It's always an honor to be asked to do a guest mix. When Junior reached out from Record Breakin' to be included in the Sound Traveler mix series, I wanted to do something a bit different. Although I am primarily known for dusty 45s of the funk and soul kind, I am a huge music fan all around. Like Break Beat Lou always says: "Always A Student", and it's completely true. You can't have every record, know every artist, or say 'got it!" on every genre. You can learn something every day and make a go of it. That's what I do. I find out about one record or artist in a genre I didn't know much about and try to learn as much as I can about them just about every day. I am partial to funky music so that's what I tired to stay true to on this special mix. This mix itself is a bastion of music that is funky in their own way that I have discovered over the past years throughout the world. Whether it's a Turkish track by Baris Manco, introduced to me by the talented producer/ musician and a guy I call my friend, Alpman, who is making amazing music every day (and included on this mix as well) in Turkey under oppressive conditions, pre-disco gospel soul classics from David Mancuso's crates, African funk, mellow library music, French organ sleaze, the mighty Sun Ra, Brazilian gold from Greg Caz and Cultures of Soul, or mellow seaside disco sampled by Dilla, I tried to get on a different trip this time. I couldn't get away from my hip hop roots though, and had to include a track from Ultramagnetic and from the near perfect Wildflower record from The Avalanches feat. The Biz. I want my mixes to be as eclectic as they can be with that common denominator of the funky drummer on each. Every single track on this mix smacked me across the face the first time I heard it, and if you haven't heard some of these songs, I hope they do the same.
This mix was recorded all live in one take at Greenville Studios in Jersey City, NJ, There are imperfections, skips, drops, and everything else that can happen when you're live. I don't really believe in making a perfect mix, you only get one chance to do it live. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did making it. Thanks to the Record Breakin' family for including me in this series. Keep Diggin'!
DJ Prestige/ FleaMarketFunk.com
John Cameron- Liquid Sunshine
Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet
Andrew Washong - Flowers
Sandri De Sal - Olhos Coloridos
Baris Manco - Hal Hal
Alpman - Only You Will Know
John Forde - Atlantis
The Avalanches - The Noisey Eater
Ultramagnetic MC's - Watch Me Now
Cesar Murano & Cia - Metropole (Kon & Amir Edit)
Dorothy Morrison - Rain
BadBadNotGood - Triangle
Gloria Spencer - I Got It
Rob - Just One More Time
John Pierre Mirouze - Sexopolis
Cut Chemist - Coast To Coast
J Boogie's Dubtronic Science feat Chys Anthony - Undercover (DJ Numark Remix)
Roy Ayers - Love From The Sun
SylviaRobinson - Sweet Stuff
Bukowski Outro