blog house as pejorative either really - thinking of this more as a possible route back for the sort of kitchen sink maximalism I've mostly associated with terrible dance music over the past few years)

But yeah this is all about Shyvonne's vocal. Are there any UK funky diva tracks, In The Morning aside, with this sort of snap to the vocals?

less jaxx more something like this 4 me but ymmv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YynWeLqTFAE&feature=related

interview today in vman

interview in fact is really great, also this quote has me excited: "I guess “Mind Reader” and “You” have this intense, emotional side, whereas the new stuff almost sounds more spiritual, shamanistic club music."

ha just realised its by the lex

pitchfork last wednesday

ok, apparently the interviews aren't stopping. in fact mag friday.

AND DUMMY this is getting kind of funny.

"Are these the symbols I see you wearing in pictures? Do they have any specific meaning?

Yeah, people always asked me to defend that at school, because there always was this occult, spiritual element to my visual work, but the whole point is that it’s inspired by sounds but there’s no spiritual thing it’s referencing. It’s my own spiritual language."

I bet being in this guys class was hell!

It seems perfect to me that the R&B names mentioned in his pitchfork interview are Teedra Moses, Jazmine Sullivan and (yes!) Yummy Bingham - perfect not only in the sense of "awesome taste" but it's not coincidental I think that the first two are the R&B divas from the perspective of uk funky. I like the sensibility it implies.

Also Ciara and Memoirs of a Perfect angel in the Fact/Dummy ones

They're great too obv but it's not quite the same thing IMO. Teedra/Jazmine/Yummy says something very specific I think.

No disrespect intended toward Ciara or Mariah (tho).

i thought we already learned from kode9 that the replicants were getting smarter.

makes me wonder if with those trancey synths, he could be trying to do to tricky/terius something similar to what speed garage did to todd edwards if that makes sense

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0hrecZVB21qzsllto1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1270728463&Signature=yQT4jxlXrjAj286gHAzUayUD%2FYE%3D

nsfw

?????

is he reading his mind... through his groin?

what's in that baggie on the table

is Teedra actually popular outside the US or something?

wkiw kingdom

is teedra actually popular IN the us?

btw everyone's heard the "mind reader" b-side "you" now? swv sample <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW5s6XhO33U

is teedra actually popular IN the us?

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, April 7, 2010 11:07 AM Bookmark

uh uh. her album peaked at #168 and she hasn't put a single above #87 on the r&b chart, let alone entered the hot 100. which is why it weirds me out that she seems to be a such touchstone for non-us r&b fans

irrespective of quality (although I've never really gotten into her)

she's a touchstone for a certain kind of r&b fan regardless of location i think (also, kingdom is american). when i saw her live last year, the (smallish) crowd were REALLY enthusiastic, singing along to not just the words but every little vocal nuance.

she was my first ever interview for a national publication back in 04!

ok, but I've never heard of her other than on the internetz, just sayin

new mixtape out at luckyme

omfg just getting round to that mix and he makes lumidee sound like an ACTUAL ANGEL

currently on his euro tour - live on rinse.fm (which just got their official radio license) with bok bok for the next hour and a half or so.

mind reader is a pretty cool song

they just finished up the video for mindreader, debuting july 8th at 8pm on mtv2

There's another new track, Pathfinder, that is doing the rounds and is also terrific. So ravey!

His remix of Black Box is probably my favourite though...

http://www.myspace.com/nightslugs

ep previewing

^^that ep's out this week and i love it - he wasn't wrong when he said he was doing dark, shamanistic stuff. love how deep and rich they sound, and the cassie.faith evans/beyoncé samples are done so well.

The new EP, first track aside is DULL. I'm not sure this sort of dark, bass-heavy direction is one he should be going in - especially as everyone else is doing it. When you can put out bangers as great as Mindreader and Pathfinder, why bother?

eh, i dig it. i really wasn't that into pathfinder get worn out on party/club-friendly bangers and re: "everyone else is doing it" in regard to the dark/bass-heaviness - everyone isn't doing it nearly this well.

these are prob my favourite two tracks off the that mystic ep - still can't get enough of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9seoXcXuTN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkL8hCaSqtQ

The breakdown at the end of "You" is probably my favorite moment in music all year (though I guess that came out in '09) and kicked off my infatuation with him. His remix of Rita Indiana is subliiime (not on Youtube yet but it's on his FACT mix and comes out next week).

