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Funkier Radio by Even Funkier
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Funkier Sounds - Fortnightly Radio Show on NDC Evening Funkier - Weekly livestream on Twitch Disco Waltons member and Global Funk Fam resident
London-based DJ, producer and radio host Even Funkier weaves together Disco, Funk, House, Soul, Boogie, Jazz, Hip Hop and Global delights to create something fresh, irresistibly funky and downright groovy. He plays tunes from across the decades, genres and BPMs, mixing up hidden gems with tried and tested favourites, with a focus on sweet, sweet Disco music brought right up to date for modern dancefloors.
As a DJ he’s taken his trademark rollercoaster genre-fluid sets to locations including Glastonbury, ADE and Westival, playing parties for Midnight Riot, Good Custard, Project Bango, Pineapple Police Horse and DiscNoTheque. And as a producer he’s released on over 20 labels labels including Tropical Disco, Hot Digits, Mango Sounds, The Disco Express, Midnight Riot and TheBasement Discos.
Shirley Bassey and Aphex Twin in the same mix?! I'm as surprised as you are. This one's an early morning affair, recorded before work on a sticky tuesday. All slow chug and dusty, soulful grooves, never troubling anything above a very sedate 93 BPM. Bill Withers, some Loose Ends, a proper mellow roll all the way through, then Al Johnson to see us out - I'd got my second wind by then. Give it a spin… slowly! TRACKLISTTour Maubourg, Ismael Ndir - Opening Theme Dave Mathmos - Whispers Ben Jamin - Some People Savannah Cristina - What You Wont Do Bill Withers - Use Me (Dj XS Edit) Belohnungszentrum - Dance On The Groove Loose Change - Rising Cost Of Love Mk-gee - You Loose Ends - A Little Spice BEGIN - Wood Trees Cosmic Boogie - You Make Me So Hot (Sean P edit) Dice NZ - The Afterhours (instrumental) Talc - Robot’s Return (modern Sleep Over Part 2) Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid (Pin The Tale On The Funky) Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire [The Reflex Revision] A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (radio version) Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsam Quintus Project - Night Flight Al Johnson - Ive Got My Second Wind
Tasho - Paranoid Rubb Sound System - Take A Trip Clive From Accounts - Clive by Night Mr Fingers - Washing Machine Topher Horn - Photo For Todd (Sol Power All-Stars Remix) Crackazat - I Heard You Shabi - Intimate Dancing Ollie Mundy - Kirima (Extended Edit) Rick Wade - Dream Recovery Funkky, Mavhungu - Mitodzi (Jimpster Remix) Muzi - Queen (Dan Kye Remix) Genius Of Time - Smiling Into Eternity
Sunship - Friendly Pressure (Into The Sunshine Mix) A Taste Of Honey - Ain’t Nothing But A Party (The Last Days Of Pompeii’s Get Down Edit) Black Ivory - Big Apple Rock Kokomo - Use Your Imagination Charles Jackson - I’m Gonna Get Your Love Lionel Ritchie - Dancing On The Ceiling (Even Funkier Edit)
Next up on Funkier Sessions we’ve got a lovely mix from Leon Barnard. Dropping this mix in the middle of this endless UK summer feels like good timing, as it’s got sunshine written all over it. There’s plenty of old school hip hop, reggae vibes, some chilled out funk and soul. Lots in this one, and it’s good!
Graham Central Station - (You’re A) Foxy Lady The Reddings - Funkin On The One Carol Williams - Love is YouHomegrown Syndrome - Confrontation L.T.D. / Jeffrey Osborne - Danc ’N’ Sing ’N’ Ohio Players - Make Me Feel
FREE DOWNLOAD HERE - https://hypeddit.com/evenfunkier/macaracidWell, I’ve finally gone and done it - here’s my version of Macarena! I’m actually really pleased with this and had a load of fun making it. Headline is that it’s got a big wiggly 303 line, so its working title was of course Macar-acid. It’s also got new percussion to give it a bit of chug and swagger, new bass, a slightly dubby vibe in places and I’ve totally rebuilt the arrangement. It’s based on the remix that became (and still somehow is) popular in the UK, but I spliced in a bit of the original because I thought it sounded cool. This one’s a free download, enjoy… Ay!
Mariam - Filaou Bessame (Cerrone Remix) Fatnotronic - Margarida Djamou Sangare - Lua (Pippi Ciez Retake) S.U.M.O. - Wintersong The Astro Trax Team feat. Shola Phillips - The Energy (Feel The Vibe) Gwen McCrae - Keep the Fire Burning (Roger Sanchez Underground Network Dub) Beverley Knight - Made It Back (Booker T Night Time Dub) Federation X, Grant Nelson, Mousse T - The Groovers Track Kristine Blond - Love Shy Tuff Jam Vocal Mix Sunkids - Rescue Me (MAW Magic Sessions Mix) Frisky - You’ve Got Me Dancing In My Sleep
the Pips - When Your Far Away (12” Version) Ray Parker, Jr. - For Those Who Like To Groove Zopelar - Astral Dynamics Zer-o, Greg Wilson - Real Time (2024 Introspective Dub) Shook - Rise And Fall Toby Tobias - In Your Eyes (Tensnake Remix) L-Aroye - Be the One Close Counters - SECOND STEP David Walters - Soul Tropical (La Fine Equipe Extended Remix) Quantic - Atlantic Oscillations
The Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix) Bunny Mack - Let Me Love You (DJ Gregory Pepsi Dub) Supershy - Happy Music (Club Edit) Sunkids - Rescue Me (MAW Magic Sessions Mix) East Coast Love Affair - Confrontations Ben Banjo FIeld - Need You Baby Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin (B Boys Shoutin Dub) Basement Jaxx - Jump N’ Shout Kenny Dope - The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) Somore - I refuse (DJ S.K.T Remix) (Wonky Sample) H20 - Nobody’s Business Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Soulwax For Despacio Remix)
This one's a straightforward mashup, but I think it works pretty well. It's an early 80s collision, combining the vocal from Oliver Cheatham’s 1983 classic Saturday Night with the extraordinarily funky For Those Who Like to Groove by Ray Parker Jr (yes, the Ghostbusters theme tune guy!) from 1980. Not a huge amount more to say about it to be honest, except that it’s a free download… and I hope you enjoy!
Brown’s 1987 Remix) L.T.D. - Love To The World (Joey Negro Mizell Magic Mix) Shook - Rise And Fall
W. Michael Lewis - LustMinus 8 - White (Big Bang Remix)George Darko - AnkonamDamien Aziwa - Souvenir de KinshasaBambu - I Dont Wanna Lose It (Delfonic Edit)Talking Heads - Pull up the RootsAllspice 'Get Up Off Your Lovin' (Serge Gamesbourg Re-Edit)
Those free downloads just keep on coming, and this time I’ve got one that’s been on my list for a while. I was listening to I’m Not Gonna Let You by Colonel Abrams a couple of years back, and I thought it might sound good with a house beat over it. So that’s just what I’ve finally done - I’ve well and truly housed it up a notch or two. Aside from that I’ve not done a whole lot - general beefing, chopped and changed a few bits, fresh percussion… but letting that crispy 80s goodness shine. This one’s fresh, free and waiting for you to hit that download button…
Episode 41 has just landed, with a massively enjoyable mix from my pal Grant Richards. Grant’s an excellent DJ and a lovely guy, and he brings us a very fun 90 minute session filled with dope disco edits - lots of tracks you’ll know, high energy... wonderful stuff. Check it out, won’t cha?And don't forget to give the big man a follow - https://soundcloud.com/djgrantrichards
In Flagranti - Botoque5Pat Thomas - Enye Woa (Extended Intro) Extended Intro6Dave Samuels - Dance Class (Todd Terje Mix)7Zoom - Wayawaya8Djeneba Seck - Nata Furu9Orange Tree Edits - Para Ti (CC Rework)10Even Funkier - It Ain't My Fault11Jean-Philippe Marthély - Cléré ich ou12Lamadrid - Pop Pop13Marschmellow - Soulpower (Jazzanova Mix)
I’m back with the freebies after a bit of a break last month, and this time I’ve turned my attention to the wonderful House Party by Fred Wesley, from way back in 1980. I’ve kept things simple, beefing up that groove and extending a few parts to make it a real head nodder. It’s all about the trombone solo!
The Gang, We Are Neurotic Feat. Cael Dadian - Woz Soul II Soul - Back To Life (Zepherin Saint Thunder dub) Anita Baker - Youre My Everything (DJ Spinna Mix) Apparel Wax - 005A1 Vince Watson - Lost in the Deep DjPope, Kenny Wesley, Charles Dockins - Listen Love (CDock’s Deep Soul Mix) Africanism, Liquid People - Love Is the Answer Tech Support - Untitled B L.T.D. - You Must Have Known I Needed Love XXXY - NYC Woman Roy Of The Ravers - Emotinium Sterac Electronics - Tuning Into Frequencies
Funkier Sounds Episode 179 (moody funk and worldy jazz) by Funkier Radio by Even Funkier
First radio show for a while and I feel a bit bad for abandoning it. But easing myself back in with a simple selection of tunes that I love, with a few of my better ones sprinkled in too. Didn’t broadcast on Twitch, so this one’s a Soundcloud exclusive! Excuse some dodgy mixing and piss poor scratching! TRACKLISTRare Silk - StormThe Pharcyde - Passin' Me ByLauryn Hill - Everything Is EverythingJamie Woon - SharpnessEven Funkier - So PreciousBad Girls - Too ThroughWilliam Stuckey - Country People (Flying Mojito Bros Refito)Dam Swindle, Tom Misch - Yes, No, Maybe (Sterac Electronics Remix)Daniele_Baldelli - GandharvaSpace Dimension Controller - The Love QuadrantEven Funkier - Sax On The BeachMr- Fingers - What About This Love? (Dub Version)Disclosure - Moonlight Extended MixKing Kooba - Sans FiltreEven Funkier - Moon To MedinaEtta James - Night People (Even Funkier Edit)Grouplove - Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix)
Dante feat. Jose Barranquero - Rhythm Roots DJ Swerve - Goodsama Harvey Ross - Another Day Close Counters - SECOND STEP Dr. Bazil - Boogie (Jeremy Joshua Remix) Zetbee - Moonlight Steady Weather - CP3 Captain Planet - Pitie feat. Gozar Bunny Mack - Let Me Love You (DJ Gregory Pepsi Dub) Crown Heights Affair - I See The Light Kleeer - I Love to Dance Switch - We Like To Party…Come On New York Port Authority - I Got It Alma Negra - Dakar Disco (Crackazat Remix) Justin Van Der Volgen - No Vacancy Manzel - It’s Over Now (MAW Remix) Talk Talk - It’s My Life [The Reflex Revision]
This month’s freebie is an edit of a tune that will always hold a special place in my heart, because it was top of the charts in the UK when I entered the world! Yes, Too Shy by Kajagoogoo was number one on Valentine’s Day 1983, and it feels like a good time to revisit it… and yep, I’m pretty shy so it still speaks to me! This one’s had my standard Funkier treatment of chopping up the extended version, beefing up the percussion and low end and doing some light stem work. It is of course completely free, and offered with love…
Stump Valley - Mar dei Sargassi2DJ Fudge - Keep On Wondering3Random Soul - No Credit (VIP Boogie Extended Mix)4Grey/Hawks - Now I'm Fine5Harvey Mason - Groovin' You6Elijah John Group - Keep A Little Love For Yourself7Shiva - What Does It Take8Light Of The World - Time (Koko Paradisco edit)9Joi N-Juno - Samemala10David Harness - Al Greenz (Dance)11Toronto Hustle - Not Now, Not Ever (Kai AlcéNdatl Remix)12The Thompson Project - Messin' With My Mind (Crackazat Extended Remix)13Mark Grant - U Can Lift Me Up (Boom Boom Room Mix)14Sonic Soul Orchestra feat. Mishell Ivon - Stomp Your Feet15Star B, Riva Starr, Mark Broom - Love Will Remain16Africanism, DJ Gregory - Block Party17nari - I Can Cast a Spell183kelves - Magic19Tiptoes - Green Room20Ray Martinez - The Next Dance21Floorplan - Tell You No Lie22Boney M - Daddy Cool (Even Funkier Edit)23Sterac Electronics - Tuning Into Frequencies
Time for another Funkier Session, and we're keeping things international as we head over to Poland to tune into this great mix from Pan Funk. Filled with funky disco and disco house heat, lots of love has gone into this one - it's clear that he knows a thing or two about good tunes!Check out his soundcloud for more mixes - https://soundcloud.com/panfunk
K'you - Haute Couture28Dezign - How to Do It29Colors - Am I gonna be the One30D Train - I Treasure Your Pleasure31Elements Of Life - Into My Life (Louie Vega Roots Mix)32Stacy Kidd - Body Jerkin (feat Peven Everett)33H20 - Nobody's Business34Sunkids, Chance - Rescue Me (Bini - Martini -999- Funk Mix)35Bobby D'Ambrosio featuring Ariff St. Michael - Girl You Need a Change of Mind36Mo'Funk/ Roland Clark - Bring Together37DJ Roland Clark presents Urban Soul - Brown James (Spirit of the Garage Mix)38Poolio / Jack D - Little More Time (sweet mix)39Black Ivory - Big Apple Rock40World Series - Head Over Heels41Bileo - You Can Win42The 9th Creation - A Step Ahead43Hi Gloss - Cash44Al Johnson - Ive Got My Second Wind
EF Edit)13Vernon Burch - Get Up14The Family's Jam - Boogie Power15Serge Funk - Yeah Yeah16Shabi - Boogie Feet17David Walters, Captain Planet - No One (Captain Planet Disco Edit)18True Image - Keep Me Dancing19George Duke - Look What You Find
Hamo - Roy Keane30nari - I Can Cast a Spell31Moon Trip - Feel It32DJ Swerve - The Rhythm33Souldynamic - M.I.L.34Justin Van Der Volgen - No Vacancy35Even Funkier - Sussy (demo)_PN36Ebo Taylor - Mumumdey (Nick the Record Remix)37Serge Gamesbourg - Gonna Get Your Love38Spookey - Friends (LCD Edit)
Fire - Biyo35World Series - Head Over Heels36Patrice Rushen - Look Up! (Long version)37Debbie Jacobs - Hot Hot (Give It All You Got)- - Deep Soul Re-Interpretation38Splendor - All Night Long39Black Cock - Juicy Sushi
So I very nearly didn’t have a free download for you this month - I was working on something but it didn’t work out and I had to abandon it. Then a family holiday took me out of action for a bit and left me with just a few days to rustle something up. I managed to pull it out of the bag by smashing two random tracks together, and I think it’s actually not half bad. It’s a Lady Gaga track called Dead Dance (which I suppose could be tenuously spun as halloween-related?) mashed up with the vocal from Madison Avenue’s 1999 funky house smash Don’t Call Me Baby. It’s very straightforward but kind of works, and of course it’s a free download for ya…
Q Band - Riccochet18Michael McDonald - sweet freedom (mikeandtess quick edit)19Late Nite Tuff Guy - Do I Believe In God20Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Rythm Roulette (Scruscru Remix)21Chewy Rubs - Unknown22Nomad - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion[Soul Mix]23DJ Fudge - Keep On Wondering24Ryan Truman - Desire (Original Mix)25Alberto Melloni - Credimi26Aretha Franklin Wonderful ( David Harness Vocal House Remix )27Loni Clark - Rushing Mood II Swing Dub28Cajmere - Brighter Days29Connie Harvey - Thank You Lord (JT Donaldson Mix)30Shabi - This Disco 4 U31J.Soul - Feelings32Even Funkier - Walking Through Your Eyes33Cody Currie - Fade To Black34Obibini Takyi - Aburokyiri Abrabo35Jacob Desvarieux - Tim-Tim Bwa Sek36Another Taste - Don't Touch It37Atlantic Starr - Let The Spirit Move Ya
Just a one hour session this week as I slowly recover from being ill, but since it’s my first one in three weeks it felt like I had to do some sort of mix. Kept this one slow and slinky, around the 100BPM mark throughout, and managed to cover a good amount of ground in 60 minutes - with some P-Funk, some Hip Hop, some R&B and some sexy disco vibes.WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - https://youtu.be/-XZk7Zx2zjITRACKLIST1Ill Advised - Fame2Patrice Rushen & DiCE - Hang it up (DiCE re-rub)3Even Funkier - Feel So Good Inside4Letta Mbulu - Nomalizo (Album Version)5Dexter Wansel - Funk Attack6Funkadelic - Undisco Kidd7Parliament/The Brides Of Funkenstein - Disco To Go (Long Version)8Honey White & The Night Man - All Night's Alright9DJ “S” - Groove On10Etta James - U Give Me What I Want (CMAN Edit)11A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation12N.W.A. - Express Yourself13Boyz II Men - Thank You Untouchable Mix14Shola Ama - You're the One I Love (C&J Mix)15En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)16The Word - Lobster17Even Funkier - Those Were The Times We Had18Luxar - Found A Way19The Emperor Machine, Séverine Mouletin - La Cassette (Dub Instrumental)20Planet Jumper - This Could Always Be the End of Things21Crazy P - Lady T22Buscrates - Five Days (feat. DJ Epik) - Five Days (feat. DJ Epik)23Hot - Taking My Love For Granted
I kept things fairly moody for this one, with a mix of deep house and broken beat kinda vibes - it was fun flitting between 4/4 and those looser percussive vibes. Then things went a bit bumpy in the last half an hour or so, with a few US and UK garage flavaz just because I fancied it. Don’t forget - my show is now on Twitch, and broadcasting LIVE every Monday (an upgrade from the old radio show which was every 2 weeks). So head to twitch.tv/evenfunkier to see me in action!Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/2bif1CWznd0TRACKLIST1Mighty Funk'Houser - Nathaniel's Groove2beatsbyhand, Rona Ray - Say Yes3Yannick Roberts - Desalniettemin4Stefano De Santis - Roy5Julius Papp, Lisa Shaw - Way Back (Papp's Vocal Remix)6Felipe Gordon - Elisa Feat- Paul Shapiro7Baia Club - Shine On (Tides On The Bay Mix)8Cody Currie, MIK - Yes Bruv9Bronze (Darko Kustura Remix)10Retromigration - Shift11Lee Jones - A Perfect Kick12Evren Furtuna - Hush13Piers Kirwan - Ride14Enrique Iturralde - Fine Groove15FOLD - Doin' Bits Frits Wentink Remix16L-Aroye - Be the One17Neil Pierce Feat Hanlei - Hey Child18L-Aroye - Be the One19Lanu - Dis-Information (12" Mix)20Close Counters - SECOND STEP21Momenta - Your Love (Fradinho Remix)22Inverse Cinematics - Detroit Jazzin' (All Good Funk Alliance Remix)23Flaurese - Muscle Tissues24Soulphiction - Niederbeat Gospel Dub25Manuel Kane, Mo-Cream - Nightvision (Mo-Cream Remix)26DJ Dashcam - Sexed Up27Sofia Kourtesis - By Your Side28Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts (Recloose Remix)29St Germain - Latin Note30Lay-Far - BYRSLF31Arpy Brown - Attention (Extended Version)32El Funkador - You Name It33Todd Edwards, The Messenger - Guide My Soul34Grant Nelson - Rhode House35Russell - Fool For Love (main mix)36Beverley Knight - Made It Back (Booker T Night Time Dub)37Ross Couch - Jazz Session38The Sound Republic - Pimp39Sunkids - Rescue Me (MAW Magic Sessions Mix)40Jhelisa & Sunship - Friendly Pressure (Into The Sunshine Mix)
Times are a’changing for my Funkier Sounds radio show - I’ve made the difficult decision to take it off NDC, its home for the last few years. It’s purely so I can be a bit more flexible with when I do it and the format - guest mixes have been a real pain recently, so now I’ve got the freedom to do one hour, or two, with or without a guest mix. I’m going to try and do it weekly too instead of every 2 weeks. It’ll be on Twitch every Monday at 8pm UK, so please subscribe to my channel if you want to tune in. The first episode was a one hour 80s boogie session, and it went pretty well!1Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?2Gino Danelli & T.K.O. - The Hit Man3Well Red - Get Lucky4Dexter Wansel - Disco Lights5Rene & Angela - i'll be good (mikeandtess quick edit)6Change - It Burns Me Up7Logg - (You've Got) That Something8S.O.S. Band - Can't Get Enough9The Graingers - Shine Your Light10Mtume - 01. Green Light (Album Version)_PN11Conway Temple - Love Lights (12 Disco-Funk Extended Mix)12Casual Connection - Sun Glider13Gino Soccio - You Move Me (SLY Edit)14Delegation - Gonna' Bring The House Down15Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Don't Give Me Up16Aurra - A Little Love [The Reflex Revision]17The Brothers Johnson - Welcome To The Club18Sister Sledge - Shake Me Down (LND & EF Edit)19D Train - Music
This episode was a rather special one - it’s my last on NDC radio as I’ve chosen to move on from the late time slot to somewhere with a bit of flexibility while I ponder my next move. I’ll be taking it on to Twitch for a bit. So for this final episode I thought it would be nice to take a look back at some of the guests I’ve had since my little show started back in May 2019, so every track was an original, remix or edit by someone who has done a guest mix for me (I’ve included myself in that, so there are a couple of mine in there). And oh my, haven’t we had some good guests over the years! Would love to see you on Twitch in a couple of weeks - twitch.tv/evenfunkierTRACKLIST1The Reflex - Bongle Joogie2Shaka Loves You - Gotta Dance3Peter Jacques Band - Mighty Fine (Funk Hunk Re-Edit)4Stephen Richards - Stay With Me5Ferdinand Debeaufort - Around6Groovemasta - Sweet Temptation7Evil Smarty - The One8Twin Sun - Rejoice9Dj Laurel - Money10Blondie - Rapture (The Reflex revision)11Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy mix)12Ben Jamin - Injection13Javi Frias - On Fire14Even Funkier - It Ain't My Fault15Fingerman - Burnin' Sanders16The Magic Track - Pantherson Crusoe17Pete Ellison - Sound of the Music18Andy Buchan - Baller19Ben Jamin - Dam Rite20DJ Laurel - Hang On21Etta James - Night People (Even Funkier Edit)22Smashed Atoms - Doing It For The Kids23Even Funkier - Moon To Medina24Clarkson - Hot Sweet Thing25Solazz - Work It Out26All Good Funk Alliance - That Chord27Mascott - French Exit (Pookie Knights Remix)28Dexter Jones - Space Sister29Hotmood - Another Hustle30Fray Bentos - Super Lover31Phonk D - Vida Boa32Bralan Arias - Chapinero Bajo (Joint4Nine Remix)33Clavette, Boogietraxx - Somebody34Ben Banjo Field - The Church Of Funk35GMGN - Cus I'm Naked
My latest show was just me on my own again, just for an hour. But nevertheless I managed to cram in no fewer than FIVE of my recent tracks - two compilation appearances, one remix and my latest two free edits. And the rest of the hour was mostly made up of other tracks on the compilations I’m on, plus a few promos. Links to those edits below! https://soundcloud.com/evenfunkier/daddy-coolhttps://soundcloud.com/evenfunkier/no-tears-2025TRACKLIST1Tiam Wills - Enjoy Each Day, and the Lightness of a Moonlit Walk (Even Funkier Remix)2Even Funkier - Rendezvous With Me3Even Funkier - Even Make You Twang4Raw-Artes - Acid Genie5I Gemin - Lord Is Good6Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Rythm Roulette (Scruscru Remix)7Dicky Trisco - Long Time Dancing8Shabi - This Disco 4 U9The Explosion - Oh Baby (Lebon Brothers Reshape)10Fran Deeper - Always Something11Andy Buchan - Disco Stroke12The Loneliest Hunk - Six By Eleven13Coria - Pa'l Varadero14Boogietraxx - Your Number15Boney M - Daddy Cool (Even Funkier Edit)16Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry (Even Funkier's 2025 Revibe)17Baxta - Skyline
I’ve somewhat dropped the ball on guest mixes, so this one was two hours of me - you lucky people?! It was fun though - starting things off slow and soulful and gradually building things up from there. 38 wonderful tracks from the worlds of funk & soul, disco, latin, boogie, electronica, house and more… I hope you enjoy! TRACKLIST1Jill Scott - It's Love Remastered2Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson - Angel Dust3Arnold Blair - Trying to Get Next to you4The Valentine Brothers - Just Let Me Be Close to You5Debra Laws - How Long6Nuyorican Soul - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (feat Jocelyn Brown)7Ramp - Everybody Loves The Sunshine (SLY Mardi Gras Swing Edit)8Sade - Your Love Is King9Bobby Caldwell - What you Won't Do For Love (OOFT! Edit)10Boyz II Men - Thank You Untouchable Mix11Mikeandtess - Love Together12Beloyd - Today All Day13Stevie Wonder - Living for the City14Bad Girls - Too Through15Luxar - Found A Way16Soulwax, Dam Funk - Los Santos Drug Wars17The Family's Jam - Big Fun18E. Live - North Star19The Emperor Machine, Séverine Mouletin - Dévoilez-Vous (Dub Version)20FSQ, Fonda Rae, Chas Bronz - 11 am (Cosmodelica Remix)21Dutch Robinson - Drive Me Wild (Opolopo Remix)22Dam Swindle, Tom Misch - Yes, No, Maybe (Sterac Electronics Remix)23Palms Trax - Petu Dub Mix24Tech Support - Two E Are25Gratts - Sun Circles feat- Nathan Haines - Mr- Beale (Alex Kassian Remix)26Moon B - Anything27Psychemagik - Raoul Denis Jr - Ti Gason (Fe Respew')28Francky Vincent - Déconstipation29JKriv - JKriv - Barefoot Boogie30Ezirk - Juicy Juice31Concept Neuf - The Path (Sofrito edit)32Jorge Ben Jor - Alô Alô, Como Vai33Beatkozina - He Baba (Latin Soul Mix)34Terrence Parker - Love's Got Me High Marc Romboy's Systematic Soul Mix35Global Communication - Maiden Voyage (Ripperton Edit)36Soul Renegades - Speak To Me37Crackazat - I'm Easy (Crackazat Mana's Dub)38Alex Vanni - Keep on Dancing
This one was slightly different - no guest and I planned to just play for an hour, but my decks froze after 50 mins so I called it a day then. Still packed in 20 tracks and was having a lovely time, need to work out why the decks gave up. So that’s that - enjoy, and normal service will resume in two weeksTRACKLIST1The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By2DJ Pippi, Willie Graff, Charlotte C. - Piel a Piel Extended Mix3RLP - Do You Believe That Love Will Never Do Without You?4Fat Joe - What's Luv? (feat. Ja-Rule & Ashanti) Explicit5Jurassic 5 - What's Golden6Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (Sylow Remix)7Hennizi Da Don - Itz Just Music8Stargard - Which Way Is Up9Prince - Wonderful Ass10The Planty Herbs - Errbodydisco11Splendor - Special Lady12Maleet - Caridad13Melgado & Mena - Ave'w Lanmou14Evren Furtuna - Hush15Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #616Róisín Murphy - Overpowered17Bronze (Darko Kustura Remix)18Sound Support - The Rock19Lee Jones - A Perfect Kick20Lovebirds - Want You In My Soul (feat. Stee Downes)
A lovely extended session for you - two whole hours of the finest in house, disco and disco house.Give Goozer a follow - https://soundcloud.com/goozer83
My hour was an ‘I’ve just spent a load on Bandcamp and Traxsource, let’s see what happens’ special - only tracks that I’ve just downloaded and don’t really know yet… these ones are always fun and a bit unpredictable. Started at a hip hop tempo and things quickly picked up, it was a fun hour and I cammed in 26 of the little beauties.Then in hour 2 I was very pleased to hand over to a rising star in the disco scene, Charlie Price. Charlie’s already making big impact at a young age, and this mix shows you why. In the words of Charlie himself…“My goal for this one is themed! It's Dr Packer Vs Michael Gray and I have chosen this theme because I am due to play alongside them in August in Bournemouth.”And what a lovely mix it is too - textbook Gray and Packer vibes, which is no bad thing. Big thanks to Charlier for a lovely mix, and please give him a follow…https://soundcloud.com/charlie-price-911176184https://www.instagram.com/charliepricediscomusic/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1The Pharcyde - Y?2scratch sound3Scratch Speed Boosting Tracks 14scratch samples_PN5Mr. Franklin - Ain't Nothing But Love6The Pharcyde - Y?7Its Our World8Hennizi Da Don - Itz Just Music9Flamingo Pier - Honey10The Emperor Machine, Séverine Mouletin - La Cassette (Dub Instrumental)11Michel Laurent, Gaoule Mizik - A Ka Titine (Kay Suzuki Gwoka Dub)12Zer-o, Greg Wilson - Real Time (2024 Introspective Dub)13Maleet - Caridad14Osunlade - My Reflection15Happy Gutenberg - Let Me Blow Your Mind16Quinten 909 - Pool Party17Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love (Joey Negro Space Disco Mix)18Eddie C - Never Let Go19Knuckle G - Whisper From The Heart20Jasper Street Co-, Louie Vega - Till I Found U (DJ Spen - Karizma Mix)21Doug Willis - Rufusize-Ya (Space Moog Dub)22Joi N-Juno - Samemala23David Walters - Jodia (JKriv Mix)24WheelUP, Sean McCabe - Commit to Sound25Toolate Groove - Post Meridian26Evren Furtuna - Circles (Blood Groove - Kikis Remix)CHARLIE PRICE GUEST MIX1. D-Train - You're The One For Me (Charlie Price Edit mixed with Dr Packer Remix Mashup) Made by Michael Gray2. Ron Carroll feat Swaylo - Something Beautiful (Michael Gray Remix)3. Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top (Dr Packer Remix)4. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Charlie Price Edit)5. Donna Allen - Serious (Michael Gray Remix)6. T-Connection - At Midnight (Dr Packer Remix)7. Brenda Taylor - You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too (Dr Packer & Michael Gray Remix)8. Michael Gray, Tatiana Owens - Season High (Charlie Price 'Space Odyssey' Remix)9. Michael Gray, Kelli Sae - MacArthur's Park (Original Mix)10. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (Dr Packer Remix)11. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (Michael Gray Remix)12. Otis Clay - The Only Way Is Up (Dr Packer Remix)
I started this episode slow and slinky, but switched things up halfway to road test a few promos. Tried to keep it a vaguely summery vibe this time, and covered lots of bases as usual.This fortnight’s guest mix was from Leon Dahl, who’s an ace producer based in NZ that I’ve appeared alongside on some compilations. It also turns out he’s a wicked DJ, as shown by this mix - an hour and a bit of eclectic but very funky sounds. There’s a lot in here but it flows so nicely - there’s funky stuff, old school stuff, ghetto stuff, banging stuff… all the good stuff! And then a genius slowdown at the end - didn’t see that coming. Give Leon some love if you will - https://soundcloud.com/leon_dahl https://www.instagram.com/leondahl_aka_leon_d/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1DJ “S” - Groove On2Even Funkier - Dial It On Back3Ripple - I Dont Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky (JR.Dynamite Re-Edit)4A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime5scratch sound6Taggy Matcher - Rappers Delight (SLY Edit)7Low Slung - Mama Day Ooh8Jordan Rakei - Trust9Bralan Arias - Being Aware10Tenobi - Deep Inside (Kinash Remix)11Igor Gonya - Echoes Of Her Joy12Mark Di Meo & Rightside - Feel Alive13Anita Ward - Ring My Bell (Even Funkier Edit)14The Loneliest Hunk - Claviee15Dan Be, Bernardo Mota - Makes Me Happy16Jay Rook - Master Wonnin17London Afrobeat Collective - Prime Minister (Captain Planet Remix) Prime Minister (Captain Planet Remix)18Shokazulu - Part 4
After last episode’s 6th birthday special, I was back with more funkier fun for episode 160! I had a slightly shorter bit of the show due to a longer guest mix, but I still crammed in all sorts - disco, nu-disco, boogie, hip hop, funk and of course a bit of weirdness. The guest mix this time was a real treat - 70 minutes of beats, breaks, funk & soul and hip hop from DJ Russkins. Russell is a fan of the show, and when he sent me this mix I knew it would fit the bill perfectly - it’s a fast moving and fun trip through genres and eras, with loads of fun mashups and recognisable hooks. Been a while since I’ve had a guest mix quite like this, but i love it! Give Russell a follow - https://www.instagram.com/djrusskins/ https://soundcloud.com/djrusskinsHOUR 1 TRACKLIST 1Space Dimension Controller - The Love Quadrant2L.T.D. - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again3A Skillz ft. Beardyman - Got The Rhythm4Jurassic 5 - In The House5Graham Central Station - Now Do-U-Wanta Dance6The Roots - The Seed (2.0) Explicit7Jamiroquai - Soul Education8Cameo - Rigor Mortis9LePamplemousse - I Wanna Make Music With You10Dee-Bunk - Go Again11Candi Staton - In the Still of the Night12Curtis Mayfield - Toot An' Toot An' Toot13Jamie Woon - Sharpness14Gloster Williams & Master Control - No Cross, No Crown15Herbert - The Audience16Pete Ellison - Feel the Vibe17Jam Master - Cross That Track18Chewy Rubs - Exciting Stuff19Dirtytwo - Sumthing Sumthing
Funkier Sounds celebrated its 6th birthday with an hour of tunes from me and then an hour of tunes from a DJ and producer that I’ve been into forever. My hour was the usual mix - starting things mid-tempo and funky, bringing things down a notch and then cranking things a touch with a few promo goodies before the handover.In hour 2 I was dead chuffed to welcome none other than Fingerman. Gregg’s a bit of a legend in the game, and someone who I looked up to loads before I got into producing. Love that I’ve put out a couple of bits on his annual Hot Digits compilations (eyes on this year!), love that we hung out at Glasto a few years back, and love that he’s done a brilliant mix for my show! It’s the expected level of lushness, launching straight in after the trademark spoken intro. Gets quite full on towards the end too, but always keeping it cool, well-mixed and very Fingerman. Bit shouts to Gregg for the mix - give him a follow, yeah? https://soundcloud.com/fingermanedithttps://www.instagram.com/fingermandisco/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Balearic Skip - Mighty2Opolopo - Minneopolopolis3Dam Swindle, Tom Misch - Yes, No, Maybe (Sterac Electronics Remix)4Young Franco - Drop Your Love5Kazzey - Love Trouble (feat Laura Corini)6Mick Jessup - Take It Easy When You Get Down7BT Express - Give Up The Funk (CMAN Edit)8Patrice Rushen - Number One (12' Version)9Monkey Boots - Impossible Need10DJ “S” - Groove On11Chuggin Edits - Ooo This Love12Ben Jamin - Dance - Hot Gorilla Records13Dee-Bunk - Go Again14Parliament - Funkin' For Fun15David Morales - Boriqua16Jaegerossa - Lay It Down17Get Down (Young Pulse -Make U Mine- retouch)18Enrique Iturralde - The Pump19Shabi - Back To You20Nico Cortazzo - Lady Soul21Dusky - Skin DeepFINGERMAN GUEST MIXRoxanne Shante - Live On Stage (House Mix)Fingerman & Chewy Rubs - Party DudeShabi - Ghetto BeatsKenny Summit - The CookoutMotor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts 1Soul Of Hex feat Motion Parallax - Face DownFelipe Gordon - ProfundoAlma Negra - The VibeLuke Solomon - Fire You Up (Body Edit)Robot 84 - The Weekend (Vocal Edit)Liam Dunning - Just For YouAndy Bach - D.A.N.C.EQ-Burns Abstract Message - Mess Of Afros (Glen Underground Remix)Riva Starr - How It Feels Dj Falcon - Together (Sgt Slick Rework)
No guest mix this time, so I kindly stepped in to supply the whole 120 minutes of grooves. We kicked off with some lovely soul a’la Aretha and Marvin, then went into some low tempo boogie, some weirdness, some African vibes, more weirdness, and via a few stop offs along the way we ended up with some beautiful, lesser known disco. I had fun! TRACKLIST1Jill Scott - A Long Walk2Latimore - Let's Do It in Slow Motion3Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming4Marvin Gaye - Ain't That Peculiar5Nuyorican Soul - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (feat Jocelyn Brown)6Debra Laws - How Long7Loose Change - Rising Cost Of Love8Nate Evans - Main Squeeze9Imagination - Music & Lights [The Reflex Revision]10Gary Wright - Comin' Apart11Barry Dow - Sly & Wicked 12T-Connection - Everything Is Cool13Stargard - Which Way Is Up14Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String15Dr Packer - Move That Bottom16Prince - Wonderful Ass17Amadou & Mariam - Filaou Bessame (Cerrone Remix)18Dele Sosimi - You No Fit Touch Am (Medlar Remix)19Takao - Mi Mosquito20Classonix - Aeo Aeo21Pigeon - Yagana22Conway Brothers - Turn It Up23Tantra - A Place Called Tarot (Idjut Boys Re-Edit)24Bold Parade - Proxy 1725Crackazat - Fire Drift26Sauco - Donna Is in Control27Bralan Arias - Jazzy Chato28S-Express - Nothing to Lose (Subterranean Edit)29LV Premier - Hooked On This Feelin' (Dimitri From Brooklyn Edit)30Platinum Hook - Standing On The Verge (Of Getting It On)31Joe Bataan, Specter - Latin Lover (Specter Edit)32Nina Dunn - If You Want My Love (Do It)33Sylvester - Doin' It For The Real Thing34The Gap Band - Gap Band Party35Val Young - If You Should Ever Be Lonely36Cultured Pearls, Hoff - Mother Earth (Hoff's Optimistic House Edit)37Ce Ce Rogers - Someday
My hour started off nice and funky, quickly built up the tempo to cram in a few promos, and ended up with a few dusty disco belters north of 130BPM. Fun times!I was lucky to snag a very special guest for the second hour. French DJ, singer, composer, multi instrumentalist, producer and audio engineer David Baluteau AKA Joi N’Juno. He’s another one of my favourite producers, specialising in funky, danceable tunes with African influences. His mix is bloody brilliant - lots of tropical sunshine sounds, some solid nu-disco and housed up worldwide oddities, with a few of his own in there, including a bit of unreleased stuff. Loved every minute of this one, and I hope you enjoy it too. Give Joi N’Juno a follow - https://soundcloud.com/joiandhappinessmusic https://www.instagram.com/joiandjuno/HOUR 1 - EVEN FUNKIER1James Rod - 'Disco Rocket' [Situation Remix]2Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman3Change - Change of Heart (Special Extended Mix)4T Connection - Funky Lady5Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Time Is On My Side6Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemble - On My Own (feat. Laura Benack & Nice Rec)7Tweet - Boogie 2Nite (Fat Camp Mix)8Above and Beyond (Young Pulse Instru Retouch)9Scott Diaz - The Truth10Shabi - Boogie Feet11Hurlee - In The Sunshine12Mahogany - My Chance To Dance13Ricky Montanari & Discoplex - Garagesque14Arpy Brown - Attention (Extended Version)15Gigi Croccante - Y'all Feel Dat163kelves - Magic17Retrofract - The Free Movement Association18The Brothers Johnson - The Real Thing (Even Funkier Edit)19Congress - Something That You Got (Real Hot)20Vera - Take Me to the BridgeHOUR 2 - JOI N'JUNO1-Busy Twist - Levis Vercky's - Meca (The Busy Twist remix)2-Joi N' Juno- Wake Up Song3-Raz & Afla - What's Going On?4-Joi N'Juno - Unreleased track5-Letta Mbulu - Kilimanjaro (The Revenge Edit)6-LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE - MY WAY (KIKO NAVARRO DISCOTERRANEOREMIX)7-Sue Wright-I Believe In You-Sue Wright-Believe In You (Joi N' JunoRework) out 11th April on Canopy records8-Les Inferno - Yeah C'mon9- Hotmood - Love To The Music (Original Mix)10- Joi N'Juno - The Storyteller11- Joi N'Juno - Douala Boogie (Original Mix)12- The Funk District - Gogo Mama (Original Mix)13-Joi N'Juno- Samemala14- Bosq, Kaleta, The Ibibio Horns - Song for Ehi feat. Kaleta & TheIbibio Horns (Disco Dub)15- Flamingo Pier - Remedy
The first half of this episode of Funkier Sounds was very much a Southport Weekender affair, thanks to me making my second visit there last weekend. It was, with one exception, all tracks I’d heard there, so after a little warm up it was more or less wall to wall soulful house with a splash of gospel house for good measure. I ended my hour with something brand new from me, that will be available for a free download later this week. For hour 2 it was time to hand over to Alessandro Oliveira, a DJ and radio host from Brazil. Alessandro has kindly invited me to be on his show, and I’ll be his guest this week! Alessandro’s mix is a brilliant disco house selection, but not that slightly annoying type of jacking disco house - this is refined, beefed up interpretations of classics, with a few lesser known gems in there too. It really is very good! Huge thanks to Alessandro for the mix - give him a follow… https://www.instagram.com/discodanceradioshow/ https://soundcloud.com/discodanceradioshow …and keep an eye out for my mix for his show, dropping soon! HOUR 1 TRACKLISTMoca - Post ItCrackazat - Can't Blame A Soul (Mana's Dub)Captain Rapp - Bad Times (I Can't Stand It) (Greg Wilson Edit)Art Of Tones - Bootyshaker (Under The Influence Of Red Greg)Dam Swindle - That's RightImagination - Burning Up (Soul Clap Remix)Roisin Murphy - Incapable (Dimitri From Paris and Aeroplane Remix)Glenn Underground - Funki-GhettoMark Grant - U Can Lift Me Up (Boom Boom Room Mix)Neighbour - Bro ChantKem - Heaven (Marlon D _ GA club mix)The Astro Trax Team feat. Shola Phillips - The Energy (Feel The Vibe)Joe T Vannelli Project - Sweetest Day Of May (Knee Deep's Vocal Hymn Mix Remastered 2k18)Blaine Connell - LovinYASS - I Go DeepPeven Everett - Stuck (Phil Asher's Soul Heaven Version)2fox - Elevation with LavilleAlex Finkin, Rocco Rodamaal - In Da HoodSplendor - All Night LongThe Brothers Johnson - The Real Thing (Even Funkier Edit)
To celebrate the fact that I’m off to Southport Weekender this weekend, I decided to put together a little minimix of some of the sort of vibes I might be hearing over the weekend. It’s soulful, bumpy house music with lots of funky basslines and skippy US Garage-style percussion. This sort of music nourishes my soul, I hope you like the mix!WATCH ON YOUTUBE... https://youtu.be/Vzmxf2T8_4ITRACKLIST1Cultured Pearls, Hoff - Mother Earth (Hoff's Optimistic House Edit)2Wez Whynt - You Will Know (Soullab Spiritual Vocal Mix)3Khubos - Let The Beat Ride4Stacy Kidd - Body Jerkin (feat Peven Everett)5Jamie Lewis - For You (feat. Michael Watford)6Sunkids - Rescue Me (MAW Magic Sessions Mix)7Random Soul - Hooked Upon Your Love (Extended)8Solid Ground (Brian Tappert For The Heads Remix)9Cafe 432 - Homage10Beverley Knight - Made It Back (Booker T Night Time Dub)
This month’s freebie is my own version of a track I absolutely love. Most people know The Brothers Johnson for the classic and very good track Stomp, but the true heads among us know that The Real Thing is where it’s really at. The original slaps plenty already with its dramatic strings and falsetto vocal, but I’ve beefed things up a couple of notches and added some breakdowns for dramatic effect. I’m so pleased with how this one has come out, and I’d love for you to download and enjoy. And yes, of course I kept the sax solo!
