Okay, this is a complicated one...
Back in 2006, Plushgrizzly from Aykaism.ch (now defunct) invited Jon H from Fort Knox Five to play a gig in Switzerland. He recorded the whole evening for a later broadcast on our common radiostation bigbeat.ch (now defunct). I'm not sure, we did ever play it, though... Not even sure if it was ever published in any way.
15 years later, I found this gem on my harddrive and played it during two episodes of my radioshow Eclectix, airing every Sunday, 6pm (cet), on evosonic.de.
First, I didn't want to upload it since I didn't know if it's okay with his friends and family over in DC, but after being asked by FK5 to upload it somewhere public, so they can share it with the world, I guess it is okay... ;)

For those not in the know: Jon H was 1/4 of Fort Knox Five, who died 6 years ago way to early in August 2015. He was an inspiration for way more people all around the world, than he could ever think of and I'm one of them. Thank you, Jon, for everything.

Plushgrizzly:
https://www.facebook.com/PlushGrizzly

Fort Knox Five:
https://www.facebook.com/FortKnoxFive

TapTab:
https://www.facebook.com/taptabschaffhausen

Me:
https://stimpy.me

aykaism presents the new Gold Standard at TapTab, SH, CH

Jon H (Fort Knox Five) live at TapTab, Schaffhausen, CH, 2006-10-21

Digging so so deep into a love affair I never knew was inside me. Disco and hip hop! I hope you enjoy all the nods to so many classics.

Ghetto Disco Vol3

Hey there!

I would like to share with you my new mixtape, that I started a year ago. It was an extremely crazy year full of huge waves and deep wipeouts on my mind. 
Thanks to our brave warriors, I found some inspiration. I’ve never felt so much energy, power and strong support before to each other’s.
Together we are unbreakable 🇺🇦 💛

As always lots of new, old, experimental, unexpected and strange tunes.
Hope you are enjoy it. 
Cheers! xx

tracklist:
01. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (Acapella)
02. Mark Ronson, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Dap Kings - A La Modeliste (Bonobo Remix)
03. Greyboy feat. Quantic & Sharon Jones - Got to Be a Love (Paul Nice Remix)
04. Skinshape - Summer
05. Akshin Alizadeh - Woman
06. Gramatik - Bring It Up / Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (Opener Mashup)
07. ProleteR - Moonlight Jive
08. ManJah - My Dub Is Empty (Beat)
09. Slick Walk - Young Jazzy / Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce - It's My Beat (Opener feat. PDayneko Mashup)
10. Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire (Re-Edit Kenny Dope)
11. Bill Withers - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
12. The Allergies - I Just Got That Feeling
13. The Lox - Money Power Respect (Instrumental) / De La Soul & Chaka Khan - All Good (Acapella)
Chali 2na - Comin Thru (Acapella)
14. Aloe Blacc & Wu Tang Clan - I Need A Dollar (Chrome Remix)
15. The Whatnauts - Help Is On The Way
16. Pamplemousse Rose - Valérie Sous le Soleil de Midi
17. GRiZ - Keep Bouncin'
18. The Barr Brothers - Half Crazy
19. Hackney Colliery Band Meets Blackstreet - No Diggity (JR.Dynamite Edit)
20. Audit - Love And Juseyness
21. D-Funk - Mamas Ides
22. Bungalow - I Had a Dream About You
23. X-Ray Ted - Talkin'
24. Hot Chocolate - Every 1s a Winner
25. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
26. Florence + The Machine - You've Got the Love (A.Skillz "Moment Of My Life" Edit)
27. The Breakbeat Junkie vs DJP - Step Up
28. King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew (George T Rework)
29. The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman (Jinnwilliam Remix)
30. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Mattrixx Remix)

Ableton

Don't Overthink It

My Free Downloads Mix. 

