Stoked to have put this mix together! Hope everyone enjoys is. Greeting from Sydney, Australia!

@user-864419146: Great use of emojis there Ashley!

Blogged on www.LifeSupportMachine.co.uk ... Great mix dude!!

Here is a set of pretty much all the DJ Mixes I've put together. All are FREE downloads!!! ENJOY. 

You can find my Free Download tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/free-stuff
You can find all my releases here: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/releases

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Soundcloud: @d-funk 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dfunkbreaks 
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg

More D-Funk music

DJ MIXES (Free downloads)

Music for Motivation

Vanilla - Swept Away (Aroop Roy Remix)
Frank Booker - Move On
Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - Be Free
Jimmy The Twin - Party Down
The Brothers Johnson - Stomp (Loshmi Edit)
Close Counters - Up and Out
Hotmood - The Fabulous
Felipe Gordon - Groove 37
Aroop Roy - Told Me (Lay-far Remix)
Lay-Far - Blow My Mind
Lay-Far - So Many Years (Feat. Sarah Winton) (Aroop Roy Remix)
Lay-Far - Be the Change (Feat. Pete Simpson)
Mono Deluxe - Whatever
Lay-Far - Embrace The Contradictions 
Close Counters - High Noon
Jungle Brothers - What U Waiting 4 (Sebb Junior Edit)
Lay-Far - Heartfelt
Lay-Far and Raw Takes - Love So Deep
Fouk - Chicken Dinner
Knuckle G - A Girl I Met

Music for Motivaton 

Music for Motivation

A while ago I did the House Around Vol 1 mix, a mix of way more housey sounds than I'm usually know for (https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/doug-masters-housing-around-vol-1-free-dj-mix) I figured it was high time I did Vol 2. This one's a bit of a 'journey' through groovy nu disco, various forms house & electro. I very much enjoyed mixing it & I hope you enjoy listening... 

Track listing:
Nachtbraker - Gotta Act To React
Rainbow Team - Bite The Apple (Massimo Breardi Dub Edit) 
Recloose - Don't Get Me Wrong 
Giom - Play On 
Ferrari - Nene
Ess O Ess - Take You To A Secret Place (Original Mix) 
Around7 - M'as Tu Vu 
DJ Harvey - Berghain (Doug Masters Low Glow Mix) 
The Organism & Moscoman - Rite (Extended Mix)
Cole Medina - Tropical Funk 
Sauco - The Day The Earth Stood Still 
Brioski feat Andrea Noce - Sunday Morning 
Inland Knights - Little Bit More
Qubiko - Mono Tono (Original Mix) 
Solomun feat Atna - Tukl Tuk (Original Mix) 
Lucati - Like 17
Frank Degrees - O Samba E (Sandy Saxo Remix)
James Solace - Catalyst
Tim Taylor - Do You Like... 
Rebuke - Along Came Polly 
Relique - Rude Girl 
Marten Horger & SkiiTour - Redlight 
D-Funk & Hariku - Get Ramped Up 
Lowdown & MKJAY - Afterhours
Mele feat The Fossil - Highlander 
Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Heartbreak    

Here's some more info on the other music I do:
Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
More DJ Mixes: https://soundcloud.com/d-funk/sets/dj-mixes

More DJ Mixes

Doug Masters... Housing Around (Vol 2) *Free DJ Mix*

Break da House (Pier Pressure Afterparty). Sun 1st May. Aruba, Bournemouth.

Between 2004-2009 a group of friends put on a breaks, electro & eclectic beats party in Bournemouth, Uk. It was called Break da House. From what started as an excuse to play tunes we all loved, it turned into quite a successful night running at various venues. We even hosted a room at Ministry Of Sound!  We welcomed acts such as Stanton Warriors, Dub Pistols, Plump DJs, Freestylers, Killa Kela, Meat Katie, Lee Coombs, Nostalgia 77, A Man Called Adam, Bent, Evil 9, Will Saul, Krafty Kuts, A Skillz, Natural Self, Ali B as well as hosting labels parties for Air Recordings, Westway, Lot 49, Grand Central, Ninja Tunes, Breakin Bread & Upstart Music.

We recently got together again for a party in the town where it all started, Bournemouth in May. The event was a nostalgic trip down memory lane with lots of friendly faces & amazing vibes that felt like the night never went away. It was truly epic...

