just great miXthX4ya tunez <3 happy new ear : D 🌟🙌🍀✌️

Here is a set of pretty much all the DJ Mixes I've put together. All are FREE downloads!!! ENJOY. 

You can find my Free Download tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/free-stuff
You can find all my releases here: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/releases

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Soundcloud: @d-funk 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dfunkbreaks 
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg

More D-Funk music

DJ MIXES (Free downloads)

A while ago I did the House Around Vol 1 mix, a mix of way more housey sounds than I'm usually know for (https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/doug-masters-housing-around-vol-1-free-dj-mix) I figured it was high time I did Vol 2. This one's a bit of a 'journey' through groovy nu disco, various forms house & electro. I very much enjoyed mixing it & I hope you enjoy listening... 

Track listing:
Nachtbraker - Gotta Act To React
Rainbow Team - Bite The Apple (Massimo Breardi Dub Edit) 
Recloose - Don't Get Me Wrong 
Giom - Play On 
Ferrari - Nene
Ess O Ess - Take You To A Secret Place (Original Mix) 
Around7 - M'as Tu Vu 
DJ Harvey - Berghain (Doug Masters Low Glow Mix) 
The Organism & Moscoman - Rite (Extended Mix)
Cole Medina - Tropical Funk 
Sauco - The Day The Earth Stood Still 
Brioski feat Andrea Noce - Sunday Morning 
Inland Knights - Little Bit More
Qubiko - Mono Tono (Original Mix) 
Solomun feat Atna - Tukl Tuk (Original Mix) 
Lucati - Like 17
Frank Degrees - O Samba E (Sandy Saxo Remix)
James Solace - Catalyst
Tim Taylor - Do You Like... 
Rebuke - Along Came Polly 
Relique - Rude Girl 
Marten Horger & SkiiTour - Redlight 
D-Funk & Hariku - Get Ramped Up 
Lowdown & MKJAY - Afterhours
Mele feat The Fossil - Highlander 
Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Heartbreak    

Here's some more info on the other music I do:
Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
More DJ Mixes: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/dj-mixes

More DJ Mixes

Doug Masters... Housing Around (Vol 2) *Free DJ Mix*

Break da House (Pier Pressure Afterparty). Sun 1st May. Aruba, Bournemouth.

Between 2004-2009 a group of friends put on a breaks, electro & eclectic beats party in Bournemouth, Uk. It was called Break da House. From what started as an excuse to play tunes we all loved, it turned into quite a successful night running at various venues. We even hosted a room at Ministry Of Sound!  We welcomed acts such as Stanton Warriors, Dub Pistols, Plump DJs, Freestylers, Killa Kela, Meat Katie, Lee Coombs, Nostalgia 77, A Man Called Adam, Bent, Evil 9, Will Saul, Krafty Kuts, A Skillz, Natural Self, Ali B as well as hosting labels parties for Air Recordings, Westway, Lot 49, Grand Central, Ninja Tunes, Breakin Bread & Upstart Music.

We recently got together again for a party in the town where it all started, Bournemouth in May. The event was a nostalgic trip down memory lane with lots of friendly faces & amazing vibes that felt like the night never went away. It was truly epic...

Here's what I played: 
Les Rhythm Digitals - Hey You What's That Sound (D-Funk's Nobody Likes You Version)
Scott Grooves - Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Mix)
Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (Tom Middleton's Blue Monday Mix)
Solardo & Eli Brown - XTC (Stanton Warriors Mix)
Sub-X - What You Do To Me 
UFO Project - I Believe
Stanton Warriors - Slanty
Dogtown Clash - West London's Burning
Boogie Army - Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (D-Funk's Da Funk Edit)
The Freestylers - Push Up
Stereo 8 - Can't Stop
Digitalism - Zdarkight (Stanton Warriors Mix) w/ Freeland - We Want Your Soul (Acapella)
Plump DJs - System Addict 
D-Funk - Party People 
Lee Coombs & Uberzone - Right Now (Club Mix)
MGMT - Kids (Santti Mix) 
Evokings - Back To The Funk (Extended version) 
Soulwax - NY Excuse (Kawasaki Dub)

