A massive peak-hour techno mix from one of America’s funnest techno acts (mixed by Mr. O)

Originally founded by Mack Goudy Jr. (Paris The Black Fu) and Andy Toth (Dr. Toefinger) in Detroit back in 1998, today’s Detroit Grand Pubahs consist of Paris & Mr O (Oliver Way).

The teaming of Mack Goudy Jr. (aka Paris the Black Fu aka the Schizophrenic Brainchild of Funkno aka Dr. Bootygrabber) & The Mr. O was a natural disaster waiting to happen. Miraculously, the personalities of these two tweaked characters seemed to compliment each other perfectly and instantly bonded them together.

The original Pubahs started out on Brian Gillespie’s tiny indie ‘Throw’ label, releasing the underground club hit “Sandwiches.” When a Jive Electro A&R man, dutifully out buying records at a local strip club, heard it he immediately knew he had something special and prepared to unleash it on the world. Since then, they’ve scored a pop hit in a number of countries and an underground classic worldwide. They’ve also taken their live show to another level, with Paris donning multiple costumes and personalities and encouraging the crowd to participate in the funk.

Their debut LP, “Funk All Y’all,” a mixture of funk, techno and a healthy dose of bizarre was a call to arms for techno get down like a sex machine. The second long player, “Galactic Ass Creatures From Uranus” released on Steve Bug’s Poker Flat imprint, spawned two club hits with “The Clapper” and “Big Onion” and torched the way for electro-house.

The end of 2008 saw the release of their 3rd album titled “Nuttin’ Butt Funk.” While this album featured the Funk hit “Rolling Papers & Bush” (a song about George Bush’s war on drugs), the album set out to remind people of their techno influences, something the previous 2 albums had gotten away from. The following year Paris & Mr O develop their DJ side of the Pubahs carrying out mixes for Matrix Music (“Detroit Conection Pt. 4”) and the Red Bull Music Academy. They spent the year showcasing a new semi-live show incorporating live elements into a DJ set.

The Pubahs now also run their own label, Det.Ele.Funk (or to give its full title ‘Detroit Electronic Funk’) and Paris has provided guest vocals for the likes of Steve Bug, The Advent, Marc Romboy, Samuel L Session, Deetron and more. Distribution problems forced a hiatus for most of 2009 but relaunched in the fall of 2010 with a compilation titled “BUttFUnkula & the Remixes from Earth” which featured remixes of their tracks from heavy-hitters such as Robert Hood, Samuel L Session, DJ 3000, Alexander Robotnick, Aux 88 and DJ Godfather.

1. British Murder Boys - Hate Is Such A Strong Word - Counterbalance
2. Dean Coleman - Juniper St. Beatz - Yoshitoshi Recordings
3. Kevin Saunderson & Supernova - Beat Me Back Supernova's Revived 2011 Mix - Nirvana Recordings
4. Samuel L Session feat Paris the Black Fu - Hype-Nosis - Detelefunk
5. Jan Cree - Tap Tu - Bulletdodge Records
6. Mark Broom & James Ruskin - Pigeon Production - Beard Man
7. Detroit Grand Pubahs v Psycotron - NVRSAYNVR - unreleased
8. My Evil Twin - Suspension of Disbelief (Space Djz Remix) - Bulletdodge Records
9. Silent Servant - Edit 1 - Sandwell District
10. Kyle Geiger - Jak Again - Skyline Type Grooves
11. Mike Parker - Subterranean Liquid - Prologue
12. Lee J Malcolm - OneStar - Applicant (James Ruskin remix) - EPM Music
13. Phase - Further Trials - Token
14. Raiz - Keep Secrets (Jerome Sydenham remix) - Droid
15. Sasha Carassi - Drumline - Drumcode)
16. Samuel L Session - Staccato - Detelefunk
17. Samuel L Session - Oddessy - Detelefunk
18. Secret Cinema - Timeless Altitude - Music Man
19. Paul Mac - Odd Things Amount To Nothing - A.R.T
20. Oliver Way aka Mr O - Engine Room - EPM Music