Here's what I played: 
Les Rhythm Digitals - Hey You What's That Sound (D-Funk's Nobody Likes You Version)
Scott Grooves - Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Mix)
Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (Tom Middleton's Blue Monday Mix)
Solardo & Eli Brown - XTC (Stanton Warriors Mix)
Sub-X - What You Do To Me 
UFO Project - I Believe
Stanton Warriors - Slanty
Dogtown Clash - West London's Burning
Boogie Army - Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (D-Funk's Da Funk Edit)
The Freestylers - Push Up
Stereo 8 - Can't Stop
Digitalism - Zdarkight (Stanton Warriors Mix) w/ Freeland - We Want Your Soul (Acapella)
Plump DJs - System Addict 
D-Funk - Party People 
Lee Coombs & Uberzone - Right Now (Club Mix)
MGMT - Kids (Santti Mix) 
Evokings - Back To The Funk (Extended version) 
Soulwax - NY Excuse (Kawasaki Dub)

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy

Break Da House, Bournemouth 01/05/22

Forward by D-Funk:
For the 2nd part of my D-Funk 25 mix series I’ve focused on the best, most important or my favourite tracks I’ve made or had a hand in making. Some are originals. Some remixes. Some are edits, bootys or whatever we’re calling them nowadays. It’s a real mix from across the years including my 1st release ‘Transitions’ on Barry Ashworth & Carl Loben’s Westway Records. Right up to my latest, a free download that will drop shortly after the mix goes live. It’s a mix of varying genres. For ages I’ve been known as ‘Europe D-Funk’ that plays funky breaks but, as you’ll see from this mix, my funk focused music covered all styles from hip hop to house, disco to breaks & electro. But don’t worry, I’ve included some of the mid-tempo music that got me really known on an international scale, how could I not! 

Some of the music on this mix has been released on my own labels Upstart Music, the breaks based label I started in 2008 & Grits N Gravy, the funk based label I started with Philly Blunt in 2010. There are also tunes on labels such as Sunday Best, ‘I’m In Love’ the 1st of my 3 remixes I’ve done for the Dub Pistols. The often overlooked, but I think my best mid-tempo tune ‘Bigger Than Baseline’ on Adapted Records. I’ve closed the mix with a recent, original hip hop song ‘Cruise Control’ that my longtime studio partner & good friend Mr Doris. There’s also music from the great series That’s Not An Edit, a track from the now deceased Rump Shakers Records & a rare release from Cakes at The World Bar, a Sydney institution that I was resident at for 8 years. 

I started making music seriously in 2006 when I met & formed a friendship with Barry Ashworth from the band Dub Pistols. He both inspired & guided me to my first few releases. I’m ever grateful for his words of encouragement & enthusiasm. From starting on a knock off copy of Reason on an old PC in the corner of the spare bedroom to now having a fully working dedicated studio, I can honestly say it’s been a wild ride of ups & downs. I guess music mirrors life that way. Even though I started producing & releasing music a while after I started DJing in 1995 on belt drive decks in my bedroom in Wiltshire (UK), I’ve now gone on to release over 200 tracks on over 30 different labels. These are the 25 that made the mix...

Track listing:
Mr Doris & D-Funk - Supernatural Lockdown [2Dogs Recordings 2014]
D-Funk & Some Dj - Loaded [Grits N Gravy 2011]
The Meters - Cissy Strut (D-Funk Edit) [Free Download / 2014] 
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns - Fourplay (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit 2015]
D-Funk - Big City Life (4/4 mix) [Free Download 2022]
D-Funk - Lonely Hearts Club [Grits N Gravy 2012]
D-Funk - The Boss [Grits N Gravy 2010]
D-Funk - Bigger Than Bassline [Adapted Recs 2017]
D-Funk - Been A Long Widow [Free Download 2014]
D-Funk - Get Up & Jam [Grits N Gravy 2016]   
D-Funk & Philly Blunt - Time To Move [Grits N Gravy 2011] 
Sugar Ray Johnson & D-Funk - Save Me [Grits N Gravy 2014]
Doug Masters - Jingo Back [Free Download 2018]
Doug Masters - Return Of The House Siren [Cakes Compilation 2017]
D-Funk - Don’t Need Nobody [Upstart Music 2011]
Dub Pistols feat Lyndie Layton - ‘I’m In Love’ (D-Funk’s Summer Of Love Mix) [Sunday Best 2008] 
Double 99 - Ripgroove (D-Funk & Some DJ's Rumble In The Bass Bin Mix) [Free Download 2011]
D-Funk - Rewind Selector [Rump Shaker Records 2015]
Rogue Robots - Off My Face In ’97 (D-Funk’s 2 Steppin’ In ’02 Mix & D-Funk’ Work It Out Mix) [Upstart Music 2014 & 2010]
D-Funk - Transitions [Westway Records 2007]
D-Funk feat Mc Manic - Bust This (Original Mix)[Upstart Music 2009] 
D-Funk - Party People [Upstart Music 2009] 
D-Funk & Hariku - Get Ramped Up [Upstart Music 2009] 
The Prodigy - Narayan (D-Funk Boot) [Free Download 2006]
Mr Doris & D-Funk feat MysDiggi - Cruise Control [Jam City 2020]

