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Josh The Funky 1 – August 2010 Beatport DJ Chart

Dave Cortex — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:09:30 +0000

The US’s Josh The Funky 1 charts tunes from labels like Spinnin’ and Rising Music for August.

01. Josh The Funky 1 – Alright ft. Corey Andrew (Hard Rock Sofa Mix) [Funktion Recordings]
02. Jorgensen & Jesse Voorn – Troubled So Harder (Alex Kenji Remix) [Spinnin Records]
03. Dario Nunez – Pera [Soleado Recordings]
04. Rayann, Deka, Dave Rose – Feel The Underground (Midnite Sleaze Remix) [Star 69 Records]
05. Hana B. – I Miss You (Alex Kenji Remix) [Hotfingers]
06. Nelski, Chris Lake – Minimal Life (DJ PP Remix) [Rising Music]
07. Antranig – Shake That Ass [Sondos]
08. Helvetic Nerds – Mistaken Identity [Unreleased Digital]
09. Josh The Funky 1 – So You (Benny Royal Remix) [Funktion Recordings]
10. Barry Barrylas, Franky Rizardo – Story of Love ft. Nathasja [Sneakerz MUZIK]

Josh The Funky 1 – March 2010 Beatport Chart

Dave Cortex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:17 +0000

Chicago’s Josh The Funky 1 shows support for Joia Records and his own Funktion Recordings this month.

01. Fedde Le Grand & Mr. V – Back & Forth ft. Mr. V (Full Vocal Mix) [Ultra]
02. Josh The Funky 1 & Harrison Crump – Konstruction 2010 (Veron Remix) [Funktion Recordings]
03. Marco Lys & Chris Lake – La Tromba (Riva Starr Remix) [Defected In The House]
04. Gregori Klosman & Tristan Garner – Fuckin Down [Joia Records]
05. Stefano Azati – Horns [Cr2 Records]
06. Albin Myers – Jump [Joia Records]
07. Ridney – At Night [Defected]
08. Stefan Villijn – Move [Funktion Recordings]
09. Afrojack – Esther (George F, Eran Hersh & Darmon Blow Mix) [GF Recordings]
10. Josh The Funky 1 – Rock To The Beat (Franky Rizardo Remxi) [Tenor Recordings]

Audio samples and purchase links available here at Beatport.

Josh The Funky 1 – December 2008 Top Ten

Dave Cortex — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000

01) Tune Brothers – Make Your Body Pop ft. Tyree Coper [Housesession Records]
02) Josh The Funky 1 – Rock To The Beat (Main Mix) [Funktion Recordings]
03) Henrik B – Waenern [Joai Records]
04) Laidback Luke & Roman Salzger – Generation Noise ft. Booqshe [Mixmash]
05) G&G – Personal Jesus [Glamora Records]
06) Soulcatcher – Falling For You ft. Amanda Wilson (Bingo Players D [Spinnin Records]
07) Stephan Luke – Pressure [Sleaze]
08) Laidback Luke & A-Trak – Shake It Down [Mixmash]
09) David Vendetta – Hold That Sucker Down (Instrumental Mix) [Mixmash]
10) Dirty Vegas – Pressure (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix) [Toolroom]

Josh The Funky 1 – November 2008 Top Ten

Dave Cortex — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +0000

01) Josh The Funky 1 – Rock To The Beat
02) Cube Guys – Be Free (Cube Guys Remix)
03) Stephan Luke – Pressure
04) Stockholm Syndrome – Make You Whole (TV Rock Remix)
05) Muzzaik – Out of Reach (Interplay & Add2Basket Remix)
06) Discorama – Giddy Up Go Go (John Dahlback Remix)
07) Kurd Maverick – Strings of Tortuga (Josh The Funky 1 & Jewelz Remi
08) Sidekick – Deep Fear (Phobia Remix)
09) Milk & Sugar – No No No (Mischa Daniels Remix)
10) Tom Stephan – Phreekin (TV Rock Remix)

Hatiras Presents: Josh The Funky One 02

Suneel — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:02:09 +0000

Hatiras radio features one of Chi-town’s finest in another installment live & direct for FHM.com readers

