Doe-ran - Bootlegs & B-Sides

Okay, this is a complicated one...
Back in 2006, Plushgrizzly from Aykaism.ch (now defunct) invited Jon H from Fort Knox Five to play a gig in Switzerland. He recorded the whole evening for a later broadcast on our common radiostation bigbeat.ch (now defunct). I'm not sure, we did ever play it, though... Not even sure if it was ever published in any way.
15 years later, I found this gem on my harddrive and played it during two episodes of my radioshow Eclectix, airing every Sunday, 6pm (cet), on evosonic.de.
First, I didn't want to upload it since I didn't know if it's okay with his friends and family over in DC, but after being asked by FK5 to upload it somewhere public, so they can share it with the world, I guess it is okay... ;)

For those not in the know: Jon H was 1/4 of Fort Knox Five, who died 6 years ago way to early in August 2015. He was an inspiration for way more people all around the world, than he could ever think of and I'm one of them. Thank you, Jon, for everything.

Plushgrizzly:
https://www.facebook.com/PlushGrizzly

Fort Knox Five:
https://www.facebook.com/FortKnoxFive

TapTab:
https://www.facebook.com/taptabschaffhausen

Me:
https://stimpy.me

aykaism presents the new Gold Standard at TapTab, SH, CH

Jon H (Fort Knox Five) live at TapTab, Schaffhausen, CH, 2006-10-21

The dust has finally settled after Shindig Festival 2024 and reality has returned. 
Leading up to the festival I spent most of my free time writing / producing and crafting this set of unheard music only to have the cruel fates of festivals decide that a power cut less then half way into my set was to end the hard work I had put in.

Gutted does not cover how I felt when it happened, but shit happens. All I could do was pack up and make way for the next DJ and hope that the power was restored for their set as the show must go on. 

No one was to blame, just a rubbish situation made worse as this was due to be my first real set IRL since before lockdown (yep, 4 odd years in the making). Alas it was not to be.

I've now recorded the whole set, as it was meant to be for your listening enjoyment. 

A little background to this set, it was part of the Global Funk Fam Takeover of the Ghetto Funk Nightclub at Shindig Festival. The sets were 20mins long to fit in all the DJs that came together from across the globe, hence this being more of a showcase set of some of the music I have coming out this year.

Due to the length of the sets I decided to go for a Cut n Paste inspired set of never heard before music from me for the first half, and then the second half was longer tracks.

During the my set the Kurnel MC was due to join me on stage to perform the final track with live vocals, for this recording I have use the acapella from the track.

Should you want the authentic, real life version of this... Stand in a muddy puddle, poor a watering can of water on your head and then stop the playback about 8mins in and you would be close to what it was like at the time (minus the tent of smiling happy folks that were enjoying the music until it stopped).

https://www.crashparty.co.uk/links.html

Crash Part - Shindig 24

Links

Crash Party - Shindig Festival 24 Mix

Been looking forward to announcing this one for a little while now as it has been sitting in the vaults….so here we are!
Absolutely delighted to have recorded a mix for Fort Knox Recordings recently for their Funk The World Mix Series, as they are legends in the funky breaks game as DJs, Producers and Record Label owners! Been playing their tracks for years, so putting this mix together was fun! Squeezed a load of stuff into an hour, but expect the normal blend of funk, reggae, hip hop and breaks!!


Tracklisting:
Beenie Man 'Who Am I?'
Beenie Man ' Romie' (Acapella)
Too Short 'Blow The Whistle'
Buffalo Records 'Bam Bam'
Blu Cantrell 'Breathe (X-Ray Tedit)'
Krafty Kuts 'Street Hop'
Onra 'The Anthem'
20 Dolla 'Get The Fork Up'
A Skillz 'Flirting With Shirley'
Bazza Ranks & Imagine This 'That Stuff (The Allergies Remix)'
Calski 'The Clap'
Regulate Recordings 'Rumpshaker'
J Period 'Move (feat Q Tip)'
Shaka Loves You 'Enjoy Yourself'
Jim Sharp 'Musky Nutta'
Krafty Kuts 'Colombia'
Act of Sedition 'Corre Riba (Aceedo Domingo Edit)'
Kraak & Smaak 'Money In The Bag (Allergies Remix)'
DJ Bacon 'Mad World (Brass Band B Boy Edit)'
Aroop Roy 'P.I.M.P'
Ninetoes 'Finder'
Nas 'The Don (Hot City Mix/Shepdog Edit)'
Freestylers & Jiro 'Elastic Mind (Freestylers Mix)'
Borai & Denham Audio 'Make Me'

