Artist: Various Artists
Title: Slam Dunk E.P
Cat.#: DFR009
Format: 12''

After a very short break Daje Funk are back with a super fresh redesign. The label is also fully embracing the move from their previous 10” format to 12” with the obvious bonus that they are now able to cram just that little bit of extra music onto their releases.

Their latest release, the Slam Dunk EP, is their 9th since the label arrived and it’s been a memorable journey so far. Keeping things decidedly funk with a modern dancefloor twist for their latest instalment they have assembled and all-star cast of producers with Dutch edits wizard, Ronny Hammond, England’s Shit Hot Soundsystem and Uptown Funk and Italian producer Coldbeard all taking turns to vie for dancefloor gold.

Together they have turned in one mighty slab of black wax.

The EP opens with Ronny Hammond’s ‘Keep On Groovin’ and it’s a very serious club track. For those of you with long memories and deep collections the original used here was sampled for Screen II’s Hey Mr DJ, a 90’s house classic on Cleveland City and it feels just as essential right now in 2021 as it did in both the 70’s when the original arrived and in the 90’s. Keep On Groovin’ is a proper funk bomb and Ronny has taken it to town with the addition of a powerhouse bassline, ass shakin’ drums and cheeky ear worm vocal samples. Indeed there is no chance that you will be able to sit still when this one drops. Expect it to cause serious dancefloor mischief over the coming summer months.

Shit Hot Soundsystem is up next with ‘Woah’ with label co-boss De Gama adding some extra scalpel action. Another track with classic subject matter, this often sampled track has rarely sounded as good as on this monstrous funky outing. It still sounds as fresh and exciting as the first time you heard those vibrant and vital synths and beautifully layered vocals. ‘Woah’ is both immediate and essential and will be soundtracking parties for years to come.

Over on the flip Uptown Funk’s ‘South Side Boogie’ also has De Gama on edit duty and here things head off downtown 70’s funk style. Brass stabs, wah guitar, and spicy synth licks all combine for a track which has plenty of joyous zest as it combines disco edges with a funk packed groove combing to deliver serious club heat.

Seeing the EP out is Coldbeard and he takes up deeper still with a bubbling groove which captivates from the first notes of the dynamo synth bass before adding in electric guitar licks and a rhythm line to die for. A Funky Situation is a perfect example of how to build a track piece by piece until it becomes utterly essential. Once you have heard that Rhodes and the vocal stabs working together you just know that this one will need to be played religiously.

Four utterly essential tracks which perfectly bridge the gap from the 70’s to 2021. Nine releases deep Daje Funk delivers yet again on its mission to make funk as utterly essential in clubs again nearly 4 decades after it’s glorious genres beginnings.

(Le Visiteur Online)

Slam Dunk E.P. [DFR009]

Slam Dunk E.P._Ronny Hammond - A1. Keep On Groovin' [DFR009]

Funkyjaws Music launches a new edits series here with four absolute dons of the form on one vital 12". It's Lay Far that kicks off with 'Never Ever Edit' which is all horn-led excitement and upbeat disco claps and kicks before Admin's 'Moon Trippin' takes a more slow and soulful approach. When it comes to edits few are more essential than Chicago's Rahaan who kicks off the B-side with 'Gonna Get Ya', a leggy funk number infused with cosmic synth rays and warm piano chords. Delfonic shuts down with the loose percussive jumbles and jazzy vibes of 'Let's Dance The Spank'. A fine start to the series with volume two already in the works.

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PREMIERE: Admin - Moon Trippin' [Funkyjams]

Mischka

Made in France

Lost And Found

A playful big room track that leaves lots to interpret, and will connect with a wide crowd of sexy influential tastemakers. It's that Peanut Butter Jelly Flow!

