TOSSES: Tosses feat. RAYNA (2016)

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THE MONADES: Shake Me (feat. RAYNA)/ Not To Tonight (feat. DARIYA) (2015)

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BASEMENT FREAKS: Got That Funky Stuff (Tribute to Kool & The Gang) (2014) Free download

…annndd the second of tonight’s free superfunk delicacies is this little nugget from Basement Freaks – Got That Funky Stuff. It’s their tribute to Kool & The Gang, a band who started their career in 1964 with the unpromising name of the Jazziacs, delivered dodgy pop ballads in the eighties like Cherish and apparently continue to make music in the new millenium in the form of electro pop. Luckily they spent the seventies make filthy funk …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

SKEEWIFF: Skeewiff in Brazil (2014)

It seems someone’s been wiggling down the Copacabana in a tanga thong gathering inspiration for Skeewiff In Brazil. Skeewiff in Brazil? Oh what – bossa breakin? Samba stylin? A bit of drum n Bebel? Some ghetto Gilberto? Yep – that sort of thing. That and more in fact. No actual appearances from Astrid Gilberto (or Bebel come to that) at least not that I’m aware – but lots of dreamy female Brazilian vocals wafting in and out …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

JIGGYJOE: Shake It EP (2014)

JiggyJoe reprises the sort of ‘ghetto latin’ that formed the backbone of Skeewiff‘s rather good Ghetto Latin & Broken Ballroom LP from the autumn with co-production from – well – Mr Skeewiff himself. And what do you know – it’s a sound that continues to please. Ursula 1000 then goes in on a remix tip inna 80s Bronx electro stylee which has the bizarre effect of making Claire G Phunk‘s vocal sound a bit 90s rnb. Which sounds …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

GHETTO FUNK presents: TONIC feat. RAYNA ‘The Pump’ (GFD07) (2013)

Not enough ghetto funk in your life? That’s all set to change this week as the (now Bristol-based) Ghetto Funk label drops The Pump (courtesy of Perth’s Tonic) thus administering the very – er – tonic you need. And it’s a bit of a ‘pump n grinder,’ in fact as relentless synths battle bumpin breaks and – hello – who’s this? Why, it’s Rayna everybody (a.k.a. MC Rayna a.k.a. Rayna Zara) one of the scene’s favourite go-to emcees with good …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

CHART – July 2013

(NEW) 1. Sammy Senior feat. Rayna – Don't Touch My Heart (original mix) Remixes aplenty but the swing-hop original is still the don…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM