The Funk Hunters bring you episode number 6 of their Detour Podcast. A podcast designed and created to bring you some of the best music from all around the world. It’s a chance for The Funk Hunters to express their tastes and to have a little break from their dancefloor orientated mixtapes. The tracks are hand picked by The Funk Hunters themselves with a multi genre theme. There’s a bit of House, Hip-Hop, Triphop, Disco with a real soulful groove running throughout. Kick back and enjoy!

Tracklist :

Wayward – Hurricane (feat. Michele Chiavarini)
Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (20syl Remix)
Monetrik – Blues Soup
TM Juke – Melodic Stroll feat. Bread & Water
Brownout – I Won’t Lie (Grant Phabao Remix – 45 Edit)
Mojo Rising – In the Pocket
Lion Babe – Treat Me Like Fire (Snakehips Remix)
Slynk – Traveling
Snakadaktal – Fall Underneath (Kilter remix)
Miguel Migs – Tonight (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello)
Potatohead People – Blossoms (Nick Wisdom Remix)
Red Astaire – Change Your Way Fools!
Blackstreet – No diggity (The Tailors Remix)
Giraffage – Tell Me
Galimatias & Joppe – One Step Back Ft. GoldLink (Instrumental)
Nerub – Optzerotrei
FKJ – Learn to Fly (feat. Jordan Rakei)
Ephemerals – Easy Ain’t Nothin (Featurecast Remix)
Saje – Take Care Of You
Brixtonboogie – Beautiful City

The seventh renewal of the Space Cowboys’ and SunsetSF’s co-production of Ghost Ship Halloween was nothing short of spectacular. This year the mind-blowing art and music of Ghost Ship was spread over two nights instead of one. It was a great privilege to be a part of such an amazing spectacle once again. This is the recording of my midnight set on the Mog during the second night of the festivities. My heartfelt thanks to Andrea Lundquist, Robbie Kowal and the rest of the Ghost Ship LLC for a truly memorable night. – Zach

Tracklist

1. So Amazing (Original Mix) – MYM8
2. Up Hands (Original Mix) – Wood Holly
3. Nuthin’ but a G (House) Thang – Holt Blackheath
4. Make It Good (Philly Blunt x Señor Roar Mix) – Shift K3Y
5. Talk (Tony Quattro Remix) – Wuki
6. Baby Baby (Phat Kidz Edit) – Trop Killas
7. Ain’t My Style (Iva ReFix) – Featurecast ft. HeavyFeet
8. Money In The Bank (Curtis B BassRub) – Caked Up
9. Acid Bubble Drop (Original Mix) – DJ Icey
10. Forth & Seek (Original Mix) – Tony Quattro, Doctor Jeep, B. Ames
11. Chin Check (FTW Booty Mix) – NWA
12. Benjamin’s Wu Breaks – The Juice Squad vs. The Lox, Blackstreet & Wu Tang
13. Watch Out For This (Iva Re-Step ) – Deekline, Major Lazer
14. Animals (Phat Kidz vs Chaos VIP Mix) – Martin Garrix
15. Hula Hoop (Original Mix) – DJ Hero
16. Birds (Original Mix) – Bombo Rosa
17. Bass Face (Original Mix) – Phat Kidz
18. Make You Go Crazy (Original Mix) – Jello

For more information on Zach visit www.djzachmoore.com

For more information on Ghost Ship visit www.ghostshiphalloween.com.

Are you ready for some more Garage vibes cos’ we are and Riddler Vol 8 is just the ticket!!! Scott Sharp ‘Got Me Good’ is a superb slice of vocal 2 Step perfect for the clubs, Mike D fekt’s ‘Selecta’ is a DJ Zinc style future funky romp, Phonetix gives Blackstreet’s rump shakin’ anthem a housey re rub ‘Aaaoo!!!!’ Finally Para’s ‘Needle’ is in full rave mode, 4 excellent tracks, you can grab the radio edits for free or be the real deal and get the full versions for only £1.50 on bandcamp.

VA- RIDDLER EIGHT

Electro Swing Roundup – October / November 2014

First off better apologise for last month… starting your own business means that time suddenly becomes very precious and unfortunately last month didn’t make the cut. Still just means that this month is better than ever.