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy

Break Da House, Bournemouth 01/05/22

Welcome to another edition of Beats & Breakbeats. This is an Ableton made mix of some funky chunky music with tracks i had floating around on my hard drive as well as some new and old music bought from Junodownload and Bandcamp. I've tried to use a lot of tracks that you might have not heard of before including new ones from me, all in all some great music to listen too. Enjoy :) x 

Tracklist

Intro
Uptown Funk Empire - Th Empire Strikes Back
Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop - The Antique Anthem
Smoove - De La Smoove
Boca 45 - La Bombonera
Breakerz Allstars - Face Off
Telephunken - FUEGO Y PO¦üLVORA
Skeewiff - Run & Hide
DJ Zlatko Simic - Music Power
Fissunix - Whole Sex Lotta Machine
DJ Fleg (Ft Lean Rock) - Dimension Five
Skeewiff - Put Your Hands Up
X-Ray Ted - Never Gonna Let 'em Say
Tommy - Keep On Going
The Ray Guns - Jumpin & Bumpin (Rockmaster Rus B Edit)
Andromeda Orchestra - Kano Lime Dance
Search - Choice37 (Dusty Planet Light Re-Edit)
Rhythm Scholar vs Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Manmade - Party Block Rocker (Cut La Roc Remix)
DJ Greg J - The Way I Like It (Edit)
Double A - The Game
Boydex - Party
Funk Ferret - I Gotta Funky Thing
Pecoe - What You Feel
DJ Czech vs Otis - Hard To Handle (Re-Edit)
Hansi - Hot Pants Funk
Pecoe - Hot Pajamas
Outro

Pecoe - Beats & Breakbeats Volume 7

Free Download

Beats Bass & Belters Mix

Native Tounge Tribute Mix 2

1. Cymande - Bra (Shaka Love You Edit)
2. De La Soul - Jenny (T.Rice Bump the Funk Edit)
3. De La Soul - Ey Know (X-Ray Edit)
4. De La Soul - Magic Number (Leygo Edit)
5. De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Sebb Junior Edit)
6. Ronnie Hammond & The De La Stoners - Get Your A.. Up
7. DJ Soup - Know The Sequence
8. Average White Band - Love You Life (Franka Edit)
9. De La Soul - All Good (LeMarquis & Marlin Remix)
10. De La Soul - Lesson 1
11.  Junktion - The Great Unknown 
12. Disko Junkie - The Disko Flow (Discotron Remix)
13. Discotron - De La Disco
14. De La Soul - Saturday 
15. De La Marley
16. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It! (Sharam Jey Remix)
17. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It! (Spirit Remix)
18. De La Soul - What’s More (Rhythm Scholar Remix)
19. Dr Packer - What U Waiting 4
20. De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Franke More Re Funk)
21. Groove Motion - Shame Its A 320
22. Monie Love - It’s A Shame (My Sister)
23. AGFA & Casual Connection - Buggin (A Tribute to Phife)
24. Queen Latifah and Monie Love - Ladies First
25. VINK - The Blue Side of the Mushroom
26. Stevie Wonder - Still Talking’ Bout Hey Love (DJ A-L Un-Plug’d Mix)

Native Tounge Tribute Mix 2

Forward by D-Funk:
For the 2nd part of my D-Funk 25 mix series I’ve focused on the best, most important or my favourite tracks I’ve made or had a hand in making. Some are originals. Some remixes. Some are edits, bootys or whatever we’re calling them nowadays. It’s a real mix from across the years including my 1st release ‘Transitions’ on Barry Ashworth & Carl Loben’s Westway Records. Right up to my latest, a free download that will drop shortly after the mix goes live. It’s a mix of varying genres. For ages I’ve been known as ‘Europe D-Funk’ that plays funky breaks but, as you’ll see from this mix, my funk focused music covered all styles from hip hop to house, disco to breaks & electro. But don’t worry, I’ve included some of the mid-tempo music that got me really known on an international scale, how could I not! 

Some of the music on this mix has been released on my own labels Upstart Music, the breaks based label I started in 2008 & Grits N Gravy, the funk based label I started with Philly Blunt in 2010. There are also tunes on labels such as Sunday Best, ‘I’m In Love’ the 1st of my 3 remixes I’ve done for the Dub Pistols. The often overlooked, but I think my best mid-tempo tune ‘Bigger Than Baseline’ on Adapted Records. I’ve closed the mix with a recent, original hip hop song ‘Cruise Control’ that my longtime studio partner & good friend Mr Doris. There’s also music from the great series That’s Not An Edit, a track from the now deceased Rump Shakers Records & a rare release from Cakes at The World Bar, a Sydney institution that I was resident at for 8 years. 

