Funky house

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Funky house
Stylistic origins	UK garage
Cultural origins	mid/late-2000s, London
Typical instruments	Music sequencer, Turntables, samplers, Drum machines, Personal computer
Mainstream popularity	Largely an underground scene but with some chart success

London's Funky house (also known as London house or just Funky) is a funky influenced subgenre of UK garage, the London-based sister scene to Bassline house. It mixes traditional UKG beats, bass loops and synths with bongos and sexy vocals.

Contents 1 History 2 List of artists 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

Darker strain of funky house has begun to emerge from London. It's largely coming from producers involved with the grime and old UK garage scenes. The imaginative genre name 'funky' has been put forward. Since there isn't enough material to fill a full set, DJs mix this stuff with US house and call the product 'house & funky'. In London there are now specialist nights for this new UK funky music, such as Casa Funk. The events are usually hosted by MCs.

[edit] List of artists

• Apple
• Carlos Aries
• Circle
• Crazy Cousinz
• Dee
• DJ NG
• Fever
• Footloose
• Fuzzy Logik
• Geeneus
• Kismet
• MA1
• Marcus Nasty
• Moonshine
• Naughty
• Supa D
• Superior

[edit] References

• Clark, Martin. 'The Month In: Grime / Dubstep', Pitchfork, August 2006.
• Clark, Martin. 'Wot Do U Call It: Funky?', Blackdown, December 2007.
• Prancehall 'What happened to grime? It turned into funky house', NME, February, 2008.
• McDonnell, John 'Can grime call house a home?', Guardian, February, 2008.

[edit] External links

• Rinse FM

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