My hour of Episode 155 was, once again, a bit of a tribute to geniuses that have sadly left us recently. After bidding farewell to Gwen McCrae and Roberta Flack last show, I did the same this time for the great Roy Ayers, Angie Stone and Yam Who? of Midnight Riot. I opened the show with his remix of my own track that came out on MR a couple of years back, and fitted in a few from him and Roy, and one from Angie too. Come on 2025 - stop it! Hour two was very special this time. I brought you a guest mix from a very talented producer who caught my ear late last year - Bralan Arias from Bogota, Colombia. His mix is almost all his own stuff, and almost all of it is unreleased. It’s an absolute treat - loads of his trademark jazzy house sounds, some cheeky samples, plenty of Rhodes, some acid… and things pick up a fair bit towards the end. If this is the standard of his unreleased music this guy is seriously going places… give him a follow right now! https://soundcloud.com/bralanarias https://www.instagram.com/bralanariasHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Even Funkier - Don't Go Nowhere (Yam Who? Remix)2Lokkhi Terra, Dele Sosimi, Peppe Citarella - Cubafro (Peppe Citarella World Latin Mix)3Bralan Arias - Being Aware4Elado - Blame5Even Funkier - Gnarly Calv6Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine7Roy Ayers - Boogie Back8Billy Paul - How Good Is Your Game9Reel People, Angie Stone - Don’t Stop The Music (Art Of Tones Modern Disco Mix)10Yam Who? feat. Natasha Watts - I'm In Love11Romanthony - Bring U Up PBR Streetgang Remix12FYI Chris - Banana Bread13Bralan Arias - cerros orientales14Roy Ayers - Get On Up, Get On Down (Joey Negro Revibe)15Alma Negra - Endless Summer (Soulphiction Remix)16Clive From Accounts - Without Your Love17Nuyorican Soul (MAW) ft. Roy Ayers - Sweet Tears18Dubplate Disco - Pick Up (Yam Who Remix)BRALAN ARIAS GUEST MIX1 Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Rythm Roulette (Scruscru Remix) [Unreleased]2 Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Autowah [Unreleased]3 Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Acid House [Unreleased]4 Bralan Arias - Moreno [Unreleased]5 Bralan Arias - Nothing But The Music6 Bralan Arias - Jazzy Late Afternoon7 Bralan Arias - Continues [unrelesead]8 Bralan Arias,Tebü - Call it House9Joint4nine - What a Lovely Way To Burn (Forthcoming Ritmo Terco)10 Emilio Mustafa - Cat O Jazz [Unreleased]11 A.Naranjo The Adventures of Fuzz Aldrin12 Bralan Arias - Unruly [Unreleased]
Here’s episode 2 of my new series, a fifteen minute mini-showcase of a genre, sub-genre, vibe or theme close to my heart. This time we’ve got a quarter of an hour of sleazy, low-slung, squidgy late night fonk for your earholes from the likes of XL Middleton, Buscrates, Dam Funk, Opolopo and Dabeull. Stanky!TRACKLISTXL Middleton - Gentched UpXL Middleton - Tingle Down BelowBuscrates - Evergreen (feat- Tony Ozier)Soulwax, Dam Funk - Los Santos Drug WarsStephane Deschezeaux - All RightBuscrates - Five Days (feat. DJ Epik) - Five Days (feat. DJ Epik)Temu - Ready or NotXL Middleton - Cool MinuteDiamond Ortiz - Pretty PleaseDabeull - Day & Night (feat. Holybrune)Adam Chini feat. Zackey Force Funk - BoomerangOpolopo - MinneopolopolisTuxedo & Zapp - Shy (instrumental)Dabeull - Don't Stop (feat. Michael Tee)Watch this on YouTube - https://youtu.be/IR_rSIb9qHM
Keeping things international with the latest Funkier Session with a mix from Ferry Funky, a Dutch DJ based in Manila. This mix is awesome, and perfectly captures an ideal Funkier Sessions vibe - a sublime unison of hip hop and funk, picking up the pace and veering into disco territory later on. Wonderful stuff!Please give Ferry a follow - https://soundcloud.com/ferryfunky https://www.instagram.com/ferryfunky
This episode was part tribute to two legendary women who have sadly left us recently - Roberta Flack and Gwen McCrae. Two tracks from each in my hour, and what wonderful tracks they are too. I also played a load of new promos in the second half, and ended on a bloody classic.Hour two was the second guest mix appearance from my good Danish friend and boss of Discoholics Anonymous Recordings, Ken Avalon - AKA Discoholic Ken. Ken’s a top guy and his record label has quietly become one of the very best out there, and one I’ve released a few tracks on. Ken’s mix is slinky disco vibes, keeping the tempo down around 110 for the duration, and there’s another Gewn McCrae track in there too, which is lovely. Huge thanks to Ken for the sweet mix, and check out Discoholics Anonymous here - https://www.discoanon.com/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST 1Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love [The Reflex Revision]2Quintus Project - Night Flight3HOLDTight - Late Night Flight4Belohnungszentrum - Dance On The Groove5LS Movement Band - Move6Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation (mikeandtess edit 4 Friends)7Soulkitchen Cookin' Crew - Space Princess8Brothers Johnson - Get The Funk Out Ma Face9Tasha Thomas - Hot Buttered Boogie10Frankfurt Funk - Jheri Curls11Bruno Borlone & Boogie Mike - Brick House12Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again13Gwen McCrae - Damn Right It's Good14Jaegerossa - Richards Gear15Solid Ground (Brian Tappert For The Heads Remix)16Justnique - Tocco Illimitato17Mannix - No No No (Muzungu Sunset mix)18Paris Cesvette & Muzikman Edition feat. Lifford -Your Smile (Mannix Primetime Dub)19Stogov - Wonder Story20Gigi Croccante - Time 2 Free Ur Mind21El Funkador - This Beat Got Me22Red Carpet - AlrightDISCOHOLIC KEN GUEST MIXSunner Soul - Majestic BeatsDr. Packer - Somebody ElseMartin Hayes - Thrill (Basic Feelings)Edit Murphy - MercySecret Soul Society - Stranger DangerStevie Wonder - As (Belohnungszentrum Remix)Gwen McCrae - All This Love I’m Giving (Ken@Work’s 2021 Nu Disco Mix)Seamus Haji - Need A Little MoreKiu D - I Don’t KnowLa Riff - Flash FunkBoogie Brothers - Sunshine SlowdownFlevans - ImpossibleTodd Terje Myggsommer
My hour was one of those unpredictable affairs when I’d just bought a load of music and was playing exclusively from that - a bucket of assorted tracks that were new to me, although not necessarily new new. Big basslines gave way to cosmic chug, and it mostly hung together surprisingly well! Hour 2 was a really fun new mix from Flick C, who recently did a mix for my Funkier Sessions series and has now returned for a radio slot. Big, big tunes in this one - from Jamiroquai to Sophie Ellis-Bextor, pumped up versions of Curtis Mayfield and Michael McDonald and a whole lot more, you’re in for a high energy hour! Big thanks to Flick, check out her Funkier Session here - https://soundcloud.com/evenfunkier/funkier-session-016 and give her a follow here - https://www.instagram.com/djflickc_originalHOUR 1 TRACKLISTJamie Woon - SharpnessThe Chi-Lites - Bottoms UpBelohnungszentrum - Holy GhostJeff Lorber - TropicalCosmo Vitelli - Down the Hatch Feat. Truus de Groot (Cosmo Vitelli Boogie Dub)Silvertooth - Shut Um Down (A Dub From Outer Space)E- Live - Stranger DayzDabeull/Rude Jude/Ferdi - Cosmic FonkZopelar - Astral DynamicsTony Adams - Estou LivreDonny Benet - Le PianoMusk - Dance Dance Dance (Johannes Albert Remix)Club Nowadays, Buddy Sativa - IndomitableSameed - Dusty JazzA Vision of Panorama, Eiko Hara - Shall WeClive From Accounts - Tell MeYazz - Calling 2 U (Anthem Mix)Antares Flare - What's Gonna Kill Me First (XL Regular Remix)Young Pulse - Shake Your Body Down (Beat Street Mix)Cerrone - StripteaseClive From Accounts - Clive by NightLindstrøm - I Feel Space
Most of my hour was taken up by mellow, deep electronic grooves, gradually cranking things up to squeeze in a couple of new bits from me right at the end. Hour 2 was all about my very special guest Mannix, boss of Dafia Records. He’s treated us to a very fine mix of disco, nu-disco and classy, jazzy house vibes, with a few from him and a few nice edits of tracks you should know. Truly lovely stuff!Give him a follow please…https://soundcloud.com/mannixmuzikhttps://www.instagram.com/mannixmuzik/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Fran Deeper - Balearic Vaccine2Jank - Comes Back In The Room3RTSAK - Give It Up (Benedek Remix)4Even Funkier - Shook Up Shook Down5Dirtytwo - Bliss Is The Key6Disclosure - Moonlight Extended Mix7Retromigration - Stop the Presses8Goldred - Never Really LIked You (Kornum Remix)9beatsbyhand, Rona Ray - Say Yes10Piers Kirwan - Ride11FOLD - Doin' Bits Frits Wentink Remix12DJ Fudge feat. Barbie Mak - Something13Chaos In The CBD - Observe14Flaurese - Muscle Tissues15Earth, Wind & Fire - Let Your Feelings Show (Phatduck Remix)16Mark Whites - Take It To The Limit17Ryan Austin - Wimbo (Even Funkier Remix)18The B52s - Love Shack (Even Funkier Edit)MANNIX GUEST MIX01: Jamiroquai-Alright (Pete Le Freq Refreq)02: EMF-Unbelieveable (Mannix & VillaLife Revenge Of The Funk Remix)03: Mannix-Just Believe04: Jay Caruso & Phie Claire-You Know How To Love Me05: Jorge Montiel & Juan Laya feat. Andre Espeut-Universal Flow (Tommy Glasses Remix)06: Gigi Croccante-You Just Wanted To Score07: Hotmood-Funk Party08: Nathan Haines feta. Marlena Shaw-Squire Or Hire (Fouk Instrumental)09: Fimiani-Disco Music (Elado Remix)10: Gold 7-Diamonds (DJ Kawasaki Remix)11: Arnold Jarvis-Special Kind Of Love (Jazz'N'Groove Primetime Mix)12: The Dukes-The Godfather
I kept things bubbling around the 100 BPM mark for quite a while this time, because it felt good… then I picked things up with a little tribute to Sam from Sam & Dave who has sadly left us, a few promos, some disco, a few slightly more banging bits and some jazzy goodness to round things off. My guest this time was Stewart Birch, a wicked producer and DJ from up North. His set is full of big, fun disco and funky tunes, and is very enjoyable indeed. Thanks to Stewart for the mix, give him a follow if you don’t mind - https://soundcloud.com/stewartbirch https://www.instagram.com/stewart_birch/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Charles Wright - Express Yourself [The Reflex Revision]2Don't Tell It - JMMSTR3Lumidee - Never Leave You4Gil Scott-Heron - Shut 'Um Down5Shalvoy - Voodoo In The Back6Delfonic - Take The Heat Rework7DiCE_NZ - Taxi8Rabzooz - The Funk Go Round9Sade - Love U More (Mr Leigh Edit)10The Boogie Man, Sipho Gumede - Jika Jika11Sam And Dave - Soul Sister Brown Sugar12The Trammps - Can We Come Together Joey Negro Philly Dub Excursion13The Types - All You Ever Wanted To Know About Love (FunkyDeps Re-Edit)14Carol Ray Band - Let's Let Our Love Thaw Out15Sgt Slick - Everybody Dance16Josh Ludlow - Ya Late!17Tentendo, R.ICO - Ride18Tech Support - 5 Years19Bralan Arias - life is like jamming20Mellow Man - Jazz Not Jazz21Claude VonStroke feat. Wyatt Marshall - Youngblood Rodriguez Jr. Remix
A deep and slightly moody hour of simmering grooves from me this time, with not much chat to interrupt the flow. The tunes felt strong though, and I had a nice time mixing it. For hour 2 it was over to Kate Knox AKA My Mate Kate, who mixed up a storming, upbeat hour of funky bangers. Lots of fun this one, massive thanks to Kate for the top mix! Give her a follow please - https://www.instagram.com/mymatekatedj/HOUR 1 TRACKLISTMonitor 66 - TriscuitsFolamour - Roue arrière "Rue de la Ré"World Premiere - Share the NightSimon Pagliari - What You Gonna DoFat Freddy's Drop - Ray Ray (Slope Remix)Dam Swindle, Tom Misch - Yes, No, Maybe (Sterac Electronics Remix)Supertaste, Lazywax - Spins (Lazywax Remix)The Silver Rider - Kidden RungParliament - Getting To Know YouDJ Laurel - Hang OnChristine and The Queens - Girlfriend (feat. Dâm Funk)Villes Wax - Jazzy Et SyntheEven Funkier - It Ain't My FaultRhye - The Fall Maurice Fulton RemixGenius Of Time - Love Thang (Genius Of Time Re-Edit)The Stone Roses - Fools GoldCrazy P - SOSGeorge FitzGerald - Full Circle (feat. Boxed In)
My hour was a nice mix of slow ones, funky ones, lesser known ones and banging ones, with a little tribute to the late Quincy Jones to start. For the second hour I handed things over to Pete Lynch from Derry in Ireland for a frankly excellent guest mix - the first half was all slinky, loopy chuggers, picking up to some more lively disco vibes towards the end. Really enjoyed this one! Give Pete a follow and check out some of his other mixes on his Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/djpete1977HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Quincy Jones - The Dude (SLY Edit)2Basement Freaks - Talkin' About Dat (feat. Georges Perin)3Curtis Mayfield - Toot An' Toot An' Toot4Touchsoul - Thinking About U (Discoholic Ken Re-Rub)5Anthony Hamilton - Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens6Daft Punk - Something About Us7The Andromeda Funk Phenomena - Rockin' Chair8XL Middleton - Tingle Down Below9The Gap Band - Shake10Parliament - Funkentelechy11Sho Nuff - Funkasize You12Kzyboost - Mo' better Funk13Fonzi Thornton - I'll Change My Game14Rob Boskamp - It Must Be Love15Paradise - Sizzlin Hot16Atlantic Starr - Stand Up17Glenn Jones - Love Intensity18Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Sanctified Feeling19Valentin Walker - Fonky Sensation20Urban Sound Lab Presents Miss Yankey - One Less (Main Send)21Supershy - Happy Music (Club Edit)
Opened my hour with another new (and free) one from me, then moved through flavours of disco, funk and various other delights- hitting soulful, exotic and jazzy notes along the way. In the second hour I handed over to Kellit for a very special all vinyl set. Kellit is label curator for the fab Disco Exotic, a wicked producer of chunky tunes, a great DJ and a very lovely bloke. His mix is high on the BPMs, full of bumpy, old school sounds and is a lot of fun. Give him a follow, and check out some of his tunes too - https://soundcloud.com/kellit1HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Curtis Mayfield - Tripping Out (Even Funkier Edit)2Chris Grubizna - Feel the Jam3Conway Temple - Love Lights (12 Disco-Funk Extended Mix)4Rumple-Stilts-Skin - I Think I Want To Dance With You5Mystic Merlin - Mr. Magician6Studio Rio - Bill Withers - Lovely Day7James Brown - Stone To The Bone8Johnnie Taylor - Love Is Better In The AM9Giovanni Damico - Tropica (feat. Martina)10Ari Bald - That Lonely Night11Eddie Kendricks - Going Up in Smoke12Philou Louzolo - Royal Booty Funk13Bumper - Take Me To The Dance Floor14Anthony Dunn, James Baron - Female (Ron Basejam Remix)15Solazz - Just Think About16Moodena - Papi Chulo17Emmaculate, Lee Wilson - New Day (Club Mix)
My hour was OK this time, but unhelpfully my decks crashed! Doesn’t happen often but it happened this time, so we had a little bit of awkward silence while I did a quick reboot. I could’ve edited it out but I decided to keep it in… it’s live radio, baby - it is what it is! Once we were back in action these was time for some funk, disco and boogie, a bit of housier stuff and a lovely epic finish. For the second hour I was thrilled to hand proceedings over to Phonk D - talented producer, DJ, label head and owner of a mighty fine moustache. Dirk came to my attention about 6 years ago with his awesome First Choice edit that was being played everywhere for a while, and which I played in the first hour of this show. His mix is a wonderful meander through mellower vibes taking in the likes of Mr Scruff, cranking up the pace a little bit towards the end. A very nice mix it is too!Give Phonk D a follow please…https://www.instagram.com/phonk_d/https://soundcloud.com/phonk-dHOUR 1 TRACKLISTJamiroquai - Too Young to DieIsley Brothers - Take Me To The Next Phase (Parts 1 & 2)The Sequence - Funk You UpSoul Central - The Destroyer (JARC Remix)Goldboy - Stomach FunkE. Live - You Got MeLazywax - Vai NoDon Blackman - Just Can't Stay AwayFreeez - We Got the Juice RemasteredBrame & Hamo - HotshotLoure - Step In_PNJonathan Ulysees & Jet Boot Jack - Young Free And Single (Andy Buchan Remix)Strutt - Take Me To Your Party (Club Mix)Con Funk Shun - Sho' Feels Good To MeLeo Janeiro - MarambaiaFunkky, Mavhungu - Mitodzi (Jimpster Remix)Jack Matter - Feel Like MovinFirst Choice - I Can Show You (Better Than I Can Tell You) [Phonk D Edit]Lindstrøm - Home Tonight (feat. Grace Hall)
I kicked off hour 1 with my new (and free) Etta James edit (grab it here - https://soundcloud.com/evenfunkier/night-people), and also dropped a new one from my good friend Pete Ellison (grab that one here - https://www.traxsource.com/track/12760183/get-down-to-james-brown-original-mix) as I darted through the genres with some vintage funk, hip hop, deep and dusty house and a few disco belters to finish. I then handed over to the talented producer, in demand remixer, co-head of Hot Gorilla records and all round top guy Andy Buchan for the guest mix. Andy takes us on a varied, interesting and sometimes slightly mad journey through his musical mind, with heavy 90s influences but some newer sounds too. Loved this one!Please show Andy some love on the socials, and check out his edits while you’re at it!https://www.instagram.com/andy_buchan/https://soundcloud.com/andy-buchan-0https://soundcloud.com/andy-buchan-editsHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Etta James - Night People (Even Funkier Edit)2Flevans - The Notion (feat. Sweet Laredo)3Light Of The World - Everybody Move4Maze - Back In Stride5Vicki Sue Robinson - Common Thief6The Pharcyde - Soul Flower (Remix)7Leela James - Good Time8XL Middleton - Tingle Down Below9Quincy Jones - The Dude (SLY Edit)10Pleasure - Dance To The Music11El Gato Negro - Caïman12Jarami - Pretty Big House13Pete Ellison - Get Down To James Brown14Brooklyn Baby, Shortcut - Let your Body Move15Leslie Lello - Better Together16Tigerskin - In Public17Motor City Drum Ensemble - Send a Prayer Pt. 218Caserta - What You Need19Crown Heights Affair - Things20You (Young Pulse retouch)21Tata Vega - I Just Keep Thinking About You BabyANDY BUCHAN GUEST MIXChaka Khan - Happiness (Andy Buchan Edit)Jonathan Ulysees + Jet Boot Jack - Young Free And Single (Andy Buchan Remix)Liquid Liquid - Cavern (Dominic Dawson Re-Version)Pump up the Volume (French for Horse Edit)Wiseguys - Ooh La La (Andy Buchan Edit)Django Django & Self Esteem - Complete MePrimal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It (Mele Edit)Bicep - GlueFuture Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (Soul Central Remix)Louie Austen - Hoping (Herbert's High Dub)Bumpmen - Bill MurrayRon Basejam - Flight of the Eisenberg
Episode 142 of Funkier Sounds is dedicated to the memory of Danielle Moore from Crazy P. I played a good few tracks featuring her divine vocals in the first hour, and did my best to put together a set of the sort of deep, sleazy, low-slung disco that Crazy P do so well. For hour 2 it felt like the only right thing to do was to replay the guest mix she did for me earlier this year. I was so thrilled when she finally sent me this mix, and super proud to put it out on my little show. Loads of the songs in it have since made it into my collection - a marker of her impeccable taste, and it’s quite emotional to hear those voice drops she so kindly put in again. Like so many others I’ll really miss her - she’s gone way too soon. But let’s bask in the warm glow of a Danielle Moore DJ set and remember her fondly as a kind soul and a true star. ❤️HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy mix)2Even Funkier - Get On Down3RTSAK - Give It Up (Benedek Remix)4Crazy P - SOS5Situation, Andre Espeut - What Is Going On? (Andromeda Orchestra Remix)6Los Amigos Invisibles - Plastic Woman (Frank Booker Dub)7The Owl - Gettin' On8Belleruche - Reflection (Trus' Me Remix)9Crazy P - The Hit10Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law (Cosmodelica Remix)11Tony Deledda - Electric Deep Funk12Crazy Penis - Give It Up13Crazy P - One True Light14Crazy P - Stop Space Return (Unabombers Vox Mix)15Crazy P - Disc Odyssey16The Paradise - In Love With You (OHYEAH Remix)
In the first hour of this show I played a mixed bag of bits I've downloaded reasonably recently. Still having all sorts of computer issues but I've managed to get them on a USB at least. Nice mix of vibes - some quite chilled and balearic stuff building towards a few soulful house numbers. I didn't manage to get a guest for hour 2, so I thought why don't I do a mix of my own stuff? So that's what I did - there's 23 of my edits, originals, remixes, rejigs and collabs crammed in! I've seen other people play sets of just their own stuff and honestly never thought I'd be in a position to do so, and you know what? It was a whole lot of fun! From some of my earliest experiments to a new release, it's a festival of Funkier!HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Quintus Project - Night Flight2The Pharcyde - Runnin'3Studio Rio - Bill Withers - Lovely Day4Jenny Burton - Bad Habits5Idjut Boys - One For Kenny6Dazion - Eu Ñao Sei7The Brand New Heavies - Stay This Way (The Lunar Dub)8Ric Wilson, Chromeo & A-Trak - Gimmi A Minnit9Andrey Slam - Autumn Jazz10Gratts - Sun Circles feat- Nathan Haines - Mr- Beale (Alex Kassian Remix)11Ashley Beedle & Lay-Far & Darren Morris - Doctor Feelgood12Hector Plimmer - Communication Control13HOSH Feat Ost Kjex - Woohoo14Strutt - Take Me To Your Party (Club Mix)15Maxime Groove - Walk Right Through16Gerardo Frisina - On Again17Emmaculate, Lee Wilson - New Day (Club Mix)18Stephanie Cooke - Love Will (Roots Vocal Mix)19Universal Tongues, Elle, Josh Milan - Open up Your Mind (Honeycomb Vocal Mix)20Rawdio - EnergyEVEN FUNKIER'S GUEST MIX1Even Funkier - Touch My Bumper2Even Funkier - The Funkiest One In Town3Even Funkier - It Ain't My Fault4E9 - Neon Pulse (Even Funkier Remix)5Even Funkier - Long And Slender6C Da Afro - Get Up & Move (Even Funkier Remix)7Even Funkier - Shook Up Shook Down8Hot Chocolate - Every1s a Winner (Even Funkier Edit)9Even Funkier - Really Didn't Jump10Even Funkier - Don't Go Nowhere (Yam Who? Remix)11Breakbot - Shades Of Black (Even Funkier Edit)12Even Funkier- Han Jammer13Even Funkier & Ben-Banjo Field - The Funky One14Silvertwins Of Funk - Sunday Funk (Opolopo Remix, Even Funkier Rejig)15Jessie Ware - Free Yourself (Even Funkier Edit)16Even Funkier - The Groove That Moves17Even Funkier - Real Good Funky Music18Even Funkier - Can't Make Up Your Mind19Even Funkier - Look Of Love In Your Eyes20Even Funkier - This My Shit21Even Funkier - Keep The Tables Turnin22Even Funkier - It's The Rock (Demo)23Lionel Ritchie - Dancing On The Ceiling (Even Funkier Edit)
I started this episode in a bit of a grumpy mood because rekordbox/ Mac issues meant that all of latest downloads that I was so looking forward to playing remained trapped on my Mac and not my USB. But I soon cheered up as I picked out some choice cuts from the 8,000 or so tracks that were on the stick. A mixed bag as always but keeping things more on the disco side of things for a lot of it… …and for good reason, as my guest this time was none other than Tatiana - part of The Disco Express. TDE are one of my favourite labels, and they should be one of your favourite labels too. And Tatiana is an expert selector, who put together a superb mix for your listening pleasure. Tatiana is a London-based DJ, audio producer, and music journalist. Her sound moves smoothly between disco, high-energy italo, and soulful house, all underpinned by funky basslines to keep you moving on the dance floor.She has played the likes of E1, 25 Paul Street, Colour Factory, Night Tales, Oslo Hackney, XOYO, and POW Brixton, and at festivals such as El Dorado, Queen’s Yard Summer Party, Access The Festival, and Brixton Disco Festival, as well as regular gigs in Berlin at venues such as the iconic KitKatClub, Bulbul, Klunkerkranich, and Crack Bellmer. In 2024, she made her Paris debut at Les Bains, and has just returned from playing her first run of gigs in Tokyo in the spring.She is part of the team behind The Disco Express - an East London label & event series renowned for hosting the world’s biggest names in disco. She’s active behind the scenes booking line-ups, managing events, and helping with the day-to-day running of the label.Hue thanks to Tatiana for the mix, you know what to do! https://www.instagram.com/tanya.dudnikova/ https://soundcloud.com/tanya-dudnikova-212647695HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Late Night Workshop feat. Irena H. - How Much I feel (LNW Redux)2DJ Laurel - 4 More3Shola Ama - You're the One I Love (C&J Mix)4Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot5Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo' Praise6The Brothers Johnson - Thunder Thumbs And Lightnin' Licks7The Soul Snatchers - Do You Wanna Get Down8Tasha Thomas - Hot Buttered Boogie9Unlimited Touch - Good Lovin10Bruni Pagan - Fantasy11Voilaaa - Manu Ecoute Ca12TEYMORI - Perspective is Everything Feat.Silentjay13Sweet Fruity Brunch - Paisible Fleuve14Disclosure - Ultimatum (feat. Fatoumata Diawara)15Takao - Mi Mosquito16Hi-Gloss - All Day, All Night17LV Premier - Hooked On This Feelin' (Dimitri From Brooklyn Edit)18Brother Julian - Kay Watt (Disco Mind Records)19Atlantic Starr - (Let's) Rock 'N' Roll
I opened this episode with my new one - the opening track on the forthcoming Summer Sizzlers compilation from The Discography Lessons…. And also played a few more tracks from the comp throughout, interspersed with my usual unpredictable blend of genres. For hour 2 I handed over to DJ and producer Josh Chamberlain from Hertfordshire UK for a tasty house mix. At times spacey, dubby, garagey, deep and techy, and weighing in at a reasonably hefty 128BPM, this ones a good one to lock into and groove. Big thanks to Josh for a lovely mix, and do make sure you say hi to him on the socials… https://www.instagram.com/joshchamberlainn/ https://soundcloud.com/josh-chamberlain-56527649HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Even Funkier - Sax On The Beach2Sébastien Tellier - Venezia (Tiger & Woods Remix)3Bele Boum Bap - Mizik Se Travay Nou4The O'Jays - Give The People What They Want (mikeandtess Edit)5Edwin Birdsong - Goldmine6The Disclosure Project - Halocline7Temu - Funkadophilus & The Brass Operator (An Ode to Bootsy)8Steve Gadd - Together Forever9Commodores - The Bump edit10Ben Jamin - Hold On Me - Hot Gorilla Records11Soul Central - The Destroyer (JARC Remix)12Gil Scott-Heron - Gun13Day Paget - Paradise14Ain't Nobody (Extended Mix)15Ben Banjo Field - Feel Your Touch16Gigi Croccante - Well Pretty Much Get Down Tonite17Mark Whites - For The Vibe18Pete Maude - Sweetest Taboo (do what you feel mix)19Curtis Mayfield - What Is My Woman For?
I was back live on NDC after taking a little Glasto recovery break two weeks ago, and I had a lovely time mixing up funky nuggets old and new. Then in hour 2 I was thrilled to present a guest mix from the man responsible for a good few of my favourite edits of the last few years, DJ Laurel from Warsaw. He’s had releases on a load of excellent labels, and this mix showcased his skill at selecting the best in nu-disco and funky goodness. Really enjoyed this one!Show DJ Laurel some love on the socials…https://www.instagram.com/djlaurel/https://soundcloud.com/dj-laurelHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1TEYMORI - Hunni Feat.Potatohead People2Christian Rich - Neema Neema3Jehan - Jambalaya Avenue4Jank - Diver In The Rough5Peter Palace - Pool Cocktail6Bohannon - Motions7BB & Q Band - Riccochet8G Pantelidis - Retro Boogaloo9Even Funkier - Feel So Good Inside10Knight One - Kiss11Dexter Wansel - Funk Attack12Expression - Release Disco13Soild State - Philly Live Red Rack'em Edit14Paul DaSoul - Brand new love__Hot Gorilla Records15Phunque - Shake (kute juergens remix)16Julius Papp, Lisa Shaw - Way Back (Papp-s Vocal Remix)17Raquel Rodriguez - We Go Together (Joey Negro Groove Style Dub)18Mr. Scruff - Shrimp19Sound Support - The Rock
I didn’t do this one live due to Glastonbury taking over my life once again, but I still found time beforehand to knock up a nice mix of funky bits and bobs. But this one’s all about my guest - one of my favourite producers and someone I’ve had the pleasure of remixing, Solazz! Oscar has put together a treat of a mix - nu-disco but of the highest order, seriously classy stuff. You’re going to want to check this one out! Also be sure to give him a follow - https://soundcloud.com/solazz_beats https://www.instagram.com/solazz_beats/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Lord Echo - Thinking of You2Don Browning - Doctor Boogie3Margo Thunder - Expressway To Your Heart4Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Easily Persuaded5Isley Brothers - Take Me To The Next Phase (Parts 1 & 2)6Tweet - Boogie 2Nite (LP Version)7Dj Laurel - Don't Stop The Music8Positive K - I Got a Man9The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost10Jack District, Marelua - So Pra Te Ver11Pat Thomas - Enye Woa (Extended Intro) Extended Intro12Sandra de Sá - Trem da Central13Con Funk Shun - Confunkshunizeya14Jay Rook - Eme (Yeah Yeah)15Close Counters - Get Down16Fimiani & Angeleri - SessoSpaghetti (Extended Version)17DJ Dashcam - Sexed Up18Franck Roger - I'm Still Waitin19Meco - Other Galactic Funk (SLY Edit)20Taxie - Rock Don't Stop21René & Angela - Wall To Wall Remastered22Sylvester - Doin' It For The Real ThingSOLAZZ GUEST MIX1-Gianni Bini, Alfreda Gerald, Dave Lee ZR - Dancing - Grooving (Dave Lee Z Edit)2-Joi N' Juno - Saga3-Risk Assessment - Like This Like That - (R-A Disconnection Mix)4-Chemars - Secrets (Original Mix)5-Art Of Tones - Odyssey (Art Of Tones Remix)6-SuperPrince - Strong Feeling7-Jkriv - Barefoot Boogie8- Serge Funk - Get Up (Extended Mix)9-Music P, Marque Aurel - Gimme Your Love (Original Mix)10- Paul Johnson - Follow This Beat11-Never Dull - Bonkers (Extended Mix)12-Hotmood - Ya te Olvidé (Original Mix)13- Spiller, Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain-t Love) (Extended Vocal Mix)
I pretty much just did a straight DJ mix this time instead of jumping around the BPMs the whole time like I so often do - worked my way up from a cool 110BPM to a frisky 128BPM to sneak in some joyous UK Garage towards the end.My guest this time was Gavin Macdonagh, otherwise known as Gamadon. Gavin didn’t hold back with his guest appearance, cramming a huge amount into a one hour mix. It’s a high powered affair, with disco, pumping disco house and jacked up funk, and it’s a whole lotta fun! You can find and follow Gamadon in the following places…https://soundcloud.com/gamadonhttps://www.instagram.com/gamadonofficial/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Ross Fitz - I Miss Your Love ('85 Mix)2Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy mix)3William Stuckey - Country People (Flying Mojito Bros Refito)_PN4Djeneba Seck - Nata Furu5Jacques Renault - Get Down6Dusty Springfield - Spooky (Jayl Funk Edit)7Brothers Johnson - Brother Man (SLY Edit)8Sound Support - Europe9Wajatta - Slippin'10Chewy Rubs - Afro Disco11Soft House Company - What U Need12Grey/Hawks - Now I'm Fine13Mindchime - Soul Freedom14Glenn Underground - Urban Ensemble (Original Mix)15David Walters - Soul Tropical (La Fine Equipe Extended Remix)16Rare Essence - Disco Fever17Jhelisa & Sunship - Friendly Pressure (Into The Sunshine Mix)18Mo'Funk/ Roland Clark - Bring TogetherGAMADON GUEST MIX1. Mindbuster - A Little Miracle (Sound Exhibition)2. Da Lukas - Drop The Funk (Disco Juice)3. Da Lukas - Superfood (Groove Culture)4. Serge Funk - Can’t Get Enough (Groove Culture)5. Da Lukas - Music Turns Me On (Groove Culture)6. LaBaron James - One (J&M Music)7. Da Lukas - Satisfy Your Soul (Groove Culture)8. LaBaron James - Sugar And Spice (J&M Music)9. Risk Assessment - Welcome (stereo:type)10. LaBaron James - House Party (J&M Music)11. Risk Assessment - 5 O’Clock in the Morning (stereo:type)12. Mindbuster - Undress Me Now (Sound Exhibition)13. Guy Preston feta. Adrian Crutchfield - Purple Heart (Disco Juice)14. Colourjaxx - Night After Night (Flipsight)15. Gledd & The Funk District - The Rabbit (Editorial)16. LaBaron James - Always Be True (J&M Music)17. Yam Who? & Rikky Disco - Set Me Free (Disco Juice)18. BDK - Thelma (Say Namm)19. Giuseppe Scarano - Feel Da Groove (Disco Disco)20. BDK - Just Begun (Say Namm)
After last fortnight’s special 5th birthday show, I was back with another cracker of a guest mix for you, from Liverpool-based DJ and producer Ben Jamin. Ben’s had releases on loads of labels including Discography Lessons, Discoholics Anonymous and Hot Digits, and is a real master of the slow mo edit. He’s also a brilliant DJ, and has been kind enough to play some of my slower stuff in his mixes. His mix, of course, starts slow at a sub 100BPM simmer and gradually cranks up, moving through a variety of disco, soulful and worldy sounds. A very tasty mix!Show Ben some of that good love please… https://soundcloud.com/ben_jamin_editshttps://www.instagram.com/_benjaminmusicHOUR 1 TRACKLIST2Robby Hunter Band - Que Paso3Boscoe - He Keeps you (Belabouche edit)4Leroy Burgess, The Reflex - Heavenly (The Reflex Revision)5Stages feat. KAMAUU (Natasha Diggs Remix)6Rain (Ourra Remix) Ourra Remix7E. Live - North Star8Riccio - Flute9Rene & Angela - i'll be good (mikeandtess quick edit)10LTJ Edits - Give All11MrFranklin - Love My Favorite Disco12E9 - Neon Pulse (Even Funkier Remix) DEMO13Rare Cuts - I Didn't Take14Queen Dan Kye Remix15Klic - Disco Music (Dicky Trisco Mix)16Joi N'Juno - Saga17G-noF - Montpeull18Luxar - Found A Way19Mike Salta - Hey Moloko20DiCE_NZ - Keep Forgettin' (Club Dub Edit)21V's Edits - So Good InsideBEN JAMIN GUEST MIX1One Day_Pre_Master_012Never Gonna Give You Up (Jura Soundsystem Special Version)3Why Did You Do It (DJ "S" Remix - Extended)4A Rã (James DC edit)João Donato5Street ToughDJ Laurel6Tusk (Shalvoy re-edit)Fleetwood Mac7Jorge Ben - Marinheiro (V4YS Rework)Jorge Ben8George McCrae - Givin’ Back The Feeling (Al Kent)9Alegria (Yuksek remix)Elia y Elizabeth10Estrelar (Monsieur Van Pratt Re Groove)Marcos Valles, Monsieur Van Pratt11Its About Faith (Chuggin Edits) 12ReasonsAndy Buchan
My little show has turned five! Five years ago, just days before my second child was due to be born, I for some reason decided it was a good time to start a radio show. And so that’s what I did - the show was called Funkier Radio and it wasn’t a real radio show, because I prerecorded it and just put it up on Soundcloud. But now it’s live, on a real radio station and has been renamed Funkier Sounds. Over the years I’ve had some brilliant guests including The Reflex, Michael Gray, Danielle Moore, loads of less known but still brilliant DJs and a whole load of my friends, and for this celebratory episode I brought you another very special guest.My guest was Sam Redmore, a DJ and producer who I’ve loved for a few years now. Someone on the more funk & soul side of the sounds I’m into rather than the house and disco side, Sam was the perfect selector to help me mark the fifth birthday. Sam’s mix is brimming with funky delights - funk and soul originals and reworks, some hip hop stuff, some jazzy stuff, some of his own stuff… a fast moving, funky and really enjoyable mix!Big thanks to Sam, and please show him some internet lovin' - https://soundcloud.com/samredmorehttps://www.instagram.com/sam_redmore/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1FMAC - Listen To The Wind Blow (V's edit)2The Allergies - Every Trick In The Book3A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation4Lo Fidelity Allstars - Deep Ellum... (feat. Jaime Liddell)5Rabzooz - The Funk Go Round6Chales Wright - Express Yourself [The Reflex Revision]7XL Middleton - I Can't Get Away8G-noF - Montpeull9Syrup - Sink Mess10Commodores - Brick House11Luxar - Found A Way12Scruscru - Slightly Wiggle13Dele Sosimi - E Go Betta (O'Flynn Re-Edit)14Dr Packer - Taxis in Space15A Skillz ft. Beardyman - Got The Rhythm16Bazuka - Dynomite (SLY Edit)17Finesse - Feel It (Dj ''S'' Remix)18Jack District, Marelua - Essa Menina19Smashed Atoms - Doing It For The Kids20JMMSTR - Me & Myself21Even Funkier - Party On The Move22Tru Tones, Roger Thornhill - Dancing (Roger Thornhill Edit)SAM REDMORE GUEST MIX1. Night Owls - Cramp Your Style (feat. N'Dea Davenport)2. The Mighty Mocambos - Struggle & Triumph3. Leisure Allstars - Get Your Hands In The Air4. Max Sedgley - Happy5. K.C. & The Sunshine Band - I Get Lifted6. Betty Wright - Let Me Be Your Lovemaker7. Carl Carlton - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours8. Dee Edwards - Put Your Love On The Line9. Patrice Rushen - Let There Be Funk (The Reflex Revision)10. Merry Clayton - Grandma's Hands (Scrimshire Get's Merry Re-Edit)11. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady12. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Who Is She And What Is She To You13. DJ Nu-Mark - Hot In Herre (feat. The Traffic)14. The Patchouli Brothers - Wicked One15. Mo Horizons - Tu Fiesta Personal (TM Juke Remix)16. Edwin Starr - I Just Wanna Do My Thing17. Lyn Collins - Rock Me Again & Again18. Sophisticated Ladies - This Ain't Really Love19. Spanky Wilson - You20. The Rebirth - Evil Vibrations21. Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer’s Beat22. Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep (Sam Redmore's Freak Mix)
I started this fortnight’s show with something brand new and unreleased from me, then wobbled around the tempos as usual. Largely kept quiet as I keep getting mic feedback and haven’t been able to sort it out yet. Ended my hour with a nice trio of obscure disco gems up at around 130bpm, in preparation for my guest! My guest was Abby Daze, a multi-genre DJ from London. Abby’s mix went in quick and didn’t let up, keeping the energy high and the mixing fast throughout. But she packed a ton of good stuff into this decidedly peak time set. Massive thanks to Abby, and give her a follow on Insta…https://www.instagram.com/djabbydaze/HOUR 1 TRACKLISTRAH Band - Messages From the Stars (Even Funkier Edit)Howard Johnson & XL Middleton - Can't Get Away From Your Love (Boogie Mix)Toulouse - C'est Toujours Comme Ça L'amour (SLY Edit)Waiting in the Wings (East Coast Love Affair Mix)Bold Parade - Proxy 17Concept Neuf - The Path (Sofrito edit)Mike Salta - Hey MolokoDj Laurel - Don't Stop The MusicBootsy Collins - The Pinocchio TheoryThe Bar-Kays - Holy GhostMelgado & Mena - Ave'w LanmouDames Brown, Waajeed - Glory (Kelly G- Shelter Stomp Club Mix)Dirtytwo - EmbraceBralan Arias - Being AwareLee Wilson - We Chase The Sun (Mirko - Meex Remix)Manuel Kane - Disco Visions (Scruscru Remix)Leon Dahl - Delve In The DellMark Whites - La RumbaFlapjackers, J. Lettow - Magic in Your Eyes (J’s Drivin It Remix)Rare Essence - Disco FeverA Taste Of Honey - Ain't Nothing But A Party (The Last Days Of Pompeii's Get Down Edit)Sweet Cream - I Don't Know What I'd Do (If You Ever Left Me) A Pablo & Shoey Rejig
I had a nice time during my hour, playing a selection of disco and funk oldies, with a few promos in the second hour. Good to be back in business with my laptop fixed and my setup in its new and improved location - excuse a bit of feedback on the mic as i’m still getting everything just right. My guest this time was FunkSupply, a DJ from Portsmouth on the South coast of England. I had the pleasure of meeting him on a dancefloor in East London a couple of weeks back watching Young Pulse, and I can confirm he’s a nice bloke. His mix is nice too - a pulsing, high energy mix of disco and disco house with tracks from the likes of Jamiroquai and Shapeshifters. Big thanks to FunkSupply for supplying the funk for this one, and make sure you check him out on t’interweb…https://soundcloud.com/funksupplyhttps://www.instagram.com/funksupply/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST 1Martin L. Dumas, Jr. - Attitude, Belief and Determination2Stephane Deschezeaux - All Right3Archie Bell & The Drells - Strategy [The Reflex Revision]4Pyrymyd - Shake It Down5Dexter Wansel - Funk Attack6Steve Winwood - Higher Love7Love U More (Mr Leigh Edit)8Sauco - Sunkissed9The Boogie Man, Sipho Gumede - Jika Jika10Gloria Jones - Windstorm11TLC - Creep (Even Funkier Edit)12Omar S - Catch Ya!13Anthony Dunn, James Baron - Female (Ron Basejam Remix)14B1. Sax Francisco [De Gama (Re)Funk-Head]15Essa Menina16Being Aware17Carlo Sine - Nobody Groove - Julian Sanza Remix18Pete Whiteley - If You Get It Right19Shalvoy - Nobody
Episode 130 nearly didn’t happen - a few days after Episode 129 my mac broke in what seemed like a fairly conclusive manner, and I only just got it fixed in time. Had that not happened I could have played the tunes but would have had no way of broadcasting live, so it would’ve had to be a prerecord. In the end the show was able to go ahead as normal, but without any of the usual promos or new bits as I’ve been fully out of action in that regard. But I had fun delving into the depths of my USB to bring you a nice variety of funky goodness, including some African-flavoured beats from my recent Radio 1001 set, some hip hop and lots of the usual funk forward flavours. Then my guest in hour 2 continued the funky goodness. Si Kemp treated us to an hour of divine disco flavours, starting slow and slinky and and not increasing the tempo too much throughout - keeping things nice and classy throughout… just how I like it. A very high quality set, which I hope you enjoy. Please give Si a follow! https://soundcloud.com/sikemphttps://www.instagram.com/sikempdidHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Cheryl Lynn - Encore2Change - Change of Heart (Special Extended Mix)3Edmony Krater - An ba jouk Olivier Portal Playin' 4 The Beach Remix4Bele Boum Bap - Mizik Se Travay Nou5Even Funkier - Moon To Medina6Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Kalakuta Boy (The Reflex Full Vox Revision)7Saltywax - Onye Manya8T.V. Scene - Tony Johns Version9112, Notorious Big - Only You10Ill Advised - Fame11HOLDTight - Late Night Flight12RLP - Do You Believe That Love Will Never Do Without You?13Teri DeSario - Baby I Don't Want Your Love14Michael The Lion - 909s And Herb Feat. Sammy Bananas15E. Live - Flotational Device16Andy Buchan - Far Beyond (Basement Edit)17Mighty Funk'Houser - Nathaniel's Groove18Bumper - Take Me To The Dance Floor19Anthony Dunn, James Baron - Female (Ron Basejam Remix)20Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die (Pete Le Freq Refreq)21Grouplove - Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix)SI KEMP GUEST MIX1. Seph Martin - Dance [Original Mix]2. Nebraska - Keep On Keepin’ On3. Luvless - We Need To4. D.C. LaRue - Do You Want The Real Thing? [Ron Basejam’s Main Rub]5. Saltywax - Good Thing Going6. DJ “S” - U7. Nina Hagen - New York New York [Sid Morales English Re-Edit Mix]8. Dr Packer - Phantasy9. Dave Mathmos - Encore Une Histoire D’Amour10. Hot Toddy, Karen Harding - So Good To Me [Extended Mix]11. Bernardo Pinheiro - Steps Out [Space Odyssey Mix]12. High Inergy - It Was You Babe [Young Pulse Rework]
The guest mix was a bit longer this time so my bit was shorter than usual, but I still found time to cram in a ton of the good stuff. Then it was over to my guest for an hour and 12 of top notch tunes. My guest this time was Ravy, a DJ from Bangalore, India. He’s played parties for Dynamite Disco Club supporting the likes of Moodena, and his mix is a lovely journey through high quality house and disco house flavours, with a nice afro twist towards the end. Show Ravy some support…https://soundcloud.com/ravy_krnhttps://www.instagram.com/ravy.krn/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST#Track Title1Groovemasta - Your Love2Vagabundo Club Social - Mr. Mista3Bralan Arias - Jazzy Chato4Carlo Sine - Nobody Groove - Julian Sanza Remix5J-Felix - Future (Are We Living-) feat. Sol Goodman6Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String7Fred Simon - Island Of Magic (feat. Amalia)8Jonny Tobin - Sunrise9Take Control (Demo)10Larry Williams - The Resurrection Of Funk11Secret Squirrels #3 - Track A12Bold Parade - Proxy 1713Sameed - Ode To G (Better Listen Records)14Saraba - Barlia (Kulandjagnho)15K.O.G - Ebenezer Aroop Roy Remix16Michael Henderson - Riding
This one’s all about the guest mix really so I won’t talk too much about my hour, except that I premiered a new edit that I’m quite pleased with and which will be out soon! Anyway, on to that guest mix. Bit of a special one that has been in the works for ages and I wasn’t sure would ever happen… but here it is! It’s my massive honour to bring you an exclusive guest mix from none other than Danielle Moore of Crazy P. Crazy P are one of my absolute favourite acts, and they’ve been doing the business for literally decades now. They’re one of the world’s most in demand disco outfits… although with their unique take on the sound, calling them ‘disco’ is doing them a bit of a disservice. I’ve had the privilege of witnessing them do their thing a couple of times and they put on a hell of a show, led by Danielle’s wonderful voice and stage presence.I was totally trying my luck when I reached out to Danielle on Instagram to ask for a mix, but bless her she replied, she’s absolutely lovely, we’ve been chatting a bit and she sent me this monster of a mix. Full of the sort of deep, low slung, after hours disco that Crazy P are known for, it’s an absolutely impeccable selection, ending on a Crazy P classic. Possibly the biggest guest I’ve had on my show to date, and definitely one of the finest mixes ever to grace my little show. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did!
