F-F-F-F-F-Funkystepz

Since I gave Ill Blu their own hype thread this only seems fair, especially in order to celebrate this frankly astonishing mix they've done for Brooklyn Radio:

Leaving Las Vegas (with guest mix by Funkystepz)

Wiley - It's Wiley (Mickey Pearce Overload Mix)
Lil Silva - Cheese and Bun
Richelle - Mascotte
R Kelly - Be My #2 (Dubbel Dutch RnG Rmx)
Clicks and Whistles - Raw Passion
Hypno - Dilemma (Octa Push Remix)
Sully - Black Projects
Star Eyes - What Do You Mean
Optimum - DS10

FUNKYSTEPZ GUEST MIX -

Funkystepz - Dirty Dutch (Girls go wild)
Rihanna - Rude Boy (Funkystepz Mix)
Funkystepz - Shocker
Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie - For U
Virus Syndicate - Your Life (Funkystepz Dub instrumental Mix)
J.Pearl Feat Shayne Ward - Must be a Reason (Funkystepz Dub Mix)
Funkystepz - Trouble
Funkystepz - Caution
Funkystepz - Fuller
New Boyz Feat Cataracs & Dev - Backseat (Funkystepz Dub Mix)
Funkystepz - Vortex
Funkystepz - Warrior
Funkystepz - Piano Storm
Equiknoxx - Jim Screechie (Funkystepz Mix)
Funkystepz - Hurricane Riddim
Funkystepz - Cut Above
Funkystepz - You Got it
Funkystepz & Lily Mckenzie - Switching Roles
Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie - Circles
J.Pearl Feat Shayne Ward - Must be a Reason (Funkystepz instrumental Mix)
Funkystepz & Rhian Moore - No More
Favourite Flavour - Heaven (Funkystepz Mix)

This whole section in particular - as Ranking would say, "WAOWWWWWWWW":

J.Pearl Feat Shayne Ward - Must be a Reason (Funkystepz Dub Mix)
Funkystepz - Trouble
Funkystepz - Caution
Funkystepz - Fuller
New Boyz Feat Cataracs & Dev - Backseat (Funkystepz Dub Mix)
Funkystepz - Vortex
Funkystepz - Warrior

Consider the gauntlet thrown.

Seriously dudes this mix. It's like someone invented a sub-genre out of the first half of Kish Kash.

the amazing face off ep is out today, i see from twitter

do i have to stream it or can i download?

the mix, that is.

this is the worst name for an act ever btw. hopefully the music rectifies that.

what on earth is wrong with the name funkystepz

dog latin you can download the mix

what on earth is wrong with the name funkystepz

― that's my hair no horses up there (lex pretend), Monday, 16 May 2011 12:40 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

It just sounds really generic, like the kind of thing you'd go and see at some depressing leisure park meatbox in Luton or something.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lctvi9WrBp1qbfy8p.jpg

Really looking forward to hearing this mix anyway.

actually it says you have to login before you can download, so if anyone can post the direct link that'd be nice.

good to see mdc upholding our solemn duty to shoehorn a footer pic into every thread. (maxsin funkystepz supports arsenal fyi).

http://brooklynradio.net/download/2947.mp3

kisses

a certified mix of awesomeness!

I'm saying!

The Boiler Room set w/ Lily McKenzie, Ramzee, Mighty Moe, Bruza & Scrufizzer was vibes.

http://boilerroom.tv/funkystepzs-75-min-mix/

what on earth is wrong with the name funkystepz

http://bballsml.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/kidz_bop_cover.jpg

might've had another hyperdub 12 out of it if they'd called it 'expired applecare' or something...

― r|t|c, Sunday, 31 October 2010 12:35 (6 months ago) Bookmark

The Funkystepz bit starts off about 29mins into that podcast, by the way. There's a clear demarcation so I might cut off the opening section and upload it to save people skipping/slogging through it.

But have you listened to it Matt! I want reax please.

Sets like this and the Ill Blu ones feel a bit like gorging on all the icing and none of the cake, but on the other hand mmmm sugar.

Tim I think you might be overselling it a bit with the Kish Kash comparison but it definitely feels like there's a bit of a sonic leap between the stuff here that seems to have been around forever and the newer material. Same Lego brick approach to funky but somehow more... muscular? British dance music in general seems to be getting more beat-em-up soundtrack so it fits right in, albeit for a very colourful cartoonish beat-em-up.

Also that New Boyz remix is just wow. They're even better as pop remixers than original producers IMO, the way they pitch everything up into chipmunk vocals works really well with autotune pop - see also the Rude Boy remix. The Equiknoxx remix threatens to go a bit Henry's Cat Riddim but I like it.

(xpost - that do you?)

In fairness that detuned "oh oh oh oh" vocal in "Girls Go Wild" (which is almost exactly like the same trick in "Lucky Star") may be overdetermining my Basement Jaxx comparison.

Yeah I think if the mix corresponds to anything on Kish Kash its the kind of Tazmanian Devil energy of Lucky Star rather than the rest of it.

woah this is insane

Here's that mix without all the superfluous stuff at the beginning. Mwah.

r|t|c you got it Max is the Arsenal fan, me and Stimps are Red Devils haha

Just letting you guys know 'Trouble' & 'Girls Go Wild' are going to be out on Hypderdub!

Our next release will be 'Our Love' (alongside 'No More' both featuring Rhian Moore) a summer track which is a cross between UKG & Funky you can listen back on Cameos show here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011j6j6#synopsis

We also refixed a couple of tracks from our previous EPs, Trinity Hills, Malibu, Bubbly and more so 'The Refix EP' will be out too, although this isnt a one of our main releases it should interest djs :)

At this moment im unaware of all 3 release dates but ill keep u updated!

:D

amazing

RENAY WHEN ARE YOU GUYS RELEASING 'LOVERS'!! we love that one round here

also is 'rude girl' on the refix ep cos that's a personal fave too

'Rudeboy' isn't as its unofficial however now you've said that ill add the instrumental! So as it stands its refixes of Trinity Hills, Bubbly, Loca Moca, Rudeboy, Malibu and one more which ill keep a secret :p

'Lovers' would defiantly need a remix with it, as i feel the beat is dated...love her vocals on it though! ill see whats happening with that too! but it will be defiantly after the 3 releases mentioned in my previous post

haha wow, dunno about "dated"... if you mean just in terms of the ravey 90s piano riff then i'd say that was a big part of what makes the track so enjoyable. and it's not like that vibe ever really gets a bad response anyway? (especially not in funky circles but beyond that too.)

course i wouldnt have anything against additional mixes...

oh yeah and with 'rude girl' i was thinking of this one instrumental refix of the 'rude boy' remix that maxsin played a couple of times round the middle of last year - it was kinda pretty much the same but you guys added loads of big swooning synth choruses and tropical steel pan stuff?

to be honest i'm going from dim memory here cos i've lost the radio rip of it i made - it's a good memory though!

