Crayola portrait me, A-Skillz for download...

So its been a slow new year, and I still haven't recorded a new mix (its coming! its coming! I promise).
but kudos to Make It Funky in Toronto for a wikkid jam at Wrongbar with funk master blaster A-Skillz! For those that didn't get to check it out, here is a link to his recent tour promo mix. (right click, choose Save As)

prior to that I had the pleasure of having a placemat portrait done by a Mr. Richard Raiban, and couldn't help but want to post this up! well done!


stay tuned for an event in February with myself and a couple bands which should be interesting!
details coming this week!

Rave Is King

this Saturday, I'll be playing from 12-1:30 at Pandemic in downtown London for the low price of only $2 to you the consumer! come out and start the first Saturday of the year with some fun.



in other news, kudos to NEC and Soldiers of Sound for throwing one hell of a new years jam!

Skank Honto's Top 10 of 2008

its that time again! time to dig through the crates and see what tunes got the most play and which are truly the stand out tunes from this year.


Skank Honto's Top 10 of 2008
1. Slyde - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Finger Lickin')
2. Beat Assassins - We Run Tings (Mofo)
3. D**Kline & Red Polo - Booty Beggin' (Booty Breaks)
4. NAPT - Gotta Have More Cowbell (Funkatech)
5. Madox - Roger Milla (Mantra Breaks)
6. Deekline and Wizard feat. Top Cat - Up For The Possee (Against the Grain)
7. NAPT feat. Skibbadee - The Rollers (Sub Frequency Funk)
8. Lad:Nav - Justice Breaks (White)
9. Stanton Warriors feat. Big Daddy Kane - Get Wild (Punks)
10. Myagi - Giorgio Marauder (Title Fight)



and on the downtempo and midtempo tip, I'm simply going to say that pretty much everything by A-Skillz and Featurecast, or anything else released on Good Groove Records and Bomb Strikes found its way into my crates, but heres my top 5 downtempo/midtempo breaks tunes of the year:
1. A-Skillz - Strawberry Jam Forever (Insane Bangers)
2. Qdup Foundation - Renegade's Revenge (Bomb Strikes)
3. Featurecast & Aldo Vanucci - Make You Happy (Good Groove)
4. P-Zilla - Baddest Man (Good Groove)
5. Parker feat. Rasco - Western Soul (Leisure Recordings)


I'll have a new mix featuring a number of these tunes in the near future so stay tuned!
additionally, here are my past years charts: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003