I have influences from all types & genres of music. Being a DJ that listens & plays everything from Soul, to Disco, from Funk through to Breaks, Electro & Techno. I find im inspired by many different artists & genres & I try to take inspiration for all the music I like.
Dj wise I was first inspired by Tony De Vit. He was the first House DJ I was blown away by, as previsouly I had been into techno & trance. Since then people like Eric Morillo, Derrick Carter & Krafty Kuts inspiried me with their techical ability. After that Jacques Lu Cont, Meat Katie, Elite Force & Dub Pistols were DJ's that I looked up to as artists who both produce great music & are still keeping it real on the dancefloor. I was also inspired by my friends who DJ around me. They always help me push to be the best i can be & seeing them evolve helps me focus on where Im heading.
Production wise I have so many influences. I try to take a little bit from each genre & keep an open mind when Im making music. As I'm not a trainied musician I find I can sometimes have a leftfeild approach to making beats & music, but I would like to think that I know what works on a dancefloor as I have 14 years of expereince of playing other peoples music. It inspiries me that I can now make & play my own music, I'm itching to lay down as many beats as possable. Recently people that have inspired me in production are artists such as Dub Pistols, Nick Thayer, Audiofly, Dogtown Clash, Klaus 'Heavyweight' Hill, Lee Coombs, Cntrl Z, Gabriel Ananda, DJ T & Booka Shade, Elite Force, Stanton Warriors, D.Rameriz, Switch, Ashley Beedle, King Roc, Alex Metric, Bass Kleph, Digitalism, Williams & Plump DJ's. As well as newer producers such as Freefall Collective, Strider, HiJack, Digital Filth. The list goes on as there's so many great producers making unique music out there.
Being a DJ & producer that plays & produces both breakbeat & 4/4 I've always tried to keep to my own sound & do something different from the mass of other producers out their. I'm being increasing drawn to making breakbeat in 2007/2008 as it seems that alot of breaks artists are making more 4/4 cased stuff. I always try to be different & do the unexpected, may it be a good thing or a bad thing. I guess we'll see in the future...
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'Feeling Funky' > D-Funk - Manmade Records (MM006 - Feature Funk Vol 3).
Download / Buy - 'Feeling Funky' > D-Funk
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'The Versus EP' > D-Funk / Hariku / Alien Nation - Up:Start Music 005.
'It's 6.15 in the morning, I'm drunk & I'm high' runs the vocal. We've all been there. Hazy dance floor memories... Sitting somewhere between electro, house & breaks, d*Funk's interpretation of Modrockers 'Cab Ride In Chicago' is a electronic gem. Set to a rasping 4/4
style beat, with wobbly basslines a plenty & with it's tounge in cheek vocal, this genre straddling remix should ignie pretty much any dance floor.'
------------------------------------------------ 'Westway to the world' - Westway records the story so far. Mixed by Dogtown Clash vs The Drum Monkeys. Featuring D*Funk tracks 'Electrotek' & Transition'.
Download / buy - WESTWAY TO THE WORLD ------------------------------------------------ Moriarty - 'Boomtown' (D*Funk Mix) - Westway records 011.
Download / Buy - 'BOOMTOWN (d*Funk Mix) - Moriarty ------------------------------------------------ D*Funk - 'Electrotek EP' - Westway 009
Download / buy - 'ELECTROTEK (Original Mix) - d*Funk Download / buy - 'ELECTROTEK (4/4 Mix) - d*Funk Download / buy - 'TRANSITION - d*Funk
FREE MIX STREAM/DOWNLOAD.
d*FUNK - 'Break beats not bones' (17 Tracks - 1hr 15mins)
Full Tracks listing:
1. d*Funk intro
2. ‘Soul Shaking’ – Dub Pistols (d*Funk’s ripping the piss Mix) - CDR
3. ‘Yea’ – Mr No Hands (Original Mix) – Air Recordings
4. ‘Bad Acid’ – d*Funk. (Original Mix) – Westway Records
5. ‘Bad Boyz’ – Dj Stex (Ottone Mix) – Young NRG Records
6. ‘Bust This’ – d*Funk feat Mc Manic (Vocal Version) – CDR
7. ‘Lucky Bitches’ – Access Denied (d*Funk Mix) – Westway Records
8. ‘You’re My Fix’ – Slyde (d*Funk Re-Edit) – Finger Lickin’ Records
9. ‘Milton’ – General Midi (Digital One Mix) – Distinctive Records
10. ‘Noice’ – Jacksaw (Hariku Mix) – Nitrous Records
11. ‘Hands Up’ – Unknown (Jack Beats Mix) CDR
12. ‘Systemcheck’ – Freefall Collective – Resin Records
13. ‘Drop Out’ – d*Funk. Original Mix) – CDR
14. ‘Control’ – Lee Coombs (Orioginal Mix) – LOT49 Records
15. ‘Yo Japan’ – Kamuki (fRew Mix) – Spin Out Records *
16. ‘Electric Feel’ – MGMT (d*Funk boot that break mix) – CDR
17. ‘Fracture’ – d*Funk (Original Mix) – Nitrous Records
*Contains a sample from 'Ghettoblaster' - d*Funk.
