Sunday-Session_Mix

One of the original Ministry of Sound residents CJ Mackintosh joins me again at Sushi Samba.  After smashing my opening party I needed to invite him straight back and have him confirmed on Saturday 5th November.  As usual it's guestlist only and free, sign up from link below

https://www.sevenrooms.com/events/sushisambalondon

Here is one of CJ's iconic sets records at Ministry of Sound in 1996, all vinyl!!

CJ Mackintosh Live @ Ministry Of Sound 1996

Inland Knights live at Hidden Warehouse April 2024

Tracklist:
1 - Proud Woman - Jeff Douglar & Balu
2 - 3 Way (Danny White Redid) - Slum Science & Hoodfellas
3 -After The Rain - Arturo Garces
4 - DuBeats - Mild Child 
5 - Doin’ Our Own Dang - Stef Davidse
6 - Lil Bit - Animist 
7 - I Love Bougie (Flip Flop Mix) - Ken ECB
8 - Understand Me - Arturo Garces 
9 - Nu Jazz - Ed The Spread 
10 - Brother Plate’s Flow - DJ Ibanez 
11 - Ego - Joss Moog 
12 - Sit Back Disco - (James Curd Remix) - Kx9000 & James Curd
13 - Nasty - Little Man Big 
14 - Relax Your Mind - Arturo Garces 
15 - Ain’t Gonna Cry - Alex Preston 
16 - 90’s Comeback (Di Saronno On The Rocks Remix) - Freaks 
17 - Affirmations (Jeff Douglar & Balu Remix) - Girls Of The Internet
18 - Somebody Else Will - JT Donaldson 
19 - Ur Body, My Soul - Gina Breeze
20 - Fire - Carlos Salas 
21 - Carnival Jazz - Stax 
22 - I can’t Back - G.U.R.I 
23 - Move To This - Jonn Hawley  
24 - Soleil Blanc - DJ Lulu, DJ Gas
25 - Hold On - Dion’s House Kitchen
26 - Boogie Down - Count Funkula 
27 - Devils Groove - Joey Youngman 
28 - Each Piece - Classy Touch 
29 - Trust Yourself - (Lito Upright Remix) - Stranger Danger
30 - Soul Drip - Iban Montoro
31 - House Music, I love it - Loop Jacker

Freaky Behaviour - House Insurance mix

Live recording of my vinyl warm up set before Greg Wilson @ The Golden Lion Todmorden

Sonic Tonic Presents Greg Wilson Russ Pt1 26.10.24

Live recording of Greg Wilson's set from Sonic Tonic @ The Golden Lion
Track list... 
1.Ashford & Simpson stay free (raw-artes rework)
2.Earth, Wind & Fire saturday nite (derek kaye rework)
3.Sylvia Striplin (raw-artes edit)
4.Double Exposure everyman (late nite tuff guy rework)
5.The Blackbyrds walking in rhythm (peza rework)
6.Advance take me to the top (michael gray remix)
7.Zer-o real time (gw/cw introspective dub)
8.Led Zeppelin whole lotta love (luxxury rework)
9.Psychemagik mink and shoes (gw edit)
10.Players Association the get down mellow sound (mikeandtess rework0
11.Booker Newbury III love town (dr packer rework)
12.Jean Carn was that all it was (sanfrandisco edit)
13.Stephanie Mills put your body in it (mikeandtess edit)
14.Barbara Mason another man (dr packer rework)
15.Shocking Blue love buzz (ché wax rework)
16.Crazy P one true light
17.Young Dog Alien electric eel
19.Klien & Gerald voodoo talk (cw mash-up)
19.Kiko Navarro twilight
20.Lifelike the chase
21.Cerrone supernature (dr packer rework)
22.Jamiroquai space cowboy (dr packer rework)
23.Hercules & Love Affair blind (frankie knuckles remix)
24.Mighty Clouds Of Joy mighty cloud of joy (gw/cw rework)

Sonic Tonic 26.10.24 Greg Wilson @ The Golden Lion Todmorden

Greg Wilson | The Haçienda Returns 2023

25 years of Drop Music and the legends... Inland Knights.
Here is my mini mix tribute to their recent "25 years Discography Pack" I have picked out a few of my favourites. 

Thanks very much for checking out this recording.

Thank you to Andy Riley & Laurence Ritchie for the decades of incredible music. Makes me proud to be from Nottingham.

