Future Classic: Midnight Runners “Drive Into the Night”
Weeks after weeks, I realize that the Funk is truly worldwide. For this edition of the Voyage Funktastique show, I wanted to expose this fact by featuring Midnight Runners, a duo of modern funksters, hailing from Bandung, Indonesia. “Midnight runners consists of two people having two different musical backgrounds, but …
Future Classic: Secret Xrigins “Lurk”
For this week’s edition of the Voyage Funktastique radio show, I wanted to shed some light on one of my favourite producers, DOC Mastermind, based in Paris. The homie just released a new EP under the moniker Secret Xrigins (a collaboration project with Profesor Panson), entitled Strange Fruit, on StillMuzik …
Future Classic: Ron Richardson “Ooh Wee Babe” (Frankfurt Fonk Remix)
Back at it for another Voyage Funktastique chronicle, with this week’s featured producer, hailing from Germany; Frankfurt Funk/Chris Neal. I started the show with his latest collab (with Gila Funk) – Summer Madness, but I really want to showcase his remix of a forgotten treasure; Ooh Wee Babe by Ron …
Future Classic: Temu “Body Move” (Magic & Sorcery Stankafied)
Since the beginning of the Voyage Funktastique show, I’ve been emphasizing on playing different songs in each show, in order to give each producer some visibility, and show them my appreciation to their work. Of course, there’s some songs that I would like to play more than once, and for …
Future Classic: Dabeull “Don’t Stop”
In last week’s Voyage Funktastique radio show, I was blessed with a new jingle/theme song, produced by Dabeull, a French producer from Paris. In this week’s episode (presenting a guest mix by my homie Eddie Pendregrass), I featured two of Dabeull’ songs, including Don’t Stop feat Michael Tee. The production is …
Future Classic: Diamond Ortiz “Calling All Squares”
For this week’s Voyage Funktastique show, I had a special guest in the studio: Scott C of The Goods collective in Montreal. On my part of the show, I absolutely wanted to play the latest release on MoFunk Records by Diamond Ortiz. I just received 2 copies of his 45, …
Future Classic: Change “Hard Times” (Buscrates VG Minus Crusty Spaced Out Funk Edit)
One thing that I really appreciate about doing my weekly Voyage Funktastique radio show, is waking up in the morning with some new tunes in my inbox. This week, I received an edit by Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemble, a multi-talented and eclectic producer hailing from Atlanta, but originally from Pittsburgh. He …
Future Classic: Brian Ellis “Love Is” Ft. Egyptian Lover (Voltaire Records)
It’s been another great week regarding Modern Funk discoveries, but I just couldn’t overlook Brian Ellis‘ new 45, now available on Voltaire Records. In last week’s edition of my Voyage Funktastique radio show, I played the B-side, Electric Body feat. K.Maxx, so it was only natural that I play the …
Future Classic: Proh Mic “Right On Time” (Cherries Records)
For this week’s show, I had Dr.MaD who came by to drop a few exclusives, so I had to be a little more selective with my tracks selection. I realized that I haven’t played one of my favourite 45’s : Proh Mic – Right On Time , released on Cherries …
Guest Mix #24: B.BRAVO (Los Angeles, Earnest Endeavours)
Brand new edition in our great Guest Mix series following recent editions from Bolts, Dr. Kwest, Abjo, Waxist, XL Middleton and others. This one comes from LA’s B.Bravo! via RBMA: “B.Bravo brings a touch of love to every dirty synth groove he gets his hands on. He ended up at outerspace hip hop beatmaking after …
Future Classic: Keats Collective “Volume 5”
I was preparing my weekly Voyage Funktastique radio show with the intention to play some of the records I bought last week-end in NYC, and Lillo Thomas’ (You’re A ) Good Girl was on deck, from the album Let Me Be Yours (1983). It has that “Kashif” sound, and my homegirl …
Guest Mix #23: XL MIDDLETON (California)
Brand new edition in our great Guest Mix series following recent editions from Bolts, Dr. Kwest, Abjo, Waxist, Phillie P and others. This one comes from XL MIDDLETON who has been a force on the West Coast since the early 2000’s when it comes to keeping the area’s Funk legacy alive and …