New studio mix. 130BPM, lots of funky with some dancehall and grime excursions before getting deep, some bits from the dubstep/funky borderline, and then the Busy Signal tune we can’t get enough of to wrap things up. Listen on the player below, or download.
Tracks:
Israhell - DJ Maxximus
Bongo Jam (L-Vis 1990 & Bok Bok rmx) - Crazy Cousinz
The Power (Socafrica rmx) - Silvano da Silva
Bonfire - Enur & Natasja
Glitch Dub - Emvee
Pull It (Ill Blu funky rmx) - Shystie
Crew (Bok Bok rmx) - Secret Agent Gel feat. Coppa
Big Boi Spitta - Rubi Dan & Chinski
Gone Too Far (Rico Tubbs “ravehall” rmx) - Dre Skull feat. Sizzla
Give Them a Piece - Part 2 feat. Sandra Melody
Skanker - Lighter
Love Guide - 2Culture Clash feat. Ms Thing
Riddim Box - NB Funky
2 Far Gone - Kode 9
In to the Future - Geeneus
Epilogue (Ramadanman rmx) - F
Elden St - Martyn
Necessary Madness - Karizma
Praise & Worship - Busy Signal
I am not serious about the title - the last thing we need is another portmanteau name for a hybrid subgenre. But it seems to me that the most compelling new moves in music are happening at the margins: between dubstep and funky - F’s releases on 7even Recordings, say, which inject funky’s percussive element to dubstep. Or the very different, yet both extremely stripped-back takes on dubstep from Ramadanman and Shackleton. At the same time there’s fruitful collisions between JA bashment and UK funky, and minimal techno-inflected dubstep from the likes of Headhunter and Blue Daisy, and 2-step is making a return (Martyn and of course Burial). Not to mention allthewonderfulsounds coming out of Bristol.
The common thread running through all this is that the exciting places in music are happening in one or another musical no-man’s land - not quite one sound, not the other. Kode9’s recent set in Sydney was a brilliant and eclectic demonstration of the swirling currents in today’s underground.
I agree 100% with Blackdown’s comment earlier this month:
I think it’s probably also pretty clear from my writing, which I’ve tried to keep positive, that I really can’t stand the direction the majority of dubstep is heading in. Mid range distorted heavy metal is a total betrayal of everything we tried to build as a scene, whether the DJs/producers in question invented it themselves or cloned it off someone else. I still believe deeply in what dubstep is and can be, but if that’s it, count me out.
I guess it’s become clearer to me recently where Dusk and I stand, musically summer ‘09, and that is some kind of intersection between dubstep, grime, funky, wonk and 2step…
This intersection is where great things are brewing. Check out Untrue’s recent mix for Fact Magazine, or the “Order of the Day” mix by my Inna Riddim compadre Slice.