www.dfunk.co.uk 
www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg

D-Funk 25 (Part 1)

D-Funk 25 (Part 2)

If you're wandering around your home wondering what day it is and when you should put out which binbag, allow the mixtape machine DJ BK to lead you even further away from reality with his lush and luxurious Funk Session XIII mix on Advent Day 28. This Slow-N-Funky edition delivers just under 90 minutes of thought-blocking and soul-nourishing sounds from the worlds of funk, soul, disco and hip-hop, which encourage you to turn the lights down low and settle in for the night while being accompanied by a stunning soundtrack.

If you're looking for some mixes for your New Year's parties or a mix for an occasion of any kind for that matter, DJ BK's Soundcloud page is a must-visit! Downtempo mixes such as the one featured can be found along with funk, disco and house mixes that are perfectly in tune for the pre-sesh and for the main event. There are over 100 mixes awaiting your attention, so there's no time like the present to get digging, well, after you've had your fix of today's free present that is...

Tracklist:

01) Summertime / Amerigo Gazaway
02) Afraid To Feel (Ben Jamin Slo Version) / Silk
03) How Could You Break My Heart (V4YS Edit) / Bobby Womack 
04) Slow-N-Funky (Original Mix) / Shalvoy (Boogie Grooves)
05) Ms Funk Booty / SuckaSide (Bandcamp)
06) Dance (Original Mix) / Ben Jamin (Hot Gorilla Records)
07) Son Of A Preacher Man (Mikeandtess Edit 4 Friends) / Dusty Springfield 
08) Go Again / Dee-Bunk (Too Slow To Disco)
09) Let’s Do It In Style / The Sunburst Band (Z Records)
10) Groovin' / DJ “S” (Too Slow To Disco)
11) Sometimes (DiscoRocks Extended Rework) / The Brand New Heavies (Bandcamp)
12) Let Me Blow Your Mind / Jack Tennis (Too Slow To Disco)
13) Human / Those Guys From Athens (Too Slow To Disco)
14) The House that Jack Built / Andy Buchan (Hot Gorilla Records)
15) Good Thing Going / Saltywax (Too Slow To Disco)
16) SexY Machine / Hober Mallow (That’s Not An Edit)
17) Tokyo's Delights (Rework Mix) / HOLDtight
18) Touch The Sky (Quinoa Jones Edit) / Kanye West

Serato Mixes

Advent Day 28: DJ BK - Funk Sessions XIII: Slow-N-Funky-Edition

Re-Up of Hip Hop style Mixtape! (2013)

01 - Timewarp - We Gonna Rule The World
02 - Voodoofunk - Git Fonky
03 - Dave Gerrard - Twisted Message (Dj Butcher Mix)
04 - Hero No 7 - Roots Of A Hero
05 - The Cuban Brothers - Mike 4 President
06 - Badboe - Playin Yourself
07 - Timewarp - Koztac (Revisited)
08 - Raymon Lazer Trio - Lola
09 - Mr Bird - Don't Say Nothing
10 - Andy Taylor - Guajira Starr
11 - Funk Ferret & Imagine This - Apply The Pressure (Skeewiff Remix)
12 - Funk Efemdzemov - Freedom & Justice
13 - King Kamonzi - It's My Funk (Original Mix)
14 - Nic 2 Birilli - Crazy Mambo Dancer (Original Mix)
15 - Omegaman - Hip Drop (Original Mix)
16 - Badboe feat. Mc Kitch - Introducing
17 - Mr Bird - Skate Dancer (Savages & Unifairly Roller Raw Mix)