I started making music seriously in 2006 when I met & formed a friendship with Barry Ashworth from the band Dub Pistols. He both inspired & guided me to my first few releases. I’m ever grateful for his words of encouragement & enthusiasm. From starting on a knock off copy of Reason on an old PC in the corner of the spare bedroom to now having a fully working dedicated studio, I can honestly say it’s been a wild ride of ups & downs. I guess music mirrors life that way. Even though I started producing & releasing music a while after I started DJing in 1995 on belt drive decks in my bedroom in Wiltshire (UK), I’ve now gone on to release over 200 tracks on over 30 different labels. These are the 25 that made the mix...

Track listing:
Mr Doris & D-Funk - Supernatural Lockdown [2Dogs Recordings 2014]
D-Funk & Some Dj - Loaded [Grits N Gravy 2011]
The Meters - Cissy Strut (D-Funk Edit) [Free Download / 2014] 
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns - Fourplay (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit 2015]
D-Funk - Big City Life (4/4 mix) [Free Download 2022]
D-Funk - Lonely Hearts Club [Grits N Gravy 2012]
D-Funk - The Boss [Grits N Gravy 2010]
D-Funk - Bigger Than Bassline [Adapted Recs 2017]
D-Funk - Been A Long Widow [Free Download 2014]
D-Funk - Get Up & Jam [Grits N Gravy 2016]   
D-Funk & Philly Blunt - Time To Move [Grits N Gravy 2011] 
Sugar Ray Johnson & D-Funk - Save Me [Grits N Gravy 2014]
Doug Masters - Jingo Back [Free Download 2018]
Doug Masters - Return Of The House Siren [Cakes Compilation 2017]
D-Funk - Don’t Need Nobody [Upstart Music 2011]
Dub Pistols feat Lyndie Layton - ‘I’m In Love’ (D-Funk’s Summer Of Love Mix) [Sunday Best 2008] 
Double 99 - Ripgroove (D-Funk & Some DJ's Rumble In The Bass Bin Mix) [Free Download 2011]
D-Funk - Rewind Selector [Rump Shaker Records 2015]
Rogue Robots - Off My Face In ’97 (D-Funk’s 2 Steppin’ In ’02 Mix & D-Funk’ Work It Out Mix) [Upstart Music 2014 & 2010]
D-Funk - Transitions [Westway Records 2007]
D-Funk feat Mc Manic - Bust This (Original Mix)[Upstart Music 2009] 
D-Funk - Party People [Upstart Music 2009] 
D-Funk & Hariku - Get Ramped Up [Upstart Music 2009] 
The Prodigy - Narayan (D-Funk Boot) [Free Download 2006]
Mr Doris & D-Funk feat MysDiggi - Cruise Control [Jam City 2020]

www.dfunk.co.uk 
www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg

D-Funk 25 (Part 1)

D-Funk 25 (Part 2)

Yoville! Welcome to podcast number 69 (69 dude!). On the show this month we have classic tracks from Purple Penguin and DJ Format, a ‘Tune of The Month' off of Boca 45’s new Funk ’n’ Beats comp, and an airing of our brand new song, ‘Mash Up The Sound’. Plus, our special guest is world champion turntablist, DJ Woody. He stops by for a chat, before dropping off an exclusive half hour guest mix that will blow your socks clean off. Enjoy!

Episode #69 (with guest DJ Woody)

Been a while.. but here a brand new Funky-Fresh FUNKAFIED mixtape.. 32 Hiphop & Funky Classics, Mash-ups, Originals & New bits.. by RAFADELIC https://soundcloud.com/rafranga & RONNY HAMMOND https://soundcloud.com/ronny-hammond
More MIXES here @ https://www.mixcloud.com/funkafied

