oh yeah! That's the cosmic disco funk right there!

A playlist containing some of FSQ's deepest DJ sets as presented by Electronic Groove, Discobelle, Soul Clap, and several other outlets. So many exclusive selections and FSQ original productions presented in these mixes.

Funk Style Quality FSQ Legendary Mixes

Discotheke Mix - FSQ

We are excited to kick off our new mix series with a local LA legend and one of the first to every grace the decks at Discotheke in LA, it's none other than FSQ!

FSQ celebrates their tenth anniversary in 2023, with the music project being born out of the epic collaboration between Parliament-Funkadelic and Soul Clap in 2013. This six person team covers soul, funk, disco and house music in their original and remix productions. 

FSQ DJ sets are helmed by the group's leader, Chuck Da Fonk, and extend into some of the funkiest corners of dance music, where you'll hear deep Balearic grooves, rare P-Funk sides, 80s boogie funk, uncommon new wave 12"s, and modern underground house cuts. For this exclusive mix for the Discotheke party, Chuck captures some of the vibe he brought to his last appearance in early 2022. Laced with two hours of funk leaning jams, this mix explores some of the deeper FSQ productions including the group's remix work for Nona Hendryx and Nick Monaco, and FSQ collaborations with European based nu-disco producers Alan Dixon, Colleen Cosmo Murphy, Yam Who?, and Birdee. Classic funk from George Clinton sits alongside New York City disco-not-disco cuts by Kid Creole & The Coconuts and Yello. 80's dance jams by Thomas Dolby and Duran Duran are foisted up against fresh new releases by modern nu-disco artists Midnight Magic, Tigerbalm, and Rheinzand. With so much music in the FSQ record bag, it's always hard to choose what to put into a DJ mix, but the Discotheke party is about dancing, disco vibes, and a persistent groove, which this Chuck Da Fonk selected set certainly delivers over the course of two hours.  

Tracklist: 

Kano - It's a War (Purple Disco Machine & Lorenz Rhode Instrumental)
FSQ - I Zimbra featuring Dolette McDonald (Alan Dixon Remix)
Midnight Magic - I Found Love
Sammy Deuce - Guys And Girls Dancing
Chaz Jankel, Yam Who? - You're Too Funky
FSQ - Dancefloor Democracy (Birdee Remix)
FSQ - Shaking My Damn Head (Yam Who? Remix)
Sense Of Sound Singers - Spread Love - Yam Who? Extended Gospel Mix
Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (Alan Dixon Remix)
George Clinton - Atomic Dog (Lee Curtiss Remix)
New York Express - Hot On The Clue
George Clinton - Hey Good Lookin'
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Turtle Pizza Cadillac (Yam Who? Remix) 
FSQ - The Infinite Reprise (A Tom Moulton Mix) 
Nick Monaco - Baby Face (FSQ Disco Remix) 
Tigerbalm - Tokyo Business
Yello - Pumping Velvet (Club Mix)
Coati Mundi - Say Hey! 
Nona Hendryx, Soul Clap - Keep Funkin for the World (FSQ Remix)
Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Dario, Can You Get Me into Studio 54 Deluxe Youngr Remix
Hollie Profit & Endaf - Keeping Tabs - Yam Who? DiscoMania Remix
FSQ - What They Don't Know (Lee Curtiss Remix)
FSQ - Zulu Congo Call (One Era Caribbean Disco Mix)
Duran Duran - My Own Way (Instrumental; 2009 Remaster)
Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive (FSQ Discotheke Edit)
Rheinzand - Love Games
FSQ - 11:00 AM featuring Chas Bronz, Fonda Rae (Cosmodelica Remix)
Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Going Places (Remastered 2022)

The Disco Mix - FSQ

yellow river radio [28.06.23] [100 - 141bpm]

Live recording from BUKA, Milan 08.07.23
Mix of the day on @resident-advisor: https://ra.co/news/79329

Alicia Carrera @ BUKA live DJ set 08.07.23

Gigi Masin has had a long career writing and producing some of the loveliest, warmest, most delicate music.

