Forty Minutes of Funk is a bi-weekly mix series hosted by @Kirollus celebrating the sound of boogie and 80's funk. Follow @fmofunk for more of your weekly funk mixes 🔥

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For show 36 we have the multi talented Los Angeles based DJ and graphic designer The Alaia grace us with another super dope all vinyl mix!

Born and raised in LA on KDAY, The Beat, and Funkmosphere, The Alaia is attracted to music that has a feeling of perpetual summer and heat: soulful boogie funk, sexy disco, smooth g-funk, hard gangsta rap. She aspires to play music to make you bounce, to get you off your ass, to makes you want to cry, to make you wanna go home with a stranger, to makes you feel tuff enough to catch an attitude. 

Always discovering and rediscovering, she collects and selects vinyl and cassettes mostly, with some CDs here and there. She’s graced the Dublab and NTS airwaves, contributed a guest mix on Dash Radio, holds down a casual monthly residency on local online radio station VPN Radio, and has contributed guest dj mixes to an array of music selector series’ worldwide.

@the-alaia

https://www.instagram.com/the.alaia

Tracklist ---

Set The Tone - Dance Sucker (12" Club Version)
Funk Masters - Love Money '86
Pure Pimp - Can't Fade The Funk
Night Force & The Tom Cats - Search For Love
Perry Michael Allen - Turn On The Music
Equa - City Dub
TeeRoy Morris - Hold On Tight
Stanley Clarke & Bill Shields - Easy Listening
Asso - Don't Stop
Johnnie Taylor - I Want To Get Into You
Orlando Johnson And Trance - Turn The Music On
Omni - Warriors
Keith Sweat - My Mind Is Made Up
Dorian - Stacked To The "T"
Major Lance - Are You Leaving Me
Osiris - Consistency

FMO Funk - 036 | The Alaia

Slow Your Mode Mix

Tim Zawada - Slow Your Mode Mix (2013)

Forty Minutes of Funk is a bi-weekly mix series hosted by @Kirollus celebrating the sound of boogie and 80's funk. Follow @fmofunk for more of your weekly funk mixes 🔥 

Repping Funkfreaks Sweden, Mikael Zorken is a DJ with crates as deep as his beard is long and delivers a heavy selection of obscure and rare boogie and 80s funk. Enjoy! 

https://www.instagram.com/zore72

https://www.mixcloud.com/mikael-zorken-feltzin

FMO Funk - 039 | DJ Zorken

For the very first time to appear on a podcast are the 80s Brit Funk legends, McKenzie & Gardiner. Together they discuss to great lengths about their background, friendship and the insight around their cult record 'From Time'. Working with Streetwave Records, and the creation of the sub label ‘The Sound Of London’ and the recordings of the wonderful lost demos which surfaced many years later! Plus an exclusive preview of their up and coming music coming out on CQQL Records & Avant Garde Records. Also on the show, a catch up with Montreal’s favourite Walla P, to discuss the latest with Prime Source. Aswad also plays some new releases which is currently in heavy rotation, and a tribute mix for our guests to wrap up the show in Studio Funk tradition.

S3 EP8 - McKenzie & Gardiner

Recorded live at Oakley Court in Windsor on Sunday 26th September 2021

Listen over speakers for better results (it's a mono recording)

A Sunday Afternoon at Oakley Court | 26th Sep (part 2)

Exclusive interview with the man from Chicago, Head & Founder of Star Creature Universal Vibrations — Tim Zawada. Aswad and Tim discuss the beginnings of Star Creature, the memories and releases over the years. Including recent projects such as the 2020 compilation; Attack Of The Chicago Boogie. They also talk about recent releases including the new album by M. Hook - New River, and share some insight of what's yet to come! Alongside the interview, Aswad serves a tribute mix for Tim & Star Creature — 45 min set of 45s from the Star Creature imprint, featuring personal favourites & classics from the forever growing discography of 7” records.

S3 EP 9 - Tim Zawada

Gospel Disco, Boogie & Soul special with collector, DJ and curator - Tone B. Nimble. Aswad and Tone get together to discuss his passion and the stories behind his latest music series ‘Soul Is My Salvation’. A series that showcases private press Gospel records that’s he’s discovered over the years. We take a deep dive into Gospel music, sharing music from Tone B. Nimble compilation series, Soul Is My Salvation and other notable artists & musicians from the spirit lifting genre. The show features a full roster of great artists and musicians including Mary Love Comer, United Spiritual Singers, Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark, Mckinley Sandifer, Fay Hill and many more!

Tracklist

S4 EP3 - Tone B Nimble

Mr Big Happy is one the great collectors on the scene who is actively seeking under the radar, obscure and lesser known funk and soul music. He pro actively does this whilst gathering insight directly from the artists and shares behind the scenes information related to the release. On the show, Aswad and Mr Big happy talk about why it’s important to him, and what drives his passion for collecting and sharing these relics of great music. Together they recorded nearly 2 hours of conversation — so let’s just say it’s been a long time coming for them to have a good chat. As you can expect the show is curated with music, and includes a soul 45s tribute mix for our special guest = the perfect summer podcast.

S4 EP7 - Mr Big Happy

Drums: Momo
Vox: Franck
Guitfiddle: Jens
Bass: J Michael

Some crazy shit improvised on a Monday

12-30 in the morning

An all blue covers special for the latest Balamii show (without the talking) to show appreciation for all the front line workers during this tough time. Please stay safe out there and enjoy the music.

Tracklist: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_hyxGhJB89/

Video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clZjT17tRs4&t=1707s

Watch on Youtube

Balamii - April 2020 soul x jazz x boogie

Forty Minutes of Funk is a weekly mix series hosted by @Kirollus celebrating the sound of boogie and 80's funk. Follow @fmofunk for more of your weekly funk mixes 🔥

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TRACKLIST ---

Kingdom - Don't Be Afraid 
Total Contrast - Sunshine (12" mix)
Midnight Star - Curious
Active Force - Give Me Your Love 
The Strangers ‎- Step Out Of My Dream (12" mix)
First Touch - Bayflower
Chas Jankel - 3,000,000 Synths
Leoparden ‎– Høyt Oppe
Paul Hardcastle - Rainforest (LP mix)
Reaction - Downtown Lady

FMO Funk - 016 | Kirollus

Studio Funk - podcast show created and hosted by Aswad. Showcasing his discoveries, music collection, and interviews the leading names in modern funk and soul.