«1. Funky (adj.) – grimy, sticky, smelly
A good friend of mine once told me, “Funk music is getting over the blues.”
The word and that phrase capture the sensory input, emotional output, and historical weight that come with a great House set. When the clubs in NYC opened back up in 2021, most of us turned completely feral. Interestingly, the DJs came back first, live music took a little bit to percolate.
After my plucking along as a guitar player with a Afro-Caribbean Funk band in live venues for years I had tasted the dancefloor, but yearned for folks who lived it. Once my group fell apart, I was lost. House music brought me home. I found a community that shared my passion for movement, obsession with 4 to floor, and that love for being drenched in sweat in a crowd of tons of people. Coming to the club was almost like entering a neon chrysalis and exiting as a saucy butterfly.
House music is a sanctuary for the freaks.
House was built with african diasporic sounds spun by queer, black, & latinx djs; it was born in Detroit/Chicago/NYC bathhouses, sweaty industrial spaces and packed loft parties. Spanning organ heaters, Hard House, Disco Screamers, Dirty Acid, Ghetto-tech/Booty House sounds, I wanted to make a mix that’d encapsulate the spirit of a lot of those foundational places and spaces while celebrating the wide range of house flavors – specifically keyed in on Houses’ 90s heyday.»
«»1. Funky (adj.) – mugriento, pegajoso, maloliente
Un buen amigo me dijo una vez: «La música funk es superar el blues».
La palabra y esa frase capturan la entrada sensorial, la salida emocional y el peso histórico que conlleva un gran set de House. Cuando los clubes de Nueva York volvieron a abrir en 2021, la mayoría de nosotros nos volvimos completamente salvajes. Curiosamente, los DJ volvieron primero, la música en directo tardó un poco en filtrarse.
Después de tocar la guitarra con un grupo de Funk afrocaribeño en salas durante años, había probado la pista de baile, pero añoraba a la gente que la vivía. Cuando mi grupo se disolvió, estaba perdido. La música house me trajo a casa. Encontré una comunidad que compartía mi pasión por el movimiento, mi obsesión por el 4 to floor y ese amor por estar empapado en sudor entre una multitud de toneladas de gente. Venir al club era casi como entrar en una crisálida de neón y salir convertido en una mariposa descarada.
La música house es un santuario para los freaks.
El house se construyó con sonidos de la diáspora africana pinchados por Djs queer, negrxs y latinxs; nació en los baños de Detroit/Chicago/NYC, en espacios industriales sudorosos y en fiestas en lofts abarrotados. Abarcando sonidos organ heaters, Hard House, Disco Screamers, Dirty Acid, Ghetto-tech/Booty House, quise hacer una mezcla que encapsulara el espíritu de muchos de esos lugares y espacios fundacionales, celebrando al mismo tiempo la amplia gama de sabores house, especialmente centrada en el apogeo de Houses en los 90″.»
Funkin’ in the Dark
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Alias: Misha Savage aka DJ Zeidi
Pronombres: He / Him
Localización: Brooklyn, NY
Residencia: Sugarbump
Sellos: Self-Released
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TRACKLIST:
01. Smooth Touch – House of Love
02. Dave Morales & The Bad Yard Club ft Crystal Waters & Delta – In de Ghetto
03. Club Ultimate – Carnival 93 (The Mardi Gras Mix)
04. River Ocean ft. India – Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochùn) (12″ Club Mix)
05. Angel Moraes – Heaven Knows (The Moraes Mix)
06. Cold Cuts – The Big Bang (Warehouse Mix)
07. Dawn Tallman – Wake Up (Hex’s Hard Church Dub)
08. DJ Kevin Halstead – Floor Mover
09. 740 Boyz – Shimmy Shake (Extended Club House Mix)
10. Rudy Rude Dog Gonzalez – I Like It ft Jesica
11. House Gospel Choir & Adelphi Music Factory – Salvation
12. Willie Ninja – Hot (Expansions NYC Dub)(Louie Vega Remix)
13. DJ Kevin Halstead – B Down
14. LSDXOXO – Body Mods
15. DJ Bam Bam – Make Ya Bounce (Erect House Mix)
16. Paul Johnson – Let Me See You Butterfly
17. Beau Didier – Booty Shake
18. Sweet Chariot (Booker T’s Mass Fusion Dub) – Club Artists United
19. Charlotte – Skin (Club 69 Future Anthem Mix)
20. Chris Liberator And Sterling Moss – Massive Line
21. Da Tekno Warriors feat. DJ Bam Bam – Pump Up Da Bass ****
22. Carbine – It’s Funky, But It Ain’t House
23. Headrush Tactics – Good Times (DJ Vic’s Remain Insane Good Times Remix)
24. Floorplan – I Feel Him Moving
25. Jimmy Jones – Watch Out For Da Big Girl
26. Waxmaster Maurice – Get Em Girl
27. Beads – Escola de Samba
28. Green Velvet, Dajae, Mihalis Safras – Wurk
29. Misha Savage – OFA Pts 1 & 2
30. Waxmaster Maurice – Otis Ghetto House
31. Dj Tameil – Teena Marie Theme
32. Byron Stingily – Testify (Forthright Club Mix)
33. Doubleplusgood – The Winding Song (Armand’s Calypsonic Dub)
34. Joe Smooth – Promised Land (12” Club Mix)
35. Roland Leesker – No Way Out (Scan7 No Way Out Remix)
36. Geraldine Hunt, Carl Cox- Can’t Fake the Feeling (Carl Cox Rework)
37. マクロスMACROSS 82-99 – This Feeling (w/ Soul Bell)
