Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Crickets / Music I.D. & Baobinga Help UK Funky With Its Branding Problem
Posted by Miles Raymer on 03.02.10 at 04:33 PM
However, the music itself is really good, combining four-on-the-floor house beats with African-style polyrhythms, which it turns out is a completely excellent idea. Almost excellent enough to make up for the name.
I bring this all up because UK funky (ugh, I said it again) is one of several electronic-music styles diced and tossed on I.D. & Baobinga's new album, Bass Music Sessions, along with dubstep, hip-hop, drum 'n' bass, and plain old house. It's a pretty effective distillation of everything good happening in UK dance music right now, and it will satisfy your bass cravings, whatever they might be.
The duo has released the album as a pay-what-you-want download, which isn't exactly groundbreaking at this point but deserves to be mentioned for two reasons. One, they've documented the process of making the album and their reasons for going with this pay model on a blog. And two, all profits will be donated to the Dove House Hospice in Hull, which makes going for the "don't pay anything" option feel like a real dick move.
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frankly isn't UK FUNKY just broken-beat rebranded?
"combining four-on-the-floor house beats with African-style polyrhythms"
sounds like UK funky was around and pioneered by MAW and most house / garage producers in the late 80's and early 90's which then spread to Europe.
most of the UK Funky i hear is terrible backed up with the worst production known to man; but the Funky (Ahem... Broken-Beat) tracks on 'Bass Music Sessions' are by far the best dare i say "UK Funky" productions out there. great work boys!
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