Da Booty Is Ya Duty

The very first release that explored my new vision of Funk was already released on my Teamwork album in 1999: the track "Da Booty Is Ya Duty".

It was my first and so far only collaboration with Paul M., the artist formerly known as DJ Kid Paul aka Energy 52. You all might know his classic track "Café Del Mar" that he conceived back in 1994(?) with our common friend Harald Blüchel aka Cosmic Baby.

1998, Paul had already stopped his DJ career and was most interested in Hip Hop and other slow grooves. I invited Paul to work on a downbeat track of my Teamwork album and when we sat in my studio, we more and more got caught in a Funk vibe. Nobody really understood our tune back then really. Our biggest success was when it was used as the background soundtrack in an episode of the soccer TV show "ran" on Sat1. When I heard the track I excitedly called Paul who was watching the same show.

Looking back this track has already all the elements that I love about NuFunk. So this is something like my first mijkfunk blueprint.

Hope you enjoy it!

mijkfunk Set on GlobalBeats.fm

Tune in to Global Beats.fm tonight at 22pm CET for Kevin Weigel's Clubpink Hedgehog show featuring the final hour of a fresh mijkfunk DJ set recorded live on February 11th at Ritter Butzke Club in Berlin.
nuFF said: Boogie down!

mijkfunk on Resident Advisor

Now there's a mijkfunk page on the crucial web service Resident Advisor.
You are most welcome to follow it for all updates on my NuFunk stuff.
So what is it that mijkfunk is and that Mijk van Dijk is not?
I grew up with that great Funk sound of the early 80s.
That was the golden aera of the Boogie as well as a breakthrough for artists like Prince and that whole Minneapolis sound.
In those days I was playing the bass in a youth Funk band called "Joystick" in my hometown. Although I was the only bass player in my hometown who could slap and pop the bass in a Funk style, I was so convinced of electronic sounds, that I also bought a Moog Prodigy to play those amazing Boogie bass lines in our live shows. Our percussionist Jürgen also got a Boss Handclapper and we felt that we almost sounded like a real American Electro Funk band. ;-)
After moving to Berlin, I bought my first drum machine to program those Electronic Funk grooves, but soon had to find out that a Roland TR-505 is not a Linn Drum.
A year later Acid-House hit Berlin and I was sucked into the House and Techno groove.
The TR-505 being a stripped-down version of the TR-707 and TR-727 was a nice machine for House beats and so it was a great start into my career as Techno and House producer.
But my passion for Funk never faded and so I am happy to finally revisit my first love in music, The Funk with a radioshow on BLN.fm called "Motherfunk" and my own digital imprint nuFunkFiles under my second artist name mijkfunk! How does it sound like? Check on my Mixcloud!
I reckon I have been a bit lazy on this blog. Say no more: I'm gonna change that! So stay tuned for more mijkfunk info and gossip!

The Oakland Occupy Movement

We received word from Oakland/ Californoa. The city's occupy movement celebrates their stand for freedom and justice to the sound of mijkfunk's "Kids Want Revolution". 
FunKills1969 left some amazing comments to the mijkfunk video.
We are glad that this song inspires people to fight for their rights.
Check the video at 5:28 min.
This video is also delivers great footage of the peaceful spirit of the Oakland protesters and the police fighting the crowd with teargas, rubber bullets, explosives and brute physical force.Big ups to Oakland, keep on doing what you're doing!

nuFF said: Kids Want Revolution

nuFF said: Kids Want Revolution
mijkfunk's second release on nuFunkFiles (AKA nuFF) ties in where "Are Friends Digital?" ended: 
again no House nor Techno but more NuFunk from Berlin.
Written in early 2010 "Kids Want Revolution" seems like the definite description of what we see on the streets of the world these days: a young generation with a new sensation, once again expressed by the flaming voice of Jette von Roth. 
Check the video on YouTube or Vimeo and start your own NuFunk revolution!
nuFF 002 will be out on Nov 30 2011 on all major digital shops.

funkit @ Kater Holzig: Mixes online

On September 29, 2011 Mijk played a funkit Party at Berlin's new hot spot Kater Holzig together with Corin Arnold aka ED2000. Due to public demand here are the recordings of his DJ mixes of the night, hosted on Mixcloud.
Enjoy!


funkit @ Kater Holzig, Slowgrind Intro Mix

funkit @ Kater Holzig, Peaktime Mix

funkit #5

Thursday, July 14th 2011at Soju Bar gets down to the Boogie of the NuFunk sound again.
This time Mijk van Dijk aka mijkfunk invited dj valis (berlin.pan!c), long-term resident all over the Berlin scene.
Music by Tiger & Woods, Amalia Miz Fuze Townsend, Peter Opolopo Major, First Touch, Lorenz Rhode, Tensnake, Jimmy Edgar, Vindahl, Click Click, The Chaenge, mijkfunk, Dâm Funk, Spirit Catcher, Ilija Rudman, Kolombo, Atari & III, SoulParlor, Todd Terje, Moonshoes, Shazam, sunCHAser, Breakbot, Locussolus, Slope, Munk, Bottin, Siriusmo, Oliver, Henning, Soul Clap, Hot Toddy, Reeno and lots of EDITS.
Ain't nothing but a party!
More on Facebook and Resident Advisor!
Boogie down, Funksters!

motherfunk #8 - Tiger & Woods & more

On this edition of his Funk show "motherfunk" Mijk talks to Tiger & Woods - or rather: they talk through the computer about "Through The Green" their debut album on Running Back.
Also introducing new albums by Bootsy Collins, SoulParlor and The Chaenge, Mijk's very own NuFunk duo with Florian Schirmacher, yes kids, "Rebellion" will be out on June 20. Also remembering the great late Gil Scott-Heron, R.I.P.

Showtimes are:
Tuesday,  June 14th 2011,   8 pm
Wednesday,  June 15th 2011,   9 pm CET
Sunday,  June 19th 2011, 10 pm CET

Video: The Chaenge LIVE in Hamburg

In the advent of the forthcoming debut album of The Chaenge, the duo of Florian Schirmacher and Mijk van Dijk you can catch a glimpse and things to come on this video taken on their live performance at Zur Seuten Deern in the heart of the infamous Reeperbahn in Hamburg. Introducing Catharina Behr on Drums.

motherfunk #7: Get D.O.W.N.!

Summerdaze in Boogieland.  Mijk van Dijk opens the Funk summer. Girls & Boogie, Tiger & Woods, Music & Lights. Throw down, come down, boogie down, funksters!

Tune in to www.BLN.fm on May 10, 8 pm CET, May 11, 9 pm CET or May 15, 10 pm or listen on-demand after the timed transmissions.

Playlist:

1. Amalia – All The Funk I Need (Volta Cab Remix) / Tokyo Dawn Records
2. Vindahl – Sometimes (12″ Groove Version) / Tokyo Dawn Records
3. Carmen – Time To Move (F.U.N.K. Edit) / Presents Records
4. Carmen – Throw Down / Presents Records
5. Tiger & Woods – Come Down / Editainment 001
6. Evelyn King – Love Come Down/ RCA
7. Tiger & Woods – Gin Nation / Editainment 002
8. Imagination – Music And Lights (Dub-Version)/ Red Bus Records
9. Tiger & Woods – Dr. Burner / Editainment 003
10. Cassian – I Like What You’re Doing (Lorenz Rhodes Remix) / Bang Gang
11. Henning – Grand Theft Auto / Bandcamp
12. Henning – Early Sunrise / Bandcamp
13. Hot Toddy – Summer Daze /Winding Road Records 014
14. Moonshoes – Boogieland / white