Funky Beats
- Record label
- Banana Club
- Catalog Number
- BAN001
- Release Date
- March 22nd 2024
- Genres
Tracks
| play | pos | title | artists | duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | One For Me | FM-3 | 5:09 | |
| A2 | Funky Beats | FM-3 feat. Jose Rodriguez | 4:58 | |
| B1 | Panorama | FM-3 & Örak | 4:51 | |
| B2 | Bubbling | FM-3 & Bowser | 4:54 |
- 2024 repress - Banana Club is without doubt one of the top new labels on the Breakbeat scene today. Led by the young and highly prolific Cadiz artist, FM-3, it was set up in 2020 with a strong identity and powerful, effective dancefloor grooves inspired by English bassline and 2step/garage and a touch of funk. On this first vinyl release by the label, entitled Funky Beats, FM-3 kicks off his musical discourse with One for Me, a track which showcases the characteristic quality and forcefulness of his groove. This is followed by the album eponymous track Funky Beats, a collaboration with the multiple Spanish and World Scratching Champion, Jose Rodriguez, who dazzles with a number of superb passages in which improvisation and funk come to the fore. The B-side opens with Panorama, featuring Orak. This fascinating, highly-experimental track offers a fusion of breaks and tech house and an elegant acid line which acts as a common thread and brings cohesion to the whole idea. The record closes, as you would expect, with a collaboration with Bowser, another of the label regular artists, entitled Bubbling. A classic bassline dancefloor filler, it will take you back to the best tracks of the late nineties and early noughties. The classic black 12", mastered and cut by Simon, a veteran sound engineer at the Exchange Vinyl in London, has achieved a sound which is quite simply brutal.