If I was you lot I’d ask for your money back…

Darkside of the Electro Swing Ball Since I’ve been starting to get on top of my work at Vintage Wedding DJ, I thought it was time to get back into another project and so it has to be time to run another event. We’ve been promising to get the scandalous scamps of electro swing up to Shropshire for a while and so we’re delighted to be welcoming Dutty Moonshine up to join us for our next Electro Swing Ball. We’re going in deeper and darker for this one (definitely would suit the readers of this blog well) so if you live anywhere near the West Midlands come join us for one all mighty shakedown. Getting dressed up is de rigueur for our events and we’ve got another cracking lineup which also features Free Breaks Blog’s head honcho Bertie Dastard, ghetto funkster Supabad (who was very appropriately christened James Brown by his parents – how cool???), hosted as ever by the Delightful Mrs Rickard, Liberty Pink as jazz singer extraordinaire and compère, award winning burlesque from Verity Grey, and myself..? Well I’m doing the premiere of my new VJ set called DJR presents Swing The Silver Screen. It’s gonna be stunning.

Slamboree & Caravan Palace @ Electric Brixton, Nov 15th

Also forthcoming is very impressive lineup on the 15th of November down in London-town. The Electric Brixton parties have been building up a great reputation and they return with the new show by festival legends Slamboree topping the bill, (this is one collective that everyone should experience at least once) along with electro swing legends Caravan Palace providing a DJ set, and also plenty of FBB favorites in the shape of Featurecast, Father Funk, Rumpsteppers, DJ Pony Montana, Dr. Malaka and DJ Chris Tofu.  For those haven’t been to the Electric Brixton  – it’s a stunning 1700 capacity period style venue which lends itself to this style of hoedown perfectly and it has been sold out for all of its events recently. I’m going to be down there to experience it all first hand so I’ll be reporting back next month on the biggest shakedown in the swing world.

See you on the dancefloor.

Free Music Let’s kick off with a strong start… The Flatcap boys have been adding some squelch to Get Up Stand Up. Good shit.

Kaptin and his Big Swing Soundsystem have turned a tidy bootleg in here:

Copycat getting funky again:

This is good. Quality swing & balkan vibes with Nikola Vujicic on the remix:

The grime sound of Dizzee Rascal has been matched up with some funky balkan beats on this tidy freebie from Smokey Joe & The Kid. Download.

Liking this, nice deep groove from the debut EP by Mortisville.

I might be pretty godless, but this makes me want to go to church. Yes yes electro-gospel goodness!

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There’s not been that many Frank Sinatra remixes done yet, but this ain’t bad from Phylo. Available from his  facebook.

Grant Lazlo going in deep…

Very housey this but it does have a nice little swing style break in the middle:

Not heard of Finger Tanzen before but this is quite interesting.

Tomahawk back on the electro blues tip:

More Tomahawk:

Okay it’s not strictly swing or vintage but I could see this sneaking in amongst your ghetto swing tracks:

Smoother jazzy styling here from Extra Medium:

Dr Hooka here tweaking Basschimps vintage, bass & hip hop:

There’s a whole mix of style going on with this from very new to very old. You decide.

Not sure how to describe this either. Worth a listen though:

New Releases Sound Nomaden – Madame It’s great to see that Sound Nomaden has finally released his debut album. With a whole range of different instruments used and combining influences as diverse as swing, jazz, folk, ska and even classical there’s lots to check out on here.

Mouthful o’ Jam, Vol. 2 – Selected by DJ Swing Maniac DJ Swing Maniac has been doing great work reminding us all where this music called swing originated on this his second volume of Mouthful o’ Jam. It’s released on Green Queen and is perfect for those 1920’s parties where you want to play some of the original goodness that got it all going. Available from itunes.

DJ Dunya – Xyloswing Good to see DJ Dunya getting a good EP out on none other than Freshly Squeezed Records. Get your good swingy stuff from Juno.

Swingrowers – Midnight Swingrowers have a new single out on Freshly Squeezed – this uplifting and joyous slice of live swing sounds great to me. Get it from juno.

Peps Show Boys / Louis Armstrong / Sebastian Roeser – Electroswing Show Here’s a strong release to check out on Chinchin Germany. Good uplifting and funky stuff. Available from Juno.

Kid Kasino – Trick or Treat EP You may miss Halloween now, but certainly don’t miss checking this out from Kid Kasino. Particularly like Headless Horseman which I’m sure would always fit into a set at any time of year.

Phil Mac – Be There Too Congratulations to Phil Mac for his first release on his own Spare Room Records. Good luck – you deserve to be really successful because your records have always been great. Available from beatport

Frizzo – Betty Swing EP Glasgows Frizzo has a new two track EP out on Billybong. Available from Juno.

