i have a special treat for you. truth is it’s a special treat for me too. i have been nagging my boyfriend to make an extra special funk music mix for the blog for some time now. when i say nagging i mean, i make him coffee and shower him with chocolate speckled eggs and sweetly ask if that funk mix he’s working on is ready yet. it’s finally ready, and it’s here.
a little background story to this – when we were first getting to know each other we exchanged various bits and pieces online (as you do when you’re sussing someone out, wooing them as it were). he sent me a funk mix in a zip file – which is basically the modern day equivalent of making someone a mix tape – and it was all stuff i had literally never heard before. Anton knows his funk. you can have a discussion with him about funk. well, i can’t – but he can teach me. and now he can teach you a bit, too.
Butter Your Popcorn - a guest mix courtesy of my guy, Anton. download it here.
Funk is my favourite kind of music. It’s like the extroverted, more fun cousin of jazz, with some soul and R&B thrown in for good measure. Some of the best vocalists, guitarists, drummers and musicians who ever lived played in funk bands, but as skilled as they were they rarely took themselves seriously. Every time I hear funk I picture a group of people in a recording studio having the time of their lives. The mix starts with Miles Davis’ ex wife Betty who was a pioneer in her own right and pushed Miles into his later, funkier experimental work like Bitches Brew. It also includes one of my favourite artists, Sly Stone, who was a heavy influence on Prince. And then we end with a more soulful moment from the godfather himself.
- Betty Davis - If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up
- Carlton Basco - Don’t Chain My Soul
- Hank Ballard - Butter Your Popcorn
- The Meters - What’cha Say
- The Sweet Inspirations - Slipped & Tripped
- Cold Blood - Kissing My Love
- Round Robin Monopoly - Life Is Funky
- Cymande - Brothers Slide
- Sly and The Family Stone - In Time
- Roy Porter - Party Time
- Co-Real Artists - What About You (In The World Today) *
- The Fatback Band - Do The Bus Stop
- James Brown - That’s Life (Live)
* my favourite. all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records.
Filthy mix title! That one’s a keeper for sure.
I’ve been hanging out for the latest mix and I LOVE SOUL & FUNK! Thanks a bunch guys x
awe helllll yeah! My birthday is today is this is a great! Thanks Moss! Thanks Anton!
Looks like a great remix. But is it legal to offer them for a download? I don’t want to get into trouble.
So looking forward to checking this out! Thanks!
oh HELLS yes! disco one next, please.
Awesome…looking forward to listening to this right now! Thanks!
Oh yeah! Thanks Lady!!
I love it. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your mixes! My friends and I listened to all of the previous ones on shuffle while we drove around Joshua Tree, California. It was mystical. Can’t wait to listen to this one!
Honestly, your blog is beyond amazing and thank you so much for making me discover all that great music.
well this is completely freakin wonderful.
Yay, thanks for this! My boyfriend also loves funk and was familiar with some of these – will be great to listen to on my drive to work in the morning to cheer me up a bit!
Oh how I LOVE your mixes!!!
so great – thank you!
I adore this mix. You’ve inspired me to start making my own for my blog! Thanks, Miss Moss!
Thank you so much! I’m always in search of new music to add to my library :)
love.love.love. can you ask your man to make a ‘house’ mix?!
smooth and funky, i like that…
World Tour Stories – two lovers sailing around the world
amazing.
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I love love this mix- it always puts me in a great mood and it’s the best to cook dinner to! if your man wanted to recommend more funky stuff, that’d be great, or a follow-up mix would be even better…!