Grab their incredible FULL DISCOGRAPHY HERE... Just £25 WOW!!
[https://drop-music.bandcamp.com/album/dust-till-dawn-album]

Inland Knights (25 Years Discography Mix)

Paz - Inland Knights (Discography Mix)

February 2025 Mix

My hour of Episode 155 was, once again, a bit of a tribute to geniuses that have sadly left us recently. After bidding farewell to Gwen McCrae and Roberta Flack last show, I did the same this time for the great Roy Ayers, Angie Stone and Yam Who? of Midnight Riot. I opened the show with his remix of my own track that came out on MR a couple of years back, and fitted in a few from him and Roy, and one from Angie too. Come on 2025 - stop it! 

Hour two was very special this time. I brought you a guest mix from a very talented producer who caught my ear late last year - Bralan Arias from Bogota, Colombia. His mix is almost all his own stuff, and almost all of it is unreleased. It’s an absolute treat - loads of his trademark jazzy house sounds, some cheeky samples, plenty of Rhodes, some acid… and things pick up a fair bit towards the end. If this is the standard of his unreleased music this guy is seriously going places… give him a follow right now! https://soundcloud.com/bralanarias https://www.instagram.com/bralanarias

HOUR 1 TRACKLIST

1	Even Funkier - Don't Go Nowhere (Yam Who? Remix)
2	Lokkhi Terra, Dele Sosimi, Peppe Citarella - Cubafro (Peppe Citarella World Latin Mix)
3	Bralan Arias - Being Aware
4	Elado - Blame
5	Even Funkier - Gnarly Calv
6	Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
7	Roy Ayers - Boogie Back
8	Billy Paul - How Good Is Your Game
9	Reel People, Angie Stone - Don’t Stop The Music (Art Of Tones Modern Disco Mix)
10	Yam Who? feat. Natasha Watts - I'm In Love
11	Romanthony - Bring U Up PBR Streetgang Remix
12	FYI Chris - Banana Bread
13	Bralan Arias - cerros orientales
14	Roy Ayers - Get On Up, Get On Down (Joey Negro Revibe)
15	Alma Negra - Endless Summer (Soulphiction Remix)
16	Clive From Accounts - Without Your Love
17	Nuyorican Soul (MAW) ft. Roy Ayers - Sweet Tears
18	Dubplate Disco - Pick Up (Yam Who Remix)


BRALAN ARIAS GUEST MIX

1 Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Rythm Roulette (Scruscru Remix) [Unreleased]
2 Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Autowah [Unreleased]
3 Bralan Arias, Craftsmanship - Acid House [Unreleased]
4 Bralan Arias - Moreno [Unreleased]
5 Bralan Arias - Nothing But The Music
6 Bralan Arias - Jazzy Late Afternoon
7 Bralan Arias - Continues [unrelesead]
8 Bralan Arias,Tebü - Call it House
9Joint4nine - What a Lovely Way To Burn (Forthcoming Ritmo Terco)
10 Emilio Mustafa - Cat O Jazz [Unreleased]
11 A.Naranjo The Adventures of Fuzz Aldrin
12 Bralan Arias - Unruly [Unreleased]

Funkier Sounds Episode 155 - Bralan Arias Guest Mix

Welcome to this 90's House & Garage Classics Word Is Love show and what a nostalgic show it is.

There are hot tracks by David Morales, Kerri Chandler, Inner City, Lil Louis, Leftfield and Frankie Knuckles including some very well known tracks you may have forgotten about.

Joey Negro's alternative alter ego 'Raven Maze' also makes an appearance with the incredible 'Together Forever', check it out.

The show focuses on Up Front Funky House and Classic Garage.

All tracks are selected and mixed by @thefunkassassin with Love.

WARNING Contains sexually explicit content.

Get Down!

For all past shows click here ==> soundcloud.com/thefunkassassin/sets/the-word-is-love-soul-funk

Thank you for listening.

