so we love mr von party, not just since he became an internet meme but even from before of course, and we now love him even more for dropping the proxy remix of "what you need" last week. huuuuuge people, huge. these tiga remixes are going to cause some damage.

this is me and my socks. i guess you're probably thinking that my socks don't match, and to be fair they're not even close! i dunno, i just like to be weird. perhaps i do have a little fetish for mixed up socks and the more colours the better (you should see my rainbow coloured ones). although i reckon you need that kind of flair to be a blogger as maybe that's what keeps you reading our ramblings, or well at least i hope! in fact i love people who like to be different from the norm. not in a look you've got a bright green mohawk kind of way but like somebody who sorts out their music collection in alphabetical order because they have a mild form of ocd. it's interesting. well anyway, one of the perks of being a music blogger is that you get to make some really awesome friends. as i was saying the other day, one of my favourite italians is not del piero but the young producer that is broke one. his music is guaranteed to contain a funky bassline and this time around he takes his talent to a track by an italian band called the nerd follia. i do love my disco house, as you may have seen with my ustwomusic posts, and broke one's work is full of it. if you havn't already, search at the top of the page for his coldplay and stadtkind remixes. check out those strings!

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the nerd follia - exterior (broke one remix) [mediafire]
the nerd follia - exterior (broke one remix) [yousendit]

i love this disco resurgence- so much love for aeroplane and in flagranti right now. i've just been listening to an old royksopp mix full of disco classics and well it gets my funkism juices going. in fact, how awesome is the new royksopp album? was especially glad it features the lovely lykke li and i was just saying to marky today that how good would it be if she was on the upandcoming aeroplane album. her voice is perfect!

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so i'm not just stalking a-trak this sunday evening, it turns out i'm watching this sad film. i mean with denzel washington's pretty persuasive acting and his dying son's deteriorating condition, it's enough to make some cry. obviously not me of course, ahem, but more like people such as my flatmate's brother who cried during "marley & me" ohh the shame in that. it's like a fake beethoven movie. anyway the toxic avenger and trash yourself bring you a new track that could have you in tears too. not in an ohh my days this is dreadful i just wanna cry kind of way, evidently. more like it's so brutal it's the return of the electronic banger and my ears want to stimulate into bleeding kind of way. think steve carell and loud noises!

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trash yourself & the toxic avenger - die [mediafire]
trash yourself & the toxic avenger - die [yousendit]

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trash yourself - touch (kids at the bar remix) [mediafire]
trash yourself - touch (kids at the bar remix) [yousendit]

it's good to see the toxic avenger back, it's been far too long since the "bad girls need love too" release. and it's true, bad girls do need a little love. to be fair they're far more exciting! but good girls are awesome as well hmmmm need to find one who's in between that criteria. cue ms lima.

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yes my sunday evening has gotten so bad i've had to resort to stalking a-trak. although with reason. he's killing right it now with his sébastien tellier remix and last weekend at banana split he beat juggled daft punk's "robot rock" like crazy. catch it on youtube. a-trak got skills!

Gosh, we at funkism are getting bad at keeping up with are emails the past week. But I’m sure a lot of you are in the same boat finding deadline dates looming at University? I myself spent the past week in the library and tonight I am going to live it up at Fresh Til Death, gosh I’m excited! After making my assignment deadline I came back to a flat of the girls making cake :D Thank you Kelly and Lucy mmmm!

Already I have reason to be in a good mood! But for people to get in touch we with and send me new music really gets me bouncing! A prime example of that is Tales for Teens. You may remember back in the summer we did started a feature called Funk or Punk (which we really need to get back on) and Klipar, one half of Tales for Teens was the very first person to get on board with funkism! He reminded us of the UKs very own Grum. Since the feature he has moved on and working on a gem of a project with Sir Jevelim from Blasfemea. Keeping this whole thing very Portugal themed.

The guys of Tales for Teens where very kind sending us up with a heap of their stuff with original tracks and remixes. You are not getting the remixes though down to the simple fact the original tracks are just superb! Much credit to Tales for Teens and I hope this isn’t just a side project. I’m not going to tell you what kind of sound they are either, with their myspace top friends including The Bloody Beetroots, Sound Of Stereo, Mustard Pimp, Stereo Heros and HeavyFeet do I have to tell you?!

