FSQ Paradise ULTD Mixes

As we move into October PARADISE ULTD. is proud to introduce a new bi-monthly mixtape series by the legendary FSQ [FUNK, STYLE, QUALITY] from Soul Clap Records. FSQ SELECTIONS will take you on journey across the deep sahara into the lush jungles of the tropics on a journey chronicling only the most impressive rare groove jams from the past and future. Enjoy the free download and look out for the full track listing to be revealed next week!

1. FSQ Intro 
2. Julia Holter - Vasquez (Domino Recording Co)
3. Davis - This Time With You (Soul Clap Records)
4. Breakbot - Back for More (Ed Banger Records)
5. Lrusse - Ynyslas (Monologues Records)
6. Hess Is More - Youarenotaprimate (Dimitri From Paris At The Loft Instrumental) (Gomma Records)
7. The Emperor Machine - Sisco Seeker (Nein Records)
8. FSQ Old School Pick: Mel Brooks - To Be or Not to Be (The Hitler Rap), Pt. 2 [Instrumental Mix] (Island Records)
8. KC The Funkaholic - We Can Get Down (Self Released)
9. FSQ - SMDH (Inkswel Mix) (unreleased)
10. DJ Dodger Stadium - In the Flames (Body High)
11. Ebony Bones featuring Lady Miss Kier - Bread & Circus Part 2 (1984 Records)
12. Psychemagik featuring Navid Izadi - Mink Shoes (Dim Mak Records)
13. Funkadelic - Ain't That Funkin' Kind of Hard on You - Louie Vega Nu Dub with Fred Wesley and Pee-Wee Ellis) (C Kunspyruhzy Records)

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FSQ SELECTIONS_001 - [FUNK STYLE QUALITY]

T R A C K L I S T I N G 

1. FSQ Intro
2. Misumami — Let The Drums Speak feat. Illa J (Produced by Lay-Far)
(http://misumami.bandcamp.com)
3. Davis - This Time With You (Inskwel Remix also with Misumami)(Soul Clap Records)
4. Chic / Nile Rodgers with Johnny Mathis - Something to Sing About 
5. One Era - Up & Out (Run & Catch Recordings) 
6. Tom Misch - Rainbow (https://tommisch1.bandcamp.com/)
7. Tom Misch - Clapclapclap (https://tommisch1.bandcamp.com/)
8. Tame Impala - Nangs (Rambo V Remix)(https://soundcloud.com/rambothefifth)
9. Julian Sanza - The French Mistake (Paper Recordings)
10. Future Feelings - Downtown Girl (Kim And Buran Funk To Funk Remix) (Nang Records)
11. FSQ - ???? (Big support from Nick Monaco!! Coming soon)
12. Michael The Lion - Bo Knows (Giant Cuts)
13. Xanga - This Is The Way It Starts (Henri Le Blanc's Disco Gangs Session)(Multi Culti)
14. Life on Planets - Work of Art
15. Life on Planets - Life on Planets - Cold Front (FSQ Funkadelic Dub with Billy Bass Nelson) (Soul Clap Records / Crew Love Subscription)
16. C.D. Band - Get Up Salsa and Dance (CBS Records)

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FSQ SELECTIONS_002 - OCTOBER 2015

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FSQ SELECTIONS_003 - NOVEMBER 2015

"For December 2015, FSQ curated and produced a bunch of new tracks for Bastard Jazz Records on the Soul Clap Presents Tempo Dreams Volume 3 remix EP. We put these jams in this monthly mix, along with some brand new music from Soul Clap themselves. We also only really liked ONE full length album this entire year of 2015 – wow! – like one album you can listen to all the way through from start to finish – and that’s Roisin Murphy’s “Hairless Toys”.

We threw in some amazing remixes from that album that are just hitting the street this month, like the deeply funky Maurice Fulton remix of Roisin’s “House of Glass” which also reminds us of the slap bass work on George Clinton & Thomas Dolby’s “Thrashin” – so that’s our throwback in this month’s mix. Rounding out the December 2015 tracks is a release from one of our favorite more house and tech house oriented labels, Moda Black, with a strong jam from Zeke Africa." @FSQOFFICIAL

T R A C K L I S T I N G 

1. December Intro for Paradise ULTD
2. Crew Love – Smokers Delight ft. PillowTalk & Soul Clap (Crew Love Records)
3. George Clinton featuring Thomas Dolby – Thrashin (Capitol Records)
3. Roisin Murphy — House Of Glass (Maurice Fulton Remix) (Play it Again Sam Recordings)
4. Roisin Murphy — Unputdownable (Tom Demac Remix) (Play it Again Sam Recordings)
5. Fedde – No Shadows (Original Mix)
5 Soul Clap ft. Dayonne Rollins – So Sedated (Club Mix) (Bastard Jazz Records)
6. FSQ – Break The Funk (David Marston Remix ft. Sapofrio & Sam Newbould) (Bastard Jazz Records)
7. Soul Clap – Resurrect The Funk (Soul Clap Records)
8. Clarian – Fear And Self Loathing (Rumors Records)
9. Zeké Africa – Ghost (Moda Black)

