SoulShaker SexMachine

6pm til 9pm next Sunday, (hey frenzie, what happened to the time on the artwork?)The rest of the info is obvious so dont make me repeat the copy on the artwork..... I can add that it's free pub gig upstairs at the Beach Road and comes with beer, mmmm good, golden, glorious amber delights with funk, boogie & uptown beach side beats.

Here's a sample of Robin's plans

Download: RK's SexMachine Mix

funk throwdown

I played a little gig on Sunday night at Tonic, and although it wasn't well attended I still had fun and manage to rip an hour & half of funk straight of the desk live. So plug in and get off to my funk throwdown, it starts off with some more familiar soul-funk tracks as it then moves into deep funk, a touch of disco funk and rounds off with some more obscure Israeli funk & Afro funk. To be quite honest, Im pretty happy with it for a live set.

I'll go back over the mix for another listen in the next day or two and write up the track listing. If by chance I've not done this by the time you are reading the blog post, drop me a comment or a question and I'll let you know what some of the more obscure or unknown tracks are here.

Enjoy!

Download: FUNK THROWDOWN live cut mix:

TONY ALLEN. The Godfather of Afro Beat

Nigerian bandleader Tony Allen is coming to town. Known best by many as the former drummer and music director of the late Fela Kuti's band, Africa 70 from 1968 until 1979 and Egypt 80 organization.Tony Allen is regarded as the co creator of the Afro-beat sound, pioneering the unique beat and vibe of music which combines polyrhythmic influences of Africa with the breakbeats and extended jams of the American funk and R&B which reached Nigeria in the late 60s and early 70s. Afrobeat music has since re-influenced western dance music in fusion genres like broken beat and future jazz, as in the music of Bugz in the Attic. Allen as well refused to remain stagnant, incorporating dub and avant-garde hip-hop influences into his modern African dance music.

Niche Productions Presents, for the first time in Australia…Tony Allen

Friday 13th March - The Forum, Sydney

Moshtix for ticket info

Check out these boss downloads

Tony Allen & Africa 70: Afro Disco Best

Tony Allen: Crazy Afro Beat

Tony Allen: Home Cooking

Tony Allen: Ariya (Catalyst remix)

Merenia Gillies

Merenia Gillies & full band supported by Eon Beats perform for the Catalyst Recordings label showcase at:

The Vanguard - Newtown,

Wednesday Feb 11th.

If you are new to Merenia Gillies, she is the multitalented, beat throwing musician, who sings in 5 languages and takes great joy in mischievously bending the rules when it comes to her music. Merenia will seduce you with the sounds of her own distinctive fusion of Dance, Soul/Funk, Electro, Latin and House.

Born in Rotorua New Zealand with a mixed heritage of Maori, Romany Gypsy and Welsh, she embraces and indulges in an eclectic array of musical influences and once on stage becomes a powerhouse performer with the most instinctive vocal talents of her generation.

Merenia Gillies is constantly in demand to collaborate on both studio and live performances. For a sample of her music, click the link below to listen & download KILLA

Listen & Download KILLA here

To purchase entire album from INTERTIA RECORDS click here

Merenia myspace

SOULSHAKER DOUBLE HEADER SUN 25

AFROLICIOUS San Francisco

This is the sound of New Years Day in San Francisco with a Tom Thump mix ripped straight from the desk of Afrolicious @ the Elbo room . Afro-tropical-samba-funko-bossa-beats inspired and delivered to you from the rich tribal rhythmic continent..... maybe, just maybe witch doctor Thump will be on a tour of duty down our end of the South Pacific sometime in o nine.

mix is back up on DivShare (zshare sux)

Pump it down the tube & into your ear here from Divshare

SoulShaker djs support Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings @ the launch of Sydney Festival!

Yo, that's right my soulcats, SSDj's Mr Glass & Mr Knight have been bestowed with the honour and privilege of supporting Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings at the launch party for Sydney Festival. This Saturday 10th Jan 9:00pm at the Palm Stage. Its a F F F FREAKIN, FREE CONCERT. We'll be dropping all original funk n soul 45's to keep with flava of the feature act. We're not on for a long time but how long do you need on a stage like that? It'll be nice to know some of you are in the crowd. For more Sydney Festival First Night info/details click here

NOEL BOOGIE in the Disco mix

PRODUCER / DJ / SCRATCH ARTIST
Noel Boogie - DJ par excellence, and amazing young Sydney based music producer. Noel recently toured Canada where he astounding audiences with his super-dextrous 4-deck set and creating dancefloor mayhem everywhere he went whilst dropping his own tracks in the mix. From Canada, Noel then went on a crate-digging expedition in NYC and Colombia and arrive home with a fresh booty of dusty grooves, some of which he has dropped in this tasty lil disco boogie mix.