Tales for Teens - Bass Generator [mediafire]
Tales for Teens - Bass Generator [yousendit]

Tales for Teens - Uranium [mediafire]
Tales for Teens - Uranium [yousendit]
all tracks 320kbps

Since making the post the whole cake has been a disaster as everything leaked everywhere , no cake :(

marky!
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okay so i know i just posted like 5 minutes ago but i'm not one to rest on my laurels. shortly after hitting the "publish post" button for the previous entry, i got a cheeky email for a new lykke li remix by villains. now i love everything this swedish PYT has done and villains always come out with a showstopper so you could certainly bet this was going to be every bit as loveable as them both. also lykke li, you're always welcome to hook up next time you're in town hah..... and you could sing to me rick ross' hustler and i could pretend i'm in a 50 cent video. the fun we could share girrl.

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lykke li - little bit (villains remix) [mediafire]
lykke li - little bit (villains remix) [yousendit]

wow i think i might just be blogged out for today. shout out to my friend steve who's 21st birthday was.... yesterday but still looking forward to the big mash up tonight! and clue number three (see previous post), it's not sir bob.

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since i woke up i've been in something of a poppy mood listening to the likes of the tough alliance and das pop so cue ou est le swimming pool who our friends at 88 days describe as the uk's answer to passion pit. if i'm being honest i'm not really a great fan of lily allen's work but the london outfit's version adds something a bit more special to the original. although, how good is duke dumont's remix??? man, that fella is on fire! only morgan freeman knows why this got rejected by her label for release and that's only because he played god in bruce almighty. can't wait for some new material soon duke (my first dog was called this by the way) because i can never get enough. also while im here, i'm going to kill two birds with one stone and point out that there's a new bass weazal mixtape out now filled to the brim with a plethora of wobbles. nice.

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lily allen - the fear (duke dumont remix) [mediafire]
lily allen - the fear (duke dumont remix) [yousendit]

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lily allen - the fear (ou est le swimming pool remix) [mediafire]
lily allen - the fear (ou est le swimming pool remix) [yousendit]

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ou est le swimming pool - dance the way i feel [mediafire]
ou est le swimming pool - dance the way i feel [yousendit]

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bass weazal production mixtape 7 [zshare]

there's no tracklisting out yet but when there is i'll be sure to let you know. hopefully i'll be back tomorrow with an awesome track from one of my favourite italians. clue number 1, it isn't alessandro del piero. clue number too 2, it isn't monica belluci! so got to be good eyyy? ;)

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Is it acceptable for me to just say "I've been very busy?" after being M.I.A from funkism for many many months ? No, its definatly not, I have a grid on my wall now, dry wipe, week by week, every hour of my time planned out. A little bit physcotic but its the only way to be right now.

Theres a FUNKISM blog every week, so hopefully you'll see me post something new every week from now on.

First up a bunch of American Dream Team tracks you may have not heard yet !

Machines Don't Care - Drop it To The Floor (TADT Baby Pop Remix)
Trouble Andrew - Chase Money (TADT Remix)
Grum - Whoa (TADT REMIX)
TADT - Listen 2 The Music
Missingtoof Presents The American Dream Team - What Dreams Are Made Of v4.0
DESIGNER DRUGS AUSTRALIAN TOUR MIX (DATA04)

Short and sweet I know..
but you're only here for the goods right ;)

<3

Hickey.

last friday was by all means a mashup- it was mental! italian djs, his majesty andre and congorock, came down to moda to wobble my hometown and show all of us how the partying is done. joining them on the night were residents andy george & jaymo who, as you probably all already know, are huuuge favourites of mine and they're back on the mixes. this time around you can see how they've set themselves aside from the other copycats littering the scene with both producers going for something different. has jaymo been listening to a lot of animal collective lately? i can hear it in the esser track just a tinge but it really works so well. don't forget that you can hear andy and jaymo on their monthly bbc radio 1 show on april 3rd where they'll give you a little insight what it's like to be at a moda party for those of you who are unfortunate not to be able to come. show the boys some support over at their respective myspaces! click click click!

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rochelle - chin up (andy george dub) [mediafire]
rochelle - chip up (andy george dub) [yousendit]

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esser - work it out (jaymo remix) [mediafire]
esser - work it out (jaymo remix) [yousendit]

shout outs to music liberation and palms out sounds (check for some mash ups) for being that extra quick in getting these up first. after a slight blip, i'm glad the sun is back. currently just listening to stevie wonder all day and i just want to sing my little cotton socks off. in the safety of my bedroom hidden by the legend's voice of course. wouldn't want to put people off their tea now would i? hehehe