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FSQ SELECTIONS_004 - DECEMBER 2015

FSQ SELECTIONS_005 - JANUARY 2016

FSQ SELECTIONS 006 - FEBRUARY 2016

"March was nuts and FSQ was caught up for 10 days at SXSW. When we got back in April we found our inbox stuffed with new promos from our favorite independent record labels and so we went extra long with a our 007 mix for Paradise Unlimited, running at one hour and 25 minutes!
The diversity of music here in this latest FSQ mix is amazing too! We made selections spanning slow R&B jams, hyper G-House, deep house, disco, boogie funk, and even synth laden pop. That’s just how FSQ slices it – if it’s funky it’s in the mix – doesn’t matter the genre." @fsqofficial

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FSQ SELECTIONS 007 - APRIL 2016


"In 1986, I got Art of Noise's "In Visible Silence" LP and you know at this time in my life the only way to make your music mobile was to make a tape cassette of your vinyl. I made a cassette of that album, but it wore out from heavy use in my walkman and in my parent's car stereo. Blame it on those auto-reverse tape systems. So I made another copy of the Art of Noise album, that cassette wore out, and I recorded another one. And yet another one. This happened over and over again..... -Chuck Da Fonk Fishman of FSQ

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FSQ SELECTIONS_008 - SUMMER 2016 MEGAMIX

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FSQ SELECTIONS_009 - NOVEMBER 2016

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FSQ SELECTIONS_010 - FEBRUARY 2017

FSQ SELECTIONS_11 [SPRING 2017]

FSQ SELECTIONS_12 [WINTER 2017]

FSQ SELECTIONS_13 [SPRING 2018]

FSQ SELECTIONS 14 [SUMMER 2018 SELECTIONS]

FSQ SELECTIONS_14 [SUMMER 2018]

FSQ SELECTIONS_15

" For our sixteenth mix for Paradise ULTD we became a bit less focused on our favorite record labels and a bit more artist focused. 

That's not to say we don't wind up representing some of our favorite record labels in this edition. For instance Soul Clap Records, Crew Love Records, Bastard Jazz Records, Boogie Angst, Glitterbox Recordings all have entries from their artist rosters in FSQ Selections 16. 

Related - David Marston - a long time Soul Clap and Crew Love stalwart - makes his debut on heavy dance music hitter Ultra Records with his DejaVilla project. DejaVilla includes vocalist and fellow Jamaican Sarah Couch. 

One of our close friends jokes that sometimes in our FSQ DJ sets we skip all music with words and lyrics !! Well for this mix we found plenty of love for big vocalists - including that sultry cut "Running Away" by DejaVilla; modern funk and nudisco producer Moods' big single "Get To Know You" featuring British chanteuse Pip Millet, and vocalist Adeline who offers up her self released, self titled debut album. Most would know Adeline as Adeline Michele - the lead vocalist of the NY based disco troop Escort. Atlantic Records R&B star Lizzo deserves a turn in this mix too because her new funk laden single "Juice" is indeed so juicy!

Like our friend said about FSQ selections, yes yes, we do lean into instrumental disco edits and left field funky house originals - all without any words at all on these jams. So yes we flip flop around in this mix and do turn right back into the instrumental zone. One instrumental discovery in this mix that came from somewhere - who knows, not a record label - is the self released French jazz house production team simply called HS. HS are also two multi instrumentalists - Herson and Seven - we've included two tracks from HS here; the title track "Mu" from their EP, which is led by brilliant original saxophone lines, and the other "French Riviera" which is all about jazz bass solos over house beats. 

Still on the instrumental front - this mix chugs on with Peter Matson of the NY based afrodisco group Underground System. He debuts solo with "Roma Norte" a real deep house burner on Bastard Jazz. Also his group gets the high energy dub treatment by German producer Gerd Janson on his remix of their "Just a Place" via Soul Clap Records. 

Limpodisco's "Heatwave Affair" - we have no idea where this boogie funk tinged new wave instrumental comes from or if it's even been properly released yet, but it's been a secret weapon in all of our FSQ sets the past several months. We love Limpodisco for both their disco edit work and original production which land squarely on the nudisco front. They hail from Odessa, Ukraine. 

