It’s tough to say more about DJ Dan than what is most likely known by just about any dance music fan that has ever taken interest in the genre. Just take a look at what some other legends have said:

“Dan is a pivotal ingredient to live DJing and production, a real teacher to all."-DJ Sneak

"The thing I love about Dan is that he's always had a funky spirit and he always pushes the elements of music."-Carl Cox

To those who still may not know all that much on Dan, we’ll help you out from under that rock. As you can tell from just a bit of the praise from musical icons DJ Dan has received, our West Coast bred friend has been around the block a few times (and turning heads all the while). Music has been forever entrenched in Dan’s life, having garnered a superior record collection at the age of 8 that would give Amoeba Records a run for its money. Starting his professional musical career with some smaller clubs in Seattle and then Los Angeles, DJ Dan had a rise to recognition in the dance music community that could be considered meteoric. Forming the Funky Techno Tribe in 1993, DJ Dan fused together breakbeat, house, dub, and techno to create a sound that later was fittingly crowned, “West Coast House”. And with renowned tracks like “Needle Damage”, and remixes for everyone from Depeche Mode to Duck Sauce, Dan’s production prowess is undeniable. The journey that Dan’s talents have taken him on could go on for pages and pages. He has played alongside the likes of fellow legends from Carl Cox to John Digweed with a mission of making club goers unable to fight the urge to dance the night away.

And it’s not just party goers and fellow DJ’s who bow down to Dan, the press have drooled over his music. DJ Mag named DJ Dan the #1 House DJ in 2006 while Urb Magazine named him “America’s Favorite DJ” and “America’s Hardest Working DJ” while he was also DJ Time’s ‘America’s Best DJ’ 2014 Top Ten Finalist. The media has never been more accurate. But one of the proudest moments could be said when THUMP warned partygoers to ‘never fuck with DJ Dan’ much like one unfateful attdendant did this year in Baltimore to which Dan had the most powerful of responses.

Dan’s widely renowned Los Angeles based label Instereo Recordings,has further etched his name into dance music’s core. With TJR, Phunk Investigation, Wolfgang Gartner, DJ PP, DJ Sneak, Hatiras, and DJ Dan being amongst the many artists featured on the Instereo Recordings, the label is hard to ignore in the industry. Dan also has releases on Toolroom, Pacha Recordings, Ultra, Guesthouse, Work, XL Recordings, Magnetic, Rising, and many others. 

In 2014 Dan shows no signs of slowing down. His EDC set was rated as one of the best sets of the weekend by DJOYBEAT.com as well as Magnetic Mag. Similar buzz had Insomniac President/ CEO Pasquale Rotella chiming in:

"We go back since the early 90′s and he DJ’d some of my first warehouse parties. He’s an LA underground staple and music legend.”

And if that wasn’t enough, in the recent major dance music poll ‘America’s Best DJ’, DJ Dan clocked in at #9 in a extremely competitive field; beating out some of the largest names in electronic music.

As this dance music world continues to evolve, it is safe to say that DJ Dan will continue to be one of its strongest voices and most powerful influencers.

Retropolis is the brain child of producer Sam White hailing from North West England, rooted in breakbeat with a love of piano, this project has grown and evolved into a bass driven monster.

Nominated in the International Breakspoll 2014, Best Breakthrough Producer category and a regular name in the Beatport Breaks Chart, Retropolis is making waves in the breaks community.

Having releases on US label For the Love of Breaks, Propaganda Music, Booty Trax, Warehouse Wax, The Pooty Club Records, Kode5 Recordings, Rave Style’e and others, there is plenty more to come.

The Retropolis dirty breaks style receives support from Sanxion, The Flashback Project, Vinyl Junkie, Kid Panel and KL2 to name a few.

Rated in DJ Mag at 8.5 on the Richter scale for the ‘Retropolis – I Said No EP’ , Funk and Filth blog described him as “Thundering onto the scene” and  “One of the stand out artists & DJ’s of the last 12 months.” Receiving acclaim both in the UK and internationally, with his old school style of rave-breaks, blended with electro and filthy basslines, Retropolis’ DJ sets are cross-genre monsters, filling dancefloors with serious bass faces.

One of the most innovative labels in Italy, officially started in 2001 but established in 1989, is one of the few that creates an international music networking. Founder and manager of Young NRG Stefano Ricci (aka Dj Stex), together with Teo Ederle, founder of Lao-tsu Productions,
Young NRG Productions offers a choice of 30 different musical genres from House, Electro, D’n'B, Breakbeat, Lounge, Chillout, ElectroHouse, Progressive,to list some.
Definitely worth giving it a good check and… give support to independent labels !!

Founder of label:
Stefano Ricci (Aka Dj Stex ) is one of the Break Electro Funk, Nujazz’s ,Chill, House italian makers, a forefront when all began with Teo Ederle and his crew during 1988, known as the youngest NRG Posse. He’s the figure behind Cyber Nautic, Dasya & GLP. (He’s him behind Cyber Nautic)… He arguably produced more chill music tracks than other breaker’s DNB and launched into a worldwide many musical genres. Stex carved himself a great career, laying his roots firmly within the realm of Electro scene.Show with a 120-180 Minute Live DJ Power Set including Live syths, percussions action. The DJ Set is totally variable from  electro, goa, psy, break, soulful, dnb, jungle to 90’s revival set with the best dance tracks and Anthems out of 15 years till now.
Travel required from Bologna (BLQ) Italy airport plus transfers..
Accommodation for entire duration of stay w/ breakfast & dinner included.
budget negotiable upon volume 
His label Young NRG Productions.
One of the most innovative labels in Italy, officially started in 2001 but established in 1989, is one of the few that creates an international music networking. Founder and manager of Young NRG Stefano Ricci (aka Dj Stex), together with Teo Ederle, founder of Lao-tsu Productions,
Over 150.000 singles sell in last year.
Young NRG Productions offers a choice of 30 different musical genres from House, Electro, D’n’B, Breakbeat, Lounge, Chillout, ElectroHouse, Progressive,to list some.
Definitely worth giving it a good check and… give support to independent labels !!
Cell:+39 3288437906 : Axelbeat 
Booking: info@youngnrgproductions@outlook.it
info@ :axelbitbass@hotmail.it