Renay,

1) Congrats on running it so hard at the moment

2) Everything about "Lovers" is perfect, please release in its OG form (though additional mixes are fine)

3) What is going on with "WARRIOR", aka certified banger for the ages?

OK this mix is the business

It is funky
It is steppy
It is... FUNKYSTEPZ

But no upcoming gigs listed anywhere on the net.... What's up with that?

Good shout on the feedback, glad it doesn't sound dated either...

Everyone is asking about Warrior!! theres a few labels interested in putting it out

Rudegirl is Rudeboy with just a few more sounds

Our Love is out 4th July, still no info on the rest, will also get details about upcoming gigs however i do know were on the Hypderdub soundsystem at Bestival!! http://www.bestival.net/#/artists/2011-lineup/hyperdub-soundsystem-feat-kode-9-joker-king-midas-sound-nomad-lv-and-funkystepz

Make sure you lock in to Roskas Show on Rinse FM today at 5-8 it will be FUNKYSTEPZ B2B DJ CHAMPION B2B ROSKA...we got LOADS of freshness..DO NOT MISS THIS!

We will also be on Scratchas 'Grimey Breakfast' on Rinse FM this Friday too!

http://soundcloud.com/matchstick-1/six-d-best-damn-night

Six D - Best Damn Night (Funkystepz Dub Mix)

oops i see that went up on youtube yesterday, along with some other new bits:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Funkystepzuk#g/u

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROeNzHNi4Ps

Can't remember where I first heard this but now it's up on youtube, always liked it

Funkystepz killing it on Rinse right now btw, alongside Roska and Champion

rmde at my belated ass only just getting round to buying the backseat remix

this thing is surely one of the great wonders of the world

one of their top 5 ever for sure. no, top 3. no...

I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS BREAKDOWN AT 3 MINS

been bumping that virus syndicate rmx lately

love that initial link was to jubilee's show, love her

yeah that one's another masterpiece

like you assume it's only doing one thing, that it's looping somewhere, but there's just constant mindboggling everything going on simultaneously

especially of late their stuff feels so uniquely alive and organic and careering around wildly but somehow never quite losing control

Spot on. The backseat breakdown is ridic. I like how their increasingly staged production style has all these little resemblances to but difference from ill blu. Ill Blu use breakdowns to push the tune higher, but for funkystepz the breakdown is the moment when the tune eats itself.

Also "Best Damn Night" is AMAZING.

Those youtube clips also remind me of how much I love the use of the booka shade stagger trance riffs on "Heaven".

OMG the halftime beatbox breakdown at the end!

Download our Promo mix for the YOYO takeover at Fabric Tonight https://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/archive/2011/07/

10pm-6pm - Room 3 - YoYo - Seb Chew, Funkystepz, Champion, Greenmoney, Smutlee, Monki - £16 on the door.

Butterz & Hardrive presents @ Cable Saturday 13th August

Kode 9
Elijah & Skilliam with P Money
Terror Danjah
Swindle
Champion
Royal T
D.O.K
Scratcha DVA

Room 2 hosted by S.O.T.U (Sounds Of The Underground)

Playing the best in UK Funky and Deep House

DJ PIONEER (Kiss 100)
MARCUS NASTY (Rinse Fm)
DJ NAUGHTY
FUNKYSTEPZ (Hyperdub)
HARD HOUSE BANTON
MA1 (Rinse Fm)
FUNK BUTCHER (Rinse Fm)
LR GROOVE (Deja Vu)

http://www.cable-london.com/event/we-fear-silence-pr%E2%80%8Besent-butterz/13082011

fireworks guest mix still BEST EVAH

Some hot new Funkystepz tunes on this Smoove Kriminal / Maxsin Funkystepz set:

http://smoovekriminal.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-07-01T06_11_43-07_00

"Class A" is super compulsive. "Royal Rumble" is actually insane, like someone should slap them for the cheek of it. Dead center between "Warrior", the Jim Screecha remix and a computer having an epileptic fit. "Fizzy" is yr typical jittery funkystepz party vibes only with added percussive hi-jinx.

These dudes really do have too many killer tracks.

^ Tim where did you get the tracklist for that? Is it on the Deja site? Some great Funkystepz bits that I hadn't heard before on there anyway. Actually the show as a whole had a lot going for it I think - I remember last year really enjoying Smoove Kriminal's shows, but in the last few months I've found it hard to listen to them because long stretches of them just seem very dull to me. This felt more like... maybe not a full return to form but def a step back in the right direction.

Here it is Andy:

Tracklisting:

Floating – DJ Trizzy Feat. Yelitza
We Can Go (In The Sunshine) – Soneni & The Soul
Heartbeat – Major Notes Feat. Lisa Lee (Smoove Kriminal Special)
Emergency Room - OB Feat. Channy Angelina (Fingaprint Congo Mix)
A Fool - Delerious (Funkystepz)
Soul City – Mistaken Identity Feat. Panama & Salwa M
Windstorm - Funkystepz
On My Mind - Smoove Kriminal
Riddim - DJ Whitecoat

*Funkystepz Mini Mix*

Jumanji - Funkystepz
Class A - Funkystepz
Fuller - Funkystepz
Warrior - Funkystepz
Caution - Funkystepz
Girls Go Wild - Funkystepz
Your Life - Virus Syndicate (Funkystepz Dub Mix)
Trouble - Funkystepz
Royal Rumble - Funkystepz
Fizzy - Funkystepz

*End Of Funkystepz Mini Mix*

Resilience - Smoove Kriminal
Kingston Town - Funkystepz (VIP Mix)
Avalanche - Smoove Kriminal
Unfinished Business - DJ Seany B
Tropico 2011 - Lorenzo
Space Impact - Zoltan
Darkwing - Smoove Kriminal
Stereo In Motion - Smoove Kriminal
Stop That! - Smoove Kriminal
Broken - Mr Solo
Dance Music - Smoove Kriminal
Beat Of Zen - Damu
Drops - Beneath
Brick Lane - Matt IQ
Lost - Mr Solo
Our Love - Funkystepz Feat. Rhian Moore
Robot Wars - Mistaken Identity

*Funkystepz & Rhian Moore Interview (Back Ground Music 'No More Instrumental Mix)*

Live PA Of No More By Funkystepz Featuring Live Vocals From Rhian Moore.