In all NB's sets you'll be treated to a fine selection of funk, disco, afro beat, soul, hip hop, breaks, dub, IDM and oddities, all precision mixed, sliced, diced and cut with the skills of a turntable surgeon. Noel’s latest party trick is a solo set on 4 turntables, where he splits tracks into parts for exlusive live remixing, using the other 2 decks for scratching and sound effects. Noel Boogie is also a member of Silent Partner - expect to hear much, much more from this incredible talent.

Get more of Noel here at www.myspace.com/noelboogie or Catch him Sundays at Cream Tangerine's Sunday Best @ the Swiss Grand on Campbell Parade Bondi from 4pm til late.

Listen to Noel Boogie Disco Mix Here

Christmassive mix from harbour funk cruise

A merry ol Yuletide to ye all. I prey the spirits run freely from your chalice tonight and all the next day. In lieu of a special Christmassive mix, here's a bonus 3 hour raw mix taken straight from the decks at the Harbour Funk boat party.

It starts abruptly (no time for edits, I promise to polish it in the new year) and features Santa's lil selectors, Lanu from the Bamboos/Cookin on 3 burners, Frenzie, Mr Glass & Robin Knight.

It was a kickin day on the harbour, the sun was shinning and the soul was burning. The mix gets a little quiet two thirds through as we pulled the SoulShaker floor volume down on the mixer to compensate for everyone running to the lower deck when Cookin on 3 Burners fired up. Fair enough I say, who can compete with a bunch of 45's compared to this tight unit banging the authentic sound out live. Nice work guys, nice work. The after party down the Civic saw Kylie Auldist join the 3 burners on the mic. It's a shame so many people missed this gig. Nice work John for putting it together and brings Kylie & the Burners to town. I'll be sure to get them back in the new year for some more shows.

Big ups go out to Toon from the Soul Pole dancing academy. Photos coming soon my man.

Down load, plug in and get off on three hours of soul, jazz, funk, hip hop, boogie & disco. This one is for the car on that summer road trip to Byron Bay. Click link below to get it.

After blowing our limit out, I have reposted the mix on DivShare!

Get it here from DivShare

F.U.B.A.R.

In other words... Funked Up Beyond All Recognition. In anticipation of a rocking good afternoon aboard the good ship Funk-able I thought I'd put a little something together to put us all in the mood. As usual I didn't do a playlist yet... if wanna know the tunes give me a shout through the comment section below.

Enjoy...

Click on this link to listen or download; Funked Up Edit 1

DAYS LIKE THIS

Big up's to James & niche for this gem! Forget about NYE & NYD, the hot date is Jan 4th for the DAYS LIKE THIS festival.

I could bang on here for days about the quality of this event, but all you need to do is click on the flyer or go to the link for the total lowdown. We SoulShaker's are well pleased to be don'n the decks for a soulubrious session.

Tickets are disappearing and I would guess this will sell out. let your fingers do some walking now and go to moshtix.com.au to get your tix before its too late.

I'll have a mix up in the coming week to go with this.... you be sure and com back ya all. In the mean time, download the new Mofo Money mix. Track listing is a little further down the page

HARBOUR FUNK: SUN 21st DEC

Harbour Funk! Its a day of water bound funk festivities on board the Lady Rose. Here's the deal, and its a f#%king steal, for $55 bucks you get a day out on the harbour with none other than the SoulShakers Robin Knight, Mr Glass & Frenzie dropping a tug boat load of funk nuggets on you all day long. We'll be setting sail on our soulful voyage in search of paradise lost at 12:30pm from King st wharf and returning at 5pm. At

which time, we reclaim the land and storm the Civic for the continuation of our journey.

Shit, I should also mention that Cookin on 3 Burners are doing a live gig on the boat, big bad pirate Russ Dewbury will conjure up a storm of his own and the little Latino flavoured maestro from the Bamboos, Lanu will also be creating waves on the high seas. Add to the cabin crew, Huwston & the capt'n of this funk junk JC. Now that's an unsinkable tonnage!

Check out the MoFo Money Mix 2 for a sample of the of what I may stow away for the cruise.

