CRACK4DJS / On the record

funkydaddy: Follow the Version from Catalogue to Mix

Funkydaddy’s late-2013 catalogue moves between contemporary EDM references and older house records. Names associated with Avicii and David Guetta appear beside Modjo, Nightcrawlers and Deee-Lite. The interesting question is how a familiar older hook is presented within a different collection of club music.

The source song is only half the credit

The November 2013 artist page uses several version labels: bootleg, mashup and individually named mixes. A title such as “Push the Feeling” is therefore not enough to identify the file described there. The funkydaddy credit and the specific edit name are part of the reference.

That matters when a search produces the original recording, another producer’s remix and a later rework. They may share the same recognisable musical material while differing in arrangement and purpose. Matching the full credit narrows the search before any judgement about the sound.

Two surviving routes into the work

The artist’s Bootleg Mix 4 page and Freestyle Friday Episode 006 page both link to the old /funkydaddy address. The first is a named mix in a series; the second identifies a radio-style episode. Their descriptions preserve useful connections between the artist’s distribution channels.

When exploring either programme, keep the episode title with your listening notes. A striking section in a continuous mix does not automatically identify a separately released remix, and an old programme schedule is not evidence that the show still airs.

The archive helps recover the artist and version trail. The linked publishing pages are the place to explore the mixes themselves; no new listening verdict or restored audio download is implied here.