BIOG:
Doug Masters, aka D*Funk, got his first set of decks when he was 14 – way back in the mid-90s. After hours and hours of practice he played his first club gig, spinning jungle and techno before gravitating towards house after a night dancing to Tony De Vit.
At university he scored a residency at the Canal Club and Charlie Chester’s Mezzanine in Wolverhampton in the Midlands before heading to Ibiza to play the Mezzanine Bar and notorious clubs like El Divino & Es Paradis.
After moving to Bournemouth on the south coast of England in 2002 he started playing at various local house venues, but got a bit bored of straight 4/4beats and started getting into playing breakbeat, old skool hip-hop, funk, soul and disco. “I was playing at mainly house nights but I was playing a mix of house and breakbeat,” he recalls. “I was inspired by early Stanton Warriors stuff that fused breakbeat and house together. They seemed to be able to play breaks to a house crowd, so I thought I’d be able to as well.”
Punters loved it but venue owners weren’t so keen, so Doug started his own night in 2004 – Break Da House. It quickly established itself as one of the most essential nights out in the south, hosting top-notch acts like the Plump DJs, Stanton Warriors and Meat Katie. It was after striking up a friendship with one of the headline acts, the Dub Pistols Soundsystem, that Doug’s first release came about.
Barry Ashworth, notorious Dub Pistols hellraiser, hooked Doug up to release the ‘Electrotek EP’ on Westway – the label he runs with Carl Loben and Billy Borez of the Drum Monkeys. The lead cut was used on a TV ad in Portugal, hit No.2 on the Kiss FM Breakbeat Chart and sent Doug on his way as he’d now caught the production bug – big time.
Fast forward to 2009 and Doug has released tracks on Dusted Breaks, Nitrous, Dandy Kid and more on Westway, although he was proving himself to be so prolific that he had to start his own label too – Up:Start Music. The first release on Up:Start, the ‘Bust This EP’ featuring MC Manic, received highly favourable reviews and earned him plays on Annie Nightingale’s BBC Radio 1 show and Jay Cunning’s Kiss FM slot.
Another great achievement was being nominated for ‘Best Breakthrough DJ’ at the international Break beat awards (Breakspoll) in February 2009. Although he’s now been DJing for 15 years and didn’t win, it helped put him more on the map internationally and reflected the increased number of gigs outside of his south coast residency.
Picking up remix offers, spinning at festivals and holding down Break Da House will be preoccupying Doug over the summer of 2009 before he makes a big announcement at the end of the summer just before his autumn Australian tour.
He’s been at it a while, but there’s the sense that this talented DJ/producer has only just begun as he turns over a new chapter in his career. Watch this space……
ORIGINAL.
'Funky Feeling' - D*Funk - Manmade Records 006 (Feature Funk Vol 3).
'Attiude' - D-Funk & Alien Nation - Up:Start Music 005.
'Get Ramped Up' - D-Funk & Hariku - Up:Start Music 005.
'Party People' - D-Funk (Original Mix) - Up:Start Music 003. (Released 10th July 2009)
'Up In My Head' - D-Funk - Up:Start Music 003. (Released 10th July 2009)
'Ghettoblaster' - D-Funk - Up:Start Music 003. (Beatport only)
'Suck It Up' - D*Funk (Original Mix) - Westway Records 022.
'Suck It Up' - D*Funk (D*Funk's wonkey donkey mix) - Westway Records 022.
'Suck It Up' - D*Funk (Drum Monkeys Mix) - Westway Records 022.
'Bad Acid' - D*Funk. - Westway Records 022.
'Drive Ya Speakerz' - d*Funk - Up:Start Music 002.
'Serious Sh*t' - d*Funk - Up:Start Music 002.
Serious Sh*t' - d*Funk (Hariku vs Dirty Inc Mix)- Up:Start Music 002.
'Bust This' - d*Funk feat Mc Manic (Vocal version) - Up:Start Music 001.
'Bust This' - d*Funk feat Mc Manic (Dub) - Up:Start Music 001.
'Bust This' - d*Funk feat Mc Manic (d*Funk's Lowslung Mix) - Up:Start Music 001.
'Drop Out' - d*Funk (Original Mix) - Up:Start Music 001.
'Sonic Boom' - d*Funk (Original Mix) - Up:Start Music 001.
'Fracture' - d*Funk. feat Mc Manic - Nitrous Records 027.
'Finga Fudge' - d*Funk. - Nitrous Records 029.
'Fracture' - d*Funk. feat Mc Manic (HiJack Mix) - Nitrous Records 028.
