Tune(s!) of the year

This was a tough one. 2012 has been a big year for me and there's been so much quality music accompaniment, that really I could have picked loads of different tunes. So actually I will... well kind of...

Timeless masterpiece that never left my ipod

Ya'll should know this...
Lynn Collins - Think

The tune I listened to most in 2012

Perfect.

Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes - Wake up Everybody (Psychemagik Edit)

Prettiest little thing of the year

Prior to 2012 The XX hadn't really been on my radar. I'd heard their stuff but for some reason I just hadn't bothered to look up who it was (despite liking it, so slack I know...). The Coexist album though got my attention and most of all this.
The xx - Angels

Video of the year

OK, I am totally cheating here. This isn't from 2012 and it isn't even an official video. Meh, whatever. It was 2012 when i got to see it and I think it's just such a clever idea. It's also beautiful. Plus the track is fucking amazing. Gotta love Aeroplane.
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix) ft. Au Revoir Simone

THE BIG WINNER!

2012's Funked Up Tune Of The Year

I'm big in to Featurecast's work, but this one in particular really did it for me. Featurecast does what he always does best with magical beats of magicalness and Greg Blackman lays down some sublime vocals. Funky soulful and just the proper good shit.
Featurecast (featuring Greg Blackman) - Get Lovely

Honourable mentions...

Doctor Hooka is a mixing machine of such immensely prolific proportions that I can barely keep up. Seriously bloke, I dunno how the fuck you do it. Thanks for tunes mate.

Here's almost 3 hours of electroswing he delivered recently.
Hookz & Swings



Chrispop brought us a ghettofunk classic that deserves a special mention :)

Digga Digga Doo


Also want to give a shout to Nolan Brown who introduced me to Daisuke Tanabe and sent me off on in new directions of musical discovery. ;)

Daisuke Tanabe - Artificial Sweetener

Ho Ho Hooka

Another Xmas mix for you...

Bonus points for getting DMX doing rudolph in there ;)

Stone Cold Steamed Ostrich (A Festive Turkey)

BOOM!!!

Skeewiff sets us up for...

ARMAGEDDON!

Xmas stuff

Gonna post a few Xmas related mixes and so on. Today we have....

A Very Wick-it Christmas

Incredible remix...

...of a Janet Jackson tune???

Yup. This is so damn good it fucks my head up. Free download too? Just wow.

Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately (PH Edit)

Season's Greetings

The Olympic Cyclone Band receive funkedup approval for two main reasons:

1) they be funky.

2) they're called the Olympic Cyclone Band

Check out this collection of snippets from their latest album. An absolute must for Xmas shenanigans. :D



Seriously folks, you should go get this. It'll totally sort out your xmas party playlist. THIS is how you do an xmas album.

Essential

Chrispop (of digga digga doo fame) has created a masterpiece mix celebrating the best tunes of 2012. Listen, love and download it. Free.

Chrispop - apocalypse no (best of 2012 mix)


And in case you somehow missed it before...

Digga digga doo

Tune of the week and it's only Monday?!?!

Nick Pride & The Pimptones dare to cover the uncover-able and, well... they don't screw up :D Everyone with ears (ok, everyone who has ears and a brain not full of wank) loves Massive Attack's legendary Unfinished Sympathy and this cover lends it a beautiful summery vibe. Perfect for pretending it's not winter and putting a smile on the face  ;) This tune is a good and glorious thing, so go listen and then go buy it.

Unfinished Sympathy

Jazz from Japan

I know bugger all about Mari Nakamoto, had a bit of a search and she's been kicking around a while doing the jazz thing, so excuse my ignorance. This tune has an awesome bass line... Actually it's just all round class.

Sneakin' Up On You

Showdown

Thin Lizzy with a tune funkier than an otter with a pipe.

Showdown

Humpty

This edit from The Reflex of The Vibrettes immensely funk track Humpty Dump is a must have. Free download at the moment too.

Humpty Dump (The Reflex Quick Edit)

Swinging in the Rain

Following on from yesterday, here is a glorious electro-swing mix from Jamko.

Jamko - S(w)ingin' in the Rain (Electro Swing mix)

Parov Stelar

There is of course loads of Parov Stelar on youtube, soundcloud and so on. Much quality stuff to jump around to.. Spoiled for choice on what to post, but me it's all about the Booty Swing and in particular this video with proper dancing legends...

Booty Swing

Not that I have a thing...

Yeah I've posted a few things featuring The XX before, so shoot me. It's been about for few years this tune, but I really like it and regularly find myself listening to it.

The Xx Vs. Deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember Shelter (Austin Eterno Mashup)

Tune of the week

The PH funky edit of Minus 8's Badman & Throbin' is my tune of the week. HUGE ARSE KICKING BOOM SHIT OF OH ME OH MY!

Yeah I like this, a lot.

Minus 8 - Badman & Throbin' (PH Funky Edit)

Gramatik + GRiZ =?

Grizmatik... And they're kicking things off with an immense tune and throwing it out as a free download. :D Funky, soulful and bordering on dirty, you needs to go get this!

Digital Liberation Is Mad Freedom

Back on it!

Yeah I know, been slack. Sorry. Stuff... Anyway, I be back on it.

The mighty Defunk brings us Banjo Blues available now from Resoul Records. Featuring Banjo, Blackstreet and Billy Holiday, really need I say more? Go get it get it!

