Russell Ruckman - Classic and Upfront, Deep, Soulful and Credible Funky House.

Last Saturday night I had the great pleasure of playing for one of my all time favourite DJ’s “Paul Trouble Anderson” at his long running legendary night “The Loft”

It was early 1994 when a friend first introduced me to U.S house and garage, I already listened to house but I had never heard anything like this before, I remember instantly loving this new uplifting sound and it soon became my music.

Always keen to discover new dance music I connected the Nynex cable system to the hifi so I could listen to London's Kiss FM, this was the only way of receiving it in Brighton back then, and this was when I discovered Paul. I first came across his show one Saturday night, I suddenly had a mad panic to find a fresh tape and record this amazing music coming out of the radio, I was instantly hooked and I soon became a big fan.

Paul was a massive inspiration to me back then and without a doubt my favourite DJ and has played a big part in my musical upbringing.

Playing at The Loft last week has inspired me to finally put together a mix of some of those classic U.S house sound’s I used to listen to on the radio every weekend.

It’s a mixture of cd’s and vinyl and some of the records are quite old and have had plenty of play so please excuse the parts that are a bit faded or distorted.

Track list bellow:

1) Uncanny Alliance - I Got My Education - (Kenlou Mix)
2) Station Q - That Special (That Special Dub Mix)
3) Mass Fusion Ft: Steven Granville - Running Back To Me
4) Urban Discharge - Wanna Drop A House
5) Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space - Reach For Me
6) Cassio - Baby Love (Chord Mix)
7) Francois K - hypnodelic
8) Terrence Parker - Love's Got Me High (Tribute To Ken Collier E.P)
9) Lynette Smith - Only You
10) Prime Suspect - Retro Vibe

What with pride in Brighton being such a massive event for everyone in the city Soul Damn Funky decided to get involved and put out a mix to celebrate the biggest party weekend of the year.

The mix starts of with some brand new soulful house hot of the press, then stepping it up to some bumpy jackin beats, funky disco house and driving house sounds plus a few classics thrown in for good measure.

Whether you getting ready to go out or just got home from a night of clubbing whatever the occasion this mix will be the perfect sound track to your pride weekend.

Russell

Russell Ruckman SDF Podcast July 2011

1) Davidson Ospina,Oscar P & Vicky Martin - Only U (Main Mix) - Ospina Digital
2) Kerri Chandler - Rain (Demarkus Lewis Deez 2010 Remix) - Unreleased
3) Donae'o - I (Sean Mccabe Remix ) - Strictly Rhythm
4) Fleetside feat. Carolyn Harding - Movin' On 2011 (Piers Kirwan Vocal Remix) - Tall House Digital
5) Micky More - Superfunk (Original Mix) - Street Of Soul
6) Kola Kube feat. Choklate - Break My Heart (Kola Kube NY House Mix) - Z Records
7) DeepCitySoul - Get Back (Classic Mix) - Nice n Ripe
8) Cajmere feat. Russoul - Spinnin (Original Mix) - Cajual
9) Joey Negro pres. Doug Willis - Music Speaks Louder Than Words (Doug's Jazzfunkadisco Mix) - Z Records
10) Bah Samba ft. Monique Bingham - Run (album) - Favouritizm
11) JD73 - Think Twice (Sean McCabe Mix) - Z Records
12) Dj Spen Presents Sheila Ford & Terry Thompson ft Carlous Palmer - Fantastic (Spen & Terry's Skatastic Mix) - Code Red

1) Tourist - Ticket To Ride
2) Soulman T - My Soul Heart 'N' Mind
3) U Clique - Believe It
4) Mr Patron - Happy Endings aka Love & Happiness
5) Curtis McClain - City Life (Victor Simonelli Remix)
6) Bobby D'Ambrosio - Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
7) Hardrive - No Cure
8) Robinson Wall Project - Deep Down (Deep Sensation Remix)
9) Mishal Moore - Oh Lord
10) Joey Negro presents: Akabu - Feelin’ Nervous (Joey Negro Extended Mix)
11) Jeep Grrlz - Smokin' Daughter
12) Mo Browne What You Do

1) 00:00 Seal - Violet (Scott Wozniak Bootleg Mix)
2) 05:58 Solomun Feat Ole Soul - Cloud Dancer
3) 10:15 Spirit Catcher - Beezy Operator (Original Mix)
4) 15:55 The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. feat Michelle Visage - It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day [Dub House Mix III]
5) 19:35 Lil' Louis & The World - Club Lonely (Shield Re Edit)
6) 24:54 Jazztronik - Real Clothes (JJTK New Remix)
7) 29:35 Cajmere feat. Dajae - Brighter Days (Thommy And Spen Muthafunkin Party Mix)
8) 35:09 Kerri Chandler feat. Treasa Diva Fennie - Heal My Heart (Fanatix Main Mix)
9) 40:47 Serious-Man feat Zakia - Soul Sisters
10) 47:55 Orkestra Galactica vs The Jeep Grrlz - Smokin' Daughter

Bumpy Jackin House #1 - Russell Ruckman - March 2011

Russell Ruckman provides another slamming mix for Soul Damn Funky this time his house music is on a seriously bumpy jackin tip, funky grooves and bouncy jackin beats will keep you foot tapping and head nodding all the way through, this is a must have mix for the real house heads out there.