Love this as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck3dVXr6_20

Go see him DJ if you have the chance. It's a thrill hearing him connect the dots between his own sound and r&b, rap, etc.

heh i helped him id the producer on the orig unorthadox daughter. he didn't have too many ins for a clean edit so he ended up looping a lot of the outro.

a track that sort of came from nowhere on the ep and ended up being my favorite is "seven chirp"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNKvP1pOWA

love it on it's own but there's also something about it that reminds me of scott hardkiss doing raincry as god within

How can you remix Unorthodox Daughter and remove No Lay? Philistine.

surprised that he's not from UK. anyway the first two tracks from that EP are unreal. I imagine "Bust Broke" would be great as one the first tracks in a dj set.

I listened to That Mystic on the way in to work today and what is actually sounds like is an extended Prodigy album intro or build, just before everything kicks in. Except it doesn't really.

The EP in general is kind of frustrating still, Kingdom is so obviously vastly more talented than most of the people in this scene and I really hope he doesn't go over full time to the dark side of the non-dancing nodding hordes.

Kinda agree in general but you gotta admit "Fogs" is brilliant.

the non-dancing nodding hordes

and who the fuck might these be

and how are "that mystic" and "fogs" NOT massively danceable?

Can't speak for Matt, I think they are danceable (those two in particular). The use of overlaid half-step beats definitely caters for typical (nodding / skanking) dubstep audiences as well though. It's double-speed music. This is not a bad thing, would become so if it became dude's standard operating procedure but it's way too early to call it that.

The NDNH are pretty much a constant in British dance music fandom and have been since the early 90s, but yeah the halfstep beat doesn't help. "Massively danceable" is a hell of an overstatement but Fogs is pretty good once it starts going. Anything that deliberately messes with momentum like that offends my dancing sensibilities really.

you and tim using "nodding dubstep audiences" as strawmen to beat this stuff with - even when you like it! - is really really tired now, especially as it couldn't be further from the reality of actual night slugs nights, as you, matt, very well know from the ONE time you came to one (tim of course having attended NONE)

i mean, the hostility to that sort of audience is SHARED by these producers!

But I didn't actually say "nodding dubstep audiences" and you know that full well. I wasn't even talking about dubstep per se because I agree that's played out and tired. I'm talking about a specific type of (usually) spliff-head dance music fan that seems to have latched onto stuff like this (and bedroom-friendly dubstep-influenced music in general). I'm not actually talking about club nights as 'non-dancing nodding hordes' should have indicated.

Actually the one time I went to Night Slugs the downstairs dancefloor *was* full of people standing and nodding and a minority of people near the front dancing - that's not misrepresentation that was my actual experience. Much of the Night Slugs stuff I've heard IS actually danceable, I just don't think it's very good.

(And yes I am perfectly willing to accept that the night is not always like this...)

I mean, surely you agree this audience exists, right? I was saying that Kingdom is so great at producing actual bangers that it would be a waste for him to make this his main style. You're defending the label against an ad-hominem attack that I didn't actually make.

i'm saying these ARE actual bangers, certainly not an attempt to cater to that audience - not that i know of anyone who does do that, or indeed anyone who's part of that audience, so i don't see the point in worrying about it

Think we'll have to disagree on the definition of 'banger' there but I'm aware continuing in this vein will just make me sound like a 2010 version of the "it's just an insect crawling across a microphone" crew so should probably just stop.

i find danceable-or-not convos kind of superfluous since people (on the us east coast at least) don't actually dance anymore vs flop around anyway but in anycase i've never seen a crowd having a problem proceeding with said flopping anytime he's dropped these tracks.

I fully admit to being a paid up non-dancing nodding horde but I really quite like this EP.

yallr crazy btw

you and tim using "nodding dubstep audiences" as strawmen to beat this stuff with - even when you like it! - is really really tired now, especially as it couldn't be further from the reality of actual night slugs nights, as you, matt, very well know from the ONE time you came to one (tim of course having attended NONE)

Lex you start yelling at me in these threads even when I'm not saying anything inflammatory.

