I really haven’t heard anything from the Funkanomics in ages apart from their great series of Chillax mixes there really hasn’t been much air time from them. But fear no more because from out of the blue the Funknomics drop a bomb of a new mix displaying new styles of music from trap to bass to club to drum & bass and everything else – excellent mix all round !

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As the opening track suggests “It’s Got To Be Funky” and this mix from The Bard is just that, a collection of mid tempo funky and soul tunes that pack a punch. With flavours of Old Skool Hip Hop, Ghetto Funk, Rock N Roll & Motown this mix is a sure fire winner to get your toes tapping.

Tracklist

JMMSTR – It’s Got To Be Funky
Arteo – Funky Technician
Carole King – It’s Too Late (BadboE Ghetto Funk Remix)
JUli – Cocaine Wobble
Gramophone Soul Vs. Hendrix – Freedom Funk
James Brown – Too Funky In Here (Charles Beale Regrooved Edit)
Poison Clan – Fire Up This Funk (Beat Le Juice Remix)
The Bar-Kays – Too Hot To Stop (TWOGOOD Remix)
Streamer – Public Disco Enemy # 1
Leygo – Sooopy
James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing (Gramophone Soul Remix)
Sam & Dave – Wrap It Up (SLY Edit)
Lyn Collins – Think (Pecoe Edit)
Joy Fleming – Geld – TomahawkEdit
The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (DJ Crimson x Chuck Boogie Remix)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun (Pecoe Edit)
Dusty Springfield – Spooky (Johnny Lectro Edit)
Aretha Franklin (Funk Sinatra House Edit)

Hitting Cadiz, Spain on the 21st of April is the Primavera Breakbitera Festival with the headlining act the Stanton Warriors. In preparation and promotion Orebeat gives us a promo mix and a guide to how his DJ set might go down on the night. Spanish breaks all the way on this one !

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The legend that is Meat Katie a long time Breaks/Tech Funk producer has recently hopped onto the Retro flavour in his newest Lowering The Tone Podcast. Playing a 2 hour set inspired by his Old School Breaks set in Budapest Meat Katie has mixed a brand new 2 hour Breaks & Tech Funk Retro set with tracks from the 2000’s on wards. Great mix with some old time top tunes.

If you are unaware of Lowering The Tone, just head off to www.loweringthetone.london and all the episodes are up there & an bunch of release’s too.

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If chunky, funky beats are your thing then this mix is the one for you, Gregarious drops a collection of funky broken beats with a slight hint of the Ghetto Funk type of sound. This is a LIVE mix using Numark NV1 and Serato, get movin and get down to this one !

Tracklist

Intro sample from “The Get Down” show on Netflix
Gotta Groove – Dynamo Productions
Can I Get Wit Ya (DJ Maars Remix) – Notorious B.I.G.
Work The Floor – The Breakbeat Junkie Vs DJP
The Smell of Success – El Bomba
I Love Your Jiggy Bits – Dephicit
Getting Up At Stalingrad [BBP Records] – DJ Clairvo
Go Off [BBP Records] – DJP + The Breakbeat Junkie
Eple (Illgorhythms remix) – Royksopp
How Gee – Black Machine
You Suck at Disco – The Beat Pimp
Thinkin – WBBL
Get It Going On – Liberty Chaps Vs Wild George
Mr. Tough Guy – Ugly Duckling
Okie Donkie – Kenny Beeper
Cuppa Yerbs (Groove Mind Remix) – JPOD
Fiyah – WBBL
Bag of Tricks – Sammy Senior
Devil Needs a Bodyguard (Fort Knox Five Remix) – Nappy Riddem
Bring The Funk Back – Nestivus
Funk You Up (ft. Temu) – The Noisy Freaks
She Goes – Dubra X Arteo

For Breakbeat Paradise’s Power Hour mix for the month of March Basschimp was called upon to deliver a new mix, tearing up an hours worth of new tunes including a new one from him called “Under Mi” as well as dropping a selection of Breakbeat from mid tempo funky stuff to higher tempo upfront breaks then moving onto some drum & bass.