They're on Deja on Sunday night w/ Local Action too 10-12.

Looking forward to that.

Free giveaway of "You Got It":

http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/08/01/download_funkystepz_you_got_it_original_mix_

logging in or signing up to a kev kharas vehicle seems a bit much tbh, can anyone reup that?

I remember last year really enjoying Smoove Kriminal's shows, but in the last few months I've found it hard to listen to them because long stretches of them just seem very dull to me. This felt more like... maybe not a full return to form but def a step back in the right direction.

― Mr Andy M, Friday, 29 July 2011 21:23 (4 days ago) Bookmark

yeah, i was in the same boat and i agree the sets are sounding pretty good right now. guess it's just the serendipity of funky moving more in smoove's general direction this year but with him uninterested in the deep moody boring set building that marcus does so it stays light

shock, awe, rending of garms @ 'royal rumble' btw obv

haha

Here you go:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cayr71

oh excellent, i've been resisting signing up to rcrdlbl for a while now (when did they start this anyway) and now i can resist some more

xp tanx

always had a soft spot for this one, it's cute

kinda lol how they present "You Got It" as filling the yawning gap between the first and second (forthcoming) Hyperdub releases.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E86FB60CDD0B24A

lolol

Yeah I'd seen that! It seems to be pretty genuine.

oh yeah i'm sure they love it

damn i forgot how much of a tune 'fast love' was

i have long mentally categorized funkystepz as the biggest jamiroquai fans

amazing

lol @ outkast

Yeah "Fast Love" is the bomb.

i should really listen to older again one day, my mum used to absolutely cane it and i secretly didn't mind

also the back to reality mix of freedom 90 is proto funky i just decided

Ha, I just figured out that "You Got It" samples Juan Maclean's "One Day". The origin of that riff had been bugging me.

ok everything in that smoove criminal mix is amazing

fffffunkystepz are making me a
believer

"you got it" is so todd-the-godlike

^ Belated thanks to Tim for the tracklist. Class A is the fuggin one. :D

listening to the trouble ep

hadn't really rated any of these tracks before now but they really are remarkable

BACK IN THE GAME.
You guys have seen this, right? Big mix that FZ did for Fader -

http://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/funkystepz-fader-mix-1
http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/funkystepz-fader-mix-mp3/#ixzz1b9Rm6slt
Tracklist:
Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie – Circles
Funkystepz – Transformer
DR Gonzo – Bust em up
Roska – Jackpot
Six D – Best Damn Night (Funkystepz Mix)
Funkystepz – Dirty Dutch
Canblaster – Clockwork
Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air (Seiji Remix)
Funkystepz – Trouble
Funkystepz – XTC
T Williams Feat Terri Walker – Heartbeat (Mosca Remix) ****
Champion – Lighter
Funkystepz – Class A
Scratcha – Flute
Funkystepz – Anger
Funkystepz – Royal Rumble
Funkystepz – Bruk Out
Encore – The One (Champion Mix)
Roska – Roskallion
Funkystepz – Fizzy
Funkystepz – Jumanji
Crazy Cousinz Feat Omarion – Arch Your Back
Funkystepz – Fuller
Champion – 1994
Funkystepz – Warrior
Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie – For U
Funkystepz – Tokyo Drift
Funkystepz Feat Rhian – Our Love
Duchess Feat Scorcher – All The Boyz (Wookie Remix)
Roska – Do You Believe (Ma1 Remix)
Favorite Flava – Heaven (Funkystepz Mix)
Funkystepz – You Got it
Roska Feat Jamie George – Wonderful day (Scratcha Soule Power Mix)
Funkystepz – Underground
Scrufizzer – Fizzy Flow

Kind of hate saying this, but this mix along with a couple of other select bits and pieces is basically keeping the flame of UKF alive for me right now.

is there a greater thrill this year than listening to 'xtc' slowly but terrifyingly surely construct itself into a ultrabanger?

They can't mix for shit on this one but it hardly matters when the tracks are this good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYYlm0qvHsM

That Petchy mix and this are keeping me going with the funky at the mo.

I'd almost thought Petchy had died or something.

*Funkystepz can't mix for shit on the fader mix I mean

they've never acted like mixing was the slightest part of their game tbf.

idk if i can really claim that petchy set is worth putting up with that tosser at the start for, really basic and dare i say halfhearted selection. petch doesnt care about funky at all.

although whats that track at the end ? v decent.

The best thing about the Petchy set is Shantie's new rhymes.

Downloading the Funkystepz now.

I was disapointed Petchy kinda fell off and went all regular house, when he spins the funky bits he still has a good vibe going though. Plus his MCs are the best when it comes to riding funky for me. No idea why he just kinda dropped off like that.

The Funkystepz mix from Boiler Room yp thread prob... he sounded a lot tighter in the mix.

I'm feeling that last track too, can't place it right now though.

Hehe there's a few shaky moments in the Funkystepz mix for sure.
I kind of agree that the MCs are the main strength of the Petchy set and that tune-wise it only really comes alive for the last few.

OMG "XTC" is amazing.

Hello, thought I'd share this here too. Part 1 of the Funkystepz January takeover on 1xtra - the remixes mix. Even if you know most of the tracks here its still worth listening cos this is how they're meant to be heard. Even the Bruno Mars mix is fantastic!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/feaqp2...2ac/Funkystepz Jan 2012 - 1extra mix 1 (remixes).mp3

Rihanna — We Found Love
Funkystepz Mix
Gyptian — Hold Ya
Funkystepz Rock Da House Mix
Chocolate Doll — Who's That Girl
Funkystepz Anthem Mix
The Hi-Fives — What you do
Hottest By Far Funkystepz Anthem Mix
Jin Akinishi Feat Jason Derulo — Test Drive
Funkystepz Dub Mix
Six D — 2 Seconds
Funkystepz Anthem Mix
New Boyz feat Feat The Cataracts & Dev — Backseat
Funkystepz Billionaire Club Mix
Klic & Lokiboi — I Won't
Funkystepz Mix
Delerious Feat Noeva — A Fool
Funkystepz Mix
Bruno Mars — It Will Rain
Funkystepz Mix
Weeknd — Rolling Stone
Funkystepz Mix
Weeknd — Gone
Funkystepz Mix
Vybz Kartel — Half On A Baby
Funkystepz Mix
Scrufizzer — Hoody
Funkystepz Anthem

Oh hai Benny.

hullo andy. this threads been very quiet lately, but funkystepz have been doing alot recently. Anyone else feeling the Bruno Mars remix? I love it!

oh, and theres a boiler room set here http://boilerroom.tv/funkystepzs-75-min-mix/

and 1xtra again tomorrow night :)

This mix is fantastic!