Matt said he hoped Kingdom didn't go too far in the direction of dark head-nodding music, I expressed conditional agreement with that sentiment but said that hey you know the music is actually really good, so... And then you immediately start up with the swearing and the ad hominem attacks. In the funky thread you also started yelling at me specifically after Matt rubbished Girl Unit when I hadn't even said anything.

I don't know why you just see red on this point, because as far as I can tell I have always been pretty respectful towards Night Slugs, with the one exception being saying I found the 2009 promo mix disappointing.

The Kingdom EP is massive at dubstep nights (mainly just the title track though), as are a lot of Night Slugs releases. I go to them fairly regularly because so many of my friends are into all this music. As a general rule this stuff is among the best stuff played at such nights (though I've never been an across-the-board dubstep hater, I just don't like the Benga/Distance/Caspa continuum, which is a fairly common position I would have thought), in part because DJs over here never seem to play the Ramadanman (etc.) tracks I actually love and go for the weaker material in that vein.

People don't really dance at dubstep nights, still (well, not in the non-nodding/skanking sense). This may be an exclusively-Oz thing but I doubt it because a good third of the audience are british backpackers.

My comment that Kingdom's EP tracks can work in both contexts is (a) objectively correct, and unable to be disproven by the particular practice at a specific club; and (b) hardly a diss.

This is cool
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Jacques_Greene/track/Tell_Me_Kingdom_Edit

Yeah that Jacques Greene edit is great. It's at the start of his XLR8er podcast which is largely a bit boring and generic bass womping for half an hour and then suddenly opens out and becomes amazing. Worth listening to for the final 20mins alone.

yummy bingham's voice brought me LIFE in those closing 10 minutes

also matt did you see http://twitter.com/LesleyER/status/45365257694224384 ?

!!!

01 Jacques Greene "Tell Me (Kingdom Edit)" (LuckyMe)
02 Kingdom "SFX"
03 Kingdom "Los Poderes (Edit ft. Floetry)" (Dutty Artz)
04 Kingdom "Stalker Ha" (Night Slugs)
05 Kingdom "Uptown Buck" (Scion/Trouble&Bass)
06 Jam City "Aqua Box" (Night Slugs)
07 Katy B "Lights On (Girl Unit Remix)" (Rinse)
08 Kingdom "Okay To Dance" (Fool's Gold)
09 MikeQ & Angel X "Let It All Out 2011" (Qween Beat)
10 Nguzunguzu "Timesup" (Fade to Mind)
11 Kingdom "Stadium Pass" (Enchufada)
12 Bok Bok "Silo Pass" (Night Slugs)
13 DJ Cabos x Kingdom "Snapduro + Appetite Edit"
14 Kid Ink "Keep It Rollin"
15 Kingdom "If You Buck"
16 Win Win "Interleave (Kingdom Remix)" (Vice)
17 Total Freedom "YB Voice Song"
18 DJ Exota Vs. DJ Vali "Pu**yf**ker (Kingdom Edit)" (Unreleased)
19 Jim Jones / Automatik "Go Cinderella (Kingdom Edit)" (Diplomats)
20 Ciara x Girl Unit "Ride + Every Time (Kingdom Blend)" (Night Slugs)

Bits in italics are all terrific. H8 what Girl Unit did to Lights On though.

Actually the Nguzunguzu track is nice as well, I'm liking what these dudes do.

Kingdom himself seems to be separating his work into "dark and moody" and "huge and celebratory" and I kind of wish he'd move between them in the context of individual tracks more.

nguzunguzu's rainbow arabia remix is brilliant - they've also just done this new mix, haven't listened yet but it was def d/l on sight http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/14817/nguzunguzu-the-perfect-lullaby/

Yes that Rainbow Arabia mix is the track that's really worked for me (the drums!), that and the Ciara Deuces mix. They've got a much lighter touch than most of these producers.

Also wtf at that waterfall? It's a bit like trying to download a mix in a cheap takeaway.

I'm really enjoying this Nguzunguzu mix and the waterfall thanks a bunch.

