Released 2023

Musik

Funkinova - Complete Works Part 1

Instrumental covers of 1970's classic hits

1970's

Trailerpark Superstars

Georg Stengel, Anstandslos, Durchgeknallt - Ich brauch dich nicht

One of the key dance tracks from the 1980's. Watch their video and you will get the idea!

Pure Retro Pop

Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round

Used by Funkleberry as the backing track to his 2020 hit version, his instrumental version deserves a listen in its own right.

Cher - Believe

I knew Sparks as a two-hit wonder from the 1970's. However, thanks to Netflix, I watched "The Sparks Brothers" documentary on their career which started in 1966 and they have been influencing, collaborating and filling auditoriums and stadiums since having produced 25 albums of quirky songs over their long career. . 

I am a belated Sparks convert!. 

This hit from 1994 which made #7 in Germany.

Funkinova

Sparks - When do I get to sing 'My Way'

Wikipedia says the Gabrielle's 2001 hit, "Rise", "takes extensively from Bob Dylan's 1973 song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", albeit reportedly with Bob Dylan's permission. 

That is probably the understatement of the 21st century and I took the two songs and mashed them together to find that only the melody and lyrics had changed. Everything else aligned perfectly.

So this is hopefully an interesting curio for Gabrielle, Guns N Roses and Bob Dylan fans alike.

Gabrielle - Rise/Knocking On Heaven's Door (mash-up)

Herb Albert's classic 1979 Disco Hit; mostly played when the pizzas were being served or when you wanted to give the punters one last slow disco dance before turning the cleaning lights on. 

The advantage of this track was that you could both slow dance with your partner if things were going well, or dance awkwardly apart from each other longing for the bright lights being turned on before beating a path to the toilets and planning your escape! :-)

Herb Albert - Rise

Abba's 1979 hit from the Voulez Vous Album. Disco meets Rock.

Abba - Does Your Mother Know?

Legendary 60's organist Jimmy Smith track. If you don't know his music, check him out!

Jimmy Smith - Chicken Shack

The original is really slow and melancholic, and as my student colleagues wanted to do a cover track (to the original tempo), I thought it would be fun to produce a Dance version. It actually turned out much better than I thought it would!  :-)

Radiohead - Exit For a Film (Instrumental Dance Mix!)

Just a gentle groove for a historic song!

Nelson Mandela. 

"I detest racialism because I regard it as a barbaric thing whether it comes from the black man or the white man."

Simple Minds - Mandela Day

This is an EDM  cover version of the Radiohead song "Exit for a Film" with vocals by Lia.

Exit For a Film

Exit fo a film (Dance Mix)

Exit For a Film (Feat Lia)

A bonus track to Funkinova's Tribute to Camel album that was released in May 2022. If you like crazy time signatures, this one's for you!

Camel - Lunar Sea

The Big Beat 5 Year Compilation is out now:
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The Big Beat 5 year compilation represents more than a simple collection of songs. For us, it’s an abbreviated sample of our recent history in the modern era of dance & electronic music. We bring this to you as a celebration of the anniversary of our relaunch, and to present a trajectory of where we intend to travel. It’s our mission to support what we believe to be the best of today’s music in not only dance & electronic genres, but the new evolution of music & how creators are coming together to make beautiful art. Thank you for your love & support over the last 5 years, we cannot wait to continue...

Big Beat 5 Year Compilation Track List:
1. Skrillex & The Doors - “Breakn’ A Sweat” (Zedd Remix)
2. Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - Hello
3. Duck Sauce - Big Bad Wolf
4. Knife Party - Internet Friends 
5. Porter Robinson - Language
6. Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay - In My Mind (Axwell Mix)
7. Icona Pop ft Charli XCX - I Love It 
8. Breach - Jack
9. Cash Cash - Take Me Home feat. Bebe Rexha
10. Clean Bandit - Rather Be feat. Jess Gynne
11. Lilly Wood and the Prick & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C  (Robin Schulz Remix)
12. Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop
13.  Galantis - Runaway (U&I) 
14. Skrillex & Diplo  - Take Ü There (Zeds Dead Remix)
15. Cedric Gervais - Molly
16. Bingo Players - Cry (Just A Little)
17. Fatboy Slim - Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Calvin Harris Remix)
18. Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
19. Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk (Laidback Luke Remix)
20. Rudimental - Feel The Love feat. John Newman
21. Cash Cash - Take Me Home feat Bebe Rexha (Tarro's Big Beat 5th Anniversary Remix)
22. Icona Pop - I Love It feat. Charli XCX (Maxx Live's  Big Beat 5th Anniversary Remix)
23. Rudimental - Feel The Love feat. John Newman (DEVI's  Big Beat 5th Anniversary Remix)
24. Galantis - Runaway (U&I) (Speaker of the House's Big Beat 5th Anniversary Remix)

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Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

These tracks were edited using the CVP705 and demonstrate the audio capability of the excellent keyboard. I am hoping that Yamaha will address the major weakness of having very limited free available memory after which I would give the keyboard 10/10.

America - A horse with no name

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

I first produced this 5 years ago, and as my capability and access to technology have improved, I have produced a more gritty sound, best listened to loud in headphones!

Status Quo - Caroline

Ballroom Blitz is a 1973 song by the British glam rock band The Sweet. The song reached number one in Canada, number two in the UK Singles Chart and the Australian Chart, and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The song was inspired by an incident on 27 January 1973 when the band were performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and were driven offstage by a bottling.

Along with Gary Glitter and T-Rex, the song was a favorite in the weekly JCR (Junior Common Room dances)at the University of York and many other uni's.

Sweet - Ballroom Blitz

Remixed Midi's on the Yamaha Clavinova CVP705. I do not play them but produce the audio remixes using this great keyboard !

Elton John - Your Song

J - Cut  Kolt Siewerts - The Flute Tune EARRAPE

Hi all, so from 2016 to 2024 I assembled and produced a large collection of covers of many of my favorite tunes as my own hobby (and many during COVID lock-downs!) and I have accumulated over 2,800,000 plays across the world which is awesome!

I am much more of a producer that a musician. These first 8 years of my music was mostly based on midi cover tracks often downloaded from the Internet but heavily reproduced and re-imagined variously on my two Yamaha keyboards (Clavinova and PSR 975), but also using PC midi editing & DAW software.

Towards the end of that period, I added some of my more original electronic music which I produced over the past two decades under the name of Funkleberry in order to consolidate my Soundcloud accounts. 

But in 2024 I got into AI music generation and I am now  a freelance sonwriter and AI music producer. It's been a fun journey!

My first 4 AI Albums can also be found here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4iZUxtVnHl09U3UJ0nbt2L OR

in Apple music (search Funkinova and/or AI Collective)

If you like anything you hear, please pass them on!