Jpod presents his new ep “Taking a Deep Breath “. This EP is  Based around Five tracks of various  down tempo Glitchy Vibes , with Ethnic soundscapes   .

Enjoy it when were Chllin the beans !

Good Vibes !!

8/10

Out Now :

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Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/taking-a…reath-ep/1289953

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The third album from Breakbeat stalwart Future Funk Squad, Darker Days, drops May 12th digitally everywhere. (Pre-order HERE) The cinematic-breaks hybrid long player is a modern day breakbeat masterpiece and really shows his production skills, writing prowess and dance music knowledge to the maximum.

Today we can bring you an exclusive FREE DOWNLOAD of one of the tracks written in the recording sessions for the album, ‘The Fortress’. Read through our review and interview to grab your download at the bottom of the page.

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The twelve track album kicks off in fine style with the haunting, string laden soundscape of ‘The Hunted’. Imagine a grungey/breakbeat/rock version of the exorcist theme and your somewhere close. This leads perfectly into the first of many collaborations on the LP, ‘The Rattlesnake’ featuring Mechanical Pressure. This time that grungey bass sound gets melded with acidic synth lines and epic stabs, with some very handy animal safety knowledge, to provide the first big dancefloor track.

Track three ‘Rat Race’ sees long time guest vocalist Mojo return with his unique vocal flow at the forefront.  The tempo drops a touch for the next track ‘Tactics’ featuring Wrexx but the funk levels are increased 100%. A big, squelchy electro funk bassline drives the track, with snappy drums and tech fueled lead lines taking the tune into unstoppable body moving territory. Definitely one of the standouts!

Next up the title track, Darker Days, which takes the listener on a darker trip, as expected really. Starting off like a scene from the Walking Dead before industrial drums slap you around the face and finely tuned strings and pad atmospherics combine to take you into horror movie perfection. Just watch out for the fierce, distorted synth at the end.

Nine Errors, track six, is a tasty little electro number leading us into the collaboration with Karl Sav ‘Monologue’. Karl has really been making some waves recently with his outstanding productions and here we see him pair up with FFS with an inevitably awesome outcome. A fairly light track but one that has so much depth to it.  A perfect track for those sunrise moments.

‘Soundwaves’ sees FFS get all glitched out, electronica on us taking us onto track nine ‘Cold Matter’ alongside Refracture. Refracture is another breaks artist whose productions are shining through at the moment and this collab is probably the most dancefloor orientated track on the album with its huge, chunky bassline, electric chirps and hard hitting beats.

Number ten hits us and we have another collaboration track, this time with Slighter taking up co-production duties on ‘Disease’, a fast paced, techno-breaks rock out. ‘Past Tense’ drops the tempo again into a groovy, trip hop vibe which leads into the fairly low key vibes of album finale ‘The Colony’

All in all an outstanding long player which will no doubt be in the running for Best Album at next years Breakspoll awards.

I caught up with Glen to delve a little deeper…

1. Hi Glen. Thanks for speaking to us. For anyone returning from space that may not know, who are you and what do you do?

I’m a producer / composer / remixer possibly better known for my Breakbeat alias Future Funk Squad under which I’ve been producing countless singles, 3 albums and remixed heaps of artists such as The Prodigy, Mylo, UNKLE, Sia, White Lies, Ladyhawke, Hybrid, The Stanton Warriors and many more…..

2. Your 3rd album, Darker Days, is set to drop May 12th. What has inspired you to write the album?

Since my last album (around 5 years ago) I’ve been doing more music for film, tv and some games and so have been inspired by some of that stuff and decided to combine the two sounds to see if I could do an album a little bit different to my previous 2. I actually started writing a specific trailer album for a company in LA but got a little lost a few tracks in and decided it was time to do another FFS album so fused the elements from those with my beats and other sounds I’m known for.

3. How does this differ from 2009′s Disorders Of Skill?

I would say it has a more mature sound and it’s a lot more epic! obviously there is only one vocal track on Darker Days which was intentional as I wanted to try and take the listener on more of a journey without the distraction of vocals, kind of like a film score does.