Banjo Blues

German Jazz

Sorry for the slow updates, been a hectic few days. Anyway, here's something a little different today, some jazz from Germany. [re:jazz] have a new album out by the name of Kaleidoscope. I've been listening to it this week for more relaxed chilled out evenings. There's lots to like, this is proper music. Plus it has some flute, which is always a bonus ;) Oh and it featues N'dea Davenport of Brand New Heavies fame, so that should give you an idea of where it's going. Various listening options below :)

 

Nuclear

Sammy Senior playing around with Zomboy's Nuclear and providing goodness.

Nuclear (Sammy Senior remix)

I say old chap

Chap-hop still confuddles me. It's clearly ridiculous, yet I remain mildly amused and perhaps charmed by the whole idea. I imagine that's exactly the point :D

Plus it does have some serious beats lurking around. This recent tune from Mr B (The Gentleman Rhymer) is a class example. And damn there's some slick suits in the video.

Just Like A Chap


And then of course there's the rather well known Fighting Trousers from Professor Elemental. Regardless of if the rap style rocks your boat, the tune itself is proper good. Clever tinkering from the Professor as he slows down an old tune Twilight in Turkey by Raymond Scott from way back in the 1930s. Ah I love the things the internet can teach you :D.

Fighting Trousers


Twilight in Turkey

I could post a shit load of other tunes that make me chuckle, but I think this one has to be done. Mr B's tribute to the hip-hop classics

Chap Hop History

An essential Smoove purchase

Smoove knows how to do a remix; his rework of Steve Winwood's I'm a Man is an immense, guaranteed to get your arse moving, b-boy classic that I listen to all the time. So no surprise that I'd been looking forward to getting my hands on his latest album, the aptly named "First Class". Whilst some of the tracks have been knocking about for a while, the album was only officially released last month and has a whole load of other tunes on it. It's an awesome collection of quality remixes and I can't recommend it enough (please note I am not on a commission lol, it's just damn good).

Highly recommended :)

First Class Minimix



As a nice little bonus, Call Up To Heaven is available as a free download.

Call Up To Heaven

Tune of the week

I remember the first time I heard Rose Rouge from St Germain's Tourist album, it was the year 2000 and I was on the last day of a holiday in Amsterdam. I immediately decided I must own this, but being the last day it was a bit of a rush and I couldn't find the album anywhere... So off we went and headed to Schiphol Airport. I popped into a shop to buy a magazine, glanced at the CD rack as I walked in and WTF! There it was straight in front of me :) Result!

Here we have Leftside Wobble giving this classic tune a gentle edit. To quote their wise words.. "This ones all about the rhythm track overdubs and subtle filtering. Sometimes an edit needs a very light touch and with a track so perfect this is certainly the case here."

St Germain - Rose Rouge (Leftside Wobble Bump & Hustle Edit)

Needles

Can't remember if I linked this before, but a mate just reposted it on facebook and since I'm quite the Jimi Needles fan, here it is:

Gotye vs Bucketheads vs Chicago - Street Sounds (That I Used To Know)

Jetlag

Normally I'm not a fan of Whitney Houston songs. I can appreciate them sure, she had a great voice and all, but they're just not my thing (for a wide range of reasons most of the 80s and I are still not talking). However this has now changed, all thanks to the tune that arrived in my email yesterday...

Over in Brussels, Jetlag are doing classy stuff with house and other electronic music (and violins I gather, which intrigues me greatly...). This tune is a remix of I'm Every Woman, ya'll know it obviously. It will be officially released on the 6th of November 2012, though Jetlag have made it available as a free download right now. It's proper good, so go listen.

Every Woman


And whilst we're talking about Jetlag, check out this mixtape. I've got it playing right now. Goodness.

Tune of the week

Is actually a mix. Just heard this and it's destroyed my head with awesomeness. Yet again I must say, nice one Daytoner!

This is an essential free download

Classic Edits Mix 2012

Preach on

A classic with some beat tinkering from Jim Sharp.

Preacher Man (Jim Sharp Re-Edit)

Religion

Been lots of talk about religion today, people claiming with absolute certainty that they know the unknowable. So in reality just the usual manipulative crap. Which made me think of this track by Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip...

A letter from God to Man


And whilst I'm thinking about Mr Pip, here's one from his solo album Distraction Pieces.

Introdiction

Animal

I like animals. I like music. I like animals and music.

C@ in the H@ does good stuff with swing. Here we have an electro swing dubstep swingstep thing:

Swing Sound of '88


Next up are Count Yates and Marsha Gee, who unfortunately I know bugger all about but stumbled upon recently and made me think of doing this animal themed post. :P Plus the tunes made me chuckle and someone needs to go play with them...

Chimpanzee

Peanut Duck


Obvious one to put in now... Yup it's The Beatles.

I Am The Walrus



And finally, because in reality we're just animals with guns and money, here's one of my all time favourite tracks; the Smoove remix of Steve Winwood's immense...

I'm a Man


Ah bugger it, one for the road... There's only one Animal!

Mahna Mahna

The Doctor

I listen to Doctor Hooka mixes a lot. A monumental amount. More than is probably healthy. In other words, A whole sodding LOT. In fact today my entire working soundtrack was a selection of his mixes... I'm a huge fan of his track selection, the leaping across genres and the defining themes that truly work without sticking to the obvious. "Is good init" as they say round here. Here's a few examples of why I'm gushing so...