Over the years I’ve given away lots & lots of free tune downloads. I think it’s prob about 100 in total! It dawned on me one day that it would be pretty cool to put together a mix featuring a load of my favourites from over the years. From my first ever freebie, the re-edit of The Prodigy ‘Narayan’ from back in 2008 which was a bit of a killer, dance floor filling, secret weapon in the Break da House days. To the latest, a great new version of the iconic Bruce Hornsby tune ‘The Way It Is’ that I used to listen to on cassette over & over again when I was a little kid back in the 80's. There’s a bunch of other great ones that didn’t make the mix like my whole Ghetto Funk EP from 2013, my NWA ‘Straight Outa Compton’ remix that’s one of my most ever played on Soundcloud & loads from the That’s Not An Edit series that I’ve done 13 freebies for now. 

I tried to include the full spectrum of genres I’ve been making over the years. Starting off funky into nu disco. Then from a bit of mid tempo bass into house & breaks. Even finishing off with my only ever go at dubstep or dugstep. 

So without further a do here’s 24 tunes (just) over 90 mins of my best freebies… ENJOY!   

Track listing:
The Meters - ’Cissy Strut’ (D-Funk Edit)  2013 
Mr Doris & D-Funk - ‘Cruise Control’ (N.O.W vs Roots Edit) 2024 
Keleiki47 - Money’ (D-Funk’s Nu Disco 100 Version) 2019 
Bernard Wright - ‘Haboglabtribin’ (D​-​Funk Edit) 2020 
Mattafix - ‘Big City Life’ (D-Funk’s Nu Disco Version) 2022 
D-Funk - ‘Mamas Ides’ 2022 
D-Funk - ‘Loney Hearts Club’ 2012 
Jamie XX - ‘There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)’ (D-Funk Version) 2017 
D-Funk - ‘Classic Big Mac’ 2023 
Kings Of Tomorrow - ‘Finally’ (D-Funk’s Broken Beat Version) 2019 
D-Funk vs Tori Amos - ‘Been A Long Widow’ 2014
Bruce Hornsby - ‘The Way It Is’ (D-Funk’s Nu Disco Version) 2024 
Doug Masters - ‘Jingo Back’ 2018 
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Never Knew’ 2014 
Doug Masters - ‘Return Of The House Siren (I Believe In) 2016 
D-Funk - ‘Heard It Through The Bassline’ 2022 
Double 99 - ‘Ripgroove’ (D-Funk & Some DJ Mix) 2011 
Everything But The Girl - ‘Missing’ (D-Funk’s Nu Skool Breaks Version) 2023 
Pirate Jams - ‘Brazil’ (D-Funk Mix) 2018 
D-Funk vs Inxs - ‘Mystify Me’ 2012 
D-Funk - ‘Big Dirty Money’ 2021 
D-Funk - ‘My Nikes’ 2024 
The Prodigy - ‘Narayan’ (D-Funk Re-Edit) 2008 
D-Funk vs The Verve - ‘Lucky Man’ (D-Funk’s Dugstep Retake) 2010 

You can find all of these free downloads in 1 place: https://www.dfunk.com.au/mixes/fredlmix

You can find my 'The Way It Is' (Nu Disco Version) free download here: https://www.dfunk.com.au/free-downloads/thewayitis

Website: www.dfunk.com.au
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More mixes!

My Free Downloads Mix

01 Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate - New York (The Allergies Remix)
02 Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce - It's My Beat (Steve Jones Edit)
03 Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Woody Woodpecker
04 Total Control - Make My Funk The T Funk (AGFA Re-edit)
05 Lack Of Afro feat. Jordan Stephens - Got My Number
06 SoDown - Bounce Town
07 The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby (Kiu D Re-edit)
08 L.L. Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (Second Hand Audio Remix)
09 Boydex - Tido
10 Custo - LKMBMT (Yagoditgowinon)
11 Kibosh - Heavyweight Champ
12 Anderson .Paak - Come Down (N-You-Up & Nick Studer Remix)
13 Tha Fun Police - My Nikes (Fort Knox Five More Disco Instrumental)
14 Nickodemus feat. Pat Kalla - Mama Tchipp (Follow Me) (Tigerbalm Remix)
15 Roast Beatz - Jungle Steppin'
16 No Assembly Required, Slater Hogan & John Larner - Episodes In Jazz (Swirl People Remix)
17 Flevans - Starting Points
18 Umbo & Balatz - Destiny
19 Slynk - Let's Make It Funky

We Want Funk #36

This week's Bootlegs & B-Sides is crammed full of quality, fresh tunes as well as some real beauties, from the vaults.  Pump this mix loud. 

