Deep and dirty funk from the original Funkadelic/Parliament collective

Funkadelic

Parliament Flashlight Dubhouse Butterfingers Redux Remix 3dsound

Parliament Flashlight Dubhouse Butterfingers Redux

Stellar Fungk:  The Best Of Slave, Featuring Steve Arrington

Watching You

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST YOUR RADIO - MARCH 2004
Six Million Steps (named after the Rahni Harris & F.L.O track from 1978) are a collective of old soulboys who really know their mustard. Their website www.sixmillionsteps.com is a veritable treasure trove of radio shows and mixes aimed at black music enthusiasts. In early 2004, aware of my return to the DJ realm, they asked me if I’d be up for doing a mix for them, and, being an old soulboy myself, it would have been extremely rude not to oblige my Southern-based brethren.

Given that the site was geared to radio rather than the clubs, I wanted to do something a bit different for them – something that contrasted with, yet complimented the Music Is Better mix, which I’d just put together (see http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/music-is-better-re-edited). I decided to kick things off with the intro part of a favourite track by Parliament, ‘P Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)’, which had blown me away when I first got a copy on import 7” in March '76 (one of the first imports I ever bought, released back to back with the equally wonderful, but more club friendly ‘Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)’). I looped the opening lines to set the tone - ‘good evening, do not attempt to adjust your radio, there is nothing wrong, we have taken control as to bring you this special show, we will return it to you as soon as you are grooving…’.

I also had some old jingles that fitted the theme I had in mind, which was a radio show, but without a presenter - instead the tracks would be segued together via edited sections, sound bites and samples. It’s a real cut-up, very raw and experimental, referencing a wide spectrum of black music, mainly from the 70’s and early 80’s, taking in Soul, Funk, Disco, Jazz-Funk, Electro-Funk, Hip Hop and Boogie, but with a few curve ball edits thrown in for good measure. Listening back I can clearly hear that, in some respects, I used it as an ideas pad, a number of which came to fruition later down the line.

It’s not a mix in the traditional sense, where the emphasis is placed on dancefloor flow – here the tracks are forged together in a more abstract manner via the link sections I created, and there’s certainly nothing linear about the programming, the tempo likely to slow down or speed up at any given juncture. Included is an old tape sketch, ‘Get Ready I’m A Comin’’, that I remember editing together in ’86 - the main loop being the drum break of Kool & The Gang’s ‘Jungle Jazz’, which would turn up the following year on the huge chart hit ‘Pump Up The Volume’ by M/A/R/R/S. There are some edits in progress, with the working titles ‘Still Lovin’ It’, ‘Sesame Seed’ and ‘T’s On The Mike’, which would appear a year later on Credit To The Edit Vol 1 - ‘Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)’ by The Salsoul Orchestra, ‘Open Sesame’ by Kool & The Gang and ‘Do It Anyway You Wanna’ by Mike T (‘Sesame Seed’ and ‘T’s On The Mike’ retained these titles for the first of the accompanying Credit To The Edit 12” releases). There was ‘Amp Trouble’ (mashing Amp Fiddler with rappers Double Trouble), which was later included alongside ‘Gotta Keep Workin’ It’ on the Young Dog Alien 12” in 2006. Then there were also a few more ruff’s that never got to see the light of day, at least not as yet – ‘Worldwide’, ‘Just A Touch’ and ‘This Is For You’.

Greg Wilson – October 2011

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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST YOUR RADIO (by greg wilson for six million steps 2004)

Greatest Hits (The Bomb) - Parliament

Chocolate City

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of West Coast classic 'The Chronic', Dr. Dre's debut solo LP, our buddy DJ Matman has crafted a dope mix of album tracks, alternative versions, remixes, and original sample material.

Enjoy!

Artwork : Leon Nockolds

Tracklist:

1. Dr. Dre - High Powered / Mix Intro
2. Nite Liters - Damn (Sampled in 'Lyrical Gangbang')
3. Led Zepplin - When The Levee Breaks (Sampled in 'Lyrical Gangbang')
4. Dr Dre ft. Lady of Rage - Lyrical Gangbang
5. Donny Hathaway - Vegetable Wagon (Sampled in 'Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat')
6. Lou Donaldson - Pot Belly (Sampled in 'Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat')
7. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Sampled in 'Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat')
8. Dr Dre - Rat-Tat-Tat
9. Dr Dre - Rat-Tat-Tat [Original Version]
10. One Way - Pull Fancy Dancer / Pull (Sampled in 'Deeez Nuuuts')
11. Dr Dre - Deeez Nuuuts
12. Donny Hathaway - Little Ghetto Boy (Sampled in 'Lil' Ghetto Boy')
13. Dr Dre - Lil' Ghetto Boy
14. Leon Haywood - I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You (Sampled in 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang')
15. Dr Dre - Nuthin' But a "G" Thang
16. Dr Dre - Nuthin' But a "G" Thang Club Mix
17. Sly & The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song (Sampled in 'Deep Cover')
18. Undisputed Truth - I Know I'm Losing You (Sampled in 'Deep Cover')
19. Dr Dre - One Eight Seven
20. Johnny Hammond - Big Sur Suite (Sampled in 'A Nigga Witta Gun')
21. Whodini - Friends (Sampled in 'A Nigga Witta Gun')
22. The Kay-Gees - Who's The Man (with The Master Plan) (Sampled in 'A Nigga Witta Gun')
23 Dr Dre - A Nigga Witta Gun
24. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) (Sampled in 'Let Me Ride')
25. Bill Withers - Kissing My Love (Sampled in 'Let Me Ride')
26. Dr Dre - Let Me Ride
27. Dr Dre - Let Me Ride (Extended Club Mix)
28. Parliament - P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) (Sampled in 'The Roach')
29. Dr Dre - The Roach
30. Dr Dre - Puffin' On Blunts And Drankin' Tanqueray
31. The Ice Man's Band - Mr Dream Merchant (Sampled in 'The Day the Niggaz Took Over')
32. Clarence Reid - Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart (Sampled in 'The Day the Niggaz Took Over')
33. Dr Dre - The Day the Niggaz Took Over
34. Dr Dre - Mr Officer (unreleased)
35. Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep (Sampled in 'Dre Day')
36. Dr Dre - Dre Day
37. Dr Dre - Dre Day (Extended Club Mix)

www.djmatman.com

Dr. Dre 'The Chronic' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by DJ Matman

Averi Minor returns with a mellow remix of "All Your Goodies Are Gone", a soulful gem originally created by Parliament and later covered by The Dells. Enjoy!

Parliament & The Dells - All Your Goodies Are Gone (Averi Minor remix)

A live Parliament-Funkadelic vamp from 1979 .. Garry Shider and George Clinton

Parliament - Funkadelic - Skip To My Loo (Live)

I’ve been spinning records, crate-digging and making beats for over three decades. 
Also a journalist who wrote a highly-praised biography of the late Gil Scott-Heron in 2014.

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