SOUL OF SYDNEY FEEL-GOOD FUNK RADIO

SOUL OF SYDNEY 008: While I’m In The Mood,Boogie & Disco trip by GIAN ARPINO Recorded: 2010 Mixed by GIAN ARPINO Style: Boogie, Funk, Disco vibes Time: 60 mins A one hour mix of phat disco bass-lines and synth filled Boogie and Funk 12’s. One of the tightest mixes to come our way put together by local don of Disco, GAIN ARPINO back in 2010. This was probably one of our favorite mixes from way back. It has been on heavy rotation since 2010. Tracks (All music taken from original 12″ pressings) 1. California Flight Project â California Flight (7â) 2. Game â Gotta Take Your Love 3. Serena â Get Your Body Up 4. Henderson & Whitfield â Dancin To The Beat (Instrumental) 5. Brenda Taylor â You Canât Have Your Cake And Eat It Too 6. Chuck Brown â Back It On Up 7. Eddie Murphy â Boogie In Your Butt 8. Radiance â Youâre my Number 1 9. Ray Parker Jnr & Raydio â For Those Who Like To Groove 10. Terry Burrus And Transe â Love Rockinâ 11. Goody Goody â Make Me Hot 12. GPA Vs Bennson â Pleaseure Player â (GPA Edit) 13. Carol Williams â Canât Get Away (From Your Love) 14. Sharon Redd â Beat The Street (Remix) 15. Sharon Redd â Beat The Street (Vocal Mix) 16. Kevin Mccord â Never Say 17. Family Of Eve â Please Be Truthful About Gian Gian’s a local vinyl head who has been collecting funk, disco, soul and boogie records for years now. & he shares his mad collection of rare soul and funk vinyl at his monthly soul club night Tan Crackers Soul Club. TCSC is a special Sydney club night where friends and music lovers from all walks of life get to hang out, dance and have a good time to a selection of rare 45’s/7″ records that need to be heard alongside staple classics. Joint TCSC Facebook Group for updates and info. or check out Gian’s music blog GPA for live mixes from TCSC & regular run down on whats going down with rare vinyl scene in Sydney. Or check out more mixes at Soundcloud

One from the podcast archive. Soul of Sydney's own resident vibe creator DJ PHIL TOKE holding it down with a set of 80's Electro-Funk, Boogie & Disco live at GOLDFISH kings-cross Sydney back a few years ago. TrackList Timmy Thomas – Are You Crazy??? Cubby St Charles – Party The Fatback Band – Finger Lickin’ Good Noel – Silent Morning – (1018 Dub) Sharon Redd – Beat The Street Barbara Roy – Gotta See You Tonight (Extended Dub Version) Barbara Mason – Another Man (Instrumental) Joyce Sims – Lifetime Love (Hard Dub Mix) France Joli – Gonna Get Over You (Shep’s MasterMix) Earth Wind & Fire – Getaway Teena Marie – Im A Sucker For Your Love (Instrumental) Eddie Kendricks – Goin Up In Smoke Teddy Pendergrass (RIP) – Only You Follow Phil Toke at facebook.com/djphiltoke

SOUL OF SYDNEY 334: DJ MIKE DOTCH at SOUL OF SYDNEY AFRO-LATIN Special [May 2017]

Enjoy this dose of DANCEFLOOR HEAT from last Sunday's Soul of Sydney AFRO-LATIN Special feat. THE STRIDES & CUMBIAMUFFIN. Soul of Sydney's resident vibe creator DJ PHIL TOKE warming things up for THE STRIDES with 70 mins of Latin & African inspired Funk, Soul & Disco vibes.

Originally released back in 2009, Our podcast this week is a special one presented by Sydney's own DJ Mo’Funk, featuring 50+ Soul, Funk & Hip Hop loved up jams put together just for valentines day for all you lovers around town. Mo decided to put together a unique & rare DJ mix, something he has never done but has always fancied putting together one day, this week seems very fitting to make something like this happen! Plenty of soul legends represented here, expect everything from D’angelo, Teddy Pendergrass, Erykah Badu, The Isley Brothers, Michael Jackson, Sade & Bobby Caldwell just to name a few. Enjoy!

