GHETTO Funk/ Nu Funk Producer and DJ Johnny Pluse is in the middle of a European tour stopping off in Limerick for probably the most intimate show of the tour.
It promises to be a great party that will appeal to old school breakbeat heads while keeping the younger heads that like the new wobble happy. Better known internationally than here in Ireland, Johnny Pluse formed his label ‘Bulabeats’ in 2005 as an outlet for his hiphop and breaks material. The debut album ‘Funky 5 Years Ago’ was a 300 unit CD pressing sold from Johnny’s local pub in Trim, Co. Meath.
DJ Obese was signed the label in 2008 launching Bulabeats first vinyl release ‘The Ragga Thing EP’ which spent two months on the Hard to Find Records best sellers chart.
When DJ/Producer Johnny Pluse launched his album ‘How Much For the Monkey’ in the summer of 2010 it got extensive international DJ support leading to fashion designer Marc Jacobs using tracks from the album to launch his Winter collection at New York Fashion Week.
Pluse describes the Bulabeats sound, “we do everything actually, ghetto funk, nu funk, electro and dubstep basically all free-style party stuff. New Funk is just lots of funk mixed in with breakbeats for the dancefloor and Ghetto Funk takes the Nu Funk and pushes it up a level taking an influence from Dubstep to give it a more sub-bassy feel”.
Johnny Pluse will release his new album ‘Lasers Lasers We Need More Lasers’ on April 25. The future sees Pluse moving to a bigger studio in Trim to facilitate recording with live musicians. He explains that it is a natural progression from recording with just a laptop, decks and samplers,
“I did a track on the album with an up and coming band called ‘Youth Mass’. The track is called ‘Drinking in the Sun’. It is kinda an indie summer anthem but it has got a massive big bassline in it as well.”
The Johnny Pluse Lasers Tour comes to Fox’s Bow Basement at 31 Thomas St. on Saturday April 16. Expect a mashup of “hip hop, ragga, nufunk, ghettofunk, drunk people screaming, lasers, foghorns and good party vibes”.
Ghetto Funk takes the Nu Funk and pushes it up a level taking an influence from Dubstep to give it a more sub-bassy feel
