The Boogie Café returns with a very special guest.Residents Hero73* + JimmyTheTwin will be joined by Soul & Disco record dealer, DJ, family man and all round nice guy CHRIS WHEATLEY (FunkyMusak / Jazz Juice).
Bournemouth’s No#1 Boogie Boy bringing the seaside flavour to Bristol.
Some will know Chris as a vinyl dealer
Some will know him for his Radio 1 exploits in the 90s
and some will know him as resident @ one of the longest running Soul nights in the UK ! …the legendary JAZZ JUICE… now in it’s 21st year!!! And as anyone from the South coast will know,this is Bournemouth’s answer to SOUL TRAIN, taking Bank Holidays to a new level and keeping packed dancefloors happy to sounds of Classic Soul, Funk, Disco and Boogie.
Chris really started to build on his Disco, Boogie Vinyl collection, after travelling the east coast of Canada and the USA, he would pile up the records and send them home to the UK, the following year, more gold was plundered during a road trip to California and further digging exploits over the years has expanded it further still. Chris started dealing to feed his own habit, and to keep his Vinyl collection under control he started Funkymusak eBay Store selling 7″, 12″ and LPs across genre, many repeat customers around the world snap up the items in store.
Expecting to hear Scorching Disco, Bumping Boogie with some Electrofunk and Proto House thrown in.
Party people, get ready to dance …Trainspotters get your notepads at the ready.
Hold tight as SoulFiesta meets Hot Buttered Soul.
JimmyTheTwin (Boogie Cafe) and Mike Shawe team up once again for a night of Rare Groove, 80′s Boogie, Feel Good Soul and Weekender Anthems, …and not to mention, as always, some hot off the press Edits :)
This time we take the STUDY @ The BIG CHILL BRISTOL from 11 til 2am.. admission free and the vibes are good.
Sweet new funk release on Peppermint Jam Records. 12 tracks featuring some of Disco and Funk’s greatest heroes… Gwen McCrae, Roy Ayers, Kurtis Blow …need we say more !?
My two favourite tracks below… “Brown Eyed Love” feat Sharon Phillips
Rising star Caroline Lacaze first came to light on TheMighty Macambos‘ album “The Future Is Here”. And she’s in highly credible company – Not satisfied with gaining a reputation for making serious dancefloor Funk, The Mighty Mocambos have also produced successful releases with the likes of Afrika Bambatas and Charlie Funk.
Now debuting on her own release, Caroline brings us “L’etrange”, a lovely piece of French Funk.
Straight from the intro, the drums say Funk but with the a touch of Hip Hop Soul… almost like Kenny Dope produced it.
96 bpm of sophisticated Funk… and even better still this comes with an instrumental so the DJ’s among you can do live edits, juggling and extended versions when you drop it.
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“L’etrange” is out now on 45 and her album “En Route” will be out in the spring.
If you liked Magnetic Soul guest mix we posted a few months ago… hold onto your hats, because he has just launched Dab Hand …his brand new label – hold tight !
Expect serious nu disco, electrofunk + boogie edits aplenty.
“Weapons test” is the first release with a whopping 10 tracks. And if you’re a vinyl lover, have no fear, this digi-pack is the precursor to Dab Hand vinyl releases to come.
My fave track from the release has to be “Dreamer”. You’ll recognize the cut.. and this has been spliced up before… but for me this version tops the lot. Get a load of this bad boy from the link below.
And the rest of the album is pretty dope too!
Grab it on Juno now… go on.. you know you deserve a New Year treat ;)