4. Which are your stand out tracks from the new album?

I would have to say the first track The Hunted really sets the tone and was one of the most fun tracks to write! I had a lot of fun on this album both programming and playing live bass and a little guitar which I think gives the sound that slightly more ‘organic’ feel. I also really enjoyed doing the collabs as apart from vocalists, I haven’t really done many collaborations but also wanted to do this on an album.

5. Tell us about the track we have to give away “The Fortress”?

This was a track I did pretty early on at the start of the album process and although I really like it, in the end when it came to decided which ones to mix and put on the album, sadly this didn’t quite fit the vibe so I decided to give it away instead!

6. You have drawn upon a lot of collaborators for this one, was that intentional from the start?

like I said earlier, I always wanted to do a heap of collabs with various producers and everyone I worked with on this album are great producers so it was heaps of fun

7. Anyone that you wanted to collab with but it didn’t happen?

There were a few people I spoke too but in the end due to deadlines and there commitments it didn’t happen but there is always the next one

8. What’s your studio like these days. Still a lot of analogue hardware or are you all computer based?

I used to be pretty hardcore on outboard, mainly processing but now with the technology, plugins sound pretty amazing! I’m endorsed by UAD (Universal Audio) and pretty much religiously use all of there stuff! Sounds wise I have a massive sample library of old synths I used to own etc and heaps of Kontakt libraries which I think are pretty incredible! especially for scoring films. I do still own an SH 101 and recently purchased the new TB-3 which is amazing. I think for the next album i’m going to get a few old synths and some of the new modules as they are heaps of fun to create inspiring sounds.

9. You are probably one of the most qualified to answer this question. Do you think there is still a market for selling music these days? Especially breakbeat based?

Well, I’m quite fortunate in that there are a few people out there who know my music and am very fortunate that they still support me! I was very surprised when I decided to do a CD & Vinyl (plus limited poster) for this release and all the limited pressings sold out in a matter of weeks! I think there is definitely a market out there, people will always buy and support good quality music, although i’m not sure there are enough buyers for all the producers out there!

10. So what can you advise the up and coming producers to do to help?

For people just getting into releasing and selling there music I would say that if your doing it for the love and passion of creating music then some money will come later down the line but don’t put focus on ‘making money’ as this is pretty tricky in todays music industry. The main thing is to enjoy the process, and as they say, it’s all about the journey!

11. When can we expect album 4th album?

I’m working on some music for the 4th album now and have a handful of great vocalists awaiting some rough sketches to write too! I want the next album to be a little more cross over in a good way (not commercial!). I’m aiming to have it finished by the end of the year for a possible early to mid 2015 release!

12. Anything else you would like to add?

I’d just really like to thank all the people that support my music and who happily pay for products I create, I am very fortunate to be in this position and hope I can keep writing FFS albums for many years! ha ha

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Many thanks to Glen FFS for his answers now get your free download below and be sure to pick up your copy of Darker Days when it is released. You can pre-order HERE.

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Future Funk Squad – Darker Days + The Fortess

Fresh picks and seasoned classics from the hiphopallotment. Good vibes : )

Check out this month’s Choice Cuts from @dend ... coming soon!

Tracklist

DJ Maars - Ruffneck
Big Daddy Kane - 2 Da Good Tymz (Late Knight Re-funk)
Stickybuds & Featurecast - 3-6-9
Wookiefoot - Earthling (JPOD & Love & Light Remix)
Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Should (Brillz & Z Trip Remix, Featurecast Edit)
Pharrel Williams - Happy (Neus Remix, Bobby C Sound TV Edit)
The Funk Hunters & DJ Wood - Nasty
Shaka Loves You - Party Like We Do
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (Party Favor Remix)
Ice Cube - You Can Do It (Yum Cha Bootleg)
X-Ray Ted - Bend That Back
Phibes vs. Parov Stelar - Booty Swing (2014 Spring Break Remix)
Copycat - Party People If You're Ready to Rock
Howla - Don't Stop!
Portishead - Sour Times (Busta Remix)
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (Yum Cha Bootleg)
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (DJ Dub:ra Spiced ReBeef)
The Bamboos vs. DJ Vadim - Golden Rock (Basement Freaks B-Boy Mush Up)
B-Side & Detta - Dance to the Drummer
A Skillz & Nick Thayer - Drop the Funk
Shaka Loves You - Mylo Banger
Benny Benassi - Cinema (Cockney Nutjob Remix)