Over the past ten years he has received critical acclaim and praise for a number of albums and projects which have seen him collaborate with a wide variety of labels and musicians.

From Ambient material, through to works which are at times more Psychedelic or Balearic influenced – his music has been released on the likes of Apollo, Music From Memory, Hell Yeah Recordings, Melody as Truth and many more.

He has also worked on a number of collaborative projects with the likes of Tempelhof, Jonny Nash, Young Marco and Alessandro Monti. These are but to name a few.

His latest release is a collaborative album with Greg Foat, a record on Strut which weaves its way between a number of styles and genres with intricate precision.

Given Gigi has such a lengthy and prolific career in music we felt it apt to invite him to record a mixtape which showcases some of his musical interests and passions. Whilst not a DJ, he has a broad, far reaching taste which this mixtape demonstrates.

Gigi Masin: The 'Monday Is Okay' Mix

Isle of Wax 019 is brought to you by Hamburg-mainstay Robert Etzold, curator of the eclectic Breakfast of Champions mix series, as well as Intercept Tango Radio on Hamburg's @hallo-radio.

Tune in for 75 of hazy, carefully crafted electronic music. 

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FSQ, an acronym for Funk, Style, Quality, is comprised of Chuck "Da Fonk" Fishman, Sa´D "The Hourchild" Ali, Matt “One Era” Coogan, and Chas Bronz. Each member of this quintet derives from a deep musical background.

Chuck Da Fonk toured and recorded with George Clinton & Parliament - Funkadelic in the mid nineties. The Hourchild is equal parts hype-man as he is discographer, having cut his teeth in the nineties servicing Tommy Boy’s record pool. The Hourchild is also George Clinton’s nephew who looked after a young Chuck back in the day.  Philly-based Matt Coogan “One Era” is a talented multi-instrumentalist and producer. Rounding out this diverse crew, Chas Bronz, is most known for his talents behind the decks and on the guitar, as well as a slew of other instruments.

Winter 2014 brought about FSQ’s first release on Soul Clap records, the "Zulu Congo Call” EP. In addition to working on new productions, FSQ continues to remix other artists’ works in their signature style of Northern Soul and Caribbean Disco. 

Description of the Mix:

This is a journey through funk classics, Caribbean dubs, and rare remixes of new wave gems. Some of today's best new sounds creep in. "Sometimes you hear a new track that you know borrows from a classic and they didn't do a sample specifically, but you know it's calling out another funk jam," says FSQ's Sa'd "The Hourchild" Ali, "and FSQ is one of the few DJ teams that is going to be able to hear that and put the pieces together". That's why in this mix you'll find Dirtybird's Justin Jay right along side Philly funkers The Fatback Band, or Nick Monaco nudged up against The Art of Noise. 

We've dropped some exclusives here - like Michael The Lion - who has an EP coming out on Soul Clap Records - and some of our own FSQ remix work for the label. 

Also there's a heavy component that delves into the Caribbean sound, including a rare nugget from the legendary Barbados house band, The Coach House Rhythm Section. 

New wave is a style constant for FSQ. "There are certain new wave songs from my youth I'll always throw in an FSQ set," says Chuck Da Fonk, “...but the great thing is that these songs came out in the 80's with 10 different remixes, so you'll never hear the same version twice. For instance, Yello's "Call It Love" had four different 12" maxi singles, plus a CD maxi single, and cassette single at the time of release and like Pokemon, we had to catch em all."