Funk The World 80

01 Rufus Thomas - Do The Funky Penguin (Smoove Rework)
02 Main Source - Fakin' The Funk (Ross Go Re-funk)
03 Busta Rhymes - Get Down Soul Man (Roast Beatz Edit)
04 The Fabreeze Brothers - The Sure Shot!
05 Outlaw Posse - Living In Hackney
06 Pecoe - Boris
07 X-Ray Ted - Bap Bap
08 The Allergies - Let Me Hear You Say
09 Boca 45 feat. Emskee, DJ Woody - 45s (DJ Moneyshot Remix)
10 Pecoe - Work
11 The Niceguys feat. StarrLight, Greg Blackman - All The Way
12 Rephrase feat. Noel Boogiee - Funky Little So & So
13 Omegaman feat. Patou, Katherine Vavahea - Gonna Be Alright (Mr. Doris Remix)
14 Kraak & Smaak feat. Wolfgang Valbrun - 24HR Fling (Casbah 73 Remix)
15 Malente - I Sell Marihuana (Dr. Rubberfunk Sitar Boogie Remix)
16 Kojato  And The Afro Latin Cougaritas - Like A Gypsy (Smoove Remix)
17 Fort Knox Five - Big Band Breaks (DC's Finest Remix)
18 Magic Disco Machine - Scratchin' (Smoove Rework)

We Want Funk #33

I treated this mix as an hour long Ableton project. Throwing in 50 tracks around 120bpm into the app Mixed in Key, starting at Key 1A and worked my way through to 12A mixing, cutting and pasting as i went. Skipping tracks that didn't fit and adding acapellas as i went too. This continual mix has a lot of funky breaks, disco and various edited tracks from Me, A Skillz, Niceguys, Smoove, Empresarios, Featurecast, Omegaman and Gramophone Soul (to name a few).

Hope you dig it :) It's a FREE Download too !

Pecoe - That's the Funky Stuff Part 2

My Free Downloads Mix. 

Over the years I’ve given away lots & lots of free tune downloads. I think it’s prob about 100 in total! It dawned on me one day that it would be pretty cool to put together a mix featuring a load of my favourites from over the years. From my first ever freebie, the re-edit of The Prodigy ‘Narayan’ from back in 2008 which was a bit of a killer, dance floor filling, secret weapon in the Break da House days. To the latest, a great new version of the iconic Bruce Hornsby tune ‘The Way It Is’ that I used to listen to on cassette over & over again when I was a little kid back in the 80's. There’s a bunch of other great ones that didn’t make the mix like my whole Ghetto Funk EP from 2013, my NWA ‘Straight Outa Compton’ remix that’s one of my most ever played on Soundcloud & loads from the That’s Not An Edit series that I’ve done 13 freebies for now. 

I tried to include the full spectrum of genres I’ve been making over the years. Starting off funky into nu disco. Then from a bit of mid tempo bass into house & breaks. Even finishing off with my only ever go at dubstep or dugstep. 

So without further a do here’s 24 tunes (just) over 90 mins of my best freebies… ENJOY!   

