(UK Funky/Dubstep/House) VA - 14 Tracks Opening Up UK Funky - 2009, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

Perhaps not the most alluring genre-heading in electronic music, Funky House, or UK Funky, or just UKF for those with shorter attention spans, is currently the most invigorated and lively branch of British urban music. The sound of UKF is typified by refurbished House music templates injected with elements of Soca, broken beat, dub and African music, sometimes fashioned into R&B style vocal smashers, but often stripped into dark yet party-fied instrumental anthems. Put another way, UKF is basically a toughened and stripped, yet fluid and sexy House music often made by ex-grime producers, with traces of their former style still apparent in the predilection for African rhythm flavours and sub heavy grooves. UKF is a sound primed and honed for the dance, making it anathema to the introspective head-nodding code employed by certain schools of Dubstep, and its precisely that party attitude that imbues this music with the vibrancy and energy that's been impossible to ignore over the last couple of years. This 14 track selection focuses on the largely instrumental and sub-driven end of UKF, with a few auto-tuned choruses and peak-time anthems thrown in for good measure. Listen up, get fresh and, most importantly, party hard...
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