'Westway To The World (Westway Records the story so far) - Mixed by Drum Monkeys & Dogtown Clash. (Compilation CD feat 'Electrotek' & 'Transition').
'ElectroTek' - D*Funk (Original Mix) - Westway Records 009.
'Electrotek' - D*Funk (d*Funk's 4x4 Mix) - Westway Records 009.
'Transition' - D*Funk (Original Mix) - Westway Records 009.
REMIXES.
'Little Bit Closer' - BKP (D-Funk's Down With The Kids Mix) - Up:Start Music 006.
'Freelancer' - Access Denied (D-Funk's Jam Roll Mix) - Westway Records.
'The Wombat Wobble' - Wongo (D-Funk Mix) - Dandy Kid Records.
'Big Up Girl' - Crackerz and Jam (D-Funk Mix) - Up:Start Music 004.
'I'm In Love' - Dub Pistols (D-Funk's summer of love mix) - Sunday Best Records.
'Breakthrough' - Paul Lyman (d*Funk Mix) - Dusted Breaks Records 002.
'Lucky Bitches' - Access Denied (d*Funk Mix) - Westway Records 020.
'Cab Ride In Chicago' - Modrocker (d*Funk Mix) - Nitrous Records.
'Boomtown' - Moriatry (D*Funk Mixes) - Westway Records 011.
Unofficial Edits/Remixes: (All given away free)
'Work' - M.A.W (D-Funk's break that beat mix)
'Young Boot' - D*Funk
'Daft Boot' - D*Funk
'Day & Night' - Kid Cudi (d*Funk's break that beat mix). DOWNLOAD in blog section now...
'Knights' - Muse (d*Funk's Break that beat Mix)
'Narayan' - Prodigy (d*Funk's break that beat mix)
'Soul Shaking' - Dub Pistols (d*Funk's ripping the piss Mix)
'Block Rockin Beats' - Chemical Bros (d*Funk's jack in the box Mix)
'Insane In The Brain' - Cypress Hill (d*Funk's Chop That Shit Mix)
'Exceeder' - Mason (d*Funk's Break that beat Mix)
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FOR DJ BOOKINGS CONTACT:
UK / EUROPE BOOKINGS: E - SHARKEY@BIGFIN.NET / T - 0207 604 2944 / F - 0870 420 4392
AUSTRALIA BOOKINGS:
SANGERS@ADDICTS.COM.AU
FOR REMIX / ORIGINAL WORK CONTACT:
doug@breakdahouse.co.uk
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Todos los miercoles a las 19.00 pm hora Argentina...podreis escuchar un
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Aquì en España sonarà esta madrugada a las 11 am.
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Coming Soon! String Theory Recordings presents, STRR003: 0045 & El Nino "Act Like Ya Know" in stores December 8, 2009. Featuring 4 tracks of intelligent dance music, including mixes from, CC Rock (Breaks mix), 0045 & Ethan Klein (Disco House mix), Justin James (chicago) (Fidget House mix), and the original mix by 0045 & El Nino (Tech House mix).
Coming Soon! String Theory Recordings presents, STRR002: Dubclot "Yout Man", in stores November 24, 2009. Featuring 4 mixes of Breakbeat dance music. Including mixes from Dubclot, Beat Mavericks, and James Nao.
Check out the debut release on String Theory Recordings, STRR001: CC Rock_String Theory , in stores November 10, 2009. Featuring 4 mixes of House music (Progressive, Deep, Tech). Including mixes from CC Rock, Aleksus Sanchez, Locklear & Poppin, and RioTGeaR.
ChipSound Records presents the new work from the
german artist TRO "All The
Time" with remixes from Youthful Implants and the spanish group Factor
Funk.
Release:
Artist:
TRO Title: All The Time Remixers: Youthful Implants
/ Factor Funk Label: ChipSound Records Cat:
CSRD033 Release Date: 03 of November (Exclusive @ Beatport) /
17 of November (other online stores)
Tracklist:
A: TRO - All The
Time (Original Mix) AA: TRO - All The Time (Youthful Implants
Remix) AAA: TRO - All The Time (Factor Funk
Remix)
Hello! Just wanted to let you know that the new single from FAR TOO LOUD is now available. Two brand new original tracks - "Bass Association" and "Dancefloor Destroyer" - are available as digital downloads exclusively from Beatport (iTunes and other stores from 9th November). The release is also available on 12" vinyl. Check the clips below!
ChipSound Records presents a new Album, "Halloween Compilation", included 10 new tracks, totally exclusives and compiled by The Weekenders.
Between this 10 tracks, we were with 9 spanish productions, by artists like Bubu, Kiko Makenro, Dinamic Heady and The Weekenders, and other track from the german artist T.R.O., owner of the label Furioso Records.
Highest new entry into the Street Sounds Electro Charts
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