Bit of a Halloween thing going on with this one.

Spaceport (Re-Edit)



I got a real thing for the electroswing scene, it's happy music. The world needs more happy. This delivers it.

Hookz & Swings


During the recent series of Doctor Who, our musical Doctor did a mix inspired by each episode. They're all worth grabbing, really great selection of tunes, but this one in particular tickles my fancy.

A Town Called Mercy



Also the Doctor providers other musical services with radio shows on:
Every 2nd/4th Thursday 3pm GMT www.nsbradio.co.uk
Every Monday 10pm GMT www.piraterevival.co.uk
Every Sunday 11pm GMT www.statichq.com

And there's this simple but effective classy thing....

Massive Attack/Everything But The Girl-Better Things (Hook-Cave Extension)



And a brief bit of extra Tardis action, Eminem style.

You Need a Doctor

I could not agree more

In Logam's words:

"Is it just me or is the standard for what is considered to be "Dubstep" today just getting lower and lower and lower and lower on a daily basis? I mean seriously, I just heard some of the worst "Dubstep" I've ever heard and this dude or dudes have over 2000 followers. For my next Dub release I'm just going to set off a car alarm, record it, and put a beat behind it...oh and sample someone talking about hoes or drugs or hoes with drugs and then pitch it down and insert it right before the drop. 10,000 followers in one day. Guaranteed."

Tune of the week

There have been a great many Return of the Mac remixes over the years, but today I have a new favourite... Jimi Needles goes for a classic soul vibe and totally nails it. Most definitely my favourite tune of the last week too.

 Free download from his facebook page as well, so go give the man a like via the button below.

Jimi Needles - Return of the Mac (Short Edit)


ps: I will attempt to remember to do a tune of the week, every week...

JFB

JFB, turntable legend and supplier of much awesome. The tracks and the mixes below are available as free downloads at the moment at his soundcloud. Aint he a nice chap eh?

Cheeseburger Bum Tits


Past From The Blast

JFB Mega Mix

JFB Mega Mix 2

Huge as...

Wick-it the Instigator, oh hello! What have you done here?? HUUUUUUUUUGE TUNE!

Three 6 Mafia vs. Metallica - Lightning Head (Wick-it Remix)


And for some reason the beat on that just makes me want to see Tom Cruise do his Tropic Thunder dance to it...

Disco Syndicate takes a lesser known but quality Lenny Kravitz tune and does special things to it. Possibly in a sexual way. At least it feels like it to me.

Lenny Kravitz - If you can't say no (Disco Syndicate mix)

Dramophone

Caravan Palace with a quality electroswing number from their new album Panic (on itunes here) and a video that should raise a smile or two :)

Magic in Glasgow

Gonna be a big post today, dedicated to some musical technician wizard type folks from Glasgow. :)

I got a lot time for Scratchandsniff and the Applescruffs with the awesome they're putting up on soundcloud. Their tune selection demonstrates excellent music taste, which is a good thing of course, but then they enhance those tunes with a skillful, subtle touch that shows real care and respect to the original. Or possibly they actually do some harry-potter-gandalf shit, cos the end result is always magic.

Here's a few amazingly good examples:

George Jackson - You Can't Make It No Better


General Johnson - Don't Walk Away


Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming

Chuck Carbo - Can I Be Your Squeeze

And this... damn!
Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band - Stay Away

A piper is down...

Bobby C Sound TV, who I shall now refer to as Bobby, was walking round London recently when he stumbled upon a chap playing Bagpipes in the street. So Bobby being Bobby, he immediately recorded the bloke and then turned it into one his trademark big sound bouncing tunes :) Inspiration that, proper.

Piper on the Bridge


And just in case you aint seen this before... Here's another classic Bobby C Sound TV remix:

Boots and Cats

Sammy Senior

Sammy Senior lays the gauntlet down with a tune funkier than a badger in a purple pimp suit. An essential purchase.

Funky Grammar

Comparisons

I was listening to the Check Your Head radio show the other night and Steam played Our Day Will Come by Ruby & The Romantics from 1963... I'd heard the Amy Winehouse version, but I must admit I hadn't heard the original before. OK actually I didn't know it existed :P Love it though! Check out the 2 versions and see which you prefer. Both are great of course, but for me the original has a bit more magic :)

Our Day Will Come (Amy Winehouse)

Our Day Will Come (Ruby & The Romantics)


The Check Your Head radio show can be found at Fnoob Underground on Thursday nights 8pm to 10pm GMT. It's well worth tuning in to for a diverse musical journey every week.

Oh yes :)

This is an awesome bit of electroswing from The Swing Bot. And a free download. Move quickly, you need this.

Glenn Miller - Hooked On Swing (The Swing Bot Remix)

Now you say you love me

Julie London had such an amazingly sultry tone to her voice, it always makes me think of smokey bars, hard drinks and super sexy folks in 1950s attire.

Her version of Cry Me a River is an absolute classic and personifies the era. Nigh on perfect this...

Cry Me A River


But that doesn't mean it can't be played with :) As High Contrast did a few years back, using it as the core of their huge D&B tune.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang


I was just gonna post those 2 tunes today, but then I remembered this... Many folks covered The Door's Light My Fire, but I think this is my favourite, plus it has flute. Flute is good.

Light My Fire

Posted this before but....