For Booking Contact: dustinfunkman@gmail.com

James Green aka Dustin Funkman has been a significant contributor to the electronic music scene for the last two decades. As a lover of all things electronic he has been entertaining the masses. Be it in the way of Djing, or  producing. He has become known for a sound that is unique and guarantees a palatable energy on any dancefloor.

He started listening to electronic music in 1995, influenced by genres such as Trance, Hardcore, Jungle and Breakbeats, attending events produced by Hullabaloo, Syrous, Good Vibes, Lifeforce, and Big Bud. Inspired by the sounds and incredible vibe, James began learning to beatmatch vinyl in 1999. Within a year he began producing with REASON and acquired his first residency under the name Scratche, at one of the Gold Club series establishments, Revolution NightClub, in Waterloo, Ontario.

Gaining a significant following, he began coordinating and throwing his own events in Toronto, Kitchener, Hamilton and Waterloo Ontario under the name Reddi Supply Productions. Becoming widely known booking events out of province and internationally. Enjoying measured success, James chose to focus his efforts on producing, as things go in life he had just married and become a new father, playing gigs had temporarily become impractical. This new direction gained serious and quick momentum with a multitude of attention by various record labels,  4Play Traxx, Padded Cell, Breaks R Boss, and Promo Records founded by none other than Robb G.  Signing several releases. One of which, “Electric Dyslexic” , was remixed by none other than TJR, best known for working with Pitbull on “Don’t stop the party”.

In 2014 James continued to release his own produced music, signing with Truespin, and Western Bloc, before acquiring his two first international labels with Base Industry Records USA, and Young NRG out of Italy. He also welcomed the birth of his second child.

2015 marked the official retirement of Scratche, bringing about tremendous change in sound and genres. This creative shift proved positive in the way of self discovery and the emerging of a new persona Dustin Funkman.  Dabbling in the ghetto funk genre proved to be a success as he was just becoming familiar with this type of sound. All efforts paying off with two releases to Breakbeat Paradise Recordings out of Florida, signing not only with this label but also Basement Tapes, Chicago.

Beginning a new chapter in the Maritimes in 2021 is what life looks like for James or as everyone likes to call him, Dustin. Making friends with a like minded community has warranted opportunities to share his contribution of sound at several establishments in Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton. Crave Bar and Lounge, Lexi’s Lounge, Kings Club, McGills, and Nest to name a few. Given the opportunity to play at renowned festival Electric Pines in 2022, and again in 2023 with his lovely wife, Sarah aka Beats Petite as their duo persona, “All Things Funkman”.Recent projects include several new releases signing with Big Fat Mama Beats UK, One7Audio U.S.A.and Monum3ntal Musiq remixing for local act Long Distance Rivals.  2024 signing with Bad Music Records for release of “Bass Acid” collab with GooseTronics, along with Wildfire Recordings, Alberta.

Dustin, aka James Green currently resides in Saint John, New Brunswick with his wife, Sarah an their two boys Avery and Adrian. His love of life and music has brought him this far, we can only imagine where it will take us all next.

𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓸𝓷 𝓿𝓲𝓷𝔂𝓵 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮 2006
Founded by Boe Pedersen (Dj BadboE) in Denmark, and now based in Florida. The label originates from the music website Breakbeat Paradise that has been running since 1996. Breakbeat Paradise is dedicated to breakers and electronic musicians within the style of music that we can loosely term as breakbeat. Developing and improving this website over the last 10 years to include everything from visitor music sharing, annual breakbeat contests, samplekits and discussion forum. We felt that going into digital music distribution would be a natural next step.

The music material on the Breakbeat Paradise website has over 1000 pieces of music. Breakbeat Paradise Recordings will  pick up the very best  “cream of the crop”, artists  and tunes and release them as digital downloads through Breakbeat Paradise Recordings  collaborative partners . We found digital distribution would match perfect with our cutting-edge funky breakbeat music and the fastest way from  the streets – to the listener and dancefloor!

With only exclusive vinyl and digital releases , we are always focused on the most important thing for us – the music! 

The music will span from traditional nu funk and funky breaks to more dancefloor oriented ghetto funk,  future funk and big beat as well as hip hop with a glitch and the more mellow side of the drum ‘n’ bass and nu breaks. The sound of Breakbeat Paradise is driven by an emphatic beat that is intended to form a leitmotif between the releases.

Even though releases from Breakbeat Paradise will be coming from different artists, we always uniform a sound by focusing within the genres of breakbeat.  Collaborators and musicians work close together on our label and we are always ensuring a brand of selective “state of the art“, quality and sound .

We will devote ourselves to deliver the phattest, funkiest and the biggest grooves to be found out there...

The Armory, the latest podcast from San Francisco's DJ Zach Moore (aka W.Haze), is now available on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Mixcloud and Google Play.  

For more information visit www.armorypodcast.com. 

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