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house, funk and soul

The Nathaniel X Project - Get Up

Tip top night at Band on the Wall in Manchester, to celebrate 15 years of my Manchester 'Keep It Unreal' residency. MC Kwasi was down on a night out, but couldn't resist a little mic session. Since April, this night has been a 'Non-Mobile Disco'.. no mobiles on the dance floor. Really helped the atmosphere, and we will carry on with this approach from now on. Can't forget the amazing sound system, venue & staff too. As always, thanks to all the long-time regulars, and the first-timers. Everyone welcome!

0.00 Mr Scruff & Denis Jones 'Thought to the Meaning' 0.05 Fatima 'Talk' 0.10 Bilal 'Soul Sista' 0.14 Johnny Otis 'Don't It Make You feel Good' 0.18 Bodacious D.F. 'Good Folks' 0.25 The Beta Band 'I Know' 0.28 Jorge Ben 'Jica De Silva' 0.31 Luis Gonzalez Jnr 'Geraldinos e Arquibaldos' 0.35 Blaze 'Accaliberation' 0.39 Usha Uthup 'Fever' 0.42 Frank Zappa 'Hot Rats' 0.46 Siah 'Pyrite' 0.49 Peanut Butter Wolf feat. Encore 'Think Twice' 0.52 Odyssey 'Don't tell Me Tell Her' 0.57 Cut Glass 'Rising Cost of Love' 1.01 Em-Cee 'Better Daze' 1.04 Basement Khemist 'Vibrate' 1.07 Tall Black Guy vs. James Brown 'Funky Drummer in a Space Suit' 1.10 Antonio Adolfo 'Cascavel' 1.12 Fatima 'Biggest Joke of All' 1.17 Faze-O 'Riding High' 1.21 Platinum Pied Pipers 'Ridin High (Instrumental)' 1.25 Daddy's favourite 'Do It' 1.30 Moodymann 'Sloppy Cosmic' 1.40 LC and the Action Band 'Just Makin It Up' 1.44 Frankie Beverly's Raw Soul 'Color Blind' 1.47 KIng Hannibal 'The Truth Shall Make You Free' 1.49 Steele Beauttah and the Limit 'What's That Sound' 1.52 Milena 'Sudoueste' 1.55 HE3 'Make It Sweet '75' 1.58 Eumir Deodato 'Arranha Ceu' 2.03 Patrice Rushen 'Number One' 2.08 George Benson 'Love Ballad' 2.13 Randy Brown 'Love Is All we Need' 2.17 Ritual 'Non-Stop Boogie' 2.21 Muyei Power 'Yamba Sowe' 2.26 Jimmy Mawi 'I Want Get Up' 2.30 Leci Brandao 'Questao de Gosto' 2.33 MK 'You Brought Me Love' 2.36 Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space 'Reach For Me' 4.40 Blaze 'Moonwalk' 2.44 DJ Aakmael 'Untitled 105' 2.46 Unknown Artist 'Untitled' from the nature of retribution EP on Prescription Records 2.50 Fingers Inc 'Music Take Me Up' 2.54 Mr Scruff and Alice Russell 'Music Takes Me Up' 2.59 Mr Scruff 'What' 3.03 ATCQ 'Lyrics To Go' 3.08 Stephen Marley 'The Traffic Jam' 3.10 The Dynomites 'Drumbago' 3.13 Orchestre Du Bawobab 'Kelen Ati Len' 3.16 The Mohawks 'The Champ' 3.19 Prince Buster 'Funky Jamaica' 3.22 Ding Dong 'Badman Forward Badman Pull Up' 3.24 M'Bamina 'Atide O Sika (Mukat Edit)' 3.28 Tempo 70 'El Galleton' 3.31 Raw Deal 'Mood Swingin' 3.38 Broken Keys 'Slingshot Part 2' 3.41 Can 'A Spectacle' 3.46 Panache 'Sweet Music' 3.54 Men From The Nile 'Watch them Come' 4.01 Zero dB 'Come Party' 4.07 Juju and Jordash 'Powwow' 4.11 Floating Points 'Arp 3' 4.19 Duve 'Karv' 4.24 Cybotron 'Clear' 4.29 Silver Apples 'Lovefingers' 4.33 Sonic Youth 'Kool Thing' 4.37 The Dirtbombs 'Kung Fu' 4.40 Pigbag 'Whoops Goes My Body' 4.48 Tenor Saw 'Golden Hen' 4.53 Mr Scruff 'Spandex Man' 

The next Band on the Wall session is on Saturday 5th July.

Full list of Scruff gigs here: http://www.mrscruff.com/gigs/

Thought To The Meaning

Limited Download

Keep It Unreal 15th birthday at Band on the Wall, 7th June 2014

Part of the exceedingly good bill of Saturday night in the woods at Beat-Herder 2014. Greg Wilson increasing the pressure as the sun began to set through the trees. Magical moments and a highlight for many - Herd this up! 

Tickets available here... http://tickets.beatherder.co.uk

Photo: Andrew Whitham Photography

GREG WILSON @ TOIL TREES BEAT - HERDER RIBBLE VALLEY 19.07.14

My set from the incredible CockTail d'Amore party in Berlin on Nov 1, 2014. Huge thanks to Discodromo and Boris for having me play this magic music place – one of my favorite gigs of my life.