I went in at a high tempo for this episode, slowed things right down then built it back up - all in the course of 40 minutes. It was a shorter set for me this time, because my guest mix was an hour and 20. Doing the honours this time was Chris Allen AKA Mr Feel Good. His mix is bloody brilliant - a wide ranging trip with influences of disco, house, funk, hip hop, pop, jacking and a whole lot more. Wonderful stuff!https://www.mixcloud.com/chris-allen50/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1MJ Cole / Elizabeth Troy - Crazy Love2BDK - Love Vibration3Even Funkier - Billy's Secret (Demo)4Shalvoy - You-re Not My Man5Patrick Cowley - Primitive World (Hifi Sean Mix)6Tour Maubourg, Ismael Ndir - Opening Theme7Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness - Gonna Get Your Love8Kaidi Tatham - Two Tens Madam9Dabeull - DX7 (feat. Holybrune)10Raoul Denis Jr - Ti Gason (Fe Respew')11Tony Madrid - Groove Machine12Orange Tree Edits - Litmus Groove (Jimmy Rouge Edit)13Azah Kamal - Maadna Bkra (Moving Still Tjade Edit)14Lefti - Feel So Good15Wolffman, Phat Baker - Never Too Much (Extended Version)MR FEEL GOOD GUEST MIXSpeedometer - no turning back (the reflex revision)Omar s - catch yaSameed- ode to gKen@work - movinEven funkier - ride is rightA skillz - poppa soulKaytranda - lite spotsAroop Roy - told meCoflo - be good to meFrits wentink - bodox003 a1Dj ciderman - summer grooveJoe Cuba - siempre sere solo para (Cody currie quick club edit)Bellaire - sunset ballard (moodena remix)Johnick - hold me tightDoc link - groove with youQubiko - disco connectionMakam - good to youMahogany - ride on the rhythm (Michael gray remix)Whitney vs moloko - love will sing it backMicheal gray - the one
Episode 126 was another enjoyable one - I had a lovely time in hour one, mixing up all sorts of weirdness. Decided to start slow-ish and build up rather than jump around the BPM, so we go from moody Afro influences up to pumping disco, with a couple of brand spanking new bits from me in there. Quite smooth mixing from me for once, except at one point I hit the wrong button and completely stopped the music… but I don’t think anyone noticed! Hour 2 was bloody good! We were treated to an hour of disco delights from Loughborough-based party starting duo DiscoJam. True to their name, this was a wonderfully put together and expertly mixed journey through disco and nu-disco sounds with a great mix of favourites, lesser-known cuts and a few surprises. Well worth a listen, and if you find yourself near Loughborough you should probably get yourself down to one of their parties! https://www.instagram.com/discojam.lboro/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Ebo Taylor - Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara (Chillum Trio Afrobass Flip)2Beatconductor - Marrakech3Haute Pression - Pil Ou Face4Soulkitchen Cookin' Crew - Space Princess5Fatnotronic & In Flagranti - Botoque6Supertaste, Lazywax - Spins (Lazywax Remix)7George Clinton - Do Fries Go With That Shake (Know What I'm Sayin' remix/Explicit)8Dam-Funk, Ekkah - What's Up9B The Family - Just Want To Love Ya10Discotron - Slicker Than Your Average11Rose Royce - R.R. Express12Mighty Funk'Houser - Nathaniel's Groove13De Gama - E.T.A.14The Souljazz Orchestra - Sky High15Moodena - Who Got The Keys16The Whispers - Imagination (Even Funkier Edit)17Cuillere - Mucho Love184NEY & Jesusdapnk - It Can't Wait (Deepmore Remix)19Even Funkier - Han Jammer (Demo V2)20The Satum - Emotion
Show two of 2024 felt like a good one. My selection was mainly oldish stuff, taking in vintage funk and disco, filthy basement club vibes, garage, hip hop, house, a little balearic tangent and a couple of new bits from myself.In hour two it was my great pleasure to welcome Rose Corps on to the show. Rose’s mix is wonderfully eclectic, which is exactly what I try to make my show - so her mix fitted in beautifully. It’s one of those lovely mixes where you never know what’s around the corner, every track’s a surprise. Less worrying about genre… more vibe!HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Tina Winson - Pacific Dream (Boogietraxx Summer Bug Edit)2Mood Tree - This Doesn't Feel Right3Saucy Lady - Why4Kano - Can't Hold Back (Even Funkier Edit)_PN5Bananarama - Long Train Running6Cloudburst - I'm Loving You7Same Thing (That Makes You Laugh Will Make You Cry)8The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By9DJ Pippi, Willie Graff, Charlotte C. - Piel a Piel Extended Mix10Eddie C - Love Journey11Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames)12Isaac Hayes - Fever13B.T. Express - Energy to Burn14Jan Janssen - Don't Waste My Time15Even Funkier - Look Of Love In Your Eyes_PN16TJR - Just Gets Better (feat. Xavier)17Champagne Bubble - Got 2 Work18Jitwam - Something to Say (Anthony Nicholson Music Box Extended Mix)_PN19Tiptoes - Somebody20Hiast - In Your Soul21Jet Boot Jack - Breakdance On The StreetROSE CORPS GUEST MIXWestcoast Goddess - Party Lights Cosmonection - Big SurSteve Winwood - Night TrainDango Reatk - Chill BabeCaptain Sky - Moon Child (Dave Lee Edit)B.B. and Band - Say That AgainKim Anh - House of VirgoPatrick Cowley - Primitive World (HiFiSean Dub)Sy Sez feat. Phoenix P - Falling (Sebb Junior Remix)Blake Reyes - La Bella PrimaveraJohannes Albert - Tausendmal Du (J.A. Edit) DJ City - Padam (English Version)
Kicking off 2024 with a full two hours of me, since the guest mix I had planned didn’t arrive in time. So it was me for hour 1 with a selection of stuff I’ve recently added to my collection, then me again in hour 2 with a mix I did for Empire Radio a couple of months back on a mostly afro-inspired, jazzy tip. Hope you enjoy!HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Mr- Fingers - What About This Love- (Dub Version)2Status IV - Lovin' You3Kaytranada - What You Need4Y. Gershovsky - Funky Strut (Brother Julian Edit)5Alexny - Fonky Junior6Knoe1 - Do-s - Don-ts (Instrumental Mix)7The Family's Jam Feat. Zoubida Mebarki & Bona Bones - Smile8E. Live - North Star9Evelyn "Champagne" King - If You Want My Lovin'10First Choice - Can't Play Around (Mike Maurro Mix)11Nick Straker - Turn Me Down12Underground System - Looking In (Clive From Accounts Remix)13The Souljazz Orchestra - Sky High14DySoul Brothers, Aaron K- Gray, MicFreak - God Made Me Funky (MicFreak Remix)15XX Edits - How Does It Feel16Jungle - Candle Flame (Opolopo Remix)17Giman & Chic_Ago - Burn18HoldTight - Afrodisiaaa19Africanism, Liquid People - Love Is the AnswerHOUR 2 TRACKLISTEbo Taylor - Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara (Chillum Trio Afrobass Flip)Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Che Che Cole (Makossa)Woolfy - AEROPLANE (Dub Dub Mix)Edmony Krater - An ba jouk (Olivier Portal Playin' 4 The Beach Remix)Karl Hector, Nicolas Tounga - Ngunga Yeti Fofa (The Joaquin Joe Claussell's Electric Afrika Version)Even Funkier - Moon To MedinaKen@Work - Sowetto GrooveMajuscule - Revision A (Black Coco)General Ehi Duncan, The Africa Army Express - Africa (My No- 1) (Captain Planet Remix)Yta Jourias - Adome Nyueto (Bosq Edit)Mokoomba - Nzara HapanaLeo Janeiro - MarambaiaGAYANCE, Judith Little D - Moon Rising (10 Years)Sirhan - Le FluteMishal Moore - Oh Lord (Kenny Dope Remix)Patrice Scott - SoulfoodContra D - STMQusok - KahinaFrits Wentink - Double ManScruscru - Fiesta 24/7SMTHNG SMTIME, Megatronic, Edseven - Luck (With You)Dan Be, Bernardo Mota - Makes Me Happy
This first hour of this episode was about two things - firstly the Discoholics Anonymous 4 compilation, that I’m featuring on alongside a load of amazing producers. I played my track and some of the other, much better tracks on there. The second focus was celebrating the music of the late, great Amp Fiddler, who we sadly lost recently. His tracks have been regulars in my shows and mixes, and I played three of his funkiest in this episode as a little tribute. RIP, you funky soul.In hour 2 I handed over to Fray Bentos, a DJ and producer who I’ve been following for a while. He’s released on loads of labels that I’ve been on like Hot Gorilla, Discoholics Anonymous and Hot Digits, and always brings the funky vibes. He’s proved that in style here with an excellent mix - starting slow and moving through the gears very nicely. It’s mostly classic funk vibes, but with a bit of a disco-tastic finish. I bloody loved it! Click heart icons on the following pages please - https://www.instagram.com/fraybentos1972/https://soundcloud.com/fray-bentosHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Amp Fiddler - Slippin on Ya Pimpin (feat. Dames Brown) [Situation Remix] Situation Remix2Harvey Mason - Till You Take My Love3Mayer Hawthorne - Out of Pocket4V's Edits - So Good Inside5DiCE_NZ - Keep Forgettin' (Club Dub Edit)6Cybil Bennett - La Calladita (Even Funkier Remix)7Gene Harris - As8Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler - What It Is9GMGN - A Little Bit10Bodie Lee - Wonder Boogie11Even Funkier - Werk It Out12Carol Ray Band - Let's Let Our Love Thaw Out13Atlantic Starr - (Let's) Rock 'N' Roll14Moodymann, Amp Fiddler - Taken Away15C. Da Afro - Dazzle Disco16Praise Cats - Shine on me Jack (Funky Ganesh 2021 REtouch Edit)17Lionel Ritchie - Dancing On The Ceiling (Even Funkier Edit)
Took my time this episode, mixing in 23 mostly old tunes over the course of an hour and a quarter. Finished with some nice hidden disco gems. My guest this time was Guy Mitchell, who also goes by the name The Funky Soul Guy. His 45 minute guest mix showed us why - a fast moving stomp through some very nicely mixed disco house belters. Big thanks to Guy, and please give him a follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/guymitchelldj/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Manuel Costela - Catching Up Ur Smile2Situation - Let's Dance3Kornum - Don't Go Away4Drop Out Orchestra - Tunga Stenar (Monsieur Van Pratt Remix)5Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die (Pete Le Freq Refreq)6Tarantulaz - Stop The World7Hanna - Shimmer8HOLDTight - Late Night Flight9RLP - Do You Believe That Love Will Never Do Without You?10112, Notorious Big - Only You11Erykah Badu - Appletree12FF Edits - Do For Love13DJ Laurel - 4 More14The Gimmicks - Visst är du kär15Pete Whiteley - Superfly16Grey And Hanks - Dancin' (Joshua Mooney Edit)17Mystic Jungle - Get Down On It18Mahogany - My Chance To Dance19Kwick - Split Decision20The Bar Kays - Boogie Body Land (SLY Edit)21Persnickety All Stars - One Hundred & Nine22Eloise Whitaker - Don't turn your back on love (SLY Edit)23Jakob Mäder - Plugin Party
Started this one at a quick old tempo to cram in a few new bits from me, then took things down, then up, then down again - for that is the Funkier sounds way. All sorts of genres covered too… for that is the Funkeir Sounds way! Anyway, hour 2 was a lovely treat - I welcomed Ben Adams AKA GMGN. UK born but based out in Boston these days, I’ve been a fan of Ben’s mixes and productions for a while now. He was the guest when I stood in for Pete Ellison’s Friday lunchtime show a while back and his mix was a proper journey, and that’s what prompted me to ask him to be on my show. Well, he’s delivered another fantastic journey, starting things off slow and slinky, moving through the funky gears, even sneaking in one of mine along the way. Show Ben some considerable love - https://www.instagram.com/gmgndjs/https://soundcloud.com/gmgndjsHOUR 1 TRACKLISTEven Funkier - Shiny Love Life (available here - https://www.traxsource.com/track/11563642/shiny-love-life-original-mix)O'Bryan - I'm FreakyShook - HotlineEven Funkier - Mariah's Booty (free download here - https://soundcloud.com/evenfunkier/mariahs-booty)Spookey - Friends (sddp) edit)Reel People, Angie Stone - Don’t Stop The Music (Art Of Tones Modern Disco Mix)Change - Love 4 LoveAverage White Band - A Love of Your Own (Juan Chousa & Kanike Remix)I Gemin - Private LifeHDC - I got the groove (DiCE_NZ's Stole Tha Groove Rmx)FF Edits - Sweet Lovin (Quick Edit)Manzel - Space FunkRisk Assessment, Sebb Junior - Hurt Me (Sebb Junior Club Mix)Tony Humphries - Work Is Work (Her Wet Shoes TV)Soulmain - BailoteoBosq & Kaleta - Meji MejiApparel Wax - MINI002ADayton - Krackity-KrackHerb Alpert - RisePastor T.L. Barrett And The Youth For Christ Choir - Nobody Knows (OOFT! Edit)GMGN GUEST MIXGlass Candy - Geto BoysBen Jamin - NapoliGMGN & Opey Tha Poet - We Got NowPhenomenal Handclap Band - Let Out On The Loose (Danny Krivit Edit)Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson - For Real (LTJ Xperience Edit)Raw-Artes - Where's WaldoJay Airiness - My Funky FlipRose Royce - What You Waitin' For (Young Pulse Retouch)Linda Clifford - Don't Give Up (Cheap Charly Men Edit)Extras - Haven't Been Funked Enough (The Reflex Edit)Rayko - Dance (Original Mix)Pays Bass - I Feel Good (Disco Mix)Even Funkier - Sneakin', Freakin'Groovy Kds - Get Down (Original Mix)Secret Soul - Dancin' (Original Mix)Butch le Butch - Take You By Surprise
My hour in this episode was mostly made up of stuff I’ve recently downloaded. I love these episodes because you never know where they’re going to go next, and there were plenty of twists and turns as I flipped through the genres and gradually cranked up the pace.Hour two was a high energy affair, with a mighty fine guest mix from Matthew Marshall, AKA Marshall (UK). Matt brought us some high grade disco, french touch and jackin’ for an hour of big, bold and tasty beats. Show Marshall some love if you will - https://soundcloud.com/marshall2017https://www.instagram.com/marshall_uk_black_riot_records/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Afrodesia - Desert Storm2XL Middleton - Love When It Comes Down To It3Parliament - Unfunky UFO4Those Guys From Athens - Human5Even Funkier - Touch My Bumper6Moon B - Anything7Crackazat - Do You Think About Me8Alex Blex - Nice move, Peter- (Yuksek Remix)9Saucy Lady - Why10Lord Funk - Sexy Body11Rudi'Kastic - Mama Said12Nebraska, Part 1 - A Weekend On My Own (Time Has Come (Part 1))13Polo & Pan X Red Axes - Mumia (Polo & Pan Remix)14Manuel Kane, Mo-Cream - Nightvision (Mo-Cream Remix)15T-Markakis, Demarkus Lewis - The Record (Demarkus Lewis Remix)16Tom Jones - Venus (Sam Shelley Funky Breaks Edit)17Sunlightsquare, Atjazz - Oyelo (Atjazz Love Soul Remix)18Risk Assessment, Sebb Junior - Hurt Me (Sebb Junior Club Mix)19Luis Radio - Reaching Out20Roy Of The Ravers - EmotiniumMARSHALL (UK) GUEST MIXMarshall (UK)'s Guest Mix (Even Funkier Radio Show) Nov 2023T.Markakis & Drago - Darkest Hours (Large Music)Dave Leatherman, Bruce Nolan & HP Vince - Loads Of Love (2nd Time Around)Dim Zach - Touch Me (Electric Friends Music)Magnolia Ft Elliot Chapman - Deep Inside My Soul (Disco Express)Ten City - That's The Way Love Is (Soul Avengerz Extended Mix)(Ultra Records)Dave Kurtis - Bang In You (Original Mix)(Tasty Recordings)Vaudafunk - Promenade (Frappé Records)Light Boy - Step Back (Untidy Trax)Moon Rocket, Corrado Rizza, Black Connection - Give Me Rhythm (Full Mix Extended)(Moon Rocket Music)Kano - I'm Ready (Mousse T's Extended Club Remix)(Fulltime Production)Da Lukas & Suki Soul - Ain't Coming Down (Midnight Riot)
Excuse a couple of technical gremlins in the first bit of this show, happens to the best of us. Anyway, once I got the mic sorted I was up and running with a slightly rebranded show - now called Funkier Sounds. I was all over the place in my bit of the show, covering obscure disco, red hot edits, soulful house, weird funky bits, and since our guest mix this time was only 45 mins I used my extra 15 mins to simmer down with some divine slow jams. The guest mix was totally worth waiting for though, as I was lucky enough to bring you a mix from one of the best DJs in London at the moment, Sarahtonin. I’ve seen Sarah a couple of times warming things up expertly for Low Life, and I’ll be seeing her again on Saturday. Her mix was short but very sweet - starting with African vibes and working up through chugging, percussive rare disco and wonderful versions of slightly familiar tunes.Big thanks to Sarah - give her a big friendly follow please!https://soundcloud.com/sarahtonindjhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahtonin_dj/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1The Joubert Singers - Stand on the Word 2Electric Soul - Here Come One3Soulkitchen Cookin' Crew - Space Princess4Tony Johns - Kocaine5Ronaldo Reseda - E Novamente Mas Que Nada (OOFT! Edit)6RobJamWeb - A Disco In Detroit7Nina Simone - See-Line Woman (Mr. Mendel Edit)8Meco - Other Galactic Funk (SLY Edit)9Nina Dunn - If You Want My Love (Do It)10Fray Bentos - Get It Any Time11Alex Fernet & Leslie Lello - Dump Funk12Ezel, Rona Ray - History Repeating13Blaze - Breathe14Jasper Street Company - Reach (Kenny Carpenter & Dimitri From Paris Churchapella - flep soulful edition)15Riva Starr - How It Feels16Block & Crown - I've Been Changed17A Taste Of Honey - Ain't Nothing But A Party (The Last Days Of Pompeii's Get Down Edit)18Rare Silk - Storm19Savannah Cristina - What You Wont Do20O'Bryan - Doin Alright 21The Valentine Brothers - Just Let Me Be Close to You22Tavares - Bad Times
Just me on my own this time, as I didn’t get anyone to do the guest mix in time. I was mixing live for the first hour, then I handed over to… well, myself, for a mix that I recorded a few weeks back for a competition. I didn’t win, but I didn’t want it to go unheard by the rest of the world so it seemed a good opportunity to get it out there. Lots of older music across both hours, but a new one from me as well in hour 1. Big thanks to me for an average guest mix! If you’d like to do a better job of a mix then please get in touch - I’m always on the lookout for talented, funky DJs!Give me some love on Instagram if you’re that way inclined - https://instagram.com/evenfunkierHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Matt Huges - DX Dreaming2LeBron - Just Horizons3Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star [The Reflex Revision]4Dusty Springfield - Baby Blue5Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Edit)6George Clinton - Booty Body Ready For The Plush Funk7Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady8Dolos - Night So Right9Con Funk Shun - Confunkshunizeya10Twin Sun - Rejoice11Lazywax - Vai No12Easy Going - Do It Again13Situation - Let's Dance14Even Funkier - Shook Up Shook Down15Delegation - What Took You So Long (Loshmi Edit)16Fouk - Aldo Raine17Yannick Roberts - Desalniettemin18Brian Power - Optimistic Feat (Michael Gray Remix)EVEN FUNKIER GUEST MIX1Silk - Midnight Dancer2Paradise - Sizzlin Hot3Sylvester - All I Need4Coeo - What's Going On5Michael Wycoff - You've Got It Coming6Kwick - Split Decision7Parliament - Getten' To Know You (Young Pulse Retouch)8Elaine & Ellen - Fill Me Up (Bendix Mihle FixMix)9Mothers Favorite Child, Saeeda Wright - Purple Funk (Opolopo Remix)10E. Live - Last Dance11Fred Simon - Don't Go Under (feat. Moniquea)12E. Live - Last Dance13Addict Disc - Wz14Crackazat - I'm Easy (Crackazat Mana's Dub)15Jaegerossa - Richards Gear16Brooklyn Baby, Shortcut - Let your Body Move17Dirty Channels - Make You Cry18St Germain - Rose Roughe19Adam Nova - Freaky Lights20East Coast Love Affair - Confrontations21Black Ivory - Big Apple Rock22Kinsman Dazz - Cant Get Enough23Pure Energy - Party On
I bloody enjoyed this episode! As usual I crammed in a few promos alongside the eclectic mix in hour 1. In a departure from my usual ways, I slowed things right down in the last 15 mins… to make way for my guest this fortnight, J-Felix, who started his guest mix with a generous slab of hip hop. I saw J-Felix DJ earlier this summer at a day festival in Crystal Palace Park which was headlined by Sister Sledge. I really enjoyed listening to his eclectic, funky selections in the sunshine, so decided to invite him on for a guest mix.He’s put together a wonderful mix that would suit a sunny day. It’s mostly hip hop, and that’s just fine with me. But the pace picks up in the second half - still some hip hop flavours, but some boogie funk and the like too. A bit different to many of the guest mixes I’ve had on recently, but all the better for it.Don’t forget to give J-Felix a follow on the usual platforms, and check out his project The Mint Experiment! https://soundcloud.com/j-felixhttps://www.instagram.com/jfelixmusicuk/https://open.spotify.com/artist/4C0wCCOXzZcOvdwdg4x8I4?si=Ouz6juhdTSKJfrUBycqUyQHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Los Danieles_Gallos de medianoche (Ilya Santana Balearic version)2Dee Edwards - Put Your Love On The Line (OOFT! 2021 Edit)3Young Pulse - Got To Be A Shame4The Fatback Band - I Found Love5Take Control (Demo)6Saltywax - Ride On7Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep (Sam Redmore Mix)8Crackazat - Fire Drift9Benjamin Long - African Summer10Gee Lane - Neon Beach11CHEWY RUBS - LOVE HILLS12Funkybeat - Never Go Back13Bauhouse - Make Me Feel So Good14Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose15Erykah Badu - Appletree16A.D.O.R. - One For The Trouble17112, Notorious Big - Only You18Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
Back live on NDC for this episode after my holidays, and started off fast paced with my new vinyl release that’s out on Moiss Music now. I soon slowed things back down for some slinky and funky grooves, then picked it back up to bring you brand new music from Discoholics Anonymous, Lisztomania… and an exclusive copy of the first ever edit from last fortnight’s guest - The Funk Assassin!
The second hour featured a guest mix from London based DJ Dan Cluskey, who has very kindly put together a lovely mix of disco and house vibes. Dan is a passionate music lover who I keep bumping intoin places like Sushi Samba and Gala Festival, and he’s a bit of a Kerri Chandler superfan. Surprisingly there’s no Kerri in this mix, but lots of smooth uptempo funky vibes from the likes of Dave Lee and Jamie 3:26.
Dan’s recently launched an event in London which is excellently named Disco Sauce - https://www.instagram.com/discosaucemusic/
Also give Dan a follow please - https://www.instagram.com/dancluskeydj/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Even Funkier - Dance With Your Feet 2 Daisuke Miyamoto - Lucifer 3 Harry Romero - Revolt (Extended Mix) 4 Sylvester - All I Need 5 Ben Jamin - Handle 6 James Brown - Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing 7 Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke 8 Silk - Midnight Dancer 9 Laura Branigan - Self Control (The Funk Assassin's Out Of Control Edit) 10 Kokomo - Feelin' Good (SLY Edit) 11 Parliament - Getten' To Know You (Young Pulse Retouch) 12 Fray Bentos - Dance 4 Love [Discoholics Anonymous Recordings] 13 Jaegerossa - Richards Gear 14 Full Intention - Sky's the Limit 15 Justnique - Tinder_PN 16 Borka & The Gang - We Move 17 Mirko & Meex - Mine (Club Mix) 18 Joi N'Juno - Mamayeho (Extended Mix)
DAN CLUSKEY GUEST MIX
1 Light Star (COEO Edit) COEO (Razor N Tape) 2 Give Me Your Love (Dave Lee Edit) - Luke Delite, Michelle Weeks, (The Disco Express) 3 I Appreciate (Disco Edit) - Nick The Record 4 Earl Montana - Jamie 3:26, Danou P (3:26 Records) 5 Record Business - Tiptoes Tapes (SlothBoogie) 6 Century - DJ Meme (Big Love) 7 Remedy feat. Steve Monite (JKriv Disco Dub) - Flamingo Pier (Razor N Tape) 8 Love Vibration - BDK (Say Namm 001) 9 Come On Dance, Dance (Dave Lee Disco Mix) - Saturday Night Band 10 Can't Stop Dancing (feat. Nomi Ruiz) - Eli Escobar (Classic Music Company)
This one was a cheeky prerecord when it went out on NDC, as I was away on my holidays! Started things off pretty banging this time, then slowed down, then sped back up. A few new bits from me in there too. In the second hour I handed over proceedings to The Funk Assassin, who gives us a lovely funky mix featuring Cerrone, Alan Dixon, Folamour, Purple Disco Machine and more. Tasty vibes! Please show him some love as per usual guys - he has his own show called The Word Is Love, which is well worth a listen…https://soundcloud.com/thefunkassassinhttps://www.instagram.com/the_funk_assassinHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down in the Basement2Even Funkier - if the music is good (Demo)3Justnique - This Feeling4Will Sonic - Distant Reflection5Even Funkier - Dance With Your Feet6Jamiroquai - Love Foolosophy7LS Movement Band - Move8Space Ranger - Galactic Spice9Psychic Mirrors - The Bells of Saint Christopher10Moloko - Fun for Me11Syrup - Connection12Fonzi Thornton - I'll Change My Game13Simplex Motive Feat. Charlie Sputnik - Tell Ya14Dave Kurtis - Grooftop15Nightcall (Shalvoy Remix)16Hotmood - Who Make This Funk17GhostMasters & Junior Miller - Very Supersticious (Extended Mix)18Tustin Jimberlake - Bexysack (Even Funkier Edit)19Dexter Jones - Space Sister
Oooh, this episode was a fun one. For the first hour I started slow and picked up the pace in chunks, getting rather damn funky for a while. The second half hour was almost all new promos, with some rather delicious selections… but never going above 120BPM.
In hour 2 I was thrilled to welcome Nova Funk back to the Funkier Radio controls. Nova Funk guested on my show a few years back under a different name, shortly after I recorded a mix for their series. That mix was one of the first guest mixes I ever did, and it meant a great deal to me back then. The Nova Funk mix series is still ongoing with occasional mixes, and well worth a listen as there are some brilliant, unique selectors in there. The consistent high quality makes it one of my favourite mix series to this day.
This time Dan’s treated us to some of his favourite Disco House selections. But not that big, brash, sometimes a bit stupid sort of disco house - these are refined cuts, true to the Nova Funk ethos of offering something a bit classy. But he still builds things up nicely into a mix that bangs in the last 20 minutes or so (with a lovely little surprise for me in the last track!). A wonderful addition to the Funkier Radio series!
I highly recommend checking out Nova Funk if you haven’t already done so… https://soundcloud.com/nova-funk https://www.instagram.com/nova_funkmusic/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST 1 Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire [The Reflex Revision] 2 The J.B.'s - Use Me (SLY Edit) 3 A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again 4 Cameo - I'll Be With You 5 78 Edits - Get Down Baby 6 Synthesiz - Serious Funk 7 E. Live - Got Me Good 8 Dunn & Bruce Street - Shout For Joy 9 Dexter Wansel - Disco Lights 10 Sentimental Animals - Sammy 11 Charanga '76 No Nos Pararan 12 Tony Johns - Whatadub 13 Chewy Rubs - Getting Serious 14 Punky Wash - I Wish 15 Funky Gangster - Deeper Luv 16 Paul Parsons - Inside Out 17 Addict Disc - Wz 18 Fray Bentos - Get It Any Time
In the second hour of this fortnight’s show it was my pleasure to welcome Jade Edwards, a talented young DJ from Liverpool. I met Jade recently when DJing up in Manchester for the Good Custard lads. Jade was on just before me and really impressed me with her tune selection, mixing skills and energy behind the decks. I just had to invite her on for a mix, and we’re treated to a fantastic hour of high energy belters.
Huge thanks to Jade, be sure to show her some love! https://soundcloud.com/jade-edwardss https://www.instagram.com/jadedwards.dj/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Jank - Comes Back In The Room 2 DJ Laurel - Hang On 3 Fingerman - Burnin' Sanders 4 George Clinton - Knee Deep (Deep As A Mutha Funker remix) 5 Times Square - You're Hot 6 James Brown - People Get Up & Drive Your Funky Soul (SLY Edit) 7 Ben Jamin - Extra Extra 8 Loose Ends - A Little Spice 9 Eboni Band - Sing a Happy Song (Shake It Down) 10 Felipe Avelar - Funky Lowdown 11 Chewy Rubs - Get Going 12 Pete Whiteley - Maybe 13 The Players Association - Turn The Music Up! 14 Brooklyn Baby, Shortcut - Let your Body Move 15 Ben & Sadar - Electronic Frequencies 16 Scruscru - Fiesta 24/7 17 Dan Be, Bernardo Mota - Makes Me Happy
I was pleased to be able to drop a few of my newly finished, as yet unsigned creations in this show, been a bit of a quiet patch on the production front for a while so it’s nice to get some stuff finished at last. Widely changing BPMs once again in my hour, plus a little technical hitch near the end that I partially edited out. My guest for the second hour was DJ E9. E9 is a versatile producer and DJ based in Frankfurt, Germany. He is resident at several radio stations across UK and Europe, playing Funky, Jazzy, and Deep House, and his latest release hit the Beatport Top 100 Melodic House Charts earlier this year. Stephan has treated us to a ‘Gnarly House’ special, full of pumping tunes and housey reworks of familiar tunes. Big thanks to E9, and as usual do show our guest some love! https://soundcloud.com/dje9 HOUR 1 TRACKLIST 1 Even Funkier - we can make it work DEMO 2 Carl Carlton - Sexy Lady (DJ Fudge Edit) 3 Sweetest Taboo (do what you feel mix) 4 Akeem Raphael - Funky Prince 5 Karl Hector, Nicolas Tounga - Ngunga Yeti Fofa (The Joaquin Joe Claussell's Electric Afrika Version) 6 Anderson .Paak - Lockdown 7 Rabzooz - The Funk Go Round 8 Don't Tell It - JMMSTR 9 Rain (Rayko re-edit) 10 Shalvoy - Voodoo In The Back 11 Side Effect - Keep That Same Old Feeling 12 Pepe Kalle, Nyboma - Nina 13 Even Funkier - shiny love life DEMO 14 CHANEY - Like a Woman 15 Even Funkier - if the music is good DEMO V2 16 Leo Zero - The Room 17 Qubiko, Miki Sax - Levante 18 Igor Gonya, Borka & The Gang, We Are Neurotic Feat. Cael Dadian - Woz 19 Dam Swindle, Lorenz Rhode - Music for Clubs feat- Lorenz Rhode
Between me and my guest we covered a pleasing 42 tracks in two hours on this episode, with 20 quick fire bangers from me in the first 60 minutes - leaning heavily on some stuff I’ve downloaded very recently but spanning the ages as usual.
My guest this time comes from Rotterdam. Lenzz is a Dutch DJ who has his own long-running show Lenzzie’s Nu-Grooves. He’s been a frequent supporter of my tracks - something that I’m really grateful for. And what’s more he’s really impressed me with his recent guest mix appearances on other shows I like such as Feel Good Fridays, Disco Waltons Sunday Service and Spin City. He also happens to be a lovely guy who I had the pleasure of meeting at ADE last year. So I just had to invite him on the show, and he’s impressed once again with a whirlwind selection of no fewer than 22 very fine funky tunes, including a couple of mine and an edit from him! This one’s a real treat.
Show Lenzz some love and check out his show - https://soundcloud.com/lenzz
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Blondie - Rapture (Luxxury Edit) 2 Planet Jumper - This Could Always Be the End of Things 3 Chuck Brown - Funky Stuff (SLY Edit) 4 Luxar - Found A Way 5 Even Funkier - So Precious 6 One Way - Cutie Pie Album Version 7 Phil Gerus - Don't You Know I Need You 8 Greg Phillinganes - Only You 9 Francky Vincent - Déconstipation 10 Woolfy - AEROPLANE (Dub Dub Mix) 11 JKriv - JKriv - Barefoot Boogie 12 Jack Matter - Peanut Butter 13 Delfonic - Hanging Tough 14 Grey And Hanks - Dancin' (Joshua Mooney Edit) 15 Chewy Rubs & North Laine - Games In The Street 16 Brooklyn Baby, Shortcut - Let your Body Move 17 HP Vince - Hey Boy Hey Girl 18 Small Talk - Loves The Way 19 Frits Wentink - Double Man 20 Ben Banjo Field - The Church Of Funk
LENZZ GUEST MIX
Brother Julian - Kay Watt Javaroo - Javaroo (LNG Edit) Kermit - The Funker Mijangos (Disco Incorporated Remix) Jo Paciello - The Big Sun (DanRos Remix) Luis Radio - Unity De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Sebb Junior Edit) Punky Wash - Jolies Songes Mothers Favorite Child - Purple Funk (Opolopo Remix) Akeem Raphael - Funky Prince Solazz - Lover's Boogie (Even Funkier Remix) Q-Burn's Abstract Message - Mess of Afros (Glenn Underground Remix) Le Babar - Good Time Tonight (Rafael Yapudjian, Herbert Medeiros Extended Remix) Lego Edit - P-Man Sourires - Pampasosa (De Gama Re-Groove) Big Moses - Brighter Days (Jerome Sydenham Remix) Even Funkier - Dance Off, Bro Melchyor A - Get It (Melchyor A's Touch Version) Nadyne Rush - Scratchy (Musta Remix) Angelos - Cuba Libre (Mijangos Afro Latino Remix) Musta - El matador Matalo! - Abeja Shit Hot Soundsystem - Woah (Da Gama Re-Built)
The usual mix of oldies and newsies in the first hour, working up to some new bits that have found their way into my collection. No chat this week due to technical issues, so none of my voice ruining the excellent tracks for once.
It was my pleasure to hand things over to Lyle Sutherland for the second hour. Lyle is, like myself, on the line up for Westival later this summer, and it’s going to be excellent! I’m truly excited to be a small part of what really does look like an amazing little festival with a whole load of top talent. I strongly suggest checking it out and maybe grabbing a ticket - https://www.westival.wales/.