Track listing:
The Meters - ’Cissy Strut’ (D-Funk Edit)  2013 
Mr Doris & D-Funk - ‘Cruise Control’ (N.O.W vs Roots Edit) 2024 
Keleiki47 - Money’ (D-Funk’s Nu Disco 100 Version) 2019 
Bernard Wright - ‘Haboglabtribin’ (D​-​Funk Edit) 2020 
Mattafix - ‘Big City Life’ (D-Funk’s Nu Disco Version) 2022 
D-Funk - ‘Mamas Ides’ 2022 
D-Funk - ‘Loney Hearts Club’ 2012 
Jamie XX - ‘There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)’ (D-Funk Version) 2017 
D-Funk - ‘Classic Big Mac’ 2023 
Kings Of Tomorrow - ‘Finally’ (D-Funk’s Broken Beat Version) 2019 
D-Funk vs Tori Amos - ‘Been A Long Widow’ 2014
Bruce Hornsby - ‘The Way It Is’ (D-Funk’s Nu Disco Version) 2024 
Doug Masters - ‘Jingo Back’ 2018 
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Never Knew’ 2014 
Doug Masters - ‘Return Of The House Siren (I Believe In) 2016 
D-Funk - ‘Heard It Through The Bassline’ 2022 
Double 99 - ‘Ripgroove’ (D-Funk & Some DJ Mix) 2011 
Everything But The Girl - ‘Missing’ (D-Funk’s Nu Skool Breaks Version) 2023 
Pirate Jams - ‘Brazil’ (D-Funk Mix) 2018 
D-Funk vs Inxs - ‘Mystify Me’ 2012 
D-Funk - ‘Big Dirty Money’ 2021 
D-Funk - ‘My Nikes’ 2024 
The Prodigy - ‘Narayan’ (D-Funk Re-Edit) 2008 
D-Funk vs The Verve - ‘Lucky Man’ (D-Funk’s Dugstep Retake) 2010 

You can find all of these free downloads in 1 place: https://www.dfunk.com.au/mixes/fredlmix

You can find my 'The Way It Is' (Nu Disco Version) free download here: https://www.dfunk.com.au/free-downloads/thewayitis

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More mixes!

My Free Downloads Mix

I've selected some savage songs for this week's show, including some scorching hot new releases and plenty of gems from the vaults.  

TRACKLIST:
Groove Armada - If Everybody Looked The Same
Lyn Collins - Rock Me Again and Again
Gramophone Soul - Unwind Yourself
Beatvandals vs. A.Skillz - Funky Sounds
The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper & Marietta Smith - Say The Word 
Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be (The Niceguys Remix)
Badboe Vs Prosper - Rock The Beat (Mooqee & Beatvandals Mix)
James Brown - The Payback (Angelo Ferreri Edit) 
Tha Fun Police feat. Claire G - My Nikes (Fort Knox Five More Disco Remix)
DJ Schmolli - Cooler Rock 'n' Roll 
Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
Public Enemy - Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man
Featurecast - Rock Ya Body 
Wiccatron - Big Sally 
Pecoe - Girls That Go Boom
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (The Captain & Goodgroove Remix)

Bootlegs & B-Sides - RapTz

Bootlegs & B-Sides #126

Our planet's becoming an increasingly tense place to live.  The temperature keeps rising both politically and environmentally. We need to cool things down, so for this week's mix, I've selected some tunes which always help me chill.

Track list:
The XX vs Lupe Fiasco - Northface Giggles (Robotic Pirate Monkey Remix)
Manic Focus - We Won't Land
Gambino Sound Machine - Hypnotize (Shoutout 2 BIGGIE)
Beat Fatigue - Forgot Yo Love
Manic Focus - Dippin'
Tor - The CN Tower Can Work It Out (feat. Final Fantasy & Q-Tip)
Timothy Wisdom & Charlie Beale - Gimme Some More
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving (James Brown Remix)
The Notorious B.I.G - My Downfall (Gramophone Soul Remix)
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Straighten It Out (Amerigo Gazaway Remix)
Kanye, Nas and KRS One - Classic (Cut La Vis Jungle Lion Blend)
Funk Ferret - Fire
Gary Jules - Mad World (Manic Focus Remix)
Skeewiff - Don't Rock That Boat (Howla Remix)
Stickybuds feat. Burro Banton - Take A Stand
Funk Ferret - Playin' Around With Paper Planes
LoopMaffia - BangBus

