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Funki Porcini is musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
, James Braddell, from England
England

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Funki Porcini is musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 and DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
, James Braddell, from England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. His music is a combination of Downtempo
Downtempo

Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a rhythm or Groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music....
, Breakbeat
Breakbeat

Breakbeat is a term used to describe a collection of sub-music genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straightened 4/4 drum pattern ....
 and Jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, with elements of Hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
, Drum and bass
Drum and bass

Drum and bass , also known as jungle, is a type of electronic dance music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast Break #Break beat , with heavy sub-bass lines....
, sampling
Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
 and time-stretched
Audio timescale-pitch modification

Time stretching is the process of changing the speed or duration of an audio signal processing without affecting its pitch .Pitch scaling or pitch shifting is the reverse: the process of changing the pitch without affecting the speed....
 vocals.

He spent ten years in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 making music for film and television. Thereafter, he returned to England. In 1994 he signed to independent record label
Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels....
 Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune

Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started in 1991 by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut, with a strong leaning towards Electronic music, alternative hip hop, instrumental hip hop, nu jazz, drum and bass, and chillout music....
 and set up his own studio, The Uterus Goldmine. He has released four albums to date.

For his fourth album, Fast Asleep, Braddell worked with Team Alcohol (aka Rupert Small) to produce visual interpretations of eight tracks, which are included on the album's accompanying DVD disc.

He has also recorded as a member of 9 Lazy 9
9 Lazy 9

9 Lazy 9 is an acid jazz/downtempo group on the Ninja Tune label. Operating out of Italy in 1992, they soon gained respect for their first album Paradise Blown....
 (aka 8 Lazy Bastards), under the pseudonym Giacomo Braddellini; and released the EP "Float On" (1995), as a member of short-lived band Purr, along with DJ N4Eric (aka Toona) and Stuart Warren-Hill of Hexstatic
Hexstatic

Hexstatic is a UK music duo, consisting of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, that specializes in creating "quirky audio visual electro ." Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Five launch party, they decided to take over for the original members of the Ninja Tune multimedia collective Hex that had disb...
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Discography


Albums

  • Hed Phone Sex (May 1995, Ninja Tune
    Ninja Tune

    Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started in 1991 by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut, with a strong leaning towards Electronic music, alternative hip hop, instrumental hip hop, nu jazz, drum and bass, and chillout music....
    , Cat. no: ZEN17/ZENCD17, 2xLP/CD)
  • Love, Pussycats and Carwrecks (June 1996, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN23/ZENCD23, 2xLP/CD)
  • The Ultimately Empty Million Pounds (1999-03-29, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN40/ZENCD40, 2xLP/CD)
  • Fast Asleep (29 July, 2002, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN57/ZENCD57, 2xLP/CD+DVD)
  • On (2008?, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZENCD140, CD)


Singles

  • It's A Long Road (Feb 1995, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN1224, 12")
  • Dubble (1995, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN1231, 12")
  • King Ashabanapal mixes / King Ashabanapal's Big Pink Inflatable (1995, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN1237/ZENCDS37/39, 12"/CDS)
  • Hyde Park / Suck Acid, Perl & Dean (1995, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN1239, 12")
  • Carwreck (1996, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN1247/ZENCDS47, 12"/CDS)
  • Let's See What Carmen Can Do (1996-04-07, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN1250/ZENCDS50, 12"/CDS)
  • Love, Pussycats & Carwrecks EP (1996-08-30, Shadow Records
    Shadow Records

    Shadow Records was launched in 1995 as an Instinct Records sub-label to focus on the more organic side of the underground electronic music scene....
    , Cat. no: SDW-12011-1, 12")
  • Funki Porcini Vs Jerry Van Rooyen (1997, Sideburn Recordings, Cat. no: SB 001, 12")
  • Rockit Soul (1999-02, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN1276/ZENCDS76, 12"/CDS)
  • Zombie (19 Oct 1999, Crippled Dick Hot Wax!, Cat. no: CDHW 063, 12"/CDS)
  • The Great Drive By (24 October 2001, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN12102, 12")


Compilations (Non Albums Tracks)


As James Bradell
  • "Untitled" on Rising From The Red Sand (Volume Three) (Sep 1983, Third Mind Records, Cat. no: TMT 13, Cassette)


As Funki Porchini
  • "Trip To Nowhere" on Freezone 4: Dangerous Lullabies (15 Jule 1997, SSR Records/Small, Cat. no: SSR 187 LP;SSR 187 CD/SMA 487972-2, 4x12"/2xCD)
  • "Z Cars" (with Cujo
    Amon Tobin

    Amon Adonai Santos de Ara?jo Tobin , better known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian people electronic musician, and Disc jockey. He is best known for his use of sampling ....
    ) on Joint Ventures (11 Nov 1997, NINEBARecords/Shadow Records, Cat. no: NOZACD06/SDW032-2, CD)
  • "Z Cars (Superintatude Mix)" (with Cujo
    Amon Tobin

    Amon Adonai Santos de Ara?jo Tobin , better known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian people electronic musician, and Disc jockey. He is best known for his use of sampling ....
    ) on Joint Ventures (1997, NINEBARecords, Cat. no: NOZALP06, 2x12")
  • "Crashism" on Endlessnessism (1998, Dot, Cat. no: DOTLP04/DOTCD04, 4x12"/2xCD)


