1.  Ilya Santana - Electric Mind (original)
2.  Ilya Santana - Electric Mind (Rayko remix)
3.  Ilya Santana - Electric Mind (James Rod remix)

[Rare Wiri] Ilya Santana - Electric Mind (includes rmxs by Rayko & James Rod)

Phunktastike & Sanza ¨The Future¨

extended groove edit of this rare italien boogie tune
THE WOLF says: make love NOT war

ORO - Stop the War (The Wolf Extended Edit)

Aimes - You Should Be Feeling Wonderful

Desestabilidad Ep

Fran Deeper & Rayko - Desestabilidad (Alex Arcocha Remix)

And now for a momentous event, years in the making…  Soul Clap Records presents to you “Reprise Tonight”, the debut long player from FSQ (Funk Style Quality).  The album, which is released July 24th, features guest appearances from a heavy list of funk legends: George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Nona Hendryx, Fonda Rae, Denise King, and Dolette McDonald and is the brainchild of two of the most influential forces in Soul Clap’s musical journey, Chuck “Da Fonk” Fishman and our dear departed Sa’d “The Hourchild” Ali.  "Reprise Tonight" is a concept album that tells the story of a person who gets the opportunity to have one last party, the party of their life, and we get to see how far they can push it, given the chance to cram all the fun they can into one 24 hour period. 

The bug that became FSQ was planted when a young DJ and hip-hop / house head (Sa'di) and an even younger funk fan (Chuck, who met in the mid 1990s as touring members of George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, with Sa'd himself being Dr Funkenstein's nephew. After a deep brainstorm to find new ways to reinvent themselves for the dance music world, Chuck and Sa'd brought Soul Clap, George Clinton and Sly Stone together for a legendary 2013 collaboration at Red Bull Studios, Los Angeles. Also instrumental in that historic recording session was 8 time Grammy nominated producer G Koop. The trio - Chuck, Sa'd and G Koop then became FSQ - a production team committed to creating original funk music, across various styles (northern soul, disco, house music) with supreme quality. Forming under the auspices of this P-Funk / EFUNK collaboration, FSQ debuted on Soul Clap Records in 2014 with their Zulu Congo Call EP, which received 10/10 in Mixmag.

The FSQ team members include:
Philadelphia based One Era, who puts an indelible tropical stamp on most every FSQ record especially in the percussion department. Boston based Chas Bronz, an amazing guitar slinger. Bay Area based GKoop, a Grammy nominated producer. Midnight Magic keyboardist and producer Morgan Wiley, who joined FSQ to round out the collective. Everyone in FSQ is an adept multi instrumentalist. Sa'd The Hourchild Ali, a member of George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, and founding member of FSQ passed away in 2018 and his legacy lives on in the group. FSQ is a DJ unit and also performs live funk with their New York based rhythm section, The SQ's and vocalist Dolette McDonald. FSQ DJ sets draw upon on their extensive catalog of remix and original productions and quality dance music across a variety of styles including funk, disco, house, northern soul, and their own brand of Sly and Robbie influenced new wave, dubbed “Caribbean Disco”. FSQ members Chuck Da Fonk, Chas Bronz, and One Era carry the DJ torch for Sa’d Ali, who began in his career 1977 as a disco soul DJ.

Much Love,
Eli

PREMIERE: FSQ - Reprise (Disco Mix)

Dj Steef & Mr. Bard - Mae

buy here:

https://fanlink.to/so_far_away

Palavas - So Far Away (Rayko Remix)***SNIPPET

Space Control (Ilya Santana Re - Instrumentation Edit)

The wax is ready to be trashed once again as numero 8 drops in our continuing Trash The Wax compilation series.

There are a few folks returning from previous outings with Danny Russell & Ronald Christoph dropping another chopped up disco funk bomb on 'Future's Gonna Get You'. Brian SNR is back with a wicked slo-mo chuggy'n dubby offering on 'Hot Shot' whilst JB Dizzy breaks out the arpeggiators to devastating effect on 'Freak Street'. Gaël De L'lvresse (now just going by De L'lvresse) presents a wicked bass driven infectious romp with 'Field River'.

Elsewhere there are cuts from long-standing friends and members of the Paper family; Joe Morris makes a long awaited return with a great piece of late night smoke and lasers style shenanigans on 'Smoke & Mirrors'. Kooky & Damoon drop more slick disco sounds, From Beyond delivers another cosmic sounding slice of brilliance and Pico takes things all trippy.

From newcomers, we have some jazzy edit vibes from The Secret Soul Society, a classic gets cut up and rearranged by Jahn Solo whilst there's an incredible bit of 80's soul /post disco sounds from Paper Street Soul.

Winner, winner chicken dinner!
credits
released November 5, 2020

Various artists

Trash The Wax, Vol. 8

PREMIERE: Kooky & Damoon - Confidence of Ignorance (Dub)

Rare Wiri Merch : smarturl.it/rayko
K - Effect Analog Master

Rayko - I Die 4 U

Bookings, remixes, re-works: 
ilyasantana@gmail.com

All media access via: 
https://linktr.ee/Ilyasantana

Biography:

Ilya Santana is a name that echoes through the shimmering corridors of electronic music, particularly in the realms of space disco and cosmic funk. Born and raised in the Canary Islands, a place where the Atlantic meets the dust of Africa, Santana found himself drawn to the edges of sound early on—edges where melody could float, and rhythm didn’t have to march. He came up through the analog warmth of the ‘70s and the cold seduction of the ‘80s, and somehow fused both into his own kind of future nostalgia.

His career took root in the early 2000s, not through grand gestures but through consistency—a steady stream of releases that wound their way through labels like Balearic stalwarts Eskimo Recordings and Nang. Each track, a kind of ode to neon dreams and late-night drives, became a testament to Santana’s gift for atmosphere: his music doesn’t just play, it inhabits. There’s a cinematic quality to his work, like he’s scoring the movie of a life that’s never quite real but always feels familiar.

Ilya’s sound is less about chart-topping bravado and more about evocation. It lingers. It hums beneath the surface of memory. Through remix work, original compositions, and DJ sets that feel like journeys, Santana has shaped a career that’s both low-key and influential—an underground luminary lighting the way for those who understand that some of the best music doesn’t demand attention, it earns it.

Ilya is running his own record label "Astrolead recordings" specialized on the most underground side of Disco, Space/Cosmic disco, Retro and Synthwave.
Also started duties as a sound designer crafting sample/loops packages for "Loopmasters"

Space Control (Ilya Santana Re - Instrumentation Edit)

Ilya Santana (Official)

Recent comments

EDDO

Related tracks