Lyle’s put together an excellent mix for us, lots of nice, funky sounds drawing on some eclectic sources. Please show him some love! https://soundcloud.com/sutherland1995
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Maribou State featuring Holly Walker - Midas 2 ClubDisco - Jaboatao 3 Dexter Wansel - Life On Mars 4 Brother To Brother - Chance With You (Pete Le Freq Refreq) 5 Tina Winson - Pacific Dream (Boogietraxx Summer Bug Edit) 6 Jehan - Pop Corn 7 Future (Are We Living-) feat. Sol Goodman 8 Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String 9 Take Control (Demo)_PN 10 Chewy Rubs - Ruff Beats 11 Bill Loko, Rampa, -ME - Nen Lambo (Rampa vs -ME Edit) 12 Jan Janssen - The Day After Saturday 13 Adri Block & Paul Parsons - Love To See You Dancin 14 Maffa and Cap - Freedom (Maffa and Cap re-touch mix) 15 J Paul Getto - Stop Messin' with My Love 16 Claude VonStroke feat. Wyatt Marshall - Youngblood Rodriguez Jr. Remix 17 B&S Concept - Don't Know How 18 Alan Dixon - Night Time Melodies (Kiko Navarro Those Days Remix)
Twenty fine tunes from across the decades, genres and BPMs crammed into hour 1 this time, then I hand things over to Brighton-based DJ and producer Dean Playford AKA Eldeanyo for a high energy hour 2. Big tunes, pumping basslines and some nice housed up versions of lovely tunes. Show Dean some love won’tcha - https://www.instagram.com/dj.eldeanyohttps://soundcloud.com/dean-playford-215229103HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop (Joey Negro London Bus Stop Mix)2Sartorial - Brick Work Jazz3Ken@Work - Disco Jazz4Maseratay feat. Charli James5Adam Chini feat. Zackey Force Funk - Boomerang6Con Funk Shun - Confunkshuniz7Jank - Floating8Ross Fitz - Stormy Weather9DJ Steef - Power Station10BACHEBO - Funky Willy Master11KID - Don't Stop (Pete Le Freq Refreq)12Sven Wegner - Can't Take My Soul13I Gemin - Can't Fight This Feeling14Secret Squirrels #9 - Side A15Conan Liquid - Get Up (SP1200 Mix)16Dexter Jones - Space Sister17Mafikizolo - Loot18Bárbara Boeing - Baile Do Silêncio19We Are Neurotic - Touch Your Body20JisCo DaZz - Body VibesELDEANYO GUEST MIX1Ivan Kay - Django 2KeeQ - Such A Loneliness 3Adrian Hour - That's It 4AndThen - Work It 5Soulvation - POW 6Eldeanyo - Give You Up 7Armand Van Helden & Mark Knight - Down To Earth8 Bellecour x Honey & Badger - All Night 9Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Wh0 Remix)10Kokiri - Hot Damn! 11Cavi - F The Disco (Javi Bora & Hatiras Remix)12Local Singles - Keep On Makin' Me Hot (Extended Mix)13Per QX - Change Of Mind (Kid Massive Remix)14 Mark Knight & Armand Van Helden - The Music Began To Play 15Alterboy & Zoo District - Feeling Alright (Illyus & Barrientos Extended Remix)16Rogerseventytwo - Take Me Higher (Original Mix)
The first hour featured two new tracks from me, plus dope sounds from Fingerman, Pete Ellison, Scruscru, Bootsy Collins and a load more. Hour two was all about Schoon Jr., a London-based DJ who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a couple of times recently. Frenchman Julien is the UK ambassador of theBasement Discos - one of the finest labels around, and you can catch him spinning tunes all around the capital and beyond. He’s put together this very tasty and lovingly crated mix of funky grooves on the housier side of things with a bit of Whitney, a bit of Teddy Pendergrass, a bit of Bob Sinclar and lots more. Massive thanks to Julien for an excellent mix, and keep an eye out for lots more from him and theBasement Discos over 2023… you might even catch me spinning alongside him in the next few weeks! https://www.instagram.com/schoonjr/https://www.facebook.com/schoonjr/https://soundcloud.com/schoonjrhttps://www.tiktok.com/@schoonjrHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Hanna - I Needed2Brooklyn Baby - For the Soul3Even Funkier - This My Shit4Marina Trench, Hugo LX - Ose5David Penn, Kevin McKay - Hallelujah (Sebb Junior Extended Remix)6Even Funkier - Take Control (Demo)7Pete Ellison - Pounds and Pences8One Way - Cutie Pie9Bootsy Collins - Bootzilla10Scruscru, S-Timoshenko - It's True11Fingerman - Just B U12SAULT - Let Me Go13L-Aroye - Be the One14Underground System, Yuksek - Desnuda (Yuksek Remix)15Ezirk - Booty Shays16Lee McDonald - I’ll Do Anything For You (Patchworks Remix)
I covered lots of ground in hour one, with some slow smooth balearic grooves, classic soulful cuts, boogie funk, some weirdness, some global beats and two brand new bubblers from myself. Hour 2 was a real treat, with a wonderful guest mix from Jamie Oyebode, co-founder of The Soulstice Collective, who spins under the alias Jamie Joy. The Soulstice Collective is an amazing movement that uses music and the arts as a force for good via a festival, events series and online creative platform. Bloody love what these guys are doing, and I bloody love this mix too - a nice varied selection of global and afro-tinged sounds building to something housier and a bit more jacking, but always with soul and positive feeling.Huge thanks to Jamie for the mix, and do make sure you check out the awesome stuff that The Soulstice Collective are up to, including a day party at The Colour Factory in Hackney on 20th May where you’ll find me on the dance floor, plus a festival in September.https://www.thesoulsticecollective.org/https://www.instagram.com/the_soulstice_collective/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Processman & Cady - Adupe2Tech Support - The Quiet Room3Even Funkier - Feel So Good Inside (Demo)4The O'Jays - Give The People What They Want5Sauco - Sunkissed6DiCE_NZ - Taxi7Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window (Tommy Glasses Funky Remix)8Lucy Pearl - Don't Mess With My Man9Even Funkier - Take Control (Demo)10The Doobie Bothers - Listen To The Music11SubeloJavi ft Elive - Nocturno12Retiree - Altruisme (Harvey Sutherland Remix)13Saraba - Barlia (Kulandjagnho)14The O'Jays - Put Our Heads Together15CF Cyberpunk - Le French Templeflitzer [Short Instrumental Mix]16Paul Parsons - Where Is The Love17DJ Dashcam - Shaken18Honey Dijon, Annette Bowen, Nikki-O - Downtown (Louie Vega Extended Raw Dub Mix)19Sebb Junior - The Tribute
A funky assortment from me in hour 1 with the usual selection of new and old, fast and slow, groovy and groovier… a couple of new bits from myself in the first hour too, and as an added bonus I had some tech issues so there’s not much of me talking!Hour 2 is all about Niall Martin, creator of top London night Disco Jukebox, who I’m thrilled to have on the show. This up and coming London DJ Niall Martin puts his own spin on high energy dance classics. His sets are firmly rooted in the sounds of dance floors from the last 50 years but with an eclectic pop sensibility. Largely inspired by 70's disco, 90's and 00's house anthems, electroclash, mash up DJ's and pop icons. As well as championing new DJs/producers and digging deep to find records you definitely need to hear!Niall currently runs a weekly night "Disco Jukebox" at late night East London queer venue, Village 512, a night which celebrates the best in Disco/ House. With a monthly spin off at Egg Launching on May 6th.You can also check out a new mix of his on Apple Music, through the Pete Tong Academy - from Wednesday 12th April.Big thanks to Niall for the sweet mix! You can find more here…https://soundcloud.com/user43645954https://www.instagram.com/nialmartin/https://www.instagram.com/disco_jukebox/HOUR 1 TRACKLISTJank - Comes Back In The RoomSolazz - Lovers Boogie (Even Funkier Remix)Dexter Wansel - Disco LightsE. Live - Got Me GoodXL Middleton - Love When It Comes Down To ItThose Guys From Athens - HumanBasement Freaks - Talkin' About Dat (feat. Georges Perin)Curtis Mayfield - Toot An' Toot An' TootNatalie Cole - Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)DJ Duckcomb - Night Giver (DC Edit)Paul Older - 7 Days - 7 NightsJeff Swiff - Left Of DetroitApparel Wax - 006BEven Funkier & Ben-Banjo Field - The Funky OneYvonne Brown - Goin' Down (FunkyDeps Re-Edit)Anthem (disco back mix) SF BootyEbo Taylor, Pat Thomas - Eye Nyam Nam -A- Mensuro (Henrik Schwarz Blend)NIALL MARTIN GUEST MIXDiana Ross - Love Hangover (Eric Kupper Remix) Chilly - For Your Love (Todd Terje re-edit)Black Hawkes of Panama, Bisi (UK) - In DeepBeyonce, Madonna - Break My Soul (THE QUEENS Remix)Eddie Amador - House Music (Message Mix)Moloko - Sing It Back (Mousse T.'s Feel Love Mix)BDK - All I Want (Original Mix)Timothy Craig - Come On Get It (Bootleg)Jean Aubergine, Dave Lee, Amy Douglas - Disco Numberwang (Jean's Extended Numberwang)David Penn - Yeah YeahGeorge Michael - Flawless (Go to the City) [Shapeshifters Remix]Philly Beats - Voulez VousScissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous (Paper Faces Vocal Mix)
Lots of lovely tracks stuffed into the first hour, with some funky oldies in the first half and an increasingly fast paced second half, culminating in a couple of new bits from myself right up at about 130 BPM. In the second hour it was my immense pleasure to welcome along the lovely Pedro from Lisbon with an excellently funky hour of tunes. Pedro came to the rescue when my planned guest let me down, and he came through in style with this excellent mix in no time at all - legend! Pedro’s a disco connoisseur based down in the South West of England, can be found spreading a little happiness behind the decks in beach bars in Devon in the summer months, and has a load of lovely mixes on Soundcloud which I suggest you check out - https://soundcloud.com/pedro_from_lisbonHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Even Funkier - Shook Up Shook Down (Demo)2Delegation - What Took You So Long (Loshmi Edit)3Jamiroquai - Starchild4Shook - Hold Tight5Freddie James - Dance to the Beat6Ike White - Love and Affection (JR.Dynamites Killer Funky Break Edit)7Trouble Funk - Get Down With Your Get Down8Martha Wash - Carry On (Original Mix)9Natasha Kitty Katt - Edgarr10Ezirk - Funky Farts11Javi Frias - Disco Fever12Igor Gonya - Beyond Retrieve [Gonya Entertainment]13Secret Soul Society - Needy14Federation X, Grant Nelson, Mousse T - The Groovers Track15Bunny Mack - Let Me Love You (DJ Gregory Pepsi Dub)16Bugsy - Sick And Tired (Dirty Channels Remix)17Think Positive [Joey Negro Agora Dub Mix]18Made It Back (Booker T Night Time Dub)19Jessie Ware - Pearls (Even Funkier Edit)20Even Funkier - Werk On It (v2 Demo)PEDRO FROM LISBON GUEST MIXLOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - MIDNIGHT GROOVE (DAVE GERRARD MASHEDIT)LUTHER VANDROSS - A BETTER LOVEJAMIROQUAI -BLOW YOUR MIND (DJ XS EDIT)BEE GEES - INSIDE & OUT (PONTCHARTRAIN EDIT)S.O.S. BAND - B GOOD 2 ME (FINGERMAN'S VIP CLASSIC EDIT)JKRIV - DOWN SLOWLOVELACE - SINGING FOR MONEYCAMEO - WORD UP (PETE ELLISON FUNKY REMIX)GRANDMASTER FLASH & MELLE MEL - WHITE LINES (DON'T DO IT)DONNA ALLEN - SERIOUS (FINGERMAN EDIT)JANET JACKSON - WHEN I THINK OF YOU (DJ SON EDIT)SHARON REDD - YOU GOT MY LOVE (SLY EDIT)SOUL TRAIN GANG - ST '76 (SLY EDIT)
I crammed twenty tracks into the first hour of this episode, swinging wildly around the BPMs as usual with some promos, some oldies and a bit of hip hop. In hour 2 I was pleased to welcome Burnout Sumner from Berlin for a beautifully eclectic guest mix…For the past ten years Norman (DJ alias Burnout Sumner, a nod to one of his all-time heroes) has been a vital part of Berlin’s music scene, mainly as a blogger, music journalist, via a communication agency focussed on artists and also as a passionate attendee of clubs and gigs. Over the course of this time he got himself a huge collection of tunes and records and his alter ego Burnout Sumner is his attempt to share it with the world and celebrate the life-affirming communal power of the dancefloor.His mixes are always up for surprises and notoriously take genre-hopping detours where oldschool tracks can exist right next to brand new ones as well as underground goodies are officially allowed to hold hands with all-time classic hits. For Burnout Sumner, a good DJ set always calls for a few proper pop moments to resonate with the audience. As a curator he’s open to all sorts of genres, as DJ he’s mostly focussing on soulful house music and retro-driven 90s rave vibes, he also shares a deep love for other grooving genres from funk to hi-energy.Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/burnout-sumnerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/messy_norman/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/burnoutsumner/Website + Regular Mailout: https://messcalledmusic.com/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Crazy P - Stop Space Return (Unabombers Vox Mix)2Shalvoy - Had Enough3Daft Punk-Too Long (Solazz Rework)4Chemars - Funky As Hell5Thelma Houston - All Of That (Away Team Club Mix)6112, Notorious Big - Only You7Mauro Vecchi - Fly Down8Rose Royce - Get Up Off Your Fat (SLY Edit)9Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Easily Persuaded10De La Soul - Say No Go11Act 1 - Tom The Peeper12Jafunk - Dazed13Even Funkier - Say The Word14FF Edits - Sweet Lovin (Quick Edit)15JKriv - JKriv - Barefoot Boogie16Crackazat - Fire Drift17Decent Rides - Back On The Floor (Henrik Villard Remix)18Spookey - Friends (LCD Edit)19Jet Boot Jack - This Is Fire!20Maryag - Dance With MeBURNOUT SUMNER GUEST MIX01. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & Zantoda MK III - Let's Be Happy (Disco Mix)02. Voilaaa feat. Sir Jean - Spies Are Watching Me03. Altin Gün - Doktor Civanim04. Cher - Take Me Home (12'' Version)05. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (Dimitri from Paris DJ Friendly Classic Re-Edit)06. Everything But The Girl - Corcovado (Knee Deep Remix - Ben Watt Vocal Re-Edit)07. Aerobica - Sex In Heaven08. Cerrone - Funk Makossa (feat. Manu Dibango) [Todd Edwards Remix]09. Robbie Williams - Last Days Of Disco (Still Going Dub)10. Gwen McCrae - It Keeps On Raining (Bachteen Re-Edit)11. Elia Y Elizabeth - Alegria (Yuksek Remix)12. Gary's Gang - Do It At The Disco (Alkalino Re-Edit)13. The Brothers Johnson - Caught Up (Loshmi Edit)14. Norma Jean Bell - I'm The Baddest Bitch (Moodymann Mix)
For my hour I started slow and wound things up to some ferocious disco towards the end, finishing on a work in progress demo from myself. In hour two Late Night disco delivered a super smooth hour of funky grooves, a real treat for your ears! Late Night Disco is a DJ duo based in Hackney, London. For the past 8 years, they have been filling dance floors up and down the country, bringing their love for disco and feel-good funk-filled edits whilst supporting headline acts such as Dave Lee, Dr Packer & Dimitri from Paris.Check 'em out here! https://www.instagram.com/lndisco/https://www.facebook.com/LNDiscohttps://soundcloud.com/latenightdiscohttps://www.mixcloud.com/latenightdisco/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Lord Echo - Thinking of You2Patrice Rushen & DiCE - Hang it up (DiCE re-rub)3Dayton - Krackity-Krack4Some People5XL Middleton - What She Sounds Like6Nature Zone - Porcupine7INXS - Need You Tonight (Pete Ellison funky remix)8Situation - Let's Dance9Voilaaa - Manu Ecoute Ca10Stargaze - You Can't Have It (Mark Whites Re-Groove)11DJ Laurel - Pull My Strings12Ken@Work - Disko Afriko13Willy DeVille - Demasiado Corazon (Juano Tur Edit)14Ben Jamin - The Feel Of Love15Kellit - Ao Ao Ao16Ebo Taylor - Come Along (Aguava Edit)17Luke Delite - Fire Of Desire18O'Flynn - Swiss Sensation19Will Sonic - Distant Reflection20Harvey Lowe - Call The Deputy21 Even Funkier - Werk On It (demo)
My fortnightly foray into the depths of my music collection with a choice selection of sounds from across the genres, decades and BPMs. And it was my pleasure to welcome on Dez La Rock with a sumptuous love-themed guest mix, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Big thanks to Des! https://soundcloud.com/dezlarockHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Raw DMX, Greg Wilson - Do It To The Funk (Greg Wilson Re-Edit)2JKriv - Down Slow3The Bar-Kays - Sexomatic4Rumple-Stilts-Skin - I Think I Want To Dance With You5A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (radio version)6Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsam7Fat Joe - What's Luv? (feat. Ja-Rule & Ashanti) Explicit8XL Middleton - Gentched Up9George Duke - Son Of Reach For It10Fray Bentos - Lets Go Disco11Voilaaa - Assia (feat. Pat Kalla)12Rokk - Patience13Block & Crown, Paul Parsons - That Boogie Track (Club Mix)14Funk Hunk - Dancer15Faze Action, Zeke Manyika - Sununguka16Peter Herbolzheimer - Feedback brother (Belabouche edit)17Risk Assessment - Lovin' You18Harvey Lowe - Destination Disco19Even Funkier - U&I20Torill - Over And Over
My show has turned 100 episodes old! That's 100 hours of me gibbering away over my favourite tracks, and 100 guest mixes covering the whole funky spectrum. Episode 100 continued this trend - lots of my current and former faves in the first hour, then an absolutely sublime mix from one of the best DJs out there, Delfonic from Berlin. Markus' mix is a very classy affair, laden with lots of his own edits and unreleased material. Unmissable! https://soundcloud.com/delfonic for more of Delfonic's magic!HOUR 1 - Even Funkier1Incubus - Summer Romance (Anti Gravity Love Song)2The Last Minister - Don't Be So Fool3HNG2GTHR (Chuggin Edits)4Higgins - Step On5Erykah Badu - Apl Tree (DSO Edit)6Don Blackman - Just Can't Stay Away7Bill Withers - It Ain't Because of Me Baby8Buscrates - Evergreen (feat- Tony Ozier)9Kleeer - Tonight10The Family's Jam - Big Fun11Jayl Funk - Dynamite Funk12Lup Ino - Easy Life13Ezirk - Juicy Juice14Funkadelic - Undisco Kidd (Gay Marvine edit)15Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better16Even Funkier & Ben-Banjo Field - The Funky One (Demo)17Sammy Deuce - You Gotta Dance (Vince's Nu Disco Mix)18Do It Ray Mang Instrumental Mix19Doin' Bits Frits Wentink Remix20Praia (Yuksek Remix)HOUR 2 - DelfonicUnderground Ministries feat. Kenny Bobien - I Shall Not Be Moved (Dj Meme Special Reprise)P Everett - Heat (Delfonic rework)Michael Sardaby - Welcome New Warmth_(Delfonic rework)Los Hermanos - Soul Saver "Another Day"Steve "Silk" Hurley - The Word Is Love (Silk's Anthem Of Life Mix)Workin' Happily - Better Things (Workin Dub)Kenny Bobien - Rise Above The StormNick Holder - No More Dating DJs (John Ciafone Vocal Mix)Mood II Swing - Call Me (DJ Duke's Moody Dub)Delfonic - Disco JungleMouzon´s Electric Band - Everybody Get Down (Delfonic rework)Chilly - For Your Love (delfonic edit)
Episode 99 went out live on NDC radio on 16th Jan 2023. Usual business from me in the first hour, including something brand spanking new from myself and Ben-Banjo Field. I welcomed on Space Jams for this fortnight's guest mix, and he's delivered a lovely mix of eclectic funky vibes. Make sure you check out the excellent Space Jams Radio - https://soundcloud.com/spacejamsofficialHOUR 1 - EVEN FUNKIERChaka Khan - Clouds (OOFT! Smoove Reprise)Change - you are my melody (mikeandtess edit 4 friends)Kraak & Smaak feat. John Turrell - Back Again Hot Toddy RemixAlexny - JangoHerb Lee River Junction - Get up & Dance Don't Want No Party Poo-Pershere (Serge Gamesbourg Edit)Tensnake - Rules (Phil Gerus Noir Mix)Cody Currie - Apollo 11Incredible Bongo Band - Okey DokeyBetty Davis - Bottom Of The BarrelJames Brown - ThinkThink (Synth Boogie CMAN Edit)Conan Liquid - Get Up (SP1200 Mix)Da Lukas - Brand New Funky DaysFlaurese - Muscle TissuesEven Funkier & Ben-Banjo Field - The Funky One (Demo)Sirhan - Le FluteSteve Mill, Lorenz Rhode - Love Attack (Lorenz Rhode Remix)Serge Funk - Yeah YeahMark Whites - Reach For The SkySPACE JAMS GUEST MIXSouth West Seven - If You WantJungle - Beat 54 (Krystal Klear 12' Mix)Bloc & Crown & Sean Finn - Human Nature (Feat. Ray Patrone)Buzz Compass - Live With YouThe SOS Band - Just Get Ready (Michael Gray Edit)MF Robots - The Night is Calling (The Reflex Edit)Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (Pete Le Freq Refreq)Mylo - In My ArmsLup Ino - Coming To YaKraak & Smaak feat. Iso FitzRoy (Aeroplane Remix)The Live Band - A Chance For HopeSleazy McQueen & Terry Grant - DaikayaChewy Rubs - Muffin Business Dub TingMoogy Bee - Saturday SambaSuperDrug - Street JazzMathew Ferness - Light It Up (Craftmanship Remix)Magou - Sample DreamPat Lok - Lasting LuvViGI - Dusk
A couple of days into 2023 and I’m back with more Funkier Radio sounds for your ears! Just because I can, I start the tempo quick on this one before dropping things down to a more comfortable pace. There’s the usual mix of new and old, with a couple of brand new bits from me - one edit and one remix… both of which I’m pretty pleased with. For hour 2 I welcome the very talented Lev for a guest mix. Lev caught my ear recently with a fantastic guest mix for my good friend Nathan Simpson’s DayDream Disco, and I was thrilled when she agreed to do a mix for my show. She didn’t disappoint as this mix is brilliant, starting off with lots of lovely boogie sounds and moving into some sublime lesser known disco, exactly the sort of high quality stuff that I love. Her tune selection and mixing style is impeccable - huge thanks to Lev for a stunning mix!I highly recommend you check out Lev’s show on Balamii, and you can catch her DJing around London too. https://www.instagram.com/levdj_/https://soundcloud.com/levdeejayHOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Uptown Funk Empire - Walkin' Like the Ginger2K-O-G, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - No Way (Poirier Remix)3Husko, AP - I Can't Shake This Feeling (Extended Mix)4Even Funkier - It's The Rock (Demo)5Kassian - Off World Vehicles6T Connection - Funky Lady7Thundercat - Them Changes (Ezel Remix)8Boogymann - Shake It On Down9Chris Grubizna - Feel the Jam10Amp Fiddler - Funk Is Here to Stay11Clay Hunt - Keep Me On Fire12Don Blackman - Just Can't Stay Away13Erykah Badu - Apl Tree (DSO Edit)14King Mutapa - Gimme That Funk15C Da Afro - Get Up & Move (Even Funkier Remix)16Ruth 'Silky' Waters - Everybody Loves a Good Funk (The Reflex Revision)17Guizz - Orgánico18Tilman - Don't Wanna Hear It19Demuir - Luvin' To Nothing
On this episode I showcased some of the goodness that's recently come out on the fabulous Discoholics Anonymous 3 compilations. I mixed in a few other edits and oldies in between too, and kept things reasonably chilled for the most part. Picked the pace up a bit before the end of my hour with a new tune from myself. For the second hour I handed things over to my mate Kaz, AKA Miss Chief. Her set was high energy as her sets always are, filled with jackin house and housed up funky disco edits. Truly lovely vibes, I think she smashed this one! Big ups and respect to Kaz not only for a great mix but also for being a top person despite having a bit of a shitty year. Look forward to seeing you again soon dear! Don't forget to give Miss Chief a follow to check out some of her other mixes... https://soundcloud.com/misschief1I'll be back in January with more fantastic guest mixes. Have a lovely Christmas you funky people!HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Pookie Knights - As Good As It Gets2Touchsoul Thinking About U (Discoholic Ken Re-Rub)3XL Middleton - Where We About To Take It (Salvation)4Quincy Jones - The Dude (SLY Edit)5Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff6Ezirk - Beautiful Day7FF Edits - Nightfly (Yacht Re-Edit)8The Gap Band - Disrespect9P-Funk All Stars - Pumpin' It Up Album Version10KNG EDITS - Got To Get Original Mix11Ferdinand Debeaufort - Yeah! Some more12LTJ Edits - Give All13Disco Lust- Funky feeling14Sylvester - Tell Me (OOFT! Edit)15Chewy Rubs - The Gamble16The Magic Track - Hotspot17Even Funkier - A Fraction Of Your Love18Corrado Alunni - Feel the Fantasy
This episode saw me mixing up my usual blend of genres, tempos and eras, with disco, funk, house and sleazy boogie all making an appearance. Lighter on the promos this fortnight as I’ve not had a chance to download the latest goodies, but one forthcoming tune from me in the mix. In the second hour I was incredibly excited to welcome a member of one of my favourite bands of all time, Derrick McKenzie. As Jamiroquai’s drummer he’s laid down the backing of some of the funkiest tracks ever recorded, and if that wasn’t enough he’s also a brilliant DJ and producer. I’ve been lucky enough to meet him a couple of times too and he’s a thoroughly lovely guy, and I’m thrilled that I’ve managed to talk him into doing a guest mix for my show! It’s a funky affair, filled with beautiful soulful house and funky nu-disco vibes. Big ups to Derrick for the brilliant mix!Follow the man himself here...https://soundcloud.com/macca-d-1https://www.instagram.com/degzy99/HOUR 1 TRACKLIST1Jamiroquai - Funktion2North End - Kind Of Life, Kind Of Love (PBR Streetgang Re-Version)3Kapote - Pump It Edit4Even Funkier - A Fraction Of Your Love5Mascott - Toy6Rabzooz - The Funk Go Round7Kinny - Back Street Lust (Azaxx Remix)8Don't Tell It - JMMSTR9Kelenkye Band - Jungle Music10Amp Fiddler - Superficial11Disclosure - Moonligh12 Kornum - Don't Go Away13Da Lukas - Be Freak (Da Lukas Re-Disco)14Max Graef - Pedro15Jehan - Jambalaya Avenue16Thelma Houston - You Used to Hold Me So Tight (Pete Le Freq Refreq)17The Andy Tolman Cartel - You What?18Lux Experience - Freak Mouse19LUP INO - Out Of Control
I was having so much fun playing some tunes in this episode that I only realised right near the end of the first hour that I’d totally forgotten to press record! So the hour you hear here is a faithful recreation of the hour that went out live on NDC. Whoops! The most annoying thing is that it’s not the first time I’ve done that. It was a fun first hour though, starting with some slow jams, picking up to mid tempo, a few fast paced belters then back down into comfortable territory for the last 20. A couple of new bits from me in there as well.
In hour 2 I was very pleased to hand things over to twin DJs Hansel & Gretel for the Guest Mix. Hannah and Greta are based in Norwich but can often be found behind the decks in clubs and bars around London. I’ve been following their adventures on Instagram for a while and have had the pleasure of chatting to them a little bit, and they’re lovely, positive people who love their music and are going places. This set is fast paced, house based and full of deep and techy yet funky grooves - I loved it!
Huge thanks to Hannah and Greta for the wonderful mix, please show them some love on the socials...
https://www.instagram.com/hanselgreteldj/ https://soundcloud.com/gverkerk
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 DJ “S” - Groove On 2 Ben Jamin - Dance - Hot Gorilla Records 3 Honey White & The Night Man - All Night's Alright 4 The Crusaders - My Lady 5 LTJ Edits - B1. Give All (Mr. Man EP) 6 The Family's Jam - Big Fun 7 The Soul Snatchers - Do You Wanna Get Down 8 Ferdinand Debeaufort - Like The First Time 9 Lup Ino - Easy Life 10 Munich Machine - Funk Train (Billy Idle's Edit) 11 Even Funkier - Dance With Your Feet (Demo) 12 Tripmann & Max Hardy - Don't Leave Me (Extended Disco Mix) 13 Corrado Alunni - Feel the Fantasy 14 Even Funkier - U&I (Demo) 15 Mindchime - Soul_Freedom(Original_Mix) 16 Ezirk - Here I Am 17 Kornum - Beefa 18 The Magic Track - Hotspot 19 Rayko feat. Elena Hikari - Testify (Cosmic Dancer Version) 20 Bronze (Darko Kustura Remix)
This was one of those shows that I really enjoyed! Something clicked and I was loving the tunes throughout the first hour. Never afraid of a BPM jump on this show, I took things from a woozy 93bpm to a blistering 128 in the blink of an eye, so we had the full range from smoky chillout to stomping disco and lots in between. Almost enjoyed myself too much for a Monday night!
In hour 2 we had a returning guest - the talented visual artist and DJ SSABES from Berlin. SSABES was guest on my show for Episode 68 pretty much dead on a year ago, and he smashed it back then. Really pleased to get him back on, and pleased to say he’s turned in another excellent mix, starting things mellow and laid back, then building a bit, but not too much. Keeping things classy - some disco, some nice refined house, a few slightly more ghetto bits, some soulful stuff. Really wonderful selections, and I’m grateful to SSABES for such a lovely mix.
Check out SSABES' music and amazing artwork here... https://soundcloud.com/ssabes https://instagram.com/ssabesart
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 World Premiere - Share the Night
2 78 Edits - Get Down Baby
3 Chaka Kahn - This Is My Night
4 The Gap Band - Disrespect
5 Young Pulse - Got To Be A Shame
6 Mitiko - If Youre Foolin
7 FF Edits - Do For Love
8 Roy Ayers - Boogie Back
9 L.T.D. Dance 'N' Sing 'N' (Even Funkier Edit)
10 Stefano De Santis - Unreachable Galaxy
11 Jazzmopper J - Round My Way Original Mix
12 Chaney - Bet You (I Do) Extended Mix
13 Zoe Badwi - Dont Mess With My Man (Sgt Slick Extended Remix)
14 Ross Couch - Jazz Session
15 RedSoul - We're Under Pressure
16 Antonio Santana - Got To Do It
17 Angelo Ferreri - We Wanna Do
18 Crackazat - I'm Easy (Crackazat Mana's Dub)
Having just got back from an absolutely mad weekend at ADE I mostly let the tunes do the talking on this show. I hadn’t got around to looking at my promos either so this one was focussed on the older stuff, anything ranging from a few months to a few decades of age. Took it whichever way I felt it, which was chunky slow mo vibes for a bit, deep vibes for a while, some spacey disco vibes to finish.
For hour 2 I was thrilled to welcome Costa Rican DJ, producer, radio host and now label boss Prisma Deer. Daniel has put together a bumping disco infused mix for the show, full of lovely, funky grooves. It’s beautifully mixed together and the vibes are on point. Huge thanks to Daniel, and please hit the links below to find out more about him and what he does…
https://soundcloud.com/prismadeer https://www.instagram.com/prismadeer/ https://www.facebook.com/prismadeer
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Dicenz - Roll With Me 2 Vanilla - Turn Me Loose 3 Boscoe - He Keeps you (Belabouche edit) 4 Donald Byrd - You & Music 5 Johnny Adams - Feel The Beat 6 XL Middleton - What She Sounds Like 7 Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Edit) 8 Bill Withers - It Ain't Because of Me Baby 9 Tigerskin - In Public 10 Situation - 'Bliss' 11 St. Sebastian - Dirt Bag Dirty Jay (Phonique Remix) 12 Metro Area - Miura 13 Ichisan - Gonzo-Bossa Nova 14 David Harness - Al Greenz (Dance) 15 Opolopo - Aqua Lung 16 C. Da Afro - Get The Vibe 17 Kim & Buran - Phazerdelique (Extended Mix) 18 Monkey Wrench - Always There
PRISMA DEER GUEST MIX
Ian Upfold - Another Mile [Bandolier Records] Prisma Deer - Vouyerist [Spa in Disco] Risk Assessment - Dancin' in my Eyes (Risky Rework) [Stereo:type] Ken@Work - Get Lifted (Original Mix) [Hive Label] HP Vince - City Nights (Original Mix) [Pina Colada Records] Luke Delite - Boogie Delite (Original Mix) [Discoweey] Charly Angelz - Mother Phunk [Tropical Disco Records] DjManuel - The Beat (Original Mix) [Nu Monkey Records] Sun Rhythms - Honey I Got It (Original Mix) [Sundries Digital] Marlboro Rouge - The Rhythm Is All You Need (Original Mix) [Super Spicy Records] Farhan Rehman, Hamza Rahimtula, Stalvart John - Dancing feat. Loopy Juice [Dynamite Disco Club] Stav & Ben, Ferry Ultra - San Francisco (Moodena Remix) [Peppermint Jam]
For reasons outside of my control you lucky lucky people are treated to a double helping of yours truly for this episode - me mixing up my usual random medley for hour 1, then as the guest mix I was lining up fell through last minute I very kindly saved the day and stepped in at a moment’s notice for that too. Hour 1 was more or less the usual - some USB problems tried to put a stop to things but I got it back on track. Because of this some of the mixing isn’t the tightest but it stopped me fiddling with the filters quite so much, which can only be a good thing I guess.
For hour 2 I stuck on a mix that I did for Discnotheque a few months back, and thought the timing was good to put it out on my show to promote their latest event - a day party on Saturday 15th October at Q Shoreditch. It features a brilliant line up of disco and house from Yam Who?, Lenny Fontana, Odyssey Inc, Ben Banjo Field, Locomotion and Clarkson & Sarah Violet.
Pick up a ticket here if you fancy a sweet sweet daytime boogie - https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/London/Q-Shoreditch/DiscNoTheque-Day-Party/36160248/? HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Chaka Khan - Clouds (OOFT! Smoove Reprise) 2 George Duke - Secret Rendezvous 3 Uptown Funk Empire - Boogie 4 Funk Hunk - Dancer 5 Fatnotronic - Margarida 6 Briak, C. Veal - If You Ever Need Somebody 7 Ivan Fabra - Let's Get Into It (Manuel Costela Remix) 8 Steve Winwood - Higher Love 9 Inland Knights/ Da Sunlounge - Another Thing 10 Patrice Rushen - Remind Me [The Reflex Revision] 11 Calvin Harris - Potion (Even Funkier Edit) 12 Antonio Santana - Got To Do It 13 Cerrone - Funk Makossa (feat. Manu Dibango) 14 Even Funkier - That's Funky Music (Demo) 15 Patrick Wayne - Get Up & Dance 2020 (Jackin House 2020) 16 Even Funkier - Tonight We're Gonna Move 17 Lup Ino - Feel Good (Part 2)
EVEN FUNKIER’S DISCNOTHEQUE GUEST MIX Joey Negro - Must Be The Music (Joey Negro 2am Disco Reprise) Change - Love 4 Love (Joey Negro Extended Remix) Hifi Sean - Lost without U (feat. Paris Grey) [Extended] Extended Doctorsoul - Universal Thing Dr Packer - Try My Luv Even Funkier - You Know This Rhythm Disko Junkie - Paradise Twin Sun - Night Dancer Debarge - Hesitated (SLY Edit, Even Funkier Rejig) Loshmi - Proper One Qubiko - Disco Connection Even Funkier - Ride is Right Alex Herrera - Ain't It Funky Deadpm - A Love Thing Micky More, Andy Tee, Davide Domenella - Dynamite Mo'Funk/ Roland Clark - Bring Together Jungle Dee - Don't Lose My Love Stargard - Wear It Out
This episode was a very special one indeed, with someone who is for me a truly unbelievable guest. To warm things up I took my usual trip through promos and classics, mixing up the BPMs and styles a good bit and having lots of fun with some wonderful tunes.
Anyway, this fortnight it was really all about the second hour - I was truly honoured and humbled to welcome on somebody who’s a bit of a hero to me. I like to make edits, and this guy is truly the master of that craft… quite possibly the best in the world at it, someone who takes it to a whole new level and then some. If I could make edits even half as good as The Reflex I’d be a very happy man, and he’s very kindly taken the time to mix up an exclusive hour of his trademark Revisions for the show. Needless to say it’s excellent, and I’m hugely thankful to Nicolas for the mix.
Head to his Soundcloud for more mixes… https://soundcloud.com/thereflex
…and consider subscribing on Patreon to get tons of these revisions! https://www.patreon.com/thereflex
Before I go, if you find yourselves in the outskirts of South West London on Saturday 1st October, myself, Greg Middleton and Pete Ellison will all be playing some delicious tunes as part of Greg’s fantastic Borderline night - get yourself down if you can, would be great to see you! Deets here… https://www.facebook.com/events/5549081625150660/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star [The Reflex Revision] 2 XL Middleton - Where We About To Take It (Salvation) 3 Brooklyn Dreams - Street Man 4 Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff 5 DJ Nu Mark - Groove Is In The Heart (feat. Lonely Boy) 6 Soledrifter, Tommie Cotton - Put The Needle ON 7 Stevie Wonder - Go Home (RedSoul Remix) 8 Igor Gonya - At One's Ease_PN 9 Rhode & Brown feat. Coeo - Women 10 Disco Feelings - Young Lady__MASTER79_PN 11 Patrice Rushen - Number One (12' Version) 12 Groovemasta - That Funk 13 Souldynamic - Tales From Q.J. 14 Andy Bach - Sugar 15 Serge Funk - Yeah Yeah (Original Mix) 16 Braxe + Falcon - Creative Source (A-Trak Remix) 17 Partner Music - Bidu 18 Soundsmith - Kiswahili Jazz 19 Mascott - Stand By (MW MST)_PN
THE REFLEX GUEST MIX
Edwin Birdsong - Win Tonight [The Reflex Revision] Gaz - Sing Sing [The Reflex Revision] Stevie Wonder - Don’t Make Me Wait Too Long [The Reflex Revision] Mousse T ft Sharon Phillips - Maybe In May [The Reflex Revision] Steely Dan - Peg [The Reflex Revision] Heatwave - The Grooveline [The Reflex Revision] Cerrone - Look For Love [The Reflex Revision] Prince - Cream Live (quick edit) Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This [The Reflex Revision] Talc - De Gui Ding [The Reflex Revision] 9th Creation - Bionic Love Affair [The Reflex Revision] The Originals - Down To Love Town [The Reflex Revision]
Episode 89 saw me cram in a good variety of oldies alongside a load of new bits too. I took the route of starting slow and building up instead of jumping around the BPMs, kicking things off with my new one on the excellent Hot Gorilla compilation that’s storming the Junodownload charts right now. Building through a succession of new and old tunes covering funk, disco and a few flavours of house, I brought you promos from FF Edits, Le Croque, Sam Redmore, Reece Johnson, Chemars, Workerz and myself.
In hour 2 I present to you a wonderfully funky guest mix from Madrid’s Da Groove Brothers. This one is right up my street - the sort of music I love but don’t know enough about… sleazy, fonky, lower tempo tunes full of vocoders, crisp beats and bendy synths. Really loved this little journey, and I hope you’ll enjoy it too. Don’t forget to show them some love on the socials…
https://www.instagram.com/da_groove_brothers/ https://soundcloud.com/dagroovebrothers
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST Even Funkier - Those Were The Times We Had Pete Le Freq - Level Down FF Edits - Nightfly (Yacht Re-Edit) Melba Moore - Standing Right George Howard - Steppin' Out The Fatback Band - Let's Do It Again The Magic Track - Benin Life Kokomo - Feelin' Good (SLY Edit) PJ263_Ferry_Ultra_-_Blax_Disco_(Original_Mix) Disco N Fusion - Your Love (Original Mix) Philou Louzolo - Royal Booty Funk Le Croque & Carla Prather - Love Yourself (Moplen Disco 3000 Remix) Sam Redmore - Just Can't Wait (feat. Lumi HD) (Kid Crème Remix) Even Funkier - A Fraction Of Your Love (Demo) Sergio Mendes - I'll Tell You (Even Funkier Edit) Reece Johnson - Instafunk Chemars - Disco Hero Workerz - Winter Magic McFadden & Whitehead - Mr. Music
The universe did its best to scupper this episode, with a no show from my scheduled guest and a corrupted USB stick nearly spelling the end. But somehow it prevailed, with a rushed reformatting and partial reloading of the USB and an heroic last minute effort from my replacement special guest. More on that in a minute.
My half of the show was heavy on the promos, with new sounds from Folkness, Dr Packer, Ken@Work, The Magic Track, Dexter Jones, TURF as well as an absolute blinder of a track from Magnolia that’s about to drop on The Disco Express. I also road tested a couple of bits that I’ve been busy with in the studio over the last week or so.
We very nearly ended up with two hours of me as the guest I had lined up let me down, but fortunately I was rescued by an up and coming DJ from Duisburg, Germany. Jasmin, AKA Jay-Kay is the fiancee of fellow Disco Walton DJ BK, and she very kindly stepped in at a moment’s notice to save the day. She’s new to DJing but already getting out there with various guest mix appearances, including one with DJ BK just the day before this one for The Disco Waltons Sunday Service.
Despite being new to the game Jasmin has mixed up a treat for us, with selections covering disco, chunky retro boogie, chugging spacey nu-disco, some Madonna, some Chaka Khan, even some Prince… what a lovely selection!
I’m hugely grateful for Jasmin for volunteering at such short notice and saving everyone from two hours of me, and I love the fact that she’s so willing to practise and put her mixes out there despite being a relative newcomer. Can’t wait to meet her at ADE in a couple of months!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
1 Jerry Knight - Nothing Can Hold Us Back
2 The Magic Track - Funk & Roll
3 Ken@Work - Don't Just Close Your Mind
4 Dr Packer, Casual Connection - Party Uptown
5 Mannix - Wettest Dreams
6 Bobby Caldwell - What you Won't Do For Love (OOFT! Edit)
7 Mitiko - If Youre Foolin
8 Etta James - Night People
9 Dexter Jones - Mello Dino
10 Folkness - Copacobana
11 Alexny - Dance, Dance Together!
12 DC LaRue - Let Them Dance (Dr Packer's Robotic Dub Mix)
13 Even Funkier - Can't Make Up Your Mind
14 Quem Vai Querer (T.U.R.F. Edit)
15 Even Funkier - Tonight We're Gonna Move (Demo)
16 Sergio Mendes - I'll Tell You (Even Funkier Edit)
17 Black Loops - Higher
18 Magnolia - Make Me Dance
I recorded this episode 3 hours after getting back from Camp Bestival, which might be a friendly family festival but one that still left me broken, dusty and sleep deprived from sleeping in a tent for four nights. So excuse a couple of unforced errors, an even more random selection of tracks than usual and forgetting to record the first minute or so! I opened with a couple of tracks from acts I saw over the weekend - Sister Sledge and Kool & The Gang, fitted in a few slow funky bubblers, a good few of my own and a couple of new promos.
For the second hour I welcomed Wilson Frisk (AKA Craig Horsley) on to the show for a lovely guest mix. Craig has a show called Housebound which goes out every Wednesday 6-8pm UK on People’s City Radio, and I was honoured to do a guest mix for his show just a few weeks back. It’s worked out really nicely being able to return the favour and invite Wilson on so soon after.
Expect high energy, hip-hop influenced vibes on this one. BPMs are pretty high, we’ve got lots of hip house and jackin stuff, and a nice bit of swagger to this mix.
Show the man some love on the socials! https://soundcloud.com/wilson-frisk https://www.instagram.com/wilson_frisk/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You The Reflex - Bongle Joogie Shaka Loves You - Chanson - Don't Hold Back (SLY Edit) Cesar's Salad - Manteca Thundercat - Them Changes Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be with You Even Funkier - Don't Go Nowhere Zavaj - La Fiesta El Coco - Coco Kane (Chewy Rubs Edit) Herbie Hancock - Everybody's Broke (Ronny Hammond's Big City Edit) Silvertwins Of Funk - Sunday Funk (Opolopo Remix, Even Funkier Rejig) Hotmood, Ezirk - Tremendo Boogaloo Even Funkier - A Fraction Of Your Love (Demo) Jet Boot Jack - Change The World UC Beatz - Sole Ole (Demarkus Lewis Remix) Alton McClain & Destiny - It Must Be Love (Even Funkier Edit)
WILSON FRISK GUEST MIX
- They still reminisce - Indigo Rouge
- Break from the norm - Corduroy Mavericks
- Big mama - Jackin Box
- Swing to our hip house - Block & Crown
- Junk in the trunk - Dj Mes
- Back on the block - Scrubfish 7.To the Hoods - Robosonic 8.Official Freestyle - Sillaz
- Let me blow your mind - Richard Grey
- U know - Jay Vegas
- Frozen fairy tales - Jazzmopper J
- Control - Caveman
- That's Life - Kid Enigma & Ed Nine
- 4am in London (harry romero mix) - Dj S.K.T. ft. Iris Gold
I recorded this episode live at the end of one of the hottest days of all time here in London, so it only seemed right to start off with some sultry summer bubblers. Instead of the usual jumping around the BPMs i started very slowly and worked my way up steadily, so we went from a smooth and hazy chug to something a bit more lively by the end of the hour. Bit less heavy on the promos this time as I was focussing on summery tracks, plus some stuff I actually paid for recently. It was a really fun mix that ended up flowing pretty well, despite me almost melting whilst standing at the decks. Us Brits aren’t built for this heat!
For the second hour I was very excited to hand over to one of my favourite DJs, Briak from France. Every mix I’ve heard from Briak has been a masterclass in track selection and mixing, and this one’s no different. There are no fewer than 24 brilliant tracks crammed into this hour long mix, with global and afro inspired rhythms, many shades of disco, some housier stuff, all blended together perfectly into one sublime journey. It’s such a good mix, honestly one of my favourites so far on the show.
Briak is also a very talented producer and a very nice man! Make sure check out his Soundcloud and show him some considerable love - https://soundcloud.com/briakl
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Kan Sano - Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Late Nite Tuff Guy Edit) Mitiko - Buffalo Soldier FF Edits - Do For Love Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People (Joey Negro Multicultural Multitrack mix) Reverso 68 - Piece Together (Todd Terje Mix) Low Motion Disco - Love Love Love (Aeroplane mix) Mayer Hawthorne - Out of Pocket Ifeanyi Eddie - Happy Survival (Belabouche edit) Boscoe - He Keeps you (Belabouche edit) Junktion - Hot & Bothered Hipnotic - Are You Lonely? Opolopo Rework Hurlee - In The Sunshine Coeo - What's Going On Boogietraxx & Monsieur Van Pratt - Sigueme General Ehi Duncan, The Africa Army Express - Africa (My No. 1) (Captain Planet Remix) Rafael Cameron - Let's Get It Off (Dr Packer Rework) Vernon Burch - Never Can Find The Way (Hot Love) Pontchartrain - Head Up (Tribute Mix) Mike & Brenda Sutton - Any Way You Want My Love
BRIAK GUEST MIX
Belabouche - They Are Ours Alexny - El Demonio Rafael Yapudjian - Never Gonna Leave You Kenny Lynch - Half The Day's Gone & We Haven't Earne’d A Penny (Ashley Beedle's NSW Vocal Mix) Edgar Winter - Above & Beyond (Briak Edit) General Ehi Duncan, The Africa Army Express, The Ibibio Horns - Africa (My No. 1) (Captain Planet Remix) The Magic Track - Suriname Life C. Da Afro - Airbrush The Beat-Trayers, Steve Miggedy Maestro, Morttimer Snerd III - The Time Is Now (Miggs & Morttaaaayyy ReTouch) Disco Sally - Love Voyage Lamont Johnson - Don’t Stop Family Underground - Dr. Music (Briak Edit) Live For Love - Crazy Disco D.P.V. - Follow The Light Dam Swindle - Body Control The Deepshakerz - Piano Rick Marshall - True Love D.P.V. - Soft Spot Alonzo Turner - Whoever Said It (Niles Cooper's Sunrise Miks) HP Vince - World Of Dreams John Julius Knight - Touch Me (Dirty Disco Dub Mix) Gibson Brothers - Ooh What A Life (Gerd Janson & Shan Edit) Charles Veal - If You Ever Need Somebody (Briak Edit) Lamont Dozier - You Made Me A Believer (Briak Edit)
The first hour of episode 85 was an eclectic affair and heavy on the promos, with new bits from Funk Hunk, Sam Redmore, Folkness and others, along with something brand new and a little bit different from me. We covered the bases of nu disco, classic disco, funk, global beats, deep house and more on this little magical mystery tour.
In the second hour I was filled with joy to hand over to my disco brother Guney Capo, AKA Dr Disco. Guney hails from Gutersloh, Germany and is a talented DJ, producer, label boss and promoter and all round very busy man. He’s starting a brand new night in the area on the 29th July in association with We Funk You Bookings and Deck-O-Dance agency, and I urge you to check it out if you’re in Germany.
Living up to the Dr Disco name, we’re treated to an exquisitely selected mix of only the finest, heavy disco infused cuts. Leaning heavily on hidden disco gems, but mostly consisting of seriously beefed up edits with a whole lot of extra punch, this mix is really something special. Vibes all the way!
