This is a mix I did for my Friday night residency at the world famous Zouk/Velvet Underground Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

House done in a soulful, funky,disco-ey vibe with a bit of swing-jazz and hip-house thrown in for good measure.

((( Music Is Love )))

Da Funkie Junkie presents Zouk/Velvet Underground KL Mix

This mix is in homage to Malaysia's pioneering soulful house club called "Bliss", of which I was Chief Resident DJ and Entertainment Manager. I booked DJs like Dimitri from Paris, Norman Jay, Miguel Migs, DJ Gregory, Martin Solveig, Bob Sinclar, Spiller,Nicky Siano,Cricco Castelli,Roy Davis Jr,Erik Rug,DJ Deep,Romain BNO etc in its heyday. The vibe of the club was inspired by New York's Paradise Garage and we kept the tempo at 125 - 128 BPM all night long. The tunes in this mix are all "Bliss" classics, and was recorded live strictly on vinyl.

((( Save the vinyl )))

Da Funkie Junkie presents Deep Love

DONOVAN THO A.K.A DA FUNKIE JUNKIE

Donovan Tho is the pioneer of soulful house in Malaysia and one of Asia’s most important ambassadors of this genre. His work as a DJ/radio producer- presenter and pioneering promoter of international DJs has played a seminal role in the development of the clubbing scene in Malaysia.

Whether it’s spinning at Malaysia’s first superclub twelveSI (where he djed both at Bliss the Lounge and Atmosphere the Club) in Kuala Lumpur or hosting his weekend cult national radio show Massive, Malaysian clubbers are accustomed to his brand of house music as one of the scene’s true pioneers.


THE SOUND COLLAGE

Larry Levan (Paradise Garage), David Mancuso (The Loft) and Nicky Siano (The Gallery/Studio 54) were but a handful of Donovan’s early influences and he was responsible for introducing a wide range of house’s sub-genres to Malaysian clubbers starved of quality. 

It wasn’t long before underground clubs like Energy, The Underground (1998); Backroom, The Clubhouse (1999); Scandals (2000/01);Echo/Ohm (2001), Nouvo (2002), Bliss (2002/05) and Cynna (2005 to early 2007) were buzzing with his signature tunes of soulful New York house, afro-latin house, deep jazzy house and garage.
 
Via his pioneering national dance radio shows on Red 104.9FM, Donovan also introduced the “roots” of dance music. Underground disco, soul, funk, jazz, rare grooves, bossanova, Italian soundtracks of the 60s and 70s, blaxploitation movie soundtracks, kitsch sounds of 60s swinging London “suddenly” became de rigueur and spawned the opening of many clubs in KL playing the “loungier” side of dance music.

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