This Is Hip-Hop!

download and track list here:

https://hearthis.at/qrpxcxjl/quantic-and-friends-all-45s/

Quantic And Friends - All 45's

Greetings guys and gals. We're back and coming at-cha with lots of new cuts from our brand new album 'Steal The Show'. We've also got new music 45 Live, a great Brazilian reissue and to top things off we have DJ BobaFatt up in the guest spot! Enjoy! x

The Allergies Podcast #017 (with guest BobaFatt)

Funk The World Vol 47 
Mixed by D-Funk.
November 2018. 
www.dfunk.co.uk

World Premiere by www.breakzlinkz.net: 
https://breakzlinkz.net/d-funk-funk-the-world-47/

Tracklist:
Intro - Tom Showtime ‘Funk Pants’ intro [Grits N Gravy]
D-Funk & Mr Doris - Kiss My Baby Back Again [Forthcoming on Grits N Gravy]
Stretch - ‘Why Did You Do It’ 
D-Funk - Four Play [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download]
JM Edits - ‘Fela’
D-Funk - ‘Funky John The Preacherman’ [Free Download] 
Seu Jorge - ‘Caroline (Bump It Seu’ (CMan Edit // D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An edit // Free Download]
Sharon Jones - ‘How Long’ (Sylow Mix) 
Zapp - ‘More Bounce To The Once’ (MG Edit by Afshin & Kiss My Back Jazz)
Opolopo - ‘Twenty Second Thoughts’ w/ Ohio Players ‘Fire’ (Acapella)
Abc Of Funk feat B Solone - ‘Royal Funk’ 
Parliament - ‘Chocolate City’ (Chuck Wild’s Bronco Drama Mix)
KS French - ‘Still On The Case’ 
Kano - Can’t Hold Back (Disco Devil Edit)
Dj Butcher - ‘Talk Is Cheap’
Sugar Ray Johnson & D-Funk - ‘Save Me’ [Grits N Gravy]
D-Funk & Philly Blunt - Time To Move’ [Grits N Gravy]
Fatpack Band - ‘Backstrokin’ (Petko Turner Edit)
The Hipsters - Love Thing (V Notch Edit)
Doug Masters - ‘Jingo Back’ [Free Download]
Ron Basejam - Someday
Eat More Cake feat Emily May - ‘Teardrops’ (Jayl Funk Mix) [Grits N Gravy]

Web:
Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy

The 'Funk The World' mix series is brought to you by @fortknoxfive
www.fortknoxrecordings.com
www.facebook.com/FortKnoxRecordings

Check out my labels:
@grits-n-gray
www.facebook.com/gritsngravymusic
@up-start-music
www.facebook.com/weareupstartmusic

Funk the World 47

More music!

D-FUNK'S DISCO DELIGHTS! 
***Free Download from player***

Here's a mix of a bunch of disco, nu disco & housey tunes that I've had a hand in making over the past few years. Starting off chilled & slo mo then ending up more dance floor & housey. Let my disco delights take you on a journey... ENJOY!   

Track listing:
Seun Kuti - ‘So Many Things’ (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
D-Funk & Mr Doris - ‘Perfect Timing’ [Forthcoming].
D-Funk - 'I Got The High(My Name Is)' [Grits N Gravy]. 
Eddie Harris - ‘Alright Now’ (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
The JBs - ‘Four Play’ (D-Funk Edit) [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
D-Funk - ‘Shake Ya Booty’ [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
D-Funk - ‘What Can You Bring’ [That’s Not An Edit // Free Download].
Blondie - ‘Rapture’ (Touchsoul Mix // D-Funk Edit).
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Hold Me Back’ [Grits N Gravy].
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Give Me Your Love’ [Grits N Gravy].
D-Funk - ‘Everybody Loves A Filter’ [Grits N Gravy].
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Save Me’ [Grits N Gravy]. 
Kings Of Tomorrow - ‘Finally’ [D-Funk’s Deep Disco Version]. 
D-Funk vs Tori Amos - ‘Been A Long Time’ [Free Download]. 
D-Funk & Philly Blunt - ‘Bad Piano Habit’. 
Doug Masters - ‘Jingo Back’ [Free Download].
Doug Masters & Nicc Johnson - ‘Never Knew’ [Free Download].
Doug Masters - ‘The House Siren (Believe In)’ [Free Download]. 
Doug Masters - ‘So Much Love’ [Free Download].