Please show Dr Disco and We Funk You Records some support…
https://soundcloud.com/0707 https://www.instagram.com/dr.disco_ms/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Doctor - Your Love (Jo Bisso Original mix ) La Guardia de la Luz - Alma (Playa Sudamericana Mix) Funk Hunk - Dancer Even Funkier - Dance Off, Bro Black Lives Matter feat. Dele Sosimi (Sam Redmore Remix) Todd Terje - Alfonso Muskedunder (Mungolian vs Tangoterje dub) Frico - I've Been Watching You Even Funkier - It Ain't My Fault Parliament - Chocolate City (mikeandtess edit) Shalvoy - Love Ghost Careless, Klang Valley Eastern Disco - Keto Disko (Leri Gila KV Edit) ClubDisco - Jaboatao Matteo Matteini, Nicola Magalotti - Tuscany Bay Beach Amadou Balaké - Massa Kamba (Ben Gomori's Massabbatical Edit) Borrowed Identity - Dance With Us Folkness - Childhood (Original Mix) Black Ivory - Mainline
This show was the usual mix of stuff, although sticking firmly between 110 and 120 BPM this time. That didn’t limit the variety too much, with some electro type shizzle, classic disco, crispy 80s boogie, galactic funk and a generous portion of nu-disco. I included a new one from me, a gentle little number called Don’t Go Nowhere that I’m excited to say will be coming out on Midnight Riot!
The second hour was all about the creator of one of my favourite tracks of last year, Piotre Kiwignon, AKA Deezee Wizzard. His track Twisting In My Mind became and remains a firm favourite of mine, and I’m excited to have him on the show. Piotre has a really unique production style, and this guest mix is bursting with personality. You never quite know what’s coming next, but it’s mixed together brilliantly and it’s a hell of a fun ride. He even put one of mine in there!
I hope enjoy this mix like I did, and please do show him some support!
https://soundcloud.com/wearethefunk https://www.instagram.com/piotrekiwignon/
So, I’m off to Glastonbury! Catch you in two weeks :)
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST Piotre Kiwignon - Twisting in My Mind G Pantelidis - Retro Boogaloo Ezirk - Booty Shays Funk Hunk - The Way You Want Me To Chewy Rubs - Team Work Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy mix) The S.O.S Band - The Finest Mystic Merlin - Goddess Of The Boogie Little Love - Tony Johns Rework Uptown Funk Empire - Celestial Blues Sartorial - Brick Work Jazz Noil Rago - George's Groove Adam Chini feat. Zackey Force Funk - Boomerang Even Funkier - Don't Go Nowhere (Demo) Situation - 'Bliss' Brothers In Arts & Cosentino feat. Coree Matthews-Stay Alive (Andy Buchan Remix) Ben Jamin - Sometimes
PIOTRE KIWIGNON GUEST MIX
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Ceci N'est Pas Un Cliché Vantage – 50//50 Even Funkier - Fun & Sunshine Full Intention - America (DJ Tonka's Late Checkout) Paul Jacobs - Happy Days (Funk Mix) Wurzelholz - Bataan Mestizo McFadden & Whitehead - Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now [The Reflex Revision] The Jacksons - Can You Feel It [The Reflex Revision] Purple Disco Machine - Can't Get Enough (feat. Sahara Beck) (Monte Remix) Deezee Wizzard - Diskobscure [DZ's Neo Michz] Afro Medusa - Pasilda (Knee Deep Club Mix) Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango C'mon - Feeling High Jodeci - Freek'n You (MK Dub)
This episode saw me rockin’ around the BPMs once again, veering between 100 and 125 as I so like to do. We had a fair few promos and newish bits from the likes of Peter Shalvoy, Picklejam, Groovemasta, Walter G, Chewy Rubs and myself, plus some extra strong funky business from XL Middleton, Stephane Deschezeaux, Tuxedo & Zapp and Amp Fiddler.
Hour 2 saw me welcome Maison de House for a sultry and smooth hour of deep, funky house with a twist of disco, expertly mixed up for your listening pleasure. Jimmy B, AKA Maison de House currently has a weekly saturday show on Decadance in Brighton playing deep n funky house with a twist of disco. He first started listening to jazz funk and disco back in the 80ʼs and then house and his style is a fusion of the deeper sound mixed with dubby disco vocals. He’s done guest mixes for Midnight Riot, Feverball, Soundwave Podcasts, NDC Radio, Epic Radio, KRM… and now Funkier Radio! The vibes are high on this one, don’t miss it.
Follow Maison de House here…
https://instagram.com/dj.jimmyb https://soundcloud.com/maisondehouse
I’ll be back on NDC Radio in a couple of weeks, hope to see you then!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Peter Shalvoy - Hot4U Ronnie Jones - Lookin' For Action (Extended Rework Lup Ino Edit) XL Middleton - Crown Royal Bags Stephane Deschezeaux - Satisfied Picklejam - Love Valley Jonny Tobin - Sunrise Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String Dee Edwards - A Girl Can't Go By What She Hears Groovemasta - Sweet Temptation Tuxedo & Zapp - Shy (instrumental) Amp Fiddler - Slippin on Ya Pimpin (feat. Dames Brown) Andy Buchan - Dance With Me Walter G - The Vibe Inside Chewy Rubs - Team Work Even Funkier - Can't Make Up Your Mind (Demo) Beatamines, David Jach - Swaggin Piotre Kiwignon - Oostende [beach reprise] Alex Herrera - Ain't It Funky
MAISON DE HOUSE GUEST MIX
Saison/Miss Yankee/Scott Diaz - Making Shapes Louie Vega - Deep Burnt Studio Cross - Andromeda Lex & Locke - 7 Day Path DPV - Sleep Mark Picchotti/The Absolute/Suzanne Palmer - I Believe Marc Cotterell - Cant Fake It Cherish Maya - Animist George Juke - I Want You For Myself Louie Vega - Another Day In My Life
This episode was a third birthday special! To mark 3 years since I first took the plunge and started doing these shows, I decided it would be nice to fill the first hour entirely with tracks from previous guest DJs. I had great fun cramming in as many tracks as I could, working up from 100 to 125 BPM over the course of the hour, with appearances from 21 previous guests as well as a cheeky new one from myself.
I managed to bag a very special guest for the second hour, someone I’ve been trying to get on the show for a while now - Mexico’s very own Hotmood! He’s one of the most respected, talented and prolific producers in our scene, putting out a seemingly endless string of releases on all sorts of labels, but never letting the quality slip. His tracks make regular appearances on my show and I’m proud to have released an EP on his label Discoweey.
This mix is made up entirely of his own stuff, and it’s great - loads of his trademark exotic, quirky, obscure, fruity sound and of course razor sharp production throughout. Big, big thanks to Guillermo for sending me this great mix, and big big thanks to each and every one of you who has listened to the show over the last 3 years. I really really appreciate it, and can’t wait to bring you more shows with more excellent guests soon!
Catch lots more from Hotmood here…
https://soundcloud.com/hotmood https://www.instagram.com/hotmood78/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Mauro Vecchi - Fly Down Ferdinand Debeaufort - Wrapped Together Evil Smarty - The Get Down Pookie Knights - Sweetest Sweetness Uptown Funk - Whip Out 'Cha Thing! Stephen Richards - Work It Just a Little Pete Ellison - Sound of the Music The Magic Track - Early Morning Ex Javi Frias - On Fire Smashed Atoms - Cut This Way Twin Sun - Love On The Run Dexter Jones - Down To D Town All Good Funk Alliance - That Chord Groovemasta - So Much Trouble Shaka Loves You - This Feelin' (Shaka Loves You Edit) Even Funkier - Party On The Move Brothers in Arts - Where Your Shoes At Boogietraxx, T Sounds - Le Sentiment 2000 Mascott - Ron Hardy Funk Hunk - Freak With Me Michael Gray and Kelli Sae - MacArthur Park (Michael Gray Dance radio edit)
Episode 80 sees me husky voiced and bringing the vibes as best I can, with a selection of mid tempo rollers, sexy slow mo numbers and banging promos. There’s my new one on And Friends Records in there, plus new bits from Andy Buchan, Moodena, Ezirk and more.
In hour 2 it’s my great pleasure to introduce a DJ whose sets I’ve really been digging over the last 6 months or so. She’s called Sbeen Around, and is from Reykjavik in Iceland. She’s got an exceptional talent for mixing up the smoothest, deepest vibes and I’m pleased to say she’s delivered in style for this mix. She brings us 63 minutes of beautiful deep and soulful house. The whole mix is lovely, but there are a couple of tracks right in the middle that just raise the roof.
I’m really happy to bring you this brilliant guest mix, and I’d urge you to get yourself over to her Soundcloud, give her a follow and check out some of the other silky smooth and deeper than deep mixes on there - https://soundcloud.com/sbeenaround
Next episode is in two weeks, and it’s the show’s third birthday! Got a special show lined up, hope you can tune in. You can catch this show live every other Monday night, 9pm UK time, ndcradio.co.uk
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Manuel Costela - Catching Up Ur Smile Cashmere - Let The Music Turn You On Ken@Work - Sit Back And Unwind Scruscru - Jive Y'All Tony Johns - T.V. Scene Dave Mathmos - Oh Boy! You Turn Me On Even Funkier - Dial It On Back Johnnie Taylor - What About My Love Kings of Tomorrow - Finally (Andy Buchan Remix) Apparel Wax - 006B Elaine & Ellen - Fill Me Up (Bendix Mihle FixMix) Moodena x Soul Central - A Glass of Kool Aid (1)_PN Ezirk - Saturn Disco (Original Mix) Saison, Kid Enigma - The Break (Local Options Remix) Simone Pagliari - U Make Me Sweat (Vocal Mix) Even Funkier - Party Here, Party There Nathan G - New Beginnings Feat. Sh'Kye (Unity Dub)
Episode 79 very much lived up to the eclectic aspirations I have for this show. I knew what was coming for the guest mix, so I kept things nice and varied in the first hour, with plenty of old bits, a good few new bits and one or two weird bits. Plenty of lesser known stuff and steering clear of the bangers for the most part. Reckon my last track might split the room a bit too…?
In hour 2 I handed things over to Michael Brown AKA Brown Sauce, a DJ from Dorset who’s now living in Cornwall. He was a resident DJ at The Nook cocktail Bar in Weymouth as well as hosting a 'Smooth Sounds' sunday show on local radio, and he Loves anything groovy and funky - from classics to little hidden gems!
Michael’s set is all over the place in the best possible sense, blending together all sorts into an immensely fun melting pot of styles. We’ve got reggae, hip hop, quirky beats, worldwide grooves, funk and more. It’s expertly mixed together, but you have no idea what’s coming next, and I love that. Finding the funk from different corners of the music world is exactly what this show is all about, and Brown Sauce has done us proud on this one.
You can find more wonderfully eclectic mixes on Brown Sauce’s Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/brownsauceuk, and give the man a follow on the old Insta while you’re at it - https://www.instagram.com/brownsauceuk/
Hope to see you in 2 weeks. Big love!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Herb Alpert - Rise [The Reflex Revision] Stargard - Back To The Funk Rose Royce - Get Up Off Your Fat (SLY Edit) Ferdinand Debeaufort - Wrapped Together Even Funkier - Groove Anew (Demo) Black Ice - I Judge The Funk Maze - Back In Stride Larry Wu - Let Me Show You (Funk Hunk re-edit) Free The Robots - Jazzhole Munich Machine - Party Light Conquest - Give It to Me If You don’t mind Chaka Khan - Clouds (OOFT! Smoove Reprise) NODEN - One of These Days Ezirk - Candy Delivery KPD - Discos Revenge (Discotron Extended Remix) Mascott- Dance Floor (Original Mix) Kornum - Pampas T Sounds - Forever U Alex Aleman Ft. Luca Coloniello - Just The Way You Are
BROWN SAUCE GUEST MIX
Daytoner - Feel Like Jumping General Levy - Incredible (Wrongtom Remix) DJ Maars - Hold Up Riddim Stand High Patrol - Tribute to Tha Originators MC Lyte - Can I Get Some Dap DJ Soup - Front Row People Mr Scruff - Blackpool Roll J5 Meet The O'Jays - Love of Influence (Treble N Bass Remix) The O'Jays - For the Love of Money (Dj XS Edit) Black Machine - How Gee (Aroop Roy edit) Dele Sosimi - E Go Betta (O'Flynn Re-Edit) Cedric Im Brooks - Africa (V4YS Motherland edit) Francis Inferno Orchesyra - Come On Over (Original Mix) Bom - The Day Gil Scott Heron - the bottle (mikeandtess edit 4 mix) Scooper & Bubba - I'm satisfied
Episode 78 was a Disco Waltons bonanza! As usual it was me in the first hour, then we had excellent DJ and top bloke Faz running things in the second hour.
Hour 1, bar a bit of a tangent I went off on near the start and a Mary J classic at the end, was almost entirely promos and new bits & bobs from people like Dice NZ, Twin Sun, C Da Afro, Ezirk, Chewy Rubs, JB Boogie, Mascott and Kristoff MX, as well as another exclusive from me.
It’s my great pleasure to finally get Faz on the show - it’s about time as he’s a regular listener to mine and lots of other shows, a key Disco Waltons figure, and certainly knows his onions when it comes to disco. He’s a regular DJing in bars up North such as Mamasan and Pen & Penci, and he’s laid down an excellent hour of disco grooves for us here. Expertly programmed, perfectly mixed… and the man knows how to end a set too!
Check out Faz’s Soundcloud to find a load of his live mixes - https://soundcloud.com/stevefarrell
I’ll catch you in a couple of weeks - peace!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Dicenz - Roll With Me Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's gonna Sort You Out! Werner Mûller Orchester - Bodybuilding (DJ Prince Edit) Piotre Kiwignon - Fighting Thru Clouds Even Funkier - Those Were The Times We Had (Demo) Twin Sun - Let's Make Love Secret Soul Society - Sensitive People Masters At Work - To Be In Love (Secret Spade Rework) Briak, U.Sukatma - Waiting For Your Love Dubby Disco Boyz - My Feeling (Daisuke Miyamoto Remix) C. Da Afro - Disco City Bounce Kristoff MX - Enjoy Yourself Mascott - French Exit (Pookie Knights Remix) Ezirk - Hotish [Dynamite Disco Club] J.B. Boogie - Boogie 2Night Chewy Rubs & North Laine - Click, Snap And Shoot Mary J. Blige - Just Fine
FAZ GUEST MIX
Noil Rago - Dope & Dope (Fingerman Dope & Dreams Re-Edit) Jaegerossa - Love_Games HOTMOOD - Paraiso (OLDCHAP REMIX) Monsieur Van Pratt - The Power of Music (Original Mix) Claborg - Got A Lot To Live (Original Mix) Discoslap - Having Funk (Original Mix) DEXTER WANSEL - Life On Mars (OPOLOPO remix) Chewy Rubs, North Laine - Down The Barrel (Original Mix) Soul Shadow - Disguise (Original Mix) Matteo Matteini - Dance Woman Roxy Music - Dance Away [The Reflex Revision]
So, umm… I must confess I totally forgot to actually hit record when this mix went out live, so the first hour is a faithful recreation of the hour I did on NDC Radio. The rumours are true - I’m an idiot! But this fortnight’s guest mix was so good that I didn’t want to leave the guys hanging, so recording it again was the only option... and I probably did a better job of it second time around… plus there’s none of me talking which can only be a good thing. In the first hour you’ll hear sounds from Charly Angelz, Hotmood & Ezirk, Michael Gray, Evil Smarty, Peter Shalvoy, Opolopo, plus a bit of a work in progress from me and some olden but golden stuff.
Then hour 2 is all about Mascott, two DJs, producers and top dudes from Manchester. These guys have been killing it recently with DJ sets all over, some absolutely smashing productions showcasing their unique blend of house, disco and acid, not to mention a successful mix and event series Good Custard. Matt & Scott were a natural choice for the show, and their mix doesn’t disappoint - it’s a high energy and thoroughly fun hour of tunes on the large side, up to the minute yet retro tinged in places, and I absolutely love it.
Support Mascott here...
https://soundcloud.com/mascottmusik https://www.instagram.com/mascottmusik/ https://soundcloud.com/goodcustard https://www.instagram.com/goodcustard_/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Charly Angelz - Good Times The Brothers Johnson - You Make Me Wanna Wiggle Higgins - Step On Michael Gray - The Weekend (Michael Gray Glitterbox Mix) Delfonic & Kapote - Surface Scratch Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins - The Fuz and da Boog A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation Creative Source - You Can't Hide Love Evil Smarty - The Get Down Umoja - Mo Fiya! Laura Mvula - Overcome (Royce Wood Junior Remix) Andy Pfeiler - UFS (Opolopo Remix) Junktion - Real to Me Peter Shalvoy - Can't Stop (Rayko Remix) Even Funkier - Real Good Funky Music (Demo) Hotmood, Ezirk - Tremendo Boogaloo Sound Support - Catwalk Alan Dixon - Night Time Melodies (Kiko Navarro Those Days Remix)
MASCOTT GUEST MIX
Stewart Birch - Patent Pending Hamza Rahimtula - Roberto Funk Andy Bach - BeGood Mascott - Back No More Discoslap - Having Funk Walterino - Too Much Of You (Da Lukas Remix) Ladies On Mars - Funkerman Soul Avengerz - Love You Feel (Elektrik Disko Remix) Rick Silva - Da Hauz Muzik Marshall Jefferson - It’s Alright Platinum City - Arthur Rocks
This episode was the usual mash up of genres and bpms, and heavy on the new stuff and promos once again. Slowed things down for a little bit but was mostly in fairly quick territory to bring you promos and new heat from Spa In Disco, Boite Music, Slightly Transformed, Bandolier and Discoholics Anonymous. Some good friends of mine featuring in the first hour - Jet Boot Jack, Shalvoy, Vincent Galgo - all lovely people making great music right now.
Speaking of lovely people, in hour 2 i’m really happy to introduce a guest mix from top man Ben Banjo Field. Ben is the creator of The Discography Lessons, a mix series aiming to inspire, spread happiness and support mental health challenges. I was lucky enough to do a guest mix a little while back, and this fantastic project has my full support. What’s more, in an exciting development The Discography Lessons is also becoming a record label! Their debut release will be from Ben himself, and I can’t wait to see what else they’ve got in store. They’ll also be giving a cut of profits to mental health charities, which I think is an absolute star move.
Ben’s done a great job on this mix, so a massive thanks to him. I urge you to show him and The Discography Lessons some support…
https://www.thediscographylessons.com/ https://soundcloud.com/thediscographylessons https://www.instagram.com/discographylessons/
I’ll be back in 2 weeks. Keep the peace!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Soft House Company - What U Need Benjamin Long - Dusty (Original Mix) Silvertwins Of Funk - Sunday Funk - Opolopo Remix Michael The Lion - 909s And Herb Feat. Sammy Bananas Rice & Beans Orchestra - Peel A Banana Edwin Starr - Easin' In Album Version Curtis Mayfield - Super People Hang it up (DiCE re-rub) Old Chap - Hey Girl Vincent Galgo - Just For You Ivan Fabra - Let's Get Into It (Manuel Costela Remix) Dad Bod - Feel Nice Dave Mathmos - Down Down Down Even Funkier - You Know This Rhythm (Demo) Jet Boot Jack - Breakdance On The Street New Beginnings Feat. Sh'Kye (Unity Dub) Fray Bentos - Get It Any Time Shalvoy - Nobody Mike & Brenda Sutton - Any Way You Want My Love
BEN BANJO FIELD GUEST MIX
Sam Pills - Head Held High Da Lukas - Mood Mosaic (Extended Mix) Anane - Get On The Funk Train (Michael Gray & Mark Knight Mix) 84Bit - Mamma Jamma (Dr Packer Remix) Ben Banjo Field - Vibes all Night (Qwestlife Ultra funk Mix) Risqué Connection, Dave Lee, Michael Gray - Saturday (Michael Gray Remix) C. Da Afro - In Love WIth The Sound (Original Mix) Mark Funk - I Believe (Original Mix) Andy Bach - You & Me (Original Mix) Mike Chenery - Get On Down (Original Mix) Jazzy Rossco - Go Crazy (Original Mix) Audio Jacker - Every Man (Original Mix)
Episode 75, the three quarter century, was a bit of a special one - it was broadcast on Valentine’s Day, which is also my birthday! Couldn’t resist slipping in a couple of loved up smoochers, but this episode was all about the promos really, with two new cuts from myself and some brand new heat from disco friends Pete Whitely, Pete Ellison, Jack Tennis, Shalvoy, Da Lukas, Robert Ouimet & Dave Godin and Mascott
As it was my birthday, I’d lined up an extra special guest for hour 2 - Michael Gray!!! Michael is a hugely respected and established British DJ and music producer, best known for his hits ‘The Weekend’ & ‘Borderline’ He is also one half of the dance music production and remixing duo 'Full Intention' who have been at the forefront of Dance music since the early 90s.
London-based Michael is one of the most in-demand Artists on the global dance music scene today. Having relaunched his solo career as Michael Gray in 2018 to pursue his original love of Disco, Michael has consistently placed in the top three house artists on Traxsource - an incredible achievement and a worthy accolade for Michael's world-class production skills. Throw into the mix awesome DJ sets at the best events in the UK, and a host of chart topping tracks with Jon Pearn as Full Intention, and you start to see the full picture of one of the UK's most talented Artists. He has DJ’d all over the world from MOS in London to Hi (for Glitterbox) & Pacha in Ibiza and as far and wide as Poland, Germany, The Philippines, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Georgia, Spain and The Netherlands.
Huge thanks to Michael for guesting on my show with this amazing mix, and please check out his excellent Thursday night Twitch livestream. I’ll be back live on the excellent NDC Radio (ndcradio.co.uk) in a couple of weeks, so until then, I love ya!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
George Benson - Love X Love [The Reflex Revision] Monsieur Van Pratt - Lovers Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law (Cosmodelica Remix) Johnnie Taylor - Love Is Better In The AM Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different Even Funkier - Get On Down Robert Ouimet Dave Godin - Do It Da Lukas - Back For More (2022 Re-Disco Mix) Fatboy Slim - Praise You (Mascott Acid Edit) Even Funkier - You Know This Rhythm (Demo) Pete Whitely - Release Yourself Pete Ellison - All You Gotta Do Is Ask Whitney Houston - Queen Of The Night (Jack Tennis Edit) Peter Shalvoy - Can't Stop The Paradise - In Love With You (OHYEAH Remix)
MICHAEL GRAY GUEST MIX
Dave Lee - Saturday (Michael Gray Remix) Boogietraxx, T Sounds - Southborough '06 XX EDITS - Do You Wanna Risk Assessment – Let Me Dance With You (Michael Gray Remix) Ja'shay - Shout Hallelujah (Dave Lee Redemption Mix) Phil Loriane, James Hurr, Sian-Lee – Bodyswerve (Michael Gray Remix) DJ Mark Brickman - Freak It! 21' Cassimm – Is It All Over My Face (Extended Mix) Jazzamplers - Rockin Da Rhythm Sebas Ramis, Life On Planets, Saison - Control (Saison Remix) Makito, Jazzy Rossco - Don't Let Go (Original Mix) Donna Allen - He Is The Joy (Groove Junkies & Lenny Fontana Galaxy People DJ Edit) Mattei & Omich - Groovy 70 (Original Mix)
Episode 74 sees Funkier Radio moving to a brand new home! It was all a bit last minute, but I made it - this was the first episode of Funkier Radio to broadcast live on NDC Radio. I’m absolutely over the moon to join the NDC gang, this station has become the de facto home of The Disco Waltons, and their support over the last year or so has been absolutely amazing. I’ve already appeared on the station several times as part of The Disco Waltons Sunday Service, but this was my first time going live, and I loved it!
Might be a new home, but it’s the same winning formula - funky cuts from across the decades, genres and BPMs. Started things off with a couple of oldies, crammed in a bit of reinterpreted P-Funk, some wonky funky business, jackin house, a couple of new bits from me and even some Whitney.
For this fortnight’s guest mix it was my pleasure to hand over to Nathan Simpson for an uplifting hour of the very best house and disco. Nathan is the brains behind Daydream Disco, home of a long running mix series which I highly recommend you check out! He’s also recently restarted his brilliant Soul Searching Sunday show, this time on Unmade Radio.
Big thanks to Nathan for an excellent mix! Please show him some support - you can find him on Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/DayDreamDisco/ and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/daydream_disco/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Candi Staton - Listen to the Music Sly And The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Single Version) Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window (Tommy Glasses Funky Remix) Larry Williams - The Resurrection Of Funk Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep(Sam Redmore Mix) Din Jay - No Cure (Manuel Costela remix) Dan Corco - Let's Jamming Right Opolopo - Triplet Limp (Original Mix) I Know Karate - Get Down In Detroit (Disco Mix) Even Funkier - Bernard's Right Salif Kieta - Madan (Super Disco Club Bootleg) Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill (Frankie Knuckles Club Mix) Even Funkier - Moon To Medina (DEMO) Todd Terje - Eurodans
Episode 73 sees me pull my regular trick of starting with mid-tempo groovers, slowing things right down, then picking the pace back up for some party grooves in the second half. No surprise that I kept things eclectic, with some 80s chug, soulful house, Brazilian & African-inspired grooves, smoky soul, hip hop and house… then ending with a little tribute to James Mtume who sadly passed away last week.
My guest in hour 2 needs no introduction, but I’ll do one anyway. I'm incredibly excited to bring you a mix from London-based DJ and producer Adriel Leff, AKA Jet Boot Jack. Adriel’s become widely known for his high energy, uplifting party tunes, and he’s racked up literally millions of Soundcloud plays of his infectious edits and reworks. He’s a hugely talented producer with a big, distinctive, trademark sound. I’m sure you’re already aware of Adriel’s huge productions, and prepare to be blown away by an hour of full on Jet Boot Jack magic, packed full of exclusives and unreleased material.
Massive thanks to Adriel for gracing my show with his awesome sounds. In the unlikely event you’re not already following Jet Boot Jack, get on it!
https://soundcloud.com/jet-boot-jack https://www.instagram.com/djjetbootjack/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1FyNlh6Pf8Y8utuLpYeBJX
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Magic Track - Yerba Mate (Original Mix) Status IV - Lovin' You E. Live - Flotational Device (Original Mix) Spirit Catcher - Street Skills Erykah Badu - Appletree Album Version DJ Laurel - 4 More Snakehips - Forever (Pt. II) RLP - Do You Believe That Love Will Never Do Without You? A.D.O.R. - One For The Trouble Cameo - I'll Be With You Jorge Ben Jor - Alô Alô, Como Vai Andre Espeut, Julian Sanza - Crazy Love (Original Mix) Shaka - Resist Emmaculate - Higher Vibrations (Mac's Afro Soul Mix) Byron Stingily - Get Up (Everybody) (Harvey Ross Remix) Tobi Foya - Ore Me [Dexter Jones Sunday Morning Edit] Sam Shelley, GOUX - Pray for Sunshine (DJ Mark Brickman & Yam Who Extended Club Mix) Mtume - So You Wanna Be A Star (Soulsonic's Disco Supernova Edit)
For the first show of the new year I brought you some new music, but made the resolution to keep things funky and varied as I always have. Alongside promos and new heat from The Magic Track, Twin Sun, Henry Navarro, Fran Deeper and Andy Bach I throw in a couple of oldies from Chanson and Harvey Mason, and some oh so funky delicacies from Opolopo, Buscrates and Kzyboost.
Hour 2 is all about Eugene, Oregon-based DJ Rory Beck, AKA Rortron. Rortron’s mixes caught my ears a little while back - he plays exactly my kind of funky, varied but high quality, groovy music. Rortron started DJing and producing at the beginning of 2018 after getting laid off from his job, and since then he’s fallen in love with providing good vibes on the dance floor and in your headphones and home speakers. His enthusiasm for dancing and appreciating amazing shows has shaped him to always make his sets and performances memorable, and he’s always moving and smiling when he DJs.
He’s mixed up a superb hour and a bit of tunes for Funkier Radio, keeping things high energy, with some housed up edits of big, classic tunes seamlessly blended up alongside some less well known but no less banging tunes, and one or two cheeky little exotic surprises too. Absolutely love this mix, and Rory seems like a great guy too… I hope you enjoy this guest mix as much as I did!
Rortron has a load of mixes up on his Soundcloud which you should check out, and he runs a mix series called Rortron Radio. I’m thrilled to have been invited on for a guest mix, so please keep an eye out for that dropping very soon! Make sure you give him a follow - https://soundcloud.com/rortron
Hour 1 Tracklist
The Magic Track - Zaire Life Saison - Top Bunk Boogie (Original Mix) Twin Sun - Love On The Run Kzyboost - Mo' better Funk Buscrates - Five Days (feat. DJ Epik) Soulful Torino Orchestra - Soul Burger (DJ Tib Remix) Chanson - Don't Hold Back Folamour - Roue arrière "Rue de la Ré" Fran Deeper Balearic Vaccine (Dim Zach Remix) Opolopo - Groovitational Waves Harvey Mason - Groovin' You Filizola, Andy Bach feat. Roberta Howett - Free (Kornum Remix) Even Funkier - Down At The Disco (Edit) Jose Marti - Viveros Henry Navarro - Livin For The City
RORTRON GUEST MIX
Ronny Hammond & The Funky Fruitcakes - Africa Goin' Bananas Swales - Jukebox Winston Surfshirt - Be About You (Ash Reynolds Edition) Folkness - Across My Heart Rouh Kabbi (Gramophiles Edit) Discotron - Back to my Roots Milk & Sugar - You Can't Hide From Yourself Shaka Loves You - Just a Little Time Le Bon Groove - Maracatu Dave Mathmos - Take a Chance As You Go Neve Dull - Love Sauce Javi Frias - Push Me Castle Queenside - It Ain't Easy
Episode 71 was my last one of 2021, and I ended the year in funky style. Kept things eclectic as I try to, had some down and dirty funkers, some vintage funk, a fair smattering of edits and a couple of new ones from yours truly.
In place of hour 2’s usual guest mix I instead bring you a very special showcase of the fabulous Discoholics Anonymous 2 compilation that was released earlier in December. Label boss Discoholic Ken very kindly invited me to record a mix of all the tracks to go up on the Discoholics Soundcloud page, and I was only too happy to oblige. So you’ll hear all 17 tracks in the course of the hour. The mix is in 2 parts - part 1 working upwards from my 100bpm disco chugger of a contribution, and part 2 holding steady at 122bpm to bring you the more uptempo numbers.
I love this compilation, and am so proud of Ken for pulling together such an outstanding collection of tracks from a really great mix of new artists like myself alongside some of the most established names in the business. Best of all, this entire compilation is available absolutely FREE on the Discoholics Anonymous Bandcamp - https://discoanon.bandcamp.com/album/discoholics-anonymous-2
So there’s no excuse not to get involved and grab a copy right now. And if you fancy slinging a few pounds, dollars, euros or your currency of choice Ken’s way while you’re at it, please do - he’ll really appreciate it. And give the big man a follow on Soundcloud too! https://soundcloud.com/discoanon
I’ll catch you soon, have yourself a merry, and safe, little Christmas! xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
James Rod - 'Disco Rocket' [Situation Remix] Dj Laurel - Don't Stop The Music T Connection - Funky Lady Opolopo - Minneopolopolis The Soul Snatchers - Do You Wanna Get Down Uncle Louie - I Like Funky Music George Duke - Mothership Connection Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Easily Persuaded Album Version Commodores - Funny Feelings Album Version Dan Hartman feat. Loleatta Holloway - Relight My Fire (Sam Redmore's Hi Voltage Mix) Bobby Duffy & The Soulmates - Birthday Suit (Twin Sun Remix) Thinking Of You (IDEE EDIT) Number 11 - Movin On Art Of Tones - All Night (Even Funkier Edit) Even Funkier - I Won't Do Tobi Foya - Ore Me [Dexter Jones Sunday Morning Edit] DJ ''S'' - Last Train To The Disco
DISCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 2 SHOWCASE MIX
Even Funkier - Candy Striped Legs Mahotella Queens - Wozani Mahipi (The Loneliest Hunk Rework) Lup Ino - Easy Life Ben Jamin - One Nite Love Affair (The Secret Soul Society Remix) Dexter Jones - Don’t Cha Wanna? Twin Sun - Love On The Run The Purple One - Party Man (Pete Le Freq Refreq) C. Da Afro - On Fire Pete Ellison - Let’s Get It On Igor Gonya - Hard To Believe Ferdinand Debeaufort - It’s Time DiCE_NZ - Lose Your Love (Summer Of ’18 Lick) Andy Buchan - Sound Of Silver Ezirk - Here I Am G Prajekt - Don’t Give Your Love Away Uptown Funk - Riding (Uptown Funk 55's Too Slow Remix) De Gama - There Was A Time
Started this episode on the slower side, took in some beats around 105bpm, slowed things down even more to about 90 then picked thinks back up to familiar 120bpm+ territory to cram in a few promos. This one was a lot of fun after a busy week and weekend that left little time for DJing, and I only pressed the wrong button a few times.
Hour two’s guest mix is bloody brilliant to be honest. It’s from Craig Scott, a DJ of 30+ years from Plymouth who caught my ear a while back thanks to his excellent mix series Ebony Sessions. Those mixes, whilst eclectic, are heavily focussed around house and disco their many forms, so imagine my surprise when Craig turned in an hour of wall to wall funky hip hop! I’m so glad he did though - whilst hip hop and me can sometimes be a bit hit and miss, he’s exactly captured the vibe I go for - lively, good time retro beats with lots of big brassy funk samples, none of that gangsta sh*t. He’s done himself proud with this mix and I absolutely love it!
Hope you enjoy, and make sure to show Craig some love on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/ebonysessions
…And Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theebonysessions
I’ll be back soon, stay safe kids! xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Dennis Coffey - Live Wire (SLY Edit) SS - Fly As Me (mikeandtess edit 4 mix) Oldchap - Let's Love Gil Scott-Heron - Shut 'Um Down Ripple - I Dont Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky (JR.Dynamite Re-Edit) B-Jam - Later A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (radio version) Voices Of East Harlem - Wanted, Dead Or Alive Jonk & Spook - Someone Di Saronno - If You Can't Get On Down (Original Mix) Roy Ayers - Get On Up, Get On Down (Joey Negro Revibe) David Walters - Bwè Dlo Guts Extended Version Chewy Rubs - Ecstacy Pavel Svetlove - Jazzy Piano JB Edits aka Jerk Boy - Leapy Looker Brian Power - Optimistic (Michael Gray Remix)
CRAIG SCOTT GUEST MIX
James DB - I Got The Bug JB - Hyped Up Ants (Naughty NMX Mix) Ill Advised - Grunt Without The Noise The Fundamentals - Thing Featurecast - Ain’t Got Time Marc Hype - The Get Down (Naughty NMX Mix) Lyn Collins - Mr Big Stuff (Scocco Mix) Dave Gerrard - Generation Five Big Daddy Kane - Ain’t No Half Steppin (Phoreyz & Brisk Mix) A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It (Toby One Mix) A Skillz - Tricka Technology K9 Posse - Ain’t Nothin To It Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You 9Altered Tapes Mix) NWA - Straight Outta Compton DJ Pump - Game Theory Poor Righteous Teachers - Here We Go Again The Ojay’s - For The Love Of Money (DJ XS Mix) Minimatic - That Golden Bossa Hop
This episode felt good! Me and the new Pioneer set up are seeing eye to eye now, and we spent the first hour mixing up some sweet music together. Kicking off with my brand new track that’s just come out on Discoholics Anonymous Recordings, then keeping things around the 100bpm mark for the first bit of the show, ramping things up, slowing things back down, usual business. Alongside some disco, some funk, some house and some strangeness I also played something else brand new from me, that’ll be out on Hot Gorilla Records early next year.
I’m so excited about the guest for this episode - it’s my honour and pleasure to welcome Mark Christopher, AKA Goz. Mark’s show Spin City was a major gateway for me into the beautiful music scene that I now find myself in, and a major factor in me deciding to start this show. Spin City’s chatroom was one of the places that the Disco Walton’s first started bonding over a shared love of the amazing tunes laid down by Goz and his perfectly chosen guests. Spin City remains a hugely important show to me, and Mark has built something truly special. Although I’ve yet to meet him in person (almost did this weekend, but life got in the way), I regard him as a friend, and he exudes warmth, supportiveness and positivity. So happy to welcome him on!
Goz’s set is disco all the way, filled with joyous sounds to lift you up on a cold November day. Check it out, show Goz some love… and if you don’t know about Spin City you’ve got over 400 hours to catch up on - so get to it!
https://soundcloud.com/imperial-leather https://www.instagram.com/spincity_goz/
By the way, this show has unexpectedly been nominated for Best Radio Show in OGV’s 2021 Music Awards! If you enjoy this show I’d massively appreciate your vote!
https://onlygoodvibesmusic.com/the-ogv-music-awards-2021-voting-stage/
Back in 2 weeks you lovelies!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Even Funkier - Lay Down The Law The Allergies - Every Trick In The Book Reverso 68 - Piece Together (Todd Terje Mix) Fuga Ronto - L'uomo Invisible Johnnie Taylor - Love Is Better In The A.M. (Part 1 & 2) The Emotions - I don't wanna lose your love (DiCE EDiT) Disco N Fusion - Funk Day Saison - Top Bunk Boogie (Original Mix) BBWhite - Jackin To The Groove (Original Mix) Matinee Idol, Opolopo Tweak Igor Gonya - Tokyo Even Funkier - Long And Slender XL Middleton - One and Only LOSHMI - Inches Change - Paradise
This episode is the very first radio show with my brand new DJ setup, so do excuse a few little (and one or two not so little) slip ups along the way. It’s the usual ride through the BPMs, starting off quick, dropping right down then cranking things back upwards again. We’ve got funk classics, some silky disco, thick and sticky funk, a good few edits, something new from myself and a righteous gospel stomper to finish the first hour.
In hour two I hand the controls over to Berlin-based DJ and visual artist SSABES. He got in touch with me a little while back, I checked out some of his mixes on Soundcloud, loved them, and now he’s done a mix for Funkier Radio! It’s an excellent one too, blending the well known with hidden gems across disco, house and a variety of genres to create something quite unique.
Big thanks to SSABES for a great mix, and don’t forget to give him a follow…
https://soundcloud.com/ssabes https://instagram.com/ssabesart
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Even Funkier - Make it Right Unknown - So Groovy Soul Central - Give It To You (Classic Club Mix) Black Ivory - Mainline Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Jose Dicaro Sweetest Dub) Thundercat - Them Changes Shinehead - Billie Jean Chocolate Milk - My Mind Is Hazy Long Version Andy Buchan - Dance With Me (Hot Gorilla Records) Chaz Jankel - 109 Dutch Robinson - Drive Me Wild (Opolopo Remix) Groovemasta - So Much Trouble (Original Mix) D.C. Larue - Indiscreet (The Knutsens Remix) Harlem Dance Clab-You gotta feel it (Mannix Feels The Funk Mix) Move Your Body (HDC Disco Mix) Uptown Funk - Get to Struttin RedSoul - Born Again
It’s not normally my cuppa chai, but I’ve included a couple of Halloweeny type tunes in this episode. Kicking it off with Spooky by Dusty Springfield, then a bit later on I play something by an artist who’s new to the show, a promising young chap named Cliff Richard. The track is brand new, it’s an edit by Twin Sun of Devil Woman (which is a banger to be fair), and you can get your mitts on this absolutely free from this Thursday 28th Oct over on https://discoholicsanonymous.com. Big thanks to Twin Sun for letthttps://www.facebook.com/twinsunmusicing me unleash this beast into the wild!
Elsewhere in the first hour there’s my interpretation of the Ghostbusters theme (also available as a freebie - https://soundcloud.com/evenfunkier/bustin-makes-me-feel-good), some new stuff from previous guests Brothers In Arts*, Boogietraxx & T Sounds, some slightly less new stuff and some very much not new stuff too.
Hour 2 is all about my very special guests Twin Sun! I’ve been looking forward to getting these guys on the show for a while - they’ve been really supportive of some of my tracks and seem to be just genuinely lovely people. Their own tracks have been kicking up a storm recently, with an official remix of Odyssey and a 3 tracker on Hot Digits just a couple of their recent achievements. Unsurprisingly their guest mix is wonderful, taking in funked up edits, reworks and originals from some of the best on the scene right now. So sit back and let Twin Sun take you on a journey!
Make sure you’re following Twin Sun on the usual socials, and don’t forget to grab their Cliff edit for free on Thursday - https://discoholicsanonymous.com
https://soundcloud.com/twinsunmusic https://www.instagram.com/twinsunmusic/ https://www.facebook.com/twinsunmusic
*oops, my bad - I played the new Brothers In Arts Tune when it was in Twin Sun’s guest mix as well. Argh! At least it’s a brilliant tune!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Dusty Springfield - Spooky (Jayl Funk Edit) Kurtis Blow - The Breaks The Doctor - Your Love (Jo Bisso Original mix )master _PN Natasha Kitty Katt - Windy City Sauco - Donna Is in Control Cliff Richard - Devil Woman (Twin Sun Edit) DJ Duckcomb - Night Giver (DC Edit) Brothers In Arts - Back Where You Start Diplomats Of Solid Sound - If You're Wrong (Lack Of Afro Mix) Ferdinand Debeaufort - Disco Fou Art Of Tones - All Night Spanky Wilson - Sunshine of My Love (XS 2020 edit) Even Funkier - Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good Boogietraxx, T Sounds - Le Sentiment 2000 Dubbel Drop - Ecstasy (Super Disco Club Extended Remix)
TWIN SUN GUEST MIX
Donald Byrd - (Fallin’ Like) Dominoes (Twin Sun Edit) Ben Jamin - One Nite Love Affair Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway (Twin Sun Edit) J.B. Boogie - For Your Love Sould Out - Danca Da Lukas Feat. Musione 2 - Real Thing (Club Mix) Drop Out Orchestra - A Syd Chop Andy Bach - Starlight Chewy Rubs - Destiny Jet Boot Jack - I Ain't Asking Brothers In Arts - Back Where You Start Joe Cleen - Conga
The usual mix of new, old, and old-made-new for this episode - oldies from the likes of The Commodores and Stanley Clarke, new stuff from Charly Angelz and Piotre Kiwignon, and old made new shizzle from Igor Gonya, JMMSTR, DJ Laurel and a couple of bits from myself. Was able to start this one a bit early so there’s a whole 70 minutes from me before I hand over to this fortnight’s guest.
The guest mix this time is a real treat - it’s my pleasure to welcome DJ, producer, promoter and all round good guy Chris Clark AKA DJ Clarkson. Chris is one half of DiscNoTheque with his partner in life and music Sarah Violet, and they put on regular nights of the same name around London and South East England, welcoming up and coming DJs alongside some of the biggest and best names on the scene. Their focus is on positive, uplifting, funky disco and house music, and Chris brings us an hour of wonderfully funky grooves. Get stuck in to this mix - it’s a beauty!
Big thanks to Chris for a superb mix, and make sure you give him and DiscNoTheque some love on the socials…
https://soundcloud.com/dj_clarkson https://www.instagram.com/dj_clarkson/ https://www.instagram.com/discnotheque/ https://www.facebook.com/discnotheque.events
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Ill Advised - Fame Commodores - The Bump JMMSTR - Don't Tell It Rabzooz - The Funk Go Round Stanley Clarke - We Supply AINZ - The Magic Tree Bionic Boogie - Chains of Love (Andy Buchan Edit) The Trammps - Up On The Hill (Even Funkier Edit) DJ Laurel - Money Makossa Megablast - Kunuaka Even Funkier - Respectfully David Harness - Al Greenz (Dance) Leon Bryant - Honey (Funk Hunk re-edit) Igor Gonya - Get Lifted Charly Angelz - Got My Mind Made Up Piotre Kiwignon - Twisting in My Mind Barry White ft Spoonface - You See The Trouble With Me (Jet Boot Jack Remix)
I crammed a good few brand new promos into the first hour of this episode, some of which are so new I only downloaded them an hour or two before the show. We’ve got shiny new goodies from Hotmood, Kristoff MX, Twin Sun, Shalvoy and myself - my one’s available as a freebie and the others are coming to a record label near you soon.
I’m on guest mix duties for hour 2, and you can blame covid for that. Luckily I had a mix lying around gathering dust, one that I did a couple of months back for a show that ceased to exist in the few months between being asked to do the mix and getting round to actually doing it. That was quite annoying, but at least I’m able to get it out there. It’s a bit different to most of my other mixes, on a fairly boogie tip and pretty low tempo for the most part. If you listen carefully you’ll hear a couple of songs that I’ve sampled for recent tracks.