That Nguzunguzu (that's a real bitch to type) mix is fantastic. Thanks lex

Yeah this Nguzunguzu mix is lush. I want more zouk remixes of rnb ballads.

um yeah i hadn't actually heard it when i posted it but this nguzunguzu mix is seriously O_O

nn's pretty on point as a rule - when i found out mia hired asma as her new dj i called it that it meant she'd probably start making good music again after maya

Yeah I know they're not really in competition but Nguzunguzu mix >>> Kingdom mix. LOVE what they (it is a they, right?) do to 'I Run It'.

yeah, asma maroof + daniel pineda

live at the do-over, la a few weeks back

http://soundcloud.com/thedoover/kingdom-060511

Okay, what's the "Promise" remix? Someone tell me before I go insane from not being able to listen to it all the time.

AND OH FUCKING SHIT THIS "ROCK THE BOAT" REMIX

I think I need somebody to hold my hand for this shit.

woah this stuff is cool

is that a new electrik red track @ 36:30 o_O

wait what

I think you may be right

WTF @ this Nicole Wray remix!!! this shit is crazy!!!

glad I entered this thread!

^^^

And he drops the Tricky/Dream "Ass on the Floor" remix!

into a v special version of "Mind Reader" :o

does he post here lol

this stuff is like tailor-made for the ILX R&B crew

ikr?

Wait... is this a KINGDOM-PRODUCED NEW ER TRACK? I think it might be!

dope

so I'm listening to this dude's tracks now, and "bust broke" ... when he lets that Faith sample play out...

O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O

I need more of this type of stuff... between this and Blawan "Getting Me Down" and the Nguzunguzu tracks I've heard, it's all totally awesome

lex, Tim, etc. what else should I check for

This thread might help: Rolling dance partisans 2011

Check out Night Slugs and Kingdom just started a label called Fade To Mind, first release coming soon from Nzuguzunguzu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9CqhrH_Rug

that thread is super intimidating lol, but this "deep inside" edit is cool I love the original track

I don't think I'll ever tire of "You Used To Hold Me"

once again it appears i am the only person in the world who doesn't get that blawan track in the slightest.

He tweeted this a while back:

epic studio session last night w/ Naomi Allen of @ElectrikRed! stay tuned for her vox on Away With Me (formerly Okay to Dance)
12 minutes ago via web

never heard blawan before. henry street got flooded, so good

22 minutes into this and loving it.

we're working on figuring out a tracklist for this, right?

Brainwasher, get on this one: http://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/brenmar-gold-bricks-fader-mix

1. Brenmar – Stash In The Dash Intro
2. Ashanti – Fancy (Brenmar Remix)
3. Timbaland – Give It To Me Instrumental
4. Boyz II Men – If I Had One (Brenmar Edit)
5. Dj Pierre and TT The Artist – U Don’t Bang Wit Me
6. Dubbel Dutch – Fem Pressure
7. Jim-E Stack – Lemme
8. Brenmar – If U Want Me
9. Richelle – I Think Before I Act
10. Boody B – Swift
11. R Kelly – Make It Rain Remix
12. Venice Calypso – Drifting
13. Champion – Lighter (VIP Mix)
14. Brenmar – Let’s Pretend
15. T. Williams – 30 Degree
16. Cedaa – Freon
17. Brenmar – So High
18. Dark Sky – High Rise
19. Destinys Child vs. Craig David – What’s My Name
20. Getem – Get It In
21. Dj YayYay – Micro-Chips Instrumental
22. Brenmar – Waiting On
23. Jim Jones – Getting To The Money
24. Kelly Rowland – Motivation Instrumental

i cannot believe brainwasher wasn't on kingdom's shit before!!!!!

brainwasher: acquire

- the entire discography of kingdom
- the entire discography of brenmar
- the entire discography of nguzunguzu

basically

http://rhiannonrings526.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/waving-flag.gif

dammit

http://www.pcdon.com/US_Map_as_Waving_Flag.gif

we're working on figuring out a tracklist for this, right?

― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:11 AM Bookmark

0:00 ????
4:00 ????
7:47 Jacques Greene, "Tell Me (Kingdom Edit)"
11:00 ????
14:00 Ciara, "Promise (Cory Bold Remix)" <-- PLEASE HELP ME FIND AN MP3 OF THIS
19:04 ????
22:32 Monica, "Knock Knock (???? Remix)"
25:00 Nicki Minaj, "Roman's Revenge (???? Remix)" <--Kingdom edit????
26:37 Aaliyah, "Rock the Boat (???? Remix)" <--really want to know what this is but there are 30 thousand 100 million remixes of this on youtube and I gave up
29:40 Flotry, "Say Yes (???? Remix)

got bored with trying to figure it all out after this

4:00 DVA - Flute Tune
11:00 S.Chu ft Xara - You Got Me <- LOL ONLY GOOD TUNE IN THIS SET
19:04 Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me

haha cory bold produced dame four's 'how we roll'

who sez there's no nuum eh

looking for the cory bold. it was on every blog everywhere back in 2007, but none of the links are still alive.

how on earth do you find the time to not only listen to but ID sets you don't even like!

thorough bitches, death to any borough bitches
be in spots where there were no bitches

anyway it was only two obvi funky cuts and an easily googleable house number, i'm not tracking down lil blog edits or anything

here's the dancehall outro while i'm at it tho:

Vybz Kartel - Mi Talk With Gunshot (Collie Monster Riddim)
Capleton - Slew Dem (Bellyas Riddim)
Wayne Wonder - Enemies (Surprise Riddim)
Patra - Queen Of The Pack

Can't check it but this appears to be working link for the Cory Bold remix
http://www.mediafire.com/?ykjbv8kblkhkxjn

ahhh, gracias

ty indeed.

WOWOWOW just saw Kingdom AND Nguzunguzu play tonight... they both DESTROYED. And DJ Mike Q was amazing as well... Some of the tracks they dropped:

Mariah - Touch My Body REMIX (the one with Rick Ross & The-Dream)
T2 - Heartbroken
this dope ass remix of Jodeci's "Freak'n You"
Butch - No Worries
the Jhene "Stranger" remix
Trick Daddy - Shut Up
this crazy remix of Christina Aguilera's "Bobblehead"
that "Roman's Revenge" edit

etc. etc. etc. SO MUCH FUN.

and that new Electric Red song or whatever it is sounds great on a good soundsystem

anyway I have a major headache now lol

Aww, wish I had known you were there BW! So fun.

At the New Museum event earlier in the day, they also played an Electrik Red- "Freaky Freaky"/ Dawn Richard- "Vibrate" blend that was total ILM bait.

SO JEALOUS SO DAMN JEALOUS SO JEALOUS.

They are playing here together on September 24th. Three months!

Aww, wish I had known you were there BW! So fun.

haha yeah, I'm sure we bumped into each other though, that was the tiniest most cramped club ever lol.

http://www.oki-ni.com/stry/kingdom

new kingdom mix, featuring the forthcoming single w/ naomi allen!

Yay!

Cannot figure out how to download it though.

can't dl from mixcloud i don't think, i dread whenever their embeds popup

here y'all go:

http://www.mediafire.com/?psyx7r47k8boj34

I neeeeed "Take Me"! He should release it already.

The finest fake R&B in a long time, I think (that's a genuine compliment not backhanded snark).

i love that the one thing haters and stans can both agree on with this topic is viewing tim's diplomacy with suspicion :)

ha

if i was tim's editor i think i'd actively try to commission him to do ever more egregious reviews in the hope of goading him into finally delivering BILE and VITRIOL

No I like "Take Me"!

My comment was a marker for a thought bubble on how a lot of the stuff in this general area plays with R&B obv but I feel like this is neither some kind of post dubstep ish with sampled vocals slapped on nor just a bootleg. Kingdom's beat works for R&B while still retaining a point of difference. Most attempts at that sort of thing fail.

the finest fake bugz in the attic in a long time, i think

Haha that's true too actually!

