Jun172010
Always looking to expand my horizons and reach out to fresh new ears, my DJ sets can now be found on the wonderful Mugasha website. Mugasha makes it really easy to listen to Electronic Music podcasts and long sets from world famous DJs.
The ranks of DJs that Mugasha have on board currently are Tiesto, Markus Schulz, Andy Moor, Matt Darey, Menno de Jong, Roger Shah and I am honoured that my mixes are considered to be ranked among these great DJs.
I hope the Mugasha listeners like my sets! Check me out here for the intro:
http://aux.mugasha.com/new-show-funky-house-mix-by-paul-velocity
and here for the latest mix:
http://mugasha.com/funky-house-mix/june-2010
Jan222010
I get very flattered when people ask me for advice. It makes me feel like I actually know what I’m doing when people look to me for help.
Recently, I received an email which went along the lines of this:
“I am going to be DJing a Funky House event and I want to drop an acapella in the middle of my set to get the dance floor even more pumping then it already will be..
“I wanted to ask you have you ever stopped your set and dropped an acapella… with no beats just purely the song itself? Do you think it’s too risky? I don’t want to get boooed!
“My aim is to make a really good impression with the promoter… but this could go both ways.. !”
Have I ever stopped my set halfway through? Yes. But there was always a reason. Sometimes I needed to switch the style of music from Soulful House to Funky House or from Funky House to more of an Electro sound where I’ve had to do it quickly without transitioning between records.
Most of the time the reason is that a certain stlye or genre just isn’t working on the dancefloor for whatever reason.
You’ve got to ask yourself why you want to kill the music mid flow. Usually, reasons are not premeditated like this and stopping the music mid set is more of a tool to get you out of trouble.
Theres no chance of you getting booed AS LONG AS you dont kill the vibe by stopping the music when the crowd are peaking. Building a momentum and a relationship with the crowd in a set always takes time and you don’t want to ruin the last 20 minutes of hard work building the crowd into a frenzy just to bring them to an anti-climax.
If you feel you must drop this acapella then perhaps it would be best to try and do it over the last few outro beats of the preceeding record. Then you can smooth fade into the acapella and let it run as you intend. This way there is no sudden stop to the music and you can still acheive what you want to do musically with your set.
You will get more respect from the crowd doing this rather than a simple stop/start. For extra kudos, you could follow up with a “live” mash-up by fading in a different instrumental track underneath the vocal as it plays.
If you are doing this to impress the promoter then simply don’t bother. The promoter will not (most of the time) care how good your ability to mix is or even your accurate tune selection. The main priority for the promoter is to get people through the doors.
Perhaps the acapella would sound best at the start of the set rather than halfway through. I think it would have more impact this way. At the end of the day, it’s your set and we wouldn’t get anywhere in this world unless we experimented with things from time to time.
Aug282009
Here are a couple of dates for your diaries over the next few days as its a bit of an action packed bank holiday weekend.
First of all, get yourself over to Platform Six where you can download the latest episode of my fortnightly radio show. Special guest mix this week from none other than Electro house DJ Piqué !!!! As always, the special guest mix is sandwiched between two very phat choice slices of hand cut funky house mixed by myself. Its a great show that also includes one of the latest tracks from Shola Ama and a bumpin’ cut from Crimes Against Disco!
Now on to the live events… Kicking off with TONIGHT. Yes yes, tonight you can catch myself on the decks up at the always funky, Funky End bar in Aldershot alongside the hairless wonder that is Tom Upton closely followed by the lanky legend Mark Masters. Free entry all night with music pumping out from 9pm until late.
If you haven’t got your fill of fresh upfront Funky House tunes by then, you can continue the party TOMORROW NIGHT over at the HaHa bar in Guildford. Usual suspects of Tom Upton and Mark Masters will be in control of your dancefloor, plus I will be there too to spin a couple of tunes. Once again, it’s free entry all night so to be fair you have no excuses not to turn up. Saturday will be a good one as I plan to have a couple of beers and dance around like a lemon.
Hope to see you there! Keep it funky.
Jul052009
Aldershot. Hm. Bit of a step down from Ibiza and Vienna isn’t it? 
On July 18th I shall be heading over to the Funky End in Surrey to go and play some of that funky house music stuff alongside the incredibly talented and (incredibly bald) DJ Tom Upton.
Tom recently won a DJ competition where the top prize was a 45 minute set at Guilfest this year. So you know he’s gonna be good.
If you are in the area, come along, the door price is FREE and the music will be superb. I guarantee it or your money back.
July 18th. Aldershot. Stick it in your diary.
Jul032009
Just a quickie to let you all know a new episode of my radio show Platform Six is available for download from Lifted Radio here: Platform Six Show #11
Its a cracking mix of oldskool for the first hour, plus a special mix that I put together for the Mongolian Mix Tape Marathon.