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TRACKLISTING

GEORGE MICHAEL - TOO FUNKY (GEORGE KELLY CLUB VERSION)
ELVIS PRESLEY, JUNKIE XL - A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION
COOKIE - CHOOSE ME (JOEY NEGRO CLUB MIX)
KERRI CHANDLER - THE SHELTER (VOCAL MIX)
RAVEN MAIZE - FOREVER TOGETHER 
LEFTFIELD - NOT FORGOTTEN (HARD HANDS REMIX)
ALLY-US - FOLLOW ME (CLUB MIX)
BLACK LEGEND - YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME? (WE'LL BE IN TROUBLE EXTENDED MIX)
GISELE JACKSON - LOVE COMMANDMENTS (VOCAL EDIT)
DOUG WILLIS - I GOT IT
ROBERT OWENS - I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND
ALISON LIMERICK - LOVE COME DOWN (CLUB VOCAL MIX)
FPI PROJECT - RICH IN PARADISE (GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS)[VOCAL REMIX]
BIZARRE INC FEAT DANY - I'M GONNA GET YOU
INNER CITY - GOOD LIFE
FPI PROJECT - EVERYBODY (ALL OVER THE WORLD)
LIL LOUIS - FRENCH KISS (THE ORIGINAL UNDERGROUND MIX)
ALISON LIMERICK - WHERE LOVE LIVES (COME ON IN)[CLASSIC MIX]

90s House & Garage Classics David Morales Kerri Chandler Joey Negro Inner City Word Is Love Show 61

Mike started dj-ing back in 1989 after being a regular at the legendary Hacienda club especially Park and Pickering's Friday Nude night.  After meeting another Hacienda DJ Steve Williams who also had a couple of sidekicks called Laurent Garnier and Sasha (I'm not sure what happened to those two though) it was Steve who introduced Mike to Eastern Bloc records and that's where all those elusive records were coming into Manchester from as you couldn't get this new Music from just anywhere.  Mike soon started to pick up his own collection of records and as he was the only one with these records he was asked to DJ local parties in his home town of Warrington.  It was around 89 that the Thunderdome opened in Manchester and Mike got to play a few Thursday nights and also later that year got to play some local clubs in Warrington, the next logical progression was to get a Saturday night and that came in the shape of a club called Legends in Warrington, this started in 1990 and ran through till 93, (see Youtube video's for some memorable footage)it still stands out to today as quite a unique Music policy as it started around 90 bpm with a balearic vibe and slowly built up to anything form deep house to Techno and even the odd disco track.

It was also around 1990 that Mike produced his first record Flashback - You which still sells for a good money on discogs, it was a white label that was pressed up by himself.

The next record produced was under the name bbr streetgang, which was signed to Scottish label Hubba Hubba, and followed up with the United House E.P. which was a reflection of the Music policy at Legends, with a disco sampled house feel and also a couple of downtempo tracks.

BBR streetgang went on to sign to Transworld records which was a subsidiary of Dead Dead Good records of course home to The Charlatans, bbr's biggest hit followed in the shape of Feel the Music which was on some of the big compilation CD's of the time and was a disco infused track which was played live in the studio and still sounds great today.

Mike eventually left Legends in 93 and was looking for something new and found that in the shape of the World club, again in Warrington and this is where Mike's love of the disco sample was played out on his own productions in the studio with tracks like Disco Groove, also remixed by New Yorks production team Roc & Kato, and in his sets with new Music coming from the like's of DJ Sneak and G.U. and his love for the American sound.

Mike eventually had a family and settled down in Melbourne Australia but after ten years decided to make the move back to U.K. in 2016 and also started to produce new material under his own name, release's for Masterworks, Reptile Dysfunction and All My Friends to name a few. 

Mike Woods Discogarphy.
Flashback - You
bbr streetgang - Loyal To You
bbr streetgang - United House E.P.
bbr streetgang - Monatana Nights
bbr streetgang - Beat in Yer Bones E.P.
bbr streetgang - Disco Groove
Mike Woods - Alien Liaison E.P.
Disco Svengalis - The Ride
Mike Woods - Got to Love
Badroxx - Deep State E.P.
Badroxx - Deep state 2
::Remixes::
New York Minutemen - ok alright (bbr streegang remix)
Luvspunge - Do you feel what I'm feeling (bbr streetgang remix)
3D - Anytime (bbr streetgang remix)
::New music::
Mike Woods - Juicy cuts Vol 1
Mike Woods - Blind E.P.
Mike Woods - Muzik
Mike Woods - Money E.P.
Mike Woods - Aquarius Dream
Mike Woods - More I get
Mike - Woods Tales from the Vault E.P.
Mike Woods - Dance
Mike Woods - Dance (Rick Wade Remix)
Mike Woods - Turn It Up
Mike Woods - I'm in Love

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Mike Woods

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