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oh my days it's about time we get some nice weather. it's so beautiful outside i could marry the sun. yesterday we thought we'd have a little party in our back garden before moda and if you follow our twitter you probably already know what i'm going to talk about. i thought i'd get that nifty program called spotify out and play some summery songs. first up was puzique's "don't go" and my friend emma was like what the hell?! then i played alan braxe & fred falke's almighty "rubicon" and still the same baffle from emma. so what next? aeroplane's mixmag cd, how could she complain?! well she did. however... karma bit back in the form of a bee sting and she soon shut up. i shouldn't laugh but that teaches someone to diss puzique hah anyway, i've been thinking for the last twenty minutes what track shall i share with you all today? i'm going to keep it topical. for those of you who are going to join us in having a barbecue (people with good music taste are invited) then when the sun starts to retreat play this acid mix from arveene & misk who shot to fame with their mr. oizo remix. it pretty much sets the mood :)

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in flagranti - business acumen (arveene & misk mix) [mediafire]
in flagranti - business acumen (arveeen & misk mix) [yousendit]

the in flagranti album is due out at the start of next week and i seriously urge you all to purchase it. i know i'm biased for disco but you know, who can blame me! brash & vulgar is now my message tone... and it's weirding people out. awesome!

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what an awesome surprise this is. i never used to like the horrors. i always used to think they were a gimmick band. like, people used to talk more about their hair and the clothes that they wore rather than their music- where i have to say "strange house" was pretty bland. so yesterday i approached this new track with caution and i don't know if this was a random bout of extreme flair or not because this is amazing. i mean, i guess after hearing their digitalism remix i saw that this band do have some talent. it seems they've just been teasing me with tiny ripples until unveiling this waterfall. "sea within a sea" sounds like a blend between that of kraftwerk and neu! to hints of joy division and the human league. it's like 1980 again and within the duration of this eight minute epic i can pretend i'm there in the crowd getting lost in the moment and in awe of the rubik's cube. cue 3:40, and i'm in a world of my own.

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the horrors - sea within a sea [mediafire]
the horrors - sea within a sea [yousendit]

well after previously not looking forward to their album, i now want it eagerly if it's anything like this track. 2009, more of this please! and disco, i always love a bit of disco.

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is there any way we can feed blogger? like can we give it a dairylea dunker or something? or perhaps sacriface a goat? it keeps getting hungry because it's eating some of our posts! i emailed blogger the other day saying we have permission to post these tracks and i've yet to hear a reply hmmmm but anyway since it's been a few days and i'm really falling behind on my blogging, i'm going to share four tracks at once. one being this remix by the quite awesome acid girls who take a track, that fred falke remixed last year, to make it even more enjoyable. many thanks to music for dreams again too ♥♥♥♥

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mini viva - i left my heart in tokyo (acid girls remix) [mediafire]
mini viva - i left my heart in tokyo (acid girls remix) [yousendit]

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sounds of stereo - heads up (dj manaia remix) [mediafire]
sounds of stereo - heads up (dj manaia remix) [yousendit]

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kenneth bager - fragment one (style of eye remix) [mediafire]
kenneth bager - fragment one (style of eye remix) [yousendit]

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fagget fairys - feed the horse (original mix) [mediafire]
fagget fairys - feed the horse (original mix) [yousendit]

as well as the fred falke mix of mini viva, there's also the bloody beetroots take of sound of stereo...jesse rose on kenneth bager and ac slater's remix of fagget fairys to look out for. that's all for now, more from me next week. i need cheering up!

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Each year there are different artists highlights to be the break through acts of the year. Already at funkism we have blog about this act. We give you the producers who are going to make 2009 one to remember, Plimsouls. Cheeeeky!

it's harder to find nice photos from the 70s or 80s than i thought so instead, you're going to have to make do with this pretty young thing looking all hungover. it seems like she's going to need that glass of water indeed! anyway, i really need to start catching up on my posting- it's all piling up. consequently that means i'm going to have to post two tracks today. lucky you! first up is a remix by an italian team called scuola furano who've been getting support from lots of their well known counterparts. namely bot from crookers who offered his help on the production of this remix. some other cheeky italians who have been getting just as much acclaim, 3 is a crowd, laid their hands on this remix for mister dj orgasmic and a certain teki latex for a nice blend of french hip-hop. more from me tomorrow!

