Funki Porcini
AKA  born: James Bradell
Years Active
Genres  Rock
Styles  Electronica, Ambient Breakbeat, Ambient Techno, Trip-Hop
Tones  Laid-Back/Mellow, Cerebral
Labels  Ninja Tune (9)


    Funki  Porcini is artist and DJ James Bradell, whose swirling
mixtures  of  downtempo  breaks,  smooth ambiance, and disjointed
drum'n'bass  helped  put  the  Coldcut-owned,  South London-based
Ninja Tune label on the map. The first single from his 1995 Ninja
debut,  Hedphone  Sex,  "Long  Road" (with a B-side, "Poseathon,"
littered  with  Bongwater  samples)  was  featured on a number of
compilations  cashing in on the fashionability of "trip-hop," but
Porcini's  brand  of  laidback,  atmospheric  breakbeat  is  less
gimmicky than that connection suggests. His follow-up to Hedphone
Sex,  Love,  Pussycats,  and  Carwrecks,  is filled with jittery,
jazz-laden  drum'n'bass with a good dose of usually quite twisted
humor. Bradell played North America with the Coldcut conglomerate
DJ  Food  as part of the 1996 Unexploded Bomb tour, and has grown
increasingly  in-demand  as  a  remixer,  disorganizing tracks by
everyone  from  Journeyman  to  the  Mike Flowers Pops. His third
album  in  total,  Ultimately  Empty  Million Pounds, launched in
1999, soon followed by an EP, Zombie. — Sean Cooper

Similar Artists: Coldcut  DJ Food  The Herbaliser  Animals on Wheels
Amon Tobin  Up, Bustle and Out  DJ Vadim  Palm Skin Productions
United Future Organization  Thievery Corporation

LPs

 1995 Hed Phone Sex Ninja Tune
 1996 Love, Pussycats and Carwrecks Ninja Tune
 1999 Ultimately Empty Million Pounds Ninja Tune
 1999 The Ultimately Empty Million Pounds [Bonus... Import

 EPs, singles

 1994 It's a Long Road Ninja Tune s
 1995 King Ashabanapal Ninja Tune s
 1996 Love, Pussycats and Carwrecks [LP] Shadow s
 1996 Car Wreck Ninja Tune s
 1997 Funki Porcini Vs. Jerry Van Rooyen Sideburn s
 1997 Let's See What Carmen Can Do [EP] Ninja Tune
 1998 Hyde Park Ninja Tune s
 1999 Rocket Soul Music Ninja Tune s
 1999 Zombie [EP] EFA

 Appears on:

Coldcut  Journeys by DJ: 70 Minutes of... (1996) Arranger, Producer
The Mike Flowers Pops...  Freebase (1996) Producer, Remixing
Pierre Henry  Metamorphosй: Messe Pour Le Temps... (1997) Producer, Remixing
Various Artists  Abstrakt Workshop (1995) Arranger, Producer
Various Artists  After Hours, Vol. 2: Last Call (1995) Producer
Various Artists  If You Can't Stand Da Beatz, Git... (1996) Producer
Various Artists  Rocket Fuel (1996) Producer
Various Artists  Earthrise Ninja, Vol. 2 (1996) Producer
Various Artists  Cold Krush Cuts (1997) Arranger, Producer
Various Artists  This Is Acid Jazz: After Hours,... (1997) Arranger, Producer
Various Artists  Freezone, Vol. 4: Dangerous... (1997) Producer
Various Artists  Trip Hop & Jazz, Vol. 3 (1997) Arranger, Producer
Various Artists  Funkungfusion: Ninja Cuts, Vol. 3 (1998) Producer
Various Artists  Pure Abstrakt: Adventures in Dub (1998) Producer
Various Artists  Complete Dubnology (1998) Producer
Various Artists  Electronica Fuel (1999) Producer