Born in London but raised in the quiet countryside around Northamptonshire, AFUNK's interest in music started from the early age of 12 when he found a collection a of heavily worn Soul records in his brother's bedroom. As he grew older, so did his interest in music, as he tagged along behind his older brother to visit many live concerts of some of the great music legends such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, The BlackByrds and many more.
 
The multitude of sounds conveyed by these artists inspired in him a curiosity to explore these Music styles with particular attention towards, Jazz Funk, Soul, House and later on Jazzy House music, as it was an extension of the Jazz Funk scene.
 
AFUNK then decided to try his hand at mixing, and like many of his DJ friends, he would compile countless mix tapes and hand them out to friends until eventually he was asked to play at some local venues. AFUNK is still in love with the Soulful Jazzy Funk and the vocal side of House Music today. This has made him pick up the tools and get into creating shows for internet radio stations and allow others to enjoy his sound on his own Soundcloud Channel.

... just keepin' it 'REAL' :o)

DJ Master Said is always looking for perfection when it come to mix tracks flawlessly, avoiding "easy" beats on beats mixing and looking for melody, harmony and creativity in the mix which can take a lot of time for preparation/realization. You may notice that some of the tracks in the sets are edited to avoid unnecessary repetitive parts and some have an added beat to give it more energy...

DJ Master Saïd entered the world of DJing in 1978 with his then best friend, Marco Capitani, in the middle of the disco era...In the summer of 1983 he entered the Club Mediterannée, the French corporation of vacation resorts, as a teacher of computer programming/gaming (on Atari) and that's where he got the name "Master Saïd". Spending all his nights at the discotheque he soon switched his job to DJ and the name remained...
Till 1990 he performed around sunny and snowy Europe and Africa (Dakar) seven nights a week ! He then lived for 2 years in Marrakech, spinning records at The Byblos and The Diamant Noir...
It was then time to settle down and he then became a records shop manager back home in Brussels. 
He now mix at home with Traktor and his computer or on his two Denon SC5000 Prime for his own pleasure and the one to share it all around the world thanks to the web.

He now work in a Hi-Fi shop in Brussels 
www.hdfullconcept.be

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