So I just ripped this from the RA news feed.
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index...2966&Itemid=105

I remember I used to check out Philip Sherburne's "This Month in Techno" articles until they stopped and I always had a love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with them. Now someone new is trying to start it back up and it reads surprisingly similarly to how I remember them: always name-dropping artists I've never heard of, always championing a sub-genre I'm pretty sure doesn't exist (I guess it's 'funky' this month), and then just when I think I can't read anymore, it ends up recommending a bunch of legitimately good tracks that don't seem to have anything to do with all the preceding text.

Anyone else ever check these out?

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Originally posted by Stasis I remember I used to check out Philip Sherburne's "This Month in Techno" articles until they stopped and I always had a love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with them. Now someone new is trying to start it back up and it reads surprisingly similarly to how I remember them: always name-dropping artists I've never heard of, always championing a sub-genre I'm pretty sure doesn't exist (I guess it's 'funky' this month), and then just when I think I can't read anymore, it ends up recommending a bunch of legitimately good tracks that don't seem to have anything to do with all the preceding text.

lol that is a great synopsis of that column

Who's someone mentioned in the article you don't know?

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Originally posted by bas Who's someone mentioned in the article you don't know?

Ben UFO
Jackmaster
Donaeo
Crazy Cousinz
Joy Orbison
Hot City
Cooly G
Martin Kemp
Narcossist
Floatingpoints
Lil Silva
El-B
Jameson
Groove Chronicles
Exemen
Sidewinder
DJ Slimzee
Clandestine Cultivations
Logos
Dusk + Blackdown

Yeah good point.

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Read the first page, will continue later. Cool how he mentions that Shed remix of Energy Fields which I'm completely in love with.

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Yeah, I live in the UK and I always try to keep up with the most obnoxious trend-hyping media sources and I've never heard of "funky". It's pretty clear we're not talking about funky house in the sense I know it.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Yeah, I live in the UK and I always try to keep up with the most obnoxious trend-hyping media sources and I've never heard of "funky". It's pretty clear we're not talking about funky house in the sense I know it.

ive heard of this genre a few times before, starting a couple months ago

you guys are so ridiculous with genres over there

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Originally posted by nefardec ive heard of this genre a few times before, starting a couple months ago you guys are so ridiculous with genres over there

We love synonyms. Genres and slang: just more ways to say the same old shit.

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> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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Originally posted by nefardec Ben UFO Jackmaster Donaeo Crazy Cousinz Joy Orbison Hot City Cooly G Martin Kemp Narcossist Floatingpoints Lil Silva El-B Jameson Groove Chronicles Exemen Sidewinder DJ Slimzee Clandestine Cultivations Logos Dusk + Blackdown

looks like mostly all UK guys...

Cooly G, Lil Silva and DJ Slimzee yooo.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Yeah, I live in the UK and I always try to keep up with the most obnoxious trend-hyping media sources and I've never heard of "funky". It's pretty clear we're not talking about funky house in the sense I know it.

http://www.14tracks.com/selections/...ing_up_uk_funky

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