1. Fantastic Four - Bring Your Own Funk
2. Mandrill - Put Your Money Where The Funk Is
3. The Fatback Band - Backstrokin'
4. Justin Jay - Le Voyou 
5. Sare Havlicek - Sound of Your Soul (FSQ Caribbean Dub)
6. Michael The Lion - Side of Life
7. Nick Monaco - Babyface (FSQ Disco Remix)
8. Grace Jones - Williams Dub
9. Oliver $ and Jimi Jules - Pushing On
10. Lana Del Rey - West Coast (Munk Remix)
11. Damon Albarn - Lonely Press Play (FSQ Rework)
12. Nick Monaco - Babyface (FSQ Caribbean Dub)
13. Coach House Rhythm Section - No Such Thing
14. Hot Since 82 - The End
15. Yello - Call it Love (Trego Snare Version 2)
16. Claude VonStroke - The Bridge (Tanner Ross Remix)
17. Nick Monaco - Freak All Night (Private Spaces)
18. The Art Of Noise - Paranoimia (Paranoid Mix)
19. Yes - Leave It (Hello, Goodbye Mix)

Upcoming gigs: is official after party for the George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic August 21st at Pianos in New York City. Their second upcoming gig is Oct 9th at Kinfolk in Brooklyn NY.

EGNU.008 FSQ

Benedikt Frey (@freybenedikt) has been on a journey of musical adventure and exploration over the last 15 years. He has made everything from deepest house to bottomless dub, UK jungle to irresistible edits of Notorious BIG. Those early forays came on labels like Nous'klaer Audio and Hivern Discs but in the years since the German has looked more to industrial and post-punk for inspiration. His Fastlane album on ESP Institute this summer blended those vibes with his own take on techno and resulted in his most accomplished and singular work yet. 

Now, the Lopasura label head steps up with an extra special two-hour mix that peers into the farthest corners of his sound. It is the sort of all-consuming trip that plays out like a mind movie as it works through serval different chapters - some heady and deep, some direct and unsettling, always with great control. Whether laying down electro, wave, techno or serious bass weight, Benedikt Frey is always taking you somewhere new.

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Dekmantel Podcast 446 - Benedikt Frey

I:Cube live au Forum des Halles, Paris, 18 Mai 2019.

A few words by I:Cube. 
I've always been collecting records—for the pure essence of music, of course, as a sound source for sampling, for my DJ sets in various clubs, and, not to forget, for the weird and captivating album covers.
During my teenage years, I had a unique Saturday tradition. I would explore Parisian public libraries in search of unknown records to feed my sampler. 
Records were expensive, and without the internet, apart from the radio, this was my way of discovering new music and refining my musical taste.

Fast forward more than three decades, a serendipitous encounter took place with Damien Poncet, a cultural mediator who works at the Médiathèque Musicale de Paris. This remarkable institution boasts an impressive collection of over 100,000 records. 
Following an extensive conversation, a captivating idea emerged: to craft a musical composition using samples from this vast vinyl archive. 
The grand stage selected for this daring concert? None other than the iconic Forum des Halles, located in the heart of a historic Parisian district. Once renowned as Paris' largest food market, bearing the moniker "le ventre de Paris," the Forum des Halles underwent a transformation into a massive shopping center in the early 1980s. 

Performing this diverse and otherworldly musical blend live at the very core of this consumer paradise was also an immense source of enjoyment and highly surreal.
The concert was open to all, inviting anyone passing by to join in and listen.
This project was a golden opportunity to pay tribute to Paris's public libraries in a place rich with history and full of personal memories.

Many thanks to Damien Poncet and the entire team at the Médiathèque Musicale de Paris. Additionally, I want to express my gratitude to Géraldine Hervé-Dannhauer, Mehdi Herzberg, Stéphane Laporte, Patrick Santos, and all the students from the Ecole Estienne in Paris, who contributed to the visual performance inspired by a selection of record covers during the show.
Music written, produced and performed by Nicolas Chaix.

Versatile records.