Remember that Arms remix of Tawiah? Bet Kingdom would like that.

that remix was seriously one of the highest points of uk funky that apparently no one else cared about outside of ilx

i wish that kind of uk funky was still made, fuck MCs

Um, it is still made. Check Champion ft. Ruby Lee Rider "Sensitivity" for starters.

i can only se radio rips

*see

Sorry Lex, I'm at work so will have to hold your hand tonight or tomorrow I'm afraid.

damn, i waaant that and can't find a non-radio rip right now either

In the meantime try dude's also-ace Sugababes remix as posted in funky house sceptics:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6py5o1

UK Funky 2011 vocal tunes top 11:

Champion ft Ruby Lee Ryder - Sensitivity
Fuzzy Logik ft Myshy - Playground
Scottie B ft Jae Elle - Feel Nice, Feel Right
Sugababes - Freedom (Champion Remix)
Ms Jaie - Fall Outta Love (Paleface Remix)
Natalie May - Clothes Off
T Williams ft Terri Walker - Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq)
DJ Eastwood ft Nesha - Dirty Cash
Zarif - Over (Toby IOI Remix)
DJ Spillman - Prove Your Love
OB ft Channy Angelina - ER (Fingaprint Congo Mix)

Also Lex if by the above you imply that you have an mp3 of the Arms remix of Tawiah then um... please email me.

oh shit............................
http://i51.tinypic.com/34nkz1w.jpg
WE ALL UP IN HERE

Champion ft Ruby Lee Ryder - Sensitivity
Fuzzy Logik ft Myshy - Playground
Scottie B ft Jae Elle - Feel Nice, Feel Right
Sugababes - Freedom (Champion Remix)
Ms Jaie - Fall Outta Love (Paleface Remix)
Natalie May - Clothes Off
T Williams ft Terri Walker - Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq)
DJ Eastwood ft Nesha - Dirty Cash
Zarif - Over (Toby IOI Remix)
DJ Spillman - Prove Your Love
OB ft Channy Angelina - ER (Fingaprint Congo Mix)

of the ones i've heard, YES to "feel nice, feel right", those remixes of "fall outta love" and "heartbeat" were disappointing compared to the originals, the sugababes one sounds good on one listen. surprised r1 ryders' "ain't wastin' no more time" isn't there!

heard the kingdom/naomi track now, love it <3

can't really get more ciaraesque than 'sensitivity'

love me like it's the end of the world and i'm the
very
last
girl

it's so gooooood so gooooood

here's the tawiah remix. the arms remix of lloyd's 'how we do it' from around the same time is great too.

there's a cdq of 'sensitivity'? can't find it anywhere.

Lex, knowing your taste I think this is the one you want:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boyfFRZbdo0&feature=related

Finaly got round to hearing this new mix, its damn good. Miles better than the last mix I heard from him, which wasn't bad or anything this one is just vibes.

I've been listening to that Jhene Aiko mixtape this week too she's pretty cool, no idea who she is or how I found it but shes got a track on this mix too and I'm feeling it, owt else I should check out?

ok, hearing more of these

LOVE - natalie may (pushes all my buttons), myshy (do i hear my beloved freestyle influence in this? yes i do!), ob/channy angelina (can only find the original but it's terrific), sugababes (this is their comeback single right? is the original actually good too or is this some uk funky remix magic going on?)

DO NOT LOVE - zarif (there is no song here? i'm always aware that most uk funky vocal tunes take several listens to settle down in my head, they're rarely immediate, but this is such a massively aimless songcraft fail), dj spillman (forgot it was on while it was playing, wandered out of room)

DO NOT BELIEVE - there are two google results for that dj eastwood track and one of them is this thread. C'MON THIS DOESN'T EXIST.

also why are none of these released? i hate having to go to youtube or soundcloud to listen to shit.

the martial beat on "clothes off" is so immense

The Myshy is here:

http://www.hulkshare.com/h51ggljdilv2

hurrah

the ob/channy angelina is on itunes. both original and remix are fab.

Yeah there's definitely a freestyle vibe to "Playground", sorry I assumed you'd heard it already else I would have gone to greater effort to draw your attention to it.

at the same time it feels a bit... #cassiefanclub getting really excited about these songs, compared to the halcyon days of "do you mind", "in the air" etc

That's a good and telling comparison.