Here's 16 straight up funk 45 nuggets I put together this arvo. All but one are original 7's, unfortunately the Nathan Bartell is on reissue as there is only 3 known copies in the world (apparently) Some are well known, others are rare as hens teeth, some are a little scratchy and others in mint. However, they are all fuckin crackers. I hope you enjoy the mix and please leave me comments below both good and bad are welcome. Btw, I have finally started using zShare. It's dead easy to download all the new posts!

Listen: MoFo Money Mix 2

Track list:

1. The Daley Diggers - I can dig it

2. Starborn - Real real thing

3. Calvin Arnold - Funk way

4. Otis Redding - Hard to handle

5. Ground Hog - Bumpin

6. Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Funky music

7. Nathan Bartell - Top goin' down, goin' up

8. Free Fare - Birth of a soldier

9. Earth Wind & Fire - C'mon children

10. Eddie Harris - Funkaroma

11. Rick James The Stone City Band - Get up and dance (instrumental)

12. Ellison Chase - Let's Rock

13. The Philadelphia Story - People users

14. Avalanche 77 - Mister boogie man

15. Charles Mann- Shonuff no funny stuff love (instrumental)

16. Wardell Piper - Captain boogie

ROY AYERS @ the forum fri 24 Oct

Roy Ayers is gracing the country girt by sea once again thanks to James Browning's Niche productions. Now if you are reading this blog you know that Roy is the man and there is no need for me to go through a detailed education on who and what this man has done, or what his significance is to the world of soul funk jazz. I for one am very familiar and fond of the ubiquitous one, as it was myself and original Funkinc partner Paul Carroll who bought Roy to Australia in 1993.

Roy Ayers always delivers a stellar performance and travels the world with nothing short of a top ranking band comprising of members touting resumes as impressive as Roy's himself.

If the Ayers experience were not enough, Niche are packing this gig to the freaking rafters with Nostalgia 77 from the UK plus our own internationally acclaimed Bamboos, who for good measure will be joined by Kylie Auldist. No wonder he doesn't have any room for me to play!

Click here to get tickets from Moshtix.

Ive loaded up a cut from Roy's seldom seen 1983 album "Lot's of Love" I do believe this slice of soul funk boogie has been repressed and you can dig it up as a nice fresh pressing. I nabbed my dusty ol' copy of Regal. I chose "Fast Money" for your listening pleasure as its a up tempo electro boogie track that fits with a lot of peoples current listening, playing, buying and dancing pleasures....

Listen: Roy Ayers - Fast Money

Here's a couple from the streets of San Francisco

Tom Thump has sent me a couple of edits & mashes....

Trampolines R Tangerine "Lazy on the Metro"

TRT is myself (Tom Thump) and Thomas Fokas (DJ Stink). I tend to hate most mash ups because they so often one bad song combined with another that's worse! Love Metro Area (Muira) and love (admittedly, in a corny way) Doug Lazy (Let the Rhythm Pump). They came together pretty perfectly.

Ty w/ Tony Allen "The Willing" (Tom Thump Re Edit)

Great track with incredible Tony Allen (of Fela fame) on percussion. Loved the original especially the horns. So, I doubled up on those and got rid of the annoying blathering intro on the original.

Playgroup w/ KC Flightt "Front2Back" (Tom Thump Extended Edit)

When is Trevor Jackson gonna do another Playgroup record! Let's all go bang on his door and demand one. What an amazing album it was. Took the Mantronix bit and put it and the start and made a few more cheeky changes.

Corrina Joseph with Michael Watford "Baby, I'm Scared of You"

This track features Basement Jaxx vocalist Corrina Joseph and house music crooner Michael Watford parlaying a solid version of Womack & Womack's 80's killer "Baby, I'm Scared of You". Tried to licensee this for the MIDNIGHT SOUL series on Kinkysweet Records. But, could not find the label, or release anywhere online. So hear it is!

Momma Said to..

Momma Said, get on down with your bad self cos its a looong weekend baby.
Sat 4th Oct is your last chance to dance with supreme dj & producer REGAL Sadly Regal jettisons off and on his return to England but Momma is pleased as punch to play host to his final Sydney gig.

REGAL will be supported by Momma’s lil helpers, Frenzie, Mr Glass & Robin Knight.
Momma said she wants to give you 12” boogie pleasures, 7” funk treasures and a trunk
full of digital delights at the Flinders hotel. Booze, Bums and bad behavior xxx

RSVP go to Momma’s facebook