As usual by now, i was checking out the Facebook page of the record label, My Love Is Underground, and Jeremy (the label owner) had posted a link to a night he had played in. The hosts were a new record label called SlapFunk Records. It was common sense that if this label had invited Jeremy to play, then they would also share in the same style of music as him. Thus my quest for fresh Garage led me to their page.
I was disappointed to find out that their label still had no music out, and that all of their sites except for their home site and Soundcloud, did not work (Facebook lead to the Facebook homepage, and their Twitter was someone elses twitter who spoke spanish and had nothing to do with the label).
Led down, i figured i should at least check the artists page and see if they had other records out. In comes Samuel Deep. Good producer from what i heard from his tracks. On his Soundcloud he features 2 tracks which are solid Garage all the way.
Samuel Deep - Keep It Raw by Samuel Deep
Firdjel Medar ét Samuel Deep - She's Got It by Samuel Deep
The last clip he had on the Soundcloud was one that was part of an EP on Off Recordings which is the one featured on the title of this post. 4 solid tracks, oozing with Garage vibe.
By the looks of it, this is the beginning of the SlapFunk sound, as i could not find any other record out there with these artists. However this is not the only sounds out there, it may be the only on vinyl, but as i posted above, Samuel Deep has 2 tracks at the moment, though not for free download =(
Firdjel Medar, another part of the SlapFunk Collective has 9 slammin' tracks up in his Soundcloud. My favorites being:
Firdjel Medar - It's Like A Culture (Raw Cut) by Firdjel Medar
Firdjel Medar - Not Ya Average House Cat! pre final by Firdjel Medar
Oh and Anil Aras. Only heard a couple of his tracks but what a genius. 4 tracks (excluding the one on the Street Movement EP) on his Soundcloud. Favorite are:
Anil Aras - Get It Up by Anil Aras
and this one deserves a prize or something for sampling Eminem's "Bitch Please II".
Anil Aras - Bitch Please by Anil Aras
In closing, if these are the tracks to be released under SlapFunk Records, then expect a new fan from moi, and expect me to continue blogging about them. Another label for the favorites list!
Buy the Street Movement EP on Juno as 12'' or mp3 at Beatport.
