The Scenaria - A monthly throwndown of hip-hop and funk, block-party style!

Stay tuned for links of my mix at this awesome new monthly night. If you missed out this weekend just passed, check me out there next month. Check out clips and mixes from previous Scenario parties here!

Fresh Up set 24th April 2009

So yeah... after the Fresh Up Crew got told 'no hip-hop anymore', the crowd kinda thinned out a bit, but that didn't stop me and the other DJs playing some killer funk and soul. It also didn't stop a few cool people from coming down to check it out. Click on the link below to download my best recollection of what I played, recorded in one take and mixed a bit roughly. This one's for you Tash, Elaine and cool uni girl whose name I can't remember. I got a CD for each of you when I see you next, or you can just download it here.

Fresh Up Rough Mix 24^th April '09

In related news, here's some flicks from the crowd at Tonic Lounge the night after Fresh Up. They got down with the get down. Shots courtesy of the newest staff member at Revolve Records, Erskenville. If you haven't bought records from this store, you haven't bought records!

FRESH UP / TONIC LOUNGE: THIS WEEKEND!

This weekend presents two opportunities to hear the finest funky music in Sydney.

Friday 24^th April sees the tried and tested Fresh Up night get funky. Located at the Loft bar @ UTS, the venue is a relaxed mix of pub and club only a stones throw away from central Station. Expect head nodding and booty-shaking funk with plenty of music that will remind you of your favourite hip-hop artists.

Saturday 25^th I’m back at Tonic Lounge spinning killer funk, soul and a smattering of obscure disco for the dance floor. Expect to hear things like the rare extended version of Chicago’s ‘Street Player’, the hard funk of Roger and the Gypsies ‘Pass the Hatchet’ (a new Orleans funk bomb produced by Eddie Bo) as well as staple classics from Cameo, James Brown, Brass Construction, Lou Courtney, the Bamboos and many more. Check back here after the date for a new mix from one of these nights. I haven't decided which yet!

Hope to see you there.

DJK

Hard Funk @ Tonic Lounge

The following mix is an hour or so of the first set I ever played at Tonic Lounge, way back in October of 2006. It doesn’t seem that long ago that Ben from SWAT Productions introduced me to Gian at a fairly exclusive little record trade night held midweek at Tonic Lounge. There were about a dozen or so DJs, collectors and record-types milling around the couch and table set-up to create some semblance of a record fair. In reality, it looked more like a DJ’s lounge room, which certainly wasn’t a bad thing! It was the first time I’d ever been to the venue, and as soon as I walked in, it seemed like the kind of place I’d really like to play. Most of those present were regulars on either the Friday or Saturday night DJ slots, and I was pretty keen to join the alumni. I did trades or sales with most of the people in the room that evening, and made some friends that I still talk to regularly.

I can’t even remember what mix I gave to Gian to convince him to put me on, but eventually he bucked under the weight of my nagging and gave me the 12:30-3:00am slot. I was so excited. I spent quite a while selecting tracks for this set, so it’s with great pleasure that I present part of the first 2 and a half hours I ever played @ Tonic Lounge.

Download Mix here!

Tracklisting:

Fatback Band – Ninja Walk (Perception)

Instant Funk – I Got My Mind Made Up (Salsoul)

Banbarra – Shack Up (Touche from Wiseguys Bonus Chops) (OST)

Samba Soul – Mambo No. 5 (RCA)

Pleasure – Joyous (Blackbeard Re-Edit) (Ballroom)

Parliament – Give Up The Funk (Casablanca)

‘Fessor Funk – Love Is Such A Good Thing (Roxbury)

Johnny Otis Show – Watts Breakaway (Epic)

Brother Soul – Cookies (Leo Mini)

Tala Andre Marie – Hot Koki (Fiesta)

Tequila – Someone To Love (Toniton)

Major Force – The Re-return Of The Original Artform (Cut Chemist Remix) (Mo Wax)

Manu Dibango – New Bell (MAW Re-Edit) (White Label)

De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays (Tommy Boy)

Rebirth – Evil Vibrations (Ubiquity)

Boris Gardiner – Melting Pot (Trojan)

Weldon Irvine – Jungle Juice (RCA)

Ohio Players – Walt’s First Trip (Westbound)

Eddie Kendricks – Date With The Rain (Tamla)

Charles Mintz – Give A Man A Break (Uplock)

Lou Courtney – Hey Joyce (Popside)

Marva Hodge & The Moody Sec – 00-43 GM (Philips)

Mandrill – Get It All (Polydor)