Online Link: http://www.blowmedia.com/radio/radio_joshthefunkyone_02.shtml

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – Universal Sound Radio 10-27-2007, Radio Mix from 96.3 FM Chicago

Dave Cortex — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:11:33 +0000

Fresh new DJ mix from Josh The Funky 1…

Universal Sound Radio 10-27-2007, Radio Mix from 96.3 FM Chicago

Josh The Funky 1 – September 2007 Top Ten

Dave Cortex — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:00:00 +0000

01) Josh The Funky 1 – We All Need ft. Harrison Crump (Erick Decks Remix) [Funktion Recordings]
02) Georgio Schultz – Work It Out (Bart B More Remix) [G-REX Music]
03) Junior Jack – Life [Defected]
04) R.I.O. – R.I.O. (MYPD Remix) [Zooland Records]
05) Groove Digerz – Jack The Groove [Groove Digital]
06) Nari & Milani & Dek 31 – Gnuk [Juicy Music]
07) Dave Spoon – Bad Girl (At Night) ft. Lisa Maffia [Toolroom]
08) Gabriel Ananda – Doppelwhipper (Live) [Platzhirsch Schallplatten]
09) Andrea Doria & LXR – Freak Me (Dave Spoon Remix) [Platzhirsch Schallplatten]
10) Milk & Sugar & MS2 – Stay Around (For This) (Yvez Murasca & Bk Duke Hyp [Milk & Sugar]

Exclusive Interview: Josh The Funky 1

Suneel — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:00:00 +0000

Josh The Funky 1 hails from Chicago, the home of House Music. A D.J. for over 14 years, Josh blends a unique style of Funky house, Electro-house, & Chicago House while incorporating ill-scratching and turntable tricks. Josh’s passion for the art of D.J.ing first came about when he discovered hip-hop while still in grade school. A fan of early pioneering groups like Public Enemy, E.P.M.D., Eric B. and Rakim he was enthralled by the art of scratching. One day a friend lent Josh a videotape of a D.J. battle, which unknowingly turned out to be a D.M.C. battle, the most renowned D.J. battle in the world. Mesmerized by what he saw could be done with 2 turntables and a mixer, Josh practiced and honed his skills relentlessly. His passion and persistence proved to be worthwhile, as he has since displayed his skills in some of the most prestigious D.J. battles in the world. 1997 saw Josh become a D.M.C. Midwest Finalist. In 1999 he competed in the Winter Music Conference scratching competition where he was a runner up to 3-time world champion D.J. Craze. In 2000 he took 1st place in the beat-mixing competition at the W.M.C.- D.J. spin-off.

In 2001 Josh took his DJ skills to a wider audience, hitting the airwaves as a weekly resident on 96.3 FM (B96) Chicago’s longest running mixshow to date. Aside from radio and competing, Josh has also helped to coproduce legendary D.J., Bad Boy Bill’s, ‘Bangin the Box Vol. 4′ and ‘Banging in London’ series. With his experience and persistence Josh has since gone on to compile several of his own mix compilations including his most recent venture, ‘Universal Sound’, released on the prestigious System Recordings, home to DJs such as Junior Sanchez, Richard Vission, & Danny Tenaglia.

Along with his D.J.ing accomplishments, Josh has also had his hand in the studio producing/remixing tracks for the some of the most prominent Producer/Artists like Dajae, Harrison Crump, Patrick Alavi, Granite & Phunk and even contributing a remix to Jessie Saunders seminal classic ‘On & On’, widely recognized as the first House record ever. However, ‘The Funky 1′ is not one to be content with only producing and remixing records for other labels. In 2001 Josh launched his own record label, Funktion Recordings, partnering with long time friend Gus Calderone, both have worked tirelessly in bringing it to the forefront of the Dance Music Industry by featuring some of the worlds premiere House producers, including, Kid Cr�me, Ian Carey, Asle Bjorn,& Sucker DJs. When not running his label or in the Studio, Josh is constantly touring the world bringing his sound and skills together for the masses.

