GOD MADE ME FUNKY Podcast

Welcome to the family!! God Made Me Funky was born in 2006, with De Hornet realising his dream of promoting his own parties following a successful solo career, having played alongside some of the greats since the Summer of Love 1988. Moving from London to The South coast, Paul launched "God Made Me Funky" upon Bournemouth with a classy yet underground approach to partying, our "open to all" friendly, family vibe being extremely contagious!

Allen and Heaths' mission for Xone:V6 was simply to build the highest quality club mixer ever. They painstakingly refined our signal paths to optimise audio transparency. Hundreds of the best quality components were evaluated and of these only the very finest were approved for the project. The result is a mixer that gives great recordings the space and freedom to express their full warmth and clarity

Sy Sez is a London DJ who’s journey began playing on many of London’s pirate radio stations. Along with his radio shows he began playing at local house & warehouse parties. On his journey since then, he has graced many of the London’s best club venues including Ministry of Sound, Turnmills, Pacha, Bagleys, Neighbourhood, Herbal, The Key, KOKO, Matter, SE1, Plan-B, Egg and more.....aswell as other clubs in UK cities such as Cardiff, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Exeter, Bournemouth, Southampton and Newquay. Since then he has also travelled to Ibiza, Italy, Southern Spain and Ireland to showcase his talent.

Sy Sez has now also rubbed shoulders on lineups and played alongside some of the true greats of his music such as - Louie Vega & Kenny Dope (Masters at Work), India, Frankie Knuckles, Tony Humphries, Roger Sanchez, Kerri Chandler, DJ Spen, Lil Louis, Phil Asher, Osunlade, Aaron Ross & Neil Pierce (Fanatix), Frankie Feleciano, Terry Hunter, Karizma, Bugz in the Attic, Paul "Trouble" Anderson, Jimpster, Yass, DJ Deep, Arnold Jarvis, Bobby + Steve, Copyright + many more....

In 2005 Sy Sez caught the eye of infamous house-music duo ‘The Fanatix’ (Aaron Ross & Neil Pierce) and earned him a place on their monthly residencies at top London venue – Neighbourhood. This notorious residency was a very popular night and created a dedicated following and had been moved to London hotspot - Herbal, where he continued to be their resident. Due to his continued hard work, dedication and talent - Sy was then proudly welcomed into the Fanatix as their official third member and to begin joining them in the studio on their productions.

Soon after his baptism in production with the Fanatix Sy teamed up with fellow London DJ - Gavin Peters and formed the production outfit AphroDisiax - who are now beginning to create interest with their productions and remixes!

In 2007 his DJ skills earned him a place on the Soul-Heaven lineup on its return to the Ministry of Sound featuring Terry Hunter & Terissa Griffin and also a repeat booking at Soul Heaven for Tony Humphries 50th Birthday.....2 great parties later and Sy was asked to join the heavy-weight in-house lineup as a full Soul Heaven resident, where he now travels the world flying the flag for Soul Heaven, playing alongside the superstars of the music!

In 2008 Sy Sez was asked to join new London radio station Colourful Radio, which is the brain-child of the founder of Kiss FM - Gordon Mac - who personally invited Sy onboard to provide his unique sound to the masses. His show has been running solidly every Thursday night 9pm -12pm. Watch out for regular guest interviews from some of the biggest names in the game, aswell as the finest soulful house.

Also along the way, bookings from soulful house legends Bobby & Steve playing at their famous club night GARAGE CITY (a true soulful house institution) and new residencies for Stereo Sushi + Kinky Malinki confirm Sy Sez as one of the UKs brightest young stars.

Remember this cats name, with his unique style of Deep, Soulful, Gospel Afro-Beat and Latin house - he has a serious love for the music he plays, and his passion shines through in any of the sets you will hear him play.

Neil Pierce is a name that has become and will continue to be synonymous with the Soulful House scene in London. He’s carved out a name which has come to represent quality underground dance music with nothing but Soul. It was during his time as manager at record shop ‘Release The Groove’ that he was asked to warm-up for Paul Trouble Anderson at the legendary Loft parties at HQ in Camden. Not long after, Neil was asked to be a Soul Heaven resident where he continued to refine his style and develop technical skills that soon became the one of the earmarks of his sound. It was also whilst managing the record shop that Neil met Dj Aaron Ross and in 2003, together they formed the successful production duo the Fanatix. Since then, the pair have consistently pushed out quality Soulful House music in both the booth and in the studio. Just some of the amazing artists the Fanatix have worked with over the years form a mixture of talent from across the globe such as Blaze, Kimara Lovelace, KOT, Kenny Bobien, Roy Ayers and Stephanie Cooke, as well as homegrown talent such as Terri Walker, Kele le Roc, Jamiroquai, Alex mills, Don-E and Sunburst Band and have seen releases across major House labels including; Sony, Defected, BBE, Ricanstruction, ZR, Def Jam, Soulgroove and of course Soul Heaven Records. And as if that wasn’t enough, in 2005 Neil decided to form his label Hustle Music which has seen releases featuring artists such as Franck Roger, Jihad Muhammed, Muthafunkas and Reel Soul to name a few. Neil has also been a regular on the underground club scene both at home and around the globe, playing for long-standing and respected promotions such as Garage City, The Southport Weekender, Need2Soul, Miami Music Conference, Soulogic, To the Manor Born, Angel Deelite and Soul City. Neil is also one of a handful of Brits to have graced the decks at the legendary Shelter in New York. In the last few years, he has had the pleasure of taking his sound global, seeing him play in countries such as Italy, Ibiza, Hong Kong, Switzerland,Sweden,Dubai,Australia, Russia, Norway and the USA. Next on the cards is the eagerly anticipated first Fanatix album and compilation on London based label BBE, alongside the launch of a Fanatix monthly residency at infamous Neighbourhood Club in West London.

