Name: Puerto Rico (HS Edit) (2019) by Heavy Stylus (Devon, UK)
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Description: Rough edit of an absolute classic Frankie Cutlass jam, slightly rearranged with a few additional samples and chopped beats. Excuse the heavy crackle and cue-burn, I've had the original in my crate since 1996!

Just like my homework as a kid, I left recording this competition entry to pretty much the last minute after first seeing it advertised months ago! Recorded straight from the decks with no post production, this is as raw as it gets - 30 minutes of bassbin-booming old school hip hop block party jams, with a few recent edits thrown in for good measure. On and on till the break a dawn!

https://altitudedevon.com/

Heavy Stylus - Altitude Festival DJ Compo Entry 2022

Dusty Donuts presents
NEEDLE DROPS
Volume Eight

NEEDLE DROPS is finishing this year with the eighth episode!
Four world-class DJs telling a story in their own way, just through the selection of seven 45s in the mix, live on Twitch & FB Live.
Get ready for episode eight of NEEDLE DROPS on Sunday the 19th of December, when the original Scratch Pervert DJ PRIME CUTS from London & the Mashup Don FONKI CHEFF from Spain meet Dusty Donuts’ MARC HYPE & DJ ROBERT SMITH from Berlin.

The theme of this episode :
“Meet me at the movies“

NEEDLE DROPS Volume Eight feat Fonki Cheff & Matt Baila

Dusty Donuts presents
NEEDLE DROPS
Volume Nine

Four world-class DJs telling a story in their own way, just through the selection of seven 45s in the mix, live on Twitch & FB Live.

Get ready for episode nine of NEEDLE DROPS on Sunday the 23rd of January, when The Rootdown & Motown on Mondays Los Angeles OG DJ EXPO & Tijuana's finest 45 slinger LOOPDROP KID meet Dusty Donuts’ MARC HYPE & DJ ROBERT SMITH from Berlin.

The theme of this episode :
“Casino - Hustler's Convention“

www.keepitdusty.com

Supported by GVL & Neustart Kultur

NEEDLE DROPS Volume Nine feat DJ Expo & Loopdrop Kid

45 Day Mix 2022 #45day #fortyfiveday

3 hours of Marc Hype & Andy Smith sharing the decks at DIG DEEPER / Monarch Berlin 20.08.2022

www.keepitdusty.com

TASCAM DR-22WL

Marc Hype X Andy Smith - Live at DIG DEEPER Berlin

'Freak the Funk' is an extended re-recording of the interval mix I played at 2022's Hatherleigh Carnival between the two sets played by local indie rockers 'The Wreckords'. DJing after a band is always a challenge, especially if you're a hip hop DJ facing a crowd that have been whipped up into a frenzy by a band playing uptempo classic indie covers for the past hour. Unprepared and desperately flicking through my box looking for an accessible launch record, I pulled out Jimi Hendrix's 'Crosstown Traffic' and its sample borrowing UK cousin 'I'm Ready', before cutting into the Nas classic 'Hip Hop is Dead' and War's 'Me and Baby Brother'. From that point I was on a roll - working through a stack of raw 60s r&b and funk before breaking back into hip hop with 45 Live's release of the previously lost Outlaw Posse cut 'Living in Hackney', purely selected because after a few pints 'Hackney' sounds not too dissimilar to 'Hath'leigh', twisting the track into an unintentional rural anthem!

I've no doubt that the majority of the dancers would have preferred a straight-up indie rock set, but by the time I dropped Daytoner's Wiseguys-apeing 'Ooh Lalo' they were well and truly won over. And then the band came on again and smashed it out of the park.

Anyway, I'd been working on the bar all evening prior to my set and was a few pints in myself, so I couldn't recall exactly what else I played during the intermission, but this mix pretty much covers what I do remember. Although I'm pretty sure I dropped Back by Dope Demand, White Lines and Super Fly at some point, which didn't make it into this version. Recorded straight from the mixer in a single take for that authentic live vibe, raw and uncut, this is rock 'n' roll soul!

01 - Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic (Polydor)
02 - Caveman - I'm Ready (Profile)
03 - Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (Def Jam)
04 - War - Me and Baby Brother (Island)
05 - Billy Garner - Brand New Girl (BGP)
06 - Clarence Carter - Looking for a Fox (Atlantic)
07 - The Chosen Few - Funky Buttercup (Miami)
08 - James Brown - Mother Popcorn (King)
09 - Outlaw Posse - Living in Hackney (45 Live)
10 - 3rd Bass - Brooklyn Queens (Def Jam)
11 - Redhead Kingpin & The FBI - Do That Dance (HS Edit) (10 Records)
12 - Boca 45 - La Bombonera (High Noon)
13 - Freqnik & WDRE – Stamp Tramp (Friday's Funky 45)
14 - Melvin Sparks - Get Down With The Get Down (Rocafort)
15 - Boca 45 Vs Mohawkestra - The Bear Pit (Bomb Strikes)
16 - Ultimate Force - Tuf (So Damn Djar One Remix) (Beats House)
17 - Daytoner - Ooh Lalo (Friday's Funky 45)
18 - The Ballistic Brothers - Peckings (Junior Boy's Own)
19 - The Pioneers - I Need Your Sweet Inspiration (Justin Robertson Mix) (Trojan)

Freak The Funk

Heavy Stylus - Freak The Funk (2022)

Hard Boiled Scrambled Egg Mixed By The Eggsecutioner! (Quadrant 1)

PREMIERE: DJ QBert Presents: "Hard Boiled Scrambled" ft. DJ "The Eggsecutioner"

Love Is What We Need - The Gaff

Starting off as a 35 minute competition entry for the 2017 Shindig festival, I decided to extend the mix with some of the toughest, baddest F. U. N. K. breaks in my collection, resulting in a worthy follow up to the 'Raw Elements (Part One)' tape I dropped earlier this year.