Tracklisting:
01. Lovestation – Teardeops
02. Strike – U Sure Do
03. Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives
04. Sandy B – Make The World Go Round
05. Tori Amos – Professional Widow
06. Stretch N Vern – Im Alive
07. David Morales – Needin You
08. Blockster – You Should Be
09. Awesome 3 – Dont go
10. Subliminal Cuts – Le Voie Le Soleil
11. Josh Wink – Higher State (Of Consciousness)
12. Cafe Del Mar – Cafe Del Mar
13. Andrea T Mendoza – Put Your Hands Up
14. One Phat Deeva – In And Out Of My Life
15. Cevin Fisher Feat. Loleatta Holloway – You Got Me Burning Up! 2008 (Triple-D (We Love Disco) Rebuild)
16. Cloudburst ft. Culture Girl – 40 Miles (Vocal Mix)
17. Timmy Vegas And Bad Lay Dee – Another Dimension (Triple D Club Mix)
18. Ramsey & Fen ft. Lynsey Moore – Love Bug
19. Shakedown – At Night (Kid Crème Club Mix)
20. Azzido Da Bass – Dooms Night (Stanton Warriors remix)
21. Soul Power ft. MJ White – Back To Me (Rhythm Rockerz Mix)
22. Robot Man (Michael Gray) ft Nanchang Nancy – Ready For This (Original Vocal Mix)
23. Dylan Rhymes ft. Katherine Ellis – Salty (Original)
24. Nalin & Kane – Beachball (Grant Nelson Remix)
Platform Six Show #11
Jun232009
On July 11th 2009 two drivers will depart on a 10,000 mile drive from London to Mongolia, crossing Europe, central Asia and culminating with a dash across the mighty Gobi Desert.
They are raising money for Save The Children, in association with the Mongolian Charity Rally. Their specially equipped off-road vehicle will be packed full of educational materials and clothing to donate to the Mongolian people. They will also be donating the vehicle on arrival.
What Is The Mongolian Mixtape Marathon?
They’re asking DJs from all over the world, be they big names or bedroom DJs, to upload mixes for them to listen to all the way to Mongolia. They estimate they have 800+ hours driving time and they’re intending to listen to dance music non-stop all the way there! Each DJ will be asked to submit a one hour mix of their favourite tunes and also make a small donation (of at least £1). They will then put all the mixes together and listen to them non-stop, all the way to Mongolia!
For more information and to submit your mix, visit: mongolianmixtapemarathon.com
May302009
As usual, I’ve been working my fingers (and ears!) to the bone to get to you some of the latest cuts from around club land. each month I try to think of how best to describe the mix to you so that you get encouraged to download it, but this month I think that the music pretty much speaks for itself.
The first track I play is a Robbie Rivera remix of a guaranteed floorfiller - Basement Jaxx and Do Your Thing. Its probably got one of the longest intros in the world, but when it kicks in you will be bouncing around like you need a padded room. Guaranteed or your money back!
ESquire, Jamie Wamie and Future Funk head up the next few remixes to keep the vibe going. Audio Jacker makes a very welcome return with Check It Out swiftly followed by a superb oldskool vibe track by Drumattic Twins.
Seriously, words can not do it justice. So take advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend, download this mix, put it on CD or whack it on your MP3 player and crank it up as far as you can.
Feedback and comments are always welcome.
Apr092009
Show #5 of my funky house radio show Platform Six is now archived and ready for you to listen. This week, I feature a special DJ guest mix by DJ Alex Lee from the Good Groove.
As usual it’s a funky blend of old and new with a breakbeat style theme to the first half. I also get first play of the latest track from Jamie Wamie which is another beautiful piece from this talented producer.
Check out the archived show over at SSradio or, if you want, you can hear the whole mix go out live today at 4pm GMT on Lifted Radio. Tune in and let me know what you think.
Apr022009
The clocks went forwards the other night. That’s a bad thing because it means we lose an hour from our weekend. Rubbish! But the good news is that this means it is now officially the start of British Summertime.
And what better way to celebrate than to send you this latest offering of fresh club cuts which is guaranteed to make the sun shine. I love the sun.
Kicking off is a track I’ve had for a while and have been meaning to add to my mix for ages. It was sent to me from someone who got in touch via MySpace and is a really nice start to this month’s set.
Funky saxaphone business soon follows thanks to Jolyon Petch vs General Lee and a sweet transition into a track from Soulshaker that was released last year, but I’m adding it to this months mix because its so damn good.
It just gets better and better from here on in, tracks from Armand van Helden and also my new favourite producer Audio Jacker. Until The Break Of Dawn has traces of classic oldskool Garage throughout and I am a bit of a sucker for the classics so I thought I’d throw it in. Hope you like.
I finish up the mix with another belter from DJ Deekline. Lately he’s been producing some really good funky breakbeat crossover tracks that fit well into the style that I like.
Download this month’s funky house mix.
Hope you enjoy the mix. As usual, keep the comments coming in either via Facebook, or through the contact page as it is you people that I make these mixes for.
Also, don’t forget to check out my new bi-monthly radio show called Platform Six now airing on both SSRadio and Lifted Radio.
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