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li4k96etYL1qb3920o1_500.png

Funkystepz mix for Mary Anne Hobbs 14 Jan 2012:

http://uploaded.to/file/waedc8y2/Funkystepz_Xfm_MaryAnneHobbs_2012_01_14_qrip.mp3

Radar – Funkystepz
Royal Rumble – Funkystepz
Fuller Refix Reserved – Funkystepz
Warrior – Funkystepz
Dirty Dutch – Funkystepz
Section-5 – Funkystepz
Thunderbolt – Funkystepz
Trouble – Funkystepz
Bounce Refix – Funkystepz
For U – Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie
Star 9 – Funkystepz
Phantom – Funkystepz
I Won’t (Funkystepz Mix) – Klic And Lokiboi
Class A – Funkystepz
It Will Rain (Funkystepz Mix) – Bruno Mars
Rolling Stones (Funkystepz Mix) – Weekend
Circles – Funkystepz Feat Lily Mckenzie
Mondo Bizzaro – Funkystepz

Mondo Bizzaro – Funkystepz O_O

this is fantastic. almost overwhelmingly so! perhaps not something best listened to lying in bed wearing headphones.

how much funkystepz stuff is officially out there, as opposed to being on mixes here and there?

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;________________;

physical releases:
Trouble EP
Fuller / Hurricane Riddim 12"

others:
Deep Roller EP
Face Off EP
ReFix EP (weak)
Sounds Of Malibu

I think For U (ft. Lily McKenzie) and Circles (ft. Lily McKenzie) were released too.

xpost

how much funkystepz stuff is officially out there, as opposed to being on mixes here and there?

Heaps! They've really addressed this issue over the past 18 months or so with a series of EP releases. Plus most of their remixes are officially released.

Royal Rumble EP out next month! Finally I will have "Warrior" (and the title track) in full.

Can some wonderful person be a hero and make that available to us Estadounidenses?

go on then
http://www.mediafire.com/?lwbn41x2q6yydlg

how about LOVERS?

One of them intimated on another thread here that they're unlikely to release it now :-(

I think they're kinda over that 2009-ish rolling snares sound, they think it's dated or something.

A shame, as it's their finest vocal tune!!

i like the fact that they're releasing things but their mixes are astonishing.. the guest mix @ fireworks is my favorite by them, so high energy

Yeah I think increasingly their sound is boiling down to <ridiculously colourful and convoluted hopskotch patterns around a 4X4 groove> such that itheir tunes sound best piled together in two minute stretches one after the other, rather than in discrete 5 minute settings.

I really enjoy Funkystepz, I think they're some of the best producers aroiund today, not just in UK Funky, but in any genre. It's almost ridiculous how many good tunes they have,and they continue to put out a steady stream of great mixes, EPs, remixes, and refixes. Just check out the tracklisting for the Royal Rumble EP: http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/funkystepz-royal-rumble-ep. That's four certified bangers right there!

their transitions (in mixes) still works flawlessly

"girls go wild !!!"

Fuller / Hurricane Riddim 12"

Have this

Fuller is amazing.

Some Funkystepz bits and peices. First, Royal Rumble EP's out April 2nd.
Second, found this on soundcloud, it's short and sweet vocal track, unfinished, but still good: http://soundcloud.com/tizzy-k/tizzy-go-high-ft-funkystepz.
I also wanted to mention Scufizzer. Scrufizzer was one of the original members of Funkystepz, they've done a couple of collabrations with him, and plan and doing more. Some of you have probably heard Fizzy Flow, produced by Renay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bgYwvLthyM . I heard this on DJ Target's show, I could only find this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLgIvobZlKA. These tracks are heavy and grimey, but still have that bubbly. effervescent Funkystepz sound, and Scrufizzer is talented enough to not be overwhelmed by their beats.

Almost forgot. Their remix of Drake's "Motto" is up for download on their soundcloud, it's quite good! Does anyone know where I can hear "Lovers". I've heard it hyped up a lot on this thread, but I got into Funky after Funkystepz had their Rinse.FM show, so I've never gotten to hear this fabled track. If anyone has any of their old radio sets with "Lovers" that they could post, I'd be very grateful!

is it sung by Louise Williams?

This is a clip from Cameo's 1Xtra show in Feb 2010, rebroadcast in Dec 2010 -

https://www.wetransfer.com/dl/GNQErPWo/b54882119216899d6c8387b7b0ba023bb63ef1ef499129e22be95483258ce3b84c4bbb3a2936093

Untitled - A.L Bennet – Drifting (Produced By FunkyStepz) (Live at Maida Vale)
Louise Williams — Lovers (Produced By FunkyStepz)

FUNKYSTEPZ MIX
FunkyStepz - Rihanna — Rude Boy (Remix)
Funkystepz — Piano Storm
Funkystepz — Bounce Instrumental
Funkystepz — Mr Bandicoot
Funkystepz — Bubbly
Funkystepz — Malibu Remix
Untitled (FunkyStepz - Hurricane Riddim)
Untitled (FunkyStepz - Loca Moca)
Untitled (FunkyStepz - Deeper Love (Remix))
Untitled (FunkyStepz - Victoria Falls)
Funkystepz — Switching Rolls (feat. Lilly Mckenzie)
Miss Fire — Part Time Lover (Live at Maida Vale)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qx540

Just to add to the mixes and general love, here's a link to stream all of their guest mixes for Target on 1Xtra:
http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/sets

Tracklists -

Week 1 - Remixes:
Rihanna — We Found Love (Funkystepz Mix)
Gyptian — Hold Ya (Funkystepz Rock Da House Mix)
Chocolate Doll — Who's That Girl (Funkystepz Anthem Mix)
The Hi-Fives — What you do Hottest By Far (Funkystepz Anthem Mix)
Jin Akinishi Feat Jason Derulo — Test Drive (Funkystepz Dub Mix)
Six D — 2 Seconds (Funkystepz Anthem Mix)
New Boyz feat Feat The Cataracts & Dev — Backseat (Funkystepz Billionaire Club Mix)
Klic & Lokiboi — I Won't (Funkystepz Mix)
Delerious Feat Noeva — A Fool (Funkystepz Mix)
Bruno Mars — It Will Rain (Funkystepz Mix)
The Weeknd — Rolling Stone (Funkystepz Mix)
The Weeknd — Gone (Funkystepz Mix)
Vybz Kartel — Half On A Baby (Funkystepz Mix)
Scrufizzer — Hoody/The Funkystepz Anthem