TRACKLIST

1) 00:00 Soul De Marin - High 5 4 Da Streetlife (Original Mix)
2) 03:57 Digital Villains - Busted Speaker (Joey Youngmans Disco Madness Remix)
3) 08:23 Jorge Watts - Up To The Sky (DJ Sneak Mix)
4) 13:19 Soul De Marin Featuring Byron Stingily - Excessive Coolness (Original Mix)
5) 17:30 Combined - To The Bone - Soydan Bump Academy
6) 21:27 Ressurrection (Jason Hodges Remix)
7) 25:53 Mario Fabriani - What You Need
8) 30:38 Pol On - I Need
9) 36:21 La Pena 007 - Think
10) 40:10 Slater Hogan John Larner - High In The Chi

A bit of a change from the usual uplifting howling halleluiah house music I’m so well known for, this time I’m taking it a lot deeper and dare I say it slightly moody!

All the music on this mix is still very much me and if you caught me playing out late enough one night these are the kinda sounds you might hear.

Starting off with an amazing new track from Phil Asher feat Shea Soul and that’s about as soulful as this mix gets, I chose this track as to me its not really a soulful house record, its more deep and very melodic which is how I wanted this mix to sound, the first half of the mix stays on a deep melodic level then stepping up to some bouncy jackin house but still keeping that deep house vibe all the way through.

Just a short one this time 50 minutes, hope you enjoy, track list & label info are attached.

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TRACKLIST:

(1) 01m 31s - Phil Asher Ft: Shea Soul - Can’t Go Back - Restless Soul Music
(2) 06m 18s - Bearweasel - Warmer (Plasmik Mix) - Tsuba Deep
(3) 13m 06s - Souled - Sweet Nothings - Fresh Minute Music
(4) 17m 39s - Corduroy Mavericks - Sing To Swing - Deep Funk Records
(5) 22m 22s - Phonic Funk - Selfmade (Original Mix) - Mn2s
(6) 26m 55s - Joey Negro presents: Akabu - Feelin’ Nervous (Joey Negro Extended Mix) - Z Records
(7) 30m 57s - Ketel Juan - Funk Sauce (Original) - Big Wheel Music
(8) 34m 58s - Uriah West & Sean Michaels - The Denver Omelet (That Peruvian Boy Remix) Flapjack Records
(9) 39m 31s - Frankie J & Sonny Fodera - Got This Feeling (Sonny Fodera Remix) - Flapjack Records
(10) 44m 49s - U Clique - Believe - Label Unknown

Deep grooves, uplifting soulful vocals, funky disco basslines, bumpy jackin beats… every thing that makes HOUSE!

Here’s my latest mix which is a varied selection of house music new and old guaranteed to keep your foot tapping and interested all the way through, mixing the old with the new, soulful with the jackin, plus a live rework/ mash up.

1) Angela Johnson - Better (Micky More Classic Mix) Dome Records Ltd.

2) D-Reflection feat: Christa - Wave Of Love (Ralf Gum Main Vocal Mix) Adaptation Music.

3) Phil Asher & Kai Alce feat: Kayenne - Someone (Vocal Mix) Restless Soul Music.

4) Avi Elman & Danny J feat. Mani Hoffman - Love is Not For Hire (Main Mix) So What Records.

5) Sakura & Co. feat. Sharon Brown Adams - Rejoyce (Sean McCabe Vocal Mix) King Street Records.

6) Joeski - Dissin You. Maya Records.

7) The Playerz (DJ Romain & DJ Pepper) Makin Me High (Ro Dub Mix) Nu Faze Records.

8) Reelsoul feat Kyla - For The Love Of You (Conan Liquid OBL Dub) Mn2s.

9) Jeremy Sylvester - Feel The Music (Vocal Mix) Love House Records.

10) The House Inspectors - A-Town Jazz (Original) Guesthouse US.

11) Will Jax - Cosmic Funk (Tom Drummond Flying Saucers Mix) Clean House Records.

12) Soul Purpose - Mind Fluid (Dub Mix) Nervous Records.

13) Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (Tom De Neef Remix) Defected.

14) DJ Chus & Supernova - Carnavalesco (Original InStereo Mix) Strictly Rhythm.

This mix was recorded live at Soul Damn Funky in Brighton in April 2010.

Its a juicy selection of seriously funky disco infused vocal house, Tracklist bellow.