Check out loads more tasty musical goodness at:

www.mixcloud.com/Paddy_/

www.facebook.com/PaddyFunkOxford

Previous shows:
#1 www.mediafire.com/?2hv3x2abo1vs7az
#2 www.mediafire.com/listen/raic69i2l…ickings_%232.mp3
#3 www.mediafire.com/listen/2igj47vr6…kings%20%233.mp3
#4 www.mediafire.com/listen/kx7mqri4i…kings%20%234.mp3
#5 www.mediafire.com/listen/2j4o3bx3j…kings%20%235.mp3
#6 www.mediafire.com/listen/le94m7s1o…_Pickings_#6.mp3
#7 www.mediafire.com/listen/yp88l9q3a…_Pickings_#7.mp3
#8 www.mediafire.com/listen/saa8lwiv5…_Pickings_#8.mp3

Another month and another gem of a mix!

Winner of the Too Many Ts remix competition with his take on ‘1992’ (http://soundcloud.com/dend/to-many-ts-1992-d-end-remix) soundcloud.com/dend has produced a series of huge remixes and mashups spanning the genres.

Showcasing his awesome talent Ramp are proud to present an truly brilliant mix from the man himself as he takes us on a sonic journey seamlessly winding through the musical soundscape with consummate ease and skill.

Tracklist:

The Floozies - Booger Bear

Featurecast - Soul Children (feat Greg Blackman - JPOD the Beat Chef remix)

The Next Epizode (Staunch remix)

Blackstreet - No Diggity (soundcloud.com/dend remix)

Nate Dogg - I Got Love (soundcloud.com/dend remix)

soundcloud.com/dend feat Jabaman - Chiil Out Now

Pharrell Williams - Happy (NEUS remix)

C2C - ThHe Beat

Jay Fay - Dibby Dibby

C2C - Down The Road

Slynk - Mad Flava

Izzy Bizzu - White Tiger (Star Slinger remix)

Shift K3Y feat Griminal - Keep Your Mouth Shut

MC Hammer - Can't Touch This (soundcloud.com/dend remix)

The Lost Fingers - Pump Up The Jam (soundcloud.com/dend edit)

The Breakbeat Junkie vs. DJP - Blackbeard's Delight

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosours - Garden

Chilly Gonzales - You Can Dance

Deekline Unplugged

Pony (Viceroy Jet Life remix)

Hypnotic Brass Ensamble - Spotie (Dj Apt One edit)

Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/dend

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/pages/dend/65757302032

“FUNK THE WORLD 22″ 
Mixed by Fort Knox Five 
April 2014 
www.fortknoxfive.com

Tracklisting:
I Shot The Sheriff feat. Karen O – N.A.S.A.
Chan Ve feat. Tina M & Monsoon – Thomas Blondet
Bo Be Easy feat. Axum & C.Le – Soulico
Ula Ula – Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas
If You Want My Love – BadboE & Prosper
Shake Shake Shake – Trotter & Zel
Jet Blue Jet feat. Leftside, GTA, Razz, and Biggy (Tropkillaz Remix) – Major Lazer
Every Gal Vibrate – Ranx, Delly & Vershon
Latino Mafia – 2irie
Black Rose Anthem (Four Color Zac Edit) – Black Rose
Dutty Gyal feat. Natalie Storm (Smalltown DJs Remix) – The Rub
Bang Bang Boogie – Lebrosk (Electro Swing Mashup)
Another One Dusty Bossa (Breakbeat Mix) – The Captain
Cenora Comnoz (Savages Y Suefo Remix) – Mr. Bird

Free Download:
https://soundcloud.com/fortknoxfive/funk-the-world-22_fk5

Fort Knox Five presents “Funk The World 22″ by Fort Knox on Mixcloud

Bruce Missile is a re-rub and mashup specialist from Germany. Here he takes Method Mans – Uh Huh and gives it a Reggae twist with the well known Rockfort Rock riddim. As he has hit the 300k plays on Soundcloud he is giving this one away for free. Just head over to his Facebook page, give him a like and it’s all yours!

