Miami dance records always seem to have a certain unique sound, and Noel Williams' Konduko label's output is no exception. Williams was born in Jamaica and cut his teeth working at the legendary Studio One. In the 70s he moved to Miami and started producing disco records on his own label Konduko and others like T.K. Disco.
"Haven't Been Funked Enough" is a hype track that always gets my blood going. There is a definite proto-house feel to the arpeggiated bass line. The janky dubbed out mixing and arrangement style is great as well, I am a big fan of raw productions.  Noel Williams is also the producer behind "Get Down" by Connie Case, a classic Beat Electric spin.

Extra - Haven't Been Funked Enough

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 A reader wrote in and donated some nice sounding rips of two rare 12"s from his collection, one of which I had been after for a while and the other I had never heard of. This was very agreeable, as he had done a great job with the recordings and I get to make a post and share the wealth without putting in any effort. If you want to share a secret weapon, or you simply want to artificially increase the ebay/discogs demand of some obscurity your are trying to hock, then please, by all means send it in. Thank you spacemanrecords.

 Expression was an act out of Maryland, they had a couple of singles, one of which 'Expression' made it onto a couple of comps a few years ago in edited form, which I think took parts from the A and B side and pasted them together, after which I had always been on the look out for the real deal, but alas. Thankfully we now have mp3's of both sides of the original wax by virtue of a stranger's kindness.

 Renegade's 'A Fine Time' is perhaps the youngest track we have ever posted here, even including the occasional classic house track here and there, with a youthful funk vintage of 1989, this year onward is dangerous acid jazz revival territory, but it sounds like it could have come out in 1985. This one will set you back some ducats.

Expression - Release Disco
Expression - Release (Part 1)
Expression - Release (Part 2)
Renegade - A Fine Time
Renegade - A Fine Time (Instr)