'I had to record 'Do You Wanna Funk?' because it and I

go way, way back,' enigmatic entertainer Karel (Charles

Karel Bouley) stated from his Las Vegas, NV studios. 'It

was 1982, I was 20 years old, at the DOK West in Garden

Grove, CA. The DJ, Andy, played the song, and my

friend and I always danced, all night, always. Everyone

cleared the oor, except us. The DJ stopped the song

and over the microphone chastised the patrons saying

'This is the hottest song in LA and I'm going to keep

playing it until you queens dance.' Eventually, the oor

was packed. We danced the entire time. In 1983 I got

the bar to book Sylvester in to perform and I spent the

weekend with him. I could write a book about that

weekend. But I was forever changed. Sylvester told me,

'I love your voice, you're a great singer, but there's one

queen bee in this hive!' It was a compliment of the

highest caliber if you knew him.

'Later, I met Jeanie Tracy, she actually sang backgrounds for Sylvester and then on my cover of Sylvester's

'Don't Stop' after his passing. She walked in to the studio and said, this track is great, when will you

remove Sylvester? The engineer said, that's Karel, and she was like, Boo, you got it going on.and now,

in 2025, I've sung with her again on a song she inspired. Yes, she inspired 'Do You Wanna Funk.' Sylvester

came over when she was recording 'I'm Your Jeanie' and they played around with a hook for that song

about 'funk'. Sylvester liked the idea of being funky and he and Patrick (Cowley) wrote 'Do You Wanna

Funk' after Jeanie's session. And now, here I am, singing it full throat with people that worked with him,

that inspired him. It's a dream. Let's hope the queens don't leave the dance oor when mine plays like

they did at DOK for his!'

This is Karel's 15th Dance single, and he refuses to abandon Dance music even with age. 'You're never too

old to jam, to enjoy the sounds of the clubs. It's been my life. I love the genre, which is why I, and so many

others, rallied for it to have a category in Grammy and got that category. Jellybean Benitez got me in to

Grammy/NARAS when I was on his label and I've been a voting member for over 30 years and he and

others rallied all of us to get NARAS to give Dance a category in the '90s.'

'Now, more than ever, we need to Dance, to sing. Things are almost as bad for the LGBTQ community as

they were in 1982 when it comes to attitudes, to civil rights and more. Sylvester was out front, proud,

nonbinary before there were words to describe him. I've been the same my entire life, out, proud and

loud. I can't stop now.'

The song will be released on Portland-based legendary Swishcraft Records headed by DJ, Producer and

Publisher Matt Consola on April 8th, 2025.

Get ready for some old school House from Trax Records out of Chicago and projecting Rachel Cain aka Screamin' Rachel! The Queen of House shares another track from her Disco 3000 project. This track will take you back to the Warehouse and those fun minimal House tracks that had us jackin' our bodies not just in Chicago at the Warehouse but all over the world. The mid to late 80's was a great time of discovery as various House producers were experimenting with different grooves and styles. In that time was born the 'House Track' Groovy 12' singles without much of a vocal but plenty of attitude. This gave rise to the much maligned Dub tracks of the early 90's. 'Bitch' is a throwback to that time and gives us a fun turn and retro flavor that those of us old enough will recognize and the younger jox amongst us can discover for the first time!

Brand new single called Do Ya Wanna Funk (Matt Moss Mix) by Karel from Do Ya Wanna Funk on Deet Promotions Records # released 6/11/2025 BPM 05:56 Dance