Bootlegs & B-Sides

Bootlegs & B-Sides #25

Here are some fat funky tunes to get those rump's shakin' 

TRACKLIST:
Fort Knox Five - Pressurize The Cabin feat. Vokab Kompany (Qdup Remix)
Glen Adams Affair - Just A Groove (SLY Edit) 
Pecoe - All For The Beat  
Grand Mothers Funck - The Dog (Jayl Funk Remix) 
Sonale - Hold On feat. Klumzy Tung
Pecoe with Rockmaster Rus B - Shake It 
Ripple - This Ain't No Time To Be Giving Up (Ross Go Edit)
Grand Slam - Get On Down (Beat Le Juice Remix) 
C2C - Happy (Flow Lab Kid Pleased Remix)
A Man About A Dog - Pollos (B-Side & BadboE Remix) 
Junior Wells vs. CMAN -  We Ready Mama's Off Stage 
Dfro - Peace
Bill Withers - Ruby Lee (John Mork's Outer Space Edit)
ElectroGorilla - Sound Like a Diamond

Bootlegs & B-Sides 

Bootlegs & B-Sides #26

Get ready to dive into the electrifying world of DANK HOP, where DANK SINATRA returns to captivate your senses! This mix is a masterful fusion of hip-hop and breakbeats, creating a polished sound that will leave you entranced and lost in the groove.
1. Keep Searchin' Intro - Kraak & Smaack
2. In The House -Rollomatik
3. I Don&apos;t Know 
4. Renegade Slam - DJ B-Side
5. Ying Yang Pulp - Morlack
6. No Ice Cream On The Road - DJ Wood
 7. Shake Ya Booty - Funk Ferret& Some DJ
8. We Love To Party - Rollomatic
9. Ghetto Disco (with Timothy Wisdom)
10. Insane - MORLACK
11. The Greatest - ROLLOMATIK
12. Get Back To Funk - Funk Ferret
13. White Shake - Morlack
14. Gangsta Walk - Telephunken
15. Get Up & Boogie - Morlack
16. I Like Funky Music - Badboe
17. I Got Something - Toastbusters
18. Bomb Slippy - DJ B-Side &amp; Russ Cuban
19. Bro Chant (All Good Funk Alliance remix) - NEIGHBOUR vs DJ SOUP/HOOLA HOOP
20. I Need You Tonight (DJ Soo Remix)

DANK HOP

I've plenty of scorching hot new tunes, blended with some classics from the vaults, to keep you warm on this chilly Winter day.

TRACKLIST:
Redman - Dont Wanna C Me Rich
Suckaside - Put You Catz Up 
Florence Funk - Gimme
Parliament - Do That Stuff (Bacon Edit)
Fort Knox Five - Another Minute
Biggie - Can I Get Witcha (Ross Go Re-Funk)
Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit)
BadboE - Hard Times (Baxsta & Boydex Remix)
Florence Funk - Hey Mama
Basement Freaks - Going Out Tonight
Detta - Rollin'
Phibes - Till The Break of Dawn
VoodooVibe - Sunny Monday
2pac - Holla If You Hear Me (Libert Chaps Remix)
Haywyre - Let Me Hear That (Krafty Kuts Remix)
House of Pain - Jump Around (A.Skillz Re-edit)
Dal Platinum - Peace Dust

Bootlegs & B-Sides #128

So excited to share that my latest mixtape has been included in the Funk The World mix series, presented by Fort Knox Five! It's an absolute honor to be part of Funk the World!

A big shoutout to Fort Knox Recordings for keeping the funky vibe alive and supporting worldwide! 

Keep bouncing, and please don’t forget to like, repost, and share so we can Funk The World together!