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: https://d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/dfunkgritsngravy 

The tunes on this mix from the @thats-not-en-edit series are free downloads & can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/thats-not-an-edit/sets/d-funk-showcase
The tunes on this mix release on @grits-n-gravy can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/grits-n-gravy

D-Funk's Disco Delights

D-Funk's Disco Delights [Nu Disco/Disco DJ Mix]

I've been meaning to get a proper mix up here for awhile now. I was trying to make it really good but this is what I came up. Unfortuneately ... I seemed to be paying a little too much attention to the "loop" button and not enough to the "beat sync" button. The cue points are a little screwy and the tempo is all over the map. And just when I thought it was starting to sound pretty good it was time for dinner. Anyway - hope you enjoy!

Tracklist:

Love to Pass You By - Ross Go Mash
Get Off to the River - Dobie Gray (GlobulDub Edit)
Talkin' Back to the Streets - People Under the Stairs (Instrumental)
Mane Joao - Shaka
Guru4eva - Late Night Workshop
I Don't Want This Groove to Ever End - LTJ Xperience
T.R.O.Y. - Rhythm Scholar Remix
Sweeter Lil Thang - Sard Boogie
Lovely Day Inside - Mo' Horizons (Petko Turner Edit)
Give It To 'Em - Ross Go
From the Top - Missing Hito
I Ain't No Joke - Copycat Remix
Dynomite Strikes Back - Jean Tonique Edit
The Message - Jerome Robins 'Taco Fest' Remix
James Brown - Get On Up (Mood Funk Beat)
Welcome to Our World (B-Team Redux) - Mass Production
I'm Your Pusherman  - Relative Funk Soundsystem Remix
It's Funky Time - Kreap

Ross Go Mix #1

This is my set from Shindig Weekender back in 2018 in the Stardust Discotheque 9pm-10pm

It was packed with dancers, smiles and vibes.

DOWNLOADS ARE ON

Simon Stardust @ Shindig Weekender 2018

Let's Execute

Let's Execute (feat. Big Stuff)

Welcome back!

After a short break the Disco Data Podcast is back in full effect. This time around we have an artist Guest Mix from none other than Australian based Brit producer, D-Funk. The full track listing is below so while you’re there why not thank the man by heading over to his socials on the links below and give him a follow.  

Tracklisting:

Disco Tech - ‘Assaissanation’ (7 Reload)
D-Funk & Sugar Ray Johnson - ‘Holding Me Back’ [Grits N Gravy]
Mufti - ‘Tramnpled Under Foot’ (Mufti Edit)
D-Funk - ‘Everyone Loves A Filter’ [Grits N Gravy]
Smashed Atom - ‘ Cut This Way’
Mitko - ‘What Have You Done For Me’
Ndalani77Brothers - ‘Nazaumi’ (Jati Div Vocal Edit)
Ron - ’Hai Capito No (Dan Mumbles Edit) [That’s Not An Edit Vol 12]
D-Funk & Philly Blunt - ‘Bad Piano Habit’ (D-Funk’s Disco Mix)
S3A - Clarence J Boddicker 
Robert Ouimet - ’Superslick’ 
John Davis Orchestra - Bourgie Bourgie 
Frankee More - 1000% [That’s Not An Edit Vol 12]
Rhode & Brown/Tilman - ’She Knows’ 
Krewcail - ‘Mabina’ 
Manu Di Bongo - Big Flow *(V’s Can’t Cool Edit). 
Hotmood - ‘Make It Slow’ (D-Funk’s At Night Edit)
Birdee -‘Body Move’ (Roccoe’s Bassy Edit)
Doug Masters - ‘Do It Right’  (Demo Mix)
Isac - Chicken Sauce’ (Original Mix).
Patrick Cowley ft Sylvester -  ‘Do You Wanna Funk’ (Dr Packer Mix)
Patrice Rushen - ‘Haven’t You Heard’ (D-Funk Edit)
Jackie Moore - ‘This Time Baby’ (Speical Disco Version // Edit) 
Sylvester - ‘You Make Me Feel’ (Micheal Grey Dub)


Web links…
Website: http://www.dfunk.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/d-funk
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dfunkbreaks

Disco Data Podcast Vol.5 - Artist Guestmix - D-Funk

Next up on the Safe & Sound Mix is Funky Franka.

