So good Doug ! I'm having a 90's relapse lol

cheers for this and nice back storey. amazing times with so many great venues and events literally every weekend. don't know how the djs did it. so much music being pushed out but the quality and the way it hit was phenomenal.

Had me Guessing at the Beginning😅 Awesome set

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

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DJ MIXES (Free downloads)

King Of The Beats !
This the brainchild of Aston from the Freestylers, Martin Krafty Kuts and Lee from Plump DJS.
Years of djing, working on music and generally being good friends they decided to combine forces and came up with their new act  "King Of The Beats"
The concept being all 3 of them have various styles, skill sets and such an eclectic taste that it would be a kaleidoscopic entity of good music and fun times.
As you will hear in this brand new DJ mix they’ve captured that vibe and whether you’re at home, in your car, kitchen or at the gym, it will leave you with a big smile on your face and craving for more.

King Of The Beats is starting a new night at the Arches in Brighton.  A new club called Water Bear & catch us at various clubs & Festivals around the world in the coming months !

King Of The Beats DJ Mix

This is one of my personal favourite mixes I have compiled and was also one of the longest. A whole month in the making but was worth every minute. 


Krafty Kuts - Old To The New Volume 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)

On Friday 15th September I played at the infamous Wild Corner at Hi, Ibiza as party of the huge Future Rave party!

Here's what it sounded like....

Track listing:
Travski & Chewy Rubs - Feel This 
Brame & Klansee - They'll Be w/ Praised Cats - Shined On Me (D-Funk Aca FX) 
Nicky Nighttime feat Julian Mitchell - A History 
Corrado Bucci - It's Not Over
Popof feat Arno Joey - Lidl Girl (Kerri Chandler Mix) w/ Danny Tenaglia - Music Is The Answer (D-Funk Aca FX)
Sugar Hill - 4 Me
Disclosure - Expressing What Matters
Mighty Mouse - The Get Down
Louis La Rouche - Thank You
Lance Lebaour - Organic Matters w/ Green Velvet - La La Land (Acapella) 
Mike Millrain - Work Me
Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Sofu Tukker Mix) 
Joshua Heath - I Can Count 
Kid Creme - Austin's Groove (Instrumental Version) w/ Simon - Free At Last (Acapella)
Steve Bug feat Mr V - Back To '95 
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (Serge Santiago Rework)
Wongo feat Rubi Dan - Fireball (Edit) 
Shermanology feat Kuenta & Cheryl Lisper - Coco Loco 
Mr Doris & D-Funk - Holding Back (Demo Version)
Evokings - Back To The Funk 
Melchior - Gats N Sax
DJ Deeon & Gettoblaster - Move Your Booty 
Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock (Seeing Double Edit) 
Need Your Lovin' (Dub)

Hi, Ibiza: 
https://www.hiibiza.com
https://www.instagram.com/hiibizaofficial

D-Funk links:
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Hi, Ibiza Wild Corner (15th Sept '23)

RePlumped

RePlumped - Mixtape - Plump Djs

Here's the track listing-

The Eagles - "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Theme" (BBC)
Beenie Man - "Who Am I" (Greensleeves)
Danny Reo - "Room Wize" (Columbia)
Ninja Man/Flourgen - "Zip It Up" (Sure Delight)
Freestylers - "B-Boy Stance" (Freskanova)
Budbrothers - "Do You Wanna" (white Label)
Funkizm - "Boogie Butt Sounds" (Reel Vybe)
Eric B And Rakim - "Juice" (Soul/MCA)
Bowser - "I Need More Time" (Freskanova)
Whodini - "Magic's Wand" (Jive)
Cut And Paste - "Let's Go Disco" (white Label)
Artist Unknown - "Funky 4 U" (white Label)
Wobble U - "Petal" (Indolent)
Bowser - "Operation Hardheat" (Freskanova)
Damage Control - "Da Pumped Up Phunk" (Afro Wax)
Double G - Untitled (white Label)
Pick 'N' Mix - "Twisted Ska" (white Label)
Artist Unknown - "El Magnifico" (white Label)
Soul Hooligan - "Sweet Pea" (Freskanova)
Will Shaker - "Made Up Of This And That" (Sophisticuts)
Star And Garter - "Blimey" (Easy DB)
Freestylers - "Drop Tha Boom" (Scratch City)
Freestylers - "Don't Stop The Rock" (Music Specialists)
Freestylers - "Don't Stop" (Scratch City)
Information Society - "Running" (Tommy Boy)
Bowser - "Let Ya Body Funk" (Freskanova)
DJ Funk Roc - "My Beat Box" (white Label)
Isunamioe - "Number 43 With" (Fuel)
Freestylers - "Spaced Invader" (Freskanova)
Freestylers - "Check Da Skillz" (Freskanova)
The Fall - "Masquerade" (white Label)
DJ Poout - "Let The Bass Mix" (white Label)
Dance Conspiracy - "Dub War" (Metamorphosis)
Ginuwine - "Holler" Strike Remix (Epic)
John Williams - "Throne Room From Star Wars" (20th Century)
Public Enemy - "Bring The Noise" (Def Jam)
Chemical Brothers - "Leave Home" (Virgin)
Blapps - "Don't Hold Back" (Tribal Bass)
Godiego - "Birth Of The Odyssey" (BBC)

Freestylers Essential Mix

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

Freestylers @ Dirty Day Rave Steel Yard 16th November 2024

This is my rave tape! A retrospective look into my UK rave culture roots.

I remember vividly when I heard my first ever rave tape. It was 1992 & my friend gave me the cassette to play in my walkman after school. When I put it on my whole world changed. I'd never heard anything like it before & instantly was hooked. That tape was DJ Seduction & Jumping Jack Frost at Perception Wonderland July '92. It's still one of my favourites.