Peanut Butter Jelly Flow (Unreleased Demo)

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ELVIS PRESLEY - MOODY BLUE {INFIMICE REMIX}

Was listening to the original and couldn't remember any edits of it so decided to make something for my sets. Feel free to download  if you like it and let me know if you play it ;-)

Moodymann - I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits (Matt McLarrie Edit) FREE Download

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Phil Weeks - Love Come Down Feat. Ladybird (Main Mix) Snippet

Hot on the heels of his Princely party piece ‘Nasty Girl’ last month, Robsoul roustabout Phil Weeks continues to
join the dots with the very foundations of this music and remind everyone where some of the strongest
ingredients came from. And this time he’s gone straight back to 82 for a synth riff that sparks up any situation
(ahem) .
You’ll know it the second it drops. That crisp riff, that reverb, the shimmering loopiness and plucked synth
bassline; Weeks has captured the essence of the seminal Mute release and added a whole new chapter with a
little wry, tongue in cheek wit from Joe Le Groove who’s so on point he even warns you when the bassline
drops.
Forever keeping us on our toes, Weeks flips the switch for the second track ‘I Don’t Care’. A sublime contrast to
the synth splashed sizzles on the A, this one plunges much deeper down a groove rabbit hole, all rolling,
percussive, filtered and splashed with lavish but restrained disco vocals. Two sides, two stories, one continued
push into a cracking new year for Weeks. This will keep us out of any bad situations for a long while…

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I Want You

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Phil Weeks Feat. Joe Le Groove - I Want You

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Encore

A1. Thief
B1. Let Go
B2. Thief (Tilman Remix)

The fourth release on Pomme Frite not only introduces our first of 2020 and a year on from its first, but also welcomes a new member to the Pomme Frite family, Tom Jay.

It's a pleasure to have Tom Jay on board, and he has presented us with 2 amazing disco-tinged club cuts, ‘Thief’ & 'Let Go’. Sitting alongside these two groovers we have a remix of ‘Thief’ from Tilman. We're massive fans of Tilman’s work over at PF, and his mix of ’Thief’ is right on the button.

Tom Jay - Thief (Tilman Remix) [PFRITE004]

As you are about to read, I have not paid for a professional bio and I am not going to talk about myself in the third person. I am a beard shaker from Glasgow, Scotland where I produce deep, chunky, jazzy, tribal, spiritual vibrations. I am either in control of the music or strutting about the dance floor like a confused flamingo mixed with a nervous spring onion. You may need good quality drugs to enjoy my music - poor quality drugs may also work.

My vibrations have found their way onto some of the most respected underground labels in the world – Elrow Music, KMS Records, Nite Grooves (King Street Sounds), Great Stuff (VA), Material Series, Simma Black, Madtech (MTDL), Toolroom (Ibiza VA), iRecords, InHouse, Flashmob, Younan Music and more. I also co-own record label Cueca Recordings with Jonathan David (CAN).

My track "Jazz Kneecaps" reached #1 in the Traxsource Deep House charts in 2018 and I was in the top 100 best selling deep house producers on Traxsource in 2018, 2019 & 2020. I have officially remixed Wally Lopez, Darren Emerson (Underworld), Kevin Yost, Iban Montoro & Jazzman Wax, Saeed Younan & Charles Ramirez. 

My music has also been remixed by heavy hitters Joeski, Demuir, Ellroy and Hauswerks. I now have 4 vinyl releases with 2 on Material Series alongside Danny Serrano, Raffa FL, and Eskuche & Nu Sky. My mum turned one of them into a cake stand and another one into a clock. Probably make more money selling them that way.

I'm grateful to have had my music played by Carl Cox (live at Space Ibiza), Todd Terry, Kerri Chandler, Chus and Ceballos, Mark Knight, Erick Morillo, Kevin Saunderson, Steve Bug, Kevin Yost, Low Steppa, Joeski, Harry Romero, Saeed Younan, Mario Ochoa, Jay Lumen, Gene Farris and more.

You will hopefully see me shaking my beard behind the decks, on the dance floor, or in a kitchen soon!