So I made this in about 200...9 or something - I was living in Hackney at the time and was often listening to Rinse FM where there was a lot of UK funky being played which I absolutely fell in love with, including this track - 'Skanker'. I was booked to play at a night in Bristol called Work so thought it would be fun to make a VIP edit using the Masters at Work vocal of the same name for the occasion. Sent it to a couple of DJs that were playing other stuff I had done around that time and it grew from there to the point where it's still getting regular plays today from all kinds of quality DJs almost 15 years later like Ben UFO, Madam X, Modeselektor, Sam Binga, Barnt (random one but cool) and loads of others.

If you don't know it, it's one of the biggest, baddest peak time tracks ever and will flatten whatever venue you play it in with its mega drum power!

Comment if you want the download :) (it only exists as a 320 but still bangs on a club soundsystem)

Lighter - Skanker (James Fox Work Vocal Edit)

Enjoyed putting this mix together for an old friend Phil aka @blackdogindustries 's new mix series over on Mixcloud called Camo Net + A Strobe - the brief was to take the listener on a journey so hopefully that's what it delivers with a couple of unexpected left turns along the way. Check out the Courtesy > XOR Gate blend, it's a personal favourite...

1	James Alexander Fox - We Hold What We Have
2	Special Touch - Garden of Life
3	Byron - Too Much
4	Wally Badarou - Mambo
5	NST Cophie's - Segregation
6	Jura Soundsystem - Mamma Capes
7	Apiento - Things You Do For Love (Machine Mix)
8	Om Unit - Camo
9	Dazion - Yu Go Bah
10	Henzo - Whirlpool Vanish
11	DJ Plead - Skittles
12	Rising Sun - Walk
13	Courtesy - Night Journeys I
14	XOR Gate - Ellipse
15	Bufiman - News From The Treetops
16	Tony Williams & His Afro Messengers - No Discrimination

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