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For all X (music)
Feb. 7th, 2018 11:37 am...where X is a crappy drwex mood, the solution is "apply more funk." Long sets here so I'll do just three for now and save more for another post.
http://www.groovelectric.com/stackthedeck.html
Another great Groovelectric mix from DJ Steveboy, this one is full of funky throwback tunes and covers of things you've heard before. It's hard to pick a favorite here. Maybe Ministry of Funk - Orange (Funky Live Mix) - which I couldn't find as a separate track but you can get on Beatport here: https://www.beatport.com/track/orange-funky-live-mix/8702899
I first got into Groovelectric because of their "new old funk" sound, the place where funk came back to life in house music not just as samples, but as a full-on set of styles and effects that build together. Some of it is the horns, some is the beats, some is the vocals. Love me some funk.
https://soundcloud.com/ghettofunk/dancefloor-outlaws-live-at-the-backroom-bristol-dec-2017
Another funky set of house music, this time from Dancefloor Outlaws last December. There's no track list so I can't pick out a favorite for you but the sound is pretty consistently funky house throughout. I like the track that starts at about 22:30, wish I could identify it. The Outlaws' style is a little more what I'd call electro-bounce and they call "future house" than Groovelectric but it's definitely in the same camp. As a live club set, this mix has less vocals and more open space than I'm used to.
https://soundcloud.com/father-funk/fractal-forest-mix-2017
I think the thing I like most about Father Funk's style is how he infuses well-known tracks into his sets. This one opens with "Whole Lotta Love," pays tribute to hip-hop pioneers NWA ("Express Yourself"), and closes with "Guerilla Radio", originally from Rage Against the Machine but I actually think Father Funk's own remix of Daft Punk vs Federation Of The Disco Pimp doing "Robot Rock" is the best of the bunch.
What do you guys think?
http://www.groovelectric.com/stackthedeck.html
Another great Groovelectric mix from DJ Steveboy, this one is full of funky throwback tunes and covers of things you've heard before. It's hard to pick a favorite here. Maybe Ministry of Funk - Orange (Funky Live Mix) - which I couldn't find as a separate track but you can get on Beatport here: https://www.beatport.com/track/orange-funky-live-mix/8702899
I first got into Groovelectric because of their "new old funk" sound, the place where funk came back to life in house music not just as samples, but as a full-on set of styles and effects that build together. Some of it is the horns, some is the beats, some is the vocals. Love me some funk.
https://soundcloud.com/ghettofunk/dancefloor-outlaws-live-at-the-backroom-bristol-dec-2017
Another funky set of house music, this time from Dancefloor Outlaws last December. There's no track list so I can't pick out a favorite for you but the sound is pretty consistently funky house throughout. I like the track that starts at about 22:30, wish I could identify it. The Outlaws' style is a little more what I'd call electro-bounce and they call "future house" than Groovelectric but it's definitely in the same camp. As a live club set, this mix has less vocals and more open space than I'm used to.
https://soundcloud.com/father-funk/fractal-forest-mix-2017
I think the thing I like most about Father Funk's style is how he infuses well-known tracks into his sets. This one opens with "Whole Lotta Love," pays tribute to hip-hop pioneers NWA ("Express Yourself"), and closes with "Guerilla Radio", originally from Rage Against the Machine but I actually think Father Funk's own remix of Daft Punk vs Federation Of The Disco Pimp doing "Robot Rock" is the best of the bunch.
What do you guys think?
