TRU FUNK: Tasty Beats Vol. 8 (2015)

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TRU FUNK: Tasty Beats Vol. 6 (2015)

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TRU FUNK: Tru Hop (2015)

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TRU FUNK: Tasty Beats Vol. 5 (2014)

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WARSON & CHUDY: Jump On It EP (2014)

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WARSON: Don’t Stop EP (2014)

…and he don’t stop! Warson that is, back from adventures in funky house-land (there ain’t no funk in house – Funk Ed.) to ensure he lets the breakbeat drop. Don’t Stop is his latest three-tracker and opener Louder pulls no punches, cunningly cutting up Fergie’s verse from Pump It on a Skeewiff-ish funky horns break in such a way …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

WARSON & CHUDY: Old Bangers (Remastered & Reissued) (2014)

Oi! Oi! Nufunky breaks stalwarts Warson and Chudy have got a few old bangers you might be interested in – especially as they’ve had them remastered…“Alright me old china? Looking for summink that moves are ya? Just ‘ad ten come in as it goes. All ‘pre-loved’ of course – knowwhadimean? There’s bound to be summink that takes ya fancy though. We’ve given em all the once over – you know – ‘ad the nufunk valet in and all that. See that one over there? The one what’s …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

TRU FUNK: Party Breaks: Essential Selection (2013)

In today’s internet-era, the public’s appetite for interesting ‘stuff’ is voracious and their memory of said ‘stuff’ so short that they’ve practically forgotten whatever it was they gawping/ listening/ mooing at in the second it took them to ‘swim’ from one side of the digital fishbowl to the other. Plus the amount of ‘stuff’ out there keeps increasing exponentially. In this environment, any record company that fails to market effectively is a soon-to-be-defunct record company and marketing in today’s – er – market effectively means putting …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

CHUDY: Let’s Groove On (2013)

Tutti frutti oh Chudy – it’s long past time for the monkey to get a groove on with Let’s Get A Groove On but unfortunately Chudy’s debut LP arrived in the inbox just as the annual MB summer surf trip to France was getting underway. Which is was sheer bad luck as this is a highly serviceable sixteen tracker (sixteen!) of funky breaks with primetime dancefloor material written all over it. The Polish producer has made something of a name …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

TRU FUNK: Nu Party Breaks Vol. 7 (2013)

“Yes mate – what can I get you?” “Six shots of party breaks booty bangers please” “Tru Funk’s Nu Party Breaks Vol. 7 do you?” “Yep – nice one – you always know what you’re getting don’t you?” Of course you do – reliably funk-related party breaks business, naturally. This release’s ‘most pornstar name’ award surely goes to Dick Diamond who works that party with some rap-on-hammond action. Fajita Funk is most hip-hop with his funky …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

WARSON & CHUDY: Funky Boar Strikes Again (2013)

Not had enough refried funk yet eh? You’ll be wanting to check out the two distinct flavours you get on Funky Boar Strikes Again then, courtesy of the latest wing of the Polish funk/ breaks mafia a.k.a. Funkosol Records‘ Warson and Chudy. First up is Warson who reboots Israeli 70s throwbacks Funk N Stein and their Ohio Players style number That’s Love for the nufunk/ ghetto…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

FUNKOSOL: Combination Of Styles EP (2013)

Fresh Beats Vol. 1 has only been out of the bag less than a month and Chudy‘s new label Funkosol is already dropping the Combination Of Styles EP. And if you think that’s a high turnaround, it features Morlack who’s back like that with his third release this month! He’s accompanied by Jayl Funk, Warson and Azzar and, while that might be a combination of artists, the style here is resolutely heavy party breaks with an eighties/ nineties-sampling vibe – a scene niche that Chudy seems to be fast claiming as his (and Funkosol’s) signature. It is true that Ghostface and Ne-Yo’s…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

TRU FUNK: Nu Party Breaks Vol. 5 (2013)

There ain’t no party like a Tru:Funk party and the crew assembled for Nu Party Breaks Vol. 5 pillage past decades to make sure business is all funky as usual. DJ AKA gets busy with KC & The Sunshine Band, the superbly named Hiphoppapotamus wallows in the sound of Curtis Mayfield, Morlack responds to the siren call of Dizzee Rascal, Warson re-imagines soul funky cut Don’t Lose Your Groove? for the ghetto funky generation and then both he …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM