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

Pat Van Dyke & DJ Prestige (FleaMarketFunk.com) join forces to bring you a night of LIVE jazz, soul, and funk at Fox & Crow.

Performing with an all-star 6 piece band + horn section, Pat Van Dyke will play 2 sets of his original music and feature tracks from 'Let The Horns Blow", a limited edition 7" vinyl release that drops on the same day: 9/23. DJ Prestige will spin all vinyl sets before, in between, and after the LIVE sets from the band.

FREE!

Stream / Pre-Order 'Let The Horns Blow":
https://recordbreakin.bandcamp.com/album/let-the-horns-blow

Watch Behind The Scenes footage for 'Let The Horns Blow':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_oW6XuziM

Pat Van Dyke Bio:

Pat Van Dyke is a drummer, composer, producer, and band leader. Equally comfortable behind the drum kit, as he is penning compositions at the Fender Rhodes, PVD balances the rhythmic intensity of true-school hip hop with the rich harmony & refreshing subtlety of jazz. Drawing from a diverse palette of sounds, Pat’s music features live instrumentation alongside analog synthesizers, lush horns, and vintage keyboards, straddling the boundaries of electronic music, jazz, and golden era hip-hop.

Pat's music has been praised by tastemakers and DJs around the globe such as Gilles Peterson, Bobbito Garcia, & DJ Spinna, as well as being featured on such TV networks as FOX, NBC, MTV, VH1, & Comedy Central, and providing the soundtrack to viral videos from the likes of VICE Magazine & Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”.

Along with a rotating cast of NYC's finest musicians, PVD has brought his unique LIVE blend of soul-jazz & organic hip-hop to packed houses at The Blue Note, S.O.B's, NJPAC, The Knitting Factory, Southpaw, as well as other venues; large & small, throughout NYC & beyond. Recent releases include two full length LPs; ‘Technicolor HI-FI’ (Cotter Records), ‘Right On Time’ (Jakarta Records - Germany), a limited edition vinyl 7" with (mc) John Robinson entitled "Miles & Trane": a hip hop tribute to the two jazz legends, as well as a 7” Vinyl Release with the legendary DJ Spinna.

DJ Prestige Bio:

DJ Prestige has toured nationally as a DJ for the Lava/ Atlantic record label as well as opened for such diverse artists as Q-Tip, Bad Brains, and Joss Stone among many others while also doing parties for corporate clients such as Google, You Tube, KIA, Adidas, Universal Pictures, Victoria’s Secret, Major League Soccer, Nixon, Corbis, The Bethanny Frankel Show, SoulCycle, The Surfrider Foundation and more. Based out of Jersey City, NJ, he currently can be seen in residencies at the Ace Hotel in NYC as well as parties around the country. He is a Production Coordinator and Contributing writer on Dust & Grooves: Adventures In record Collecting, the first photo book on vinyl collectors and their collections by photographer Eilon Paz. He has been featured on the site, contributed exclusive all vinyl mixes and live sets to their events, as well as a featured writer in the second edition with an interview with Questlove and his record collection.

Prestige’s DJ style crosses genres like a good mix tape: Hip Hop, Rock, Funk, Soul, Reggae and beyond blend together seamlessly as he pays tribute to the philosophy of Bronx in the 1970’s. A time where there were no musical boundaries, only good music that brought a diverse audience together and kept them moving and grooving all night long.