Dj XS has impressed us massively with the tunes of his we’ve blogged and much of his older stuff too. So when we see a mix of his titled ‘Golden Era of Hip Hop’ pop up, the intrigue was instant, if anything just to see what makes this dude tick. He’s clearly not missing a beat because his mix is filled to the brim with stone cold classics that Hip Hip heads just cannot do without. Time to take a trip down memory lane ladies and gents…

Download Dj XS’s mix here via Hypeddit.

Links for Dj XS :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Hearthis / Mixcloud / YouTube / Twitter

Tracklist

1. De La Soul meets Dj Premier – Stakes is High
2. Mic Geronimo – Shit’s Real
3. Slum Village – I Don’t Know
4. Crown City Rockers – I Love Being a B-Boy
5. D&D All Stars – 1, 2 Pass It Remix
6. Supreme La Rock – Run the Show
7. Gang Starr – Step into the Arena
8. Notorious Big – Unbelievable
9. Nas – It Ain’t Hard to Tell (Large Pro Remix)
10. Busta Rhymes – Woo Haa (Jay Dee Bounce Remix)
11. Gang Starr – You Know My Steez
12. Jeru the Damaja – Me or the Papes
13. Dr Dre meets Dj Premier – Still Dre (Dj Ragz Remix)
14. Naughty By Nature – Written on Ya kitten
15. Phife Dawg – Bend Ova
16. Gang Starr – Full Clip
17. Gang Starr – Work
18. KRS One – Rapaz R in Dainja
19. Run DMC – Down with the King
20. Showbiz & AG – Fat Pockets
21. Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half Steppin
22. Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half Steppin (Phoreyz & Brisk Multramix)
23. Souls of Mischief – 93′ Til Infinity
24. Dj Cam – Rebirth of Cool

Aroop Roy has really made a name for himself in the 10 years he’s been making music. His sound that incorporates the organic elements of Jazz, Afro, Latin and Funk with the deep electronic edge of House and Techno, has had him play at tropical parties, jazz nights and House and Techno clubs around the world and he was even invited by, Gilles Peterson, to do a guestmix for his worldwide radio show.

Aroop Roy’s sound is super accomplished and there’s no better way to experience that than pressing play on this diamond Disco edit of ‘Scuse Me Miss’ by, George Duke. Within in the first 10 seconds, you can already tell you’re off on a magic carpet ride and as sure as night follows day, all the funky elements align and deliver a track that’s oozing masses style and swagger. Don’t even try to sit still to this, feel the groove and just go with it!

Download Aroop Roy’s edit here via Hypeddit.

If you want to find out a bit more about Aroop Roy’s sound, check out this mix. It’s packed with even more funky smoothness!

Links for Aroop Roy :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Bandcamp / Discogs

Ding-dang-do, have we got some Funk for you! Australian producer Kibosh is the latest of the funky beat makers to grace the ward with his 2016 re-frizz of Kool And The Gang‘s classic ‘Hollywood Pushin’. Now Kibosh loves his Funk n Soul, but he also loves to mix that up by applying his own Glitch and Bass twist to his music which means there’s loads and loads of groove and bounce to be found, and that’s exactly what you’ll find in his latest piece of work and a stack of other tracks that you can find on his Soundcloud page. Dig in, the sounds are gooood…

Download Kibosh’s re-frizz here via Toneden.

Links for Kibosh :

Soundcloud

We’re always very happy to see a new mix pop up from, Paul Morcheeba. He’d taken a break over recent times after picking up a music related issue with his ears and so took the time to get to work building a new studio. With his hearing issue sorted and the studio having the finishing touches applied, Paul got down to work to create another mix that has masterpiece stamped all over it. The good times are flowing hard with 80 minutes of funky and Disco influenced House music to help lift your mood sky high and who doesn’t want a piece of that?

Links for Paul Morcheeba :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Twitter

L.A based, Friskie Business, has been spinning tunes and creating tracks since the late 90’s and, when it’s on, you can find him at Burning Man on the ‘Charlie the Unicorn’ art car, where he takes a regular spot behind the decks to deliver heaps of Funk for the party hungry burners to get down to.

One track that we’re very sure would have fitted in perfectly there this year, is his incredible edit of a remix by Clozee of ‘Baiana’ by, Barbatuques. Friskie is a huge admirer of the original and when the chance came around where he could put his spin on it, so he could drop it in his sets, he jumped on it! Where so pleased he did because the outcome of this tribal influenced Funky Breaks edit is a spine tingling piece of genius. Sample and see!

This isn’t the newest tune from Friskie Business, but it had to shared, simple as that really. Hit the links below to find even more of his music.

Download the Friskie Business edit here via Hypeddit.

Links for Friskie Business :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram

New York based, Spira Music, is a label that is quite simply more productive than a warren full of rabbits. The rate they release music at is mind boggling and it’s quite a mission to keep up with their many quality free tunes they offer up. This one by Swiss producer, Ufuk K, caught our attention though amongst the sea of class, and we’re sure it will do yours to. Although Spira Music predominantly pushes some of the best House music around, Ufuk K’s ‘Deal On The Road’ is all out Breakbeat with a funky Bboy twist. Shapes will be made to this, that we can be sure of!

Download ‘Deal On The Road’ here via Hypeddit.

Links for Ufuk K :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Breakbeat Paradise Recordings are here to deliver the goods once again with new music from France based, Morlack. He has come with a super slick and velvety smooth edit of Al Jarreau’s ‘Imagination’ that he’s giving away for free to help support his brand new EP ‘Touched It’, which features another 5 tracks of equal quality! Bolster your Funky Breaks music collection considerably by adding these party fuelled tracks to it!

Download Morlack’s edit here via Hypeddit.

Check the mini mix of the tracks from Morlack’s EP below, then hit the link below and make em yours :

Buy the ‘Touched It’ EP here from Juno.

Links for Morlack :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Beatport / Mixcloud 

Time to tone it down a little with this soulful mix of Hip Hop and Funky Breaks from Nik Argiropoulos.

Tracklist

01. Basement Freaks – Little Red Afro (Tribute to Jon H) (feat. Mustafa Akbar)
02. Featurecast – Get Lovely (feat. Greg Blackman)
03. See-I – Talkin’ About the Peace (Ancient Astronauts Remix)
04. Will Magid – The Crown (feat. Sharlotte Gibson)
05. Ann Peebles – Run Run Run (Dj XS Edit)
06. Cris Williamson & Jaylib – Shine (Jim Sharp Edit)
07. Poldoore – Heard It All Before (feat. The 49ers & Bodhilynn)
08. Dusty Springfield – Preacher Man (Jim Sharp Re-Edit)
09. Skeewiff & The Soul Stirrers – I Want To Rest
10. The Nextmen vs Joe Dukie – Hold Me Now
11. B.B. & The Underground Kingz – Make Love To My Car
12. Second Hand Audio – Set It Off (feat. Akil The MC)
13. BadboE – Hercules 2012
14. Marlena Shaw – Woman Of The Ghetto (Akshin Alizadeh Remix)
15. Griz – Before I Go (feat. Leo Napier)
16. The Niceguys – Rock Me (Dub Remix)
17. Jayl Funk – Piece Of Mine
18. Ali B & Nick Thayer – N E Way
19. A.Skillz – Beat Don’t Stop VIP
20. Wildchild – Renegade Master (Electro-Gorilla Regroove)

Welcome to the first installment of my ’20 Years a Kid’ mixtape series! This first mix covers the years from 1996 to 1998 when I first started DJing in Sydney (and long before most people in Australia had ever heard of me). This first mix captures some of the tracks I was playing back then: hip hop, big beat, and early breaks. ‘Breaks’ wasn’t actually a genre yet in 1996 and you had to dig pretty hard (at your local record store) to find a good breakbeat sounding record. But that’s what made it so exciting, the ‘discovery’. I’m sure there’s a tonne of tunes I’ve forgotten on here (and there were some I left off as they didn’t quite work in the mix) but the essence of what I did back then is here, including the last track ‘Papua New Guinea’ which I’d drop last EVERY time I DJ’d.

Anyway, I hope you dig the mix! Big love and welcome to my 20 year flashback! – Kid Kenobi

This mix is part of Breakzlinkz Retro series: www.breakzlinkz.net/retro/

Tracklist

01. The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix) – DJ Shadow
02. Sure Shot – London Funk Allstars
03. Shake Your Rump – Beastie Boys
04. That Hip Hop Track – Bitch
05. Mella (The Herbaliser Drive Faster Mix) – DJ Food
06. Freestyle Noize – Freestylers
07. Trickshot – Ceasefire
08. Beat Bastik (Ceasefire Remix) – Hard Hop Heathen
09. Packet of Peace (Chemical Brothers Remix) – Lionrock
10. Take California – Propellerheads
11. Push – Bass Funk-tion
12. Left Hook – Simply Jeff
13. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 – DJ Icey
14. Pick Up – DJ Icee
15. Loose Caboose (Bassbin Twins Remix) – The Electroliners
16. Funk Da Fried Party – Simply Jeff
17. Higher State Of Consciousness (Tweekin Acid Funk) – Josh Wink
18. Big Ditch – DJ Icey
19. Who’s The Bad Man – Dee Pattern
20. unknown – Soulstice (white label)
21. unknown – Bassbin Twins Vol. 1 (white label)
22. Westway – Thursday Club
23. Papua New Guinea (Original 12″ Mix) – The Future Sound of London

Final Conflict brings the best in new Bass n Breaks plus a variety of other tunes in this show number 5 for Hot Cakes Radio.

Listen live every last Wednesday of the month at www.di.fm/shows/the-hot-cakes-show

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