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Tracklist

1. Kurtis Blow – The Breaks (Re-recorded / Remastered)
2. Basschimp – Under mi Breakbeat [Master]
3. Smash Hifi – Feel It (Original Mix)
4. Basschimp – Bun Down the Lights (Forthcoming Must Beat)
5. JAYL FUNK – Easy Summertime
6. A.Skillz – Think (It takes two) feat Lyn Collins
7. Mako & The Hawk – Party Goin’ On
8. Restless Dance (feat Electrogorilla) (Free Edit)
9. Lack Jemmon – Joan Jett feat. The Kurnel MC (Basschimp Remix)
10. Lack Jemmon – The Party Riddim
11. Aggresivnes – Rock This (The Brainkiller Remix)
12. AGGRESIVNES – In My Power (Destroyers remix)
13. Kid Panel – Go With The Flow (Original Mix)
14. AKOV – First Contact (Original mix)
15. Torro Torro, Smalltown DJs – House Shake (Brillz x My Bad Remix)
16. Cloud 9+ – Take Me feat. Peter Jabin, MC Kemon (Kid Panel Remix)
17. Lady Waks, Mutantbreakz – In Beat We Trust (Original Mix)
18. Axe Bahia – Thu Thuca (Shade K Remix)
19. Tha Beatslappaz – Beatslappaz – Pop That Booty
20. Ed Solo, Deekline, Million Dan – Reload (Original Mix)
21. Freestylers – Warrior Charge (Breakfastaz Remix)
22. Funk U – Feel So (Manu Twister Remix)
23. Ed Solo, Deekline, Nu Jam – Countdown (Acapella)
24. CoolTasty – 2K
25. Lost Kings – Phone Down (Spirix x Sep Remix)
26. Ras Demo – Blazing Fire (feat Jah Mason & Frisco – Benny Page remix)
27. Aktive – Bounce Wid It (Original Mix)
28. Ali B & Jungle Brothers – Gimme That (Halflight Remix)
29. The Prototypes – Electric (Original)
30. Botnek, I See MONSTAS – Deeper Love (Original Mix)
31. Counterstrike, Teddy Killerz – Horror Story (Original Mix)
32. James Marvel ft. MC Mota – Way Of The Warrior
33. FeyDer ft. DJ Juha – Lion Message
34. Daft Punk – Get Lucky (TC Bootleg)
35. Krome & Time – The Licence (Serial Killaz remix)
36. Daft Punk – Aerodynamic (Specimen A & James D’ley Re-fix)
37. SHAPE OF YOU REMIX Ft. GENERAL LEVY – CHOPSTICK DUBPLATE
38. Bluescreens – Strike One Part II (Original Mix)
39. The Qemists – Run You
40. Ewan Hoozami – Borat’s Theme (BBP Free Power Hour Download)

“Better Late Than Never” goes the cliché; but it sure is hard to believe this marks the first official full-length collection of curated music by label boss Keith MacKenzie on his long-running Illeven:Eleven Recordings imprint. ‘The Illeventh Hour’ compilation comes packed to the brim with upfront selections from the booty music maestro himself — under both solo and side project aliases — and a rotating cast of collaborators. Clocking in at 20 tracks, choice picks from global breakbeat linchpins Icey, Stanton Warriors and Deekline appear next to brand new Keith MacKenzie & Fixx collabs and bass-heavy Smookie Illson cuts. Exciting party music by relative newcomers like CLB, Mervin Mowlley, Round 2 & Keyboard Chris, Andy P, Jill Strange and more round out ‘The Illeventh Hour’ tracklisting, with Keith also assuming DJ duties on the included continuous mix version.

The unmixed tracks can be found in stores now: bit.ly/i11hour

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Tracklist

01. Keith MacKenzie and Mervin Mowlley – Jakarta
02. Fixx – OHW
03. Panic City & Miles Medina – Ball is Life
04. Keyboard Chris & ROUND2 – Big Ol Butt
05. Stanton Warriors feat. The Beatnuts – Shake It Up (Keith MacKenzie and Fixx Remix)
06. Smookie Illson x CLB – Yella
07. Chunky Beatz – Same Everything
08. ROUND2 – Make Dat
09. Junk Food – Back It Up
10. DJ Icey – Analog City (VIP DJ Version)
11. Jill Strange – Back N Forth
12. Smookie Illson – Lock It
13. Keith MacKenzie and Fixx feat. Whiskey Pete – Blazing (Smookie Illson Remix)
14. Andy P – Up In The Club
15. Keith MacKenzie and Fixx – Thicc
16. Deekline and Keith MacKenzie – Faith
17. Andy P & CLB – One Time
18. Keith MacKenzie and Fixx – Got Me
19. Smookie Illson – Taken Away (Fixx Remix)
20. Keith MacKenzie – Violet

Long time Australian DJ & Producer Kid Kenobi just finished his second volume of “20 Years a Kid” this time concentrating on the funky breaks / big beat side of things …..

