I first wrote a version of this in August 2013, while head over heels. Things change, so so has this, to a bittersweet feel. The tenderness is all still there, as it was from the beginning. I believe love isn't something you can switch off, it's like trying to tame an ocean, so that's why it's called what it is. It's my gift to you, I truly sincerely hope it brings you peace when you listen to it, as it's completely from the heart.

An Ocean

Track 2 from my November 2007 CD release, 'Bossa Beat Trip'. It's one of my favourite tunes from that time, just giving y'all a heads-up on it.  I still play it from time to time, it was one of the tracks that I felt got me closer towards a signature 'B-Dub' sound. 

Disco-Riffic!

Track 12 from my 2007 CD 'Bossa Beat Trip'. It's been used for advertising and voice over, and score for several different radio stations. I actually heard it in a cafe in NZ when I was over for a visit. Cool, huh? Didn't say anything to the staff, though.. :-D

Disco Samba

This is NOT a track of mine, it's from a paid recording session I did in Sydney about 6 weeks ago. It's the pre-mastered version of the song, release date sometime in the next month or two. The Artist is Ray Vanderby, a Central West based Keys / Vocalist , who also plays Trad jazz and Blues with cats from round this way. The band name for the CD release is RVQ. 

I'm putting it up just cos I had so much fun doing it.. First take, only take for the lead, and one take for the chords. I didn't realise they were recording when I was first showing my ideas, so that worked out well, huh? It was just cool to be a stunt guitar ninja again...

:-D 

Hope you dig it!

Mystical Voyage

A little edit / mash-up thing I've been dropping in my sets for awhile now, often before 'Rock The Beat'  by BadboE and Prosper. Totally been digging 80's Disco Boogie and Hip-Hop from that time recently, been dropping LOTS of that groove in my sets. Haven't yet decided whether to release it or not.. Holla!

Enjoy..  Oh, that's my son Liam in the pic, he's down with this sorta stuff too. 
:-D

Hit The Flow!

This is a re-edit of a track from 'Bossa Beat Trip', my 2007 CD release. When I played it live, I'd often speed it up a bit, and drop a little acapella over it. So, I figured I'd re-release the version I used as a live thang. I extended the Percussion / Drum break in the middle too, as I often used that part of the tune to bring another percussion heavy Disco tune to get out of it. 

Enjoy!

And yes, MORE Jazz Flute. :-D

Estile del Disco!

Inspired by my 70's Soundtrack and Miami Disco listening habits at the time.. When I drop it live, I carve up some soundtrack dialogue from 'The Mack' and 'Black Belt Jones' for fun. :-D Yet mo' Jazz Flute action! That's how some people identify my stuff. This one is from my EP 'Discoteca Latina', which features a killer remix by Danny Massure, of 'Estile Del Disco!'.I had a hard drive meltdown just before the release, and lost some of the samples I had in the original version of this, most importantly the 'Ya dig?.. I sure do' spoken part. Oh well.. Still sounds awright to me.:-D

Ya Dig?

Hot offa the press about 30mins ago! Myself and Funk hombre Mr Chombee have spent the last coupla days working on a mix to gig with live instrumentation, and this is what we started on after - just for fun! Dig.. There's a few more coming, stay tuned. :-D

Are You Being Real  (B-Dub and Chombee Edit)

So about 11 years ago, I was all over DJ Shadow's 'Endtroducing'. Couldn't get enough of it. Had the wax, the CD, mp3's on my phone. Nearly got run over a few times spacing out while listening. My son Liam used to start kicking before he was born, when the bass for 'What Does Your Soul Look Like Pt 4' would kick in. I was playing guitar in a weird funk band at the time, and we'd use samples in the live show. Right about then I got into having a go at making something like I heard from him. Dunno that it does especially, but it doesn't sound like anything else I've released. Anyways, this did have a spoken word thing off of a speech by Alex Haley on his research for the book Roots. But that was several hard drive crashes ago, so that's that. So this is just for. No good reason, just thought someone out there might wanna hear it. Drums and keys done in Reason 1, bass played by me and recorded direct into Cool Edit, samples came from somewhere. Dunno. 

Enjoy. Feel free to share if you want, the music must be heard. If you're digging it, that is. :-D

The Overwhelmed

Myself and my good friend PeeJay will be bringing you Funk and Soul music from back in the day, til today!! Some tunes you may recognise, either as originals or as samples, and hopefully  some will be fresh to your ears. :-D