I love these mixes from local crate digger, DJ & Tennis Coach GIAN ARPINO, this was the 2010 April promo mix from his SOUL & FUNK 45's club night 'TAN CRACKERS SOUL CLUB' featuring a live recording of him working his magic live in the mix at the infamous TONIC LOUNGE hidden in kings cross. Mixed By Gian Arpino (gpa-goodmusic.blogspot.com) Soul & Funk Live Mix April 2010 Recorded at Tan Crackers Soul Club, Sydney Track List / UNKNOWN 2 Tell me by Sharon Jones 3 UNKNOWN 4 Slip & Do It by Betty Wright 5 UNKNOWN 6 Wait a Minute by The Xplosions 7 Trust Your Child (Part 1) by Patrizia & Jimmy 8 UNKNOWN 9 You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight by Fred Wesley 10 UNKNOWN 11 I'm Gonna Fool You (vocal version) by ELLA HAMILTON 12 UNKNOWN 13 Now That I've Found A Good Thing by Fontella Bass 14 UNKNOWN 15 Running for my life by Roscoe Shelton

SOUL OF SYDNEY 002: SUMMER SOUL Mix by DJ TERRY A [2009] This is one of our favourite mixes! Still a stone cold classic from our high school friend DJ TERRY A. Enjoy this dope selection of SUMMER SOUL & FUNK inspired joints that he put together for us back in 2009 as one of our first guest mixes for our blog. STYLE: Summer Soul, Funk & House vibes. RECORDED: Terry A in the mix 2009 at KLIFE party. TRACKLIST 1 Trust Me by JT Donaldson 2 Juicy fruit by Mtume 3 Funky Sensation (MAW mix) by Gwen McRae 4 Dont Stop the Music by Yarbrough & Peoples 5 Somebody Else's Guy (Dub) by Jocelyn Brown 6 Do it to me by Vernon Burch 7 Funkin For Jamaica by Tom Browne 8 Jump up let’s go by Barna Soundmachine & Der Beat 9 And you don’t stop by Julien Jabre 10 Ain’t gonna hurt nobody by Brick 11 All this love that i'm giving by Gwen McRae 12 Stop Space Return by Crazy P 13 Give it Back by Gaelle 14 You can’t fight what you feel by Raydio 15 I want to show you my love by Goldie Alexander 16 Sure Shot by Tracey Weber 17 A Lover’s Holiday by Change 18 I Wanna Dancer by Faze Action 19 Say Yes (David Harness) by Floetry 20 People Asking why (Timmy Regisford) by Seal 21 Turn Me On by Black Coffee 22 Little W 12th St by Monique Bingham 23 Music by Peven Everett 24 Would that make you love me by Robin Thicke #summerfunk #summersoul #disco #garage #terrya #soulofsydney

SOUL OF SYDNEY 001: Story Of 1980's Electro Funk & B-Boy Boogie by Sageone (2ser) This was the first mix we ever shared on our sound cloud page, one from the archives. Sydney crate digger, DJ & Radio host DJ SAGEONE [2ser] giving us a lesson on 1980's Boogie Funk way before any hipster kid knew what it was. Style: 80’s Electro Funk & B-Boy Boogie

Soul of Sydney Radio #221: Listen to this podcast gem from the Australia radio archives. The complete three hours Frankie Knuckles live set and interview recorded for Triple J Mixup back in March 2001 while he was touring Australia back in 2001. Recorded: on Saturday March 3, 2001, live on Triple J Mix Up (105.7FM) Time: 3+ hours DJ: Frankie Knuckles Genre: Disco, Garage and Soulful House vibes. For everyone digging the vibe Join us as we pay homage to the GODFATHER OF HOUSE Frankie Knuckles with a very special afternoon tribute to his life and musical legacy.

SOUL OF SYDNEY 332: DJ JOHNNY BONES (Feat. Johnny Bones's Afro) at Soul of Sydney Picnic (Sydney Festival Village - 2017 PLAYLIST Haz Beats - Home Patrice Rushen - Remind Me Al B Sure! - Nite and Day Brandy - Sittin’ Up In My Room Sade - The Sweetest Taboo GL - Cheap Shot Beverley Knight - Flavour of the Old School De La Soul feat Chaka Khan - All Good? Eric Benet - Love Don’t Love Me Eric Bellinger - Do 4 Love 2Pac - Do For Love Janet Jackson - That’s The Way Love Goes Gabrielle - Dreams Lighthouse Family - Lifted (Linslee 7” Lifted Mix) Zhane - Hey Mr DJ Vybe - Warm Summer Daze Soul For Real - Every Little Thing I Do Kelly Price - Good Love Kreuz - Party All Night Stereo MCs - Connected Joe - I’m In Luv Stevie Wonder - So What The Fuss (Global Soul Remix) One Way - Cutie Pie

EDSEVEN live at SOUL OF SYDNEY NYD Special 2016 with a mad dose of Disco, Funk & Boogie & old school party jams from 11pm in the Back Room to release the pressure and close out the jam.