Week 2 - UK Bass mix:
Funkystepz — Circles (feat lily McKenzie) (Roska mix)
Funkystepz — Fuller
Dr Gonzo — Bust Dem Up
DJ Zinc ft Ms Dynamite — Wile Out
Funkystepz — Phantom
Champion — War Dance
Funkystepz — Warrior
Major Notes — Jungle Book
Funkystepz — Star 9
MJCole & Scrufizzer — Southern Electric
Mosca — Bax
Dj Naughty — Blown
Ramzee — Go Loco (feat Mighty Moe) (Prod. By Funkystepz)

Week 3 - UK Funky Vocals:
Champion ft Ruby Lee Ryder — Sensitivity
KOF ft Wiley & Chelcee Grimes— Fire It Up (Funkystepz Mix)
Cobra Krames & Pink Cash — We Not The Same (Funkystepz Mix)
T. Williams ft Terri Walker — Heartbeat (Mosca remix)
Funkystepz ft Rhian Moore — Our Love
Donae'o — Im Fly (Funkystepz Special)
HeavyFeet ft Raze — All I Want
Funkystepz ft Lily McKenzie — Circles
Todd Edwards — Saved My Life (Promo)
Greenmoney ft Rose Gabor - Into You (Funkystepz Mix)
Fuzzy Logic ft Jada Pearl — All My Love

Oops just remembered Benny already tracklisted 1st week of these, oh well.

Much thanks for that Tracer! "Lovers" is a big tune, very nice, but I can see Funkystepz's point about it not fitting in with their newer aesthetic. Maxsin mentioned on Target's show that they make something like 10 new tracks per WEEK! I can't imagine all the gems of theirs that will never get a proper release.

Those 1xtra mixes are big! Hopefully Funkystepz put up the final DJ Target guest mix on their soundcloud. It's an instrumental mix, and like the others, it's really good. It has a couple of new instrumental tracks as well. With all the new instrumentals they've premiered in these mixes, like XTC, Radar, Mondo Bizarro etc., they have easily enough material to put out a killer EP every 2-3 months throughout 2012. They get plenty of love here and on dissensus, but I wonder when they will start to get some attention from the mainstream?

Mentasms! Can't say I thought much of the original, but this is good.

http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/funkystepz-x-rihanna-birthday

I have just realized that said riffs are in the original. As you were.

I have just discovered "Circles" (I know, very very belatedly) and it is making me very happy, not just a perfect house track but a brilliant pop song.

did anyone download the remix of 'climax' that was on their soundcloud for a while? i came home looking forward to it after a weekend of only phone internet access, and then it was GONE.

I recorded the Climax remix before it got taken down. I've never uploaded anything but here goes nothing, hopefully Funkystepz don't have a problem with me uploading this here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yd4yn3aztbv8vvy . As Benny mentioned over on dissensus, they've hit this sweet spot between UK Funky and UK Garage, their recent remixes (and everything else they've done) has been so good. Everybody be sure to pick up the Royal Rumble EP on Monday, you won't be disappointed!

thanks!

they've hit this sweet spot between UK Funky and UK Garage,

This is a pretty spot on description of their current sound.

Royal Rumble EP is finally out!
http://www.junodownload.com/products/royal-rumble-ep/1938276-02/

Dunno how to do the drudge siren but if I did it would be in full effect right now.

"warrior" is such a banger but i always prefer their remixes to their instrumental tunes (same goes for ill blu too)

apart from "we found love" which not even funkystepz could salvage

I think this is their strongest EP yet.

Even though "Jigga" is a bit "I see what you did there" it's hard not to love their sheer gumption - who else would even attempt it?

oh man "jigga" is fantastic

or at least the clip

<3 "Jigga"

no vinyl :(

Seriously this is like all four tracks buy on sight material.

downloading now obv

jfc

these guys

"warrior" is a bonafide dancefloor brain melter

With MCs on top it's like O_O

i can't even imagine! have you heard anybody mcing over it?

This entire 20 April 2011 Marcus Nasty / Shanti / Rankin set is epochal, lifechanging etc, but the bit you want is from 65:55:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7zhoo5

the handclaps as snare rush make me so ridiculously happy

as does the way every moment of climax is punctuated, inexorably, with ".......FUNKYSTEPZ!"

Funkiest possible things to say during the moment of climax

i dont remember where i heard this, but goes like this "music is my life.. all i need's a mic & a rhyme"

"some are cool, some are corrupt, some are polite some don't give a fuck"

Available for download, Funkystepz's trap remix of D'Banj's Oliver Twist:
http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/dbanj-oliver-twist-funkystepz
Funkystepz have mentioned in interviews that they want to expand beyond UK Funky in 2012 and do Miami Bass, R&B, hip-hop, etc.
Found this also, coming out at the end of the month, Funkystepz remix of Rebecca Ferguson, straight R&B:
http://www.djcity.co.uk/digital/rebecca-ferguson-glitter-gold-funkystepz-remix---23794.htm
Anybody by chance record this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01g9g9v? I really want to hear 'Preeya Kalidas — Love Between Us (Funkystepz Miami Bass Mix). I like the original and FS's Miami Bass remixes have been great, hope this is no exception.

hit me up, astrochimp

unless it gets wild further down the line somewhere, it's no big deal alas.

i.e. click my name, do the "send email" thingie and include your email address

got some promos trace?

No I've got that show tho

interesting. you work for auntie i presume?

Thanks, trace and rtc! I do hope as FS evolve and expand into other areas that they don't completely abandon their signature bubbly, hyper-colorful, intricately convoluted Funky/Garage sound, because there's no one I'm aware of to fill that void.

Loveshy vs Miami Bass EP

http://www.sendspace.com/file/12q64g

incredible!

I wish they'd done a little more with "Oliver Twist" but I feel ridiculous even saying anything negative about such a horn o' plenty

agree but then it's probably about a year before everyone's up to the time with afro

three weeknd remixes? :/

three weeknd remixes? :)

I'm on my fourth download attempt, fingers crossed.

OK, Vybz Kartel remix much better than any of the Weeknd remixes. The pitched up Buju, ehh.

Now I'm trying to figure out which one of their Rihanna remixes are superior.

cake

Yeah, that Cake remix. This whole collection is super generous and awesome!

Does anyone know the significance of the titles (Miami Bass vs. Loveshy) btw?

Yes! Love that Buju Banton remix, brilliant that one, as are they all, including the Rudekid remix they just put out. I wouldn't think the Weeknd (or Bruno Mars for that matter) would be the best material for them to remix, but I think they all work, love the dark garage vibe of those. Ridiculous how many good tunes Funkystepz have amassed.