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act yo age - the flash (scuola furano remix) [mediafire]
act yo age - the flash (scuola furano remix) [yousendit]

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dj orgasmic ft. teki - sixpack anthem (3 is a crowd mix) [mediafire]
dj orgasmic ft. teki - sixpack anthem (3 is a crowd mix) [yousendit]

man i cant wait for spring, it's just too damn cold here again. what also sucks is that some of my flatmates have gone to paris whilst i'm stuck here because of deadlines. the pending release of in flagranti's next album and tiga's "what you need" are the only things keeping me going right now hah

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one thing you may have noticed from my last few posts is that i've taken a distinct liking to old photos from classic films. this one is from 1978, a good year for music and in particular disco but wooahhhhh we shall save that post for another time. instead i want to bring your attention to something else you may have noticed while i've been posting on funkism... my love for this bass heavy scene in the uk. we've been having cheeky conversations with mr backchat on twitter and he showed us his latest project with his friend devon. they're called decibel and they aim to fuse old skool hip hop and speed garage basslines. think crookers, think foamo but more importantly think a whole lot of fun. download!

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hacksaw - uber (decibel vintage clubfoot warmer remix) [mediafire]
hacksaw - uber (decibel vintage clubfoot warmer remix) [yousendit]

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decibel - rub a dub dub mixtape [mediafire]

catch backchat at his residency over at rub a dub dub (cosmic ballroom) somewhere in newcastle. i've not been before but i hear it's good! jack beats coming up this week so watch out :)

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for all of you out there who like to see those moments that just happen once. captured only in memory.

by the way sarah, this has nothing to do with lesbians.

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After plugging Jo Kira already with the release of her first EP, Stilettos! Why should I stop there? Weekly she does her radio show (again I've plugged about this to) for Radio Frequency, it's not really a radio show if I am honest. It's a DJ set displaying Jo Kira's technical abilities when it comes to track and beat matching, the show also brings out some of the newest and best artists/ remix that are going round the circuit.

This week the show (Thursday 5th March) is receiving some more extra hype as it is a 2 hour sessions of four DJs hitting it off back to back. Each of these artist feature on Jo Kira's Stilettos EP; Wongo , Jo Kira, Jackinori and Ican Allard.

The show kicks of at 7.00p Gmt tonight (5th March) and you can get involved by going to the Radio Frequency website

TUNE IN 7.00pm
TUNE IN 7.00pm
TUNE IN 7.00pm

Also congratulations to her on getting her EP into the Beatport top 100 tracks within the first week.


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so any you people out there who have some sort of indie disco? fed up of playing that same old sebastiAn remix of the kills? only so much alphabeat one can take? want to play some metronomy but in need of something that will light up the club? well the quite awesome radioclit are teamed up once again with bonde do role's marina for another cheeky little remix. there's something about r-a-d-i-oooooooooooo l-a-d-i-oooooooooo in that sultry voice of marina that's very hard to forget. it's addictive. and them jungle drums from radioclit! damn just wish they'd produce more.

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metronomy - radio ladio (radioclit feat. marina remix) [mediafire]
metronomy - radio ladio (radioclit feat. marina remix) [yousendit]

instead of blogging i really should be getting on with my work... but you know i love you all too much to do that. plus, these two tracks are just too bloody good not to share. more goodies to come over the weekend!

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one thing i can't help but love is mixing the old with the new. for example the soulwax studio- you've got all these 70s analogue and midi controller thingies hooked up to one state of the art computer. as a result you get a sound you can't replicate. here stupid fresh take a prince classic from the 80s and give it their modern twist. what more can i ask for? the british duo are currently on an australia tour so if they're in your town make sure you join in support for their huuge beats. keep an eye out for more on the mighty bomb squad!

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prince - controversy (stupid fresh remix) [mediafire]
prince - controversy (stupid fresh remix) [yousendit]

do I believe in god? do i believe in me?
some people wanna die so they can be free
(i said) life is just a game, were all just the same... do you wanna play?
controversy controversy controversy
controversy controversy controversy

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We have been bad boys and girls at funkism, how could we forget about the monthly chart! I'm excited for the next month, the sun is coming out :D!


marky!

1. Tiga – What you need [Proxy Remix]
2. La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's 'Get Ravey' Remix) (Foamo edit)
3. Proxy - Raven [Crookers Remix]
4. Rochelle – Chin Up [Andy George Remix]
5. Lady Sovereign - So Human [Sinden Remix]
6. Tiga - Mind Dimension [The Bloody Beetroots Remix]
7. Zombie Nation - Mystery Meat Affair
8. AA - 24/7 [Diplo Remix]
9. White Lies - Fairwell To The Fairground [Rory Phillips]
10. The Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm [Kissy Sell Out In The Black Lodge]

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filmed with D90 and a selfmade mount- don't get seasick! the new zombie nation album is woow.