Gentlemen Callers of LA – The Harlem Renaissance Forthcoming on Green Queen Music is the this tasty little number. Mixing a solid deep beat with some jazzy licks this record will go down a storm. Remix action is done by none other than Bart & Baker. Available from Juno from the 18th of November.

DJ Mixes With a number of Halloween flavored swing releases out at the moment such as the Kid Kasino one above, there seem to be quite a few Halloween mixes around too. Here’s Cab Canavaral’s offering:

And another solid offering from the prolific Doctor Hooka:

That’s it. See you in a month! If you’ve got anything you’d like included in future roundups hit me up on soundcloud.

Electro Swing Roundup – October/November 2014

Bass Beat Repeat is a brand new imprint and it’s first release is due out this Monday 3rd November, a 5 track EP featuring some big names in the DnB scene, big names such as Ed Solo & JFB who make an appearance with the tight roller with cinematic deep pads ‘Milk Bottle’, Leeroy Silk’s ‘The Box Opens’ revisits the classic techstep sound of the late 90′s with a modern twist and a melodic edge, Tremor’s ‘Chess Porn’ is raucous Jump UP DnB that states a firm intent, to get you moving!!! Peron One’s ‘Broken Mornings’ takes a 00′s deep tech/liquid route with haunting vocals and dark stabs and pads blended in with ethereal melodies, closing this fine EP is the uplifting jungle vibes of Vital Link’s ‘Bob’, available from all good download stores this Monday, the ’1 Up EP’ is a diverse and essential DnB release.

http://bassbeatrepeat.net/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bass-Beat-Repeat/635472996506147

VA- 1 UP EP [BASS BEAT REPEAT]

We kick off this round up with some multi genre essential freebies like this booty breaks/trap remix by Otter

And a couple of freebies from Future Jungle Blog including a remix comp, details below

WHAT put a bit of new shine on a classic vocal house anthem

Dave Remix drops a 140 remix of Chase & Status’ ‘Eastern Jam’ with plenty of amens and and squelchy bass, filthy!!!

And if you like a bit of Old Skool ‘Ardcore, then Chiqui & Strictly Nuskool Blog have a fresh free EP out that will take you way back in the day!!!

Origin House pay tribute to the late Mark Bell with a remix of of the timeless bleep n bass classic ‘LFO’

Remix master Nicky Allen turns in a blinding remix of Swift & Zinc’s ”A Musical Box’

Plus more original Oldskool Hardcore style goodness from Firefox Demon

Support a great cause and get some great beats by buying this massive deep bass compilation from Unified Audio, an essential album that takes in deep dubstep, DnB and Future Jungle from the likes of RUFUS! Hybrid Logic and many more

And fresh on Kode 5 is Galvatron’s ‘Bring It Back EP’, rolling Future Jungle/140 Bass and epic Rave Breaks!!!

Buy: http://www.junodownload.com/products/galvatron-bring-it-back-ep/2606228-02/

All Things Bass Round Up 27.10.14

Out 031114 Ram Records Pre-order link: po.st/ReborniT

Delta Heavy Launch There new Single

“Reborn “

This Dnb Weapon has got everything you need

Tight Drums, Emotional Vocals,

Cinematic Strings and Serious BassLine

Quintessential stadium anthems are Delta Heavy’s forte and ‘Reborn’ demonstrates how they've gained this reputation. Setting show stopping-agendas since their first release on the RAM imprint, this next one is no different, however, a cinematic roller isn't all this release has to offer. With remixes from Spoils and June Miller, there’s a colour reel of sound spinning throughout; a host of tracks to suit every palette.

‘Reborn’ embodies exactly what Delta Heavy represents as a collaborative project. An arpeggio of notes leads delicately into emotionally charged vocals, pedestalling the record and creating a musically picturesque backdrop. With the undertow of a pounding morphine bassline and the relentless instrumentation of jungle infused drums, there’s no mistaking the artists’ nod towards their harder productions. Epic, timeless and puffed out with a grandeur composition, Delta Heavy have yet to disappoint.

On the remixes, June Miller carefully crafts their take against the original, uncompromising yet delicately woven and not without its predecessors’ emotional crescendo. And lastly, Spoils introduces us to a genre-infused uptake that catches you unaware, with a steppy melody which stays true to its roots yet delves deep into Spoil’s production aptitude.