Straight out of The Ukraine Franka is well know for his Funky Re-edits. In this mix he provides an excellent selection of hip hop, Funk & Soul. Get on it!!

Safe & Sound Guest Mix - Funky Franka

Twenty-five years is a fair chunk of time by anyone’s estimation but for Doug Masters, he remembers his first ever DJ gig at The Depot in Bristol like it was yesterday. “I was so nervous I thought I’d never do it again,” he says. “Little did I know that I’d end up playing thousands of times more and at some of the best clubs and festivals all over the world.” 

Marking 25 years that has seen Doug release on labels including Sunday Best, Bombstrikes and Westway with his D-Funk alias, become one of the architects of the funky breaks sound with his mid-2000s night Break Da House and play everywhere from Ibiza to the US, Canada, Europe and his adopted home of Australia, Doug has embarked on two mixes to celebrate his two and a half decades in the game. 

“I’m lucky to have been through so many scenes,” says Doug. “I caught the tail-end of the rave scene in the UK, zipping around to find parties in fields and in disused railway tunnels and then moved through progressive house to trance to UK garage and breaks and then on to my own production journey in the 2000s. I wanted to put together some mixes that reflected all of that.”

The first mix of the two-part series is a collection of tunes that have influenced Doug over the years, touching on everything from disco & house to UK garage & breaks to jungle, while the second collects together 25 of Doug’s personal favourites from his illustrious career as a producer. 

“I was lucky enough to spread a style of music I loved and helped create around the globe,” says Doug. “I want to celebrate that and everything that influenced me along the way with these two mixes.”

Track listing:
Fort Knox Five - The Brazilian Hipster
Krafty Kuts feat TC Izlam - Ill Type Sound
Featurecast - Sniper
Mongobonix -Mas Pito
Pete Hellar - Big Love (The Dronez Mix)
Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Joey Negro Club Mix)
Lovestation - Teardrops (Flava Mix)
MJ Cole feat Elizabeth Troy - Crazy Love
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas Mix)
Chicken Lips - He's Not In (Stanton Warriors Mix)
Dogtown Clash - West London's Burning
Sono - Keep Control (Hydrogen Rockers Vocal Mix)
Yothu Yindi - Treaty (Peace Division Mix)
Gaberial Anadna - Dopplewhipper
Delerium - Silence (Original Fade Sanctury Mix)
Hand's Burn - Good Shot
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Three In One Mix)
Sonique - Feels So Good (Break Beat Mix)
Love 4 Sale - Feel So Right
The Brothers Grimm - Exodus (The Lion Awakes)
Artemesia - Bits & Pieces
Pendulum & The Freestylers - Fasten Your Seatbelts
Natural Born Chillers - Rock The Funky Beats
Aldo Vanucci - When I See You Smile
Ian Brown - F.E.A.R
Plus lots of samples & acapellas from other amazing tunes. 

Website: www.dfunk.co.uk 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dfunkbreaks 
Bandcamp: d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg

D-Funk thanks…. 
My Mum & Dad for buying me my first set of decks. The Calne bedroom crew for putting up with hours of shoddy mixing in the early days. Alex Blackburn for helping my get my first ever gig. Pedro, Davey, Dai, Big Dave & the Wolves uni crew for the mad nights. Matt for first introducing me to hip hop. ‘Honest’ Lloyd. Jit at Canal Club. Nick Stevenson. Howard & all in the early days of Rotation. Charlie Lang. Naz, Doris & Ben Logue. Garry White. Tim Lyall. Mark Berry. James Bronson. Everyone at 176 over the years. The Turk. Josh at 2020. Shab & Dan. Wille Drum kit & his insatiable love of funk. Uncle Barry Ashworth, Carl Loben & Billy at Westway. Sang, Devastating Dave & all at Adicts. Phil Berrick. Paul Master. Evan Slynk. Tomas & everyone at Danio. Nicc Johnson. Scott Pullen. Shamozzle & Stacey Butler. And last but not least my wife for constantly backing me up but mostly listening to me whinge.