TRACKLIST:
01 Skibilibop - Sunz of Man from the Royal Fam
02 Ikebe Shakedown feat EPMD - Strictly Business (Funkafied Mashup)
03 Lin Que - Let It Fall (DJ Inko Remix)
04 Basement Freaks - Shure Shot
05 Hansi - Stories
06 Buffalo Enemy - Peace Beats (Rafadelic Mashup)
07 Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (G Bonson Wowsome Remix)
08 Gang Starr - Dwyck (Dr Rubberfunk's Latin Playa Remix)
09 The Funk League - Humble Arrogance (Part 1 And 2)
10 Redhead Kingpin - Do The Right Thing (Dj Inko Remix)
11 Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (D.END Remix)
12 Cypress Hill - Insane Brains (Basement Freaks Remix)
13 Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five - Beat Street Breakdown
14 Rodney P - The Nice Up (Yam Who Mix)
15 Supreme Nyborn - Versatile extension (A Remix)
16 Run DMC - Peter Piper (Jorun Bombay Remix)
17 Jeru the Damaja - D. Original
18 LL Cool J - Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling)
19 ATCQ vs Pharcyde vs David Begun - Stop the B Boy
20 Greyskooledits  - Pump Me Up
21 The Masterdon Committee - Musicgram
22 Thunderball - Stereo Tonic (Boca 45 Remix)
23 Prosper - FreakHop#1
24 Copycat - White Lines
25 Funkanomics - How We Rock
26 Agent 86 - The Ultimate
27 Breakbeat Junkie & DJP - FreakHop#3
28 Caveman - Victory
29 Psychemagik - Planet Rock
30 Peza - Filmed Message
31 Run DMC - Beats To The Rhyme
32 Driberlah - The No Episode

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FUNKAFIED Mixtape | HipHopBreakz (Apr 2023)

Funk The World Vol 47 
Mixed by D-Funk.
November 2018. 
www.dfunk.co.uk

World Premiere by www.breakzlinkz.net: 
https://breakzlinkz.net/d-funk-funk-the-world-47/

Tracklist:
Intro - Tom Showtime ‘Funk Pants’ intro [Grits N Gravy]
D-Funk & Mr Doris - Kiss My Baby Back Again [Forthcoming on Grits N Gravy]
Stretch - ‘Why Did You Do It’ 
D-Funk - Four Play [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download]
JM Edits - ‘Fela’
D-Funk - ‘Funky John The Preacherman’ [Free Download] 
Seu Jorge - ‘Caroline (Bump It Seu’ (CMan Edit // D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An edit // Free Download]
Sharon Jones - ‘How Long’ (Sylow Mix) 
Zapp - ‘More Bounce To The Once’ (MG Edit by Afshin & Kiss My Back Jazz)
Opolopo - ‘Twenty Second Thoughts’ w/ Ohio Players ‘Fire’ (Acapella)
Abc Of Funk feat B Solone - ‘Royal Funk’ 
Parliament - ‘Chocolate City’ (Chuck Wild’s Bronco Drama Mix)
KS French - ‘Still On The Case’ 
Kano - Can’t Hold Back (Disco Devil Edit)
Dj Butcher - ‘Talk Is Cheap’
Sugar Ray Johnson & D-Funk - ‘Save Me’ [Grits N Gravy]
D-Funk & Philly Blunt - Time To Move’ [Grits N Gravy]
Fatpack Band - ‘Backstrokin’ (Petko Turner Edit)
The Hipsters - Love Thing (V Notch Edit)
Doug Masters - ‘Jingo Back’ [Free Download]
Ron Basejam - Someday
Eat More Cake feat Emily May - ‘Teardrops’ (Jayl Funk Mix) [Grits N Gravy]

Web:
Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy

The 'Funk The World' mix series is brought to you by @fortknoxfive
www.fortknoxrecordings.com
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Check out my labels:
@grits-n-gray
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@up-start-music
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Funk the World 47

More music!

Track List and DL @

https://hearthis.at/mildly.curious/gramaphone-soul-130-20190110pn/

Gramaphone Soul (breakbeat, heavy funk)

It has been nearly 5 years since I put together one of these mixes. This one is LONG overdue, so I made it a double. instead of 30min long, it's a whole hour.  Mixed with a bunch of new and classic ingredients to leave you refreshed on any day you need to sit back and relax. Enjoy.