...just felt like putting it out there again. Yes I know that's 3 times, but I really like it, so whatever :P

The XX, Angels (Bodhi remix)


And since I'm here and thinking about The XX remixes and the like. This cover is decent...

Gorillaz -- Crystalised (The XX Cover)


OK and last edit :P Ya'll will obviously know the XX tune Intro, but perhaps you've not seen how it fits so well with this video from NASA. And yes that is the northern lights seen from space. Proper trippy and more than a little mind blowing that... HD and full screen is recommended :)

This is Our Planet from Tomislav Safundžić on Vimeo.

Getting you set for the weekend

OK so the weekend starts today, which means it's time for some proper going out music. Three mixes, all quality and all very different, one of these should fit the night you've got planned. Plus you should like at least one of these, or like WTF? Seriously now ;)

Wanna Get Funky With Me


Shake Your Rump


Aeroplane's August 2012 mix

Spread the word

The world has seen many Beatles remixes, maaaaaaaaaaaaaany beatles remixes oh yes, but few on a par with this little bit of perfection from Paul Nice. It's available as a free download for a limited amount of time, so be quick.

The Word (Paul's "SPREAD THE WORD" Remix)

A nice surprise

I got a message yesterday pointing me in the direction of this mix... And what a nice surprise that was! It's got a lovely and relaxing ambient vibe to it and a particularly interesting track list (nice imagery, if ya get me). I do like it when people do interesting stuff :) Free download too, so get to it folks.

Something Else :: Little City Speaker Sessions 006


You can read more about Nolan Brown and this mix over at Little City.

JT reggae

Jamie Travers (AKA JT) really knows how to deliver a decent reggae style mashup and because he's clearly a decent chap, they're free downloads too! :) You should go check out his soundcloud for those downloads for sure, there's maaaaaaaaany tunes to have fun with. Here's a couple of my faves from his recently added tunes

Ben E King's classic "Stand By me"


Alex Care's "Too Close"


I could post loads of his stuff up, but this from a few months ago uses the same track as above but is also just abso-fucking-lutely spot on.

Mark Morrison... Return of the Mack

Prince

So at the Coachella festival in 2008 Prince did a live cover of Radiohead's Creep. As you'd expect from Prince it's an interesting rework and the guitar work is more than a bit good.

Creep (Prince cover)

50 years of Bond video

Bond, James Bond. Now with video.

 

Monday music

A bit of a Monday mixture to get the week started. AND you can download all of these for free! :)

First off DJ Moneyshot's (you should be downloading his mixes btw) outfit The Allergies having some fun with Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

They Reminisce Over You (The Allergies Revisit)



Next we have Cyril Hahn's gorgeous remix of Solange's Losing You. Proper end of night anthem this. It's pretty much incomparable to the original and makes for a tune that's sooooooooo much more my cup of tea to be honest.

Losing You (Cyril Hahn Remix)



And last, but certainly not least, Elliot Ireland (of Skeewiff & Jalapeno records fame) with a beautiful chillout track. The piano when it kicks in is just... wow!

Odham's Walk

Muppets

This tune from last year always puts a smile on my face. Funny, funky and lyrically poignant... I like this a lot :)

Muppets Revolution

50 years of Bond

Like a good martini, A Skillz and Krafty Kuts mixes will get you shaking your thing good and proper. There's none of that stirring nonsense here... ;)

Here they've served up some quality cinemascopetastic Bond style awesomeness. Seriously, you gotta get this free download like now. And then play it over and over whilst sliding around the room in a tux with a pistol shaped bulge in your pocket.

50 Years of Bond Mini Mix

Roy Ayers

Today here's a couple of Roy Ayers tracks. First is a well known classic you'll definitely know, but the second is not quite so well known. Which is a shame because it's got a proper groove to it :)

Love Will Bring Us Back Together




Funk In The Hole

You need this tune

I can be a little precious about people remixing Bob Marley, too often I find it's just feels kinda pointless. However, if it's done right it can be stunning. Like this absolutely gorgeous musical masterpiece from Sam Redmore.

Is This Love (Sam Redmore's Acoustic Takedown)


And you can download it for free on Sam's facebook

More 212 clever stuff

The MotherChip, who in their own words "deal in heavyweight funk and speaker-worrying wobble hop.", must have had a bit of chuckle with this one. Lovin it :)

Azealia Banks - 212 (The MotherChip's Tollcross Tickle)

Renegades of Jazz go latin...

...under the name Mankoora..

I do like me some Renegades of Jazz, I posted up a great Daytoner remix of theirs not so long ago, but today it's all about them being Mankoora and getting their latin funk with a breakbeat moustache face on. :)

The two devilishly funky tracks below are out now on a double 45 from Hiperbole records..

El Loco


Boogaloo Tormenta

Leygo

This lad has some serious tunes up his sleeve. This mash up is just... :)

LL Cool J vs TM Juke and the Jack Baker trio - Mama said knock you out Leygo edit

Double funky love

Freqnik & WDRE providing a tune reminiscent of classic b-boy anthems here... Highly recommended :)

Favela B-Boy Funk


And now we have a class remix by Leygo of Grinny Grandad's already awesome track...

Keep your hands to yourself (Leygo remix)

Classic style new funky

The Soul Immigrants hail from London, play classy jazz, funk, soul type loveliness and it's worth keeping an eye on their website for their next gigs if you fancy hearing them live: www.thesoulimmigrants.com

The Ghetto

Stepping back a couple of years...