This Month's Grooves
Intro - Funky Soul Brother - The Soul Drifters - (Funk 45, Jazzman Records)
Funky From The Get Go - Herbie Williams
Too Much - The Sweet Vandals (Record Kicks)
Joyful Noise - Breakestra (Strut Records)
A Lover Like Me - Binky Griptite and Sugarman 3 (Daptone Records)
Scaramunga! (B-Dub Soul Shaker Remix) Ray Harris and The Fusion Experience (Record Kicks)
I Know You Didn't Mean It - Dojo Cuts feat.  Roxie Ray (Record Kicks) 
Practice What You Preach - The Poets Of Rhythm (Daptone Records)
Funky Sex Machine - Bo Baral (Tramp Records)
Let The Music Take Your Mind (Muro Edit) Grant Green (Mukatsuku)
Don't Add Just Subtract - The Equations (Killer Funk US Edit)
Upstairs On Boston Road Pt 1 - Sammy Gordon and The Hiphuggers
Dance Man - Keisha Brown  (Jazzman Records, Record Kicks)
Double Booty Bump - Russell Gordon and Versatile Souls
If You're Wrong - The Diplomats Of Solid Sound feat. The Diplomettes (Record Kicks)
Dr Follows Dance - Gary Burtz
The Hen - Louis Chachere
I'm Not Gonna Cry -  Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings

If you like what you've heard - please support these Artists and Labels by buying from them in your format of choice, either CD, LP, 45, 12", or Digital. Most of them have it all!

BDGR Podcast 1

Well hello there..

3rd person writing ain't my style, so here goes..! All me, nuthin' but me. :-D

I got a copy of Reason 1.5 in 2005  and got stuck in. I'd been playing guitar in an experimental Funk band, and our bass player had a laptop triggering samples and synth pads, even strange noises, so I wanted to have a go too. Then I got 2 turntables and some records to sample from, and realised how much fun it was mixing Vinyl! Baby steps were getting a residency playing Bossa, Jazz, and Funk (with an admittedly 'freestyle' approach to mixing!) and then with learning more from 2 Sydney Hip-Hop DJ's about blending, beatmatching and tricks of the trade, I got 4 crates worth of wax and played weddings, parties, pubs, clubs, houses, my front porch, anything. 

After 2 years of refining my style into something relatively identifiable, in 2007 I  independently released my debut CD album 'Bossa Beat Trip' - which I'm happy to say sold out!  I've released 3 digital EP's via Juno download, 'Discoteca Latina', (with a fine fine remix by San Diego based Producer Danny Massure) 'B-Funk',(with 2 outstanding remixes by BadboE from Denmark, and Melbourne's own Sard Boogie) and now 'Let's Roll!' with yet another killer remix by one of Sydney's premier Breaks DJ / Producers, Omegaman.

I'm a bit lucky to have those dudes on board, no doubt! :-D

And what else?

I won Record Kicks 'Scaramunga!' remix competition several months back, which lead to a digital 'Scaramunga Remixed!' EP, which also had  Lack Of Afro, Ray Lugo, Tunefunk, and Valique featured. Cool huh? :-D That same remix is also being released on the upcoming 'Soul Shaker Vol 7'- which features the best in Deep Funk, Afrobeat, and Dancefloor Jazz style stuff around, on CD, AND Vinyl! wax baby, awright! October 25th is the Europe release date, check it out on 

www.recordkicks.com/

I did a remix for BadboE of 'Spread The Words' (turning it into a late night Bossa / Breaks thing) which has been released  via Juno Download, and topped the sales charts there for a long time - an absolute pleasure to be involved with that! That album also had Danny Massure, Pulp Fusion, Fuzzbox INC, Jayl Funk, Fort Knox 5, Tal M Klein and more of the cream of the Breaks scene doing remixes - killer job by all!

http://www.junodownload.com/products/break-the-funk-remixed/1581929-02/

I repaid Danny Massure with a remix of a band on his Label, Satellite 4, with a remix of 'Clock Cleaner' which he used as the promo single. Cool.  Check that here.. 

http://www.junodownload.com/products/rickys-revenge/1729074-02/

Another remix release is for Mr Bird, with my take on 'Flip Disco' which is out via Pig Balls Records. You can check that here..

http://www.junodownload.com/products/bird-wolfs-revenge/1712933-02/

Next - got remixes of my 10 piece Funk Band, 'B-Dub Groove Revue' released in 2010, with Mr Bird, Mr Chombee, Sard Boogie, and myself on that. Unfortunately, due to the usual creative differences thing, that project came to an end. We played 2 gigs NYE 2011 to over 14,000 people before that though, so that was a nice way to end it. It was a pretty slamming live show, when we had it together! 

I had a release hiatus for awhile, concentrated on getting my Jazz guitar chops together, as well as DJ gigs.  I was making more Jazz Hip-Hop beats for myself, as well as to jam along with. One ended up on Brother Sard Boogie's 2013 album release, 'Funky Walker, Dirty Talker'. The track ended up being known as 'Easy To Earn', and made the Vinyl release. Awesome. 

Also, I then ended up laying guitar on 4 tracks for recent Pedigree Cuts signing Ewan Hoozami, on his album Robot Soul, which was a very cool thing to play be involved with.  All via the interweb, baby! Massive thanks to the man for the opportunity, and belief in what I presented to him. 

Go get some Robot Soul right here.. Or i-Tunes, if you like. 

http://www.junodownload.com/products/ewan-hoozami-robot-soul/2371995-02/

Pretty sure that covers everything right about now.

Please feel free to swing by and say hi via whatever form of social media takes your fancy - always nice to hear from like minded people, no matter who you are or where you're from!

Gracias, amigos! Peacenlove to you all.

B-Dub 



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