FunkyHouseMusic.com was lucky enough to have Josh knock out a short Q&A for the website recently, and it follows as such:

FHM: Can you give us a brief history of your discovery of music? Your turntablist days? What brought about your switch to house music?

JTF1: My interest in music and DJing started with Hip-Hop. I was always more interested in what the guy behind the MC was doing. Then I started getting really deep into it when I saw one of the DMC videos that a friend lent me. My discovery of House came about a year or two later when the whole hip-house movement was coming out of Chicago. All the early DJ international stuff, like Fast Eddie and Kool
Rock Steady were big at that time.

FHM: How has the progression of your production career changed your touring schedule? Have you seen an increase in interest in the Josh the Funky 1 brand domestically, or both stateside & internationally? Has your recent success caused you to approach house music from a different perspective?

JTF1: Internationally it has definetely increased. Everytime I play somewhere new I get a new perspective on what works for that area. I think being an international DJ you can have your distinct sound that your known for but you have to tailor it to the region. I don’t play the same in Germany as I would in the UK and I don’t play the same in San Francisco as I would in New York.

FHM: Once the digital movement began, was it difficult for you to transition from vinyl to CDs? Also, we have noticed you have brought your scratching skills from the turntable format to the CDJ format – was the learning curve difficult, or do you find the “feel” of the CDJ to truly come close to the feel of scratching vinyl?

JTF1: I was pretty late on transitioning to digital, but now that I’ve embraced it, I love the advantages. For me the learning curve was easy as its not that different. Scratching on the CDJ doesn’t feel the exactly the same as Vinyl, but I can get the same sound out of it.

FHM: Its been a great 2 years for the “Funktion Recordings” camp, dropping release after release on today’s digital and vinyl outlets such as Beatport and Dance Records, is it safe to assume Funktion Recordings will continue to press vinyl, or is their a clear path to phase the 12″ out completely?

JTF1: Whether Funktion continues to press 12″ vinyl will be determined by the market place, not us.

FHM: What city or country do you find that embraces funky house more than any other (via your experiences)? Do you find that funky house music gets disregarded in certain areas of the U.S / globally?

JTF1: The U.K. for sure embraces it..I think they kinda coined the term. Personally, I think House in general was widley diregarded in the U.S. for a while. It really seems to be on the up and up again though and there are new faces coming into the scene with a fresh excitement and attitude about it.

FHM: Speaking of the “funky sound”, do you really have an interest in that anymore or are you fully enveloped into the electro house movement these days?

JTF1: Well, first I think any genre can be funky. whether its house,techno, etc.. I like electro-house but there’s just too much stuff sounding the same and it will probably result in the death of that genre in the near future, which is fine because House music has lasted by always re-inventing itself.

FHM: Coming from Chicago, and having ties with the likes of Bad Boy Bill, Steve Smooth, JJ Flores, CZR, Alex Peace, and others, what is it about your local town squad that helps differentiate yourselves from the masses? Is there a unique perspective on the sound / industry that is shared mutually among your small group, or is it just simple coincidence that you all are located in Chi-town?

JTF1: I think going back to the early pioneers, the DJ bar was set high, and basically if you wanted to stand out, you had to come with it and if you come from Chicago I think you take that with you.

FHM: Thank you for taking the time to complete this interview, and supporting the FunkyHouseMusic.com mission.

Blow Media Radio: Josh The Funky 1

Suneel — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:05:26 +0000

If you’re down with the sounds of Bad Boy Bill, Steve Smooth, JJ Flores, or truly any of Chicago’s leading house performers, then you’re probably just as excited to hear this as we are
http://www.blowmedia.com/radio/radio_joshthefunky1_01.shtml

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix October 6th 2006

Porter — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:11:13 +0000

Check out this new DJ mix from Josh The Funky 1…

B96 Radio Mix October 6th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix July 30th 2006

Porter — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:11:44 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix July 30th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix June 17th 2006

Porter — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:11:14 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix June 17th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix May 27th 2006

