What isuk funky?
On the uk garage line after funky, end of the line. A branch of funky. Grew out of funky house (house line), soulful house (house line), afro house (house line), soca (caribbean and latin american line), tribal house (house line), broken beat (breakbeat line) and electro house (house line).
EMERGED 2005
UK FUNKY
London club sound of the mid-2000s, around 130 BPM, that mixes UK garage rhythms with soulful, afro and tribal house, soca and R&B-style vocals.[1] Funky Dee's "Are You Gonna Bang Doe?" (2009) was signed to Universal Music Group.[1] Spotify's genre system groups Katy B, Lil Silva, Donae'o and Toddla T under it.[2]
FIVE TO START WITH
- 1Are You Gonna Bang Doe?Funky DeeUNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP / 2009
SOURCES
- 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_funky (derived, year, seed)
- 2. everynoise.com/engenremap-ukfunky.html (blurb)
Dates informed by Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music.