Dopemixes

DJ Marky's life changed when he was playing at a São Paulo's nightclub in 1998 and was spotted by Brian D. Regarded as a stylist of the drum'n'bass, after enduring a lack of audiences in Brazil he gained success in the English scene, playing monthly at Bar Rumba in Piccadilly Circus and mixing music live for radio. In 1999, English critics deemed him "revelation of the year." His CD Workin' the Mix (1999) included tracks from E-Z Rollers and DJ Swift. He toured through Canada, Holland, Ireland, and England and opened for Prodigy at the Close Up Planet festival, playing for 20,000 people in May 1999. In 2000, he released Audio Architecture (which sold 30,000 copies in Europe) and participated in Otto's double CD Changez Tout. Chart success followed in 2002, with a remix of "LK (Carolina Carol Bela)" (originally by Jorge Ben and Toquinho) hitting the British charts as part of a full-fledged drum'n'bass revival. During his globetrotting mixing schedule, he recorded an Essential Mix for the BBC in 2004, and released his own work (mixing and occasionally production) on his associated Innerground imprint via releases In Rotation (2004), The Wizard (2006), The Master Plan (2007), and Makoto (2009). He has also released mix volumes in conjunction with 4hero (The Kings of Drum + Bass) and the long-running Fabric Records DJ series (Fabriclive.55). ~ Alvaro Neder

Actual brothers, A-Trak & Chromeo's Dave 1 formed The Brothers Macklovitch during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, releasing tracks, plus DJ mixes.

This is their first mix, from May 2020.

Track list:

• Roy Ayers - Ain't Got Time
• Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym
• Demarkus Lewis - Again It Seems
• Julius Papp - Early Departure
• Takeshi Fukushima - Mood7
• Demuir - Dilla's Understanding
• Duck Sauce - ID
• Raphael Saadiq - So Ready (The Brothers Macklovitch Remix)
• Louie Vega & Jay & Jay "Sinister" Sealee feat. Julie McKnight - Diamond Life (Dance Ritual Mix)
• The Vision feat. Andreya Triana - Heaven (Nightmares On Wax Remix)
• Jerome Syndenham & Kerri Chandler - Powder (6:23 Again)
• Ferreck Dawn - By My Side
• Gerry Read - It'll All Be Over (DJ Koze Remix)
• Armand Van Helden feat. Roland Clark - Flowerz
• Hotevilla feat. Javonette - If I Told You
• The Brothers Macklovitch feat. Leven Kali - Give Love To Get Some
• DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Erro - Rock With U (Yoruba Soul Mix)
• Sir Lord Commix - Chicago Jazz
• BOT - Jazz Surrender
• MdCL feat. Ovasoul7 - Feels Like Home (Frankie Feliciano Ricanstruction Mix)
• Emmaculate feat. Osunlade - Isis (Yoruba Soul Mix)
• SOHO - Subway Series
• Waajeed - Lotta Bounce
• Black Loops - Higher
• Pulse - I'll be Alright (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Mix)
• The Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (The Ummah Remix feat. Q-Tip)
• Uptown Funk Empire - Boogie
• JKriv - Rainha Do Mar
• Kleeer - Tonight (Sa-Ra Remix)
• J Dilla - Think Twice
• Alicia Myers - You Get The Best From Me (Say, Say, Say)
• Parliament - Mothership Connection (Caserta's Instrumental Dub)

Disclosure are Guy and Howard Lawrence, siblings from Surrey, England who debuted in 2010, when they uploaded early material to MySpace. Surprised by the amount of streams and positive response, they linked with the Moshi Moshi label, which released the scruffy and rather noisy dubstep tracks "Offline Dexterity" and "Street Light Chronicle" as a single in August 2010. In 2011, the hyperactive bass of "Carnival" led a five-track EP of the same title, released for free and also trimmed to two tracks for its retail release via Transparent. The same year, they were sought for their first remixes: Jess Mills' "Live for What I'd Die For" and Emeli Sandé's "Daddy." They broke through in 2012, as their sound became cleaner, more reminiscent of U.K. garage, and more pop-oriented through collaborations with vocalists. A remix of Jessie Ware's "Running," released on PMR -- the Island-affiliated label to which they signed -- was something of a warning flare. November 2011's "Latch," featuring Sam Smith, peaked at number 11 in the U.K. and was quickly followed by February 2013's "White Noise," a collaboration with AlunaGeorge that reached number two. Eliza Doolittle contributed to the following "You & Me," which became Disclosure's third consecutive Top 20 hit. In the U.S., where the duo signed to Interscope's boutique sublabel Cherrytree, a brief EP titled "The Singles", consisting of those three hits and a remix by Hudson Mohawke, was released in advance of the June 2013 album Settle.