Funkin 4 Peace!
@fortknoxfive
@fortknox

Tracklist:
01. Charmaine Burnette - Am I the Same Girl (Intro)
02. Slick Walk - Young Jazzy / Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce - It's My Beat (Opener feat. PDayneko Mashup)
03. The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper - Blast Off
04. DJ Tron - The Funky Break
05. De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Deepsound Remix)
06. FDEL - The Crew
07. Krafty Kuts - Krafty Style
08. T-Funk Collective - Do You Wanna Party
09. Muggs & Pockets feat. DJ Deviant - Summer Jam
10. DJ Double A - Breath (Double A Rework)
11. Coi Leray - Players (Opener Late Mashup)
12. AM FM - You Are The One (SLY 'Chali' Edit)
13. RBL - Brand Nu Touch
14. Mark Ronson - Ooh Wee (Opener Edit)
15. Emiljo A.C. - Country Funkin'
16. The Breakbeat Junkie vs DJP - A Fifth Of Fernandez
17. Funk Ferret - Makin Me High (Scour Records Freemix)
18. DJ Double A - You Gotta Be A Sucka For Love (Double A Rework)
19. Fajita Funk - You're No Good
20. The Funk Hunters feat. Leo Napi - Hands Up (Raise Your Fist) (Jenaux Remix)
21. The Breakbeat Junkie - Soul Rapture
22. Featurecast - Head Noise
23. All Good Funk Alliance feat. Big Tony of Troubl - Make It Go Go
24. Atom Smith - Rapper's Delight
25. DJ Double A - Addicted (Trynna Catch The Beat)
26. James Brown - Cold Sweat (A.Skillz Edit)
27. Krafty Kuts - Silk Turtle
28. George Benson - Give Me The Night (X-Ray Tedit)
29. Smoove - Beggarman
30. The Niceguys feat. StarrLight & Greg Blackman - All the Way
31. Sugar Babes - Overload (A.Skillz Edit)
31. Skeewiff - Sway
32. Bonobo feat. Rhye - Break Apart

www.fortknoxrecordings.com

Funk the World 82

Here's another selection of songs from some of the scene's finest producers. Hope they get your rump shaking and head noddin'. Much love to everyone who supports my Bootlegs & B-Sides show. 

TRACK LIST:
Tiger King - Intro
Krafty Kuts - Superbad
DJ Snatch - I Know You Got Soul (Eric B & Rakim vs. Beatnuts)
Ali B & Jungle Brothers - Gimme That (A.Skillz Remix)
Stickybuds - Easy feat. Greg Blackman (SugarBeats Remix)
Morlack - Let's Get It
Public Enemy vs The Commodores - Machine Gun One
Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming (Dan Wilde’s Slightly Beefed Edit)
The Funk Hunters - Revolution feat. WANZ, Def3, SugarBeats (Fort Knox Five Remix)
Phibes - Haystack
Funk Ferret - Super Roller Rootdown (Doe-Ran Edit)
Jurassic 5 - Freedom (Ross Go Remix)
Roast Beatz - Soul Food feat. Kurnel MC, Natty & PRofit
The Allergies - Be With You
Blahzay Blahzay & Breakestra - Danger Family (Steely Chan's Blender Mash)
Phibes - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Gang Starr - Now You’re Mine (Bobby C Sound TV Remix)
Ohio Players - Fire (Kibosh Remix)

Bootlegs & B-Sides #27

Yo-ho-ho-ville! And a big festive high five all the funk fam who join us for this, the last podcast of the year.

On the show this month we have bang upfront 45s from Smoove and High & Mighty, Strictlybutters on Galaxy Sound, and a soul sermon from The Preacher on Echo Edits.

Plus, a Tune of The Month 7” from LTF on Scruniversal. And a guest mix and chat with the safest hands in radio, Felix Joy.

Come on down the chimney, y’all. There’s plenty for your stocking over the next hour. Well, it is The Allergies Podcast, madam. Let’s go!


Ep. #91 (with guest Felix Joy)

This is my first Bootlegs & B-Sides of 2025 and it's with a heavy heart that I dedicate it to Andrew Cerutti (Fort Knox Recordings), who tragically passed away this week.
Andy was my show's biggest Champion. He was also a musical guru and from the outpouring of grief on social media, he was clearly loved and highly respected in the culture.  I used to chat with him weekly and still can't believable that he is gone.
Rest in Peace, Brother and thanks for everything.