I’ll have a proper guest mix for you next time, look forward to it! In the meantime - big ups, big love and big tunes.
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Shreddie Murphy - Kendrick Ain't Stressed Peter Shalvoy - Aa-Yeee! Even Funkier - It Ain't My Fault Javi Frias - On Fire Ken@Work - Release The Pressure Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul - (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind Bill Withers - Use Me (Dj XS Edit) A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts - On Your Own featuring Cathy Burton Chi-Lites - My First Mistake Twin Sun - When We're Dancing Janet Kay - Eternally Grateful (Unreleased Dub Mix) Kristoff MX - Got On Groovy Baby Lounna Dazz x The Flying Robin - Back To The Dance Floor Hotmood - Love Story (Manuel Costela remix) Jacques Renault - That Sound
GUEST MIX
Imagination - Music & Lights [The Reflex Revision] The Controllers - Stay (Extended Club Version) Johnnie Taylor - What About My Love Stargard - Back To The Funk Stargard - High On The Boogie D Train - Trying to Get Over The Fatback Band - I Found Lovin' Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String (Original 12" Mix) Kleeer - Tonight Waldo - When It Comes to You The Fatback Band - Hip So Slick Swifft Edits - Back From The Dead Gwen McCrae - Doin’ It (Joey Negro Soulful Reprise Caprice - 100% S.O.S. Band - Can't Get Enough Michael Wycoff - You've Got It Coming Al Jarreau - Sticky Wicket Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom
Usual silly BPM business from me on this episode, starting at about 112, right up to 126, down to under 100, then back up. Always a rollercoaster! Along the way I dropped the new chart topper from my good friend Pete Ellison, Boogietraxx, Shalvoy and a load more. I also included something from Moodymann, simply because I had the privilege of seeing him this Saturday just gone in what’s basically my local park. Awesome stuff. There's also a new one from myself, forthcoming on Hive Label.
For hour 2 it fills me with joy to welcome back my good friend and fellow Disco Walton Ken Avalon, AKA Discoholic Ken, AKA Kenny Ken Ken, AKA Kenmark for a second guest mix. The first one was waaaaay back in episode 25, right at the start of covid, and I didn’t know him at all. But since then we’ve become good friends despite still being yet to meet in real life. He runs an awesome blog at discoanon.com, an excellent show called Hot To The Touch on Friday nights on primeradio.gr, and a record label - Discoholics Anonymous Recordings - that I’ve been lucky enough to release a couple of tracks on, and I’ve got more lined up. I honestly regard Ken as my Disco Brother, and I couldn’t be happier to get him back on.
Ken’s mix is to me like an immaculately curated little snapshot of disco right now. Not all of the songs are brand new, but there’s a very generous sprinkling of the freshest and best tracks out there at the moment. I’d expect nothing less from someone who devotes so much time to keeping his finger on the pulse of the scene and promoting, pushing and championing the music that we love. So join us for a tour through disco as it stands right this moment.
Big love to Ken for coming back, love to the Disco Waltons, and love to Stream101 for letting me do my little show. Catch loads more from them on mixcloud.com/stream101
https://soundcloud.com/discoholicsanonymous
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Pete Ellison - Sound of the Music Mandrill - Got to the Funk (Stephane Deschezeaux Remix) Alton McClain And Destiny - I Don't Want To Be With Nobody Else So Called Scumbags - Sundazed Even Funkier - Get Yo'self Together Clavette, Boogietraxx - Somebody Dj Tripswitch - She Gets Down FMAC - Listen To The Wind Blow (V's edit) Parliament - Funkin' For Fun Moodymann - Tribute Brothers in Arts, N2N - Freaky Dancers Daytona - Nigeria Boogie Fever Pete Whiteley - Shakedown and Boogie Shalvoy - Need Somebody
DISCOHOLIC KEN GUEST MIX
Lup Ino - Lookin for action Disco sally - you make me feel G. Markus - pocket rocket Jeanne Mas - Johnny Johnny (Young pulse remix) Hotmood - Fat cat Igor Gonya - get lifted Chaka Khan - Ain’t nobody (Ken@Work club mix) Art of tones - All night Gibson Brothers - Cuba (Secret weapon mix) Super Disco club ft. Sadako Pointer - Hapiness (Classic mix) Wardell Piper - Legendary (Ali Aitken remix) Crakazat - Sensationalised Midtgaard - sommerfugl
This episode features the usual plethora of tunes, freed from the shackles of bpm, genre or era constraints. The only slight difference this week is that instead of doing my usual trick of playing a few tracks at a certain tempo then changing things up suddenly, for no particular reason this time I just started slow and worked my way up. It was fun, and on the journey from 102 to 124 bpm I fitted in a selection of mostly fairly new tracks from Toby O’Connor, Musta, Scruscru, Stephane Deschezeaux, Chewy Rubs, Alexny, Sauco, Young Pulse, Boogietraxx, Les Inferno and more.
In hour two I introduce a very wonderful guest mix from Aberdeen DJs All Night Passion. I must admit that being all the way down here in London I hadn’t heard of these guys until fairly recently, but I caught their guest mix on Stephen Richards’ DiscoDaze show a few months back and it totally blew me away - there was something about the diverse but powerful selection of tracks expertly weaved together into something really exciting that had a big impact on me. I very quickly asked them if they’d like to do a guest mix for me, and I’m so happy that they said yes and put together another awesome hour of eclectic but brilliant tunes!
Huge, huge thanks to All Night Passion for this guest mix - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Please spread the word and show them some love…
INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/allnightpassion/ SOUNDCLOUD - https://soundcloud.com/all-night-passion EVERYTHING ELSE - https://linktr.ee/allnightpassion
Right, that’s me done for another two weeks, I’ll catch you on the 13th Sep with more tunes from me and another guest mix. Look forward to it! In the meantime please head to mixcloud.com/stream101 for loads of great shows from the wonderful Stream 101 team.
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Fuga Ronto - L'uomo Invisible Toby O'Connor - G Funk (Original Mix) Buscrates - Five Days (feat. DJ Epik) LeBron - Just Horizons Musta - Touch Scruscru - Slightly Wiggle Villes Wax - Jazzy Et Synthe (Original Mix) Mandrill - Got to the Funk (Stephane Deschezeaux Remix) Blay Ambolley - Simi Rapp (Original Mix) Chewy Rubs - Bo Fo Alexny - Keep Your Body Movin' (Original Mix) Sirhan - Le Flute (Original Mix) Sisì Ey - Ain't Got Nobody (Sauco Rooftop Remix) Young Pulse, Funky French League, Natalie Nova - Love Will Bring It (Opolopo Remix) Clavette, Boogietraxx - Somebody (Original Mix) Les Inferno - Yeah C'mon
Episode 62 packs in more genres than you can shake a shoehorn at, covering vintage disco, jackin’ house, down and dirty boogie funk, random edits, some latin flavours, raw funk and more. There are some brand new promos, some dusty files lurking in the depths of my collection and more than a sprinkling of funky business.
I open the show with one of my favourite tracks of 2021 so far, the bizarre but mighty Where Your Shoes At by Brothers In Arts. And then an hour later I hand over to those very people for an excellent guest mix. I’ve been a big fan of this French duo’s productions for a while now, I play their tracks regularly both on this show and my livestream, and I just had to ask them along for a guest mix. They deliver in substantial style with 57 minutes of beautifully selected disco gems, perfectly mixed together into a funky treat.
Massive thanks to Tony and Peter for laying down this mix for my show, and please check them out on the interwebs if you haven’t already...
SOUNDCLOUD - https://soundcloud.com/brothers-in-arts MIXCLOUD - https://www.mixcloud.com/BrothersInArts/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/brothersinarts INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/brothersinarts/
I’ll be back in a couple of weeks - keep the love!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Brothers in Arts - Where Your Shoes At G Pantelidis - Retro Boogaloo J Paul Getto - Body Burnin Disco Endeavours - Stay On My Mind Willie Colon, Hector Lavoe - Aguanile (Jose Marquez Remix) Elektrik Disko - My Destiny (The Cube Guys Remix) Satin Dream - Stay Away From My Lover (Extended Mix) Maceo And The Macks - Parrty (Part 1) Graham Central Station - It's Alright The Gunchback Boogie Band - Funn Bad Girls - Too Through Shalvoy - Like It, Love It (Club Mix) Dr Packer - Ain't No Doubt Disco Feelings - Lady Americana The Magic Track - Heartbreakup Super Disco Club feat. Sadako Pointer - Happiness (Soul Central Club Mix) Moodena & Sartorial - Got That Feeling
BROTHERS IN ARTS GUEST MIX
Chewy Rubs - Living at Last (Original Mix) / Masterworks Music Sartorial - Come Play (Original Mix) / Tropical Disco Records Munky Fike - Dance In Rio (Original Mix) / Tropical Disco Records Monsieur Van Pratt - Shoot the Shot (Original Mix) / The Disco Express Paul Older - Let’s Make Music (Original Mix) / Tropical Disco Records Sammy Deuce - Vibrations (Original Mix) / Space Disco Records Hotmood - Brazoooka (Original Mix) / Bandcamp Exclusive Love In Colour, Dave Leatherman - All the Ladies Are Shining (Original Mix) / Sure Cuts Records LeBaron James - Last Night (Original Mix) / See - Saw Records Vagabundo Club Social - Encanto Nigeriano (Original Mix) / Tropical Disco Records
I recorded this episode live about 2 hours after getting back from Camp Bestival, my first festival in exactly two years. I was absolutely exhausted so I’m not at my chattiest (probably a good thing!), but I decided to open the show with the absolute banger that is The Spirit by Mighty Mouse, simply because I heard it and danced to it a couple of times over the weekend. That’s right - danced! Dancing’s back, and boy did it feel good! I also mixed up tracks from Dr Packer, Probably Shouldn’t, Mannix, Andy Buchan and a new freebie from myself.
In the second hour It’s my pleasure to welcome back the talented and amazing Wahine. Lauren was a guest on my show way back on Episode 19 in early 2020 and since then, despite covid preventing us ever meeting, we’ve become good friends and spent many hours enjoying music together thanks to the power of internet radio shows and chatrooms. Lauren has impeccable taste in music and is an excellent DJ, but above all else is a wonderfully positive, warm and supportive soul who is always willing to help or offer advice to anyone. The world needs more people like Lauren.
Lauren’s first appearance on the show was before I started asking for exclusive mixes, so her mix was taken (with her permission) from one already on her soundcloud. So this one is her first exclusive! As you’d expect from Wahine the track selection is flawless and the mixing silky smooth, but the vibe is perhaps a bit deeper than I’d normally expect from her. I like it a lot though, it’s sultry, classy and very funky - it just shows how versatile she is as an artist. Huge thanks to Lauren for a stunning mix!
Lauren’s seriously busy at the moment - she’s a resident on the amazing Spin City show, which if you’re not already aware of you should be - https://soundcloud.com/imperial-leather. She also has a guest blog on Le Visiteur - https://levisiteuronline.com/category/wahine/, and has recently started an interview series for OGV - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLabqiQEH0Yq_LavUc_eEenj8vHAEXNGQA
Please also give her a follow on the usual socials... https://soundcloud.com/wahinedj https://www.instagram.com/wahine_dj/
That’s all folks, look after yourselves xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Mighty Mouse - The Spirit (Extended Mix) Bosq, Pat Kalla - Mouna Power Craig Scott - Edit 001 S.U.M.O. - Wintersong Mannix - Wettest Dreams Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Be Easy Benny Golson - I'm Always Dancin' to the Music Disco Tech - You're A Winner Dr Packer - Ain't No Doubt From Beyond - Thought Engine (Sauco Balearic Matey Mix) The Trammps - Up On The Hill (Even Funkier Edit) Andy Buchan - Doo Wop Probably Shouldnt - Bogota (Straight & Shuffle Remix) Majuscule - Revision A (Black Coco) Dirtytwo - Sumthing Sumthing
WAHINE GUEST MIX
Nebraska - Instant Pressure [Razor-N-Tape] LTJ XPerience & Anduze - Bad Side [IRMA Records] Lord Finesse, Eddie Kendricks - Body Talk (TBG Mix) [UNI/Motown] Dj Vas, DJ Soulist - Groove On [Darker Than Blue Records] The Funk District - Get Down With The Rhythm [Disko Knights] Dagfest - Prism [Lovedancing] Touch of Class - I'm In Heaven (KON Edit) Dexter Jones - Jan Jam [Hot Digits] The Owl - Gary Bartz - What Am I Gonna Do (The Owl Remake) Saidêra - Deixa Tudo Fluir (Ray Mang Radio Edit) [Let's Play House] Julian Sanza - Seasons [Spa In Disco] Little Dragon - Thunder Love (JKriv's Deep Sleep Rework) Ezirk & Chemars - I Love You [And Friends]
This episode starts slowly for a change with a few jams from the recent Yacht Disco Edits 4 comp, then I pick up the pace a bit later. Along the way I play something brand spanking new from myself that I’m pretty excited about. It’s so new that it’s not signed yet so it’s just a demo at the moment, but fingers crossed I can get it out into the world properly soon! I also play something brand new, amazing and joyous from lovely people Twin Sun, as well as new bits from Musta, Bereznoy and Disco Suicide Club.
For the second half of the show I hand things over to HEYO Funk, who brings you an awesome hour of disco vibes all the way from Norway. Origimally from Paris but now residing in Oslo, Hadrien is one half of Funtowear, is an excellent DJ, and also a brand new dad! So this mix is dedicated to Emil, and what a mix it is! Hadrien digs deep through classic disco cuts and newer edits and expertly blends them together to create something sparkly and gorgeous. I absolutely love this guest mix, and I think you will too.
Big thanks to HEYO Funk for a superb mix, and make sure you give him a well-deserved follow on the social ting.
https://soundcloud.com/heyofunk https://www.instagram.com/heyofunk/ https://www.facebook.com/heyo.funk/
That’s all for now folks, see you in two!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Those Guys From Athens – Human Curtis Mayfield - Toot An' Toot An' Toot Basement Freaks - Talkin' About Dat (feat. Georges Perin) DJ Laurel - 4 More DJ “S” - Groove On Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation Even Funkier - You've got it, Carmen (Demo) Odyssey - New York City (Twin Sun Remix Two Lee - Single Malt Scotch Funk (Music P - Marque Aurel Remix) Melba Moore - Anyway (Joey Negro Second Way) Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way (mikeandtess edit 4 mix) Musta - Mama Africa Disco Suicide Club - Sunshine People (Original Mix) Bereznoy - De La Musique Saoule (Original Mix) Louie Vega, Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Streets (Touch Mix)
HEYO FUNK GUEST MIX
Imagination - Flashback (Shit Hot Soundsystem Edit) Candi Staton - A Little Taste Of Love («Hooked On You» Javi Frias edit) Eugene Wilde – Chey Chey Kulé First Love – Don’t Say Goodnight (FunkyDeps Edit) Gwen McCrae - It Keeps On Raining (Bachteen Re-Edit) Peaches & Herb - Funtime War - You Got The Power Neoton Família - Sámson És Delila The Velvet Stripes - Mamba Flavor Perro Bueno Edits - ADNY Birdee - Start The Weekend Hot Chocolate – I Just Love What You're Doing (Kon Edit) Peppe Dibari - Milano Stazione Paul Johnson - Everybody Have A Good Time
Ah, this episode was fun! I did my usual start at a random BPM, drop it right down for a bit, then pick things back up, and crammed in a big variety of funky nugs from across the years. There was not one but two brand new bits from me, including something that’s coming out on Too Slow To Disco’s next compilation, which is really exciting. Then there’s an assortment of brand new bits alongside some funk, disco and boogie grooves.
In hour 2 it was all about my friend Mauro Vecchi. A rhythm addict since the 90s, Mauro is a DJ and funky soul from central Italy. His sets span from downtempo grooves up to quality disco/house, and he keeps it all about the music whatever the format. Always active in programming for clubs and events in his area and beyond, Mauro’s mixes can be heard on monthly shows, Uptown Disco Session in U-FM Radio (Rome), The Word Is Groove in Radio RapTZ (Paris) and in his very popular Mixcloud channel. In 2020 he opened a Bandcamp channel with some edits and remixes, released his first official tracks on And Friends Records and placed some edits in prestigious collections like Discoholics Anonymous and Yacht Disco Edits / Too Slow To Disco.
I’ve had the pleasure of joining Mauro on a few of these compilations, and I’m super excited to get him on the show for an hour of exquisitely funky grooves across disco, funk, boogie and more.
Big thanks to Mauro for the mix, and big thanks to Stream101 for letting me play random tunes on their station every 2 weeks. You can find loads of other Stream101 shows on mixcloud.com/stream101
Mauro Vecchi on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/djmaurovecchi Mauro Vecchi on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/djmaurovecchi/ Mauro Vecchi on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maurovecchidj
See you soon folks - big love!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Pookie Knights - Sweetest Sweetness Selection - Madly T Connection - Funky Lady Chuck Brown - Back it on up (Shaka Loves You Edit) Commodores - The Bump Mauro Vecchi – Fly Down Even Funkier – Working Every Night Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra - Malunguinho Mary Jane Hooper - I've Got Reasons Even Funkier - Say The Word Corrado Alunni - Wanna Get Funky Wham - Ray Of Sunshine (Funk Hunk re-edit) Jam Master - Cross That Track Ezirk - Crazy Sweet Birdee - Movin' On
MAURO VECCHI GUEST MIX
Opolopo - God Made Me Funky (Opolopo Tweak) [Razor-n-Tape] Alexny - Orange Juice (Original Mix) [Over The Top] Shit Hot Soundsystem - Woah (De Gama Re-Built) [Daje Funk Promo] Young Pulse - Glad You're Here (Rework) [Funky French League] LUP INO - Land Of Passion (LUP INO Rework) Vivian Reed - A Feeling Coming On (Extended Version) Disco and Co - Cold Coke [Tubetracks] Stekl - Too Close [The Basement Discos] Joe Cleen - Conga [Slothboogie] Los Amigos Invisibles - Bruja (MAW Mix) [MAW Records] Don Pascal - Tributo (The Reflex Tribute Mix) [Tru Thoughts]
Hour one is my usual trademark mix of new and old, weird and wonderful, and thoroughly funky. I bring you delights from some lovely people I know - Uptown Funk, Fingerman and the delightful Wahine, who I’m thrilled to finally be able to play on the show… as well as some fine product from Dr Packer, Fonzi Thronton, Fatback Band, J Morrison and Louis La Roche. I also have my absolute track of the moment, My Destiny by Jolyon Petch - can’t stop listening to this little slice of joy.
In the second hour I’m pumped to hand things over to Tom Helowicz, AKA T Sounds, for a high energy hour of tunes on the housier of things. Tom’s a talented DJ and producer, currently residing in Liverpool with releases already this year on some top labels. I’m over the moon to get Tom on the show at last as it’s been a very long time coming - won’t bore you with the details, but he was meant to be on last year. Anyway, he’s finally made it on and absolutely bossed it, showing us all how it’s done with an hour of funky, housed up, jackin grooves. It’s been a while since I’ve had guest mix that’s been a full on hour of 120+ bpm house, but damn does it sound good!
Massive thanks to Tom for the mix, and you can find him on Soundcloud, Spotify and all good download stores. Also keep an eye out for his brand new mix series, launching soon. T Sounds has a bright future and I think you'll be hearing a load more from him!
SOUNDCLOUD - https://soundcloud.com/tsoundsofficial SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/artist/51GeH4yQKBXsx2kgc5I129 INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/tsoundsofficial/ TRAXSOURCE - https://www.traxsource.com/artist/592761/t-sounds
I’m back in a couple of weeks, and will be bringing you a guest mix from my friend Mauro Vecchi - hope to see you then!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Fonzi Thornton - I'll Change My Game Dexter Jones - Down To D Town Fingerman & Henri Le Blanc - Leave Your Cares Behind Easy Going - Do It Again Dr Packer - Pappa Told Me The Fatback Band - Hip So Slick Some Love from Linda (Wahine Mashup) Waldo - When It Comes to You Uptown Funk - Whip Out 'Cha Thing! Karen Jones - Under The Influence (Funk Hunk re-edit) J.Morrison - Hold Me Tight (Original Mix) Number 11 - Toys Two Lee - Single Malt Scotch Funk (Music P - Marque Aurel Remix) Jolyon Petch - My Destiny Louis La Roche - Gimme Gimme
This episode kicks off with something high octane and brand new from myself, and moves through the gears of disco, boogie, funk, edits and global goodness. Then I bring the pace down a bit towards the end of the first hour to set the tone for my very special guest.
My guest this episode has the considerable honour of being my first ever returning guest - all round top egg Esteban. Ste is one of the legends behind Black Light Disco, a consistently excellent weekly show on My House Radio that I'm sure you're aware of already. If you're not, get familiar right now - it's ace. Esteban treats us to a sumptuous hour of lower tempo grooves, perfect for a sultry summer's day. Massive thanks to Ste for an excellent return to Funkier Radio - here's to the hat trick next time!
More from Esteban and the Black Light Disco crew - https://soundcloud.com/esteban2907
More from Stream101 - mixcloud.com/stream101
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Even Funkier - Gas in the Tank (Original Mix) Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (Single Version) Horse Meat Disco - Let's Go Dancing (feat. Amy Douglas) [Dimitri From Paris Remix] PLVOMO - My System Crown Heights Affair - The Rock is Hot (Mr Stone Re-Rub) Sherman Hunter - Dance to Freedom Swamp Dogg - My Heart Just Can't Stop Dancing (Opolopo Remix) Uptown Funk - Joy Doug Willis - The Mighty Douglas (Doug's Godbizniss Mix) Natasha Kitty Katt - Have Your Love (Manuel Costela remix) James Brown - Funky Men Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Mite/Rag Poping Inland Knights/ Da Sunlounge - Another Thing (original mix) Nubiyan Twist - Straight Lines Zlijay aka Mixmaster Zlee - What About My Edit
ESTEBAN GUEST MIX
Nine 2 Six - Spring Rain The Bahama Soul Club feat Kojato - Afro Shigida (Quincy Jointz Remix) Stephen Richards, Ian Upfold - Sunday Best Kraak & Smaak - feat. Berenice van Leer - I Think (FSQ Funkadelic Mix) Hot Toddy - Still We Are (Secret Soul Society tweak) From Beyond - Dial Operator (Sauco Remix) Yam Who? Feat Sam West - This is It Le Babar - Can’t Give You Up Daniele Danelli - Come With Me (Original Mix) Peza - 89Twos (Peza Edit) The Found Science Orchestra - (I’ll Even Be) Your Moon Twin Sun - No One There
Dunno why, but I really enjoyed recording this episode. I was a bit ill for a few days before, but these tunes got me back up on my feet and jumping about like a loon again - just the medicine I needed! Bit of everything as is customary, taking in two of my most recent experiments, a few reworks from people who are much better at reworking things than me, some raw funk, some hip hop, some worldy weirdness, some acid courtesy of the divine Roisin Murphy, and a few hi energy bangers to finish with. I was joined by a lovely little crowd in the chat, and had lots of fun.
In hour 2 I was really pleased to hand over to Uptown Funk for a brilliant guest mix. I’ve been a big fan of their productions and mixes since I stumbled across them a little while ago, and I’m pleased to have got to know them personally a bit since then too. Uptown Funk are two DJs, Antonio ‘Poco’ Alexis and Sam Hall from Huddersfield, with a real ear for an infectious groove. In a short time they’ve released music on some great labels like Rare Wiri, Discoweey, And Friends, and who could forget their amazing Yendo Loco EP on Super Spicy. Plus they’re joining me on Hot Digits Year 7 very soon with another fantastic track. please give them a follow - https://soundcloud.com/uptownfunkin
Huge thanks To Poco for putting such a great mix together when he by all accounts wasn’t feeling in the best of health, huge thanks to you for listening, and huge thanks to all the great artists whose music makes this show possible. I’ll see you in two weeks, and in the meantime get over to mixcloud.com/stream101 to catch up on some great music from my station buddies.
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Even Funkier - Fun & Sunshine (Original Mix) Rose Royce - Best Love (Mark Whites More Love Edit) De'Lacy & Nick Reach Up - Hideaway (Nick Reach Up remix) J-M Brothers - Shining Star Even Funkier - Really Didn't Jump Róisín Murphy - Overpowered (Album Version) George Benson - Give Me The Night (Pete Le Freq Refreq) inXS - Need You Tonight..(Pierre M need a boogie remix) Ripple - I Dont Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky (JR.Dynamite Re-Edit) Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard Arakatula - Mr Been To Alma Negra, Crackaza - Dakar Disco (Crackazat Remix) Fouk - Don't You Want to Boogie Hi Voltage, Michael Gray - Lets Get Horny (Michael Gray Remix)
UPTOWN FUNK GUEST MIX
Domscott - Rainbows Jamie Vice - Not Tonight Julian Sanza - On The Beat Claborg - Going Down Jet Boot Jack - I Wanna Dance Block & Crown - Love 2 Love U Alex Lo Faro - Make Your Body Hot Mark James - I Like It CN Williams - Taste Of Candy The Knocks - Ride Or Die (Purple Disco Machine Remix) Uptown Funk - Get Serious (Uptown Funk Edit)
It’s Funkier Radio’s second birthday! Hard to believe it’s two years since I started this little show, and I’m still loving the opportunity to spread a little musical happiness every 2 weeks. Hour 1 is standard Funkier Radio fare, with a few promos and new bits, some dusty old oddities, edits, reworks, some Parliament and the odd dodgy blend. I finish my hour with a divine Marvin Gaye track that I can’t believe I’ve never played on the show before.
Hour 2 is all about my bearded Bradford brother Iry Sabir. Iry’s a regular in the radio show chatrooms that music addicts like me hang out in, and he’s not only a top bloke, but a top DJ too. Iry’s put together a real treat of a mix - an all vinyl extravaganza of smooth, sweet soulful house grooves.
Big thanks to the big man for a great mix filled with uplifting, positive grooves - exactly what the doctor ordered. You can find loads of Iry’s mixes on Soundcloud, so I recommend getting yourself on there and checking them out - https://soundcloud.com/iryaz-sabir
Iry will also be doing a guest mix on the brilliant Spin City show on 23rd May, on MyHouseRadio. Don’t miss that!
Huge love to everyone that tuned in to this show live on Stream101, your support honestly means a lot. You can find all of Stream101’s shows on mixcloud.com/stream101, and you can catch me again on the station on May 24th, with the wonderful funky duo Uptown Funk on guest mix duties!
Until then - peace, love and harmony
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Louis Feen - Thrown Down Jago - I'm Going To Go (Uptown Funk Remix) Pickle Jam - Disco Responsibility Anthony Hamilton - Stone Cold Cameo - I'll Be With You Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness - Gonna Get Your Love Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species) Nature Zone - Porcupine Rose Royce - Do It, Do It Charles Earland - Coming To You Live [Dexter Jones In Out Edit] The Velvet Stripes - Oigalo Bien I Gemin - Love Lesson Tomy Piscitelli - Can you Feel It (Moodena Remix) LTD - You Gave Me Love (Even Funkier Edit) Disco Lust - Time To Go Back (Original Mix) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Album Version / Stereo
IRY SABIR GUEST MIX
Never Felt So Fly - Rasmus Faber Feat Melo ; (That Feelin Acapella) P.Y.T - Michael Jackson Just A Groove - M.O.D. Presents Notion EP I'm In Love - Kem Besides Myself - Foremost Poets Feel The Real - Incognito Take Me Higher - Avalon Feat Emma Landford Joyride - Richard Earnshaw Deepstar - Marc Pomeroy Bonafide - Drew & Perez Feat Don-E Fly - 280 West Feat Diamond Temple Rock With You - Michael Jackson
On this episode it’s my pleasure to showcase a few tracks from the upcoming Hot Digits Year 7 compilation that’s out at the end of May, and that I have somehow managed to become involved in. I’ve got my contribution, as well as tracks from Andy Buchan, The Velvet Stripes, Stephen Richards and Ross Fitz, all of whom are joining me on what is a truly excellent compilation. I’ve also got new heat from Disco Lust, old heat from Change, George Duke and The Meters and other funky bric a brac.
In the second hour I bring you a guest mix from Scottish DJ and music obsessive Ewan Mack. Hailing from Aberdeen but now living in Edinburgh, Ewan's love of music started from an early age when he started to listen to soul, funk and disco in the early 80s. In 1993, Ewan discovered house music after listening to a Graeme Park mix on Pete Tong's essential mix. A pair of belt drive turntables and basic mixer were purchased shortly afterwards and Ewan started DJing at house parties and birthday parties while at University. The belt drives were upgraded to 1210s which he still owns and Ewan continued to play at local nights in Aberdeen. He was a finalist in Cream's search for a resident DJ competition in 2002 just before it closed its doors!
While a family and a career have taken over, Ewan still likes to collect a broad range of disco and soulful house-music although the tempo has moderated over the years. He makes regular recordings to share with like-minded music fans and started streaming on twitch during lockdown 2020. He references Graeme Park (fellow Aberdeen FC fan), MAW, Dave Lee, Norman Jay, Dimitri from Paris and Frankie Knuckles as major influencers.
Ewan got in touch a while back to share some of his mixes, and as soon as I listened to one I had to invite him to record one for the show. Ewan’s mix is an expert selection of nu-disco delights, sometimes verging into soulful house, lots of reworks of classics, really funky, just what I look for in a guest mix. Big thanks to Ewan for a great mix, and if you like what you hear please head to Ewan’s Soundcloud and check out his other mixes.
https://soundcloud.com/ewan-mack
I’m back in two weeks bringing you a full on soulful mix from top bloke Iry Sabir - see you then!
In the meantime, don’t forget that there’s a treasure trove of great shows to explore on Stream101’s Mixcloud - mixcloud.com/stream101
(PS, I made the rookie error of playing one of the tracks that Ewan dropped in my hour - argh! My bad, but that new Disco Lust tune is so good it deserves to be played twice!)
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Dr Packer - So Ruff, So Tuff (Dr Packer Rework) Change - It Burns Me Up Andy Buchan - Baller Ross Fitz - I Miss Your Love ('85 Mix) The Meters - Funkify Your Life RLP - Do You Believe That Love Will Never Do Without You? George Duke - Dukey Stick Even Funkier - Shake Your You Know What Bereznoy - Sweet Kind Of Life Disco Lust - U So Right 4 Me The Velvet Stripes - Oigalo Bien Stephane Deschezeaux - Satisfied Anthony Hamilton - Stone Cold Stephen Richards & Ian Upfold - Sunday Best Brooklyn Express - Back In Time
EWAN MACK GUEST MIX
Paul Older - Hu-Man St Jude, Dr Packer - Pressure Disco Lust - U So Right 4 Me Hotmood - Disco Phenomenon HP Vince - Holywood Disco Club Oldchap - Keep the Light Alex La Faro - Make your body hot DJ Fopp - Take My Love Monsieur Van Pratt - Hot Dance Boogie Freaks - Nothin Like It Young Pulse - Ruff Times Shapeshifters - You Ain't Love
Welcome to Episode 53, which starts off slow for once with a little selection of mellow but extremely funky little numbers, before I crank up the pace for some disco house and nu disco mingled in with jazzy stuff, 80s funk and some classic disco. As always it’s a mixed bag, with one eye always firmly on the funk.
For hour 2 it’s my pleasure to welcome Belgian DJ and producer Mattijs Van Loy, also known as Mavalo, who brings you a lovely hour of disco flavoured, soulful, housey and exotic beats.
Mavalo started DJing in 2015 and quickly scored a residency and festival slots, as well as a set on the main stage of Destino (Pacha Beachclub) in Ibiza. After being a DJ for a couple of years he wanted to explore if he could make his own productions as well. With 'Chocolate' Mavalo had his first official release in June 2020 on ChessBoard Music. Later that year he released his ‘Feet Will Move’ EP on the mighty Midnight Riot Records. Mavalo can be followed on Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp and Soundcloud. Every month a new mixtape called ‘Recordbox’ is uploaded on Soundcloud in which he presents a fine selection of fresh new tunes.
Mavalo doesn't think too much in terms of genres. Far more importantly, the vibe is all that matters to him. However, if a particular style has to be marked, then an energetic mix of Disco House, Jackin' House, Jazzy House and Future Funk would give you a pretty good idea.
Bookings: ★info.mavalo@gmail.com
Socials: ★https://www.instagram.com/mavalomusic ★https://www.facebook.com/mavalomusic ★https://soundcloud.com/mavalomusic ★https://mavalo.bandcamp.com ★https://open.spotify.com/artist/20lplDaYmw4f3vipYyN7UE
Huge thanks to Mattijs for a great mix! I’ll be back on Stream101 in a couple of weeks with another guest mix, and in the meantime please check out Stream101’s Mixcloud - mixcloud.com/stream101.
Oh, and I’m doing a very special livestream on Friday 23rd April - I’m DJing non stop for over 33 hours to raise money for charity. Please, please join me if you can, and spread the word! You can find all the details here - bit.ly/2021dj
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Edit) Daniele Baldelli - Mellow Game Tuxedo - Vibrations (feat Parisalexa) Even Funkier - So Precious The Soul Snatchers - Do You Wanna Get Down Wilson Pickett - Engine Number 9 [The Reflex Revision] Tamara's World - Trampoline (Akabu dub Exploration) Henry Navarro - I'm For Real Chemars - Sweet Music Kano - It's a War The Magic Track - Your Wife, My Vibe I Gemin - Private Life Aldorande - Breakfast In Space Fingerman & Jam Master - Am I Gonna Be The One First ChoiceSittin' Pretty Barry & Gibbs - Move On
MAVALO GUEST MIX
Das Funk – NODEN // Midnight Riot Records You Had Your Warning – 2 Deep And Soul, Richelle Hicks (Mike O'Neill NY Mix) // Rework Records Contrabas – George Cynnamon // Spacedisco Lady (Hear Me Tonight) – CAPYAC // CAPYAC River Adventures Sexy body – J.B. Boogie // Star Funk Records So Good – Disco Louis // CRMS Lovin’ – Piem, Iban Montoro, Jazzman Wax // Glasgow Underground On The Beat - Fahy & Sanchez // theBasement Discos Just How Sweet Is Your Love – Rhyze, Brian Tappert, Frank Velardi // Nervous Records Daylight - Bernardo Mota // theBasement Discos Sea, Sex And Sun – Serge Gainsbourg // Universal Music
Bringing you funky times from across the years in hour one of this show, with some properly vintage stuff, nuggets from the 80s and 90s, and plenty of edits and reworks from people like The Reflex, Shaka Loves You, Young Pulse and Kon. I also managed to cram in several new bits from Mauro Vecchi, Hotmood, Ezirk & Discoholic Ken and Henry Navarro.
In hour 2 I’m honoured to hand over the controls to Evil Smarty, who brings us an excellent hour of disco goodness, stunning reworks and funky tunes, all expertly selected and mixed. Lee packs in hot tracks from some of today’s very best producers like Monsieur Van Pratt, Ian Ossia, Conan Liquid, Da Lukas and Nick Reach Up.
I’m absolutely thrilled to get Lee on the show, he’s a producer and DJ I’ve admired for several years and I’ve got loads of his tracks, and I’m happy to have struck up a friendship with him during lockdown. He’s showed me loads of support, has tuned into a lot of my livestreams, and is the man responsible for Funkier Radio moving to Stream101. So for all of this I’m massively grateful, and he’s turned in an absolute stormer of a guest mix too! Please show Lee lots of social media love, and make sure you tune into Project Bango, the excellent show he does with Paul Grooves on Stream101.
https://soundcloud.com/evil-smarty https://www.instagram.com/evilsmartyuk/ https://www.facebook.com/Evil-Smarty-594709287261197
Don’t forget you can tune in to this show live on Stream101 - mixlr.com/stream101, and listen back to anything you’ve missed on mixcloud.com/stream101
So until next time, keep it real - we’re nearly out of this. Brighter times are coming people!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Cerrone - Hooked On You [The Reflex Revision] Chris Grubizna - Party Shaker Dr Packer - Taxis in Space Ferdinand Debeaufort - Tonight's The Night The Wild Tchoupitoulas - Hey Pocky A-Way (SLY Edit) The Controllers - Stay (Extended Club Version) Hansi - Spanish Moon Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose Kara Noble - Flesh (MauroVecchi Re-Flesh) Young Pulse - Bobo's Reason Bileo - You Can Win Hotmood - The Producer Volstarr - Dancin' (Re-edit) Ezirk & Discoholic Ken - Push It To The Top Henry Navarro - Stay On Linda Evans - You Control Me (Kon Edit) The Paradise - In Love With You (OHYEAH Remix)
EVIL SMARTY GUEST MIX
Monsieur Van Pratt - 1984 Hot Streak - Body Work (Nick Reach Up Remix) Conan Liquid, The Crates Motel Collective - Gotta Scratch Da Lukas - Don't Panic Bad Boy Bill - Funky Music Ian Ossia - Papa's Stoned Magnifique - Who's Barry CN Williams - Mr Bump Man Hi Voltage - Lets Get Horny (Michael Gray Remix) Jagg - Outta My Head Jose Lopez - Over Freedom
In the first hour of Episode 51 I bring you a right royal mash up of tunes from past, present and future, with tracks from The Magic Track, Luther Vandross, Javi Frias, Paul Older, Mark Whites, Brothers in Arts, Kraak & Smaak, Superbreak and loads more. Lots of my current favourites in here, but a few little blasts from the past too. Oh, and there’s something slow, slinky and a bit silly from me - which is brand new and available as a free download.
For the second hour it’s my absolute pleasure to hand things over to one of the classiest selectors on the scene, the fabulous Ferdinand Debeaufort. Ferdinand effortlessly blends together disco edits and dusty vintage sounding cuts to create a velvety smooth guest mix. The mix features productions from some of the best producers around, and a couple from himself too, including an absolutely sublime forthcoming tune called Sexy Million Dollar Man. This mix is a real treat, huge thanks to Ferdinand for doing it. Please show him some support…
https://soundcloud.com/user-181936486 https://www.instagram.com/ferdinanddebeaufort/ https://www.facebook.com/DJFerdinandDebeaufort
This show went out live on Stream101 Radio, and I’ll be back in two weeks with a brilliant guest mix from Evil Smarty. Be there - 9pm 29th March, mixlr.com/stream101. In the meantime catch all of Stream101's shows on their mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/stream101/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Magic Track - Juju Love Spell Superbreak - Shot Out (SB Disco edit) The Rebirth - Evil Vibrations Luther Vandross - It's Over Now (mikeandtess edit 4 mix) Even Funkier - Feelin' Lurrrve Javi Frias - Really Need To Talk Ferdinand Debeaufort - Around Young Pulse - Don't You Know, Baby Dabeull - Don't Stop (feat. Michael Tee) Breakwater - Say You Love Me Girl (Dj Provoke edit) Paul Older - Hu-Man Kraak & Smaak - 24HR Fling (OPOLOPO Remix) Mark Whites - Satisfaction (21 Again Remix) Brothers in Arts - Where Your Shoes At Fixed Angles - Anikana Universe City - Can You Get Down
FERDINAND DEBEAUFORT GUEST MIX
Ferdinand Debeaufort - Groovin' In All Directions Sould out - French Boogie Jack Tennis - Jorge's Pipa Javis Frias - On Fire The Funk District - No Worries Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - The Need Inside Picossu - Open Sesame Ferdinand Debeaufort - Sexy Million Dollar Man Javi Frias - Mood For Love Igor Gonya - Zui Quan Poookie Knights - Makes Me A Weiner
This episode’s a bit of a special one. It’s Episode 50 - the half century, so I’ve got an extra special guest mix, and for the very first time the show went out live on the actual (internet) radio! Sticking to the trusted format it was me for the first hour, but I pulled out some extra special funky goodness with loads of stuff that’s really rocked my world over the years, and some current favourites. It’s an eclectic affair as usual, taking in house, disco, mad squidgy funk business, some naughty edits, Aretha Franklin, Fat Larry’s Band, Sly & The Family Stone… and one from me. This is the recording straight from my DJ software, so doesn't have too much of me interrupting things to introduce the tracks and generally talk sh*t :)
In the second hour it’s a great honour to hand over to one of my favourite acts - Shaka Loves You. These two Scottish lads rip it up in considerable style, taking us on a journey through hip hop, disco, boogie, global sounds and a whole lot else. I’ve been a big fan of SLY for a while now, and to have them on for a guest mix is huge for me. This guest mix is pure style from start to finish, and I'd like to say a massive thank you to them for taking the time to put it together for the show - it means a lot.
Surely you're already aware of SLY - but if by any chance you're not, get familiar right now!
https://soundcloud.com/shakalovesyou https://www.instagram.com/shakalovesyou/ https://www.facebook.com/shakalovesyouofficial
On we go to Episode 51, with another exclusive guest mix and more funky business from me. You can now catch me doing this show LIVE every other Monday 9-11pm GMT on mixlr.com/stream101, and my next show will be on 15th March. There are also loads of other great shows on the station, so I encourage you to check them out - there's something for everyone. You can listen back any time you like on https://www.mixcloud.com/Stream101/ too.
Thank you for lending me your ears, here's to another 50 shows and beyond! <3
All previous episodes and guest mixes are available at https://soundcloud.com/evenfunkier/sets/funkier-radio, and don't forget to follow me to keep up with future episodes.
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Joey Negro - Must Be The Music (Joey Negro 2am Disco Reprise) Shahid Mustaf MC - Getting To Know (MC Funked Over mix) Monsieur Van Pratt - 1984 (Sauco Remix) Shaka Loves You - This Feelin' (Shaka Loves You Edit) Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (Funk Ferret Edit) Even Funkier - So Precious Opolopo - Minneopolopolis Incredible Watson - What The Hell (V's Bottom Is Low edit) Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know Aretha Franklin - Every Girl (Wants My Guy) Perro Bueno Edits - ADNY Ladies On Mars - Sylver Showdown Lamadrid - Pop Pop Secret Squirrels #3 - Track A Ce Ce Rogers - Someday
The first hour of Episode 49 is features a few exclusives, one forthcoming from myself, a load of new stuff I've just bought, a couple of classics and a couple of smoochers to celebrate Valentine's Day.
For the second hour I’m happy to bring you a guest mix from Berlin-based DJ Frederik Lanwer, AKA Almost Famous. Growing up with 90s hip hop, he gradually found his way to house and disco music through funk and soul. While he always had a passion for sharing music and collecting records, he started DJing about 2.5 years ago. What started as a gig for fun at a friend’s birthday party slowly but surely developed into a real passion for mixing music on a regular basis. Together with a couple of friends, Almost Famous organises and hosts ‘Disko, No Disko’, a recurring club night at Humboldthain Club in Berlin. Though bringing joy to people on the dance floors of Berlin is what initially drove his love for mixing music, he adapted to the current circumstances by starting to contribute to more and more guest mixes for house and disco lovers to enjoy, wherever they are.
I’ve been a fan of Fred’s excellent mixes for a while now - he regularly puts out quality selections spanning house, funk and disco… and this guest mix showcases him doing his thing in great style. Get yourselves over to his soundcloud, give him a follow and dive into some of his other mixes.
https://soundcloud.com/dj_almost_famous
The next one is episode 50, and I’ve got something extra special in store. But you’ll have to wait and see! xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody Pookie Knights - Sweetest Sweetness The Allergies - Be With You The Reflex - Bongle Joogie Even Funkier - Feelin' Lurrrve Manuel Costela - Love in Mallorca Philou Louzolo - Royal Booty Funk Disco Lust - You Can Do it Sauco - Sunkissed Al Green - Let's Stay Together Ezirk - Upside Down (Tropical Touch) Mark Whites - A Message of Love Jazzman Wax - San Francisco (Hotmood Remix) Maefield - Drumm Ladd Lee McDonald - I'll Do Anything For You (Red Astaire Philly Remix)
ALMOST FAMOUS GUEST MIX
Choices - Less Is More (Original Mix) Off Point - Disco Driver Bobby Thurston - Check Out The Groove (Maslow Unknown Edit) DJ Delivery - Groovin’ Joutro Mundo - Tropical Affair Pontchartrain - Don’t Change It Up DJ Delivery - Keep On Dancing Tilman & Phonk D - Joint Venture Fahy & Sanchez - On The Beat (Original Mix) Erik Ellmann - Mummy's Thing (Original Mix) C. Da Afro & J.B. Boogie - Get Off (Original Mix) Hotmood - Don’t Brake It (Original Mix)
This episode starts off slow and bubbly, because I was in a slow and bubbly kinda mood that day. We actually start off with something new from me - a track called So Precious that will be out on Discoholics Anonymous soon - I'm very excited!