Porter — Sat, 27 May 2006 11:11:32 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix May 27th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix April 22th 2006

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B96 Radio Mix April 22th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix March 31st 2006

Porter — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:11:37 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix March 31st 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix March 11th 2006

Porter — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:11:05 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix March 11th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Feb 24th 2006

Porter — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:11:34 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix Feb 24th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Jan 21th 2006

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B96 Radio Mix Jan 21th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Jan 7th 2006

Porter — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:11:25 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix Jan 7th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Dec 17th 2006

Porter — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:11:51 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix Dec 17th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Nov 18th 2006

Porter — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:11:18 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix Nov 18th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Nov 4th 2006

Porter — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:11:43 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix Nov 4th 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Oct 22nd 2006

Porter — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:11:08 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix Oct 22nd 2006

DJ Mix: Josh The Funky 1 – B96 Radio Mix Oct 14nd 2006

Porter — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:11:27 +0000

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B96 Radio Mix Oct 14nd 2006

Josh The Funky 1 – September 2005 Top Ten

Dave Cortex — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:00:00 +0000

01) Stretch & Vern – Beats and Bones [Monotype]
02) Phunk Electric – Red Hot remixes [Cyber]
03) Roykosopp – Unknown [49% Wall of Sound]
04) Avenue D. – Slut (bootleg mix) [White]
05) Sharon Phillips – Want 2 Need 2 [Brickhouse]
06) Thomas Anderson – Washing up [Bpitch]
07) Armand Van Helden – When the Lights [Ultra]
08) DJ Technic – Gabryelle [Defected]
09) Moby – Raining Down [Defected]
10) Ian Carey – NonStop [Executive]

Big Shot Magazine reviews Josh The Funky 1

Porter — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Big Time
Club FIVE
Washington DC
March 12th, 2005

It was a typical brisk, late-winter Saturday night in the capital of the world, but that didn’t stop over 1200 members of Washington DC’s club community from witnessing an event dedicated to those who love house music – everyone beginning with the deep house purists to the funky bangin’ rock stars.

With sponsorships from System Recordings, Big Shot Magazine, and M3 Productions, the Washington DC based production / DJ crew of Instinctive Grooves had set the stage in the city’s beautiful midtown triangle at Club FIVE with the highest level of quality control in regards to d�cor, production, and visuals. Upon walking up the steep and extensive stairwell entrance, visitors entered the club’s first floor and were welcomed with the purest & dopest of deep house funk being provided by Baltimore based Sonic Soul Collective member Adam Auburn. Images of Josh The Funky One plastered all over the walls teased of what was to come, but the early, groovy vibe gave party people the chance to mingle, drink, dance, and appreciate the event’s atmosphere.

As the night switched from the PM hours to the AM hours, the music continued to progress as Washington DC based funky house selector – Suneel – took his turn at the vinyl wheels, and ignited the event into pure madness. The speakers boomed of delicious vocal funky 4/4 rhythms visiting sounds from the 80′s & 90′s to today’s most upfront tunes, all wrapped up with one, big whipping of positive vibes and relentless energy. The smile on this DJ’s face spoke a million words!

Fast forward to 1:30 am, the club is smashingly rammed, and the masses are eating up everything that is being fed to their ears. The star of the night, Josh The Funky One, has taken over in the DJ cockpit, and is creatively playing the role of teacher to students as he slices his way through bangin’ Chi-house, incredible scratching techniques, and a look of complete confidence. Hands-in-the-air hysteria has taken over, as images being projected onto white screens via LCD projectors are sharing Josh’s turntablism techniques to entertain those who couldn’t squeeze onto the dance floor space. Looking above the club’s main floor, a 2nd floor showcased an overlooking square banister of disco balls, intelligent lighting, and clubbers pumping their fists as the set continued. It is no surprise why System Recordings has picked up this entertainer onto their label. The Funky One truly showed what sets him apart from the saturated DJ industry, and why is he is an artist in his own right.

