Swooner Exclusive Mix no.18: Swoon Town Records by Hipdrop

The latest exclusive Swooner mix is a deadly all vinyl funk and soul trip, thanks to Keith from Hipdrop Records, an independant record label based in Dublin. Loads of gorgeous tunes in there, including the tune the label gets its name from!  

Keith said the mix contains: 'Tunes that hold special significance for me for a number of reasons from one of the first records I bought (Remember Who You Are - Sly and the Family Stone from the LP Hot Thing) to one of my most recent additions to my collection (You and I - Black Ivory - 7" Single) found by a mate of mine in a second hand store in Philadelphia.'

Thanks Keith!

I made a mix for Hipdrop recently you can check that out here. 

mixcloud.com/keefmovin/ 

hipdroprecords.com 

Flamingo Pier Mix by Rocco Raimundo

A deadly funk and disco mix from Rocco Raimundo ahead of his appearance at what sounds like an unbelievable Valentine's weekend in Waiheke Island in New Zealand. I was on Waiheke Island once a long time ago. I am very jealous. VERY!
 

Tracklist:
1. Mandrill - Getting In The Mood
2. Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know
3. The Whatnauts - Help Is On The Way (Vocal)
4. Black Cock - Shine On
5. George Benson - Give Me The Night
6. Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)
7. Sonny Jenkins & The New York Potpourri Strings - That Friday Pay
8. Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit)
9. Andres - Just A Player
10. Skyy - Here's to You (Dims Body and Soul Re-Edit)
11. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face
12. Logg - Dancing Into The Stars (Original 12-Inch Mix)
13. Prince Language - I Washed You
14. Stephen Encinas - Disco Illusion
15. Made In USA - Never Let You Go (Theo Parrish Re-Edit)
16. Ray Mang - Love Dancing
17. Michael Jackson - PYT (The Reflex Revision)
18. Bileo - You Can Win

I posted another sweet Rocco mix previously - check it out here.
Check out the event here.

soundcloud.com/rocco-raimundo
facebook.com/pages/Rocco-Raimundo
twitter.com/RoccoRaimundo
twitter.com/theflamingopier

Swooner Exclusive Mix no.6: Rob Le-Nan's 'Doctor Funkenstein' Mix

Prepare to get down and dance to this amazingly funky mix thanks to Rob Le-Nan! A whopper fun mix of hip hop, funk, disco and house tunes to enjoy over the Hallowe'en season! 

Swooner mix no. 6: Rob Le-Nan's 'Doctor Funkenstein' Mix by Swooner Rather Than Hater on Mixcloud

Tracklist:
T-Rice & Dj Agent - Get Ripped
Naughty By Nature - O.P.P
illegal cookin Dj - Paid In Full
Arrested Development - Everyday People
Rayko - Enjoy Your Life
Sister Sledge - Greatest Dancer (Daz Digs Disco re-edit)
Hotbox - Inferno
Woodhead - Take You Away
Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - Love Dance
Leon Sweet - GTTR
Majestique - Must Get There (Dubka Remix)
Jad & the Ladyboy - Lovin'
Alkalino - Own Thing
Fingerman - Phoenix(edit)
Panthera Krause - Summer Breeze (Be Summer Mix by Good Guy Mikesh)
Kotelett, Zadak - Tony Trader
Kolsch - Der Alte
Pachanga Boys - Time

To download this mix click here. 

Rob has a quality radio show on ungradio.com every Thursday from 8pm until 9pm - I've posted a few of his shows up on Swooner before (here, here and here!). After an eventful summer of playing various festivals including Electric Picnic and Valentia Isle, he will be playing at Middle Earth's Secret Sounds Hallowe'en Party (November 1st/2nd) and also Decompression Festival in Charleville Castle, Cork on November 16th. Busy guy! So extra thanks Rob for taking the time to make Swooner a deadly mix! Follow him at soundcloud.com/rob_le-nan for more! 

The Story of Funk - 3 part BBC 6 Music radio show with Pam Grier

Pam Grier (most famous for her role as Foxy Brown) narrates a BBC 6 Music 3 part documentary about the history of funk.  Really well put together and perfect for lazy post-Christmas listening.  Available to listen again for a few more days. For more info about the documentary click here, or just click below to go straight into listening on the BBC iplayer:

Part 1: Funk Used To Be A Bad Word
(available for 3 more days)

bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01pd2x6

Part 2: Let's Take It To The Stage
(available for 4 more days)

bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01pgmhg

Part 3: From P-Funk To G-Funk
(available for 5 more days)

bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01pgmv6

www.bbc.co.uk/6music

Rayko's Boogie Madness mixtape October 2012

An extremely sweet old-school style disco and funk mix from Rayko to counteract what's going on outside your window. Low-key but full of sweet tracks and edits:


If you can't see the above box, click here.

No playlist but there are tunes from Shades of Love, Yarbrough and Peoples, The Brothers Johnson and his amazing edit of 'Gettin' Away With Murder' by Randy Crawford around the 30 minute mark. (Check out the original song from 1986 here.)

soundcloud.com/mrkrokett

Mitzi mix no. 7

I've only heard a couple of these guys' mixtapes but so far they are all off the funk and soul charts:

Update: They've taken it off their soundcloud for some reason but you can check it out and download it from their tumblr: http://hellomitzi.tumblr.com/post/23927670518/mitzitape7

I heard the following (amazing) song for the first time on a Mitzi mix:



soundcloud.com/mitzi_band

Souleance mini-mix

WF Minimix by Souleance (Soulist) by Worldwide Festival on Mixcloud

Note to self: more of this kind of thing. Swoon.

http://soundcloud.com/souleance