Beating The Crates 20140505 by Hong Kong Ping Pong on Mixcloud

After a very splendid weekend partying in a Tipi in the middle of the beautiful Herefordshire countryside Morphosis battled through a brutal head cold to bring you ‘Beating The Crates’ in a Hong Kong Ping Pong Styleeeeee in association with www.ghettofunk.co.uk, having dug deep in the HKPP crates in readiness for the aforementioned party it was thought only fair to share with you lovely lot. x

This show is now available to download from the NSB Radio Archives and to stream on Mixcloud!

Tracklist:

01 DJ Vadim – Watch That Sound (J Star Rmx)
02 Fake Records – Dirt Off Ya Hip Hop
03 Elodie Rama – My Heart Beats (Prince Fatty version)
04 Funky Fresh Few – First Met You
05 The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama – Deep River (JPOD remix)
06 Mr Bird & Deady Dred – 10 Times Doris
07 S.M.O.V – Ray’s Road
08 Fort Knox Five – Cumbia
09 Palov – What’s That
10 Jazz Juice – Bugablue (Dub Mix)
11 Palov & Mishkin – Et De Clarinete
12 Badboe – Lets Get ill
13 Nick Hollywood – Deep Henderson
14 Greenwood Rhythm Coalition – Cumbia Kikuchi
15 Waldeck – Memories (Dunkelbunt Remix ft Jimi D)
16 Sono Rhizmo – Barbwire
17 Sola Rosa feat Iva Lamkum – Turn Around (original mix)
18 Smokey Bandits – The Rooster (AfroQBen remix)
19 Fake Records – Lady Be Good To Techno
20 Rob Tex – Foxy Dub
21 Dedy Dread & DJ Rebel ft Delhi Sultanate – Criss & Shine
22 Sweet Life Society – Bam Bam
23 DJ Tzinas ft Clinton Sly – Real Good Gal (DJ Maars rmx)
24 Niles Philips – Ill At Ease (feat Tonkin)
25 Fatboy Slim – Gangsta Tripping
26 Nickodemus & Quantic – Mi Swing es Tropical (ZEB Remix)
27 Gramatik – Dungeon Sound
28 Panama Cardoon – Martelo
29 Mat The Hat – Pass Me A Dubplate
30 Jon Ohms – Pass it round
31 Mooqee – Supacat Police
32 Natural Self vs Dynamite MC – natural self vs dynamite mc dappa dubs edit
33 Mouldy Soul & William Breakspear – Mash Up The Scene
34 Ave Blast – Drakefield Soul
35 Mr Bird – Monkey Funk
36 Parker vs P Zilla – Ups n’ Downs
37 Neighbour – Baby Brother
38 Rephrase – Catch Ya
39 Free the Robots – Jazzhole
40 Fdel – Rocksteady
41 LoveAvalanche/Al Lindrum – All Fruits Ripe
42 A Skillz – Poppa Soul
43 Flow Dynamics – Live In The Mix
44 Mash & Munkee – Kodiac Jam (Badboe remix)
45 SkiiTour – The Program

ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE: “This is the instrumental to the Sleeve remix of our song Direct Me to A Remedy. Sleeve does really great work with samples and making things sound fresh and new in a organic way. This dropped in 2006 so forgive the compression and mixdown as things have changed a bit over the last 8 years.”

This will be up for 24-Hours so repost, spread the word and get your DL on.

Direct Me To A Remedy (Sleeve Remix) Instrumental by ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE

With so many big things planned this summer.. things at the Ghetto Funk HQ can get a bit manic.

The Funkee Wadd comes to the rescue today with this funky mixtape full of feel-good vibes

Free download from soundcloud

The Funkee Wadd-Symmetrical by The Funkee Wadd