3:30 am has arrived, the drinks have been flowing all night, craziness surrounds the inner walls of this rather posh club as clubbers continue to rock on to the sounds of Lexus King, a purveyor of the Wash DC house sound thru two presidential terms and six RAVE Act bills. Probably the biggest surprise of this event was simply the fact that it wasn’t slowing down. Clubbers continued to pour through the entrance, and DJ Lexus King continued the onslaught of deeper, twisted disco and later night head-funk. Still bobbing his head minutes before 5:00 am, the crowd continued to beg for more’quality!

And that is the story of Big Time’presented by the boys of Instinctive Grooves giving the District of Columbia a proper sampling of an extremely diverse night of all that is good in the realm of house music. Some say the EDM scene is slowing down, but apparently no one remembered to mention that to this city of lobbyists, Pentagon folk, World Bankers, Georgetown yuppies, and straight up dance music lovers…

Exclusive Review: Josh The Funky 1 – Universal Sound

Suneel — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Artist: Josh The Funky 1
Title: Universal Sound
Label: system Recordings
Format: CD
Release Date: March 10th, 2005
Audio Sample: Listen

This is a big room stomper of a mix CD. Josh blends his choice of house cuts with ease and a bit of turntable flair with some scratdching and beat jugling. Many subgenres of house music are represented in this mix and the flow from track to track is soothingly smooth. Josh delivers get up and dance tracks that will turn even the most novice house music listener into a true fan.

nnTracklisting:
n1. Enzo Mori & Stephan Clark – Got The Feeling
n2. DLG – Rock Your World
n3. Fuzzy Hair – Move On..

n4. Gem 3 – Nude
n5. Full Blown – Some Kinda Freak
n6. Spektrum – Kinda New
n7. Phunk Electric – Video Game Crash
n8. Da Fresh – East Side, West Side
n9. Land Between Grooves – Elektricity
n10. Todd Miner – Reach For The Sky
n11. Da Skunk – Hot Box
n Mixin Marc – Sexual Thing (Acapella)
n12. David Kent – One Night
n Spankox – To The Club (Acapella)
n13. Unknown – Powered
n14. Tom Neville – Buzz Junkie
n15. Da Fresh – Back 4 Ya
n RHV – Never Let me Down (Acapella)
n16. Paul Materson – What U Got
n17. DLG – The Drums
n Jesse & Crabbe – Big Booya (Acapella)
n18. SpaceCowboy – Cuttin N’ Scratchin
n19. French Funk Foundation – Gust on the Dancefloor
n20. Jay Walker – Sense
n21. Spekr Freks – Mind Games
n22. DJ Luccio – No Fear
n Unknown – Rockstar (Acapella)
n23. Craig Obey – Coolin At The Bar
n24. Steve Angello – The Rain
n25. Patrick Alavi – Hell Yeah
n26. Alex Neri – House Track
n27. Mylo – Drop The Pressure
n28. Steve Angello – Play it Loud
n29. Open Air – This Music

Josh The Funky 1 on System Recordings

Porter — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:00:00 +0000

After years of releasing mix compilations on his own independend record label Funktion Records, Josh ‘The Funky 1′ just released his first mix CD on a major label. System recordings just released ‘Universal Sound’ and all indiciations are that this is only the beggining for this up and coming superstar DJ.

The following was taken from the System Recordings website:

Chicago’s heir-apparent to the funky house crown, Josh The Funky 1 delivers ‘Universal Sound’ – a stunning 30+ track DJ mix that leaves the competition in the dust. Cutting and scratching like the DMC champ he is, rocking the E.Q. like the superstar DJ he has become, ‘The Funky 1′ serves up a 70 minute continuous mix that is guaranteed to leave no room on the dancefloor!

‘Universal Sound’, captures on disc for the first time in stores, Josh’s legendary skills, as he blends his unique style of funky house, tech-house and breaks, while incorporating ill-scratching and turntable tricks. The fast, funky and furious mix features upfront tunes and red-hot club mixes from Bryan Cox, Jay Walker, Richard Humpty Vission, and more. If jackin’ house music is your thing, don’t sleep on the must-have DJ mix of the year…ya’ll have been warned!