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The Greatest Road Trip Mega Mix Ever! 🎶

Party Playlist from Sara Rose 🌹

My Free Downloads Mix & all the free tracks on 1 handy playlist! 

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

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My Free Downloads Mix (with all freebies)

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Sweet Home Alabama Remix

1. Antiserum - Skunked
2. Defunk - Smokin feat. Zeale
3. SoDown - Take it Back
4. TVBOO, bàwldy feat. Boogie T - MaryWana 
5. Sumthin Sumthin - Inhale
6. Griz x Clozee - Colour of Your Soul
7. Champagne Drip, Cristina Soto - Ur War
8. Griz x Lsdream - Funkonaut
9. ID - ID
10. Lsdream x Kayoh - Rekt (Super Future Remix)
11. Defunk x Marvel Years - Break Away
12. Justin Hawkes - Better Than Gold feat. Andrew Hellier
13. Phibes - Bubboni
14. Neon Steve, MARTEN HØRGER - Hip Hop (Eskei83 Extended Remix)
15. The Caracal Project - The Lights on Your Face
16. Ekko & Sidetrack, TWERL - Under Bright Lights (feat. Indy Skies)
17. Mohican Sun - Darkest Hour
18. RL Grime - Shrine x Lovin is Easy (Defunk Remix)
19. Luxage - Venus Fly Trap
20. ID - ID
21. Reaper - XLR8
22. Staysick - Vision
23. Ahee, Sømething - The Action
23. Defunk - In the Air
24. ID - ID
25. Montell2099 - Blicky
26. Dimension - Offender (Montell2099 Remix)
27. Defunk - Sacrifice feat. Ero808
28. Shockface - METANÖIA
29. Big Gigantic - Keep It Low (INZO Remix
30. Bandlez - Hip Hop Tech
31. Lsdream x Inzo - Blasta 
32. Minnesota - Dark Crystal (Pigeon Hole Remix)
33. Big Gigantic - Futures All I See
34. Defunk - Electric Eyes
35. Opiuo - Gravitate (CloZee Remix)

Dirty Funky Bass Music Fix

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Dirty Funky Bass Music - The Mixtapes - EP 1

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)

The Meters - Cissy Strut (D-Funk Edit). 

Here's a little re-edit of a funk classic from The Meters. ENJOY! 

If you like this track or download it please leave a comment on the player and/or give it a like click. Means a lot of us artists when ya do! 

If you don't have Soundcloud or want this in all other formats get it from my Bandcamp: https://d-funk.bandcamp.com/track/the-meters-cissy-strut-d-funk-edit-free-download

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The Meters - Cissy Strut (D-Funk Edit) ***FREE DOWNLOAD***

Michael Jackson+Rihanna+J - Lo+Owl City+Carly Rae Jepsen - We Found A Good Beat (lobsterdust Mashup)

We made a cheeky booty!

We took the instrumental Nightmares On Wax remix of our release Cruise Control and added a Roots Manuva acapella and have been using it as a bit of a secret weapon for the last few months.

After much discussion we think you guys should have it too!

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/cruise-control-now-vs-roots-edit-free-download

The original Cruise Control release features the vocal talents of @mysdiggi and mixes from Nightmares On Wax, Basement Freaks and Doris & Dazzla. It's was released on both vinyl & digital on Jam City Records in 2021. 

Listen to the original here... 
soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/mr-doris-d-funk-cruise-control

There's still a few copies on the 12" vinyl available (but not many): 
https://jamcityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cruise-control
https://jamcity.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/jcity015/mr-doris-d-funk-cruise-control-feat-mysdiggi
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Mr Doris & D-Funk - 'Cruise Control' (NOW Vs Roots Edit) ***Free Download***

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~HOT GIRL BUMMER~WAP~

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

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More mixes!

My Free Downloads Mix

Here's my set from this years Breakfest, held on Boxing Day in the amazing Belvoir Amphitheatre just outside Perth (Western Australia).  

Track listing:
MatTheHat & Re:Flex - Flying Saucer Funk (D-Funk slight Edit).
Reggie Watts - 'Fuck Shit Stack' (Father Funk Mix).
Arteo - 'Cali Groove' (D-Funk's Where's The Party Edit). 
Phibes - 'Ain't That Fresh' (D-Funk Edit). 
Phibes - 'Rock Steady'. 
Tropkillaz - 'Bad Baby' (Featurecast Mix // D-Funk Edit). 
D-Funk vs N.W.A - 'Straight Outa Compton'. 
D-Funk - 'Super Clap Hands'. 
DJ Dubra - 'UBS' (D-Funk Edit).
Arteo vs The Pixies - 'Where Is My Mind' (D-Funk's Short Edit). 
Alo Wala X Nucleya - 'Little Lotto' (D-Funk's One For The Money Edit). 
D-Funk - 'Dope Jam'.
D-Funk vs Ninetoes - 'Finder' (D-Funk's Break That Beat Mix). 
Marten Horger - 'Deep Inside'.
D-Funk - 'Rewind Selecta'. 
Justin Marten - 'Ruff Stuff' (Virus Re-Edit).
Janette Slack - 'Lost' (BreaksMafia Mix). 
The Freestylers - 'Falling' (Pirate Jams Mix).
Leeroy Thornhill - 'Burn The House' (Jason Laidback Mix // D-Funk Edit).  
Dub Pistols - 'Killa Sound' (D-Funk Mix). 

Additional shouts by Tim Wisdom & Mc Skyver. 

Web me:
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Web Breakfest:
www.boomtick.com.au
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D-Funk... Breakfest 2015

ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ available now https://joeybadass.lnk.to/AABA

Watch the official video: https://youtu.be/TeQW-9Cg8qs

Co-produced by @dial-1-900 & @kirkknight

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AABA

Land of the Free

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LAND OF THE FREE

LOVE & RNB...VALENTINE'S DAY MIX 2017

DJ GHETTOBLASTER - I wanna rock ( ROCK MASHUP  )

This Is America

Leikeli47 - 'Money' (D-Funk's Nu Disco 100 Mix)
[Free Download]

It's been a while since I dropped my last freebie, so I thought it was high time for some more free music! This is a rework I've been playing loads. Works great for both hip hop or nu disco dance floors. I made a whole new & pretty sweet bassline/synth. Added a few cheeky little vocal chops & generally switched things up! ENJOY! 

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/leikeli47-money-d-funks-nu-disco-100-mix-free-download

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Leikeli47 - Money (D-Funk's Nu Disco 100 Mix) *Free Download*

Mr. Officer

Otherside Of America

Otherside of America

Not another Snoop Dogg edit.... 

Get this track from the Grits N Gravy Bandcamp - https://grits-n-gravy.bandcamp.com/track/bernard-wright-haboglabtribin-d-funk-edit

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Bernard Wright - Haboglabtribin (D-Funk's G'z & Hustlas Edit)

My Turn

The Bigger Picture

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 
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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.

More D-Funk!

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.

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