Part Two is a tribute to all the current day DJs and acts that have inspired me over the past two decades; people like Boca 45, Smoove, Jorun Bombay, Jim Sharp, DJ Format, Nick Bike, Southpaw Chop, Marc Hype, Paul Nice, Phil Most Chill, Freqnik & WDRE, Soopasoul (and of course the pioneers before them).

Nothing overly technical going on here, just an hour and a bit of booming funk, neck-snapping beats and b-boy breaks.

Please download and share: https://tinyurl.com/y73qk67a

Tracklist follows:

01 - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – T.R.O.Y. (Jim Sharp Edit) (Sip The Juice)
02 - Jorun Bombay - Joruns Way (Dead-Beats Ent)
03 - Marc Hype & Naughty NMX - Funky Thang (Dusty Donuts)
04 - Roxanne Shanté – Have A Nice Day (Breakout)
05 - The Fabreeze Brothers - Fashion Plate (Sure Shot!)
06 - Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady (DJ Soopasoul Edit) (Soopastole)
07 - Southpaw Chop feat. DJ Koco – Funky Soul Brother (Southpaw Chop)
08 - Nick Bike - Take The Weight (Chosen Spokes)
09 - Boogie Down Productions - Jack Of Spades (Jive)
10 - James Brown - Hyped Up Ants (Naughty NMX Rerub) (Dusty Donuts)
11 - The Fatback Band – (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop (Polydoor)
12 - Jimmy "Bo" Horne   - Dance Across The Floor (DJ Soopasoul Edit) (Soopastole)
13 - Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All (Jazzman)
14 - The Organization - Smokey Feeling (Wirl)
15 - Jungle Fire – Comencemos (Colemine)
16 - The Brady Bunch - Drummer Man (Sam Redmore Re-Edit) (Unreleased)
17 - Freqnik & WDRE - Favela B-Boy Funk (Boro)
18 - SoopaSoul – It's Just Begun (Part 2) (Jalapeno)
19 - Chris Read & Phill Most Chill – Rap Tradition (Breakin' Bread)
20 - Speedometer – Again & Again (DJ Format Mix) (Freestyle)
21 - The Whiskey Barons - La Lupita (Bosq's Whiskey Barons Rework) (Unreleased)
22 - The Broken Keys - The Witch (The Bamboos Version) (Tru Thoughts)
23 - Idris Muhammad – Super Bad (BGP)
24 - Roy Ayers - Aragon (Polydor)
25 - The PC's Ltd - Fast Man (Funk45)
26 - Random Heroes - Roll Call (Jack To Phono)
27 - Soopasoul – Hot & Cold (Jalapeno) 
28 - Eastside Connection – Frisco Disco (HS Edit) (Unreleased)
29 - Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummers Beat (Original 12" Mix) (Simply Vinyl)

Raw Elements (Part Two) (2017)

Here is the re-mastered version of my mixtape released a while back. Much louder, and much cleaner than my original upload. Enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/?yw1vx43m934pt0d 

Shelf Arrangements

Rough edit of an absolute classic Frankie Cutlass jam, slightly rearranged with a few additional samples and chopped beats. Excuse the heavy crackle and cue-burn, I've had the original in my crate since 1996!

Puerto Rico (HS Edit) (2019)

Heavy Stylus: An explosive amalgamation of Jamaican roots, hip hop beats, heavy soul breaks and blaxploitation ghetto-funk.

I’ve been rocking funk/soul/beats/hiphop/roots for around 20 years in various bars and clubs across the South West, and have supported a wide range of acts and artists such including Jelly Jazz, Boca 45, Andy Smith, Quantic, Craig Charles, DJ Food, Bonobo, Gilles Peterson, Ugly Duckling and DJ Format.

Although I started as a vinyl-only DJ in Bristol, these days I use a pair of battle-scarred Pioneer CDJs as my weapons of choice. I’m currently a resident (of 11 years) at the Angel Bar on Queen Street, and in the past have held Exeter-based residencies at The Monkey Suit, Timepiece, Dr. Inks and Verve (now Urban Underground), as well as DJing regularly for Hold it Down.

For bookings / remix/edits and hook-ups contact James via DM here.

https://soundcloud.com/heavy-stylus
https://www.mixcloud.com/jamesmonkman/

(Oh, and in addition to rocking the ones-and-twos, James Monkman is also one half of Exeter-based independent videogame development studio RGCD.DEV, hence the goofy twitter tag).

Puerto Rico (HS Edit) (2019)

Heavy Stylus (Devon, UK)

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