The reason #cassiefanclub gets lolz is because whatever Cassie does now seems to have no impact on real world R&B. But it's not like R&B is much the better for ignoring Cassie.

indeed, it's not really a pejorative - it's just more telling because #cassiefanclub stuff works really well as, y'know, solitary bedroom music, whereas with a lot of uk funky - esp when the songcraft isn't quite up to scratch - it's like, this is nice but what do i do with it?

though that in itself is a good way to sort the wheat from the chaff - i'm having no such issues with "playground" or "ain't wastin' no more time".

Well that's context isn't it: you're consuming this stuff as solitary tracks whereas I'm not for the most part. In fact it's probable that our experiences of funky were fundamentally different even in 2008 for that reason.

well yeah i heard them in clubs in 2008. but i haven't been out raving properly in months and really don't feel like i want to any time soon, i think i've accidentally retired myself from clubbing :/

i just want to go to dinner parties and the theatre now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba00hW4xUJU&feature=player_embedded#at=22

Holy fuck.

Haha that's great.

http://pitchfork.com/news/43234-new-kingdom-take-me-ft-naomi-allen/

http://www.foolsgoldrecs.com/2011/07/26/kingdom-f-naomi-allen-take-me-on-beatport-today/

http://www.beatport.com/release/take-me/399426

wanted to love that, but it doesn't quite click for me

Yeah, me too. Love Kingdom, love Electrik Red, but the beat seems kind of awkward and it hasn't got much of a tune tbh.

yep

Did anyone ever figure out what the remixes of "Rock the Boat" or "Knock Knock" from that live set are?

the Knock Knock remix is "Stalker Ha" by Kingdom

Ok, I was thinking that sounded like his own work. It's not available afaict?

Not yet. It's coming out on Night Slugs according to this: http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2011/03/kingdom

Rock the Boat remix is by Nadus.

thanking u

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT63DNm9iYE

hey homos,

i actually personally think this tune is JUST ALRITE but i thought it would be right up some of you lads' nefarious alleys and i didnt particularly want it clogging up any of my little thread fiefdomz so here u go

enjoy with my blessing if you feel so inclined xx

btw i heard it on dj cameo's 1xtra show so i guess it's coming out of the ukg/soulful house kinda side of things

playing in LA next week w/ nguzunguzu, girl unit, bok bok, total freedom and prince william (whose stuff i don't really know), stokeddd

prince william is on point along the liens of the rest of them, kingdom's brought him to a few nyc parties

confession: some of his remixes are on point but generally i can't get into total freedom, especially live. whatev.

i love that edit of "one night stand" on the nguzu dublab mix, not sure i've heard his own stuff tho

Excited about seeing Kingdom, Girl Unit, Bok Bok, & some other dude (Monolithium???) next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__TJzz0LJ4o

:D

Cute, but kind of awkward?

Yeah, I am kinda surprised by how simple that beat is. Seems like was trying to stay out of the way.

there was legal beef re: rights over mind reader, i'm surprised they got back together again at all but he's a nice guy - probably a factor.

hey wait, fauxmarc- didn't i dance with you last night? dj rashad?

lol no i wish i'd gone but i did the pothead pass out and wake up at 1:30 thing.

oops ok lol

love me like it's the end of the world
and i'm the very. last. girl.
your good love's got me floatin around
we can (???) to the kingdom sound
sail away on the breeze together
in the trees forever we can do whatever
i'm a boss chick, babygirl, bad mutha
talkin slick, mouth quick, baby you could own this

"deep in love we drown to the kingdom sound"

loves it

the prince william fade to mind mix is bangin', cannot wait for tomorrow

http://fadetomind.net/audio/ftm_mix_001.mp3

sooo jealous

Anyone else going tonight in Seattle?

That party was sick. And I even left before NGUZUNGUZU came on!

T Williams ft Terri Walker - Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq)

This is an absolute jam, I love the way she makes my heart go BOOM BOOM BOOM.

Yeah that's a great track. Paul Woolford, at his best, is unfuckable-with as a producer. Weird that he's coming up in sets of this sort of stuff and even in straight funky sets, almost seems the wrong kind of ravey but his stretchy MDMA noises always sound great.

that remix has never really overtaken the original (or the mosca remix) enough for me

xp

co-sign on that, I've always thought The Truth was a really under-rated album. His sounds are so brutal and earthy but in the best ways.