...to 1969, have a listen to this oh so funky track by Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists..

Detroit

Today is a ding day so

...a tune that has many special memories gets re-posted. The only Stevie Wonder cover that is better than the original. As I said before.......
Bold statement.

Truth.

Gene Harris

As

Junkies Monkeys & Donkeys

Going back to 1971 here with Jericho Jones, also known as The Churchills and...

Junkies Monkeys & Donkeys

Def Tonez delivers a must have

You need to download this now.

I Got 5 Rude Boys (Def Tonez DNB-RNB Blend)

Breaks and jazzy-swingy-latin-stuff of loveliness

This is a great mix from Palov. I've linked his stuff before, I am a bit of  fan it must be said, but this is particularly classy. And a free download too :)


Palov's Favoritos 1

At home

Just a few XX tracks today, nice and mellow for a working from home day. I'm slightly torn with them, half of their stuff is great, but the other half I find a little too keen to be some kind of 80s-siouxsie-smiths-zero7 inspired hybrid thing which loses its way (ok... that makes sense in my head).

Intro (extended version)


VCR


Angels (Bodhi Remix)

Swing wubs

Two very different tunes today :)

First off we have S Strong with a classy swing hop style remix.

Speakeasies swing band - Bright lights, late nights(S Strong Remix)



Next up we have C2C going for it with a electro-dubstep-wubwubwub-bluesness.

C2C - Down The Road (HIFANA Live Remix)

Protection

Disco Syndicate providing another subtle rework, this time it's Massive Attack's classic Protection. 12 mins of pure pleasure :)

Protection

28 mins and 46 seconds of funky goodness

Decent little mix here from Mr Todd Perrine, real happy bouncy vibe to it. Me likes it a lot. Free download too.

The Stuff Your Funk mix

Sleep

A John Lennon re-vision as they describe it, this is The Reflex...

Sleep - The Reflex Stems Re-Vision

Stevie reggae style

Jamie Travers does a good mashup remix and here's a prime example. Lots of people play around with Superstition, but most are just a bit uninspired. This however is perfect and a free download too.

Superstition - Reggae Remix

A Skillz returns...

...and delivers a HUGE tune. A remix of one of the best bits of music ever, Lynn Collin's ultimate classic "Think". You need to have this tune in your life.

Think (A Skillz remix)

So damn funky

Alex Williams and The Mustangs delivering some seriously funky shit right here.

Wind Your Clock

boots

Time for some Bobby C Sound TV remix awesomeness.

 Boots and Cats
 

Eclectic taste is the way to go

It's always good to not to be a genre locked when it comes to music. You know like those people that when asked what music they like reply with just one thing... It's like only eating food from one culture, which would be boring, shows a lack of imagination and generally makes for a dull person. Not that I'm saying don't have favourites, cos we all do, just make sure you try other stuff ;)

 So here's a few different bits and bobs at random that I listened to today at one point or another.

A bit of soulful magic from 1972 and Odyssey
Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love




Godly & Cream with a classic video. A tune most kids will probably know from Grand Theft Auto 4 :P
Cry



Cymande... just play it, you'll know it.
Le Message


LL Cool J remixed for extra funk by Freqnik & WDRE.
 Mama Said Knock You Out Funky B-Boy Remix


Tom Petty, a legend and someone ya'll should appreciate ;)
Mary Jane's last Dance

For the 96

Goosebump time.

For those that don't know the song.

Beasties

This tribute mix for the Beastie Boys is serious good shit and a free download.

WTF, another glitch tune I like

Minoru plays some games with Ray Charles here and the result is a bit good.

Under Your Spell

Greg Blackman...

...is the voice behind one of my absolute fave tunes at the moment, Featurecast's Get Lovely which I've linked up on here before.
A tune which feature's on Featurecast's debut album which is proper class and should be purchased immediately.

Get Lovely



But Mr Blackman is a busy funky soul soldier and has a load of class music on his soundcloud. Check out..
The Haters Can Say What They Want / Funky Like This


And the sexually arousing, moisture causing, pure awesomeness of:
Work it Out

60% of the time...

...it works everytime.

Cubanix delivering the groove and laughs...

Sex Panther

Glitch

I'm kinda torn on this tune from Droideka. I'm not a huge fan of glitch stuff in general, but this is kinda winning me over. That guitar always would though to be fair. As a bit of a ghetto funk whore myself, I would say the song title is slightly misleading, unless I'm missing some irony or something. Which is possible.



Ghetto Funk

Gospel

I dunno this lot, first time I heard this track was a few minutes ago. But damn when gospel does it right...! The Inspirational Gospel Singers

The Same Thing It Took

Ego Tripping

Featurecast once more with the goodness and a free download.


Ego Tripping (feat. Farina Miss) (WBBL Remix)

All I Need

Disco Syndicate with a subtle yet gorgeous tweak of an all time classic from Air. This track is a must have.

All I Need

Home

Big fan of the original and I'm a total whore for breakbeats. So this was always gonna be popular...
Alimighty I.Z. I bow to your awesomeness.

Edward Sharpe - Home (Whole-Z Remix) (Almighty I.Z. B-Boy EDIT)

And this is also just perfect.