~ Andy Kellman

French electronic music producer and DJ Christophe Le Friant built a career under the Bob Sinclar moniker, spreading the sounds of French house to international ears from the late '90s into the 2000s. In the midst of a mid-2000s chart run -- with his trio of Western Dream, Soundz of Freedom, and Born in '69 all certified gold in his native France -- his song "Love Generation" topped charts across the globe in 2005 and he received a Grammy nomination the year after for another chart-topper, "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" featuring Steve Edwards. He continued to release charting singles into the 2010s, including 2016's "Someone Who Needs Me." He is also the head of the French label Yellow Productions, which he founded in 1993 with Alain Ho.
Le Friant made his debut as Chris the French Kiss in the '80s, creating downtempo hip-hop project the Mighty Bop and his acid jazz Réminiscence Quartet. In the late '90s, he started performing as Bob Sinclar (named after a character in the well-known French film Le Magnifique), issuing his debut effort Paradise in 1998. The set charted in France, New Zealand, and the U.K. Sinclar followed in 2000 with Champs Elysees, which was certified gold in France. After 2003's III, he stormed charts across Europe with 2006's Western Dream, home to hit singles "Love Generation," "World, Hold On," "Rock This Party," and "Tennessee." He quickly followed with Soundz of Freedom in 2007, his first Top Ten release. His mid-2000s chart success continued on 2009's Born in '69, which featured appearances by the Sugarhill Gang, Shabba Ranks, Axwell, and Kevin Lyttle.
Sinclar kicked off the 2010s with remix effort Made in Jamaica, which spun his greatest hits with a distinct island twist. Reggae artists Shaggy, Gary Pine, Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel, and Dollarman all made appearances on the Sly & Robbie-produced set. Recruiting Pitbull, Fatman Scoop, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Snoop Dogg, and Sean Paul, Sinclar took a page from David Guetta's high-profile collaboration handbook with 2012's Disco Crash, which landed in the French Top 20. He followed with the sleek Paris by Night mix in 2013. Sinclar continued with non-album single releases, including 2015's "Feel the Vibe" with Dawn Tillman, 2016's Top 50 "Someone Who Needs Me," and 2017's "Til the Sun Rise Up" with Akon.

DāM-FunK (born Damon Garrett Riddick) is a musician from California signed with L.A.'s Stones Throw Records.

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Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," dãm-funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Culver City section of L.A., dãm (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance rooted in the early-'80s styles known as Boogie, Modern Soul and Electro-Funk. As a DJ/selector, dãm attracts the most discerning Boogie Funk afficionados within driving distance of his storied Monday-night Funkmosphere parties. But it's not just collectors at the bar toasting to the melodic sounds.

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Known on dancefloors and tastefully progressive U.K. radio programs as Floating Points, producer and DJ Sam Shepherd has applied his love for gritty funk, slick R&B, and avant-garde jazz to house, techno, and orchestral compositions that have tended to be equally stimulating through club sound systems and headphones. After trickling out tracks for several years, the project broke through to a wider audience with the full-length Elaenia (2015), a richly produced album that, for many, served as an introduction to Shepherd's hybrid style. His wider-scoped works since then include Reflections: Mojave Desert (2017) and Crush (2019).
Shepherd launched Floating Points in 2008 by releasing some white-label singles plus a bootleg remix of Sun Ra's "I'll Wait for You." BBC DJ Gilles Peterson picked up on both and featured the two tracks on his Worldwide radio program. Even though Shepherd was finishing his PhD in neuroscience, he found time in 2009 to partner with Rinse FM left-field DJ Alexander Nut and form Eglo, a label that became revered for releases from the likes of FunkinEven and frequent Shepherd collaborator Fatima. Among Shepherd's own early highlights for the label were cuts like "Vacuum Boogie" and "Peoples Potential."
The producer's output became increasingly spacious and musical, as heard in the progression traced through cuts such as "Sais," "King Bromeliad," and "Nuits Sonores." Additionally, Shepherd led the 16-member Floating Points Ensemble for a Ninja Tune single and BBC Maida Vale session that bridged 4hero's chamber soul and the work of contemporary West Coast arranger/composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. In 2015, after over a dozen releases and roughly as many remixes, Shepherd released the debut Floating Points album, Elaenia, through his Pluto label in the U.K. and David Byrne's Luaka Bop in the U.S. It was celebrated by almost every outlet that covered it, including Resident Advisor, whose staff declared the album the best of the year. In 2016, after Katy B's Honey sported a track produced by Shepherd and Kieran Hebden, Floating Points returned with Kuiper, an expansive two-track EP. That August, just prior to a U.S. tour, Shepherd and his band rehearsed, recorded, and were filmed in the Mojave Desert. The visit was documented with Reflections: Mojave Desert, a heavier affair released the following June. In 2019, Shepherd participated in the ongoing Late Night Tales series, creating a DJ mix that included work of his own as well as deep-cut ambient, jazz, and global soul selections. Later that year he released Crush, his second studio album, on Ninja Tune. A raw and uncompromising blast of experimental -- yet accessible -- electronica, it was inspired by his solo live experiments on Buchla modular synth while opening for the xx. ~ David Jeffries & Andy Kellman