Woolford >>>>> Mosca even when Woolford is being lazy.

The original is vv good though.

Yeah the Mosca is kind of underwhelming? It doesn't have "make it go BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM" either obv.

it's not as good as the original obv but i find the vocal treatment lovely and tactile. can't really hear anything notable about the woolford one at all

"make it go BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM"

ok the mosca remix has those amazing echoing birdsong noises and the STRINGS! and those awesome tactile bass pads in place of the booms. the woolford one just sits there and doesn't add anything except slightly tuffer beats

I know let's drop this and instead talk about this awesome and overlooked prior Terri Walker number from 10 years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t7WhQ2ZN_8

or her awesome new track with donae'o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpJeu9Ua7ew

(donae'o's new album is out, or soon to be out, and is really good btw - i haven't had time to really big it up anywhere)

Yeah love "When Angels Sing". The Donaeo album is actually up for free download from the dude himself weirdly. First listen seemed good.

the woolford one just sits there and doesn't add anything except slightly tuffer beats

He doesn't add much to the first half but the second half is completely different! I'd say what Woolford brings is, if not an acid house sensibility then certainly a bleepier, techier vibe, that big ascending hook in the second half is what makes the track for me. Sensibly he doesn't mess with the original's bassline as well - the bass pads are what put me off the Mosca version (although I like the strings and the bird noises).

If we're talking Woolford then maybe his acidy sensibility comes out more on tunes like the second half of this absolute banger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnmsZaaSJrg

This is also marvellous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-_pSv9Qh3U

rizzla (on kingdom's f2m label)'s free collab ep with blk.adonis is pretty on-point

http://soundcloud.com/rizzladj/bekiki-blk-adonis-rizzla-pnp

http://db.tt/yfTZIBgx (ep dl)

lol why is Talib Kweli on the Donaeo album

also lol: Donaeo's James Brown impression

Is Kweli the first US rapper to appear on an (I'm assuming) UK funky track? As a guest in his own right rather than remix form, I mean.

He strikes me as the worst possible rapper to put over funky but that's neither here nor there.

ha i didn't realise that was talib kweli, the promo version came without guest vocalist info (SO ANNOYING WHY CAN'T PEOPLE FIX UP)

new EP in a couple weeks with "stalker ha"/"let you no"/other stuff

http://soundcloud.com/blogtracks/kingdom-dreama-ep

mndr - cut me out (kingdom rmx)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGICuVXwBk

New mix
http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/06/download-fade-to-minds-fader-mix/

lol he did the soundtrack to darkness ii!

http://agenda.complex.com/thedarknessii

haven't had a chance to listen to this yet but

http://soundcloud.com/fadetomind/fadefm-july27-2012-kingdom

http://soundcloud.com/fadetomind/fadefm-11-2-12

^^^^2.5 hour mix with mikeq, nguzus, total freedom. yeaaaaaaaaaaaah

(deej if he is reading this will prob be interested to hear it has "mirror dance" v near the beginning)

http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/12/kingdom-announces-compilation-fa

http://25.media.tumblr.com/bac7fd448c2c1cf1db6c7b8d9cd61538/tumblr_mkdvzr45XX1qa7dyho1_1280.jpg

https://soundcloud.com/kkingdomm/bank-head-feat-kelela

I guess this is maybe not the best existing thread for it, but here's an excellent interview with Rizzla about appropriation in dance music:

http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/08/get-to-know-it-and-you-wont-want-to-rip-it-off-fade-to-minds-rizzla-on-confronting-appropriation-and-humanizing-the-exotic/

love "bank head". the part where the vocals keep jumping up to those high notes kept reminding me of something, finally figured out that it's 'stillness is the move'.

(rizzla article is great too)

"Bank Head" is totally on slow burner status

it hasn't burned for me yet, felt a bit like a lesser "take me"

though this whole axis has been disappointing me for a year or more now so *shrug*

f2m/ns/qb camp's been hyping kelela for a bit, i haven't listened to other stuff she's done yet. she was opening on the solange tour, dunno if still.

but yeah this rules, he's been dropping it in his mixes for a while now and it's always stood out.