House of the rising funk ep - 180 grams vinyl

Mikki Funk

Record label
Music Is Love
Catalog Number
MIL007
Release Date
February 3rd 2014
Genres

Tracks

playpostitleartistsduration
A1Out of my headMikki Funk6:29
A2Need no moreMikki Funk6:40
B1Our LoveMikki Funk feat. Lauren Winter remix Esteban Adame4:46
B2Our Love (original)Mikki Funk feat. Lauren Winter7:09

2013 proved to be an excellent start to life as a label for Music Is Love. As well as truly finding their feet and establishing a breed of music representative of what the label symbolise, they simultaneously introduced us to plenty of fresh new talent and particularly pleasing was the unearthing of numerous promising UK artists. Bringing us nicely into the New Year with the label's 7th release is London-based artist Mikki Funk, who's next in-line from the MIL roster to unleash his first full EP after appearing on the MIL VA back in February. Throughout Funk's work, so far, you will find a supreme blend of US/UK garage and soulful house, and those ingredients is what makes this latest EP so essential. First up is the rhythmically unfolding house sounds of Out of My Head, with its bouncy bassline, classic 90's house piano chords and sensual female vocal building over swirling synths to give a real Balearic opening vibe to the EP. It's one for the dance floor and kicks off proceedings engagingly before Need No More maintains the pace, albeit with a deeper complexity. Spritely percussion combos drive this at a steady pace under a characteristic Funk bassline whilst deep, warped chords add greater dynamic and supersede the elements of the track. L.A's Esteban Adame - an artist with a quite prolific musical background - brings his deep, creative flair for a remix of Our Love. Chunky hand-claps and thumping kicks take precedence while scurrying hi hats race over a heavy bassline and chopped vocals as some nicely shaped synths swirl and resonate throughout. There's a fresh sense of variation with Funk's work - subtle melodies are laced with overriding house/garage sounds giving a revived take on the genres that have helped mould his style. Closing out an assured EP is Our Love, couched in the influences of classic house and built on archetypal 90's elements. Classic piano key chords and intermittent string stabs combine with an engaging female vocal as a groove-heavy bassline oscillates beneath the surface to round off the EP nicely and amplify what Mikki Funk is all about.