Frigid @ The Hopetoun

Way back when I first learnt to DJ, I had time to spend on mixes and projects and perfecting everything to make it just the way I wanted it to be. My good friend DJ Buggin', who went on to be a regular at the Frigid Parties @ The Hopetoun, hooked me up with my first gig there in 2002. I was so psyched to play this set, and I probably spent 3 months practicing, fine-tuning and rearranging the tracklist of this mix. The end product hopefully conveys some of that effort, but in all honesty, this was the first complete mix that I ever put together, and my scratching has certainly come a long way since 2002. I did, however, get a lot of good feedback about this mix, and maybe for that reason alone, I've decided to upload it. The vibe is downtempo, dark and moody, and it very much captured the kind of sound I was into at the time: I was consumed by the output of labels like Mo Wax and Ninja Tune, and just starting to discover the back catalogue of the Warp label.


http://www.sendspace.com/file/31b5m9


Tracklisting:

1. Boards of Canada – An eagle on my mind (Warp)
O.C. – Time’s up (acapella) (Wild Pitch)
2. DJ Krush – Endless railway (Sony)
3.DJ Shadow – Hardcore hip-hop (Solesides)
4. Kruder & Dofmeister – Deep shit part 2 (G-Stone)
5. Quannum – Extravaganza (instrumental) (Quannum)
6. DJ Bombjack – Block party anthem (Apesounds)
7. Digable Planets – 9^th Wonder (Instrumental) (Chrysalis)
Runnaways UK – Pounds for dollars (acapella) (UD)
8. Prefuse ’73 – Nuno (Warp)
9. Herbaliser band – Shocka Zulu (studio version) (World Recordings)

10. Depth Charge – Disciple of the blade (DC Recordings)
11. Unkle – Be there (instrumental) (Mo Wax)
12. Blackalicious – Rhymes for the deaf, dumb and blind (Mo Wax)
13. Dr. Octagon – Earth people (Instrumental) (Bulk)
14. Money Mark – Maybe I’m dead (Psychonauts remix) (Mo Wax)
15. DJ Food – Strange fruit (Ninja Tune)
16. Avalanches – Electricity (early promo version) (Modular)
17. DJ Toolz – Rusty goes gaga (Ninja Tune)
18. Beastie Boys – Shadrach (Instrumental) (Capital)
19. Jurassic 5 – Jayou (Interscope)
20. Blue Boy – Remember me (
21. Rob D – Clubbed to death (Mo Wax)
22. Boards of Canada – Music is math (Warp)
Dinosaurs Outro

Sub Bass Snarl: the guys behind Frigid @ The Hopetoun

Disco Funk Mix

Hi there. I'm DJ Kinetic, and welcome to my new blog. The idea behind this blog is to present mixes of music I like, and to profile mixes that I have played in clubs or put together for other purposes. I plan to present as wide a variety of music on this blog as I possibly can, within the confines of what I like, that is. Expect funk, soul, disco, jazz, hip-hop, breaks, rarities, and various other things that impress me. The following mix is more of a test than anything else. It's an hour or so of disco-funk from a 3-hour set I prepared for a club in Sydney's Kings Cross called The Tonic Lounge. I played this set at the club on the 24th January 2009, and it went down quite well. It's a bit rough around the edges, but hopefully it's an indicator of the kind of music you'll find me playing in and around Sydney, and a taster of what's to come on this blog.


Download Mix Here!

Tracklist:
Bad News Band - Rockin' it (NMI) 7"
Brooklyn People - Boogie Man pt 1 (Cheri) 7"
Family Of Eve - I Wanna Be Loved By You (Kay-Dee) 12"
TC James & the Fist-O-Funk Orch. - Dance All Over The World (Fist-O-Funk) 12"
Solar Source - Can You Dig The Funk (AVI) LP
Bridge - Stick Your Finger In The Ground (Graytom) 7"
General Caine - Jungle Music (Groove Time) LP
Don Blackman - You Ain't Hip (GRP) LP
Breakwater - Release The Beast (Arista) LP
Tommy Stewart - Get Off Your Seats (Abraxas) LP
Rhythm - Are You Ready For This (RCA) LP
Cameo - Rigor Mortis (Chocolate City) 12"
Con-Funk-Shun - Ffun (Mercury) 12"
Salsoul Orchestra - Ooh, I Love It (Love Break Version) (Salsoul) 12"
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (S-Man's Luv Dancin' Edit) (Azuli) 12"
Chicago - Street Player (Columbia) 12"
Ballinjack - Found A Child (Special Disco Re-Edit) (On Track) 12"
People Gettin' down at the Tonic Lounge!