- If UK Funky is to escape its zeitgeist and enjoy the same kind of longevity as the genres it makes a living from distilling, it will need records like this. Generally, it's a style that's prone to the brazen, but you wouldn't know that from Doc Daneeka's "Hold On." The Welshman's been dropping hints of subtle flair ever since his track "Drums in the Deep" appeared on Fabric's Elevator Music back in January, and now with only a handful of remixes and a single EP under his belt, seems to have hit an early maturity with "Hold On."
As if he made all this with an index finger over pursed lips, the arrangement is hushed to the point of pin-drop detection. Indeed, it's not the bass or the snares—so often the funky calling-card—that usher the ebb and flow of the piece, but rather an inconspicuous layer of vinyl-crackling. Its hissing swells introduce new motifs over the ever-ominous string ensemble. These include percussive and bass elements, but most striking of all is the depth of soul achieved by the two simple words in the title that are chopped into a resonance not normally associated with this more playful of genres.