Frank’s mixes

I was listening to a few classic Britfunk tunes last week so I thought I’d do a little tribute mix. For those unfamiliar with the genre it was the name associated with uptempo soul, disco, jazz-funk and boogie out of Britain from about the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s although it wasn’t until Hi Tension arrived on the scene in 1978 that the term itself took hold. Although much of the output resembled the American music that was the most prominent inspiration, there are other influences specific to Britain that set it apart. From the Caribbean heritage of many of the artists involved to the crossover effect of a smaller, less segregated music scene, the sound incorporates influences from Reggae to Punk to Jazz.

Britfunk Mix: 09-08-05 Britfunk Mix. File Size is 94.7 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:08:55

Frank McGahon: 09-08-05 Britfunk Mix

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Got round to doing another mix last night and I went about this one a bit differently. I had planned a long-ish mix and had most of my tunes selected and couldn’t decide the exact order of tunes - I had about three alternate playlists with the same tunes. I ended up deciding to do it on the fly and even though it’s mostly the same tunes, I went for what sounded right and what I was enthused about playing right at that time. Even if it’s a littler rough around the edges, it makes, I think, for a more spontaneous sounding mix - sometimes it can be a little dead-sounding if you’re going through the motions on a predetermined playlist.

There’s 14 tunes, a mix of broken beats, four-four, breakbeats mostly around 127 bpm and concludes with three tunes which have the drum pattern divided into triplets. 

April Mix 2: 09-04-27 April Mix 2. File Size is 108.6 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:19:05

Frank McGahon: 09-04-27 April Mix 2

Bit later than planned, here’s a new mix. I’d been working on this for a few weeks but just hadn’t managed to find the time to record it until now. It’s another epic mix, the longest one so far with 47 or so tunes over three and three quarter hours and goes from 93 bpm up to 140 bpm with a mix of various styles and of old and new. If the 310 mb file is too big to download in one go you can also download it in three parts (each of which can work as a standalone mix). 

Extra Long Mix: 08-01-05january08full.mp3. File Size is 310.2 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 3:45:52 

Or in three parts: 

Part a: 08-01-05january08a.mp3. File Size is 119.7 mb, runtime is 1:27:10

Part b: 08-01-05january08a.mp3. File Size is 123.3 mb, runtime is 1:29:47 

Part c: 08-01-05january08c.mp3. File Size is 70.3 mb, runtime is 51:16

Frank McGahon: 08-01-05 Extra Long Mix

Here’s a little bonus, half-hour, Soul-Jazz-Funk-Disco mix. This was originally going to be the intro to the longer mix I had planned which included the one below but I recorded it at 128 kbps by mistake and in the end I thought it worked better as a standalone mix.August 07 Mix: 07-08-11minimix.mp3. File Size is 28.7 mb, encoded at 128, runtime is 32:55Frank McGahon: 07-08-11 Mini Mix

Ok, another epic mix! This one’s been a couple of months in preparation. There are 43 tunes in total, covering quite a few different genres, and I’ve broken it up into three bite-sized chunks.

Tripart mix part 1: 07-07-04tripartmix1.mp3. File Size is 91.3 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:08:28

Tripart mix part 2: 07-07-04tripartmix2.mp3. File Size is 106.7 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:17:43

Tripart mix part 3: 07-07-04tripartmix3.mp3. File Size is 116.3 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:24:39

Frank McGahon: 07-07-04 Three Part Mix, July 07 Part 1

Frank McGahon: 07-07-04 Three Part Mix, July 07 Part 2

Frank McGahon: 07-07-04 Three Part Mix, July 07 Part 3

Here’s another long-ish mix with a range of different styles, starting off around 100bpm working up to over 120 bpm. There are one or two sketchy segues in there but I don’t think I’ll get a chance to re-record it over the next week or so so I thought I’d put it up as is.

March Mix: 07-03-14marchmix.mp3. File Size is 154.8 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:52:42

Frank McGahon: 07-03-14 March Mix

Special mix for Valentine’s day!

Valentine Mix: 07-02-12valentinemix.mp3. File Size is 96 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:09:53

Frank McGahon: 07-02-12 Valentine Mix

So, here’s another double length mix. Thirty three tracks this time, and a bit different in flavour again to the previous two.

One More Long Mix: 06-12-18onemorelongmix.mp3. File Size is 208.9 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 2:32:06

Frank McGahon: 06-12-18 One More Long Mix

I thought I’d try something different. This one is over twice as long as the usual mixes (which means it won’t fit on one cd - sorry). The idea was to try and get a lot of different types of stuff on it. Soul, Jazz, Funk, House, Broken, Latin, Afro-beat, Disco, Balearic. It’s a bit of an epic in more ways than one. I actually recorded (or thought I recorded) it on Monday night but the file didn’t save properly to my computer (had to happen for the really long mix, didn’t it) so after abandoning the third rescue attempt, I went ahead and re-recorded the whole thing last night in the same sequence, adding in one extra track (04.).

32 Tune mix: 06-09-12thirtytwotunemix.mp3. File Size is 225.9 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 2:44:30.

Frank McGahon: 06-09-12 Thirty-Two Tune Mix

This one is a bit sketchy in places but I think it turned out more or less alright. The idea was a selection of Soul, Jazz & Funk at around 100bpm or so. It’s all at that tempo except for the middle section of Chameleon which speeds up to around 120 (and includes that famous Ballistic Brothers’ sample) and the end of Windy C.

Midtempo mix: 06-06-11midtempo.mp3. File Size is 84.6 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:01:35.

Frank McGahon: 06-06-11 Midtempo mix