More D-Funk!

Toy Beats is a DJ, Producer and Podcaster from the UK.

Rising from the dust of the 90's Free Party and Rave scene he has seen and played it all. Starting his DJ career at 17 years of age playing to crowds of party people in quarry's, forests and disused airfields. In more recent years he's picked up residencies at Rough Trade, After Dark and Various clubs and UK festivals.

Toy Beats has been releasing his own material since 2017, with remixes and tracks on the likes of Scour Records, Breakbeat Paradise Recordings and Cuttin' It Fine Records. He's on the rise in the industry with stellar reviews from some of the scenes most popular online blogs.

Toy Beats shows take you on a funky bass infused journey through Hip Hop, Breaks, House and Drum and Bass all cut up with his precision turntable trickery, samples and edits. 

Because of his side passion for all things house and disco the ‘Disco Data Podcast’ delves into the latest pics in Nu-Disco & House Music. Sometimes with interviews from leading artists in the scene. 

Before you go please head over on the links below to follow Toy Beats on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with releases and other news...

If you’re feeling really pumped by all the Podcasts and Free Remixes why not hit the "Buy Me A Coffee" link on the Soundcloud page and support the artist for all the hard work!

Toy Beats is embarking on music studio product design at Rise Audio Gear. Follow the link below to check this project out. 

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Sydney-based, British born DJ, D-Funk has amassed a fair few achievements in his 25-years on the decks. Making his club debut at The Depot in Bristol in 1995, he’s gone on to DJ all over the world, playing notable sets at Space Ibiza and Ministry Of Sound and released on labels including Sunday Best and Bombstrikes. 

Getting his first set of decks at 14, Doug initially fell for the sounds of jungle and techno before a night dancing to house icon Tony De Vit in 1997 turned him towards the slinkier sounds of house music. 

His DJ career began to take off during his time at university in Wolverhampton where he started to pick up gigs at the Canal Club and Mezzanine, playing alongside DJs including Joey Negro, Mr Fingers, Scott Bond and Lisa Lashes, before a move to the South-Coast town of Bournemouth led him to eventually start his own night ‘Break Da House’ in 2004. 

The night took off, attracting big names including The Stanton Warriors and Plump DJs and eventually led to D-Funk’s first release, the ‘Electrotek’ EP after Dub Pistols headlined one night and Barry Ashworth from the band decided to release Doug’s music on his Westway label. The track found its way onto a TV ad in Portugal, as well as becoming a mainstay on Kiss FM’s breakbeat chart and gave Doug the confidence to pursue a career as a producer as well as a DJ, eventually leading to releases on Adapted Records and Ghetto Funk among countless other labels over the next 15 years. 

Moving to Sydney Australia in 2009, Doug started his label Upstart Music, releasing his own productions alongside tracks from the likes of Crackerz & Jam, Niko & Lyall and Rogue Robot and later started the funk label Grits N Gravy alongside friend and funk producer Philly Blunt, with the label winning the ‘Best Label’ award at Perth Dance Music Awards in 2010. 

Since living in Sydney, Doug has held down residencies at The World Bar and The Standard/Middlebar for the best part of a decade, as well as regular slots at Sash, Ivy, Goros, Hugos and many others. He’s played events for high profile companies such as Blackberry, Telstra, Jagermeister,  Sydney Cricket Ground & Saatchi & Saatchi. But there was still demand for him back on the side of the world and he regularly returned to Europe to play at Space Ibiza (including a set at the penultimate night of Carl Cox’s Revolution party) as well as touring in the UK, Europe, Asia and Canada. 

Now 25 years into his career, Doug is about to mark the 10th anniversary of his label Grits ‘N’ Gravy, with a compilation due this year mixed by himself and Philly Blunt, and has been busy producing house, hip hop and nu-disco with his current production partner Mr Doris.

Website: http://www.dfunk.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dfunkbreaks
Insta: https://www.instagram/dfunkbreaks
Bandcamp: https://d-funk.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6ZUH9yUJI74EASFVjviNVg

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