Nice wander through Boy Division, Neil Diablo, Craig Bentley, Peter Jackson, The Oddness, Fort Romeau and many more. Really enjoyed  putting this together.

Uplifting Techno

Recreating the compilation tapes we used to make in our youth. There was something about the 45 minute limit of a cassette - you had to make it count! Hope you enjoy.

includes:
Alan Parsons Project
Joe Cocker
Ike and Tina Turner
The Pointer Sisters
Sly and the Family Stone
David Axelrod
The Byrds
Dolly Parton 
Nick Drake 
War

Late night sounds

Original songs that were sampled by Massive Attack.

Includes:

Sometimes I cry - Les Mc Cann
Be Thankful for what you’ve got - William DeVaughan 
Sneakin in  the back - Tom Scott 
Mellow Right On - Lowrell
Summer in the city - Quincy Jones
The Payback James Brown
Ike's Mood/You've lost that lovin' feeling-  Isaac Hayes

Sampled by - Massive Attack

Part 2 of my project to find the songs Massive Attack used to build their distinctive sound.

Featuring: 

Planetary Citizen - Mahavishnu Orchestra and John McLaughlin 
Stratus - Billy Cobham 
Heavy Soul Slinger - Bernard Purdie
See-line Woman - Nina Simone
Theme fron the Planets - Dexter Wansel
You Know You Know - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Good old Music - Funkadelic 
Five Man Army - Dilinger
I've Got to Get Away - John Holt and The Paragons 
Winchester Lady - Bob James

Sampled by - Massive Attack 2

Underground funk and soul originals sampled by Fatboy Slim -  breaks, beats, riffs and hooks, see how many you can recognise!.

Tracklist:
The Champ - The Mohawks
Sliced Tomatoes - Just Brothers 
Young Scene - Keith Mansfield
Barkin up the wrong tree - James Young 
I’ll do a little bit more - The Olympics
Copy Kat - The Bar-Keys 
You did it - Ann Robinson
 Stereo Freeze - The Stereos
All Strung out Over you - The Chambers Brothers
Going to Turn Your Head Around - Crystal Mansion 
Into My Own Thing - Sly and the Family Stone
Take Yo Praise - Camille Yarbrough
Soul Pride Pt 1 & 2 - James Brown 
The Kettle - Colosseum 
Signs - Five Man Electric Band 
Iloran’s Dance - Idris Muhammad (DJ Platurn Bass mix)

Sampled by - Fatboy Slim

A funk and soul Christmas!

featuring:

CHRISTMAS DONE GOT FUNKY - JIMMY JULES
KEEP LOOKING - SOLOMON BURKE 
CHRISTMAS GROOVE - VERNON GARRET & SIR STAN AND THE COUNTS 
A FUNKY CHRISTMAS - J HINES AND THE BOYS 
SOULFUL CHRISTMAS - JAMES BROWN 
BOOGALOO SANTA CLAUS - J.D. MCDONALD
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - VERNON GARRET & SIR STAN AND THE COUNTS 
SANTA’S GOT A BAG OF SOUL - THE SOUL SAINT ORCHESTRA 
STONE COLD CHRISTMAS
FAVOURITE THINGS - THE SUPREMES
I WANT TO COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - MARVIN GAY
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME - STEVIE WONDER
AINT NO CHIMNEYS IN THE PROJECTS - SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS 
GO POWER AT CHRISTMAS TIME - JAMES BROWN
SANTA CLAUS GO STRIGHT TO THE GHETTO - JAMES BROWN 
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - OTIS REDDING 
OH CHRISTMAS TREE - ARETHA FRANKLIN 
OH HAPPY DAY - THE EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS 
BACK DOOR SANTA - CLARENCE CARTER 
FUNKY FUNKY CHRISTMAS - ELECTRIC JUNGLE
SOUL SANTA - FUNK MACHINE

FUNKY CHRISTMAS

A journey through Austrailian big bands, Finnish bassists, classic funk and soul and experimental Korean garage. I enjoyed using the classic album by DJ Shadow as a way to discover new music. I try to play the full song so please be tolerant of some of the solos!