Tracklist:
01. Shy FX - Soon come
02. Cali P, Shanique Marie - Coconut Jelly man 
03. Fat Freddy's drop - Slings and arrows
04. Wyatt Estes - Late nights
05. Blend Mishkin & Roots Evolution - Get up boy (dub)
06. Ours Samplus - Flying ship 
*Charlie chaplain monologue
07. Gyvus - Lemon tree
08. EsK - TenTwenty
09. Deeb - Palm parallels
10. Amerigo Gazaway - Mobb brown (instrumental)
11. Time Machine - A million & one things to do
12. Rackabeat & Barlow - I just wanna love you
13. Smokey Bandits - Smoke from the attic (Blend Mishkin remix) 
*Jungle Bothers - Brain (acapella)
14. Ash Walker - Thunder (Faded remix)
15. Ours Samplus - We fly
16. Pete Rock - Pete's jazz
*Busta Rhymes - Woo hah! (acapella)
17. Mr Benn - Lon time (instrumental)
*Snoop Dogg ft.Pharrell - Drop it like it's hot (acapella)
18. Totalcult - Special brew
19. Griz - It's over
20. @Peace - Home
21. Moontricks - Midnight groove
22. Chinese man - Once upon a time (instrumental)
23. Red Astaire - Dum dum
24. EsK - So ambitious
25. JNTHN STEIN & Brasstracks - Dreaming at the function
26. Herbaliser - Some things
*Method man - Uh huh (acapella)

Long Island Iced Beats 6

D-FUNK'S DISCO DELIGHTS! 
***Free Download from player***

Here's a mix of a bunch of disco, nu disco & housey tunes that I've had a hand in making over the past few years. Starting off chilled & slo mo then ending up more dance floor & housey. Let my disco delights take you on a journey... ENJOY!   

Track listing:
Seun Kuti - ‘So Many Things’ (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
D-Funk & Mr Doris - ‘Perfect Timing’ [Forthcoming].
D-Funk - 'I Got The High(My Name Is)' [Grits N Gravy]. 
Eddie Harris - ‘Alright Now’ (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
The JBs - ‘Four Play’ (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
D-Funk - ‘Shake Ya Booty’ [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
D-Funk - ‘What Can You Bring’ [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
Blondie - ‘Rapture’ (Touchsoul Mix // D-Funk Edit).
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Hold Me Back’ [Grits N Gravy].
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Give Me Your Love’ [Grits N Gravy].
D-Funk - ‘Everybody Loves A Filter’ [Grits N Gravy].
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Save Me’ [Grits N Gravy]. 
Kings Of Tomorrow - ‘Finally’ [D-Funk’s Deep Disco Version]. 
D-Funk vs Tori Amos - ‘Been A Long Time’ [Free Download]. 
D-Funk & Philly Blunt - ‘Bad Piano Habit’. 
Doug Masters - ‘Jingo Back’ [Free Download].
Doug Masters & Nicc Johnson - ‘Never Knew’ [Free Download].
Doug Masters - ‘The House Siren (Believe In)’ [Free Download]. 
Doug Masters - ‘So Much Love’ [Free Download].

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: https://d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy 

The tunes on this mix from the @thats-not-en-edit series are free downloads & can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/thats-not-an-edit/sets/d-funk-showcase
The tunes on this mix release on @grits-n-gravy can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/grits-n-gravy

D-Funk's Disco Delights

D-Funk's Disco Delights [Nu Disco/Disco DJ Mix]

Gramophone Souls Hip Hop Remix Mixtape

Next up on the Guest-mix is the mighty Gramophone Soul @gramsoul

Steve Gramophone will be bringing the pure party vibes with his mix. A 100% Chance you will be on your feet by the end of it! 

Gramophone Soul is renowned for producing funky, soulful, old school rhythms to get the masses grooving and the arses moving. He spends evenings bathing in the light of Aretha Franklin and washing his worries away with Chuck D. Plugging away at music whilst sipping Old Commissioner Scotch, he’s managed to capture the heart and soul of these artists and genres in his style.

This resulted in a whopping library of absolute bangers. In turn he has gained support from some of the music industry's heavy weights. Taste makers such as Krafty Kuts & Craig Charles have been rinsing his riddims resulting in numerous tracks being pumped on the BBC airwaves.

Safe & Sound Guest Mix - Gramophone Soul

This one’s a subtle blend. Chilled funk, quirky mashups, a few brass sections, breaks and basslines thrown in for good measure. It's sultry, silly and god damn seductive. Enjoy!

Mr No Hands says: "Not sure where to start, I decided to get really drunk and plough through the blogs until I found something sultry, silly and so god damn seductive that everything else could revolve around it.