I:Cube Live Au Forum Des Halles, Paris, 18 Mai 2019

Heads Show 137 - Saeko Killy LIVE // 06.12.23

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21h – 22h – Saeko Killy LIVE
22h – 23h – Tankwart

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Saeko Killy LIVE - Heads Radio 137 :: 06.12.2023

For the last live-show in 2023 @menqui and @hendrik_stein teamed up once again for another decemberish B2B-session focussing on contemplative new-age vibrations, slow-paced outsider-pop and some well-aged Folk records. 

Artwork by @kryptic_dj

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Past Forward

Past Forward #85 with Menqui & Hendrik Stein

It's certainly been a very strange and unpleasant year, finishing on an extremely sour note. However, some very, very wonderful and beautiful music has been released despite this, helping elevate one's spirit above the noise and dismal situation our planet is facing.

I didn't celebrate new year (a pint with my pal was it)...but earlier in the evening I made myself record this 2.5 hour mix of some of my favourite ambient and downtempo music of the year.

It includes Saeko Killy, Ramzi, XIII, Michal Turtle, Alek Lee, Quade, Pieter Kock, Secret Circuit, Erik Wollo, Ssiege, Jon Keliehor & Signy Jakobsdottir, Greville & The Lonely Voices, Finis Africae, Khidja, Froid Dub, Sign Libra, Habitat Ensemble, Simplists, The Black Frame, Kane Ikin, MD Pallavi & Andi Otto, Claire Rousay, Deep Nalstrom, Juna, Severin Black, Peter Power, Shakali and maybe a few others.

Leave a comment if you can't ID something and I'll try and answer. Mostly played from vinyl with a few exceptions.

Wishing you all a good 2024. Let's get together and make our voices heard!!!

2023 Revue (Part 1): Ambient & Downtempo

Rainbow Edges

This mix sonically commemorates FSQ's first appearance at Bad Room for The Funky Seshwa party with Willy Soul, Mouthfeel (Deep Inside / Austin, TX), and Morgan Wiley who reps both Midnight Magic and FSQ among other acts. The party on 08.16.18 marks the official launch of FSQ's "The Remix Special" album, which compiles their best remix work we executed label mates like Soul Clap, Life on Planets, Nick Monaco, Crew Love, and Michael the Lion.  

Several cuts from "The Remix Special" (plus special album outtakes) appear in this hour long journey through funk, style and quality including the new FSQ remix of Sa'd 'The Hourchild' Ali's "Asylum". The mix also features several unreleased jams in the spirit of the theme of "The Remix Special". For instance, songs from their forthcoming Soul Clap Records album FSQ "Reprise Tonight", as remixed by talents like Brooklyn based Dopeshoes and Italian disco magnate Birdee, as well as other FSQ works remixed by Midnight Riot Records stalwart Alan Dixon (Judge Funk), UK G-house legend Vanilla Ace, and Crew Love's Jack Priest. 

The mix also features new obsessions like records from Crazy P's Ron Basejam, Israel's funk / house king Obas Nenor, our South Africa's sultry nudisco act Brian Snr all here in the mix. If you listen close to any FSQ mix you'll also find the deep Parliament / Funkadelic (P-Funk) rarities as both Chuck Da Fonk and Sa'd Ali (RIP) from FSQ work with the group.

Good Room Podcast 125 - FSQ

EVERYTHING I’VE HEARD Presents FSQ as 3rd guest mix

FSQ is a 6 person production team and DJ unit, devoted to the enjoyment of warm summers and the sounds that align with such strong solar vibes. 
This one hour and twelve minute mix by Funk Style Quality aka FSQ is just long enough to get you from Bologna to Marina Di Ravenna beach by car. We selected these tunes specifically to put us in the mindset of such a quick Italian auto jaunt to the Adriatic sea. 

