The Sweetness Chapters

It was a fantastic wedding, with fantastic people, in a fantastic Oxfordshire venue.... This mix is just one take, tracks played on the night, mistakes included, because it had to represent the movement on the night.... Weddings don't need to be about The Macarena or Come On Eileen!

A Sugarbumps Wedding Mix 2021

Four RnB mixes, 90s old skool style…. People have asked me to stick some up, so enjoy,and download…….

A Naked RnB Collection Pt 2

Blessed to be back at the KCC & The Rocking Crew Soundsystem this year, after the world pause stopped Carnival for 48 months. The setup was INCREDIBLE, top of the range Pioneer, so I had some fun. All mistakes are here, one take. No MCs this time, recorded straight from the mixer. 

The greatest audience you could ask for, and thank you to the most generous of hosts: Keith & Mel Franklin aka KCC.

Tony's KCC@NottingHillCarnival Session 2022

Jeeez, I've been a tad lazy, and not added any of the SugarBumps mixes I've committed for Overseas FM….. So, here you go, all free to play and even download…… Enjoy!! PS. Wedding Mix coming soon….. Things have changed, believe!!

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It's been a while…….. Summertime, busy with gigs, weddings, events……. Needed to take stock as well, find tunes that would make it worthwhile running a mix for. Hope you like it, two halves really. The Southport Weekender influence runs all the way through it too….

No jingles, just music. Enjoy. Download button is there for you to exploit xx

SummerBumps June 2014

On Sunday 6th July HouseWurK vs Skylarkin' kicks off again outside The Art Bar. Last year's big success will continue to bring the Reggae & House Mash Up…….. This Mix is a Sunday Session, just to keep you sweet…. No doubt it'll be a lot more fierce on the day!! Free Download of course….. Enjoy!

HWK Cowley Road Carnival 2014 Warm Up!

I always start these occasional things with the right intentions, more soulful, lower tempo, but they seldom turn out that way..... Sometime in the next few weeks I'll find the time to knock up a 'Wedding Mix', and a PROPER Old School StreetSoul mix..... 

Until then though, enjoy, as this goes from Sade, to Jay-Z, to Evelyn King, to Masters At Work to Jessie Ware.... There's even some jazziness! 

Usual nonsense, free to download and all that shizzle.

SugaBumps  Aug '14

So, the fabulous Aidan Skylarkin got me on the bill forthe warm up to the Craig Charles Funk Show, Oxford O2 Academy, Friday 19th Sept.... Thought it best to show my 29 years of DJing credentials..... Here's the funk! xx

Get into the event....: https://www.facebook.com/events/372364916246861/?fref=ts

SBUMPS: Funk, because...... A Mix made with love. FREE DOWNLOAD

Found this on my Mac, probably recorded about 8 years ago..... Wouldn't mix like this anymore, but it works well. Last half is pure fire, the sound of happiness. First half is sultry, sexy.... Hope you like, and enjoy..... PS: My fave track, around the 1hr 2min stage, 'Skip To My Lou'. Brings a HUGE smile to my face!!

A  forgotten Barns Court ReUnion Mix: 80s Soul & More: FREE Download

So, this year I had another opportunity to play at Notting Hill's longest running House stand, Keith and Mel Franklin's KCC Rocking Crew...... Sunday and Monday, plus it was their 25th Anniversary at Carnival. It's always a honour, and I get to play to a huge audience, who show their appreciation with huge smiles..... This is a live mix, with the MCs included. Some of you won't like that, but on the day it all works...

More Sugardaddy mixes to come after the summer hiatus, so please download this for free, and enjoy.

Cheers! TN

When Tony played @ KCC & The Rocking Crew: Notting Hill Carnival 2015

It's been a while....... The Summer hiatus is over, Carnivals, Wedding Festivals, All-Dayers..... Now, back down to business.

There hasn't been a flood of big tunes, but more than enough to keep us all interested.

