Friday 26 September 2014

Tramp Records What You Need to Know


there were three people in the beginning who brought me into funk and hiphop. most importantly was my brother. he was listening to all the dope hiphop acts like jungle brothers, brand nubian, cypress hill, and older stuff like grandmaster flash, spoonie gee, as well as funk artists like james brown and kool & the gang, to name only a few. after listening constantly to his records (and compact discs!) I found myself totally into these sounds.

the second guy who put me in the right direction toward funk was fritz egner. fritz had a weekly radio show in the early '90s called "black friday." it was broadcast
on bayern 3, a radio station under public law! playing mostly standard soul and funk tunes, sometimes I heard those so-called "rare groove" tracks. I remember exactly when he said: "there is a new compilation out there called the sound of funk, vol. 1." the song he played from it was no other than leroy & the driver's "sad chicken." I was like..."damn, what the f**k is this!? I must get this compilation." I bought it only a few days later. immediately after getting it home, I was hooked to the rare groove sound. I couldn't believe there were so many good tracks on one album. damn! Over the next three years, I bought every compilation released; sound of funk, luv 'n' haight, not forgetting all the bootleg comps, too.

all of these people (my brother, fritz egner, the desco crew and others) have influenced me regarding the style and quality of how good funk should sound. I remember well when I bought 'the meters' "people say" 7" for 12 deutsch marks (about $8.) After leaving the shop with the 45 in my hands, I kept thinking how crazy I was to buy a 7" single for 12 deutsch marks! funny, ain't it? and that was only the beginning...

most of my knowledge regarding soul/funk 45s and albums came from those compilations. you can imagine that that became costly, but now, several years later, I am very happy that it happened like that.

I am running my own monthly club night here in munich called "shake-a-leg" together with jerker kluge, beside that I spin in several bars/clubs in germany, england, france, spain etc. my musical interests have developed over the years so that now I am also collecting funky breaks, drum'n'bass, afro beat etc. I founded tramp records in late 2003. so far I have released more than 100 45RPM singles (including 70 re-issues) as well as several compilations in the movements series (vol.1-6) as well as in the contemporary... series ("contemporary funk", "contemporary jazz", "contemporary afro beat"). furthermore the following artists released albums on tramp: kaleta & zozo afrobeat (2008), the hi-fly orchestra (2009), the qualitons (2010), lucky brown & funk revolution (2011) and jaribu afrobeat arkestra (2012/2014). 2014 will see more albums in the story of... series, more compilations and artist albums too.
keep watching tramprecords.com for updates in the future!

Track Listings for The Boogie Wonderland Show 25th September 2014



Below is the track listing for the Boogie Wonderland show dated 25h September 2014. A link to the show can be found here:

http://www.mixcloud.com/radiowinchcombe/the-boogie-wonderland-show-25092014-tramp-records-special/ 



The Boogie Wonderland Show -25/09/2014 Playlist
Hour 1: 8 to 9pm
Artist
Song
The Ojays
  For The Love of Money
Otis Redding
 A Change is Gonna Come
Lenis Guess
 Thank Goodness Gotta Good Woman
Tramp Records
 Part 1
Dorsey Brockington
 Stormy Weather
Tramp Records
 Part 2
Lenis Guess
 Working for My Baby
Page One
 Thank Goodness Gotta Good Woman
Reverend Cleatus & Soul Saviours
Soul Saviour Stew
Barbara Stant
 Superman
Don Gardner
  Shiny Stockings
Don Gardner
 Twistin' The Night Away
Don Gardner & Dee Ford
 Heat Wave
Hour 2: 9 to 10pm
Artist
Song
The Cross Movement
 Heaven Mentality
Shawn Jones & the Believers
 I'm Depending On You
Eugenia Rankins
 Just Enough For Me
Ben Mallinder
 Sinusoid An Mhuraigh
Alec Harper
 Transition
Huw Williams
 Glyn
Jazzyfatnastees
 Breakthrough
Mary J. Blige
 Everything
 Courtney Pine &  Juliet Roberts
 Life Goes Around
Matt Robinson
 Here and Now
Chris Jasper
 Bring It On Back
Hour 3: 10 to 11pm
Artist
Song
Telephones
 Spring Wave
Groove Cartell
 Waiting In Vain ft
Borgeous
 Invincible (Original Mix)
Brogan Bentley
 Secret Strength
EL B
Dub Mix
Hard Rock Sofa Vs Eva Shaw
 Get Down (DJ Q Remix)


Mini Mix
Artist
Song
Kerri Chandler
Heaven
Infinity Ink
Infinity
Disclosure,  Sasha Keable
Voices
Rebeat
Walking Dead


EL B Dub Mix
Artist
Song
 GHOST
EXPRESS
 ALLEY CATS
 COVER ME
 EL B FEAT.ROLLA
 SERIOUS
 HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS
 RINSE 2 DUB
 EL B FEAT.JUICE MAN
 BUCK & BURY
 GHOST FEAT.ROLLA
 LYRICAL TEMPO
 GHOST
2000
 ROXY & EL B
 CUBA
 ROXY
 BREAKBEAT SCIENCE
 DARQWAN
 DISASTER
 DARQWAN
 ROB ONE 7
 DARQWAN
 CONFUSED
 EL B FEAT.D
 CLUB MUSIC
 HORSEPOWER PRODUCTIONS
 LANDSLIDE DUB
 EL B
 AMAZON