"the motto" sounds amazing

ESTHERO OG BITCH ->> STILL THE PRETTIEST

Does anyone know the significance of the titles (Miami Bass vs. Loveshy) btw?

No I don't, and I haven't listened to it yet (dl it at work). But a huge part of me wishes that Loveshy takes its inspiration from Kristine Blond's "Love Shy", the Club Asylum remix of which is one of my all time favourite pieces of music ever.

Also,

CAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKE

CAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKE

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

so much better than the original version and esp the fucking chris brown remix

But a huge part of me wishes that Loveshy takes its inspiration from Kristine Blond's "Love Shy", the Club Asylum remix of which is one of my all time favourite pieces of music ever.

I actually assumed this and feel likewise.

yeah i assume that too

massive lol @ how they pitch drake's voice to sound like some sort of gremlin on "the motto" remix

the "oliver twist" one is a bit pointless though

CAKECAKECAKECAKECAKE probably takes the cake

it's funny cuz there's a tennis player whose nickname is CAKE and worlds are colliding here

It's the Esthero remix that I keep coming back to. I dunno, it just suits me right now

Birthday Cake is INCREDIBLE. These guys should be producing Rihanna

i was thinking Minaj....

whatever, get them on the charts

fuck, both the rihanna & drake songs are dope as hell

CAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKECAKE has been in my head for the past three days and it is making my life better. Can these guys not just get Lily Mackenzie or whoever to do a full album of banging vocal tracks of their own so I don't have to feel guilty about not turning off Bruno Mars/Drake?

also one of the simplest pleasures I'm getting from listening to this collection is from shouting FUNKYSTEPZ at moments it could/does fit in, I might have to create a "best funky producer audio tag" poll

I have the "FUN-KY-STEPZ" and "PRE-DI-TAH" tags enter my brain at the randomest moments

I also get the Crazy Cousinz "oh", Cooly G's "mmmm-mwah", Ill Blu's "eww", Champion's "champion sound" and "Roska Roska Roska" popping into my head a lot. I'm sure you could argue that it says a lot for the songcraft of these producers when even their sound tags are earworms.

xp hahaha me too reverend, today: bus

terror's danjah "reh reh reh"

funkystepz tag is a classic 4 all time

Some ppl don't like it apparently: https://twitter.com/Funkystepz/status/205038076291059713

crazy cousins "OH!" is my fav

I hear the Crazy Cousinz one as a "WOO!"

yeah, you're right -- it's kind of a hook in itself... they really deploy it so well

yeah, such a dope element in and of itself

Lil Silva and Miss Fire are two more Funky producers with sound tags, I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Wonder why so many in Funky? I agree Funkystepz's is the best, it not only lets you know it's them, but how they deploy it right before the drop really pushed the tune even higher.

i also like "donaaeeeeooo. donnaaaaeeeeooooo"

the bruno mars remix is really good too

i always think of the crazy cousinz tag as that sing-song "cray-zee cou-sinz, cray-zee cou-sinz"

I always think of the Ill Blu one as the echoey deep computer voice 'ill-ill Blu'. I don't think I spotted the eww until the thread on here. MY faves are at the mo are prob Funkystepz and Champion. Worst was prob when you go see Marcus Nasty and you get a dreary voice slowly saying over every other track 'marcus nasty dubplate special' even if the song had been out for years.

"ladies and gentleman the champion of the world has arrived"

"the heavyweight"

can't remember who posted the dj diamond cuts philly party mix but every time she triggers "this is a rest in peace shout-out to the rest of the airwaves, because dj diamond cuts is KILLIN IT" i loved it just a little bit mote

more

i always think of the crazy cousinz tag as that sing-song "cray-zee cou-sinz, cray-zee cou-sinz"

― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:10 AM Bookmark

what was dope about this one was how sometimes they just dropped it as an instrumental melody and it was still enough to mark their territory, so to say

Wonder why so many in Funky?

A lot of grime guys do it as well. Terror and Preditah obv, but ppl like Silencer (TEDDY!), Rude Kid (Are you ready! / Always ready!), D.O.K. (Ha!), Skepta/JME (Serious!) and Spooky (spooky... a bit crap that one). Thought it might have something to do with the DJs / producers not having to rely on egocentric MCs to shout them out, but I'm just guessing here.

i feel like it's like a watermark on an image, so that no matter who uses it you will KNOW where it came from

My dream commission is to write an entire thinkpiece about uk funky producer tags. This is a handy guide I assembled back in March 2010:

Funky producer signatures rated:

Roska - Somewhat boring in and of itself, but the rhythmic repetitiveness of 'roska!roska!roska!' sounds great when dropped at the right moment of a track. 6

Crazy Cousinz - The "Whoop!" works in so many settings, is instantly reognisable without being so singular as to get annoying through overuse, and is great not merely as a producer signature but as a herald of key points in the tune - usually it drops just before the beat rolls out again. 9

Scotty D / Funk Factory - Points deducted for not being intelligible: purportedly this is "now hear this!" but it sounds like "whoiddit?" to me. 4

Cooly G - The lazy drawl of "yeah it's Cooly S G, mwah" is so seductive, though its very laziness works against its capacity to act as a hype inducer. But it never gets old either. 7

Funkystepz - Sometimes this is straightforward but when they stutter it "F-f-f-f-f-funkystepz!" in a highpitched goblin chirp it's by far the best drop-announcer in the game. 9

Greyman - That scraggy chuckle makes me think of a ghost dog (though not Ghost Dog) so points for imaginativeness. But it's an easy signature to overlook. 6

Lil' Silva - Kinda boring "menacing" slow announcement of his name, barely different from all the "marcus... nasty... dub-dub-plate..." stuff. 4

Screama - "Complex Simplicity!" wins sympathy votes for me simply because it references Teedra Moses, but in truth this is not that successful a producer tag. 5

Ill Blu - Not one but two tags, on the one hand those disgusted "ew!" cries which probably technically involve someone attempting to say "Ill", then the evil robot intoning "Ill... Blu..." The sense of timing for the deployment of both is almost always exquisite. Flawless in concept and execution. 10

think perhaps my favourite is "naughty raver!", announcing the work whilst giving a cheeky wink to the listener

i imagine were he still alive grimey simey might have even drawn a line with it to 'charly'/'trip to trumpton' style nursery ardkore

TEDDYYYY! is also great yes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jgggh

FUNKYSTEPZ GUEST MIX

Funkystepz x Drake — YOLO (Miami Bass mix)
Funkystepz — Bizzaro
Rihanna — We Found Love (Funkystepz Edit)
Funkystepz — Jigga
Funkystepz — Mind F
Funkystepz x Rihanna — Birthday Cake (Miami Bass Mix)
Funkystepz — Star 9
Funkystepz — Warrior
Funkystepz — Phantom
Funkystepz — Royal Rumble
The 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

haha taping that as i type

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.

