I’ve let this blog get stale for a little too long — gonna try to get into the habit of posting on a regular basis! I will start by kicking off what I hope will be a regular post going forward, Funky Music Friday. It’s what it sounds like: a place for me to share some of my favorite new releases from artists big and small and hopefully introduce you to some dope new stuff! Going to try to keep the tunes I pick in the generally “funky” realm, hence the title of the series 🙂 Here’s some tunes and albums that I’ve been digging lately:

GRiZ – Chasing The Golden Hour Pt. 3

GRiZ has been on a short list of my favorite producers for a long time, and my favorite music of his has always been the tunes that forego his typical dancefloor-focused bass drop stuff for a more chilled-out vibe. The Chasing The Golden Hour series has always delivered on that, and the newly released third part is no exception. GRiZ himself has described the Golden Hour series as such:

I wanted to recreate the carefree good vibes you feel when it’s just about sunset on the perfect summer evening and everything is the most beautiful shimmering tint of gold. Chasing The Golden Hour is that magical moment, it is the cool breeze against your back, it is sweet summer swagger in music form. Enjoy the chilled out vibes 🙂

CTGH Pt. 3 fits that vibe perfectly with chilled out bass riffs, soulful vocal samples and a healthy dose of GRiZ’s trademark sax. Check it out:

Tony H – Big Whopper

Next up we have a big new release from a local Seattle producer Tony H, “Big Whopper.” This came out earlier this month but I wanted to make sure to give him a shout out because it’s a great album and has been tearing up the charts on Beatport, hitting #1 in multiple categories including Dubstep, House, and Breaks! As you can see based on that list of genres, stylistically “Big Whopper” is a bit all over the place, hitting on lots of different styles of dance music, but still feeling like a cohesive piece. That’s not an easy thing to pull off! I’m super proud of Tony and his collaborators Pressha and Spiro Catalano for the amazing success this album has had, and I’m sure you’ll be hearing these tunes in lots of upcoming sets. If you like this album, you should also check out Tony’s Twitch channel, where he does some pretty regular DJ streaming.

Tchami – Faith (feat. Marlena Shaw)

Legendary house producer Tchami is about to drop his first full length album and if the lead single is any indication, we aren’t ready. Tchami effortlessly blends that classic vocal house sound with his own brand of huge bass and crispy clean drums. The vocal work by Marlena Shaw on this one really knocks it out of the park, too:

Promises (Oxymoron’s Sunset Cover) – Calvin Harris ft. Sam Smith

We’ve also got a new release this week from another local Seattle producer and my good friend Oxymoron! He created this cover of the classic “Promises” by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith with vocalist Jack Hawitt, a former contestant on “The Voice.” Though the original track has a pretty chilled-out vibe, Oxymoron’s take on the track is dancefloor ready and kicks it up a notch with some bangin’ piano work and a bassline that’s just begging to be turned up:

Sofi Tukker – Emergency

Sofi Tukker have been making the most out of quarantine, steadily releasing new music and also on a streak of almost 200 days straight of live streaming—the duo has been doing live DJ sets on Twitch every single day at 12:30ET for a whopping 185 days in a row. Over these last 6 months they have built up a huge following of what they call their “freak fam” who tune in every day to see them play. Their latest song is a peak time club banger with some tinges of acid house synths along with their trademark vocal stylings and bouncy basslines. Check out the track below and also catch one of their daily live sets on their Twitch channel!

Check back on future Fridays for more funky new music!