The Eccentric Grooves of Logan 5

With my studio guest and longtime friend DJ No, we dug deep into the funk and breakbeats this week. DJ No resides from the SF Bay Area but picked up the DJ habit in Florida's fertile funky breaks scene of the 90s. We were fortunate to have DJ No spin for us on New Year's Eve this year, and he previewed a few of those tracks for us on the radio show. Playlist  Death In Vegas "Natja" on Sanctuary Records Fontana  The Emperor Machine "Emperor Machine" on DC Recordings  Shriekback "My Spine Is the Bass Line" on Sony Music UK  Disgraceland "Burning Up"   Cabbagehead "Hey Hey We're the Monks"   Outbreak "Just Give Me Some of Your Lovin'" on Mike Crate  Souldout DJs "Dizzy" on Ghetto Funk  Bobby C Sound TV "Roller Soul"  Hexstatic "Vector"  Lil' Louis "Video Clash" on Soul Jazz Records  Silicon Soul "Beat Box Brain" on Disko B Records  B...

It's sweltering out there. Still, at 11pm at night. At midnight. Chico's melting after a weekend of the triple digits. Sweaty times require sweaty funky music, my friends, and that's what filled my crate several days ago when I did a little extracurricular KZFR set on Wednesday night. So carrying that over to this evening, we find this set starting out with a hot blast of funk, settling into a deep dancefloor groove, and soon moving beyond into uncharted territories. Soon, we've forgotten the radiating pavement and swamp cooler buzz, as the ethereal vibes of some deep sea techno envelope us. This is how I cool off, and it's late now, time to open windows and drift to sleep on the breeze. Playlist Zongamin “Make Love Not War” The Jimmy Castor Bunch “It's Just Begun” Salsoul Orchestra “Getaway” Northend “Tee's Happy” Electra “Feels Good (Carrots & Beets) (dub)” Pittsburgh Transit Authority “Now's Tomorrow” Smith and Hack “Frederi...