Anyone else hear this? It's out now.
http://soundcloud.com/3beat/3beat098-preeya-kalidas-love-3
I just realized that Preeya Kalidas played Omar's wife in Four Lions. I knew she looked familiar!

is it wrong that half the reason I'm addicted to them right now is because i love their tag so much?

Tim F or anybody else, what's one of their songs where they do the stuttered "highpitched goblin chirp" tag?

?
standard one as in beginning of birthday cake remix or something rarer?

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

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'.

ok guys enough about the flipping tags already

NOT ENOUGH ABOUT THE FLIPPING TAGS

the tags are fantastic but ONLY IF YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THEM TOO MUCH

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

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

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.

i love the preeya kalidas remix!

haha omg the gothic backing vox coming in at 2:40

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.

First "Pastor Lucas" and now the girl who played Amira in Eastenders, do you think Funkystepz have a fondness for the BBC soap opera?

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

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

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

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)

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

this was really great if you're prepared to forgive teeza's laughably inept presence

"mind f" and "star 9" are so amazing!

How do these guys stay so good

this was really great if you're prepared to forgive teeza's laughably inept presence

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.

Also, yeah, Teeza is woeful.

Did anyone catch the Funkystepz guest mix for Shox on RInse.FM? There was supposed to be a lot of exclusives.

i think it's tomorrow @ 11am?

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.

ah, an american

i'd assumed otherwise for some reason

esthero remix is so gorgeous

no you're right astrochimp it was yesterday

available here - http://rinse.fm/category/podcast/

http://instagr.am/p/MA4QQAk0be/

oooh fuck i love that little acid 303 number

now that's a comeback with some potential mileage

(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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3PDaDc5WmQ

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.

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.

Yeah that's what saves them - and the Mistajam mix is amazing front to back.

Hope that new Funkystepz instrumental EP has 4 tracks on it, like the Royal Rumble EP, they have so many good tunes they could release. I'm going to give the Ill Blu XLR8R mix another chance- I absolutely love their Mistajam mix, I may have let my antipathy of the whole Redlight/Pantha wobbly Funky and lack of lighter vocal tracks in their radio sets prejudice my view. OTOH, maybe Funkystepz (and Champion as well) are simply better at making heavy instrumental bangers at this point?

I'm definitely more excited about Champion than Ill Blu at this point.

http://soundcloud.com/scrufizzer/back-on-my-ball

that's more like it, just throw stuff at him

Funkystepz with a preview of their next four-track instrumental EP of ultra bangers, the Dirty Fluxx EP:
http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/funkystepz-dirty-fluxx-ep#
Maybe not a track on there quite as devastating as Royal Rumble, but all those sound incredible, Belter lives up to its name.

If you haven't already, everyone should get their new EP. It's really amazing how their sound has progressed from their early Funky House tracks into this intricate, space-age sci-fi, dirty dutch meets grime/Funky business. I don't know what genre they fit into, honestly.

http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/2-chainz-birthday-song-feat

are we just not gonna talk about this then

so insanely relentless it's borderline frightening, like not only is it actually trying to chase you down but it's gaining on youuuu

http://i.imgur.com/AFKxq.gif

OMG

already listened to this ten times today. Thanks for the heads up rtc

This is amazing.

Incredible, aren't they? The new Missy Elliot and Kanye West remixes are great, too, as is this one, just put up yesterday: http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/those-that-know-arise.

This guest mix of theirs on Da Movelt Nasty show is worth repeated listens, it starts an hour and twelve minutes in: http://soundcloud.com/moveltraxx/da-movelt-nasty-show-nasty-9. There's loads of new Funkystepz instrumentals and hip hop remixes, including two neck-breaking Fresh Prince/DJ Jazzy Jeff remixes. It ends with a brand new vocal track, 'Bring me Back'.

that 2 chainz remix O_O

OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS MIIIIIIIIIX

i think i may have just pulled faces i have never pulled before

everyone stop whatever you're doing right now and listen to this shit

cat in a tree, let it burn, it'll understand

i'm just cracking up sitting here listening to this "birthday song" remix

blinding mix again. I think Maxsins a wicked DJ actually.

Can't believe I still haven't got round to getting the Dirty Flux ep yet, what have I been doing?

http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/20813848/file.html

mix just on its tod for keeps

these fresh prince refixes are just... is it too soon for space battle jackin

this mix kills, ty rtc

THIS MIX.

I will never be the same.

The transition into the "We Found Love" remix is just O_O

xp hah by the end of last night i had p much concluded that funkystepz had solved the whole music question and the world's populace should retire en masse to appreciate fine porcelains or something instead

come the morning i awoke with the usual morbid zombie appetite unfortunately

transition out of 'we found love' is just as bonkers in truth

like what manner of robotech laser clown car music even is that riddim seriously

O_O
This mix is too much.

Whatever tune it is that comes in around 12:30 just blew my tiny little mind.

Haha okay now I get the Rihanna thing.

New Funkystepz 'vice versa' at around 50:30 in this show
http://www.mixcloud.com/ShyOneBeats/shy-one_nasty-fm_dva-music-show_161112_podcast/

http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/funkystepz-backlog-ep

A new nine-track EP is imminent, great news.

a funkystepz track called "fizzy" doesn't even seem fair

'jumanji' is the least fair one imo

ah 'xtc', how could i have forgotten your utter magnificence

Even just in memory I can immediately summon the utter magnificence of "XTC" to mind.

OTOH how dare they release a "Backlog" EP and leave off "Lovers".

Despite bingeing heavily in Funkystepz instrumental bangers a while back they always feel like they're missing something on their own. Because you hear them piled on top of one another so regularly I've come to view the individual EP tracks as components of some ridiculous mecha-banger that can be slotted together in a load of different ways. Their EPs are more consistently great then pretty much anyone else's at the moment and still they suffer in comparison to their mixes.

yes that is true, and I think it prevents a lot of people from recognising their greatest material, which was always designed to be listened to in the mix

http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/rude-kid-get-busy-funkystepz-1

i am compelled to stan for this again, being as it is the anomalous godhead that can stand majestically on its own two feet

best rmx of '12 in truth imo

be sure to save that soundcloud btw as a bowdlerised version was only ever eventually officially released :(

as ever with garage remixes you fight back the temptation to post the original load of shit just to fully make clear the magnitude of alchemy wrought

but seriously - what. a. ting.

