SWAN GROOVES

Here's all the tunes & mixes I released in 2022! Loads of free download & free mixes spanning multiple genres but all funk focused. ENJOY!

You can find more of my free downloads here: soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/free-stuff

You can find more of my mixes here: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/dj-mixes

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
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2022

Mr Doris & D-Funk - 'S&M' [Reptile Dysfunction]

"As we Begin a fresh new year we thought it was a great opportunity to share some of the fresh talent that we’ve been working with behind the scenes at Reptile Dysfunction with our 2022 Incubator EP.

Our dedication to and enjoyment in helping new artists break through is the whole reason Reptile Dysfunction was born in the first place so it’s really great to be able to showcase some of the newest members of our label family in one place, all showing promise of very bright futures in music."

Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/track/sm/16143719
Juno Download: https://www.junodownload.com/products/trans-global-incubator-2022/5430387-02/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7xRBUvovswJBstxpH1Qr7E?si=sZQfxIu7QUOd6NG5vi2FNQ

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
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Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
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Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy

Mr Doris (@mrdoris):
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Bandcamp: www.mrdoris.bandcamp.com

Trans-Global Incubator 2022

Mr Doris & D-Funk - 'S&M' [Reptile Dysfunction // Trans-Global Incubator 2022]

Stream 'Smiling Lights' : https://bfan.link/smiling-lights

Obsimo is a French musician and producer based in Bordeaux who cleverly blends dance beats with impactful electronic melodies. Discovered by Les Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges thanks to his dynamic live presence, he has a new single coming up featuring Australian indie artist Renwick, ‘Smiling Lights’. The uplifting musical universes of the two artists meet up in this dreamy track made of lightning synthesizers that will electrify any underground dancefloor and turn it into a floating utopia.

Smiling Lights (ft. Renwick)

Obsimo - Smiling Lights (ft. Renwick)

Miss Holloway's 1977 Disco Classic..
Taken apart and reconstructed with some extra Hammond sauce..

Another Free Download.. just the hit the button.. and ENJOY !!!

M©R3 D©P3 $H!T @ https://soundcloud.com/ronny-hammond

BE THE NUMBER ONE

Loleatta Holloway - Hit And Run (Ronny Hammond's Freakshow Disco-Dub)

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GRiZ x The Sponges - Volume

D-Funk - 'Do It Right'
Grits N Gravy [Night Disco Vol 2 // GNG023]

Over at Grits N Gravy HQ we’ve (still) got the disco bug. In fact we’ve had it for years. Far before any other bugs that took over the world. The disco bug is the one that comes out & shines to the fabulous. It started off in New York then spread all over the world & now from Sydney, Australia the 2nd installment of Night Disco is upon us.

It’s been a little while since we’ve released music on Grits N Gravy. We’ve not been idle, far from it. We’ve been biding our time & waiting. Waiting for the time the discos are open & the people are once again dancing. So with disco dancing in mind Grits N Gravy label co-boss D-Funk bring you 3 upbeat slices of 21st century original disco music.

Night Disco Vol 2 will be released on Grits N Gravy across all sites on the 2nd September ‘22.

Available now at:
Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/night-disco-vol-2/3826756
Junodownload: www.junodownload.com/labels/Grits+N+Gravy/
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6uHW1cOhrO…g1S-yvld3dCvaK-Q

Support from...
Fort Knox Five: 'Three flavors of funky goodness!' 10/10
DJ Frenzie (Groove Therapy / 2serFM Sydney):'Love those chuggin' beats on Critical Moment' 10/10
DJ Oblivious (Base FM New Zealand):'Mate, so feeling this one. Super groovy. It's like a Blondie outtake or something. Love it! 10/10

Artist...
Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
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Label...
Soundcloud: @grits-n-gravy
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gritsngravymusic/
Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/grits-n-gravy/31316
Juno Download: www.junodownload.com/labels/Grits+N+Gravy
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy

Night Disco Vol 2

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Do It Right [Grits N Gravy // Night Disco Vol 2]

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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]

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D-Funk 25 (Part 1)

D-Funk 25 (Part 2)

Big City Life (D-Funk's Nu Disco Version) [Free Download]

It's been a little bit since my last freebie (https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/heard-it-through-the-bassline-free-download) which got a really great reaction! This ones on a more nu disco vibe but still with cool synths/bass lines. When this tune first came out in 2005 I was lucky enough to get the vinyl on promo. I played it so much! I picked up the remix stems a while back & when the new DnB version came out it spurred me on to do my own version that would fit into my sets.

This tune features on my D-Funk 25 (Part 2) mix: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/d-funk-25-part-2

If you don't have Soundcloud or would like the wav version of this track, get it from my Bandcamp here: https://d-funk.bandcamp.com/track/big-city-life-d-funks-nu-disco-version-free-download

You can find more of my free downloads here: soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/free-stuff

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
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Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
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Free Download

Big City Life (D-Funk's Nu Disco Version) *Free Download*

Full WAV Album Download via: www.thatsnotanedit.bandcamp.com

Follow Artist: @d-funk

D-Funk has been deeply immersed in the global music scene for well over the past decade as a DJ, producer, label owner & former promoter. He has amassed an impressive back catalogue of releases and performances having released over 100 tracks across 19 different labels & played events in UK and across Europe, Canada, USA, Asia & NZ/Australia.

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That's Not An Edit Vol.17

D-Funk - Mamas Ides

D-Funk: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk

Sydney-based, British-born DJ/producer, D-Funk, delivers an excellent nu-skool breaks remake of Everything But The Girl's 1994 classic Missing on Advent Day 29. Even though the original has been remixed several times in the past, we're loving what D-Funk has done with his remix and we're sure you will too. A stripped-back feel is soon given a gritty edge thanks to the deep rumble of a sawtooth bassline, which adds a meaty texture to the otherwise sweet-sounding remake. Play it in your sets and witness the dancefloor getting lost in music.

Advent Day 29: E.B.T.G - 'MIssing' (D-Funk's Nu Skool Breaks Remake)

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.com.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks
Insta: https://www.instagram/dfunkbreaks
Bandcamp: https://d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg