How bad are things in the Middle East? So bad that millions are leaving it for Europe – presumably because all those European arms sales to various brutal regimes have assured them of an open-armed welcome, not to mention all that colonial carving up and interference – the tail end of which is still within living memory – and which laid the basis for much contemporary strife
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Tag Archives: Father Funk
VARIOUS: Migrant Beat Foundation Vol. 1 (2016)
FORT KNOX FIVE: Whatcha Gonna Do (2015)
Some questions demand an answer – what are you going to do for example if DC crew Fort Knox Five come knocking and posit the idea of your remixing their Mustafa Akbar-featuring slab of disco Whatcha Gonna Do? The answer, if you’re Father Funk, is to apply filters and passes over an extended intro, insinuate a fair amount of wobble into the mix and get grinding
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SCOUR RECORDS: Scoured Cream Vol. 5 (2015)
It’s time to get creamy again boys and girls. Why? Because Vol.5 of Scoured Cream, the ongoing series of wobbly, glitchy breakbeat butterphat from Scour Records is imminent! As usual there’s plenty of buzzsaw bass-synth antics and indeed the Bear Twists/ Father Funk/ Phibes/ WBBL opening quartet is business as usual in this regard. Where things start to get interesting for the
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BREAKBEAT PARADISE RECORDINGS: Bring Back The Funk EP Vol. 3 (2015)
It’s sometimes easy to lose sight of the funk in the midst of all the wobble but Badboe‘s Breakbeat Paradise Recordings have made it a personal mission to ensure that the spirit of what JB started isn’t forgotten on planet breakbeat. For this year’s effort, proceedings are opened by Father Funk who loves to love you with a moody disco breaks number adorned with Timbaland vocals and a dash
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FATHER FUNK: Phenomenal Funk EP (2014)
Father Funk continues his current roll and I don’t mean that stale bap that he’s been surviving on during epic ‘computer vision syndrome’-inducing bouts on the music production software recently. The modestly titled five track Phenomenal Funk EP is aimed firmly at the dancefloor and gives what you might call the warp and weft of breakbeat music a healthy exploration, ensuring that the
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REGGIE WATTS: Fuck Shit Stack (FATHER FUNK remix)(2014) Video + free download
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On the original Fuck Shit Stack, Reggie Watts conducted a post-modern dissection of the lyrical content of much contemporary hip-hop and identified broad underlying patterns and themes like swearing, objectification of woman and general materialism – often bling and car-related. This allowed him the perfect excuse to make a song (and video)
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SCOUR RECORDS: Freemixed Nuts Vol. 2 (2014)
It’s that time of the year when Scour Records show their love for all the love they’ve been receiving end during the rest of the year with Freemixed Nuts Vol. 2. How do they do this? Why (if the label logo is a clue at any rate) by delivering classic cuts (or ‘nuts’, if you will) into the scrabbling clawed hands and rodent-like teeth of various artists signed to the label. Kinky. Father Funk is
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SCOUR RECORDS: Scoured Cream Vol. 4 (2014)
Consider the number four for a moment: the number of the great elements – earth, air, fire and water; the number of ‘noble truths’ in the Buddhist philosophy and the number of letters in the Tetragrammaton. Oh and now also the number of the forthcoming volume of Scour Records‘ Scoured Cream series. And its name shall be Scoured Cream Vol. 4 – and the number of tracks
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GHETTO FUNK presents: FATHER FUNK (GFP18) (2013)
News has reached the monkey that Father Funk is shortly to splatter the breaks community with the contents of his mighty sack ably assisted by the firm hands of the Ghetto Funk label. On this particular occasion you will find no fewer than four musical emissions. Take 2 comes out swinging and ends up grinding, Jump On It gooses Incredible Bongo Band’s Apache with a strapping great break
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BOOTY FRUIT: Cherry Bombs Vol. 2 (2014)
It’s about time! The three-track Vol. 2 of Booty Fruit‘s new series, Cherry Bombs will be lobbed into the wild next week and both Roast Beatz and El Bomba are back for a second bite at the – er – cherry with Father Funk completing the trio. RB gets to pop this drop’s – ahem – cherry with the Ripple-ing bounce of Back 2 Funk and is followed by El Bomba who’s in and out and running about with
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