Aaron Clark @ CockTail d'Amore Berlin - 11.1.14

Read more about Bag Raiders and Musica Copa via THUMP here: http://bit.ly/1pL1AFP

Bag Raiders Musica Copa Mixa

Tracklist and full article: http://www.factmag.com/2015/01/12/fact-mix-478-panda-bear/

The Animal Collective co-founder sets his sights on the dancefloor.

Panda Bear's relationship with dance music is an interesting one. He's been releasing dance records as early as 2002, when he collaborated with Other Music's Scott Mou for minimal techno experiments under the name Jane, but for his latest album Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper, he was a little more cautious with the drums, telling FACT's Aimee Cliff that "I feel like the usage of the drum breaks was kind of a gamble for me."

"I don’t think I ever felt like I had figured out a way of entering into that room where I wasn’t just making some kind of lame copy of something else, something that felt like a costume or felt artificial", he continued. "So after I started making a couple of these tracks and utilising these breaks, I feel like I found a way of dealing with them that still felt genuine."

Drum breaks aren't restricted to dance music of course, and Meets the Grim Reaper feels just as inspired by hip-hop and r'n'b (9th Wonder was cited as a particular influence prior to the album's announcement). Panda Bear clearly enjoys a refreshingly naive relationship with dance though, and it shines through on his FACT mix. The mixing is unflashy, letting anthems like Pepe Bradock's 'Deep Burnt' and Jack J's 'Something (On My Mind)' play in close-to-full, while the inclusion of Eric Copeland - a peer of Panda's from the New York experimental scene whose last release came on dance label L.I.E.S. - should come as no surprise. King Tubby, Aphex Twin and 13th Floor Elevators also feature.

FACT Mix 478 - Panda Bear (Jan '15)

Whether as an artist or a record label, attempting to stand out in today’s increasingly saturated electronic music scene is no easy feat, though some people seem to have the knack of making both look incredibly easy. Throughout recent years the British DJ, producer and label owner, Oli Furness has been earning global respect, securing international bookings from Japan to Ibiza and appearances at major festivals such as Glastonbury, as well as a cementing himself as a renowned resident at Manchester’s Sankeys. Furthermore his burgeoning reputation as a producer has seen him release the best part of 20 singles across the likes of NDV, Wax Classic, Morris/Audio and Tact Recordings. That's not even to mention his very own Music Is Love imprint, the success of which has been particularly fruitful, with the likes of Liam Geddes, Jamie Trench, Tuccillo, Mr KS and Jonny Cade all making appearances since its inception back in 2012. 

This year looks to be exceptionally propitious with the addition of his new sub-label, MIL, as well as a management company sharing the same name providing further testaments to Oli’s mounting reputation as one of the most auspicious and multifaceted young guns in modern day house music. Ahead of his appearance here in Farringdon on Saturday (7th March) where he’ll be playing alongside Terry Francis and Eddie Richards in the Demo hosted Room Three, we caught up with Oli Furness to hear about his goals for the year ahead of him.

Read the interview: http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/introducing-oli-furness-and-his-fabric-x-demo-mix

Oli Furness - fabric x Demo Promo Mix

cd and vinyl mix with 90's Garage and some Hoouse and Techno.

Ruff n Tuff-Karl Bueno-002

I have the pleasure to present ENDLESS, a little retrospective of my last 5 years with Balance Recordings, with all new mastering of out of print cuts, an unreleased remix as well as "Don't Go" which was released via direct distribution on My Love Is Underground.
It's dropping in April! Triple vinyl pack and a CD for the digital heads! Enjoy :-)

Brawther - Endless LP 

1 – ASTEROIDS AND STAR DUST (ORIGINAL MIX)
2 – ENDLESS (ULTRA DEEP MIX)
3 – DEEP DOWN PARIS
4 – LE VOYAGE
5 – DON’T GO*
6 – NEGENTROPY
7 – COME INSIDE
8 – JEREMIAH FT VASU MKHAYA – KHAWULEZA (UNRELEASED DUB)**
9 – VXVXVX

*previously released on My Love Is Underground
**previously unreleased



Endless - BLLPX

HOT TUB SLAMZZZZZZ ALL NIGHT LONG! 
(LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT ON PRE-ORDER SOON)

BICEP | HOT TUB SLAMZ II

Came across a box of old tapes and lo & behold, found a mix from a community radio thing from back in 1994 (I think)

Round about the time I was playing a lot in Europe for the first time and support DJing WARP tours. It's a tough workout to be sure, and features what I think was an acetate of an old RAC tune called 'Quexos' near the end. A bloody lifetime ago anyway, enjoy - or don't : ]

CHRISDUCK_FORGE FM DJ SET_1994 ?

Found a few CD's from late 90's / early 00's from our much-loved Scuba night in Sheffield...

CHRISDUCK LIVE @SCUBA OCT'99

WE SCUBA YOU SCUBA VOL 1_2001

WE SCUBA YOU SCUBA VOL 2_2001

WE SCUBA YOU SCUBA VOL.3_2002

Another one from the shoebox...
Circa 1999-2000 - From Republic club in Valencia I believe. 
Alongside mr @nachomarco if memory serves. 
Anyway, a nice snapshot of that time & place.

CHRISDUCK - 2000 REPUBLIC CD MIX

Chris Duckenfield