BREAKBEAT PARADISE RECORDINGS: Bring Back The Funk EP Vol. 2 (2014)

And so it is that Badboe’s label Breakbeat Paradise Recordings brings back the funk (of the nu- and ghetto- varieties) for Vol. 2. By way of showing that this is a drop that means business we open with the return of Funktomas who provides a master-class in how to make ghetto funk with this pumping and downright nasty wobble edit of DJ Kool’s Let Me Clear My Throat. J-Sound continues the wobble with a little ghetto-disco De La Soul before we enter the house of beat-…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

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

SMOV & DEDY DRED/ FUNKTHOMAS: No Diggin/ Shake Shot – Wack Records W10

SMOV & DEDY DRED: No Diggin – Wack Records W10
Christ! Wack 09 was only out five minutes ago and now here’s this summer nugget already. No Diggin is yet another refix of Black Street’s No Diggity and I gather that Lisbon producer Dedy Dred engendered this fresh mid-sixties Motown versus Bossa beat-crosser and then passed it to Newcastle-based beat-head Smov a.k.a Smoove – to play around with too. You might have thoughtLISTEN/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

SUNSETSOUL: SunsetSplit EP – 2009 – review

SUNSETSOUL: SunsetSplit EP – 2009 – review
RATING: 5/5
Typical. You start to despair of a lack of decent funky tunes and then loads come along at once. Here, Leipzig’s Sunset label continue a near flawless run of releases with the SunsetSplit EP, a four-tracker of ridiculous mash-ups. Funktomas splices Fontella Bass’s Motown classic Rescue Me together with the vocal remix of The Gravediggaz’ 1-800 Suicide boosting the bpms…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM