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About Me

F U N K M O D E brings you the best in beats n breaks and soulful kinda music from james brown to led zeppelin and everything else in-between!
From northern stompers, twisted cover-versions, motown classics, wacked-out psych, skanking riddims and funky beats - our selections are aimed directly at the dancefloor!!
When not digging for non-hit wonders and forgotten gems we play gigs around Wrexham/North Wales on a regular basis aswell as in Chester/Liverpool and the surrounding areas. We host a monthly residency at The Old Swan, Wrexham.
Drop us an email if you'd like us to DeeJay at your event, would like to DeeJay at a F U N K M O D E night, or just to say 'hallo'!
To date North Wales freshest DJs have played alongside:
Funkdub Djs, 2 Kilos Crew, Wax On Wax Off DJs, Perfect Pitch DJs, Rhoda Dakar, The Selector, The Black Seeds, Caroline True Records, Boom Monk Ben, Screaming Citizens, The Beat, Tommy Hunt & the Flamingos, The New Mastersounds, DJ Deviant, Irish Moss, Funkdub DJ's, Carl Forecast, Chris McBride, Redi Daze Festival, DJ Kestrel, Jon Carter, DJ Zylem, Jon Kennedy, Manipulate DJs & Summer Gathering to name a few!!
BEAT KONDUCTOR (MADLIB) IN INDIACheck out the lil' dude poppin' n lockin near the end!
MADLIB/QUASIMOTO - RAPPCATS PT 3
TENOR SAW - RING THE ALARM.....the mighty Tenor Saw riding the 'Stalag Riddim' in 1985 for his hit 'Ring the Alarm' More Fire! Tragically Tenor Saws' life was drawn short when he was the victim of a hit-and-run in Houston, Texas aged 22.
really cool Pierre Henry video for Psyche Rock below, from 1967....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2007
Band Members: Selectors on regular rotation - ALISDAIR / BIRfMARq / CHRIS REYNOLDS / CRAIG FUNKMODE / DEEP C / ECHOTONE HiFi / JAMIE BARLOW / MATT OVERSON / PALE DROID / COLAK
Influences: THEY CREATE, WE RATE : Sir Coxsone Dodd, Nina Simone, David Holmes, Aretha Franklin, Sain, Dynamite Soul, Freestyle Records, Ninja Tune, Biz Markie, Rufus Thomas, 13th Floor Elevators, Carol Kaye, Mo Wax, Dante Carfagna, MC5, Serge Gainsbourg, Trojan Records, The Sonics, Dee Felice Trio, Blood & Fire, Booker T & The MGâ€™s, RJD2, Stax, KRS One, Bobby Byrd (RIP), Dynamo Productions, Quannum, Truth & Soul, The Roots, LA Carnival, Keb Darge, DJ Shadow, Motown, Theo Parrish, Chris McBride, James Lavelle, Roots Manuva, Jurassic 5, Tony Allen, Dorothy Ashby, Curtis Knight, Tummy Touch, Ubiquity, The Dap Kings, Stooges, WARP, Beta Band, James Brown (RIP), Unkle, JC Heavy, Andy Votel, Studio One, Fursaxa, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Jon Kennedy, The Creation, Linda Pehracs, Fused & Bruised, J-Dilla (RIP), Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Tru Thoughts, Fourtet, Devo, Wax Poetics, Major Force, The Slits, Ray Charles, Spacemen 3, Ultramagnetic MC's, Memphix, Iron Knowledge, Solesides, 2 Tone Records, Doris, Factory Records, Prince Buster, Parliament, J-Rocc, Marvin Gaye, The JB's, King Tubby, Fela Kuti, John Barry, Silver Apples, Andy Smith, Gang of Four, Dyke & The Blazers, Clyde Stubblefeild, P.U.T.S, The Maytals, M.A.W, Tramp Records, Alice Russell, Funkadelic, Ruth Copeland, Arthur Lee, Large Professor, Budos Band, Soundway Records, Nick Drake, James Black, Bobby Williams, Quantic, Brighton Beach, Gerald Jazzman, The Funk Brothers, Boca 45, GAMM MC's, P-Funk, A Certain Ratio, Stones Throw Records, Northern Soul, Spectrum, Cut Chemist, Finger Lickin' Records, E.S.G, Eddie Bo, Blow Up, Steady B, C.E.B, Liquid Liquid, Primal Scream, Moodyman, Stevie Wonder, B-Music, Fat City, Eric B & Rakim, B.D.P, Bootsy, The Clash, Mighty Boosh, Soul Jazz Records, Madlib, CHUNKY vinyl and BIG squelchy 303's.............
Sounds Like: slapping the thighs of melody!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

HINT [Tru Thoughts/Ninja Tune] @ FUNKMODE, Wrexham 27/06/08

HINT [Tru Thoughts/Ninja Tune] @ FUNKMODE, OLD SWAN, WREXHAM, FRIDAY 27th JUNE 2008 Hint's musical career began back in 2002, with his first release, the 6-track "Beau Selecta" EP causing quite a st...
Posted by F U N K M O D E on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:59:00 PST

Reminiscence of a retired breakbeat.....

Come in, young homie, come in. Sit down. It's good ta see ya. It ain't often that a young face like you brightens up this place. The family don't come round so much now, all scattered from out of The ...
Posted by F U N K M O D E on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:09:00 PST