TRACK LIST:
Jimi Needles - Hip Hop Hype Tool #2 (Funky Intro!)
Slynk - We Came To Party
Roast Beatz - Get On Down
Slynk - Poppin' It
Shaka - Money Banger
Father Funk - Jungle Strut
Marva Whitney - It's My Thing (Jim Sharp Edit)
Daytoner - Feel It
Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire (Detta Remix)
Funk Ferret - I Gotta Funky Thing
Del The Funky Homosapien - Funk ‘Em (Late Knight Re-Funk)
Rakim - Heat It Up (Gramophone Soul Remix)
D-Funk - Rough Sax
VoodooVibe - Love Truth
The Beatles - Hey Bulldog (Jimi Needles & Beatles Dub Club Edit)
Father Funk - Whole Lotta Love Mashup
WBBL - Too Hot 
Parliament - Up For The Downstroke (X-Ray Tedit)
Mr. Ours & MotherFunkers - Moon Walker

Bootlegs & B-Sides #135

This week's Bootlegs & B-Sides is jammed full of fantastic tunes. There are some old school classics and crackin' new releases including a couple of exclusives from the always brilliant, Basement Freaks.  This one's gold.

TRACK LIST:

The J.B.'s - Doing It To Death, Pts. 1 & 2
Daddy-O - Brooklyn Bounce (Ross Go Re-Funk)
Tape Loops - Milk & Honey (Featurecast Remix)
Lords of the Underground - Flow On (Pete Rock Remix) [Ross Ro Re-Funk]
VoodooVibe - Snapback
Fort Knox Five - Funk It Up
The Trammps - Disco Inferno x Uptown Funk (Basement Freaks Mash-up)
X-Ray Ted - Just Clap
Ohio Players - Fire (Basement Freaks Edit)
The Nice Guys - Funky Bird
B-Side - Rock Ya Body
Parliament - Theme From The Black Hole
DJ Bacon - Shake Your Rump (To The Funk) [Disco Remix]
Father Funk & Slynk - Boogie Down
VoodooVibe - Cyber Fiction
Soopasoul - It's Just Begun, Pt. 2

Bootlegs & B-Sides #138

New mixtape alert! “Funk My Life” features two hours tunes I dig-dug old and new, including some I pealed off the blogs that day and a couple of new edits of my own.

Nearly every tune on there is booty edit of some kind so props to all the amazing button mashers responsible the beats, not to mention the awesome artists who’ve had their tunes totally “funked with”. 

Maximum joy. Here we go: 