“So stoked that I FINALLY got around to finishing the second installment of my ’20 Years a Kid’ mixtape series! This second edition covers the years 1998 – 2000 when big beat was mutating into breaks and funk influenced music still reigned supreme. It’s one of the things I love about this era, it’s all about THE FUNK. The funkier the better! Personally I feel that’s something that’s missing a bit these days and is more than due for a comeback (watch this space

). For those of you who remember the legendary Globe days in Sydney then this should take you right back to the dancefloor on one of those epic nights! Hard to believe some of these tunes are 20 years old! Good music never dies it seems (or at the very least stops making you bust ‘funkies’ on the dancefloor)! Hope you dig! x” – KK

Tracklist

01. Gimmie the Funk – Krafty Kuts
02. What is a Party? – MOOG
03. General Funk – General Narco / I See You Baby (Acappella) – Groove Armada
04. Purple Daze (white label)
05. Magic’s Wand (Freestyler’s Phat Party Vocal Mix) – Whodini
06. B-Boy Breakdown – Pepe Deluxe
07. Trans-Am – Kings of the Wild Frontier
08. Rockin’ – A Touch of Class
09. Rock (The Grand Finale) – DJ Spinna
10. Ooh La La – The Wiseguys
11. Let’s Have Scratch for Breakfast – Skeewiff
12. Here We Go (Plump DJ’s Remix) – Freestylers
13. B-Boy Stance (Dub Pistols Club Mix) – Freestylers
14. Talkin all that Jazz (Torti’s Bonus Breaks and Edits) – Stetsasonic
15. Phun-ky – DJ Tonka

Fellow Perth homies the Beatslappaz take to centre stage in this brand new mix for Martin Telemann’s Bass Is Boss Knights series of mixes. Now we haven’t heard anything from the Australian duo in quite a while apart from a FREE tune every now and then but the lads are back with a multi-genre Bass music mix exploring all avenues of the genre.

Digging deep into my hard drives i present to you a monster of a mix. All tunes in this mix i made, starting from 2015 and working my way to 2018, most you can find on my Soundcloud page. There are a few official unreleased tracks in there (at the end), unheard of reworks/versions as well as a few i have never put up for FREE download. From Funk to Soul to Breakbeat to Disco and a bit of everything in between, i hope you like this monster of a mix.

Tracklist

Intro
01.Pecoe – What You Been Doing – 2015 Rework
02.Bee Gees – Staying Alive (Extended Mix) V2
03.Pecoe – So Much Trouble – 2015 Rework
04.Hall & Oats – I Cant Go For That (No Can Do) – Pecoe 2017 Remix
05.Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces (Pecoe Remix) V2
06.INXS – What You Need (Pecoe Remix)
07.Pecoe – Rollin (2016 Flip)
08.Pecoe – Snoop Dog
09.Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing (Pecoe 2016 Flip)
10.Queen – Another One Bites The Dust (Pecoe 2016 Flip)
11.KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight (Pecoe Disco Remix)
12.Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – Bustin Loose (Pecoe 2016 Flip)
13.The O Jays – For The Love Of Money (Pecoe 2017 Remix)
14.The Chemical Brothers – Get Yourself High (Pecoe 2016 Flip)
15.DiscOBeta – Chinese Robots (Pecoe Remix) V2
16.Pecoe – Apache Camp Revisited V2
17.Lyn Collins – Think (Pecoe Edit)
18.Indeep – Last Night A DJ Save My Life (Pecoe Edit)
19.Gino Soccio – Try It Out (Pecoe Edit)
20.Aretha Franklin – Jump To It (Pecoe Disco Edit)
21.Temptations – Papa Was A Rollin Stone (Pecoe Edit)
22.BT Express – Do It (Till Your Satisfied) (Pecoe Edit)
23.James Brown – Sex Machine (Pecoe Edit)
24.Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It (Pecoe Edit)
25.Fred Wesley – House Party (Pecoe Edit) V2
26.Syl Johnson – Different Strokes (Pecoe Edit)
27.Fun Lovin Criminals – Scooby Snacks (Pecoe Pulp Fiction Edit)
28.Pecoe – Rock The Porcelian Insight
29.Naughty By Nature – Down With OPP (Pecoe Edit)
30.Pecoe – Back In Black
31.Pecoe – Ice Queen
32.Pecoe – Bring The Zombies
33.Parliament – We Got the Funk (Pecoe 2018 Rework)
34.Dr John – Right Place Wrong Time (Pecoe 2018 Rework)
35.Pecoe – Boom
36.Pecoe – Funky Shizzle
37.Backbeat Underground – She Don’t Love Me Like I Do (Pecoe Remix)