SOUL OF SYDNEY 329: Sydney DJ legend SIMON CALDWELL (Mad Racket, FBI Radio) living in the mix at SOUL OF SYDNEY NYD SPECIAL 2017 [5-6pm]. All vinyl, open-air funk disco & good vibes from one of this city's undisputed kings of the turntables. Tracklisting Zapp & Roger - California Love Digital Underground - Humpty Dance Slave - Just a Touch of Love Raw DMX - Do It To the Funk Unknown Artist - Dont Stop the Funk ? Larry Graham - Sooner of Later Stevie Wonder - Do I Do Qwestlife - What You Like [feat. Feat Wildchild & Lola] Lyn Collins - Think Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - What Have You Done For Me Lately? Marva Whitney - Giving Up On Love Marva Whitney - Got to Get Better Unknown Artist ? - Get on Board Womack & Womack - Teardrops Shalmar - Right In the Stocket

SOUL OF SYDNEY 353: JOHNNY BONES in the mix at The Grounds of Alexandria 5'th B'day Soul of Sydney's favorite afro child & crowd favorite DJ JOHNNY BONES (Feat. Johnny Bones' Afro) warming things up for Sydney SOUL QUEEN THANDI PHOENIX at THE GROUNDS (5th Birthday Celebration) a few weeks ago in April. Hunter - Destiny D’Influence - Hypnotize (Funky As F—k Mix) Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite SWV feat Wu-Tang Clan - Anything (Old School Version) Joe - I’m In Luv K-Solo - Your Mom’s In My Business FU-Schnickens - Breakdown (Dunkafelic Remix) De La Soul feat Chaka Khan - All Good? Nick Cannon feat R Kelly - Gigolo Ice Cube - Bop Gun (One Nation) Kelly Price - Good Love Zhane - Groove Thang One Way - Cutie Pie Shalamar - There It Is DINOSAURUS REX & マクロスMACROSS 82-99 - New Dawn Destiny’s Child - Bug A Boo (Paradizzle Remix) Black Eyed Peas feat Esthero - Weekends BlackGirl - 90s Girl Bubba - I Like Your Style Tony Toni Tone - If I Had No Loot Portrait - Here We Go Again! Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce TLC - Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg Naughty By Nature feat Phiness - Holiday Jodeci - Get On Up (Platform Shoes Remix) Horace Brown - Shake It Up Teddy Riley feat Tammy Lucas - Is It Good To You? K7 - Come Baby Come De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring Coolio - Fantastic Voyage C&C Music Factory - Do You Wanna Get Funky

SOUL OF SYDNEY 330: DJ TREY putting on a lesson at SOUL OF SYDNEY NYD SPECIAL Jan 1 2017 with a perfect dose of Old School R&B Joints, Funk, Disco & more. This was such an enjoyable set to witness, love seeing this kid put smiles on peoples faces & bring his unique brand of party jams each & every time at Soul of Sydney. Track List Mary J Blige - Real Love Snoop Dogg - Ain't No Fun Stevie Wonder - Superstitious Prince - Get Off [club mix] Soul II Soul - Back to Life James Brown - Funky President Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray George Michael - Fast Love The Sequence - Funk You Up ? Zapp & Roger - More Bounce Bruno Mars - 24k Magic CC Music Factory - Do You Wanna Get Funky Joe Public - Live and Learn Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces The Commodores - Brick House ? ? ? ? ? ?

SOUL OF SYDNEY 335: Sydney Funk legend DJ STEPHEN FERRIS live in the mix throwing the day time party grooves at SOUL OF SYDNEY FUNK PICNIC at SYDNEY FESTIVAL (Jan 15 2017) in the Lush Surrounds of HYDE PARK during a perfect Sunday afternoon. Including music by the likes of Prince, War, James Brown, Whitney Houston & more. Track List (Incomplete) War - Low Rider Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Doing It To Death Jestofunk - Prince - Sexy Dancer - ? T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat Chicago - Street Player (Remastered LP Version) Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard Sylvester - Over And Over Hall & Oats - I Cant Go for That Bee Gee's - More Than A Woman ? Lucy Pearl - Do Mess with my Man Whitney Houston - Step by Step Zapp & Roger ? Bruno Mars - 24k Magic ?