The Tornadoes Ft Tyra Hammond - You Got Me Thinking (Almighty I.Z. B-boy EDIT EXTENDED)

Free download here for the Jimmy Edgar remix of Eli & Fur's

Tonight

Marvin

Just go listen and then I reckon you'll be wanting to take advantage of the free download (just a facebook like required)

Marvin Gaye - Got to Give it Up (Josh Wink Edit)

I've been listening to this loads for a while, it's a beautiful remix and far superior to the original IMHO. Also this video is just an absolutely gorgeous choice by the uploader.

Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix) ft. Au Revoir Simone

DizkoLoco

Sweet little house track by DizkoLoco here.. I shall be keeping an ear on this chap.

Could This Be Love

Get it while it's hot

Free download... DJ B-Side with a classy Snoop remix here

Nodding Doggs - Doggs booty

Get it

Liking this from Chris Malinchak...

If U Got It

Again?

Yup, it's The Apple Scruffs two days in a row. This edit of Prince's masterpiece of filthy-sex-grinding-dirty-funky-fuck-music™ is just plain glorious eargasmic smut.


Gett Off (The Apple Scruffs Edit)

Sunset

Apple Scruffs are always reinvigorating classic tunes, I could spend ages linking the quality stuff they've put back out there, but today I shall just settle for a bit of Michael Jackson.


Sunset Driver (The Apple Scruffs Edit)

Woah

This is amazing. Kendra Morris grabs a Metallica classic by the balls and takes it somewhere totally different. Proper class.

Ride the Lightning

And as a bonus here's her version of Chris Isaak's legendary...

Wicked Game

Wake Up Everybody

One of my favourite tunes this. I think I posted the gorgeous Pyschemagik remix before... Meh whatever, here it is again, followed by another version I heard last night. The later one is more true to the original and is equally lush, as my lady would say..

Wake Up Everybody (Psychemagik remix)


Wake Up Everybody ( Alternative Groove Dub) M.F.S.B. Teddy Pendergrass Keith Classics Demo

Some Northern Soul

For a mod friend of mine I'm linking up some classic Northern Soul :)

First off we have The Metros and...

Since I found my Baby



Next up a personal fave (HUUUUUUUUUGE tune this), Edwin Starr and...

Time



And finally, Tony Clarke's classic...

Landslide

Gangnam Style

OK so slightly different post purely because this video made me laugh the other week or whenever it was. So you probably saw this video already since it went properly viral and has been posted all over.



Amusing, catchy, etc... Anyways, I was curious as to what remixes were floating around and if anyone had made something interesting, so I had a bit of explore last night... To be blunt, most of them were proper shite or terribly generic and uninspired, but this one has potential (I presume it's not finished).



/random

Old to the old remixed

A little bounce now from the old to the old remixed..

L. V. Johnson with some classic soul R&B from (I believe) 1981.

I Don't Really Care


Such a beat on this track from 1974 by Chuck Jackson (song originally by Lamont Dozier, but I like Chuck's version a lot more).

Take Off Your Make-up



And now leaping elsewhere with a big face slapping beat... Featurecast, who's altar I worship at regularly, lays down a HUUUUUGE Public Enemy remix. Free download too. :)

Harder Than You Think (Featurecast Remix)




This should make you smile, Leftside Wobble delivers an Ian Dury remix :D And yet another free download.

Wake Up & Make Love To Me (Leftside Wobble Rude Extension)

A thousand apologies

I've had the pox and was too wasted to post up tunes and stuff. I've got a huge backlog of digging, radio shows and soundcloud loveliness to catch up on now... So whilst I get on that and to make amends, here's a few slices of goodness that have immediately stood out. Free downloads on the first few too...

Firstly here's a gorgeous edit of Right Direction's

Midnight Rhythm (A Digital Needle edit)


And then we have this... I like a bit of Goldfrapp. I like Sparky's style. As such I like this an almost sexual way..

Strict machine (sparky's extended re hash)


Ya'll know I love me a bit of Skeewiff, they simply always deliver.

Hey DJ


Finally we have this mellow lushness from Daytoner, available soon on iTunes.

From the Root to the Fruit


And a bonus blues track from Daytoner that just rolls it out

Arreested Development

Some DnB classics

OK so I'm feeling all retro and thinking about days gone by that I don't remember so well :P 

Classic buttock wiggling fun from years back. DJ Fresh Feat. MC Darrison providing:
All That Jazz




Everyone knows this next Roni Size track of legend. Timeless this.
Brown Paper Bag



And as an extra, have a huge tune from last year that I have thing for and posted not that long ago, but don't care... The Shy FX & Benny Page Digital Sound Boy remix of Maverick Sabre's...
Let Me Go

Latin init

Gorgeously funky latin style breaks from Greenwood Rhythm Coalition and a free download to boot.

Traición

Skeewiff goes disco

Love Skeewiff. Love this.

Super Stellular

Azealia Funks

Dancefloor Outlaws with a huge remix of Azealia Banks 212...

Azealia Funks

The XX

Loving this remix from Bodhi of The XX's Angels. It's like Massive Attack and Faithless spitroasting Portishead.

Angels (Bodhi remix)




Not that there's anything wrong with the original either...

A mix to make you bounce

48mins of music that will make you bounce from Hong Kong Ping Pong. Free download too.

Flute and stuff

Some classic funky stuff here from Johnny Pate.