So once again, it’s time to take up Delta Heavy’s offerings. They've delivered the perfect successor to their ‘Apollo EP’, yet again reasserting their title as one of the bass scene’s heavyweights.

Meeloox - ChillyWilly by Meeloox on Mixcloud

I am a Bucharest-based DJ & radio show producer and I enjoy playing a mash-up of genres ranging from breakbeat to funk, hip-hop, trap, ghettofunk, dubstep, d'n'b, etc. aka BASS MUSIC.

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This week on The Armory Podcast, we’re pleased to welcome Manchester’s Breaksjunky (aka Martyn King), a 2013 Breakspoll finalist for “Best New DJ”, to the 1s and 2s. Press play. Get down!

It has been a great start to the year for Breaksjunky, After being nominated in 2013 at Breakspoll International Breakbeat Awards for ‘Best New DJ’ and narrowly missing out, he came back even stronger to not only take the Award in 2014, putting his name on everyone’s lips, but also adding ‘Best Radio Show’ to the collection.

When Manchester’s Breaksjunky first stepped up to the decks in 2002 he had a simple ambition, to infect the masses with Big, Fat, Dirty BASS!! Since those early days he has only gone from strength to strength with a string of performances for some of the biggest names in Club Land, playing along side the like of: Grandmaster Flash, Plump DJs, Stanton Warriors, The Freestylers, Dub Pistols, Meat Katie, Cut La Roc, Elite Force, Far Too Loud, Gaudi, Dub Mafia, Slamboree, Monk3ylogic, Krossbow, Bad Tango & Justin Robertson to name a few.

Not content with just rubbing shoulders with the greats, Breaksjunky has made it his personal mission to play at all of the U.K’s most inspirational club nights and festivals. 2013 saw him play a string of stand out sets across the U.K and take to the stage at Boomtown Fair, Ravenstonedale Festival and being Honoured with opening the amazing, ‘Fortress’ stage at The Beat-Herder Festival.

As well as his own Radio Show, awards and DJ sets, Breaksjunky is also a chart success having his debut track “All That Junk” co produced with Zen Cartel, do very well in the Beatport Breaks chart since it’s release and has lots of new projects and co labs underway!

Most recently Breaksjunky has started to infect Europe & Asia performing in Copenhagen in Denmark, Bangkok & Phuket in Thailand and has more International bookings in the pipeline, he’s all about spreading the gospel of Breaks.

With the buzz still going after his current Awards, 2014 is set to be a another great year!!

Tracklist
1. Breaksjunky Intro – Alaska MC
2. Rush St – DJ Fixx, Keith Mackenzie
3. Patient Zero – Zomboy
4. Bangal Booty – DJ Fixx, Keith Mackenzie
5. Sentinel – Noisestorm
6. I can Feel It – Fisso & Spark
7. It Feels So Good – John Bradley
8. Ginger – Keith Mackenzie, DJ Fixx
9. Jawbreaker – Kid Panel Vs. Synthetic Hype (BreaksMafia Remix)
10. What What What – Leuce Rhythms Vs. Breaksjunky
11. Intercooler – Perfect Kombo
12. Bomb Diggy Diggy Feat. Big Wiggles – The Juice Squad, Wes Smith (Dubaxface Remix)
13. All That Junk – Zen Cartel, Breaksjunky
14. Hankering – Colombo15. Perky Man – Sayruss (Dr Beats Remix)
16. Outsider – Hyper

For more information on Breaksjunky visit:

www.breaksjunky.co.uk
www.facebook.com/breaksjunky1
@breaksjunky2

Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com

Its like 98′ all over again but with a fresh twist, the next release on Ultra Bass is distinctive Garage/House with a high level of production and attention to detail, ‘Amazin’ in its original concept is a soulful and uplifting 2 Step/Deep House hybrid and the Rare Candy remix is a impressively smooth speed garage rework, Tommy MC offers up a bumpin’ remix for the clubs and then there is ‘The Ride’, a deep organ fueled 4×4 cut that seams together the best of the old and nu skool plus a great remix by Rare Candy taking things into even deeper territory with a dubby style house rework, excellence from Ultra Bass who are setting a real precedent for the garage revival, this label is going to go from strength to strength without a doubt and these artists deserve recognition for some solid tunes!!!

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DAVID ELIZA FT JAEL- MOTION EP [ULTRA BASS RECORDS]