The Funk Hunters x BEATROUTE x Welcome To Eastvan

Check out the Funk Hunters repping the hood in the latest BEATROUTE issue.

“For people living in B.C., the name Funk Hunters has become synonymous with summer festivals, fun times and an encyclopaedic approach to remixes. This fall the duo, comprised of Duncan Smith and Nick Middleton, will take their high energy DJ set across Western Canada and as far east as Winnipeg. Taking the backbone of funk and breaks, and adding layers of samples from the worlds of classic rock, hip-hop and beyond, The Funk Hunters have been honing their unique sound since the pair met in Duncan’s hometown of Galiano Island, B.C.

“I wasn’t able to find anything outside of mainstream music at that time ’cause there were no record stores (on Galiano) and I wasn’t too savvy on the Internet,” Duncan explained. “So I got introduced to this whole other world of music and then we bought some CDJs and basically started DJing parties on the island every weekend, and we’d load our gear onto beaches for, like, 40 people and just party ’til the sun came up.””

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