SOUL OF SYDNEY 310 DJ STEPHEN FERRIS - All Vinyl Funk Soul Grooves Live At The Burdiken 2002)

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SOUL OF SYDNEY #310: Sydney Soul & Funk icon, DJ STEPHEN FERRIS - All Vinyl Funk + Soul Grooves live at the Burdiken back in 2002. TRACKLIST 0:00 Brass Construction - Get Up To Get Down 2:40 Gang De Tagarela - Rapper's Delight 6:20 Bootsy Collins - Groove Eternal 12:40 Prince & The Revolution - Pop Life 15:40 Kelis - Good Stuff 39:00 Toto - Georgy Porgy 43:20 Incognito - People At The Top 1:02:20 Next - Wifey 1:06:00 T. Ski Valley - Catch the Beat 1:12:20 Roger - Do It Roger Listen to more of STEPHEN FERRIS MIXES & More at his SoundCloud & radio shows below: https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/souled-out/ https://soundcloud.com/stephenferris About STEPHEN FERRIS: Stephen Ferris – Biography Stephen, the first DJ and eldest of Sydney’s famous Ferris brothers (dubbed “our Cosa Nostra” by UK soul DJ Norman Jay) started his career in San Francisco in the late 70’s. It was this sojourn to the US that introduced him to what was to become his lifelong passion – soul – be it fashioned in disco, funk, hip-hop, latin, house, jazz or pop. He arrived back in Sydney in the early 80’s and rejected the prevalent European trends of new wave, romanticism and gothic promoting a funk night at “The Watermelon Club” with his long term collaborator Andy Glitre. Opening in Kings Cross in 1982 on a Monday night, the pair soon outgrew the venue, and moved to The Berlin Club at Jamieson Street playing to a Tuesday night crowd of 1,500 weekly. From 1984 – 1988 Stephen fronted pop/funk band Flotsam Jetsam. The band enjoyed considerable success releasing five singles and an EP, touring extensively throughout the country, and supporting major overseas acts A-Ha, Queen and Simply Red. Towards the late 80’s Stephen was back as an influential DJ in both the club scene and the emerging dance party scene appearing at the R.A.T., Fun, Mardi Gras,and Sweatbox parties at the Hordern Pavilion and Royal Hall of Industries culminating with the ‘end of the decade’ R.A.T. party with Grace Jones and 20,000 strong crowd. The late 80’s also saw Stephen move into radio with his national dance show “The Rhythm Method” broadcast on Triple J on Saturday nights successfully until 1993. In the early 90’s he started promoting the hugely successful “All Souled Out” – Wednesday at Rogues attracting performances by Sisters Sledge, Thelma Houston, Diana King and KC (without his Sunshine Band!). It was the club of choice for private parties for visitors such as Prince, Prince Albert of Monaco, Jose Carreras, and Gerard Depardieu. During this time he also wrote a monthly column for Juice magazine, Rhythm Method. A collaboration with his brother John in 1999 produced the soundtrack for the City of Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks. https://stephenferris.weebly.com/