1) DJ Dealer Feat: Lisa Millet - Cool Lovin' (Look At You Records)
2) Ann Nesby - Tables Turn (Unknown)
3) Leah McCrae - All This Love That I'm Giving Richard Earnshaw Vocal, Groovefinder Records)
4) Donatella Movement - Love Can Be (Unknown)
5) Conan Liquid - Help Me Out (4th Floor)
6) Liquid People - Ice Cream Parlour (Clubsole)
7) Kool & The Gang - Straight Ahead (Remix, Unknown)
8) Kings Of Soul - Satisfy (Xtra Large Records)
9) Gladys Knight And The Pips - Bourgie Bourgie (Pound Boys Remix, White)
10) Muted Soul Feat: Jess King - Cause Im A Woman (Muted Trax)

This has to be one of my absolute favourite mixes and to think I left it just sitting there on the hard drive for two years (hence the name) before rediscovering it and listening to it for the first time.

It’s a collection of some of the best underground deep and soulful house music from around that time and this mix is truly one for the real house connoisseurs.

It wasn’t track listed, so I’ve just got round to doing that now so I can share the information as well as the music with you all, hope you enjoy.

1) 00:00 The Rurals - Rain
2) 04:42 The Urban Sole - Music Part 2
3) 07:53 The Urban Sole - The Way We Feel
4) 11:57 Soni - Here To Stay
5) 17:56 DJ Genensis Presents Neco Redd - Get Out The Frame
6) 22:19 Yass - I Go Deep
7) 28:18 Kings Of Tomorrow feat Rae - Can't Stop
8) 33:54 Peven Everett - Painfully Beautiful
9) 39:26 Sterling Ensemble feat. Mario Inchausti - Truth
10) 46:26 Fanatix - Higher
11) 53:56 Elisabeth Troy - Higher Ground
12) 60:49 Darryl D'Bonneau - Revenge

1) Block 16 - Morning Sun
2) Tamara Wellons - Oh Well
3) Bah Samba - Live In The Summer (Andy Ward Mix)
4) Angel A - Escape
5) Fini Dolo - Blow
6) Ross Couch - Changing Seasons
7) N Dambi - Can't Change Me (Ron Trent Mix)
8) Souled - Rockeez
9) Trackheadz - His Kingdom
10) Wall Of Sound - Critical

Another classic mix from a couple of years ago, this one was recorded for Push FM in London and was aired on 14th April 2009 on the Sub Solo Breakfast Show.

1) 00:00 Ziv Shalit - Satsuma (DJ Tool Beats)
2) 02:18 Jill Scott - Whatever (Scott Wozniak Remix)
3) 08:10 Galaxy Group - Don't Play (DJ Spinna Remix)
4) 16:19 Margaret Grace - My Joy (Sean Mc Cabe Melodious Vox Mix)
5) 21:55 Alex Garcia feat: Brooke Russell - You Are My Joy
6) 27:47 The Littlemen - Caught Out
7) 31:51 Mr Patron - Happy Endings
8) 37:41 Roy Ayers - Brand New Feeling
9) 43:48 Jazzmopper J - Curiosity Killed The House Cat
10) 50:26 Nathan Adams and Zepherin saint - Circles (Vocal Mix)
11) 56:52 River Ocean Featuring India - Love and Happiness (Maw Original Remix DJ-Tool)

This is my Soul For Life mix From Dec 08 which I recored while putting together Soul For Life which I launched in London the following month.

Its an upfront collection of deep and soulful house with an old classic thrown in for good measure.

1) Muzology - Whole Wide World
2) Peven Everett - Feelin You
3) Kloud 9 - Loves Just Better With You
4) Louie Vega - Jo ‘Bergs Theme
5) Elements Of Life - Into My Life
6) Rocco - Someday
7) Cajmere - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix)
8) Spen & The Muthafunkaz - Always
9) Spen Presents… The Jersey Maestros - He’s So Real
10) Kenny Dope - Money For Love
11) Sound Control - I’ll Be Wishing
12) Muzology - Where Love Lives

Here’s a mix I recorded back in November 2007 which I’ve just rediscovered, I forgot what a great mix this is so decided it needs to be put back out there, its one of the most uplifting, funky, soulful selections of pure U.S house music.

When this mix was first recorded it was only available on CD’s which were given out at bars and clubs on the south coast, it was then added to my podcast site soon after and it was massively popular.

Since then lots of my other mixes have come along and this one has taken a back seat, the original podcast had no information or track list, so I’ve just been through the mix and track listed it to put it out there again for a new audience who missed it the first time.

1) 00:00 Barbara Tucker - Stay Together
2) 07:30 Andy Caldwell feat: Xavier & Omega - Rumours
3) 12:47 Amy Winehouse - Tear Dry On Their Own (Alix Alvarez Soul Channel Mix)
4) 18:32 Backroom Congregation - Sunday Morning (DJ Spen Mix)
5) 25:25 Underground Ministries feat Kenny Bobien - I Shall Not Be Moved
6) 33:26 Bobby D'Ambrosio feat. Arif ST. Michael - Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
7) 38:42 Mystery and Matt Early - Turn Around
8) 43:45 Sparque - Let's Go Dancing (Ethan White Vocal)
9) 50:37 Loni Clark - Rushing (Alix Alvarez Remix)
10) 57:53 George Morel & Romina Johnson - Can’t Let Me Down (Morels Classic Mix)
11) 61:53 Carrie Harrington - Let It Rock Ya House