You're Starting Too Fast

Rage Against The Machine

I love this :D

Killing in the Name of Jazz

Thou shalt not fuck with Candi Staton

I do like a bit of Florence and the Machine, always had a thing for that kind of vocal, but one thing I didn't really like was their cover of  You Got the Love. It broke the rule: Thou shalt not fuck with Candi Staton. Like most people with any taste, it's one of my all time favourite tracks and Florence's version was just a bit lifeless in comparison.

You Got the Love



However, a few days ago I stumbled across this remix of Florence's version by Fukuyama. And I like it... a lot. Makes for a much more interesting version, as it does something properly different with the tune  going on a  funky house disco trip. Nicely done chaps, nicely done indeed.

Aviation Queen Got the Love

What's Going On?

Got a really nice and chilled remix by Sam Redmore of Marvin Gaye's absolute classic...

What's Going On



Also there's a free download link on the main page here.

Blues Soup

I've only just discovered Monetrik... This is great. Also at the time of writing the Buy button is actually a free download...

Blues Soup

Oh my...

Just so damn funky... An epic edit from Apple Scruffs of Michael Jackson and James Brown.

You Make Me Feel Funky

HUGE

I am a bit of a fan of Sparky Deep Sound Design. And this should demonstrate why...

Sweeter Dreams (Eurythmics remixed)

Moombahton

Jonny Chino with a huge Moombahton remix of "Rodolfo Aicardi Y Su Tipica RA7-Tabaco Y Ron". Which I won't even pretend to be able to say. Loving this tune though and a free download to boot.

Rodolfo Aicardi Y Su Tipica RA7-Tabaco Y Ron (Jonny Chino Moombahton Bootleg)

Listen Bastards

Mr Goju and Renegades of Jazz with some huge beats on Listen Bastards!, due for release 20th July 2012.

Listen Bastards!



Oh and if you haven't already, go check out this post with Daytoner's remix of Hooked on Swing, also by Renegades of Jazz.

Palov

I'm liking Palov's work a lot right now, leaping across genres with much style. This latest tune is on the swing thing, which as you may have noticed works for me...

That's All Folks



As an added bonus, check out this awesome jungle book magic from a while back by DJ Color C2

The Bare Necessities

Teardrop

Insane remix/mashup of Massive Attack's Teardrop going on here. This is great.

Teardrop (Massive Attack vs. Knight Riderz vs. Bob Marley vs. Bird & the Bee remix)

Upgrade your Adele...

...just add Daft Punk. As demonstrated with this glorious remix.

Something About The Fire (Carlos Serrano Mix)

Aretha

Aretha Franklin needs no introductions. Just go listen to the glory of......

I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

More Electro Swing

Continuing from yesterday's electro swing, check out Odjbox with the track:

Birmingham


Now if you like this, head over to his site and you can download a 5 track album (including Birmingham) for whatever cost you feel like paying, which can be zero if you want it free. Actually he has other albums you can get for free there too. So well worth a visit and maybe chuck the lad some cash if you appreciate the work.

Swing

I'm quite into the whole electro-swing thing right now. Lots of interesting stuff going on, with people reintroducing music from all over time and the world. This one is a remix by Mr Gramo of the Belgian group Vaya Con Dios' single "Don't Cry For Louie". The original could be from any time in like the last 70 years, it's got that old school swing thing going on, but it's actually from 1988.

Don't Cry For Louie (Mr Gramo remix)


And the original

Epic drums, amongst things.

The drums in this are just.... damn...!! EnjoyNicole Willis & The Soul Investigators remixed.

Holding On (Afronaut Remix)

For the glory of Tuesday

Have a glorious 1 hour mix by DJ Zack Darling.. Featuring a load of classic mashups and malarkey with a dubstep funk dub twist thing. And with a free download, straight to the iPod it goes!

The Mashstep Evolution Volume 3

Careless Whisper

Free download (if you like his facebook page) of this funky love funk from Defunk. If you do like the facebook page, I'd also recommend you download Big Gurl from there too.

Never gonna dance again

Perfect

Donny Hathaway, amazing, a legend lost and this tune is just perfection.

I love you more than you'll ever know



One just aint enough... There ain't many people that can cover Marvin Gaye and do him proud. Donny could.

What's goin' on

Steel Band pimp style

The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band with....

P I M P

No introduction required

Stevie Wonder

Pastime Paradise

Pretty Lights

Derek Vincent Smith, from Denver describes his music as "electro organic cutting-edge party rocking beats". Well, this track is a bit more on the chilled out end of night side of things, but is proper class.

We Must Go On

Cosmic Star Slop

Rainman is one to keep an eye on. This track The Stars is soulful, mellow and yet subtly trippy, if that makes sense. Does to me anyway.

The Stars

She walks funny

A free download of filthy, dirty, and proper twisted beats from DJ PulpFusion with....

Sally's Walk

Renegades of Jazz remix

Today we have Daytoner's remix of Hooked on Swing by Renegades of Jazz.

Hooked on Swing (Daytoner Remix)

Sorry for the pause, I is back now

Shit got real as they say.

Anyways, back on it now and to catch up for those missed days, have something fresh and summery.

The Allergies - This is just a ride



Oh and how about having a whole album for free download which includes this tune? Here you go!

So yeah, that should make up for my absence :D

I'm a man

Smoove's epic remix of the Spencer Davis Group's utterly legendary....