Me being me things don't stay slow and bubbly for long, and I eventually pick up the pace to smash out a few disco edits and such like towards the end. We've got new bits from Moonroy and my good pals The Magic Track, and assorted less new bits from various artists.
In hour 2 I bring you a guest mix from Steve Gladdis, AKA Smashed Atoms. I'm proper excited to get Steve in for a guest mix at last - I've been a big fan ever since I heard Cut This Way a few years back, and his productions and DJ mixes are consistently superb. He's definitely not disappointed with this mix - it's a perfectly put together selection of mid tempo groovers, filled to the brim with funky basslines, beautiful vocals and sexy synths that perfectly brings out that Smashed Atoms sound - I love it.
It's a big honour to have Smashed Atoms on the show, and I hope you enjoy his mix as much as I did. You can find him around the web, and I encourage you to click those follow and heart buttons like there's no tomorrow...
https://soundcloud.com/smashedatoms https://www.instagram.com/smashed_atoms/ https://www.facebook.com/SmashedAtoms
Keep safe and well until we can be together again! xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Even Funkier - So Precious Temu - Ready or Not DJ Reverend P - Emotions Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Edit) Rose Royce - Do It, Do It Basement Freaks - Talkin' About Dat (feat. Georges Perin) XL Middleton - Love When It Comes Down To It Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) Superbreak - Shot Out (SB Disco edit) Doctorsoul - Universal Thing Harry Wolfman - Pigs in Blankets Just Kiddin' - Time, Space & Honey Moonroy - No Rush The Magic Track - Jimi on Acid Kayroy - Rosella Thundercat - Oh Sheit it's X Smashed Atoms - Solar Flare
We’re on lockdown 3 here in the UK, but that hasn’t stopped me from bringing you another hot slab of funky goodness to brighten up your January. I’ve fitted a couple of classics into the first hour along with some dirty synth boogie, bumping house cuts and some lovely disco edits… and a brand new release from yours truly. Expect tunes from Dimitri From Paris, The Whispers, XL Middleton, Kon, A Tribe Called Quest, Disclosure, Jimpster, Da Lukas and more.
For hour 2’s guest mix I bring you something wonderfully funky from Bastian Krolzig, also known as DJ BK. Bastian’s been a DJ since 1994, is clearly a lover of good music and is the founder and curator of the excellent ‘The Art of Edits’ Facebook group, which has become a go to of mine for reinterpretations of some great classic tunes.
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Teddy Pendergrass - You Can’t Hide From Yourself (Dimitri from Paris Super Disco Blend) Mike Dunn - If I Can't Get Down (Mousse T.'s Funky Shizzle Extended Mix) Clarkson - I've Been Thinking About You Tony S - Mistakes (Jeff Fader MPC Jam) Paul Parsons - In Love Again XL Middleton - Crown Royal Bags Even Funkier - Sneakin', Freakin' The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On Kon & The Gang - Get It Together Planet Jumper - The Getting of Grace A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (radio version) Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself Benny Golson - I'm Always Dancin' to the Music Ekambi Brillant - Nyambe (Stefano Riterri Edit) Disclosure - Expressing What Matters Da Lukas - We Miss The Disco Jimpster - Porchlight And Rocking Chairs (KiNK Remix)
Happy 2021! In the first episode of what will surely be a brighter year I’ve packed in my usual medley of funky gems. I’ve got not so new stuff from Dave Lee, Parliament, The Isley Brothers, Arnold Blair, Raw Soul Express and LTD, and oh so new stuff from Pookie Knights, Boogietraxx and RobJamWeb.
In the second hour I bring you a wonderful guest mix from Ben Connor. Ben reached out and offered to do a mix a little while back, and he hasn’t disappointed with his contribution. It’s heavy on the disco classics with some quality edits of timeless tunes, and I’m very grateful for Ben for putting this mix together for the show.
Please show Ben some social love and check out some of his other mixes…
https://soundcloud.com/benconnor95 https://www.instagram.com/_benconnor_/
I’ll see you in a couple!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop (Joey Negro London Bus Stop Mix) Parliament - The Big Bang Theory Dele Sosimi - E Go Betta (O'Flynn Re-Edit) Keni Burke - All Night (Pookie Knights Edit) The Isley Brothers - Pop That Thang Album Version Arnold Blair - Trying to Get Next to you Raw Soul Express - The Way We Live Situation, Andre Espeut - What Is Going On? (Andromeda Orchestra Remix) Hurlee - In The Sunshine Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler - What It Is Chris Grubizna - Right On U RobJamWeb - Back 2 Funk Shook - Rise And Fall Brothers In Arts - The Fish Mood Anané - Get On The Funk Train (Michael Gray & Mark Knight Mix) Boogietraxx - Dancin' LTD - You Gave Me Love
It's the last Funkier Radio of 2020 and whilst every day feels the same at the moment, it's my mission to mix up the sounds as much as possible. Where else can you hear banging peak time house mixed into ELO mixed into Aphex Twin?
I've got a lovely guest mix for you in hour 2, thanks to Martin Petersson, AKA MartinMax. Martin co-hosts the brilliant Hot To The Touch show on Prime Radio, Greece along with Discoholic Ken. Martin's a lovely guy and his passion for disco shines through brightly in this great hour of disco goodness. True to form this mix is hot to the touch, will make you feel warm inside and is just what we need in these dark, cold, locked down winter days.
Please show Martin some support, and download the new brilliant Discoholics Anonymous compilation absolutely free...
https://soundcloud.com/martinmax https://soundcloud.com/discoholicsanonymous https://discoanon.bandcamp.com/album/discoholics-anonymous-1
Look after yourselves over Christmas, and I'll see you on the other side!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law (Cosmodelica Remix) Folamour - These Are Just Places to Me Now Candi Staton - When You Wake Up Tomorrow (Shield Your Eyes FLEX Re-edit) Monsieur Van Pratt - Lovers V's Edits - Let Me Down Easy (V Begging You edit) Funkadelic - Undisco Kidd Cyril Neville - Gossip (Waxwork Edit) Debbie Hines - Get Off Your Butt DJ Vas - Wizard Funk The Funk District - The Spank Fouk - Elephants Yeah Russ Chimes - Turn Me Out Weiss - I Believe DJ ''S'' - Last Train To The Disco Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [source field mix] Hotmood - Set Me On Fire Todd Terje - Strandbar (disko)
I had a blast this fortnight cramming in all sorts of music new and old. We've got the usual disco edits and some housier stuff, some sticky fonk, wacky global sounds, obscure funk, P-funk and I even fitted in a bit of garage.
I've got brand new or quite new cuts from Le Babar, GMGN, La Riff, Ken@Work and something wonderful from Monkey Wrench. Oh... and me! I've played it on the show a couple of times already, but I just had to play Keep The Tables Turnin' this week to celebrate the fact that it's out right now and available to buy on Traxsource!
In hour 2 I welcome a producer that I've admired for a good few years now, and is responsible for several edits in my collection, FabioLous Barker. Fabio's put together an expert hour of disco goodness with a bit of an old skool house flavour, heavy on the eidts with reworks of classics from Prince, Chaka Khan and loads more. I'm thrilled to get Fabio in for a guest mix, he's smashed it, and big thanks to him for a great mix!
Look after yourself, and catch you soon!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Mighty Mouse - Forever Late Nite Tuff Guy - Love Is Stephen Richards - Work It Just a Little Dabeull - Day & Night (feat. Holybrune) Le Babar - You Got Yours Gwen McCrae - The Joy Herbie Hancock - Go for It Ibibio Sound Machine - Give Me a Reason De La Soul - All Good (MJ Cole Mix) Bill Deal & The Rhondels - Freak N Freeze La Riff - La Funk A Papa Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou - Hwe Towe Hun (Bosq's 12" Version) GMGN - So Real Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove (Instrumental) Ken@Work - Get Freaky Even Funkier - Keep The Tables Turnin' Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (London Haarlem Remix) Monkey Wrench - House Of Love
I'm back and doing my usual thing in the first hour this week, with a mix across the BPMs, a good few genres packed in and a couple of oldies alongside some promos and fresh sounds.
In hour 2 it's my great pleasure to welcome Stephen Richards from Waterford, Ireland on guest mix duties. Stephen knows a thing or two about disco, being an esteemed producer, great DJ and the mastermind behind the excellent Disco Daze show - one of the best shows out there and my personal go to for keeping up to date with the newest and best disco releases. If you like disco and don't know about Stephen's show, get yourself over to his SoundCloud immediately and fill your boots with disco loveliness.
Stephen's knowledge and passion for disco shines through in this mix, which is a gloriously funky 120BPM journey through brand new edits, reworks and fresh music from some of the stars of today's disco scene. Huge thanks to Stephen for a brilliant mix!
https://soundcloud.com/srichards1975 https://www.instagram.com/stephen_richards75 https://www.facebook.com/stephenrichards1975
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Sunner Soul - Feeling Of Spirits Claborg - Relax Flevans - Who's Got Me Art Of Tones Extended Remix Doctorsoul - Universal Thing Amp Fiddler - Slippin on Ya Pimpin (feat. Dames Brown) Mr. Scruff - Come on Grandad Chuck Brown - Back it on up (Shaka Loves You Edit) The O'Jays - Give The People What They Want (mikeandtess Edit) Gwen McCrae - Damn Right It's Good Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul Ike White - Love and Affection (JR.Dynamites Killer Funky Break Edit) Galgo - Toulouse Monsieur Van Pratt - 1984 (Sauco Remix) Naux - Nau York Kellee Patterson - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby (BYO Boogie Edit)
STEPHEN RICHARDS GUEST MIX
Stewart Birch - The Good Old Days Ken@Work - Super Dynamite Sauco - Naturaleza Viva JMMSTR - Toujour LUP INO - Best Strategy Funkatomic - What To Believe (Da Lukas Remix) JB Boogie - Sour Times Mark Whites - Don't Hold Back Disco Feelings - Dance With Me Frank Virgilio - Voices Tomy Piscitelli - Searching Dance Belabouche - Kwedini Platinum City - Nothing But The Music (Dr Packer Remix) Chevals - Thank You For The Ride (Michael Gray Extended Remix)
In the first hour of Episode 42 I bring you new music from The Magic Track, Igor Gonya, Disco Lust… and something brand spanking from me! And I bring you less new music from Dave Lee, Flamingo Pier, Dan Shake, Dr Packer, Moodena & Sartorial, Roberto Surace, Purple Disco Machine, The Allergies and more.
After a run of storming guest mixes over the last few episodes the quality continues, with an absolute peach of a guest mix from Greg Middleton in hour 2. It’s all over the place in the best possible way, covering an impressive amount of ground in an hour and 7 minutes, yet remaining coherent, engaging and immensely enjoyable to listen to.
Here’s what Greg had to say about his mix…
'It's quite eclectic, reflecting my borderline nights and online shows, but perhaps a little bit off the beaten track at times, a bit deeper. I've picked a mixture of stuff from hip-hop, breaks, house, disco...some classics, a few newer bits, some edits and mashups....hopefully to keep things interesting for the whole hour 😁'
I’d say he’s more than succeeded at keeping things interesting - make sure you don’t miss this one! And if you like what you hear, give Greg a follow on his socials and keep an eye out for one of his excellent livestreams…
https://www.instagram.com/gregmiddletondj/ https://soundcloud.com/gregmiddleton https://www.facebook.com/gregmiddletonDJ https://mixlr.com/greg-middleton
I’ll be back soon. In the meantime, stay safe, look after each other, and don’t forget to tune into my Friday Night Disco House Party for your weekly dose of music therapy - Friday 9pm, twitch.tv/evenfunkier
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Even Funkier - Dial It On Back, Babe (Demo) Ill Advised - Fame The Allergies - Every Trick In The Book Gazeebo - Up Up & Away Mass Production - Shante (Joey Negro Cosmic Funk Mix) Roberto Surace - Joys (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix) Roberto Surace - Joys (Dr Packer Extended Remix) Disco Lust - Every Time David Mcpherson - You Can't Stop The Magic Track - Fonkey Kong Igor Gonya - Flurried (70's Mix) Flamingo Pier - Boogie Meltdown Darius x Wayne Snow - Equilibrium Moodena & Sartorial - Got That Feeling Dan Shake - Daisy's Dance
GREG'S GUEST MIX
Wildchild - Renegade Master (acapella) Ronny Hammond & The Rhymin Bus-a-Bus - Party With Me (Mic Check) Smoove - Return Of The Beats Heavy Stylus - Perfect Day (HS Old School Rerub) The Allergies feat. Dynamite MC - Hot Sensation Chuck D - Soul Power (SLY edit) Zingara - I Surrender (FunkyDeps Re-Edit) Leftside Wobble - Grapevine (Tribute Edit) Underworld - Two Months Off (Human Power Flight Remix) Newcleus- Jam On It (Dr Packer Remix) Mr Scuff - Chicken in a Box (TobyONE Remix) Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (Petko Turner’s Extended Edit) Duckbeats - I Really Do Believe Vintage People - Whatever Makes You Happy Los Amigos Invisibles - Ease Your Mind (Ricanstruction Edit) The Trammps - The Night The Lights Went Out (Dimitri from Paris Disco Re-edit) Key Tronics Ensemble - Calypso of House (Paradise Mix) Black Science Orchestra - Save Me (acapella) Michael Gray feat. Kelli Sae - MacArthur Park
I always try my best to bring a wide selection of music from across the years on my show. That said, I'm getting more and more opportunity to play brand new stuff, which I think is great. So in this episode, alongside a couple of oldies I also bring you brand spanking new music from Mark Whites, Hotmood and Le Babar, forthcoming on Seesaw, Discoweey and Sundries.
In hour 2 I welcome Collective Groove, who have put together a wonderful exclusive guest mix for the show. Collective Groove are a musical movement from London & the South East of England who hit the scene as a collective earlier this year. The group consist of 3 close friends, DJ’s Pete and Charlie along with Bobby who although not a DJ, brings with him a rich and knowledgeable musical history.
The trio run 3 series on their Soundcloud covering Disco, House and Deep House/Deep Tech. They also have a growing guest mix series providing a platform for both new and well established artists alike.
Their guest mix for Funkier Radio draws heavy inspiration from their 'That Disco Groove' series. Keen to provide multiple interpretations of groove, the diverse selection includes notorious boogie jams, electro laced funk, wordwide latin & afro disco along with some artists who have heavily influenced their journey through music such as Jamiroquai and Dave Lee (fka Joey Negro).
If you’re interested in hearing more of what the guys have to offer then links to their streams can be found here linktr.ee/collective.groove as well as the usual socials:
Insta: instagram.com/collective.groove Facebook: facebook.com/TheCollectiveG Twitter: twitter.com/The_CollectiveG Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/thecollectivegroove
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Don Carlos - Alone Paradise Ferdinand Debeaufort - Do The Thing Ill Advised - Is It Love Is It Dr Packer - Party At My House Parliament - Funkentelechy Blondie - Rapture (Luxxury Edit) Le Babar - You Got Yours Dabeull - Day & Night (feat. Holybrune) Greyboy - Singles Party Bermuda Social - Remember Me Hotmood - Another Hustle Mark Whites - Don't Hold Back Odyssay - Party Down (V's edit) Mike & Brenda Sutton - Any Way You Want My Love
COLLECTIVE GROOVE GUEST MIX
Change - Hold Tight (Young Pulse Rework) Average White Band - A Love Of Your Own (DJ Fudge Remix) [Papa Records] Rhode & Brown - Fine Toolin [Toy Tonics Edit Series] Art Of Tones - Reprise De Fonk [Local Talk] Crowd Control & DJ Atlance - Fantasy [Kombava] Elements Of Life - Barbara Ann (Gilles Peterson Remix) [Vega Records] Monkey Wrench - Lakossa [GutterFunk] Never Dull - Dangerous (Extended Mix) [DistroKid] Young Pulse - U Must Have Known [GAMM] Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl (RLP Re-Edit) Rhode & Brown - Sumthin [Toy Tonics]
I start this episode off with a song that was sent to me recently called Make It Good Again. This song was recorded by musicians from across the world in lockdown, in support of BLM, and I stand in solidarity with this cause and message. You can find out more via these links...
https://soundcloud.com/c-dimaculangan/make-it-good-again Instagram:@songforchange2020 Facebook: @Song4change2020 Twitter: @MakeitGoodAgai2
My hour of the show is varied as always, touching on some vintage funk and the usual edits. We've got something brand new from B4CK TO L1FE, a tune from TBM that's absolutely rocking my world at the moment, and something exclusive and forthcoming from myself too!
Things get even more exciting in hour 2, when I welcome talented DJ, ace producer and all round top guy Brandon Keeks, AKA Boogietraxx. It's no exaggeration when I say that he's one of my favourite DJs at the moment - his mixes are infectious, groovy, funky and a little bit naughty, and I couldn't be happier to have him on the show. This mix doesn't disappoint, and he's thrown in a few exclusives in to show off his obvious talents as a producer. With a rapidly growing catalogue of excellent productions he's set for big things. Make sure you show him some social love...
https://soundcloud.com/boogietraxxatx https://instagram.com/boogietraxx https://www.facebook.com/Boogietraxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
C. Dimaculangan - Make It Good Again Funkatron - Do Before Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) Drop Out Orchestra Rework Deep & Disco - Feel The Rhythm Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Inspiration Information Mary Jane Hooper - I've Got Reasons TBM - See You Dance Viking Grooves - International Thief Opolopo - Aqua Lung Moogy Bee - Saturday Samba (Club mix) Anderson.Paak - Come Down (SLY 'Melba' Edit) Gwen McCrae - The Joy B4CK TO L1FE - Scenes Tape One - Funk 4 You Even Funkier - Keep The Tables Turnin' Aretha Franklin - Touch Me Up (mikeandtess edit)
The first hour of Episode 39 features little old me playing superb tuneage from the likes of Aretha Franklin, Jaques Renault, Dave Lee, Funkadelic, Fabiolous Barker, Jet Boot Jack and Soul Avengerz, and I'm keeping things varied as per usual.
In hour 2 it's my pleasure to welcome the very talented La Fusa into the Funkier Radio guest spot. From Bielefeld, Germany, La Fusa (real name Filomena Murano - Mena to her friends)... This funky lady is 36 years old, and has been playing Disco / Funk / House for the last 10 years. Playing both Vinyl and Digital, and is a massive Vinyl collector!
I've been a fan of La Fusa's excellent mixes for a while now, and this one's great - you're in for an hour and a bit of powerful, funky disco grooves.
You can also find more of LaFusa's grooves here... https://soundcloud.com/la-fusa
That's all from me for now. By the way - I've started a livestream! You can catch me every Friday night at 9pm on https://twitch.tv/evenfunkier. Follow me on Twitch for updates!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? The APX - Lose Yourself To The Groove (Joey Negro Future Boogie Edit) Young Franco - Drop Your Love (feat. Dirty Radio) [JaFunk Remix] Tuxedo & Zapp - Shy (instrumental) Black Keys Project - Black Key One (Manuel Costela mix) Studio 76 - Satisfaction (Smokin' Beats Disco Soul Club mix) The Mauskovic Dance Band Down in the Basement DJ Format - Horse Power Bileo - You Can Win Voodoo Chilli - Get On Down Jacques Renault - That Sound Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove, Pt. 2 (7-inch Single Version) Fabiolous Barker - Pow Pow Pow Jet Boot Jack - Get On Down Soul Avengerz & Odyssey Inc - Check Out The Groove Qubiko - Disco Connection
The first hour of Funkier Radio is always recorded live and off the cuff - I never know what's coming. Sometimes it all seems to go a bit wrong, and other times everything seems to just fall into place. This time everything felt right and it really felt like my hour came together nicely. I cram in some funk edits, classic boogie, something a bit deeper, some raw funk, horns, jangling guitars and a lovely new edit from @dexter-jones-disco, who starred in the guest mix slot not long ago.
Hour 2 follows on in suitably strong form, with an exclusive guest mix from Probably Shouldn't, AKA John Ricketts. Probably Shouldn't is a talented DJ and producer from York, UK, with loads of releases under his belt already on labels like Solid State Disco, Big Love Records, Fade To Funk, See Saw and Star Funk Records. His guest mix is a classy hour and a bit of tunes, taking in Aretha Franklin, Al Green and the one and only Chaka Khan. It's a good one, so take a listen, then show John some love...
https://soundcloud.com/probablyshouldntdance https://instagram.com/probablyshouldntdance https://www.facebook.com/probablyshouldntdance https://linktr.ee/probablyshouldntdance
Back soon, missing you already xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Funk District - Shacked! Tim Jules - Slap Beat Laurence Guy - Gone (feat. Contours) Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #6 Shawne Jackson - Loveline XL Middleton - Where We About To Take It (Salvation) The Allergies - Every Trick In The Book Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know Maceo And The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back) Paul Older - Let's Make Music Korja - My Mind (Dexter Jones Edit) DJ Mark Brickman - This Funky Beat Makito - Bustin' Loose Harvey Sutherland - Bermuda
PROBABLY SHOULDN'T GUEST MIX
France Joli – Gonna Get Over You First Light – Daybreak (Loshmi edit) Jo Bisso – The Mistery With Me (mikeandtess edit) Frankie Valli – Grease (Disco tech rework) Aretha Franklin – Touch Me Up Chaka Khan – Like Sugar Ronny Hammond & The Jurassic Crusaders – The Ghetto Buck Dance Al Green – I Feel Good (SLMDNK edit) Brian Bennet – Corridors Of Power Jack Tennis – Khemistry (Jack Tennis edit) Hober Mallow – Border of Mexico Motte – Juicy Probably Shouldn’t – The Best Thing (Conan Liquid’s G60 Crates Motel SP1200 dub)
I’m back to take you on a little journey through beautiful funky lands. I battle through a few tech problems thanks to a computer meltdown earlier in the week to bring you disco, boogie, hip hop, soul, acid, jack and some housey edits. Apologies it's a bit rough around the edges this time - technology eh?
In the second hour I hand over as usual to a special guest, and this episode I’m pleased to bring you an hour of quality funky music from Pete Ellison. Pete tells me he had loads of fun recording this and was bouncing around in his living room, and that shines through in this mix. The quality of guest mixes recently has been phenomenal and this one is no exception, and I’m happy to welcome Pete to the Funkier Radio Family.
Pete hosts a great show called Feel Good Fridays - it’s a bit like mine and I’m a big fan. Pete’s expert selections are perfect to get you in that Friday mood, and most weeks he has a guest mix too. Guests so far have included Smashed Atoms, Lex, Stephen Richards, Goz, Evil Smarty and… me! Pete was very kind to offer me a guest slot, and I’m really happy to return the favour. And he totally smashed it!
You can catch Feel Good Fridays every Friday midday - 2pm on https://twitch.tv/pete_ellison, and on Pete’s Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/pete-ellison. I highly recommend tuning in!
Catch you soon xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
K.I.D. - Take It To The Top Rainbow Brown - Till You Surrender Patrice Rushen - Never Gonna Give You Up The Trammps - Up On the Hill Grandmaster Flash - The Message Asha Puthli - Space Talk James Rod - Disco Rocket (Situation Remix) Parliament - Getten to Know You (TREWs Dre Day Edit) Neighbour - Funk in a Can Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin' (Dr Packer Extended Remix) Cameo - Just Be Yourself The Warriors - Destination Chesus - Special Smashed Atoms - Solar Flare
I recorded this episode in the middle of a ridiculous heatwave, so I attempt to keep things cool at the start with Nuyorican Soul, Raw Soul Express and even some reggae, before I start turning the heat up with some classic funk, some disco and some scorching new promos.
I’m pleased to include the excellent More Than U Know by https://soundcloud.com/boogietraxxatx, which is out right now on https://soundcloud.com/puzzleprojectsmusic and doing really well in the disco chart - you can buy it here… https://www.traxsource.com/title/1388047/more-than-u-know-original-mix. This is not the first Puzzle Projects promo I’ve played on the show, and if the quality of releases stays this high it won’t be the last either - this label is fast becoming a go to for quality new music. I’m excited to play Boogietraxx on the show, and am really looking forward to welcoming him on to the guest mix slot later this year!
I’ve also got a great promo for you from friends of the show, https://soundcloud.com/themagictrack. This one’s also available to buy right now if you fancy grabbing a copy and showing these lovely guys from Hungary some support… https://www.traxsource.com/track/7801377/ups-and-downs-v2-3-original-mix
In hour 2 it’s my absolute pleasure to bring you a fantastic guest mix from https://soundcloud.com/pookie_knights. These two guys from Wales have an excellent ear for a funky gem and I’ve been a fan of theirs for a while, and this guest mix is not to be missed!
Pookie Knights are part of the Black Light Disco crew, and if you don’t listen to Black Light Disco then change your ways and start listening right now for your weekly dose of all things disco from residents such as Goz (https://soundcloud.com/imperial-leather), Esteban (https://soundcloud.com/esteban2907), Dirty Old Vinyl (https://soundcloud.com/dk3mac) and Pookie Knights, with regular guest mixes too.
Catch you soon!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Nuyorican Soul - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (feat Jocelyn Brown) Raw Soul Express - The Way We Live Pharrell Williams - Happy (Cousin Cole Reggae Mix) The Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On (Pt. 1 & 2) A. Skillz & Krafty Kuts - Aint It Funky Fort Knox Five Voca Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy mix) Honom - Purple Sun Boogietraxx - More Than U Know Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (SoNaR Rework) Parliament - Agony Of Defeet Even Funkier - No Sweat Disclosure - Funky Sensation Extended Mix The Magic Track - Ups & Downs v2.3 Change - The Glow Of Love
Episode 35 is here, and as per usual I’ve crammed a good variety into hour one. We’ve got some shimmering deep house, a couple of brand new bits, some classic Gil Scott-Heron, disco edits fast and slow, and we finish the hour with some glorious Earth Wind and Fire.
In terms of brand new bits I bring you a Melba-flavoured edit from friend of the show JD Finburg. This one’s available along with a few others on his Bandcamp - https://jdfinburg.bandcamp.com/ - so grab yourself a download from there if you like what you hear. Then I also included something delightfully tropical from NFC and Key Sokur. This track, called The Bossa Nova Rain, is available now! https://www.traxsource.com/track/7651873/the-bossa-nova-rain-feat-azul-fourcade
In hour 2 the show goes truly international, with an exclusive guest mix from Magnifique (https://soundcloud.com/jonathanbuxton) , all the way from Queensland Australia! It's another great one with some classics, some disco tinged edits and a few tracks that are new to me, which is always a good thing.
Magnifique is DJ and producer Jon Buxton, who has put on events down under and runs the WEIRDDISCO show, which you can find on Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/jonathanbuxton1/. I've played one of Jon's tracks on the show before, he’s played one of mine on his show, and I'm very happy to welcome him to the Funkier Radio family with this great mix!
Take care, keep it lovely all
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Shur-I-Kan - Simply Yes Sweet Talks - Do The Beat (Joey Negro Edit) Carrie Lucas - Dance With You (Even Funkier Edit) Fish Go Deep - The Cure & The Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix) J.D. Finburg - Don't You Worry Raffa - Castles in the Sky Dayton - Krackity-Krack Raffa - Castles in the Sky Pimp Rekker - Mission & 24th Gil Scott-Heron - Shut 'Um Down The Funk District - Shacked! Conquest - Give It to Me If You Don't Mind LV Premier - Hooked On This Feelin' (Dimitri From Brooklyn Edit) NFC & Key Sokur - The Bossa Nova Rain (Feat Azul Fourcade) Earth, Wind & Fire - In The Stone Album Version
The first hour of this week’s show packs in soul divas, a good few edits including a Kendrick Lamar one, some dank and dirty funk, an early Beyonce track and some housey goodness.
Then I’ve got a lovely treat for you in the second hour - a guest mix from Limpodisco! I’ve known about these two guys from Ukraine for a while now and I love the way they bring character, personality and fun to what they do. So I asked if they’d like to do a guest mix, they said yes, and happy to say they totally came up with the goods, putting together an exclusive hour filled with slow mo disco cuts, edits and quirky, funky bubblers. Huge thanks to the guys for a really enjoyable hour and a bit, and make sure you show them some funkier love by clicking one or all of these links…
https://soundcloud.com/limpodisco https://www.instagram.com/limpodisco/ https://www.facebook.com/limpodisco/ https://www.junodownload.com/artists/Limpodisco/
Much love to all you beautiful people!
TRACKLIST
Shreddie Murphy - Kendrick Ain't Stressed XL Middleton - Cool Minute Cameo - Post Mortem 20th Century Steel Band - Heaven And Hell Is On Earth Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose Parliament - Handcuffs Album Version Beyoncé - Work It Out Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Inspiration Information The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes Soul Avengerz - Love Slide J Paul Getto - The Vibe Nachtbraker - Hamdi Jesse Rose, Avon Stringer - Pressure All Good Funk Alliance - That Chord Re-Tide & Moon Rocket feat. Keith Anthony Fluitt - Fooled Once (Club Mix) Chris Grubizna - Right On U David Bendeth - Feel The Real
LIMPODISCO GUEST MIX
- Fingerman — High Priorities [Hot Digits]
- LTJ Xperience — Beggar Groove (part 2) [Irma]
- Cisco Cisco — Higher [Apersonal Music]
- DoctorSoul — You're Never Too Young (DoctorSoul Just Talk About That Re-Therapy) [Soundcloud]
- Bailearic Funsk! — The Sun (Phunktastike remix) [Spirit Soul Music]
- Peter Francis & James Omerta — Slo Grind [Chopshop]
- Mugwump — Boutade [International Feel Uruguay]
- Johnson Products — Johnson Jumpin' (The Reflex Quick Edit) [Bandcamp]
- Lord Funk — Heat U Up [Boogie Butt]
- Phunktastike — Love Scene [Spirit Soul Music]
- Todd Terje — Swing Star (part 2) [Smalltown Supersound]
- James Rod — Disco Rocket (Situation remix) [Rare Wiri]
This episode goes in fairly heavy on the edits, with modern day spins on tunes from Chic, Positive Force, Etta James and more. But I still find time for an obscure Swedish soul cover, some raw funk, a portion of bubbling disco house... and of course some Parliament. I've also featured the latest release from @PuzzleProjectsMusic - a sublime track called In The Mood by FunkeeSounds (https://soundcloud.com/funkygroovysounds). Really feeling this one, and it's available to buy right now and currently flying up the Junodownload disco chart. Check it out here - https://www.junodownload.com/products/funkeesounds-in-the-mood/4629501-02/
For hour 2’s guest mix I hand things over to another artist with new music out on Junodownload - Dexter Jones from Ireland who brings us an excellent, exclusive guest mix. It’s an hour of divine classic disco sounds, expertly blending well known and more under the radar sounds, and there are a few of his own edits in there too. Well worth a listen, so please check it out and show Danny some love by giving these links a good clicking...
https://soundcloud.com/dexter-jones-disco https://twitter.com/jexter_dones https://www.facebook.com/dexterjonesdisco/ https://www.junodownload.com/products/dexter-jones-summer-groove/4648702-02/
That’s me done for now, peace and love and summery vibes xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Harvey Sutherland - Bermuda Barry&Gibbs - I Feel Your Love Moodena - The Rattlesnake & The Ant Etta James - In the Basement (DJ XS Remix) Archie Bell & The Drells - We Got Um Dancin' Parliament - Unfunky UFO Cyril Neville - Gossip (Waxwork Edit) The Wild Tchoupitoulas - Hey Pocky A-Way (SLY Edit) The Gimmicks - Visst är du kär Situation, Andre Espeut - What Is Going On? (Andromeda Orchestra Remix) FunkeeSounds - In the Mood Positive Force - We Got The Funk (Pontchartrain Edit) Qwestlife - Hit It Off (feat. Teni Tinks) [Extended Disco Version] Rokk - Patience The APX - Lose Yourself To The Groove (Joey Negro Future Boogie Edit) Janice McClain - Giving My Love
DEXTER JONES GUEST MIX
U Fell In Love - Rio Edits Movin Up - Son Of Lee Let's Dance - ?? Its Alright To Love Me- Chic Feat Johnny_Mathis [Dexters No Go Johny Edit] Dexter Jones - Summer Groove [Discoholics Anonymous Recordings] Paradise's Love - Bordeaux [Kon Remix] Dance Disco Heat - Sylvester [Louie Vega Re-Touch Main Mix] The Blessing Song - Lance Ferguson [Blessed Remix] You can win - Bileo [Dexters Quick Edit] Love Is So Funny - Thunderbolt [Dexters Quick Edit]
The latest Episode starts off with a few raw funk numbers, builds through boogie and disco and into something a wee bit housier. It’s the usual mix of the new and the old, and along the way I bring you some new music from B4ck To L1fe (https://soundcloud.com/ynnad-zeugnimod) with a storming new release on Puzzle Projects Music (https://soundcloud.com/puzzleprojectsmusic/) which is available to buy right now. I also bring you a new edit from Dexter Jones (https://soundcloud.com/dexter-jones-disco), who just happens to be starring in a Guest Mix for this show very soon!
And on the subject of guest mixes, this episode I’m very happy to bring you an exclusive and excellent hour of music from shoe obsessive, top DJ and all round nice bloke, Dee Fuller! This one’s a real good one, and I can tell lots of thought and love went into it. We’ve got funk, disco, boogie, some housier stuff, and one of my favourite tracks of all time in the shape of Tru Dancing by O’Flynn. Huge thanks to Darren/ Dee for the mix, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and make sure you show him some love over on https://instagram.com/dee_fuller_dj
I’ll be back soon, take good care of yourselves xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Crystal Mansion - Somebody Oughta Turn Your Head Around Greyboy - Singles Party Chaka Khan - Best In the West Dunn & Bruce Street - More Than You Know XL Middleton - Think U Slick Rose Royce - Do It, Do It The Souljazz Orchestra - Kossa Kossa B4ck To L1fe - 'Ol Dirty Blades' (Óyela) (Dub Mix) Shit Hot Soundsystem - Woah Peter Palace - Pool Cocktail Rob Boskamp - It Must Be Love Saison - I Need Ya Sartorial - Know The Times Dexter Jones - Summer Groove [Discoholics Anonymous Recordings] Linda Evans - You Control Me (Kon Edit)
It’s Funkier Radio time again, and despite the continuing lockdown I’ve decided to make it fortnightly again, to give myself more time to spend on non-DJing musical stuff. The first hour is the usual mix of twists and turns and I bang it out for the first part with some UK garage and house, before taking the tempo down for some raw funk and bringing things back up for a house, funk and disco selection towards the end. It’s the usual mix of old and new, with a couple of new cuts from my Soundcloud friends Jose Dicaro (https://soundcloud.com/jose-dicaro) and The Magic Track.
Speaking of The Magic Track, hour 2 is all about them! These two lovely guys from Hungary have put together an excellent hour of funked up disco and house edits, and I’m thrilled to welcome them into the Funkier Radio family. I’ve been fans of their excellent taste in music for a while now, and they run a great mix series called The Magic Trackast. They kindly invited me to record a guest mix slot, and in a delightful little twist of fate my guest mix is going live on their show at exactly the same time as theirs is on mine! So make sure you check out my contribution to their series on their Soundcloud page, as well as the previous mixes - there are some great ones.
Thanks to Gio and DRJ not only for the mix, but for inviting me to do one for them! Please show them some love and give them a follow on Soundcloud, Instagram and the rest.
https://soundcloud.com/themagictrack https://www.instagram.com/themagictrack.db/ https://www.instagram.com/_themagicgio_/ https://www.instagram.com/drj_aka_drjuzztice/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
MJ Cole / Elizabeth Troy - Crazy Love Artful Dodger - Woman Trouble Disclosure - Tondo Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango (Harry Choo Choo Romero Mix) Nate Laurence & Scrubfish - Pocket Jazz Aretha Franklin - I Say A Liitle Prayer For You (mikeandtess re-edit) Bill Withers - Use Me James Brown - Stone To The Bone Fat Larry's Band - Nighttime Boogie The Soul Snatchers - Scratch My Itch Marlena Shaw - Woman Of The Ghetto (Jose Dicaro Dub) The Gap Band - Disrespect P-Funk All Stars - Pumpin' It Up Daft Punk - Da Funk (Even Funkier Edit) Bobbi Humphrey - Baby Don't You Know (Frankie Goes Deep Drunk Rework) BB&Q Band - Imagination (DJ Vas rework) The Magic Track - Unfolding Magic The Shapeshifters - When Love Breaks Down (feat. Teni Tinks)
THE MAGIC TRACK GUEST MIX
AKTSHUN - Hoo I love It Ziggy Phunk - Gimme a Chance (Original Mix) Sould Out - The Magical Mystical (Original Mix) Hotmood - That's What We Are (Original Mix) The Vision - Mountains (feat. Andreya Triana) [Danny Krivit Remix] Kleer - I Love to Dance (Joey Negro Extended Disco Mix) The Funk District - The Horn (Original Mix) (feat. Sokur) The O Jays_- Back Stabbers (Carl Oh Edit) Casa Blanco - Body Working Harvey Sutherland - Superego
ABOUT THE MAGIC TRACK
The Magic Track is a cooperation of two infatuated house and disco DJs from Debrecen, Hungary.
Gio, formerly known as Giocator was raised on classic house and techno, and he was also influenced by the sound of the 80's electro and synthfunk sound. In his twenties he produced Drum and bass tunes, and managed his own label Black Seeds Recordings. His music has appeared on various labels worldwide. After more than a decade of DNB he returned to the disco scene and now take advantages of his previous experiences and technical skills to create funky tunes and dj mixes.
DRJ, formerly known as Dr. Juzztice first played as a DJ 20 years ago. He loved playing slower genres, like dub, downtempo and later he was very much into broken beat, nu jazz, or headz - among others. His passion for funk, soul and disco emerged in the past few years.
It was inevitable that these guys would work together sometime. They both love classic funk and soul from the 70s and this is what they mix with brand new and recent house, disco, afro, brazil, indie dance and nu disco tunes.
Episode 30 sees me sticking around the 110 BPM kinda level for the first half an hour, with wonderful sounds from Midnight Star, Graham Central Station, Average White Band, Tom Browne, Leon Bridges and Dr Packer. After slowing things down for a bit for some deeply funky grooves I then crank it up with a couple of housier cuts towards the end. As always it’s a musical meander with plenty of twists and turns.
In hour 2 it’s my absolute pleasure to hand over to the very talented Jeff Fader for an exclusive hour of expert selections. This mix is a good one - strong funk vibes throughout, starting with some rare groove and worldwide sounds and building the pace towards some cracking disco and boogie tunes towards the end. I highly recommend you check this one out.
Jeff’s the owner of the Fade to Funk label and events series, and does brilliant MPC livestreams which are well worth a watch. And please show some support to Jeff and Fade to Funk by visiting any or all of these links...
https://fadetofunk.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/jeff_fader_music https://instagram.com/jeff_fader https://soundcloud.com/fadetofunk https://instagram.com/fade.to.funk
Thanks To Jeff for the mix, thanks to you for listening and thanks to all the creators of the sweet sweet music we enjoy week in week out. I’ll be back soon!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Midnight Star - Midas Touch (12 Inch mix) Graham Central Station - It's Alright Rogue Vogue - Until the Dawn (Cyclist Remix) Average White Band - A Love of Your Own (Juan Chousa & Kanike Remix) B-Side vs Badboe - Funk Me Again Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (Disco Tech Rework) Leon Bridges - Bad Bad News Dunn & Bruce Street - Shout For Joy Dr Packer - So Ruff, So Tuff (Dr Packer Rework) Jarami - Fredonia Drive Parliament/ The Brides Of Funkenstein - Disco To Go Even Funkier - Dial It On Back, Babe Fred Wesley - House Party DJ Sneak - Going Get Got Apparel Wax - 005A1 Swales - Higher
My (currently) weekly funk voyage continues with another mixed bag of funky delights. This week I bring you something from birthday boy Stevie Wonder and something from the dearly departed Betty Wright alongside some choice selections from Gloria Jones, Magnifique, Kleeer, Jayl Funk, Bill Withers, Patrice Rushen and more. Then I turn up the tempo in preparation for this week's guest mix...
In hour 2 I hand over to @tshabee, all the way from Hungary. I came across this DJ via his excellent mix for The Magic Track, so I'm thrilled to welcome him to the Funkier Radio family. I love this guest mix because it's a different interpretation of funkiness to the previous guests I've had on - it's definitely more peak time, with a ghetto/ Dirtybird flavour to it - booty shaking kinda stuff. Funk is a broad church and comes in all shapes and sizes!
There are a couple of his own productions in there, so if you like the sound of those please check out tshabee's Soundcloud page
I'll be back with more goodness next week. Keep on being funky!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Dave Gerrard Edit) Lo Fidelity Allstars - Deep Ellum... (feat. Jaime Liddell) Gloria Jones - Windstorm Betty Wright - Let Me Be Your Lovemaker Selection - Madly Computa Games - Computer Rock Second Hand Audio - Got It Like That Kleeer - Tonight Jayl Funk - Dynamite Funk The Family's Jam - Feelz Good George Clinton - Loopzilla Magnifique - Home Made Bill Withers - She Wants To (Get on Down) Patrice Rushen - Never Gonna Give You Up Won't Let You Be Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid Of Detroit Wetness - I Think I Wanna Dance With You The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down in the Basement Vhyce - Just to Make Me
TSHABEE GUEST MIX
Justin Martin - Hood Rich Daft Punk - Get Lucky (DJ Madd Boat Party Garage Remix) tshabee - Fresh Funky Bass Phrixus - Here's Not the Same (Fritz Carlton Remix) Alix Perez feat. Sam Wills - Annie's Song (Shadow Child Remix) Addison Groove & Die - HydroPump tshabee - Blazin Irie Maffia - Fever In Her Eyes (Stamusic. Remix) Elder Island - Bonfires (Gallago Remix) Justin Jay - The Dip (Prince Club Dip It Good- Re-Work) Betoko & Climbers - Give Me! Claude VonStroke & Christian Martin - Peanut Butter Jelly Time Yazoo - Don't Go (Kolombo Edit)
This week sees more sweet sweet funky music, on a bit of a sunshine tip, largely because I recorded this during the day for a change, and the sun was out. Hour uno sees cuts from A Tribe Called Quest, The Allergies, Parliament, Curtis Mayfield, Addison Groove, Crazy P, Rahaan, Roy Ayers and more, and I had a lot of fun recording it for you.
Hour 2 is guest mix time, and I hand proceedings over to the very capable hands of JD Finburg for an hour and seven seconds of choice disco and boogie. This one’s exclusive, all vinyl, and a classy affair - well worth sticking around for.
JD is the founder of Quiet Pill, a collective of DJs, artists and performers, and has a monthly show on the excellent Vandelay Radio… keep an ear out as I might be making an appearance on their guest mix slot some time soon! In the meantime if you like good quality music then get clicking on these links…
http://quietpill.co.uk/ https://soundcloud.com/quiet-pill-records https://www.instagram.com/quietpillcollective/ https://quietpill.bandcamp.com/
That’s all folks, hope you enjoy. Same time next week?
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Jean Tonique - Sunshine Cleaning Rahaan - Make Me Hot Crazy P - SOS Flyjack - Black Water Gold The Meters - Just kissed my baby (Kiu D re-edit) A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime The Allergies - Every Trick In The Book Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species) Curtis Mayfield - Toot An' Toot An' Toot Addison Groove - F1nk Roy Ayers - Get On Up, Get On Down (Joey Negro Revibe) Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band - Yamona (Detroit Swindle remix) Soul Avengerz & Odyssey Inc - Check Out The Groove Al Kent - Good Inside Brame & Hamo - Roy Keane
Funkier Radio is going weekly for a little while! I'm off work, so why not? I bring you my usual mixed bag of funky delights in the first hour, ranging from the soulful to the bumping.