Enjoy, more to come.....!

Sugardaddy: Autumn Entry....

First of two mixes going up this month, this one on the uptempo four to the floor movement..... 1hour and 19minutes of warm and sweet action!!

Dutty Funk mix coming soon...... Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show returns to Oxford O2 Academy on Friday 18th December 2015. Your's truly on the bill again, and if you were there last year, you know it was HEAVY!!!

Sugardaddy October '15

The first of three 'Wedding Mixes'...... This one, goes everywhere. To come, a 'MotownSoulBoogie', and then 'Those Ones'...... Enjoy, 40 minutes of trying to cover 5 hours!

Wedding MiniMix - Pt 1

The Craig Charles Funk and Soul show returns to Oxford O2 Academy on Friday 18th December 2015...... And yours truly has a support slot, alongside the amazing Count Skylarkin', and The Temple Funk Collective.......

So here's a mellow set of grooves with a large slice of spice.... Had to record it quietly, my Daughter was trying to sleep!!! Enjoy!

Sugardaddy: Mellow 'Don't Wake My Daughter Up' Sunday Mix

A trio of mixes, RETRO going back to the London / NYC club sound, and both HWK mixes highlight a warmer direction in our approach to House and Boogie..... Download, or stream, just enjoy.

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Sugardaddy HWK 17122016

.......Gotta keep a secret for the while, however there's a big clue in the mix title.... Back to the Soulful & Bumpy, warm House Music that makes you move. Tracks from Rhemi, Louie Vega, Opolopo, and more....

Sugardaddy: The Alchemist Session

Free for all to download......  

**A revised version of an earlier mix. I forgot two tracks that really needed to be on this!!**

So, last week I pulled off my first mix in ages, and it was bloody good I have to say! Sadly, due to a copyright issue, Soundcloud wouldn't let me put it up.... So here's my OFFICIAL boat party mix, for next weekend's BBMPS Boat Party. It's where I am musically as a DJ, after the weird experience at Southport Weekender (Chalet parties with Urban boys and girls suddenly loving 'House', while listening to utter rubbish.....).

This mix: It's deep, it's lush., it's got a couple of mistakes..... But it's also very good I reckon. Tunes you know and love, but twisted versions and edits, as well as some newer bits too... Yes, Maya Jane Coles slipped in there..... But the track I had to get on was Dana Weaver's 'Heavenly', because it's near on perfection!! I hope you like the selection, and play it out LOUD over the summer

With L.O.V.E....... T x

BBMPS Boat Party:SoulTekk....... **Revised Edition

I can't remember when I put this mix together..... My reckoning is probably 4-5 years ago.... The loops are a tad messy at points, but then again that means other DJs can't claim it's their mix.....! Pure 80s Soul, for the old school..... Enjoy, with a HUGE grin!! 

Barns Court MonsterMix by 'naked'..... 80s Soul Anthems: Proper!!

My first 'on my own' edit, dedicated to the amazing DJ duo Dasher & Wazzer, because good tunes never die..... If this song doesn't mke you feel good about yourself, you must be dead......!! Enjoy!! More to come, much more polished.....

She Slipped Away (A Naked Edit)

Gonna Make U Mine (TonyNaked Edit) 1

Back to some R&B and street soul anthems, compiled with love, and then mixed in joy...... Got some corkers on here, but my two faves are Mint Condition 'Be Where You Are', and the evergreen 'Keep On Loving Me' by The Whispers.... Anyway, it's yours to enjoy, just click the '⬇'......x

The Tony Naked Hour 15.12.12: FreeSoulLuv

Exactly what it says on the tin, two hours of classic streetsoul and R&B.... Haven't done on of these for ages, so I hope you like.....

The Naked Hour: Extended 2hour Soulful RnB Special (Overseas FM)

Southport Weekender 2013 was an absolute revelation..... From beginning to end the production, music and atmosphere swept us off our feet. A week later and I'm moping round the house, adding desperate comments on the SPW Facebook Page...

