Funky House Music Taking Over British Nightlife
Funky house has had a big effect on British nightlife and the UK clubbing scene. UK funky house music is becoming widely recognized by many artists, music producers and dj’s. This has resulted in funky songs being increasingly played across radio stations, music channels and in nightclubs.
Funky house music is more commonly known in the UK as “UK funky” within the nightlife community. The genre is a combination of house music, grime and afrobeats. Producers of UK funky tracks tend to focus on percussions, synthesizers, and samples when creating their music records.
The widespread success of UK funky House music can be attributed to the unique dance moves associated with the genre. Clubbers throughout the country have taken a liking to these dance moves named “skanks” and many have even upload videos of their attempts to social networking sites such as YouTube. A very successful UK funky house dance is called “Head, shoulders, knees and toes” and was introduced by the K.I.G Family.
As the significance of UK funky grows within the clubbing community many artists associated with grime and UK garage are beginning to adapt to cater for the growing trend in funky music. Also funky house is increasingly being seen as profitable market for new musicians to target their music towards. The rewards of targeting funky house are evident in the success Crazy Cousinz with their tracks “Do You Mind Ft Kyla” and “Bongo Jam Ft Calista”.
Recently nightclubs and promoters have been focusing there attention towards providing more funky house events as it rises in popularity. UK funky events are often referred to as “raves”; events are held mostly in large venues like SeOne as the demand for house music is high.
The genre is also being heavily pushed by UK radio stations and television channels, such as BBC 1xtra and MTV Base. The support of these organizations has helped boost the popularity of UK funky house music.
Radio 1 Dj Tim Westwood is contributing to the rise in UK funky house music. By allowing new funky house artists to appear on his show he is adding credibility to UK funky house music. Club Deejays are also playing funky tracks as they are known to fill the dance floor.
As UK funky house music increases in popularity, it should hopefully encourage artists and producers to target the music style. With the continued support for UK funky from the music industry funky house is bound to have a lasting effect on the UK nightlife community.