D-Funk 25 (Part 2)

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