So, I decided to mix up 2 hours of the magic I heard from all the great DJs.... No RnB / Reggae / Hip Hop on this one, but that'll come soon. Instead the influences have come from the sublime Sadar Baher, Body & Soul, Dimitri from Paris, Andy Ward, Kerri Chandler, Atjazz, Sean McCabe, Karizma, Gavin Kendrick and so many more.

I hope you like it, and I'll repost it in two parts for burning next week.... Download and  enjoy it, I hope.... xx

Dedicated to the SPW Ravers......: A 'Naked' Mix

In these peculiar times, I was blessed with some DJ bookings, and this was a five hour slot at The Ivy Restaurant in Oxford. As per usual with these type of venues, the setup is great, but space is limited, and volume low. Thankfully, the manager likes a 'Turn Up' and hits 7 on the dial.... 

Anyway, recorded four hours straight onto my phone through the Nexus mixer, chopped into three sessions. Haven't uploaded a set that was for 'me' in over two years, so here you go, a sackful of Boogie, Classics, Future Disco and more...... All mistakes included, no editing here.  Cheeeeeers!!

The Sweetness Pt3 - ‘A Mr Nanton Merge’

In these peculiar times, I was blessed with some DJ bookings, and this was a five hour slot at The Ivy Restaurant in Oxford. As per usual with these type of venues, the setup is great, but space is limited, and volume low. Thankfully, the manager likes a 'Turn Up' and hits 7 on the dial....

Anyway, recorded four hours straight onto my phone through the Nexus mixer, chopped into three sessions. Haven't uploaded a set that was for 'me' in over two years, so here you go, a sackful of Boogie, Classics, Future Disco and more...... All mistakes included, no editing here. Cheeeeeers!!

The Sweetness Pt2 - ‘A Mr Nanton Merge’

The Sweetness Pt1 - ‘A Mr Nanton Merge’

......Been an age since I played some UK Garage and mania. I was in the mood for some anthems, and a few more up to date rhythms. Need to do a vinyl one, so many tracks that aren't available digitally. Enjoy, it's rough and ready.

The JellyBox

A new language for 2020, ‘Lockdown’ and ‘Social Distancing’, a pandemic that took over the world, and mass gatherings in the UK were cancelled en masse (sic). This of course meant that Notting Hill Carnival didn’t happen.....

For many years, I have been afforded the pleasure and honour of playing a set at the legendary KCC & The Rocking Crew Soundsystem, now based at Wornington Road. This site is THE spot for House Music at Carnival, thousands gather, a proper party. There is no room for error, track selection has to be on nothing less than top drawer. Classics mingle with edgier new rhythms, but the energy has to be kept up. 

The whole set up is led by brothers Keith and Mel Franklin, part of the true and unwritten history of House music in this country, long before the falsehoods that have been commonly told. They have long waved the flag for the music, and deserve to be amongst the biggest DJs in the world. Playing a set in front of these two is always daunting, however at the same time it’s such a an incredible feeling when they have entrusted me to hit the Technics and now Pioneers over the years. 

This set is made up of tracks that I had building in the months prior to the cancelled date. I had planned to start at a higher tempo than I had done over the last few years, and less of the ‘obvious’ classics. Of course, the signature tune of my last few years is still here ‘Mind Ur Step’, however this time as a dub. The plan was was to lean on the techy side, and the odd deeper vocal, building up to a tempo for DJ Spoony to then grab the baton. 

I hope this set finds you in time, and that it feels ‘Carnival’ to those who know that feeling, and to those who want to understand. There are no edits, no after production, all mistakes have stayed, as they would on the day. This goes out to the Rocking Crew, they know what they want, they know how to party.

The ‘Missing’ 2020 Notting Hill Carnival Set (To KCC & The Rocking Crew With Love)

A FunkSoulLover......With that 4/4 shuffle.

Mr Tony Nanton

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