“Funk the Halls,” offered by The Funk Hunters, is a cherished vacation custom and welcoming raver reunion.
This 12 months, snow and frigid temperatures could not discourage legions of Canadian ravers to decorate up as Santa’s and elves and attend seven reveals throughout Cumberland, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. The snow was coming down in each metropolis, however contained in the temperature was scorching, with ravers adorned in humorous Christmas sweaters, Santa hats, lights and extra.
Questions had been generally handed on the dancefloor about who made Santa’s naughty or good record. Irrespective of the reply, it was sure everybody knew they had been on the funk record.
The Funk Hunters opened their set with a remix of Mariah Carey’s “Christmas (Child Please Come Dwelling).” Altering the lyrics from “deck the halls” to “funk the halls” ignited and united the group with shared reprieve to flee the hang-out of repetitive Christmas mall music.
Shouts of “Christmas” had been heard from each dialog when strolling by means of the packed crowds, virtually as a drumming beat to the night time.
SkiiTour and Small City DJs rode the tour sleigh, in addition to The Sponges, initially from Florida, who had a bucket of enjoyable.
The anticipated monitor of every occasion from The Funk Hunters was “La Puta Ama,” a fiery collab with LŪN who revealed herself because the electro-pop star Lights in a 2021 interview with EDM.com. She revealed herself in particular person at a shock look on the last present in Vancouver on the Commodore Ballroom, carrying her signature masks.
Canadian rapper BBNO$ additionally made a shock look on the final present in Vancouver, popping on stage like a present on Christmas morning.
The Funk Hunters’ Nick Middleton acquired an honorable point out on EDM.com‘s 2022 Greatest Trade Leaders record for his management as founder and CEO of Westwood Recordings and Midnight Company.
In October, the duo’s Duncan Smith hosted a Twitch fundraiser with pals for Mat the Alien, an influential and beloved DJ who grew to become a quadriplegic after a tragic accident.
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