Then in the second hour I'm pleased to bring you a wonderful guest mix from Ca Ty. Caty's from Mexico, currently living in Barcelona and before lockdown ran a night called Pink Ear Sessions. And as you'll find out when you listen to this mix, she's got a keen ear for a funky tune! This guest mix is great, with an expert selection of tunes on the mellower side of things. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did!
By the way - apologies that my voice is sounding a bit echoey - I was trying out a new setup and haven't quite nailed it yet. But hopefully the reward is better sound quality for the actual music, which is obviously what matters!
I'll see you again very soon. Keep on keeping on xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Jill Scott - A Long Walk The Silver Rider - Kidden Rung Higgins - Step On Banbarra - Shack Up The Fatback Band - Let's Do It Again Joey Negro - Must Be The Music (The original Disco mix) UNKNOWN TRACK Thundercat - Oh Sheit it's X Harry Thumann - Underwater Rudimental feat Afronaut Zu - Krazy Bileo - You Can Win Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It (Bobby Cooper ReMedit) Shahid Mustaf MC - Getting To Know (MC Funked Over mix) Birdee - Movin' On
Hard to believe it, but Funkier Radio is turning one year old! Really doesn't seem like that long ago that I was nervously recording episode 1, and the formula hasn't really changed over the last year - it's still me playing some of the funkiest cuts from my personal music collection in hour 1, then handing over to a fellow DJ to take you through hour 2.
All of the guest mixes on the show are very special to me, but I've pulled out all the stops for this first birthday edition, and have a real treat for you. I'm massively excited to bring you an exclusive hour of music from the incredible All Good Funk Alliance. I've been into these guys for as long as I can remember, and I think their mixes really embody a lot of my vision for Funkier Radio - eclectic selections of deep cuts from across the spectrum of funk, disco, hip hop, latin, jazz world music and the rest, all threaded together with the common strand of funkiness... and the way they assemble these wonderful tunes in their mixes blows me away every time. Their guest mix crams in no fewer than 25 tracks, and it truly is a treat.
Massive thanks to Rusty from AGFA for this mix, there's so much more on their SoundCloud page https://soundcloud.com/all-good-funk-alliance, so get on over there to get some serious funk in your lives.
In other news, Funkier Radio is going weekly for a little while, as I'm not working and have got time on my hands! So I'll be back next Sunday with more funky treats and an exclusive guest mix from Ca Ty. Hope you can join me! xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Labi Siffre - I Got The... Even Funkier - Dial It On Back, Babe Parliament - Unfunky UFO Isley Brothers - Take Me To The Next Phase (Parts 1 & 2) All Good Funk Alliance - On-Off Boogie XL Middleton - One and Only The Allergies - Special People Jayl Funk - Funk me Loose Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa The Warriors - Destination Disclosure - Tondo (Even Funkier Edit) Barbara Tucker - Think (DJ Spen, Thommy Davis & Gary Hudgins Original Mix) Michael Kiwanuka - Money Graham Central Station - It's Alright The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes Nate Calhoun - Funktown
ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE MIX
Roast Beatz - Back 2 Funk Pecoe - Down wit the Philly Sound Pecoe - Bless the Funk Chudy - Where’s the Party At Pecoe with Rockmaster Rust B - Shake It Pete Wilde - Get Funky Black Science Orchestra - New Jersey Deep Tonbe - Funky Bomba B-Side vs Badboe - Funk Me Again Freshco Wiz - We Don’t Play DJ Junk - My DJ is second to None Paris - Break the Grip of Shame (Petko Turner Edit) Nic Pascal - Sugarhill Bang Pecoe - The Funk Phenomenon Beat Le Juice - The Power Pecoe - Dance Floor All Good Funk Alliance - GTP (Unreleased Raw Version) Ross Go - Flava for ya Ear Barkays - Too Hot to Stop (TWOGOOD Remix) Earth Wind and Fire - Brazillian Rhyme (Danny Krivit Edit) Fdel - Get Up on your Feet Tim Love Lee - Super Rappin #5 Dynamo Productions - Showtime Boca 45 - Return of the Original Dancefreaks Pt 2 Marc Hype and Jim Dunloop - The Antique Anthem (Edit)
Episode 25 comes straight from my locked down corner of South East London, and here’s hoping it helps to bring a little ray of light to wherever you’re stuck during this very strange time in history. I begin hour one with the sadly now late and very much great Bill Withers, and then we embark on a journey across funk, cosmic disco, electro and world music, taking in Herbie Hancock, Jamiroquai, Marlena Shaw and Lindstrom to name a few.
Then hour 2 is guest mix time again, and it’s the turn of Ken from Discoholics Anonymous (https://soundcloud.com/discoholicsanonymous) to lay down a choice hour of housed up disco grooves. This one’s an exclusive, so make sure you stick around for it, and make sure you check out the excellent https://www.discoholicsanonymous.com/ for a dose of disco edits, reworks and rare grooves... and follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/discoholics_anonymous/ for much more of the same. Huge thanks to Ken for this mix!
The next episode is the show’s first birthday, so please tune in again in two weeks and I’ll try to make it just a little bit funkier.
Take care and stay home! xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Bill Withers - Sometimes a Song Jamiroquai - When You Gonna Learn? DJ Rubens - I Got A Cat Herbie Hancock - Go for It Bileo - You Can Win Salif Keita - Madan (Martin Solveig Exotic Disco Mix) The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down in the Basement Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) Aeroplane - Love On Hold XL Middleton - One and Only Randolph Baker - Getting Next to You (Even Funkier Edit) Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (Disco Tech Rework) Malena Shaw - Liberation Conversation(Pablo & Shoey Rejig) Lindstrøm - Closing Shot
DISCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS GUEST MIX
al wilson - earthquake (mannix crystal disko 2020 refix) taylor dayne - prove your love (dim zach rework) adri blok martina - you to me are everything (original mix) paul older - funky pippo castle queenside - best love da lukas - ain’t nobody harlem dance club - the last night (extended mix) catsle queenside - it ain’t easy alexny - queen of the dance (original mix) di saronno - mademoiselle hotrod - we got it fleetwood mac - big love (mighty mouse edit)
We might all be locked down at home, but that’s not going to stop me from delivering a fresh slab of hot and funky tuneage directly into your home every 2 weeks. This time I’ve got tracks from Moodymann, Crackazat, Gap Band, Curtis Mayfield, Con Funk Shun, Breakbot, and obviously there’s some Parliament Funkadelic in there too as always.
In hour 2 I’m excited to bring you something a bit different. Instead of the usual guest mix, I’ve got a live set from the excellent House Synth Band! It’s an hour of original music created using hardware, and it’s great. It’s groovy, quirky, expertly put together and full of familiar samples.
Hope you enjoy it, and please stay tuned to https://soundcloud.com/housesynthband and https://www.instagram.com/housesynthband/ for plenty of nerdy synth fun!
As long as the virus doesn’t strike me down I’ll be back in two weeks with more funky tunes and an exclusive guest mix from Discoholics Anonymous. In the meantime look after yourself, look after others and keep the love real - but from a safe distance.
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Mole - Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles Crossfaderama) Moodymann - I'm Doing Fine Crackazat - Fly Away S.O.S. Band - S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit) Lack Of Afro - Mongrel Strut Parliament Funkadelic - Aqua Boogie (Fonkee Monk Edit) Doctorfunk - Gotta Get Funky The Gap Band - Shake Amerie - 1 Thing Curtis Mayfield - Do Do Wap Is Strong Here Carrie Lucas - Dance With You (Even Funkier Edit) Boogie Nite - Funk Dr Boogie Dris Mo - Could Heaven? Con Funk Shun - Got To Be Enough Breakbot feat. Ruckazoid- You Should Know
The latest episode of my little radio show comes as we teeter on the precipice of what promises to be a dark few months for the human race. So I’m trying to do my best to bring a little bit of brightness by selecting music that I love and that makes me happy. As always it’s a broad selection, featuring tunes from Change, Joey Negro, Erykah Badu, The O’Jays, Cashmere and a brand new edit from myself.
In hour 2 it’s my absolute pleasure to bring you an exclusive and brilliant guest mix from Bristol-based DJ Widdox. It’s crammed full of obscure but lovely exotic selections, and it makes me think of sunshine and happy times. A mix like this feels timely right now - to remind us that although the next few months will be tough, brighter days lie beyond. Please check out Dan’s other mixes because I think they’re excellent.
I’m going to keep this show going while this virus thing plays out, with the hope that I can continue playing my tiny part in keeping collective spirits up. We’ll get through this together, friends.
Look out for one another, stay positive, and keep the love stronger than ever xxx
A BIT ABOUT WIDDOX…
Based in the creative UK city of Bristol, Widdox is an avid selector of Jazzy, Deep, Disco, Latin influenced house music.
Growing up surrounded by many different music genres from Jazz, Soul, to Hip Hop and Classical, each style greatly influenced the sounds he mixes now. From moving to Bristol at the age of 18, he discovered a new wave of nu disco, disco edits, deep house whilst mixing in flavours of Jazz and Latin grooves.
Always on the look for rare new sounds, he tries to create mixes and DJ sets that take the listener on a journey.
https://soundcloud.com/widdoxmusic/ https://.facebook.com/widdox/
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Nachtbraker - Hamdi (Fouk Remix) Steven Stone ft. Andrea Love - Good Love (ElektroOrganik Remix) El Coco - Cocomotion Cashmere - Try Your Lovin' The O'Jays - Give The People What They Want Even Funkier - Dial It On Back, Babe Dayton - Krackity-Krack Change - It Burns Me Up Freedom - Get Up & Dance Harvey Mason - Groovin' You Joey Negro - Stomp Your Feet Sohight - Fonk' Erykah Badu - Honey (N-You-Up & Nick Studer Remix) Jean Claude Gavri - Fora Daqui
HOUR 2 - WIDDOX EXCLUSIVE GUEST MIX
Second sight - Artemis Kokiri Forest - Hugo Mari Euphoria (feat. FiFi Robo) - Hemai Reach Out To Me (DJ OMC Remix) - ATFC Ft Inya Day Wide Awake - Junktion 700 Copies - Hotmood Summer Sun (Markus Enochson Remix) - Koop Batteri - Kahuun Back Again - Vertigini It’s No mystery - Makoto Paraisos Quemados (Those Guys From Athens Rework) - Santana Ft Buika Ascension (Aywy. & Sh?m Remix) - Maxwell Beat within (Opolopo Remix) - Rhemi & Cassius Henry U Don't Have 2 Call (El Train Edit) - Erykah Badu Moving On (Delwin's Macho Edit) Zero point - Mystery School Ensemble
‘Eclectic’ is the word I’d use to sum up the first hour of the latest episode of Funkier Radio. I’ve crammed in all sorts, from funk, disco, house, world music to hip hop and some unexpected curveball weirdness.
Hour 2 is tremendously exciting, because it’s my pleasure to bring you an exclusive hour of mixing from none other than Funk Hunk! All the way from Denver CO, Rob’s been on my radar for a while now thanks to his infectious edits, reworks and originals, and I’m truly stoked that he’s been so kind as to put this mix together for the show. Strap in for an hour of the best in disco and funky edits, including Hunk’s Got The Answer, his brand new track that’s available to buy any time now.
Get yourself to https://soundcloud.com/funkhunk, https://www.mixcloud.com/FunkHunk/, https://www.instagram.com/funk_hunk/ for lots more Funk Hunk goodness, and I’ll see you in two weeks!
Spread love like a virus xxx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Pays Bass - I Feel Good (Disco Mix) The Family's Jam - Feelz Good Coeo - In Motion Malka Family - Ciscomulkr The Isley Brothers - Winner Takes All Fat Joe - What's Luv? Psychic Mirrors - The Bells of Saint Christopher Parliament - Unfunky UFO LA Priest - Oino Dave Cortez - Happy Soul With A Hook The Warriors - Destination Jacques Renault - That Sound The Souljazz Orchestra - Kossa Kossa Anderson .Paak - Am I Wrong Funk Hunk - Get Lucky
FUNK HUNK’S GUEST MIX
Hotmood - Besame Ed Wizard and Disco Double Dee - Givin' Ya Up Jodi Watley - Dancer (Funk Hunk reedit) FIRST TOUCH - Upwind E.Live - Boogie For Life Funk Hunk - Hunks Got The Answer The Silver Rider - Wave My Wand JKriv feat. Adeline - Vertigo Purple Disco Machine - Emotion The Funk District - Tasty Shakes Tiefschwarz - Warning Siren (Funk Hunk re-edit) Dafunkeetomato & Felipe Avelar - The Groove DJ Funsko - Straight Up Groove Selace - So Hooked On Your Lovin (Mousse T Extended Disco Edit) Ziggy Phunk - Gimme A Chance
After some quite frankly brilliant guest mixes from all manner of talented DJs over the last few months, it's about time I had a go at one, so this time it's me doing my usual thing for hour 1, then me again playing more songs that I like but without the talking in hour 2.
The first hour features tracks from Cerrone, Amp Fiddler, Marvin Gaye, Tavares and Recloose, and a few tasty edits from the likes of Barry & Gibbs and Get To Know. My guest mix is a bit of a mixed bag - some house tracks I bought recently, more edits, a few curveballs... I'm not usually one to plan mixes too exactly so this one takes a few turns on the journey. And it's an exclusive one too, so not uploaded anywhere else!
As is customary for Funkier Radio I like to promote the guest a bit... so make sure you get yourself over to soundcloud.com/evenfunkier and instagram.com/evenfunkier for lashings of Funkier Goodness from myself!
I'll see y'all in a couple of weeks, keep it real.
xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Recloose - Dust Cerrone - African Voodoo Linda Evans - You Control Me (Kon Edit) Michelle Weeks, Wipe The Needle - My Everything (Opolopo Remix) Taxie - Rock Don't Stop Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation Raw Soul Express - The Way We Live Amp Fiddler feat. Dames Brown - Slippin on Ya Pimpin (Situation Remix) TotalCult - P-Funky Tom Booze - Get Fonky Wit It Fatnotronic & In Flagranti - Botoque Sandra de Sá - Trem da Central Banbarra - Shack Up Pasteur Lappe - Na Real Sekele Fo Ya (Barry&Gibbs Edit) Tavares - Loveline (Get To Know Edit) Ce Ce Rogers - Someday
HOUR 2 TRACKLIST
Horse Meat Disco feat. Amy Douglas - Let's Go Dancing (Dimitri From Paris Remix) Sweet Fruity Brunch - Paisible Fleuve Phairo - Celadon Soulphiction - Bizzness Ray Parker, Jr. - For Those Who Like to Groove Shook - Rise And Fall Doc L. Junior - Let's Go (Never Been To Tokyo) P-Funk All Stars - Generator Pop (12" Mix) Kyoto Jazz Massive - Substream (Even Funkier Edit) First Choice - Love Thang (Dr Packer Rework) Barry&Gibbs - I Feel Your Love Slam Dunk'd feat. Chromeo & Al-P - No Price (Art Of Tones Extended Disco Mix) Dirty Channels - Watchin Out Dan Kye - Like You Wanna Moodymann - Tribute Junior Boys - You'll Improve Me (Caribou Remix) Gladys Knight & The Pips - Bourgie Bourgie (Clemens Rumpf's Refreshed Disco Edit)
Funkier Radio is 20 episodes old! We celebrate this momentous occasion by doing what we do best - exploring the many facets of funky music for the first hour, before handing over to a guest selector so they can show us what they’re made of.
Hour 1 features funk, soul and disco galore with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stargard, Gap Band, P-Funk All Starts and Basement Freaks, with edits from Late Nite Tuff Guy, Shit Hot Soundsystem, O'Flynn, Situation and a brand new one from me. Then in hour 2 I bring you a very special, exclusive Guest Mix from the brilliant Esteban. Part of Liverpool’s Black Light Disco Crew, Ste always brings the goods… and this time is no exception. You're in for a treat with an hour and four minutes of sumptuous grooves and the best edits the world has to offer.
Get yourself to https://soundcloud.com/esteban2907 to hear lots more from Ste and the Black Light Disco crew, and I’ll see you in a couple of weeks.
Peace, unity and love, especially to our European Union friends - Love to you always!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Shit Hot Soundsystem - In Heavy Rotation Donna Allen - Serious Dele Sosimi - E Go Betta (O'Flynn Edit) P-Funk All Stars - Pumpin' It Up Storm Queen - Look Right Through (LNTG Disco Mix) Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Even Funkier Edit) All Good Funk Alliance - The One Aretha Franklin - Every Girl (Wants My Guy) Basement Freaks - Talkin' About Dat Leela James - Good Time The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Pushin On (Situation Edit) Stargard - High On The Boogie The Gap Band - Shake Michael Wycoff - Looking Up to You (Joe Malenda Edit)
ESTEBAN'S GUEST MIX
The Owl - Boogie Fingerman - High Priorities Lamadrid - Funk Lesson 320 Gary Bartz - What Am I Gonna Do? (The Owl remake) Jay Airiness - A Funky Disco Reincarnation of Marvin Jerem A - I’ll Be Good (Original Mix) Moment of Truth - Chained To Your Love (Baume Edit) Shatzl Edits - A1 (Shatzl Vol.4) Moodena - Dumplings Over Flowers J Paul Getty - Body Burnin’ The Truckin’ Company - Got The Feeling (Massimo Beradi Edit) Javi Frias - Keep On
MORE ABOUT ESTEBAN AND THE BLACK LIGHT DISCO CREW...
A native of Liverpool, Esteban (aka Ste Hendry) has been DJ’ing for over 30 years. Earning the nickname ‘Snooker-Star DJ’ as a mickey take due to his 7 times World Snooker Champion namesake, Ste is one of the brains behind the newest player on the disco and funk block, ‘Black Light Disco’.
The idea of Black Light Disco became a real thing when a few like-minded DJs and producers came together to put on a night showcasing the very best in disco, house and funk and everything in between.The BLD ethos is based around a very simple concept: GOOD MUSIC, GOOD TIMES with GOOD PEOPLE. A gorgeous sunny Saturday in June 2019 saw Black Light Disco launch itself with an all day and night party in Liverpool’s thriving Baltic Triangle area. It proved to be the start of something very special. With 3 events now behind them since the launch in June 2019, Black Light Disco has recently landed a weekly Monday night slot on New York’s biggest House Music FM station, MyHouse Radio FM.
Joining Ste in the BLD adventure are Dirty Old Vinyl, Goz (Spin City), the dynamic duo of Pookie Knights and Nick Gartland - all of whom are working hard to take the BLD project to the next level in 2020
My fortnightly journey through the world of funky funky music continues with tunes from Sly & The Family Stone, Bill Withers The Commodores, Prince, Funkadelic, Mr Scruff and more. It’s the usual ride through BPMs and styles. I’ve kept things on a bit more of a raw funk tip than usual and only squeezed in a couple of housier tunes towards the end.
As usual I hand over hour 2 to a fellow DJ, and this time around I’m pleased to welcome Wahine, for an expert selection of house, disco and delicious tunes from around the world. Wahine brings gems from Joey Negro, Mighty Mouse, The silver Rider, OOFT! And loads more, so make sure you stick around for it as it’s a treat! And make sure you follow Wahine on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/wahinedj) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wahine_dj/) for more quality music like this.
Until we meet again, keep the love strong xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
The Reflex - Bongle Joogie Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (Funk Ferret Edit) Pete Le Freq - Level Down NFC & Key Sokur - City Affair Planet Jumper - Embracing Entropy Bill Withers - Kissing My Love Commodores - Slippery When Wet Stargard - High On The Boogie Mr. Scruff - Spandex Man Ann Robinson - You Did It Serge Gamesbourg - Gonna Get Your Love Prince - Partyup Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove, Pt. 2 Apparel Wax - 005A1 The Vision feat. Andreya Triana - Heaven (Danny Krivit Edit)
WAHINE'S GUEST MIX
Andromeda Orchestra - Kano Line Dance JB Dizzy - Africosmo Cheryl Lynn, Joey Negro - You Saved My Day (Joey Negro Tell The World Mix) YSE - When Are You Gonna Land The Silver Rider - Tonite JB Dizzy - Interstellar Love (JB Dizzy acid roller mix) Paul Older - Let's Make Music Sunner Sou - Jazzy Patterns (Raw Edit) Mighty Mouse, Yuksek - The Spirit (Yuksek Extended Remix) Dj Vas - Say You Love Me Palavas - I Need Someone Tonight (Palavas Edit) Nu Port 62, Micky More, Andy Tee - Make It Happen (Micky More & Andy Tee Disco Mix) OOFT! - Get On Ze Funk Train
Kicking off the new decade with more funky goodness from myself and a fellow selector. Hour 1 features lovely music from the likes of Parliament, Fatback Band, Loleatta Holloway, Thundercat and the Boss Diana Ross! Once again there's less of me talking and more of me playing the songs I love.
In hour 2 I'm thrilled to bring you a Guest Mix from the excellent Polar Bears Can Dance. I've been aware of PBCD for a while now and he always brings an expertly mixed selection from across the spectrum of funky music, so he's perfect guest mix material. You'll like this mix, and I urge you to get yourselves to https://soundcloud.com/polarbearscandance for more like this.
Until next time - new year, new decade, same love <3
Diana Ross - The Boss (Eric Kupper Mix) Loleatta Holloway - Can't Let You Go (Louie Vega & Josh Milan Truth Dub) Scrubfish - Testify To The Soul Provider DJ Roland Clark presents Urban Soul - Brown James (Spirit of the Garage Mix) Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose The Fatback Band - Let's Do It Again Smashed Atoms - Cut This Way Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica (12" Remix) Parliament - Handcuffs Thundercat - Them Changes The Chocolate Jam Co. - Suite Chocolate: A Chocolate Jam Tape One - Funk 4 You Roberto Surace - Joys (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix) Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (Late Nite Tuff Guy Edit) Brame, Hamo - Hotshot (Fouk Remix) Lee McDonald - I'll Do Anything For You (Red Astaire Philly Remix)
I’m back to bring you another couple of hours of funky good times. The first hour is me and my usual trip through the genres and tempos. In this episode we’ve got a few classics, a few edits, a bit of weirdness and some Sister Sledge. On the whole though, keeping things on a relatively chilled note this time around...
I’m very excited about hour 2, as I bring you an extra special Guest Mix from one half of the excellent Dirty Old Vinyl! Fraser spent a good while expertly crafting this sublime hour of laid back, funky, chugging disco vibes especially for the show, and I think you’ll agree that the end result is wonderful. So grab a drink, sit back, relax and lose yourself.
Huge thanks to Dirty Old Vinyl for the mix, make sure you visit https://soundcloud.com/dk3mac for more loveliness just like this.
Until next time, spread love and festive cheer across the world!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You (Dimitri From Paris Remix) Wetty Bright - Slip & Do It (V Feels So Good edit) Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know Blondie - Rapture The Patchouli Brothers - A Mighty Joy Zed Bias feat Randolph - Mighty St Germain - Rose Roughe Brassroots - Good Life Evil Smarty - The Get Down Fabiolous Barker - I Wish Yse Saint Laur'ant - Psychodelic Woman Bobby Thurston - I Know You Feel Like I Feel Con Funk Shun - Got To Be Enough Doug Willis - Risky Biznizz
HOUR 2 TRACKLIST
FUNK MY JESUS - 24K (Hot Shakes remix) HP EDITS - Nite XPress MASSIMO VANONI - Nobody P-SOL - Big Thing CHUGGIN EDITS - My Mind Won’t let Go ED WIZARD & DISCO DOUBLE DEE - Dat Funk WOODHEAD - Pleasure Departure FRANK VIRGILIO - Out Here NFC & KEY SOKUR - City Affair ED WIZARD & DISCO DOUBLE DEE - Layover Blues FINGERMAN - High Priorities PAUL OLDER - DaBoom (De Gama Re-Groove)
A BIT ABOUT DIRTY OLD VINYL...
Dirty Old Vinyl - aka F&J - are two lads from Scotland who just love their music and it shines through in all of the sets they put out. Each one takes you on a musical journey through a landscape of dreamy, laid-back disco vibes and seriously funky grooves.
They’ve been very much in and around the dance music scene for over 30 years, amassing an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of musical genres across house, funk and disco.
It’s their love of all things disco that led to them forming the Dirty Old Vinyl partnership in 2017 which is strongly influenced by the disco edits, re-edits and nu-disco vibe of the last decade.
Although they say they don’t take themselves seriously, they are serious about their music and over the last 24 months their own involvement and influence on the global disco scene has seen them land prestigious guest mix spots for the likes of Disco Daze, Puzzle Projects, Wonky Disco, Spin City, House Theory Radio Show and Argentina’s ‘Madelsauce’ podcast to name but a few.
Dirty Old Vinyl are very proud to part of recently launched 'Black Light Disco' with fellow founder & groover, Ste 'Esteban' Hendry.
Funkier Radio is back with another two hours of funky sounds for your eardrums. Nice and varied first hour this time, with a bit less of me piping up and talking over the tunes, which I guess is a good thing!
In the second hour we welcome Snowball from Newry in Ireland with a lovely Guest Mix. Expect funky sounds aplenty with this great hour and a bit of edits and bangers. If you like it, and you should, head on over to https://soundcloud.com/snowba1179 for more from Snowball.
Until next time, keep flying the flag for love!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Crazy P - Disc Odyssey Cascadia '10 - Pharoahs Of Elysium (Danny Massure remix) JTRP - You and Me (Glenn Astro Remix Tom Browne - Fungi Mama (Bebopafunkadiscolypso) Bumblebee Unlimited - Everybody Dance Cyril Neville - Gossip (Waxwork Edit) The Meters - Just kissed my baby (Kiu D re-edit) Gil Scott-Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is Patrice Rushen - Look Up! Stargard - Wear It Out Talking Heads - Burning Down the Acid House T-Connection - I Like Funkin' With You Burning Spear - S.O.U.L. (CBS ReEdit) The Warriors - Destination Cosmic Boogie - Calling Lenny
Funkier Radio Time again, with a smorgasbord of funky gems from across the decades. This episode features tunes from Parliament, Eli Escobar, Snakehips, Tom Browne, Gap Band and more. Gets a bit housey towards the end as is often the way!
In hour 2 we have Soul K from Riga on guest mix duties, for an expertly selected hour of classy deep house vinyl cuts. Huge thanks to Konstantin, and please show some love on his Soundcloud page - https://soundcloud.com/kostjuha
See you in two weeks - love one another!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Pleasure Web - Music Man (Parts 1 and 2) Snakehips - Forever (Pt. II) Parliament - Unfunky UFO Dele Sosimi - E Go Betta (O'Flynn Edit) Change - It Burns Me Up Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica (12" Remix) Fat Freddys Drop - Ray Ray (Slope Remix) The Gap Band - Disrespect L.A. Boppers - You Did It Good Lonnie Smith - Do It Project Pablo - Enough Fish Go Deep - The Cure & The Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix) Eli Escobar feat. Steven Klavier - Back 2 Luv Jacques Renault - That Sound Mystic Pleasure - Back Door (Getting Down)
The latest episode of Funkier Radio is chock full of funky goodness, with tracks from Cameo, Aretha Franklin alongside some sweet obscurities. It’s edit central too, with a Mikeandtess edit of Jamiroquai, a Sam Redmore edit of Sister Sledge and my own edit of Randolph Baker.
Hour 2 is all about Groovemasta from Sofia, who very kindly has recorded an exclusive Guest Mix for the show! It’s a groovy blend of funky edits, with more Mikeandtess, Moplen and more. Huge thanks to Groovemasta for the mix (and telling me where to get hold of those edits!), and be sure to pay a visit to his SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/groovemasta
I’ll be back soon, hugs, kisses and the rest xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Turbojazz - Please U (EVM128 Remix) Cameo - Just Be Yourself King Tutt - You Got Me Hung Up Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose Chi-Lites - My First Mistake Bileo - You Can Win Jamiroquai - Don't Give Hate A Chance (Mikeandtess Edit) Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (Sam Redmore's Tropical Disco Mix) Randolph Baker - Getting Next to You (Even Funkier Edit) Dunn & Bruce Street - Shout For Joy Dayton - Krackity-Krack The Soul Searchers - Ashley's Roachclip (Jack Frost's Straight Heat Edit) Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #4 J Paul Getto - The Vibe Brooklyn Express - Back In Time
Funkier Radio is back in town with another 2 hours of delicious delights to tease your eardrums. it's a varied affair as per usual, with hour one featuring music from Nina Simone, Amp Fiddler, T-Connection, Mayer Hawthorne, Bill Withers, Motor City Drum Ensemble and more. There's also a bit of an electro tangent, because why not.
Hour 2 features a guest mix from RJ. It's the first half of one of their excellent Slo-mo Disco mixes, and it's lovely. Lots of deep, slowed down disco edits from the likes of Mikeandtess, Get Down Edits, Chuggin Edits and DJ S. Please stick around for it, and visit their soundcloud too as it's crammed full of great mixes! https://soundcloud.com/razzjazz/
Keep the love strong until next time people!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Nina Simone - Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter Skull Snaps - It's A New Day The Mohawks - The Champ Amp Fiddler - Slippin on Ya Pimpin (Situation Remix) Mayer Hawthorne - Out of Pocket T-Connection - I Like Funkin' With You Jimmy Edgar - New Touch DJ Grand Supreme - Sure Shot Body Rock Tyron Brunson - The Smurf Rainbow Brown - Till You Surrender The Brothers Johnson - Welcome To The Club Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts 2 (Even Funkier Edit) Qubiko - Disco Connection Bill Withers - Kissing My Love Sparkle - Let Yourself Go (Kon's edit) Satin Dream - Stay Away From My Lover Loose Change - Rising Cost Of Love
Funky times abide once again in the church of Funkier Radio! Today we’ve got some sweet sweet disco, some dank down and dirty funk and some housey goodness too. Tunes from Parliament, Patti Labelle, Philou Louzolo and some artists that don’t begin with P.
I’m excited to hand over hour 2 to Dave Hudson for an exclusive mix of funky disco flavoured sounds. Dave’s been on my radar for a few years as a reliable source of good quality mixes, so I’m thrilled to welcome him to the show. Huge thanks to Dave for the mix, and make sure you get down to https://soundcloud.com/user-984962088 for loads of music from Dave and friends.
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Patti Labelle - The Spirit's In It Shakedown - At Night (Shakedown's Galactic Boogie) Jun Kamoda - Nightmare Club Tom Booze - How We Do This Parliament - Handcuffs Masaaki Hirao - Funky! "Miyo" Chan Speedometer - Happy SKYY - Jam The Box Cerrone - Dr Doo Dah Philou Louzolo - Marlena Vocal Mix Industry Standard - What You Want (Soul Clap deep edit) Loshmi - Proper One Bionic Boogie - Risky Changes The O'Jays - Love Train
Episode 11 sees me doing my usual thing for the first hour, with a fine selection of funky delights. I mostly kept things fairly uptempo this time as I was in that sort of mood, but I pack in a few tracks from the 80s at the start, then things get a bit housier later on. There's music from Luther Vandross, Midnight Star, Storm Queen, Basement Freaks, Cerrone, The Bamboos, Azymuth, Late Nite Tuff Guy and more.
Hour 2 is Guest Mix time, and this fortnight I’m thrilled to feature Javi Frias, all the way from Madrid. Javi’s been on my radar for a while thanks to his impeccable taste in good quality disco music, so it’s a real honour to bring you a section of one of his recent Discotizer sets. Please stick around for that, and head over to https://soundcloud.com/javi-frias for more from Javi. You can also find him on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/javifriasdj
Thanks for listening, please say hi in the comments and let me know what you think of the show, and don’t forget to tune in again in two weeks.
Love and respect your fellow humans!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Midnight Star - Midas Touch (12 Inch mix) Colonel Abrams - I'm Not Gonna Let You (12" Extended Version) Luther Vandross - I Really Didn't Mean It The Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force Azymuth - Jazz Carnival TJR - Just Gets Better (feat. Xavier) Basement Freaks - Walk Away Chester Gorilla - Aripupollo Space Arakatula - Mr Been To The Bamboos - Happy Cerrone - Funk Makossa The Layabouts - Bring Me Joy Tony Momrelle - What You Waitin' For (Earnshaw's Deep & Alternative Dub) John Julius Knight - Larry's Jam (Cleptomaniacs Mix) Storm Queen - Look Right Through (LNTG Disco Mix) Vhyce - Just to Make Me
It’s Funkier Radio time again, and we're into double figures! A nicely mixed bag of funky gems as usual, with a few acts I saw recently at Soul Town Festival. The one and only Aphex Twin too, along with Prince, Mr Scruff, Fatback Band, Gladys Knight, Dan Shake and more.
In the second half of the show I hand over to Black Light Disco’s Nick Gartland for an hour and a bit of disco edits and other goodies. Thanks to Nick for a great mix, and please make sure that you stop by his Soundcloud page for more of the same. https://soundcloud.com/nick-gartland
I’ll be back with more funky times week after next. Be excellent to each other!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Aphex Twin - Acrid Avid Jam Shred Mr. Scruff - Come on Grandad TotalCult - P-Funky B.T. Express - Energy to Burn Russell - Fool For Love Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out Gladys Knight & The Pips - Feeling Alright Bolivar - Merengue Evelyn "Champagne" King - I'm in Love (Jprez extendit dub) The Fatback Band - Double Dutch Salif Keita - Madan (Martin Solveig Exotic Disco Mix) Prince - Purple Music (Jamie 326 Edit) Dan Shake - Buy Yourself Friends
My next episode is up, but small confession - I had some tech problems in the recording of this, so the links weren’t done live. I mean, they were the first time around, but it all went wrong and my master recording was corrupted. Happily I always record the raw audio too so I redid the links, and voila! It’s still the usual mix of funky curiosities, with some disco, some house, a bit of hip hop and some edits, including the latest one from myself.
50 mins in I hand over to Max Stark from Hamburg for the Guest Mix, and it’s a lovely one filled with hip hop, disco, funk and soul. Thanks to Max for the mix, and there’s loads more over on his soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/max-stark), so get yourself over there right this second.
See you in two weeks for Episode 10, in the meantime keep the love strong!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Lay-Far - Let Me Fly Away (Tommy Rawson Remix) [with Dragon] Lux Experience - Freak Mouse Logg - Dancing Into the Stars Warren G / Nate Dogg - Regulate Album Version (Explicit) A.D.O.R. - One For The Trouble The Hackney Colliery Band - No Diggity Pleasure Web - Music Man (Parts 1 and 2) Speedometer - Episode in Palmetto The Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love Carrie Lucas - Dance With You (Even Funkier Edit) Space Echo - Soul Power Sísý Ey - Restless New York Community Choir - The World Is Waiting for a Change
It’s Funkier Radio time again, with two more hours of funky delights for your delectation. This fortnight I bring you House, I bring you Disco, some jazzy stuff, some Hip hoppy stuff… it’s all here, and it’s all funky.
I’m excited to bring you the show's first ever exclusive guest mix in the second hour, recorded especially for Funkier Radio by BYO Boogie. It’s a vinyl only mixed bag of funky tunes, and I think it’s great. Huge thanks to BYO Boogie for the mix, be sure to get yourself over to soundcloud.com/byoboogie for more of the same.
I hope you enjoy the show, please get in touch to let me know what you think, and please tune in again in two weeks.
Keep on loving!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Steve Winwood - Higher Love Parliament - Unfunky UFO The Blue Denim Band - Spunk In The Funk Toby Tobias - In Your Eyes (Tensnake Remix) The Souljazz Orchestra - Kossa Kossa The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On Pleasure - Take A Chance Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything The Temptations - Shakey Ground Moloko - Fun for Me Herbie Hancock - Go for It Fouk - New Canvas Felix Leifur - Feels Like Mishal Moore - Oh Lord (Kenny Dope Remix) Donna Washington - Going for the Glow (Friend Within Re-vision)
This fortnight’s episode of Funkier Radio features many of the artists I managed to catch at Camp Bestival last weekend, so we’ve got tracks from Chic, Sister Sledge, A Guy Called Gerald and Grandmaster Flash in amongst the usual menagerie of funky sounds.
In hour 2 I’m pleased to hand over the guest mix reins to SoulSeduction, for a silky smooth selection of sweet soul music. So stick around for that - it’s a great mix with a good few of his own edits in there
Much love and many kisses xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Chic - Le Freak (Dimitri From Paris Remix) King Tutt - You Got Me Hung Up Grandmaster Flash - The Message Recloose Feat. Rachel Fraser - Catch A Leaf Isley Brothers - Take Me To The Next Phase (Parts 1 & 2) Stevie Wonder - What The Fuss Flevans - Wise Men Say Cause & Affect - Dimensions Lee Alfred - Rockin’ Poppin’ Full Tilting T Connection - Funky Lady Daft Punk - Da Funk (Even Funkier Edit) Dr Packer - Too Much For Me To Take Rose Royce - Do Your Dance A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray Sister Sledge - We Are Family
I’m back with another episode of Funkier Radio, keeping things varied and exquisitely funky with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Cameo, Todd Terry and more. We’ve got funk, we’ve got disco, there’s some house and a whole lot of goodness in between.
I left it too late to get a guest mix sorted out for hour 2 so it’s me, playing some more disco goodies. If you’re a DJ and would like to star in a Guest mix on Funkier Radio, just drop me a message via one of the many social channels available to us both.
Keep the love alive, see you in a fortnight!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? Heatwave - Too Hot To Handle Brick - Sweat (Till You Get Wet) Pays Bass - I Feel Good (Disco Mix) Evil Smarty - Feel The Fire First Choice - Love Thang Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle Bill Withers - Use Me Lyn Collins / The J.B.'s - Mama Feelgood Dave Cortez - Happy Soul With A Hook Cameo - Funk Funk The Bahama Soul Club - Afro Shigida (Suonho Spirit Of 70s RMX) DJ Steef - Power Station P-Funk All Stars - Pumpin' It Up Todd Terry, Jocelyn Brown, Martha Wash - Something Going On (Tee's Original Mix)
My latest episode is another menagerie of sonic delights, veering from Mr Scruff to Shapeshifters via Aphex Twin and Chemical Brothers, taking in disco, house, electro and funk. I'm your host, Even Funkier, on this voyage through the unknown. I'd say this one ended up a bit more banging than previous episodes, maybe I got a bit carried away, but good music is good music.
In hour 2 I bring you a guest mix by Thorson (https://soundcloud.com/kkellogg) from Seattle. Crammed full of edits and funky disco love, this mix will have you nodding your head in appreciation. Thanks to Kris for the mix, and be sure to check out his sounds.
I'll be back in two weeks. Love and kisses xx
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST
Mr. Scruff - Spandex Man Prince - Wonderful Ass Stargard - High On The Boogie Ciscoe - Elevators Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsam Margo Thunder - Expressway To Your Heart BB & Q - Imagination (DJ Vas rework) Black Ivory - Mainline Jesse Rose, Avon Stringer - Pressure The Chemical Brothers - Chemical Beats Get Real - Mind Yo Bizness Jacques Renault - That Sound Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme (Norman Jay's Good Times Vocal Mix) TJR - Just Gets Better Breakbot - You should know (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix) Swales - Higher
The latest episode of my radio show is the usual funky affair, with a sumptuous selection of funky business for your listening pleasure. I indulged myself with a couple of my favourite songs of all time this fortnight, because why not?
In hour two we hand over to the excellent Groovin Cess'ion (https://soundcloud.com/adrien-cecillon) for a great mix of disco infused vibes. You can catch this mix along with loads more on Adrien's SoundCloud page, so make sure you stop by for a listen!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST JV - Edit Channel XXX Harry Wolfman - Epiphany Five T Connection - Ecstasy Shahid Mustaf MC - Getting To Know (MC Funked Over mix) Xl Middleton - Can't Help the Way I Feel Funkadelic - Knee Deep (SoNaR Rework) Skull Snaps - It's A New Day Johnnie Taylor - What About My Love Space Dimension Controller - The Love Quadrant Status IV - Lovin' You SBTRKT - Pharaohs Zed Bias feat Randolph - Mighty Sísý Ey - Restless Stacy Lattisaw - Sneakin' Out Crazy P - One True Light Eloise Laws - Number One
See you in 2 weeks!
Episode 3 of Funkier Radio has the usual wide variety of musical flavours over the first hour spanning disco, funk, hip hop, house and lots else. A couple of classics this week but leaning a bit more towards newer stuff. We've got tracks from Purple Disco Machine, Isley Brothers, Parliament, Crazy P, Jamiroquai, Lack of Afro, Thundercat and Diana Ross.
Hour 2 features a great mix from DJ Ro from the Netherlands, packed full of lovely disco. Big thanks to Ro for the mix; make sure you visit www.DJRo.nl and https://soundcloud.com/dj-vj-ronald to check out more of his stuff.
I hope you enjoy these two hours of musical delights, please spread the word and subscribe/ repost etc. :) More in two weeks!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST Purple Disco Machine - Set It Out (Dr Packer remix) Jamiroquai - Lifeline (Shook Remix) The Isley Brothers - The Pride The Haggis Horns - Hot Damn The Pimps of Joytime - Janxta Funk! Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species) Cory Daye - Pow Wow (Kornum & Karma Edit) Carrie Lucas - Dance With You Thundercat - Them Changes Disco Tech - Too Funkay Lack Of Afro - Mongrel Strut Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose Classixx - All You're Waiting for Crazy P - One True Light Diana Ross - The Boss (Discotron Remix)
Here's Episode 2 of the fortnightly Funkier Radio show. This time we've got a real mixed bag of tunes from artists including Breakbot, Earth Wind & Fire, Harvey Sutherland, Curtis Mayfield, Amp Fiddler, Cerrone, Betty Davis and Notorious BIG.
I'm also excited to have my first guest mix, from DJ Iano over in Kilkenny, Ireland. It's an excellent hour of disco, and I want to say a big thanks to Ian for letting me use it. Make sure you check out his sounds over at soundcloud.com/djiano.
Please subscribe if you like what you hear, check out my sounds at soundcloud.com/evenfunkier and Instagram/ Twitter @ evenfunkier.
See you in two weeks!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST Harvey Sutherland - Bermuda Dr Packer - Try My Luv Breakbot - Shades Of Black (Even Funkier Edit) Lucy Pearl - Don't Mess With My Man Amp Fiddler - Slippin on Ya Pimpin (Situation Remix) Curtis Mayfield - Make Me Believe In You Claes Rosen - Daydreaming Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close Earth, Wind & Fire - September Cerrone - Dr Doo Dah Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize Arian - Your Love Makes Me a Winner
I'm excited to introduce my brand new radio show/ podcast, Funkier Radio. Every two weeks I'll be bringing you a selection of music that I love, all from the funkier end of the spectrum. Expect Funk, Disco, Soul, House, Hip Hop, Jazz and lots else in between.
I'm your selector and host as we journey through the funkiest music this planet has to offer. Hour one will be tracks chosen by me, then we'll hand over to a guest mix for hour two, showcasing talent with a similar focus on the funk.
We've got a real musical mix in this first show, with Sister Sledge, Doobie Brothers, Pleasure, Tru Tones, Joey Negro, Aretha Franklin, Disclosure, James Brown, Funkadelic and more in the first hour. As it's the first episode, hour 2 features a guest mix from my good self, Even Funkier.
I'm still getting used to this, so please forgive the small mistakes and general nervousness - I think I settled into it after a while. I hope you enjoy, and please let me know what you think and spread the word to all lovers of funky music - I'd really appreciate a repost if you dig what you hear. Episode 2 will follow in a couple of weeks!
HOUR 1 TRACKLIST Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Dimitri From Paris Remix) Tru Tones - Dancing (Roger Thornhill Edit) Get Down Edits - Strategy Anthony Hamilton - Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens Disclosure - Funky Sensation Pleasure - Glide James Brown - Soul Power Parts 1, 2 & 3 Marva Whitney - Unwind Yourself Serge Gamesbourg - Gonna Get Your Love Addison Groove - Changa Joey Negro - Must Be The Music Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove Part 2 Aretha Franklin - What A Fool Believes The Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music