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Dallas has never had a shortage of top-notch DJs, but one has made quite a name for himself recently. DJ Willie Dutch, whose name is an homage to the Dallas-raised Motown artist Willie Hutch, recently received a Dallas Entertainment Awards trophy for his skills. He packs local clubs with his sets, but his greatest joy seems to come from sharing rare disco, soul and R&B tracks with the world.

Dutch grew up listening to the classics, which helped solidify his love for a variety of musical legends. “There was always great music being played in my house, from Luther to Al Green, but James Brown’s records are seared into my memory,” he says. “They were special to me then, and I’ve grown to revere them even more.”

He soon realized that his love for an underappreciated era of dance music could be a foundation for a career behind the turntables.

✍️ Read the story by @janikphoto at dallasobserver.com (link in bio).

🎥: Jordan Maddox

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One month ago 🍾🪩

@dallasentertainmentawards

Last Saturday at @ladylovedallas | Disco Magic 🪄✨🪩

🎥 - @adrianthims

Thursday at 8 | @shyboy.hifi

Back in the booth with my brother @wanz_dover

All Vinyl, All Night

🎲 🍀 ♠️

Thursday at 8 | @shyboy.hifi

Back in the booth with my brother @wanz_dover

All Vinyl, All Night

🎲 🍀 ♠️

Last month at @shyboy.hifi was a blast, this Thursday I’m with my brother @wanz_dover ! Needle drops at 8!

🎥: @adrianthims

Boogie In The Bay [5/16 + 5/17]

Thrilled to be playing records w/some of heaviest cats on the planet.

This Friday I’ll be in SF playing the legendary Aliens party w/ @mrbighappy & @coolraul . I’ve admired them both from afar; they’ve been filling my wants list & emptying my wallet for years! Hype to be at @mothershipbar with them.

Saturday I’m at @stillog.bar in San Jose with my man @pnut_sj . We’ve been pen pals for a minute & I’m thrilled we finally get to rock together. We also got Raul doing the disco double dip on back to back nights!

Cali homies come say what up!

Boogie In The Bay [5/16 + 5/17]

Thrilled to be playing records w/some of heaviest cats on the planet.

This Friday I’ll be in SF playing the legendary Aliens party w/ @mrbighappy & @coolraul . I’ve admired them both from afar; they’ve been filling my wants list & emptying my wallet for years! Hype to be at @mothershipbar with them.

Saturday I’m at @stillog.bar in San Jose with my man @pnut_sj . We’ve been pen pals for a minute & I’m thrilled we finally get to rock together. We also got Raul doing the disco double dip on back to back nights!

Cali homies come say what up!

Boogie In The Bay [5/16 + 5/17]

Thrilled to be playing records w/some of heaviest cats on the planet.

This Friday I’ll be in SF playing the legendary Aliens party w/ @mrbighappy & @coolraul . I’ve admired them both from afar; they’ve been filling my wants list & emptying my wallet for years! Hype to be at @mothershipbar with them.

Saturday I’m at @stillog.bar in San Jose with my man @pnut_sj . We’ve been pen pals for a minute & I’m thrilled we finally get to rock together. We also got Raul doing the disco double dip on back to back nights!

Cali homies come say what up!

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

Funk’s Not Dead [May ‘26]

The energy was high at @charliesstarlounge
Black music in all its funky flavors. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

📸 @daltoncampbell

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FRI, MAY 15 — Mothership (SF)

Transmission received.
ALIENS 👽 are back at the mothership—this time with special guests Willie Dutch ( Dallas) and Randy Ellis (Los Angeles).

About the party:
ALIENS is a dancefloor transmission. 👽🛸💿
Vinyl only. Deep crates. Oddball selections.

A space for DJs to dig deep and move the room. There’s still so much undiscovered music out there—we’re just bringing some of it back into the light for a few hours. Rare grooves, left turns, things you don’t hear out.

A meeting point for heads, dancers, and anyone tapped in. Come get lost for a bit.

Guest DJ — Willie Dutch (Dallas):

Willie Dutch specializes in deep disco and forgotten funk straight out of Dallas, TX. Through his sets, he’s dedicated to keeping underappreciated Black artists alive on the dance floor and bringing overlooked records back into the light. His monthly party, Funk’s Not Dead, was recently named Best Soul/Funk Night in Dallas.

Guest DJ — Randy Ellis (Los Angeles):

DJ Randy Ellis is a co-owner and label manager of CQQL Records in Los Angeles, California. A longtime vinyl DJ and collector, he’s also worked as a producer, remixer, arranger, event promoter, and collaborator on projects including Loose Shus, Chautauqua, and Elegant Borzoi.

His sets move through deep selections of new, classic, and obscure 12” and 7” records, pulling from boogie, disco, AOR, sweet soul, Italo, house, and funk with the kind of flow that only comes from years behind the decks and in the stacks.

Aliens Residents:
Big Happy & Cool Raul holding it down.

Sat | 9 at @charliesstarlounge

Funk’s Not Dead w/very special guests @richitaylor_ @v.enomrei & @triico.mp4

This one has been a long time coming. Thrilled to have the coldest cats in town join our monthly dance party. Each one of them brings a fearless & unique flavor to the decks. This one is going to be very special! Come through!

@jamabile23 at 9
Willie Dutch at 10

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

Last night’s Boogies bromance was full of funk, soul, disco, tasteful re-edits, respectful remixes and post-disco soul. Smooth times on Henny Ave! Thanks to @boogiesdtx for having us out again! @funksnotdead_@wanz_dover

save the date and pull up to MOVEMENT MUSIC 💥🪩 A special one-off night in San Jose featuring three unique vinyl selectors/collectors spinning disco cuts and funk heat 🔊✨
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Featuring:
WILLIE DUTCH (Dallas, TX–Funks Not Dead) 🤠🔥
COOL RAUL (San Francisco–ALIENS) 🛸👽
DJ PNUT (San Jo) 👾🪩
📍 STILL OG — 66 S. 1st, San Jose
🎶 Needle drops at 9:00 PM ⏰
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Willie Dutch is flying in all the way from Dallas for ONE night only ✈️🌉 He’s been holding it down for years with one of Dallas’ hypest dance parties, Funks Not Dead—bringing heads deep into disco cuts and funk straight from the vaults –Not many can pull a crowd away from the generic and keep ’em coming back for something different 🔄 His vinyl selections are a whole spectacle 👀✨ don’t miss this.
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Cool Raul is one half of ALIENS—one of San Francisco’s dopest traveling parties for the deep-space dwellers with discerning ears 🛸🌌 His style? Neck-breaking, genre-bending, fearless mixing that keeps you guessing and wanting more 🔥🎶 True dedication to the craft 🎛️
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PNUT — local digger with a wide net: raw sounds, instrumental flips, rare rhythms, and beyond 🎚️🔥 Never a dull moment on the decks 😮‍💨 Always repping for the city that raised him!
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Fired up to bring this not-to-be-missed night to the South Bay 🔥🪩 See you there!

@shyboy.hifi last Thursday was Disco Magic
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I’ll be back 5/23 with my brother in Funk Wanz!

📸 by @rememberme4this

@shyboy.hifi last Thursday was Disco Magic
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I’ll be back 5/23 with my brother in Funk Wanz!

📸 by @rememberme4this

@shyboy.hifi last Thursday was Disco Magic
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I’ll be back 5/23 with my brother in Funk Wanz!

📸 by @rememberme4this

@shyboy.hifi last Thursday was Disco Magic
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I’ll be back 5/23 with my brother in Funk Wanz!

📸 by @rememberme4this