inkobeats - Cant Forget  @omarlinx
Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones (Dj Inko Remix) @inkobeats
Parker - Aqua Dust  @jalapeno-records
Danny Breaks - Duck Rock @danny-breaks
Dr Rubberfunk - Northern Comfort (feat. John Turrell) @rubberfunk
Don't Tell It - James Brown (JMMSTR re-edit) @jmmstr
Patti Drew - Hard To Handle (Goji Berry Edit) @gojiberryartist
O.P.P ABC (Casual Connection Rework) @casual-connection
The Jackson 5 - ABC (A.Skillz Remix) @a-skillz
Ain't No Sunshine (Petko Turner Edit) @dj-petko
James Brown - The Boss (Manik Re-Edit) @manik
The Allergies - Be With You @theallergies
T-Connection - Peace Line (Mr No Hands Edit) @mrnohands
Dj Marky & XRS - The Way (Featurecast Remix) @Featurecast
Shawn Lee - Motor City (Funky Boogie Brothers Remix) @funky_boogie_brothers
Paloma Faith - Can't Rely On You (Ali B Edit) @dj_ali_b
Neighbour & Think Tank - Get Up (Breakbeat Junkie Remix)  @the-breakbeat-junkie
Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools (RocknRolla Soundsystem edit) @rocknrolla-soundsystem
Skeewiff - Now I’m Living for Me (Fort Knox Five Remix) @fortknoxfive
Dolly Parton – Jolene (Todd Terje Remix) @toddterje
All Good Neighbourhood Alliance - Night Owl (Zoe’s Raygun Remix) @all-good-funk-alliance
Pointer Sisters - Automatic (Pete's Freakin Rework) @petelefreqrefreqs
Ella Jenkins - Little Sparrow (UFe remix)  @ufe
Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (Discotheque Fantastique Edit) @discothequefantastique
Somebody Groovy (DC's Finest Remint) @fortknoxfive
DJ Rebel - Shocking On The Dock Of The Bay @djrebelofficial
Lightnin' Rod - Sport (Copycat Re-take) @copycat-edits
Shapeshifters - Lolas Theme (Joshua Grey Re-Edit) @joshuagrey
All Good Funk Alliance - Avance! ft Merenia & Vincent @all-good-funk-alliance
Featurecast - Disco Diesel @Featurecast
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello (A.Skillz Booty) @a-skillz
The Go! Team! - Bottle Rocket @thegoteam
Seatrain - Flute Thing (Deejay Irie Edit) @deejay-irie
Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs (Mr No Hands Edit) @mrnohands

Funk My Life Mixtape

STFFMX016: Mr No Hands - Funk My Life Mixtape

Tracklist:

1. Lucy Pearl – Don't Mess With My Man (The Niceguys Remix)
2. Anderson .Paak – Am I Wrong (The Niceguys Remix)
3. Electro Deluxe – Keep My Baby Dancing (20syl Remix)
4. Leven Kali – Smile
5. Donell Jones – Shorty (The Niceguys Remix)
6. Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around (The Niceguys Remix)
7. Edy Blu & The Niceguys – Queen Of The Jungle (2.0)
8. The Niceguys – Long Gone (Drum Edit)
9. Shaka Loves You feat. Fullee Love – Boogie
10. The Niceguys feat. Kali Phoenix – Don't Fight...
11. Basement Love – Bunk Love
12. Rationale – Fast Lane (MXXWLL Remix)
13. Sugar Beats & Stereo Cool feat. Nic Hanson – Super Sauce
14. Disclosure feat. Kwabs – Willing And Able
15. The Niceguys feat. Aaron „Ab“ Abernathy – Where Can This Go
16. Chali 2na – Road 2 Success
17. The Niceguys – Turn It Out
18. Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On (The Niceguys Remix)
19. The Niceguys feat. Greg Blackman – Talk It Over
20. Stickybuds – Do Your Thing
21. Party Pupils – Pony (The Niceguys Ginuwine Blend)
22. Chante Moore – Straight Up (Remi Oz Edition)
23. Matt McGhee feat. Alex Vaughn – Sweat
24. Snoop Dogg – Sexual Seduction (The Niceguys Remix)
25. Pharrell Williams – Frontin' (The Niceguys Remix)
26. De La Soul – All Good (Le Marquis & Marlin Remix)
27. Loshmi x Justin Timberlake – True Shaking Signs (TNG Mash)

BEATS ON DECKS #6

Don't let the name throw you off, this one is packed with 3 hours of bangin Funky Breaks jams!

Recording of this morning's live Twitch stream - Going out to all the late night party people on the other side of the world!

