Photos from Funkademia on 27.02.10 at Mint Lounge by Nathan Photo

After making their Funkademia debut on NYE we welcome back the Set in Stone DJ’s this Saturday night. Keeping with the theme of anything goes in the back room expect a good mix of tunes with a serious house flavour. For a sneak peek check out the mix they did for us here

In the main room its Trafford Lovething & Kid Blast…

Forthcoming guests in the back room include:
13th March – tbc
20th March – DJ Bexx
27th March – The Canteen DJ’s
3rd April – Mark Hogg (Slammin Boys)

Funkademia co-promoters & resident DJ’s, Good for the Soul, have provided us with a mix that really sums up Funkademia. Check it out here…

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Love is definitely in the air this weekend as we welcome Manchester’s King of the Disco Mr Neil Scott for his Funkademia debut, and a bit of a Nish Nash Nosh reunion. Neil is of course no stranger to Mint Lounge, he spent four years as the resident selector for Nish Nash Nosh each and every Saturday.

Neil is also the founder, resident and promoter of the mighty El Diablos Social Club that currently runs monthly at The Deaf Institute in Manchester. As we have had the Nish Nash Nosh compilation mixed by Neil on continuous rotation since the release in 2007, we are looking forward to his funk, soul, disco and house classics set at Funkademia this Saturday.

Back by very popular demand, Mark Hogg returns to the backroom with a big box of classic house, expect to hear tracks from Masters at Work, Soulfuric, Kim English and all those tunes heard over the years at Home, Elemental, Berlin and Angel Deelite.

Mark & Leon have been best mates for nigh on 20 years, when they played together in a long forgotten band called ‘The Twisted Wheel’.

After deciding that ‘making music’ was not as fun as making people dance whilst ‘playing music’, they formed their DJing partnership15 years ago with the aid of mentor/DJ DaveTurner. They have played clubs across the North West at venues such as ‘Brickhouse’, ‘42nd Street’, ‘Smile’, ‘South Nightclub’, ‘Tiger Lounge’, ‘Leeds University’, ‘Liverpool’s L2′, ‘Tokyo Project’, ‘Amp Bar’, and ‘The Roadhouse’. THE CANTEEN was also a late night radio show on 96.2 The Revolution playing rare funk, soul, psych and undiscovered classiscs, and they are now part of the new ‘Radio Republic’ radio station, soon to be launched.

THE CANTEEN currently have a weekly ‘free entry’ club night every Friday at ‘Abode’ in Chorlton, Manchester.

“CLENCHED FISTS CAN’T SHAKE HANDS!”

Dave ‘Redsoul’ Wareing mix featuring remixes and re-edits from the likes of Dinah Washington, James Brown, Simian Mobile Disco, Rockers Revenge, Neneh Cherry, Curtis Blow, Jocelyn Brown, Jackson 5 & Candi Staton!

Catch Redsoul live this Saturday night at Funkademia along with Les Croasdaile & Phil Beckett

“This is pretty much what I played at Funkademia on the 12th December 2009, had a great night out, and I got to play a wide ranging selection of the tunes that are doing it for me at this moment in time. If nothing else, just check it out for the Deeper Pimp and Mercy tracks – amazing modern day funk!”