I'm a man


One of my all time favourite tunes.

Which reminds me...

Defunk, who I linked yesterday, did a remix of this track recently, but I just looooooooove the original. Check out Caro Emerald with....

You don't love me

Defunk

I'm big into the whole Ghetto Funk scene right now, they'll be a load of stuff I link up that's either from that scene or kinda related somehow. Starting with this track from Defunk.

Big Gurl


Free download too.

A bit of D&B

I do like a bit of the old drum & bass. This was doing the rounds a while back and still makes me moist. The Shy FX & Benny Page remix of Maverick Sabre's...

 Let Me Go

Beatles remix

Gramatik with an epic remix of the classic Beatles track....

Don't Let Me Down

Free download too.

And roller skates

Vaughan Mason And Crew demonstrating that perfect combo, disco and roller skates...

Sick bass in this.

Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll

late again.. doh

But I'll make up for it with a proper classy tune from The Voices of East Harlem.

Can You Feel It?

ooops bit late

So have something proper awesome.. Hackney Colliery Band with something you might recognise.

Africa

Soul Finders

Chuck Carbo and The Soul Finders.. I dunno bugger all, but I like this tune.

 Can I Be Your Squeeze?

Stunning

Another recent tune, Dojo Cuts featuring Roxie Ray nailing a sexy jazzy funky number...


Easy to come home

Bluenote eargasm

Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, a truly legendary soul outfit from Philadelphia. Wake up Everybody is an utterly glorious track, but for a little spice try out this beautiful edit by Psychemagik. I'm completely in love with this tune.

Wake up Everybody -(Psychemagik Edit)

And now for something recent... The Baker Brothers with.....

Feeding Freddie

Holland-Dozier-Holland, so much that could be said... A cornerstone of the Motown sound, writing and producing for the likes of The Supremes and the Isley Brothers, to name just a couple.

Don't Leave Now

Classic funky

Eddie Henderson with a classic.

Prance On

Joe Tex

Funky as feck, an originator of rap, James Brown even covered one of his tunes (as well as his wife...), Joe Tex was a bit of a legend.

Papa was too




One tune is not enough :D

Skinny legs and all

Two classics

Lee Dorsey was a proper R&B singer, from the days when R&B actually did what it said on the tin. Apparently he was also in the US Navy and a kick arse boxer. A man of many skills then.

Give It Up




And then we have Dee Edwards, a great singer who released a chain of tracks during the 1960s, but made it big in the charts in the late 1970s when she got into disco. However the tune I'm linking is a more soulful ditty from the early 70s and is a personal fave.

I Can Deal With That

My name is Johnny Depp and I kill people

Scroobius Pip again, with a funky yet slightly disturbing track..

The Struggle

The only cover of a Stevie Wonder tune that is better than the original

Bold statement.

Truth.

Gene Harris

As

Golden

I know sweet FA about Midas Touch, other than this track.

Good Articulation

So that previous post title...

...was obviously going to lead to this classic b-boy breakbeat anthem from Nice & Smooth. Obviously something ya'll will know, but whatever......

Old to the New

Old to the new, the new to old

Menahan Street Band... you'd think this was straight from the 1970s, but nope, 2008. This is the title track of the album "Make the Road by Walking". Recommended, it's alllllll good.


Make the Road by Walking

 

 And while we're here, lets have another from the same album...

 The Traitor

Do it do it do it

An immense tune by Billy Sha-Rae, from I think 1971, not sure..

Do it

 

From Mop Mop's "Ritual of the Savage" album (which I highly recommend) So High is just one of those joyful bubbling tracks that grabs you by the bits and makes you get a wiggle on.

So High

Ron Burgandy aint got nothing on Bobbi

Bobbi Humphrey with "Harlem River Drive" taken from her 1973 album "Blacks and Blues". A Blue Note classic. Just go listen.

Harlem River Drive

Spanky Wilson

Didn't really need to think of a title for this post cos the lady has the best name in the music industry like ever...
Yet that can't overshadow the funked up awesomeness of this classic from her and the Quantic Soul Orchestra.

Don't Joke With a Hungry Man

 

Spanky Wilson's been laying down jazzy vocals since the 60s and as her work with Quantic demonstrates, she's totally still got it. If I recall correctly this track was first recorded for Quantic's "Mishaps Happening" album, but it also features on "I'm Thankful" where they collaborated with Spanky for a whole album. Both of which are well worth looking in to.

Almost lost in time

I knew absolutely bugger all about Little Ann until the other day. I stumbled across this classy track and decided to find out a bit more... Turns out she recorded an album in the 60s, but it was never released and the tape reels were just left on a shelf somewhere. Then in the 90s the tapes were discovered by accident, people were like OMFG and BOOM! Onto the Northern Soul scene she goes.

Possession


I believe this is probably her most well known tune.
What Should I Do?

Sunday lovely

I'm in love with Featurecast, the man can do no wrong. Will be linking a load of his tracks and mixes, but we'll kick it off with the one that's shagging my soul right now.

Get lovely

Nirvana cover = sex music

Stay Away
Covering a Nirvana track is always going to court controversy and to be honest most I've heard failed to do anything worthwhile. This tune however has such a filthy, dirty, beat to it that even before you factor in Charles Bradley's mindfuckingly sexual vocals, this tune is already licking your eardrums and dry humping your leg.

Filthier than a crack whore's knickers this.