Baby don't Cry - The Third Guitar
Soul food - Frankie Seay and the Soul Seekers 
California Soul - Marlena Shaw
Inside Out - American Gypsy
Never can say Goodbye - David Walker
Tears - Giorgio Moroder 
Music Maker - Abel 
Ol’ Man River - Caterina Valente
Space Odysessy - The Daly-Wilson Big Band 
Energy - Earth, Wind and Fire
Get Ready Preety dolly - He6 
The Human Abstract - David Axelrod
The Madness Subsides/Sekoilu seestyy - Pekka Pohjola 
Sower of Seeds - Baraka

Sampled by - DJ Shadow

< 120 BPM starts slow with Underworld then a couple of Massimo Vanoni songs, overall pleased with the mixes, especially the earlier, miss a point for the last song (Greg Wilson remix of Grace Jones) so it is a little messy.

Laid back techno/electronica

Funk and soul covers of your favourite rock classics.

Playlist:
Get back -  Deidre Wilson Tabac
I want to take you higher - Ike and Tina Turner
Sunshine of your love - Spanky Wilson
Satisfaction - Otis Redding 
Make me believe in you - Patti Jo 
Gimme Shelter - Merry Clayton 
Southern Man - Merry Clayton 
Whole Lotta Love - Ike and Tina Turner 
Ohio/Machine Gun - The Isley Brothers 
Compared to what - Roberta Flack 
Sunshine of your love - The  Rotary Connection 
California Dreamin’ - Baby Huey and the Babysitters 
Everlasting love - Solomon Burke

Funk and Soul Covers

Taken from my first ever live radio broadcast on thamesfm.net this is a live mix I did.

Featuring:

Get you down - Dave Leatherman and Bruce Nolan
House Party - Fred Wesley / Dr Packer remix
Liberation Conversation - Marlena Shaw / DJ XS edit
Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch / Dr Packer rework
For the Love of Money - The O'Jays / DJ XS rework
Back to My Roots - Odyssey / Dave Lee Disco rework
Lost in music - Sister Sledge /  Dimitri From Paris remix
I'm Here Again - Thelma Houston (Mr K remix)

Disco/funk edits - Thamesfm.net

A wander through some original funk and soul classics sampled by The Beastie Boys, by no means comprehensive just as excuse to go digging through the crates.

Running order:
6 O’clock DJ - Rose Royce 
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield 
That Lady - isley brothers 
Machine Gun - commodores
Hang On In There  - The Stovall Sisters 
I’ll Bet You - Jackson Five 
Funk Factory - Rien Na Va Plus 
Tell me something good - Rufus and Chaka Khan 
Ilorans Dance - Idirs Muhammad DJ Platurn bass mix
Fan the Fire - Earth, Wind and Fire 
Could heaven Ever Be Like This - Idris Muhammad

Sampled by - The Beastie Boys

Elusive realities - Lova
Sin - Jura Soundsystem
Desertico - My Friend Dario
Get it together - The Oddness
Revival Season - Iron Warrior
Piece Together - Reverso 68 (Todd Terje mix) 
Dayworld - Mei Tahat
Nature in a different planet - My Friend Dario

Dubby, trippy house/beats

Chuggy techno, ALFOS style house and some other random pieces

Slow mo chuggy techno

Enjoyable romp through some Eskimo Records, Prins Thomas, Todd Terje, Findlay Brown, Jack Cutter & Soft Rocks

Balearic/Leftfield Nu Disco

Some laid back Sunday tunes

What does your Soul look like - DJ Shadow
iLoran's Dance - Idris Muhammad DJ Platurn mix
She's My Summer Breeze - The Reflections
The Devil Made me do it - Rasputin Stash
The Moving Finger - Dorethy Ashby 
Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory 
Where you belong - The Groovers 
Birth - Howie B 
Y (Jam) Eddit - Dreems & Jacoby
Long Raod - Funky Porcini

Sunday wind-down

The music that defied categorisation call it trip-hop, instrumental hip hop, turntablism, modern jazz, break-beat, sample culture, whatever you want - but no matter the label it still sounds great today!

