It’s 2019, and everyone’s favourite 00s subgenre has reclaimed a prominent space in the clubbing landscape. UK Funky, a hybrid of soca, grime, UKG and tribal house, was criminally short-lived back then, briefly threatening to replace bassline and grime as a chart mainstay before drifting into the shadows early this decade.
Bamz, best known for producing some of Nadia Rose’s biggest tracks, is just one of a whole generation of DJs for whom funky is an important touchstone, as evidenced on the first Club Djembe compilation on which she appears. Who better to mix this primer on one of the UK’s most irresistible sounds?
UK Funky – Mixed by Bamz
UK Funky – Mixed by Bamz
It’s 2019, and everyone’s favourite 00s subgenre has reclaimed a prominent space in the clubbing landscape. UK Funky, a hybrid of soca, grime, UKG and tribal house, was criminally short-lived back then, briefly threatening to replace bassline and grime as a chart mainstay before drifting into the shadows early this decade.
Bamz, best known for producing some of Nadia Rose’s biggest tracks, is just one of a whole generation of DJs for whom funky is an important touchstone, as evidenced on the first Club Djembe compilation on which she appears. Who better to mix this primer on one of the UK’s most irresistible sounds?
