Up & Close With: Jazz Master Funk

We have Jazz Master Funk,in my opinion, one of the most versatile, underground podcasters I’ve ever known
and listened to….been a long time I’ve had this planned. Thanks for taking time and sharing with us your
views about music

The million–dollar question, who and where is Jazz Master Funk from?:
JAZZ MASTER FUNK Is A Young Lad Born And Bred In North Of Kwazulu- Natal (The Battlefields) The Heart Of The Zulus And The British Battlefield in A Small Community Of Town Called Dundee

How long have you been a podcaster:
I’ve Been Doing This For 3 years Now

-What message do you mostly spread about through your mixes?
*Chuckles* I Always Spread Love Man In All My Mixes I Try Tell Stories

Tell us briefly about howit all began:
*SHUUUUU* It All Began With My Pops Man He Was The Guy That Introduced Me To Sound In General He
Was A Sucker For Good Music ..I remember Back Then He Had These Big Sony speakers And Ran A Car Tape Deck With It And It Would Really Bang And Every Weekend When He Ain’t Working He Would Sit Under The Tree Smoking A Blunt Bumping Joints From Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, john Coltrane, Stevey wonder, Teddy
Pandegrass But He Was A Huge Pac Fan He Loved 2 Pac. A Real Sucker For Gangster Rap, And He Also
Listened To House. I Remember When He Had Passed Away I Found Cassettes Of House Afrika vol1 And Djs
At Work And Other Various Artist
R.I.P POPS

Who do you work with mostly and at times?:
I’m A Lone Wolf Man But I’ve Been Working With A Very a talented Lad Who Goes By The Alias GHTSG (Glenn Hobbs)

 

I’ve come across some of your unpublished work you once shared. Care to share with us your side of music production? The Journey and all you can put on the table:

Remember 2015 was The First Time I Encountered Fruity Loops And Fell In Love With It I Started To Teach Myself How To Make Loops And The Rest Is History. Ive Been Working On A EP since 2016 And I Feel Like It Aint
Ready But It’s Almost There just needs alil brushing up and we good to go

Your top5 podcast shows:
Deep Inspiration Show, Time 4 House, Sound so Deep,
Deepspace Podcast, Ashmed Hour

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Your top5 International Producers:
Top Shuuuu, Alfa Mist, Kamaal williams, Gregor Yan, Dubbyman, Moddyman

 

Your Top5 local Producers:
Top 5 Local Chuckles*, Mandla Jamela, Nuno Esteves, GHTSG, Secret Souls, Troy Mafofo

-Where Do You see South African Deep House InThe Next6 Years?:
…I See S.A Deep House Global As In Every International Festival, Ibiza You Name It I want S.A Deep House
Dominating

What can you say is the dierent between artistic music and raw music?:
Raw Music Is Organic Bruv, Artistic Music Is More specific you know different Moods Different Day Type of
thing Raw Music Is Just Raw It Is What It Is

What’s your musical memory for the past year?:
whooh!!! It Had To Be Kamaal Williams And Alfa mist Bruv Did You Hear They Albums Bruv The guys From Uk
Are Just Dropping Heat

-Do you see any significance in music royalties for artists who release in12’’wax?:
Yeah I do

What’s your take on musical platforms/communities like Discogs and Resident Advisor, do you nd any significance in
the effort they give to music in general?:

HAHAHA Discogs Whoo To Be Honest If Aint Nobody Else Has Maybe Lets Say A 12″ By So And So Artist And Discogs Is The Only That Has It Just Know Its Double The Price

how important is music signature according to you?:
Not Really Important Hey I Like To Listen To An Artist Be Like Shiiiiiii* Is That Really Jazz Master Funk Shit His Sound Is So Wavy And then when The Artist Drops Something Else It Must Also Captivated me

tell us about your music collections:
I Collect Alot Of Contemporary Stu. FROM Afro Soul To NuJazz To Neo-Soul R&b Gangtsa Rap I mean I Grew Up
On Gangsta Rap, Jazz, House And Alot Of Golden Oldies

what can we expect from Jazz Master Funk for 2018/2019?:
Im Working with Glen Hobbs On Some Material So Watch The Space

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Any last words?:
YEAH To All The Homies Awtche Hustling Tryna Get They Material Out There To The World Keep Pushing Dont Give Up It’ll All Be Good!!!