Keep listening to the mix as we zig zag between even more vocal led R&B and nudisco jams and back to deep house instrumentals; FSQ Selections 16 is one of the most favorite mixes we have ever delivered to Paradise ULTD. Full tracklist follows .."  - Chuck Da Fonq

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FSQ SELECTIONS_16

"FSQ Selections edition 17 for Paradise ULTD focuses again on some of our favorite independent dance music record labels.

Midnight Riot Records is a label FSQ has been working with for a few years now, and we are proud to have released our Talking Heads cover of "I Zimbra" featuring Dolette McDonald on the label. 

Midnight Riot is so hot right now we can't keep up with the amount of promo they are sending us. One of our favorite projects they've got right now is Jaegerossa with the Midnight Riot label boss and uber nudisco producer, Yam Who. On mix 17 we play two joyous cuts from the duo, "Grateful" and "Delirium" which are both helmed by vocalist Jacqi George. 

Also on Midnight Riot is the sleek 80s inspired jam called "Dreaming" by Nick Reach Up featuring soulful UK vocalist Jazz Morley. Our friend Birdee also turns a new album for ISM Records - a sister record label in the Midnight Riot Records family; we chose the nudisco burner "Give Into Love" featuring Chloe Amber from Birdee's album. 

Soul Clap is in the mix month debuting their two sider on their new record label - House of EFunk Records. The aptly titled "Jupiter Crush" is a Roland synth laden cut that we put in the mix. 

We can't escape the Wurlitzer - Fender Rhodes sunset house vibes of Session Victim and we feature a remix they did for Goddard and then a cut from their new Delusions of Grandeur records EP. 

Hobo Camp brings us a new EP from the always wonderful Social Lovers; the midnight flavored jam "The Light" is our choice here.

Finally don't miss legend Fonda Rae with her turn signing the hook on Escort's new jam "City Life". Nicki B is Escort's new vocalist, which means Adeline, the former singer from Escort has gone solo. Escort's JKriv rejoins Adeline for a remix of her song "Before". 

There's so much more in FSQ Selections 17 including a real Culture Française theme with cuts by French artists Bon Entendeur, Yuksek, Miel De Montagne, Cotonete. " - @fsqofficial

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FSQ SELECTIONS_17

FSQ Selections Lucky Number 18 for ParadiseULTD covers a lot of ground and is over two hours long. As per usual this time of year as we head into fall, we look back and review our favorite summer Balearic releases, and in fact we offer a special mini set within the mix of these slow motion emotional tunes. 

We speed the ParadiseULTD mix back up with plenty of fresh nudisco and deep house cuts that you may have heard in our last few monthly FSQ Top 10 Charts. Praise baby Moses for so much new music and we've finally had the  time to take our favorite new tracks of 2019 and string them into a proper FSQ Selections mix, our eighteenth edition for ParadiseULTD. 

"We are also welcoming some record labels we haven't curated from before on mix #18, like Dekmantel, Bearfunk Records, Studio Barhnaus, and Music for Dreams and we hope to hear more from their artists in the future. Of course Midnight Riot, Soul Clap Records, Wolf + Lamb, Bastard Jazz as usual have brand new releases we hand picked in this two and half hour mix" @fsqofficial

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George Clinton's nephew Sa'd 'The Hourchild' Ali (Sa'D Ali) and Chuck ‘Da Fonk’ Fishman met in the mid-’90s as touring members of George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic. With the addition of 8-time Grammy-nominated producer G Koop the trio became FSQ, a production team committed to creating original funk of supreme quality.

In the years to follow, Boston-based guitarist Chas Bronz, Philadelphia drummer One Era, and New York audio engineer Morgan Wiley joined FSQ. You’ll find the majority of their original songs and remixes on Soul Clap Records along with FSQ’s 2020 Reprise Tonight - the group’s debut LP. Presented as a tale of having one last party in the span of 24 hours,  features guest appearances from funk royalty, including George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Nona Hendryx, Fonda Rae, Denise King, and Dolette McDonald. In 2022, FSQ released a funked-up remix album for their debut record, aptly titled Reprise Reprise Tonight. This jam-packed album features 16 remix turns on the OG cuts by Tom Moulton, Ray Mang, Birdee, DJ Rocca, Lee Curtiss + more.

“A veritable treasure chest of danceable grooves and memorable songs, Reprise Tonight showcases FSQ’s gift for upbeat, easy-digestible funk.” — John Morrison, Bandcamp

FSQ releases with Midnight Riot Records, Ultra Music, Boogie Angst, Jalapeno Records, Wolf + Lamb, Bastard Jazz + more indie dance music leaders. FSQ’s remixes for Soul Clap, Kraak & Smaak, Life on Planets, Midnight Magic, Inkswel + Nick Monaco

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