I don't remember what that track even was, nor much else about that evening, but it didn’t matter. After hours of searching high and down-right-low for frequencies that resonated with me in my drunken stupor, I somehow managed to curate a vibey set of licks.

Like Lady Tigra and Bunny D, you know I like the boom. But this one’s a subtle blend, yes it is. There’s something about these songs. Simple. Lovely. Things. Especially at 4am. I hope they resonate with you too. 

Stay safe :)"

Tracklist:

1 Bassey, Reflex & BIG - Somebody Gotta Die (Gramophone Soul Bootleg Mashup) @gramsoul
2 The Flying Stars Of Brooklyn NY - Live On (Franka Edit) @funky_franka
3 Yuji Ohno - far away from the glittering galaxy (mikeandtess edit 4 mix) @mikeandtess13
4 Fairchild - Zemerald DJ Edit @zemerald
5 The Go! Team - Cookie Scene feat. Detroit rapper IndigoYaj @thegoteam
6 Minnie - Simple Things (JR.Dynamites Summertime Edit) @jrdynamite
7 Lewis Taylor - Lovelight @lewis-taylor-official
8 Mister T. - The Party @mistertofficial
9 Smoove - Main Sourced Parts 1 (BombFunk) @stevenmoove
10 Jon Lucien - Would You Believe in Me (Mr No Hands Edit) @mrnohands
11 Geater Davies - My Love Is So Strong (Dj Laurel touch of funk) @dj-laurel
12 Typesun - Last Home (DJ Nature Remix) @natureboy
13 Ann Sexton - You're losing me (JR.Dynamite Edits) @jrdynamite
14 Fort Knox Five - Cars That Go Boom (DC's Finest Remix) @fortknoxfive
15 Uncle Ted - Jackson Sisters - Boy, You're Dynamite (Uncle Ted Edit) @uncletedmoscow
16 Four Tet – LMB KH version (Lose My Breath Edit) @four-tet
17 Mr No Hands - Introducing Jay Levy @mrnohands
18 Blacksoul - Your Heart Is As Black As Night (edit) @the_black_soul

STFFMX024: Mr No Hands - Zero Funks Given [Mixtape]

Twenty-five years is a fair chunk of time by anyone’s estimation but for Doug Masters, he remembers his first ever DJ gig at The Depot in Bristol like it was yesterday. “I was so nervous I thought I’d never do it again,” he says. “Little did I know that I’d end up playing thousands of times more and at some of the best clubs and festivals all over the world.” 

Marking 25 years that has seen Doug release on labels including Sunday Best, Bombstrikes and Westway with his D-Funk alias, become one of the architects of the funky breaks sound with his mid-2000s night Break Da House and play everywhere from Ibiza to the US, Canada, Europe and his adopted home of Australia, Doug has embarked on two mixes to celebrate his two and a half decades in the game. 

“I’m lucky to have been through so many scenes,” says Doug. “I caught the tail-end of the rave scene in the UK, zipping around to find parties in fields and in disused railway tunnels and then moved through progressive house to trance to UK garage and breaks and then on to my own production journey in the 2000s. I wanted to put together some mixes that reflected all of that.”

The first mix of the two-part series is a collection of tunes that have influenced Doug over the years, touching on everything from disco & house to UK garage & breaks to jungle, while the second collects together 25 of Doug’s personal favourites from his illustrious career as a producer. 

“I was lucky enough to spread a style of music I loved and helped create around the globe,” says Doug. “I want to celebrate that and everything that influenced me along the way with these two mixes.”

Track listing:
Fort Knox Five - The Brazilian Hipster
Krafty Kuts feat TC Izlam - Ill Type Sound
Featurecast - Sniper
Mongobonix -Mas Pito
Pete Hellar - Big Love (The Dronez Mix)
Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Joey Negro Club Mix)
Lovestation - Teardrops (Flava Mix)
MJ Cole feat Elizabeth Troy - Crazy Love
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas Mix)
Chicken Lips - He's Not In (Stanton Warriors Mix)
Dogtown Clash - West London's Burning
Sono - Keep Control (Hydrogen Rockers Vocal Mix)
Yothu Yindi - Treaty (Peace Division Mix)
Gaberial Anadna - Dopplewhipper
Delerium - Silence (Original Fade Sanctury Mix)
Hand's Burn - Good Shot
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Three In One Mix)
Sonique - Feels So Good (Break Beat Mix)
Love 4 Sale - Feel So Right
The Brothers Grimm - Exodus (The Lion Awakes)
Artemesia - Bits & Pieces
Pendulum & The Freestylers - Fasten Your Seatbelts
Natural Born Chillers - Rock The Funky Beats
Aldo Vanucci - When I See You Smile
Ian Brown - F.E.A.R
Plus lots of samples & acapellas from other amazing tunes. 