It just made my day to see "XTC" is getting a release. I doubt "Lovers" will ever see the light of day, though, Tim, unless they include it in their annual Christmas giveaway, it just sounds so much different than what they put out over the last year and a half. On the bright side, that new vocal track "Bring Me Back" of theirs sounds sick!

yeah, difficult to make a big deal of it at the time at the end of that breathtaking mix but 'bring me back' sounded fucking fantastic

Oh I'm sure yr right Astrochimp, in some ways if it actually came to light now it would tarnish the holy grail status it has earned in my head.

Tim, you can download 'Lovers' here: http://www.louisewmusic.com/#!music/c22j5. Enjoy!

That mix from October is just omg what are these pinky and perky mutations and meltdowns jesus christ!

xpost OMG!!! Brilliant.

I couldn't get te six tracks (just ask to d/l more things to get it). anyone help?

Click on the Louise Williams picture, then when you get to zippyshare.com, they'll be a box on the right with scrambled letters. Types those in, then click on the 'download now' link directly below. Hope that helps!

Cheers! Really enjoying this...

b2b w/dj target

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p013t1yz

Funkystepz - Bring Me Back (Extended Mix)
Funkystepz - Vice Versa (Original Mix)
Funkystepz - Nu Shooz
Shiva - Fosky (Martinez Brothers Remix)
Salva - BBQ
DJ Pantha - Love To The Max Hate To The Minimal (feat. Shantie)
Sky Juice - Lick It Back
Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey
Di Nation & Skitzophrenix - Respeck
Funkystepz - Phantom
DJ Zinc - Only For Tonight (feat. Sasha Keable)
Devolution - My Friends
maNga - Time (feat. Wiley & Lily McKenzie)
Traits - Fever (feat. Elisabeth Troy
Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing (Diplo & Grand Theft Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQHGK3CBpes

don't mean to make a habit of such posts but this lol wtf banger reminds me so much of deconstructed funkystepz

hot mixxx !!!!! havent heard this shantie

F-F-F-F-F-Fonkytimez

"Vice Versa" is awesome.

just getting round to listening to the Backlog EP now and, my god 'Section 5' is completely insane. I mean, I already knew about XTC's amazingness but that track had passed me by before somehow. The whole EP is incredible though. If Zomby or someone had released this as an album everyone would be going completely nuts for it. Have they ever talked about doing an album? I reckon they could do an amazing one.

Then again, casually tossing out a 9 track EP of backlog material that still pisses over 99% of everyone else is pretty admirable.

http://www.djcity.co.uk/digital/shea-soul-where-did-you-go-funkystepz-loveshy-remix---29090.htm

only clip around right now outside of target's shows but the track is fucking fiyah

New Funkystepz from their soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/jeremih-all-the-time. That Shea Soul remix has been running through my head since I first heard it on Target's show. They're IMO the best producers in the UK (along with Lorenzo atm) and have been for over two years. The could easily put out another 2-3 Backlog EP's worth of killer tunes, their sheer volume of quality tracks is breathtaking. I'm genuinely perplexed at how Funkystepz have not blown up then. Is it their name? Their connection to UK Funky? Not conservative or serious enough for the Factmag/ Post-dubstep crowd? Maybe if they just changed their name to something like Blawan/Beneath/Girl Unit people would be falling over themselves to proclaim them as modern-day musical Gods?. Help me out here..

https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/jeremih-all-the-time

So i guess this tune is aimed at the cutting shapes/shuffling scene right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&client=mv-google&hl=en&v=dIJ5_ahR0ME&nomobile=1

Loving the Jeremih.

https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/drake-started-from-the-bottom

thanks j0rd, what would we do without you

Several degrees of awesome - although I'm not inclined to check the originals, the remixes are so authoritative.

IT WAS A BAD TIME FOR THE EMPIRE.

https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/funkystepz-narcotics-ep

http://i.imgur.com/rPrAK6Z.gif

predictably banging

admire them for sticking to their guns in this most antipathetic of climates

altho maybe this is them in a holding pattern for the presumably meagre guaranteed french money idk

rly and truly they should just cut their uk nuum losses already and go all out to slay in the euro edm mongface godzilla stomper electrohouse arena proper instead of reinterpreting it for earnest fraidy cat internet tourists

http://www.beatport.com/genre/electro-house/17/top-100

i mean like if you flick thru this and try and claim that there's not plenty funkystepz kicks to be had then ur a dirty lying ape

thing is i say "reinterpret" there as if there's any evidence they've ever paid attention to this stuff

but then it would be beyond quixotic for them to have just invented something so akin all on their innocent own so idk

http://www.beatport.com/track/home-funkystepz-dirty-trap-remix/4416127

oh btw

funkystepz remixing austra?!?! i might have to take some time to attempt imagining that before i actually play it

rly and truly they should just cut their uk nuum losses already and go all out to slay in the euro edm mongface godzilla stomper electrohouse arena proper

This counts 10x more for Ill Blu by the way, or at least it did 18 months ago before the moment slipped away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiEtCl2vro

just par example like

got more in the clip should anyone desire

For those not already aware, a free EP for the holidays indulging the Loveshy side of things (a good thing): https://soundcloud.com/funkystepzuk/sets/funkystepz-loveshy-ep

Higher hit ratio than the Narcotics one earlier this year, I think.

crazed & epic - https://soundcloud.com/boxed-up-london/funkystepz-low-end-theory-mixtape-101-strictly-funkystepz

This is really great, though it does suggest that Funkystepz haven't decided yet how much they want to fall into line with everyone else and how much they want to continue to forge their own idiosyncratic path. It seems to veer between those two options, though with more subtlety and grace than I would have expected if you'd described that to me.

yeah. on second listen (this time errr from the beginning) it's not nearly as crazed as i'd thought. very smoothed out and quite straight ahead housey actually. for me it really starts picking up around the 1/2 hr mark

radio raving w/ cameo:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gf24g

Quite liking their new (rather mellow) EP for Club Soda:

https://soundcloud.com/clubsodarecords/sets/funkystepz-special-delivery-ep-1

Ok lol:

Iv been in the funkystepz guys dms a few tyms tryna get dem on board w the new vybz ca they wd do ths stuff w dere eyes closed but they sed no and r happy 2pursue dere tech house career insted 😔

— Scratchclart (@ScratchaDVA) August 11, 2021

https://funkystepzldn.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-not-a-tech-house-ep-2021

:(