Remixes

  • Clusterfunk
    Mad Doctor X

    Mad Doctor X - the undercover alter-ego of hip-hop veteran DJ Jason Tunbridge . On the scene for years since he first blew up with Blapps Posse and Don't Hold Back the Mad Doctor X has been busy working in the lab conducting his illicit experiments and concocting his ill beats in various disguises ever since: London Funk Allstars a...
     - "Refungalised (Funki Porchini mix)" from Inside (Blapps! and Funki Porcini remixes) (June 1995, Ninja Tune, Cat. no: ZEN 1227R, 12")
  • Journeyman
    Woob

    Woob is the stage name of British ambient music-dub music musician Paul Frankland....
     - "Mama 6 (Funki Porcini Remix)" from Earthrise.Ntone.1 (1995, Instinct Records
    Instinct Records

    Instinct Records is a New York City electronic music record label that first gained prominence in 1990 in music. They are most well-known for releasing much of Moby's early work....
    , Cat. no: EX-322-1/EX-316-2, 4x12"/2xCD, Compilation)
  • Unitone HiFi - "Guiding Star (Funki Porcini Remix)" from Rewound + Rerubbed (1996, Incoming!, Cat. no: INC!LP 3402/INC!CD 3308, 2x12"/CD)
  • The Mike Flowers Pops
    The Mike Flowers Pops

    The Mike Flowers Pops is a United Kingdom easy listening band fronted by Mike Flowers and supported by the "Sounds Superb Singers" and "Super Stereo Brass"....
     - "Freebass (Cocaine Donut)" from The Freebase Connection: The Mike Flowers Pops meets Aphex Twin
    Aphex Twin

    Richard David James , aka Aphex Twin, is an electronic musician who has been described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music." He founded the record label Rephlex Records in 1991 with friend Grant Wilson-Claridge....
     (29 July 1996, Lo Recordings
    Lo Recordings

    Lo Recordings is a label founded in 1995 by Jon Tye. They are noted for their strong visual style thanks to Non-Format with who they work very closely and won a D&AD award for several of their releases sleeves....
    , Cat. no: LOEP 02/LOEP 02 CD, 12"/CDS)
  • Pierre Henry
    Pierre Henry

    Pierre Henry is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concr?te genre of electronic music.Between 1949 and 1958, Henry worked at the Club d'Essai studio at Office de Radiodiffusion T?l?vision Fran?aise, founded by Pierre Schaeffer....
     & Michel Colombier
    Michel Colombier

    Michel Colombier , was a France composer, songwriter, arranger, and conducting.He was born in France, and began his musical education at the age of six....
     - "Jericho Jerk (Funki Porcini Mix)" from Metamorphose - Messe Pour Le Temps Présent (1997, FFRR Records
    FFRR Records

    FFRR Records is a subsidiary of London Records, founded and run by England DJ Pete Tong. FFRR has also two subsidiaries: Double F Double R records and Ffrreedom Records.The label's "ear" logo was copied from the original ffrr logo source....
     (US)/Philips Records
    Philips Records

    Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips. It was started as Philips Phonographische Industries in 1950 in music....
     (France), Cat. no: 456 294-2/456 650-1;456 294-2;456 640-2, CD, Compilation)
  • Barbara Gogan
    The Passions

    The Passions were a United Kingdom pop music band which formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1983. They were archetypal one-hit wonders with their misty, trance-like pop song, "I'm in love with a German film star"....
     with Hector Zazou
    Hector Zazou

    Hector Zazou was a prolific France composer and record producer who has worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists....
     - "Cradle Your Soul (Funki Porcini Mix)" from Made On Earth (Remixes) (1997, SSR Records, Cat. no: SSR 179, 12")
  • Margoo - "Villain (Funki Porcini Remix)" from Ariane 5 EP (1997, Lo Recordings, Cat. no: LOEP 04, 12")
  • Sounds From The Ground
    Sounds From The Ground

    Sounds from the Ground is an electronic music duo from London, formed in 1995 by Nick Woolfson and Elliot Jones....
     - "Over There (Purr Remix)" from Sound Information 3 (1998, Echo Beach, Cat. no: EB020, CD, Compilation)
  • Le Tone - "Joli Dragon (Funki Porcini Remix)" from Joli Dragon (1999, Creation Records
    Creation Records

    Creation Records was a United Kingdom independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983....
    , Cat. no: , 12")
  • Toxic Lounge - "When Sorrows Came (Funki Porcini's Toxic Hammond)" from When Sorrows Came (29 August 2000, Klein Records, Cat. no: KL 015, 12")


DJ Mixes

  • "Megamix" (56:03) from Soundclash Present Undo (disc 2: Breaking Off With Funki Porcini) - (1999, Soundclash, Cat. no: SOUND CDLP 01, 2xCD, Compilation + Mixed CD)


Reviews



Samples

"What Are You Looking At?", the opening track on Fast Asleep, features a vocal sample from the 1956 science fiction film
Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, science-based depictions of phenomena that aren't necessarily accepted by mainstream science....
 Them!:
"Gentlemen, science is agreed, that if something isn't done and done quickly, man as the dominant species of Earth will be extinct within a year."


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