FUNKANOMICS: Odysseus (SHAKA A.V. Edit) (2014) Free download

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QDUP: Lone Star EP (2014)

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TRU FUNK: Nu Party Breaks Vol. 9 (2013)

It’s the final instalment of Tru:Funk‘s Nu Party Breaks series and it’s a massive double length effort. Final instalment? Yep, don’t panic – plans are afoot for newness in January. In the meantime Vol. 9 is fifteen tracks deep and features a wealth of scene-heavyweights with Badboe, Morlack, Rory Hoy, Funkanomics, The Breakbeat Junkie & DJP all putting in an appearance. Badboe gets pole position with his Ludacris-appropriating Thriller In Manila while Ad n Kutz nip at the heels of the rear …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

GHETTO FUNK PRESENTS: Bring The Boom (GFP16)(2013)

Some of you may be aware that Bim and Ben lead bands with brooms and furthermore that Ben’s band bangs and Bim’s band booms. While you’re pondering that, here’s something else that booms – Ghetto Funk‘s forthcoming Bring The Boom EP. JFB & Dancefloor Outlaws give Desmond Dekker some dnb boom, Timothy Wisdom gives LL Cool J some ghetto funk boom (don’t call it a comeback) and Tom Drummond has what sounds like an …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MR CONFUSE: Do You Realize: The remixes (2013)

This should be relatively simple to understand – Mr Confuse has had his recent Do You Realize LP remixed and he’s just released the results as Do You Realize: The remixes. In order to bring this about he’s assembled an impressive line up of production warriors which include a strong UK contingent (Smoove, Lack Of Afro, Daytoner, Dr Rubberfunk and Tom Eno) plus Hungarians (Uptown Felaz), Poles (Przasnik), and Germans …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

JOHNNY PLUSE: The Market Street Cut Up (2011) Digital release/ remixes

JOHNNY PLUSE: The Market Street Cut Up (2011) Digital release/ remixes
Not quite the East End gang brawl it sounds like, Johnny Pluse nevertheless brings along enough remixers for this digital re-release of 2009’s The Market Street Cut Up to almost make it worth starting a ruck. There are eleven mixes available from…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BASEMENT FREAKS: Get Down Boogie - 2011

BASEMENT FREAKS: Get Down Boogie - 2011
RATING: 5/5
A highlight from Basement Freaks’ recent Something Freaky LP and obvious choice of single, Get Down Boogie is dancefloor gold. Featuring a an infectious organ riff/ bassline double act, a Groove Is In The Heart style break (and tempo), plus (funnily enough) a big female vocal hook exhorting one to ‘Get down to the boogie,’ and referring ad infinitum to, ‘funky grooves,’ it’s a proper hands in the air number. It’s also one of an increasing number of tracks I am mentally filing in the ‘You know you’re going to have to get Serato at some point,’ section of my brain
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BIG M PRESENTS…Vol. 9 - Various Banging Artists No.3 – 2011

BIG M PRESENTS…Vol. 9 - Various Banging Artists No.3 – 2011
Big M goes bigger and harder than ever this ‘Banging Artists’ drop. Rightly leading with Funkanomics scarily heavy Cypress Hill rerub of Lick A Shot the monstrous ghetto funked-up Licky Shot and then Chris Awesome cooks up a fat one - see what I did there?. Telephunken (clearly not contented with having his own four track EP out on Big M currently) has a bash at reworking Edwyn Starr’s heavy soul…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

FUNKANOMICS: Dirty Loud vs. Lord Tariq - Apes From Uptown (Funkanomics Blowup) free download + Lick A Shot remix

FUNKANOMICS: Dirty Loud vs. Lord Tariq - Apes From Uptown (Funkanomics Blowup) free download + Lick A Shot remix
Nu/ ghetto-funkers Funkanomics offer up a dirty breakbeat stocking filler for you in the shape of this Apes From Uptownrefix. They’ve been around for a few years now and responsible for some big old bombs out of the Manmade Recordings stable including their big Stevie Wonder-hijacking Superstation off the recent Gold Edition EP. You might also want to check out their synth-y/ wobble-fest remix of Cypress Hill’s Lick A Shot see below.
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MANMADE RECORDS: Gold Edition - 2010

MANMADE RECORDS: Gold Edition - 2010
Old funk, nufunk, ghettofunk, blue funk – Dr Seuss would have a field day as we live through the most amusing genre-name wars since the old trip-hop vs. blunted beats conflict of the mid-nineties. All that aside, Manmade celebrate their tenth release with some 24 carat action in the form of a double vinyl EP – you know that’ll be cut loud …READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

MANMADE Feature Funk Vol. 5

MANMADE Feature Funk Vol. 5
Fifth volume from the Manmade Recordings crew and once again it’s label bosses CMC & Silenta who produce the best cut with the pneumatic genre-splicing monster Rock Da Riddim. Thankful as I am that the 90s big beat stylings of Vol. 4 have been left behind I’m not convinced that DJ Kid Stretch’s speedy breaks-plus-Moose-T loop is the way forward. Neither am I sure about Funkanomics’ On The Floor which, despite containing a sample of Tina Turner’s Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter comes on like a disco-Tyrannosaurus or Mr Fudge’s Damian Marley-fied Boot All Night - though my baby daughter had a bit of a boogie to that one so it can’t be all bad.…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

MANMADE: Feature Funk Vol. 2

MANMADE: Feature Funk Vol. 2
The second in today’s brace of mash-up science 12"s, in truth this has been out a short minute already as swift glance at the MB chart for October will reveal with the Slynk track at number ten. And in hindsight that’s languishing way too low. It is the jewel in the crown of this EP and with it Brisbane's Slynk takes sixties-diva Mavis Staples’ soul torch song slowy You’re The Fool, drops in a bit of the ‘Stones, some dialogue from what I think is Beat Street then – as if you hadn’t already guessed – ups the bpms and adds a rather large breakbeat. The other tracks don’t fuck around either.
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