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
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D-Funk thanks…. 
My Mum & Dad for buying me my first set of decks. The Calne bedroom crew for putting up with hours of shoddy mixing in the early days. Alex Blackburn for helping my get my first ever gig. Pedro, Davey, Dai, Big Dave & the Wolves uni crew for the mad nights. Matt for first introducing me to hip hop. ‘Honest’ Lloyd. Jit at Canal Club. Nick Stevenson. Howard & all in the early days of Rotation. Charlie Lang. Naz, Doris & Ben Logue. Garry White. Tim Lyall. Mark Berry. James Bronson. Everyone at 176 over the years. The Turk. Josh at 2020. Shab & Dan. Wille Drum kit & his insatiable love of funk. Uncle Barry Ashworth, Carl Loben & Billy at Westway. Sang, Devastating Dave & all at Adicts. Phil Berrick. Paul Master. Evan Slynk. Tomas & everyone at Danio. Nicc Johnson. Scott Pullen. Shamozzle & Stacey Butler. And last but not least my wife for constantly backing me up but mostly listening to me whinge.

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Sydney-based, British born DJ, D-Funk has amassed a fair few achievements in his 25-years on the decks. Making his club debut at The Depot in Bristol in 1995, he’s gone on to DJ all over the world, playing notable sets at Space Ibiza and Ministry Of Sound and released on labels including Sunday Best and Bombstrikes. 

Getting his first set of decks at 14, Doug initially fell for the sounds of jungle and techno before a night dancing to house icon Tony De Vit in 1997 turned him towards the slinkier sounds of house music. 

His DJ career began to take off during his time at university in Wolverhampton where he started to pick up gigs at the Canal Club and Mezzanine, playing alongside DJs including Joey Negro, Mr Fingers, Scott Bond and Lisa Lashes, before a move to the South-Coast town of Bournemouth led him to eventually start his own night ‘Break Da House’ in 2004. 

The night took off, attracting big names including The Stanton Warriors and Plump DJs and eventually led to D-Funk’s first release, the ‘Electrotek’ EP after Dub Pistols headlined one night and Barry Ashworth from the band decided to release Doug’s music on his Westway label. The track found its way onto a TV ad in Portugal, as well as becoming a mainstay on Kiss FM’s breakbeat chart and gave Doug the confidence to pursue a career as a producer as well as a DJ, eventually leading to releases on Adapted Records and Ghetto Funk among countless other labels over the next 15 years. 

Moving to Sydney Australia in 2009, Doug started his label Upstart Music, releasing his own productions alongside tracks from the likes of Crackerz & Jam, Niko & Lyall and Rogue Robot and later started the funk label Grits N Gravy alongside friend and funk producer Philly Blunt, with the label winning the ‘Best Label’ award at Perth Dance Music Awards in 2010. 

Since living in Sydney, Doug has held down residencies at The World Bar and The Standard/Middlebar for the best part of a decade, as well as regular slots at Sash, Ivy, Goros, Hugos and many others. He’s played events for high profile companies such as Blackberry, Telstra, Jagermeister,  Sydney Cricket Ground & Saatchi & Saatchi. But there was still demand for him back on the side of the world and he regularly returned to Europe to play at Space Ibiza (including a set at the penultimate night of Carl Cox’s Revolution party) as well as touring in the UK, Europe, Asia and Canada. 

Now 25 years into his career, Doug is about to mark the 10th anniversary of his label Grits ‘N’ Gravy, with a compilation due this year mixed by himself and Philly Blunt, and has been busy producing house, hip hop and nu-disco with his current production partner Mr Doris.

Website: http://www.dfunk.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks
Insta: https://www.instagram/dfunkbreaks
Bandcamp: https://d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
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