TRACKLIST
Digital Underground - Return Of The Crazy One (Bacon’s Butt Naked Aqua Boogie Hold the Sausage West Coast Dirty Mack Remix)
Nuyorican Soul & Q-Tip - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Maw Remix)
Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotise (Naxsy Remix)
Snoop Dogg - Outta Da Blue feat. Dr. Dre & Alus
Raphael Saadiq & Q-Tip - Get Involved
Tom Booze - The T-Funk
Stickybuds - The Firestarter feat. Blackout JA (A.Skillz Remix)
Ike Turner & the Family Vibes - Garbage Man (Harkadelic Remix)
Ross Go - Supposed To Flow 
Snoop Dogg - Sticcy Situation (feat. K.A.A.N. & Cocoa Sarai)
Sly Stone - I Get High on You (John Luongo Dance Remix)
Redman & KRS-One - Looka Here
Dal Platinum - Goo On Down
Ice Cube - Ego Maniacs feat. Busta Rhymes & Killer Mike
The Allergies - One Time feat. Dynamite MC
Fort Knox Five - Funk 4 Peace (The Gaff Remix)
Mr Doris & D-Funk - Perfect Timing

Bootlegs & B-Sides #130

For my latest edition of Bootlegs & B-Sides, I have selected some old school hip-hop classics, as well as some new remixes. So turn it up and pump that bass.

TRACKLIST
RJD2 - Intro
De La Soul - Excursions (J.Period’s Tribe Tribute)
EPMD - The Funk
Wendy Rene - After Laughter, Comes Tears (DJ Bacon Edit)
Hilltop Hoods - Nosebleed Section vs Notorious B.I.G. (Marvel Years Remix)
Charles Jackson - Ooh Child (Blowshitup Edit)
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation (Jim Sharp Revisit)
The Positive Step - Beyond There
Del Gazeebo - Got Soul (Vibrations) [Eric B & Rakim vs J-Walk]
Daytoner - Keith's Soup Thing 
Del The Funky Homosapien - No More Worries feat. Souls of Mischief
Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray (Ross Go Remix)
Cypress Hill - Cock The Hammer
ProleteR - My Baby's Gone
Beat Le Juice - Alive
BadboE & Wiccatron - God Damn Jungle
Biggie vs Aretha Franklin - Everyday Struggle / I Say a Little Prayer (Dead Battery Remix)

Bootlegs & B-Sides #131

Consume your fill of fat funky tunes, big bangin' basslines and classic bars from some of the finest artists and producers in the scene.

Track List:
Public Enemy - Can't Truss It
Bar Kays - Humpin’ (Deejay Irie Edit)
Daigo - Step On Down
All Good Funk Alliance & Casual Connection - Buggin (A Tribute to Phife Dawg)
Fort Knox Five - Average White Five (DC's Finest Remix)
Featurecast - Made With Love
Yasiin Gaye - "T" Plays a Cool Loop feat. Andy Flory
The Fugees - FuGeeLa (Mr. Ours Remix)
Ali B & Nick Thayer - Music
Gramophone Soul - Ghetto Skank
Roast Beatz - Get Down Soul Man
Timothy Wisdom - Check The Living Dub
Fort Knox Five - It's A Rubix Thing (DC's Finest Remix)
D.veloped - Rosa Parks Went To Crazytown
Beastie Boys - Body Movin' (The Captain Re-Rub)
Bobby C Sound TV - Strawberry Letters

Bootlegs & B-Sides #29

I wanted to share a set from an intimate club environment to switch things up so here's a recording from the Waverley in Cumberland BC October 2024. I had a blast playing everything from funk and breaks classics including lots of my own edits and remixes all the way through to DNB bangers. I hope you enjoy the journey!

Free Download

A.Skillz - Live from the Waverley

Super Solid 27 Min Selection Of 
Funk, Breaks & Other Killer Tunes Fresh Party Breaks To Bring The Vibes 😜🍄🚀🔥

Funky Fresh Party Breaks Vibes!

A Little Hip Dippin Toe Tapping Jam Recorded June 2020

Doe-ran - Bootlegs & B-Sides

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