Frenssu Does It Again

Frenssu – Shine On Me
Download via SoundCloud / Alternative download

Now this is what it's all about. Reminding me a bit of the sound of Phats & Small, this track doesn't fail to deliver true summer vibes. "Shine On Me" is a spiffy disco house banger featuring juicy filters and a fat bass. It's free to download also, and since Frenssu has a sparing 100 downloads limit on SoundCloud, we already uploaded the file on another server for later downloading desires.

Jacking House For The Beginning Summer

J Paul Getto – 48 Hours EP
Buy on Traxsource

Here's some jacking house delish from American producer duo J Paul Getto. The "48 Hours" EP will be released on Coyote Cuts on the 4th on June. Feet-moving awesome.

Freebie Fridays #2

Welcome to the second installation of Freebie Fridays on Funkster! (it was about time...)

The Louder The Better – Last Days
Download via SoundCloud

L.A. based The Louder The Better did a wonderful job on this catchy funkatron, which they put up on SoundCloud some three weeks ago for free. Their "chop it up and re-arrange" ethos can easily be recognized – and oh yes it works ever so nicely (once again).


Tom Jones – Black Betty (Ziggy Phunk Oldschool Intro Re-Edit)
Download via ZippyShare

What I love about this are the dynamics. No squashing, no over-compression; there's a lot of air and the track breathes nicely. On top of that it's a really groovy and good production as well of course. I have no idea why Ziggy Phunk decided to close the download, a couple days ago it was still enabled, but don't worry we got you covered! I managed to get a copy and ruthlessly uploaded it to ZippyShare (see link above). After all a quality jam like this shouldn't be kept in captivity.

Come With You

Mike Newman, Antoine Cortez – Come With You
Buy on Beatport / Juno Download - Download preview

The "Come With You" EP is a really strong and summery release from mega-label and music brand Hed Kandi. The original, produced by Hungarian duo Newman & Cortez, in special has a nice groove going on; sunny disco strings, a big funky bassline and splendid, although simple, female vocals. "Come With You" premièred on the "Hed Kandi World Series Miami Vol. 2" compilation in the beginning of March, and a bit over two weeks ago the EP with remixes was released.

Mike Newman on SoundCloud / Facebook
Antoine Cortez on SoundCloud / Facebook

Sunshine Music For Sunshine People

Lately it's all been about party music here on Funkster so today I'm offering you something a tad more laid back for a change.


Raul Rincon feat. Clara Mendes – Dry Martini
Buy on Beatport - Download preview

"Dry Martini" is a calm latin-influenced soulful house track featuring a set of beautiful vocals sung in Spanish by Clara Mendes. Although I have no idea what they're about, it sounds really soothing. I was surprised to see such a soulful track coming from the likes of Raul Rincon since I had only known him for his more upbeat remixes. This is no disappointment in no way though, I could just sit in the sun and listen to music like this all day long. Rincon's motto is right on the money: "this is sunshine music for sunshine people".

Check Raul Rincon out on his homepage / SoundCloud / Facebook / Twitter


Max Sedgley – All Around Me
Buy on Beatport / Juno Download

As a bonus treat, here's another sunny feel-good jam. This one was released in late 2010 on Jalapeno Records, but I found it on the "Soul Unsigned 2011 Summer Sessions" compilation, which – as a surprise to me – arrived via mail after the online-purchase. Perhaps I shouldn't have automatically assumed that it was a download, but it's never bad to own some music in physical form as well! The track itself is pure ear candy: the sounds are delicious, everything just works superbly. Make sure you check out the other tracks in the compilation as well, at that price the album is a bargain and really a no-brainer (= GO GET IT).

Max Sedgley on Facebook / Facebook / Facebook (no idea which the official page is, if any of them)

Stereocool Rocks The House

Stereocool feat. Ace – Simple
Buy on Beatport / Juno Download - Music video

Here's a release I've been waiting for quite some time now. Stereocool is a very fresh name on the scene, about a year ago this "funk-driven italian guy" started building serious momentum remixing a lot of other rising stars and announcing this release, which – in my book – is his greatest feat 'till now. "Simple" is powered by lovely crisp acid synth riffs and amazing vocals by Ace, which really have a heavy impact on me. The entire package was released on Italian Hello Shitty Records label.

But let's not forget about the remixes now. There's one for every taste, even a dubstep make-over. Yet I'd like to draw special attention to Frenssu's (the guy who also made this) house version.


Stereocool feat. Ace – Simple (Frenssu Remix)
Buy on Beatport / Juno Download

Care-free, funky, fat sounding, just the way I like it – and exactly what to expect from this guy. This is definitely a release for the coming summer.

There have been rumours of a "Part 2" also, I can't but imagine what that will hold.