Follow me on Twitch to catch the next live show!
https://www.twitch.tv/funkferret

Tracklist:
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Sylow Remix)
K+Lab - Cha Ching Feat. Def3
Kibosh - Pocky Way
Will Smith - Gettin Jiggy With It (Sylow X Charlie Beale Remix)
Krafty Kuts - Superbad
Featurecast - Got That Fire Feat. Pugs Atomz & Ill Legit
Illegal Cookin - Picketlines
DJ Jazzy Jeff - 2 Step Feat. Rhymefest & Masego
BadboE - Get Ready Shorty
Jean Tonique + Dabeull - The Party (Edit)
Anderson Paak - Come Down (N-You-Up & Nick Studer Remix)
DJ Groovecellar - Funky California Fanfare
Slynk - Lady Pepper Groove
A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (Tobe Tronic Speed Drum Edit)
Arrested Development - Everyday People (Father Funk Remix)
Slynk - Just Rock Don't Stop
K+Lab - Booty Driftin
Fort Knox Five & K+Lab - Jinglin' Janglin' Feat. Baby Bam
Jungle - Happy Man (Frankee More Remix)
Featurecast - Bustin
Mr Stabalina - Lemme Work It
Jimi Needles - Biggie Banger
Lack Jemmon - Whos Serious
WBBL - Kickedit
Featurecast - Touch Ya Toes
WBBL - Jamalam
Mr Stabalina - Put Ya Hands Up Feat. Summer Bright
Lack Jemmon - Comagain
Lack Jemmon - Sofi T
Dubra & Arteo - Get On Up (Instrumental)
George Benson - Give Me The Night (WBBL Remix)
The Bar-Kays - Shake Your Rump (Spin Kringle Remix)
Nestivus - Mind Made Up Feat. Jimmy Antony
The Funk Hunters - Party Rockin
Skank Spinatra - Hold Back
Father Funk + X-Ray Ted - Now Jump
Mr Stabalina - Do You Like It
Slynk - Heel Flip
WBBL - Check Menina VIP
Jimi Needles - Hit Me!
Beat Le Juice - The Power
Cat Empire - Hello (WBBL Remix)
SkiiTour + Slynk - On Top
Father Funk + Twogood - Be Funky
Lizzo - Juice (WBBL Remix)
Chicago - Street Player (WBBL Remix)
WBBL - Funkstation
WBBL - P.Y.T.D.A.N.C.E
Mr Stabalina - Funkyass Bassline
Mr Stabalina - Just Drop Feat. Skank Spinatra
DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Father Funk VIP Remix)
Slynk - Stomp Your Feet
WBBL - Garth Merengue
Howla - Hit The Road Jack (Howla Remix)

Sunday Morning Party

Vol 2 Incoming from our New Safe & Sound Series

Enjoy  x
Safe & Sound vol 2
1.	Fuselage- Three Seasons (original mix)
2.	Roast Beatz- 1998 (The Allergies mix)
3.	SO/KA- Grease
4.	Prosper & Stabfinger- Mista Funkmaster
5.	Nostalgia 77- Seven Nation Army (bobby Cooper re-edit)
6.	Dave Gerrard- Kurtis Breaks
7.	Pulp Fusion- The Beat Inside My Soul (dj Maars edit)
8.	Pecoe-Coffee Pot (get down edit) 
9.	Pecoe-Keeping The Faith 
10.	Pecoe- Foolish Gold
11.	Gramophone Soul- Sympathy For The Devil 
12.	John Davis & The Monster Orchestra- I cant Stop (Ft DJ Jazzy Jeff)
13.	Andy Cooper- Why You Buggin’ (ft The Allergies)
14.	Gramophone Soul- Talking About My Baby
15.	LGDS edit- No Roots
16.	Little Simz- Offence
17.	Black Grass- Nice Up (Original mix)
18.	Andy Bucham- Sunshine Of Your Love
19.	Uncle Ted- How can you tell me
20.	The Allergies- Felony
21.	Lack Of Afro- P.A.R.T.Y.(ft Wax/Herbal T)

Safe & Sound Vol 2

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