Aaron Ross is a name synonymous with quality House music around the globe. The A&R manager for Defected Records and Strictly Rhythm, juggles selecting the hottest tracks for the label with an impressive list of production projects, tour dates and also hosting Defected’s radio show. From roots in pirate radio, launching Soul Heaven Records, to playing alongside and remixing dance music’s biggest names. He is renound for his inimitable take on House music, drawing inspiration from the old skool and fusing it with contemporary, innovative sounds to make his DJing style unique and fresh. Describing his music style as ‘House- and everything in between’, Aaron toys with a diverse range of sounds and draws inspiration from artists such as Harry Choo Choo Romero, DJ Spen, Jesse Rose and Julian Jabre. Aaron Ross has come a long way since early beginnings in pirate radio. His passion for house music in the 90’s quickly took him to a long term residency at institutional London club night, Missdemeanours, playing alongside the likes of house music heroes Lottie, Danny Rampling, David Morales and Erick Morillo. His early label initiation at Virgin Records at the tender age of 16 gave him an ear for good tracks and saw him go onto head up the promotions for Todd Terry’s Sound Design and In-House Record labels. Crediting Gilles Peterson and sessions in the studio with long term friend, Phil Asher, as hugely influential in his musical progression, he pushed the electronic envelope, mastered his studio credentials and began producing music of his own. His first track under the guise of Rain People and featuring Marcus Begg, was released on Osiris music in 2003 and was quickly followed with a string of solid productions under the alias Fanatix alongside Neil Pierce. His passion and understanding of quality house music lead to regular bookings at club nights such as Shindig, Defected in the House, Soul Heaven and Masters At Work events. Aaron joined the Soul Heaven House dynasty as a resident and found himself doing A&R for Soul Heaven and launching the Soul Heaven record label. It was in 2002 that he was invited to host his own radio show on BBC1 Xtra, which became an institution for the global house music community. Aaron was the only DJ on digital and UK National Radio pushing a soulful house show at the time. Its popularity gave it room to run for 5 years- a more than impressive lifespan in the dance music industry. Early 2008 saw Aaron return to the airwaves with Defected’s In The House radio show. Each week Aaron presents a two hour House music radio show that is syndicated globally. Produced by Wise Budda, who put Pete Tong and Roger Sanchez on the global radio map, the show is syndicated around the world, and often features an elite line-up of guest DJs, such as Todd Terry, Bob Sinclar and Kenny Dope. Aaron’s current residencies see him regularly rocking The Southport Weekender, Soul Heaven and Defected In The House events. Global gig bookings take him to the US West Coast where he plays at the legendary Sunday night party 'Deep' at the Vanguard. Aaron recently made his debut at Club Air in Japan, embarked on tours of Brazil and Asia, and frequently appears at arguably the world’s most glamorous club; Pacha, Ibiza at which he cites the best gig of his DJ career to date. Aaron’s position behind the decks, both live and on-air allows him to road test many of the ground breaking tracks he sources by day. This has provided him with much inspiration for his own productions. To date he holds an extensive list of successful self produced tracks and has acquired the reputation of a sought-after remixer for artists such as Jamiroquai, Blaze, Ultra Nate, Kings of Tomorrow, Dennis Ferrer and Estelle. His production style is instantly recognisable with a strong mix sound, good lyrics and solid drums, and in 2008 released, to critical acclaim, a full length LP on BBE Records under the Fanatix alias. Other recent projects include working on a series of restless soul EP’s with Phil Asher. He has just signed his new single ‘Time To Shine’ to legendary NY label Nervous Records and has also just finished a follow up to his ‘Westbourne Park Dubs EP’. There is no doubting Aaron has the world as his fingertips. Whether making music, signing a future anthem or working the crowd into a hedonistic frenzy, he does it all with an uncompromisingly Aaron-edged style- one that is sure to leave an aural imprint on the electronic dance music industry for years to come.