My school friends & I used to collect all the rave tape packs when they came out, getting the bus to Swindon & going to the 'rave shop' as we called it. At this time we weren't old enough to go to the actual parties. Our favourites were from the Universe parties which were happening quite closer to where I grew up in Wiltshire. We had others from Dreamscape, Fantasia, Obsession, Amnesia House & Helter Skelter. The walls of my bedroom were covered in rave flyer. I’d often drift off to sleep & dream about going to some of them. 

When I got a bit older, but probably not old enough, I was able to go to the parties myself. I used to regularly go to Devotion at Golddiggers, Fusion in Bath, The Brunel Rooms where D.I.Y hosted a room, Helter Skelter at The Sanctuary, United Dance, Slammin' Vinyl & free parties like Spiral Tribe. These were some of the best days & had a huge influence on my musical taste & style. I'd always say to myself 'one day that will be me on the decks up there'.

My first ever gig was at a club called The Depot in Bristol which hosted a night called Death Row Techno. At the time I was playing what we'd now call jungle techno. It was a little before UK rave music split into happy hardcore & jungle/DnB. The night I played was a rave (I can’t remember the name of the event) that had Bristol’s own jungle legend Ronnie Size & one of the scenes best hardcore DJs Brisk playing. So you could say that rave is in my blood.

For years I've been saying I'm going to make my own rave tape. A collection of all the tunes that, when I hear them, I can recall exactly where I was, who I was with & where we were in the crowd. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

For a full track listing of what I played on the mix please visit the mix page on my website: www.dfunk.com.au/mixes/myravetape

I've made a playlist of a load of the rave tape I'm talking about so you can hear them for yourself: soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/rave-tapes-raves-i-went-to

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My Rave Tape!

I have another bounty of beauties for you in this week's Bootlegs & B-Sides.  Some absolute crackers in the mix, to get the toes tappin' and fingers snappin'.

TRACK LIST:
Johnny Pluse - The Secret Weapon 
The Breakbeat Junkie vs DJP - Work The Floor
Johnny Pluse - The Smell
Jimi Needles - Just Bounce Dat
VoodooVibe - Monkey Tune
Mooqee - Sound Around Town
Prosper - Mista Funkmaster
Featurecast - Jump
J-Roc - Its Your Thang (Big Beatin Beastie Edit)
Leygo - The Funka 
Featurecast - Listen To The Horns
VoodooVibe - Punchy Riddim
Tape Loops - Never Do That (Parker Remix)
Slynk - Bug Powder Booty
The Wiseguys - Re-Introduction
DJ Format - We Say feat. Abdominal
Kingfisha - Digging For Fire (The Funk Hunters Remix)


Bootlegs & B-Sides #136

Big Beat Sundays Mix 6 is here.
More of my favourite Big Beat Era Tunes
Enjoy.
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Tracklist:

DJ Ritchie Rich - Rockin On The Go-Go Scene	
The Wiseguys - Start The Commotion	
Daft Punk - Robot Rock (Acapella)
Freestylers - B-Boy Stance (Mighty Supernaturals Remix)
Daft Punk - Da Funk	
Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me (Acapella)
Resident Filters - Big Train	
Dee Patten - Who's The Bad Man (Sound System mix)
CJ Bolland - The Prophet (Acapella)
Fatboy Slim - Always Read The Label	
DJ D Lux - Old Skool Music	
Buzuka - Fly Mother	
Drumatic Twins - Uhura	
Run DMC - It's Like That (Acapella)
Fatboy Slim - Going Out Of My Head	
Psychedeliasmith - Fixxy Jointy	
Psychedeliasmith - Dubby Jointy	
Head Trip - Rock Da Acid	
Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Acapella)
Basement Jaxx - I Live In Camberwell	
Mighty Supernaturals - Amen Holmes	
Hardwire - Conskank	
Cypress Hill - Insane In the Brain (Jason Nevins Remix)
Krafty Kuts - Super Funky Dope	
Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx Mix)
Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank (Dust Brothers Remix)
Mark Summer - Summer's Magic

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Big Beat was a cultural phenomena that was as much a vibe as any specific style of music. Hip Hop, Mash Ups and Breaks sat next to Funk, DnB and House...Basically if it felt right it was right!

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Big Beat Sundays Mix 6

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Crash Party - Big Beat Sundays Mix 6

A mashup built to get the floor moving. Blueberries meets Jiggy Jerry in a fusion of deep grooves, bouncy percussion, and infectious energy. This mix takes the playful edge of both tracks and transforms them into a seamless house vibe that’s equal parts smooth and hype.

🎶 Expect:

Rolling house basslines

Crisp, dance-ready drums

A cheeky twist on two underground favourites

Turn it up loud and let the rhythm do the talking.

Blue Berries X Jiggy Jerry

Este es el primer track de Trance que produje.

Es muy especial para mí porque fue la única canción mia que pudo escuchar un gran amigo, que ya no nos acompaña.

Espero les guste.

Proplyd

DJ Marble feat. Teri – Perfectly Well

Label/Cat#: Seven Series – SS01
Country: UK
Year: 2005
Genre: Electronic
Style: House
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM

Tracklist
A – Perfectly Well (Vocal Mix)
B – Perfectly Well (Housed Up Mix)

More information: https://www.discogs.com/de/release/3704701-DJ-Marble-Featuring-Teri-Perfectly-Well

DJ Marble Featuring Teri - Perfectly Well (Vocal Mix) (2005)

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.

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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.

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My Rave Tape!

D-Funk

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