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)

It has been a little while now since we’ve caught up with our good friend Pecoe. As well as continuing to blog awesome music himself on his own blog, Breakzlinkz, he has also been as busy as always dropping tracks of his own with some of those have found their way onto albums from Breakbeat Paradise Recordings and Nu Blends. From the tracks he’s released himself, we’ve picked out his phat Funky Breaks edit of the classic 70’s psychedelic tune ‘It’s Just Begun’ by, The Jimmy Castor Bunch, to share with you and we’re sensing there’ll be a lot of love sent his way once checked out.

Even though Pecoe has clearly been a busy chap, he’s keeps on finding the time to upload classic Breakbeat mixes from all of the legendary names of the ‘Golden Era’ period to his ‘Old Breaks Mixes’ page over on Soundcloud. One of the mixes to recently surface just so happens to be from himself and it contains an awesome handful of choice cuts from a genre of music that gave us so much back in the day. You can check it and download it below and while you’re there, have a scan of the tracklist, it’s a beauty!

Download Pecoe’s edit here via Hypeddit.

‘Retro Mix Volume 1′ :

Links for Pecoe :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Breakzlinkz

Retro Mix Tracklist

Apollo 440 Ft Beatnuts – Dude Descending A Staircase (Stanton Warriors Vocal Remix)
Adam Freeland – We Want Your Soul
Evil Nine – Lovers Not Fighters
Plump DJs – The Gate
Underworld – Rez (Atomic Hooligan Remix)
Hyper – Slapper
Silencer Ft Nikita – Taking Hold
Unknown – On A Ragga Boot
Planet Funk – Who Said (Moguai Remix)
Nirvana Vs Adam Freeland – Smells Like Teen Spirit