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We’re handing the Trunk of Funk mix over to DJ and turntable veteran DJ Mek. Known for his razor-sharp cuts, deep crates and hip-hop-rooted style, Mek’s been a fixture of the scene since the '90s. He’s a five-time Irish DMC champion with a serious pedigree.

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Sat 2 Aug 202518:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The James Taylor Quartet

    Guiding Light

    • Acid Jazz Records.

  • Kwartet Frits Kaatee

    In The Name Of Love

    • Tramp Records.

  • Audrey Hall

    Love Me Tonight

    • Harlem Shuffle.

  • Lance Ferguson

    Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

    • Tru Thoughts Recordings.

  • Etta James

    Tighten Up Your Own Thing

    • Cadet.

  • Curtis Harding

    Time

    • Departures and Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt.
    • Anti.

  • Artie Skeppard & The Lars Samuelssons Orkester

    In The Boogaloo Man

    • Hendrix Music Production.

  • Captain Planet & Tony Allen

    Tony's House

    • B. Jazz.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Baby, I Love You (Live At The Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7,1968)

    • Atlantic.

  • Nia Wyn

    Can't Get No Love 'Round Here

    • Self Released.

  • Brooklyn Funk Essentials

    Life During Wartime

    • Dorado Records.

  • Graham Central Station

    The Jam

    • Warner Bros. Records.

  • Sons of Sevilla

    Butterfly

    • Ubiquity Records.

  • Mo’ Horizons

    Hit The Road Jack (Pe Na Estrada) (Skeewiff Mix)

    • Stereo Deluxe.

  • Night Trains

    You Got It All (Sweet Tater Pie)

    • Best Revenge Records.

  • Wikstrom & Lewen

    Time To Make A Change (feat. Tommy Blaize)

    • Home Of The Good Groove.

  • Erma Franklin

    Piece Of My Heart

    • Shout.

  • Freddie Terrell & The Soul Expedition Band

    Soul Know How To Make Music

    • Shout.

  • Freddie Scott

    Are You Lonely For Me Baby

    • Shout.

  • Phillip Mitchell

    I'm Gonna Build California From All Over The World

    • Shout.

  • Needa

    Rock-A Freak

    • Numero Group US.

  • The Latin Blues Band

    (I'll Be A) Happy Man (Sam Shelley Latin Breaks Edit)

    • Self Released.

  • Laura Lee

    Don't Want Nothing Old (But Money)

    • Edsel Records.

  • The Dynamic Superiors

    You're What I Need

    • Motown.

  • The Sweet Inspirations

    But You Know I Love You

    • Kent Soul.

  • Cookie Jackson

    Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

    • Kent Soul.

  • Moses & Joshua Dillard

    My Elusive Dreams

    • Kent Soul.

  • Fatback Band

    Night Fever (Kenny Dope Radio Edit Remix)

    • Cosmos/Acid Jazz.

  • Graham Central Station

    Your Love

    • Warner Bros. Records.

  • Orchestra Mambo International

    Mi Mambo (Cheeba's Latin Bros Mix)

    • Echo Labs.

  • DJ Mek Trunk of Funk

  • Jimmy Ross

    First True Love Affair (Larry Levan Remix)

    • Genius Of Time CD1.
    • Universal.
    • 10.

  • T-Ski Valley

    Catch The Beat

    • Tuff City.

  • Teddy Lasry

    Africa

    • Patchwork.

  • The Brothers Johnson

    Stomp!

    • A&M.

  • Gruppo Sound

    Sindrome Meccanica

    • Canopo.

  • James Brown

    Since You’ve Been Gone

    • Polydor.

  • James Brown

    Get Up Offa That Thing

    • Polydor.

  • James Brown

    Got To Have A Mother For Me

    • King Records.

  • James Brown

    Give It Up or Turnit a Loose

    • In The Jungle Groove.
    • Polydor.

  • Roy Ayers

    Running Away

    • Polydor.

  • Dennis Coffey

    Scorpio

    • Sussex.

  • Kurtis Blow

    The Breaks

    • Fabric.

  • Liquid Liquid

    Cavern

    • 99 Records.

  • Pressure Drop

    Rock The House

    • Tommy Boy.

  • Liquid Liquid

    Scraper

    • 99 Records.

  • Newcleus

    Jam On It (acapella)

    • Sunnyview.

  • La Pregunta

    Shangri La

    • GNP Crescendo.

  • M. B. P. Mix

    Light My Fire

    • Major Minor.

  • Stacy Lattisaw

    Jump To The Beat

    • Let Me Be Your Angel.
    • BBR.
    • 009.

  • Herman Kelly

    Dance To The Drummers Beat

    • TK Disco.

  • The Jimmy Castor Bunch

    It's Just Begun

    • RCA.

  • T‐Connection

    Do What You Wanna Do

    • TK Records.

  • Yellow Sunshine

    Yellow Sunshine

    • Gamble.

  • Keith Papworth

    Hard Hitter

    • Music de Wolf.

  • Harry Betts

    Ambush

    • Beyond.

  • Rufus Thomas

    Itch And Scratch

    • Stax.

  • Magic Disco Machine

    Scratchin

    • Motown.

  • Disco Four

    Do It Do It

    • CBS.

  • Talking Heads

    Once In A Lifetime

    • EMI.

  • Rockers Revenge

    Walking On Sunshine (acapella)

    • Streetwise.

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • EMI.

  • Hamilton Bohannon

    Let’s Start II Dance Again

    • London Records.

  • Jesse Green

    Flip

    • EMI.

  • Evelyn “Champagne” King

    Aquarius

    • RCA.

  • C.J. & Co

    USA Disco

    • Westbound.

  • The Salsoul Orchestra

    Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)

    • Salsoul.

  • Captain Sky

    Super Sporm

    • AVI Records.

  • Toney Lee

    Reach Up

    • Radar Records.

  • Incredible Bongo Band

    Apache

    • Mr Bongo.

  • Badder Than Evil

    Hot Wheels

    • Buddah Records.

  • Coke Escovedo

    I Wouldn’t Change A Thing

    • Mercury.

  • Ian Dury & The Blockheads

    Reasons To Be Cheerful

    • Papillion.

  • The Michael Zager Band

    Let’s All Chant

    • Private Stock.

  • Beggar & Co

    Somebody Help Me Out

    • Ensign.

  • Atmosfear

    Dancing In Outer Space

    • Pure Grooves.
    • Warner Music TV.
    • 043.

  • MFSB

    Get Down With The Philly Sound

    • Philadelphia.

  • John Sangster

    Hair

    • Festival Records.

  • Rare Earth

    Couldn’t Believe What Happened Last Night

    • Rare Earth.

  • Los Chicarrons

    Ma Do Nar

    • Tummy Touch.

  • Rochelle Raboüin

    This Is My Year

    • Discs Of Fun And Love.

  • Monsieur Van Pratt

    Message Of Love

    • Illegal Disco.

  • Graham Central Station

    Ain't Nothing But A Warner Bros. Party

    • Warner Bros. Records.

  • Viva Brasil

    Skindo-Le-Le

    • 7Bridges Recordings.

  • Miles King & The Foolish Knights

    A Good Day (Jayl Funk Remix)

    • Breakbeat Paradise Records.

  • Las Cuatro Monedas

    Buena Suerte

    • El Palmas Records.

  • The Mighty Showstoppers

    Shaft In Africa

    • Freestyle Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Aug 202518:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music