Where You Belong - The Groovers
Birth - Howie B
Yeah - DJ Krush 
Black Jesus - 9 Lazy 9
Acoustic Blues - Cool Breeze
Striplight - ESP 
Snapper - Red Snapper
Listen to the Beat - London Funk Allstars
Freedom - Hedfunk
Woman of the Windmill -Up, Bustle and Out

Trip Hop Dont Stop

What Does Your Soul Look Like - DJ Shadow (Mr. Moods Good Looking Remix)
Napalm Brain, Scatter Brain - DJ Shadow (Vinkate Remix)
Midnight In A Perfect World - DJ Shadow (Jenova 7 Remix)
Duality - DJ Krush (Mr. Moods Reef Remix)
Sign - Coldcut
Four Elements - DJ Krush (Vinkate Remix)
Depth Charge - Depth Charge
Giving Up The Ghost - DJ Shadow (Erik Jackson Holy Remix)

DJ Krush, DJ Shadow and friends

A trip through the hop of the amazing explosion of talent from Bristol in the 90's.

Hell is around the corner - Tricky
Glorybox - Portishead
Karmacoma Dub - Mad Professor Vs Massive Attack
Karmacoma - Massive Attack
Heat Miser - Massive Attack
Wandering Star - Portishead
Aftermath - Tricky
Inertia Creeps - Massive Attack
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Numb - Portishead
Black Milk - Massive Attack
No Protection - Mad Professor Vs Massive Attack
Protection - Massive Attack

Massive Attack Tricky & Portishead mix

Featuring:

Sabres of Paradise
Astral Engineering 
Primal Scream
Leftfield 
Ambient Warrior
Jacoby 
Todd Terje 
The Orb

Dub and leftfield

I've been listening with pleasure to a lot of Luke Una mixes, what a DJ, I love how he manages to seamlessly genre, and decade, hop without a care in the world. He is a marvel. I thought I'd challenge myself to try and do the same and avoid the niches you can sometimes get into with particular genres or themes. Here is my attempt - hope you enjoy.

Tracklist - 
I Need Someone Tonight (Instrumental) -  Sylvester 
Bobby’s Theme - Martin Hayes 
Serpent Strut - Jack Cutter 
De Souza - Capoeira Na Vila (Flute Edit) - Sonic Funk Foundry
Piece Together (Todd Terje Spinning Star Mix) - Reverso 68
Zsa Zsa (Psychemagik Remix) - Blamma! Blamma! feat. Kristina Train
Footprints - Stratus 
Keep It Strong (Unreleased Dub Edit)- Q
Glad to Know You (Greg Wilson Instro Edit of Todd Terje Edit) - Chaz Jankel
Rainbow Disco - Prins Thomas
Talking Jungle (Justin Vandervolgen Remix) - Soft Rocks
I Just Love What You're Doing (Kon Edit) - Hot Chocolate

Inspired by Luke Una

Leisurely jaunt through some late night sounds, trying to evoke the spirit of after parties. 

Featuring Marlena Shaw, Isaac Hayes, Thee Oh Sees, Dorothy Ashby, Nightmare on Wax, Earl Sweatshirt, Dreems and Jacoby, David Axelrod, Bjork, Coldcut, Joni Mitchell and more

Sunset

Idjut Boys 
Paqua 
My Friend Dario 
Carmel 3000
DJ Harvey 
Dionigi 

Idjut Boys and some other related tracks

Speedwell (The Aloof mix) - Saint Etienne
Get Higher (Get Dubber mix) - Moonflowers
Get the Message (DNA mix) - Electronic
Filthy (Monkey Mafia mix) - Saint Etienne
Bodyrock - Moby 
Soon (Andrew Weatherall Mix) - My Bloody Valentine
Come Together ( Hypontone Brain Machine mix) - Primal Scream
Fools Gold (A Guy called Gerald mix) The Stone Roses
Hey Venus (Mad Thatcher Disease Mix) - That Petrol Emotion
Come Home (Skunk Weed Skank mix) - James
Weatherall's Weekender (Audrey Is A Little Bit Partial mix) - Flowered Up

90's Indie dance remixes

Predominately funk, soul and disco but playing anything that sounds right.

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