Funk Parade Mix 2015

by Qdup

April 2015

http://www.funkparade.com

Nothing brings people together more than funky music!  For the inaugural Funk Parade in 2014, local DJ and funk producer Qdup crafted a banging Funk Parade promo dj mix which now has over 22,000 streaming plays.  The Funk Parade is back on May 2nd, 2015 and will be bigger and better than last year, and likewise Qdup has delivered another promo DJ mix to get DC into a funky groove.

The fifty minute Funk Parade 2015 Promo mix includes rare and exclusives remixes of classics by Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, Etta James and many more, offering something for everybody.  The mix also features Funk Parade PSA’s by DC’s own Edy Blu, Mustafa Akbar of Nappy Riddem and Fort Knox Five and Elin of Alma Tropicalia.   As if all of this were not enough, Qdup has graced this dj mix with two unreleased exclusive tunes being premiered for the first time.  Local dj duo All Good Funk Alliance have recorded a brand new tune, Make It Go-Go featuring Big Tony of Trouble Funk.  And Qdup included his forthcoming Funk & Dance single featuring Mustafa Akbar, coming out in May on DC’s own Fort Knox Recordings.

Tracklisting:

1 Fatback Band – Mister Bass Man (Remix)

2 Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman (Jim Sharp Edit)

3 KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Lifted (Wood n Soo Edit)

4 Etta James – You Can Leave Your Hat On (Funk Ferret Edit)

5 Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady (Copycat Remix)

6 Sly & The Family Stone – If You Want Me To Stay (Funk Ferret Edit)

7 Opiuo – Space Party ft. The Fungineers, BluRum13, Russ Liquid

8 DJ Dan & Uberzone – More Bounce

9 Qdup – Funk & Dance ft Mustafa Akbar

10 Raphael Saadiq feat. Q-Tip – Get Involved (Jean Tonique Edit)

11 Roy Ayers – Love Will Bring Us Back Together (DJ Vas rework)

12 Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get it On / Sexual Healing Ft. Max-A-Million (Stickybuds Remix)

13 General Caine – Shake (Slynk Redrum 2012)

14 Delightful Times (Dr Packer Mash Up)

16 Mark Ronson – Feel Right feat. Mystikal (Qdup Warped edit)

17 Lyn Collins – Think (About It) – (Bobby Cooper Re-Edit)

18 All Good Funk Alliance – Make it Go-Go feat. Trouble Funk (Extended Cut)

Qdup presents “Funk Parade 2015 Mix” by Fort Knox on Mixcloud

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Cutie pie? I thought down under they had meat pie’s, or Ferrets would like a furry pie? What ever pie your down with get your lug holes snacking on this banger courtesy of our man Funk Ferret.

This time he’s borrowed some of StickyBuds keys from the Ghetto Funk Loop masters pack and knocked up an audio pasty, best served chilled.

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This forthcoming release on Fat! Records has been getting support from diverse names such as Skream, Rob Da Bank and DJ EZ,’Turn Me’  features pads that pay homage to Ron Well’s 90s brand of Jungle Tekno over some booming bassline house, ‘Stand Up’ cooks up old skool breaks and vox for a bass heavy  junglistic deep house BANGER!!! You won’t want to miss out on these!!! Out 27/04/15

Pre Order: https://thefatclub.databeats.com/download/ctfat147

HOWSON’S GROOVE- STAND UP EP [FAT! RECORDS]

Joshua Pathon is slickness personified! This dude has an outstanding back catalogue of downtempo edits and this remix of ‘ Got Til It’s Gone ‘ by Janet Jackson is another little gem! Pure laid back vibes and the silky vocal of Janet Jackson means it’s lushness all the way.

Links to Joshua Pathon :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Mixcloud

There’s been plenty of remixes of ‘ Faded ‘ by ZHU kicking around but, if you can find one larger and more fierce than this remix I will simply doth my cap to you and say ” good day ” and wander off into the distance. London based, Delta Heavy have taken the bull by the horns here with their Drum n Bass take on the original and the bass on this, my goodness, it’s enough to make you go cross-eyed! Pure D n B fiyaaaaa!

Links to Delta Heavy :

Soundcloud / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Blanki are Romanian duo, Blanilla and Manki. Blanilla is a producer bang on his game right now with some top releases of late and Manki is one half of Manki & Stieb who are our blogging buddies over at, Breakbeat Romania. They are both crew members of, Ruffinaments who bring us their second exclusive free download and what a colossus it is! Dirty, dirty bassline business with an Amen Break interlude to boot. Absolute dance floor destroyer!

Give em a like and get the free track HERE.

With the rebirth of the Garage / 2step sound it seems a very good idea to drop this stunning remix into this weeks Throwback Thursday slot. It comes from brothers, Star.One. These guys don’t pin their sound down to a specific genre, if it feels good they let us have it! This is the case with this 4 year old remix of ‘ Time ‘ by, Chase and Status featuring the gorgeous vocals of, Delilah. Even with the fast paced music world where genres disappear no sooner than they have arrived, this ones time has come again and should be heard and owned and most importantly, danced too!

Links to Star.One :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / YouTube / Twitter

Chilled vibes from critically acclaimed producer WATSN, a free download from M14 that brings together chilled summery sounds in an old skool house style and laid back breaks for a very unique sounding track that warms up your ears with it’s all round funkiness, grab that download!!!!

WATSN- Need Me [M14] (Free Download)

The fine folks at Scour Records are once again on the scour for new mid-tempo goodness. They didn’t have to look hard for their latest #freemix. COCKNEY NUTJOB does some mighty fine work and here’s a fine example.

Sampling Nina Simone, here’s a cut where you can give your jazz hands a rest and simply get down. With the chunky enzyme breaking down barriers, here’s a tune that will get those feet shuffling.

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Pressurize The Cabin EP
by Fort Knox Five
http://www.fortknoxfive.com

Tracklisting:
1. Reach (feat Flex Mathews)
2. Whatcha Gonna Do (feat Mustafa Akbar)
3. Swinging On A Rhyme (feat Flex Mathews)
4. Keep It Poppin (feat Mustafa Akbar)

+ Instrumental Versions available for each track

Out now exclusively on Beatport:
https://pro.beatport.com/release/pressurize-the-cabin-ep/1504379

Fort Knox Five’s new album “Pressurize The Cabin” will be released worldwide on
Tuesday April 28th, 2015

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