Some of the jams in the mix are from FSQ's upcoming album with Soul Clap Records, titled "Reprise Tonight" plus Wolf+Lamb's Jack Priest offers a new remix of our latest FSQ production, "I Zimbra" a Talking Heads cover featuring Dolette McDonald. FSQ's "Bologona to Marina Di Ravenna" mix features summer stunners by our Soul Clap Records label mates Underground System, and we have a new Caribbean disco inspired FSQ remix for our label boss, Mr Lonely C of Soul Clap. Fresh cinematic instrumentals by the likes of Dan Only, Xinobi, Luces, G Mawkus, Franc Spangler, Christian Martin and more power the majority of this mix which is more like a film soundtrack than a live club set. Sit back with a fresh ear, listen close to FSQ's "Bologna to Marina Di Ravenna" mix and feel the lust we have for the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Italian summers as expressed through brilliant sounds. 

More about FSQ :
https://soundcloud.com/fsqofficial
https://www.facebook.com/fsqofficial
https://twitter.com/fsqofficial
https://www.youtube.com/user/fonksquish

Tracklist:

1) Franc Spangler - Dreamworld (Delusions of Grandeur)
2) Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club - I Never Leave You (Is It Balearic)
3) Detroit Swindle featuring Tom Misch - Yes, No, Maybe - Sterac Electronics Remix Instrumental (Heist Recordings)
4) ??? - ??? (Forthcoming)
5) Underground System - Just a Place - Greg and Che Wilson Remix (Soul Clap Records)
6) Christian Martin - The Clapper (Trippy Ass Technologies)
7) Dan Only - Someday (Dirt Crew)
8) ??? - ??? (Forthcoming)
9) G Markus - The Sleepless Moon - queniv remix (OOSSHA)
10) Luces - Adios (Get Physical Music)
11) Xinobi - Piano Lessons (Discotexas)
12) ??? - ??? (Forthcoming)
13) ??? - ??? (Forthcoming)
14) Fouk - Need My Space (Heist Recordings)
15) Baxter Dury, Etienne de Crécy, Delilah Holliday - How Do You Make Me Feel (LE LABEL)
16) Je Dàvu - Don't You Need (Monologues Recordings)
17) Adeline - When I'm Alone - Dirty Channels Remix (Razor N Tape) 
18) ??? - ??? (Forthcoming)

EVERYTHING I’VE HEARD Presents "Bologna to Marina Di Ravenna" by FSQ

Get ready for FSQ DJ set with Chuck Da Fonk and Chas Bronz at House of EFunk with deep mix: 1 hour of FSQ's latest funky productions, some never heard before, including cuts from FSQ's upcoming full length Soul Clap Records album, "Reprise Tonight". 

Plus a few friends in the mix like FSQ's Chas Bronx, and one of Detroit's hardest working producers, Javonntte. 

Plus keep this mix going to hear FSQ's new Caribbean disco remix for Lonely C and disco don Birdee's rework of FSQ's Dancefloor Democracy featuring George Clinton and his son, TreyLewd.

Fri 9/27 Soul Clap Presents: House of EFunk @ Elsewhere: http://bit.ly/2LJeML5

TRACKLIST:
Planetself - High Tide - FSQ Caribbean Disco Remix Instrumental
Dejavilla - Running Away - FSQ Caribbean Disco Remix
FSQ featuring Dolette McDonald - I Zimbra - Wild & Free Remix
FSQ featuring Dolette McDonald - Shaking My Damn Head - Yam Who? Remix
FSQ featuring George Clinton, Trey Lewd, and Billy Bass Nelson - Dancefloor Democracy - Birdee Remix 
Lonely C - Hold Up - Javonntte Mix 2 
GMGN and Chas Bronz - Just Won't Do
Lonely C - True - FSQ Caribbean Disco Remix
Michael The Lion - The Changer - FSQ 9 Minutes to Manhattan Remix
FSQ - Reprise Tonight - FSQ Disco Remix
FSQ featuring Dolette McDonald, Skeet Curtis, One Era and Michael The Lion - What They Don't Know

FSQ - House of EFunk Mix

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Specializing in late nights and disco lights

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

Good Room Podcast 125 - FSQ

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