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NAPT, aka Ashley Pope and Tomek Naden, are a multi-award winning
British electronic dance music production and DJ duo whose popularity
has rocketed in the last 2 years. Their self coined N-Funk sound is a
heady concoction of breakbeat, electro and house spawned from the UK
underground and informed by a keen ear for the tasteful end of the
commercial spectrum.

NAPT’s first releases were remixes for major label artists Lumidee
and Jon Cutler. NAPT then went on to release a slew of chart topping
and critically acclaimed tracks on a host of labels including the
award winning Funkatech Records, Sony Records, Fingerlickin Records
and more, which have been consistently played on Radio 1, Kiss FM,
Triple J etc and featured in major online and offline press including
DJ Mag, iDJ, Mixmag, inthemix etc; from the top selling and award
winning singles “Gotta Have More Cowbell” and “Make My Day” which
have to date racked up over 15,000 sales, to remixes and
collaborations with electro-pop act Kish Mauve (Kylie Minogue fame),
Mercury Prize nominee MJ Cole, Dubstep luminary G-Double from Anti-
Social crew, British drum and bass MC Skibadee, UK soul legend Mica
Paris and rising UK Urban star Ashley “Bashy” Thomas.

In 2009 NAPT picked up a highly esteemed award from Beatport.com for
their remix of Slyde’s “Frequency,” followed by wins for Best
Producer, Best Track and Best Remix at Breakspoll. In 2010 they
repeated their wins for Best Producer and Best Track at Breakspoll –
the first time in the history of the awards that the Best Producer
and Best Track categories had been won by the same artist in
successive years.

As DJ’s NAPT have headlined and performed shows all over the world,
from Fabric in London, Glastonbury Festival Somerset to Ambar in
Perth the N-Funk continuously infiltrates many a dance floor. NAPT
also pioneered the online mix tape with 3 highly successful mix
series to date, the latest “Live In The Mix” gaining well over 40,000
downloads.

Successfully traversing a multitude of genres the NAPT N-Funk sound
refuses to be boxed in with their innovative, mutated, high sheen
productions rocking the most discerning of dance floors.

The future seems ever bright for the new heroes of the dance.

NAPT hit No1 in the Hypem Chart!

25. August 2010

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NAPT’s firing remix of Miike Snow’s “Black And Blue”, part two of their Contraband series, has blazed a trail through the blogs, so much so it’s hit number 1 in the Popular music chart on HypeM.com. If for some reason you missed this you can listen and download from NAPT’s soundcloud player below… for more NAPT sounds head on over to their soundcloud page

NAPT remix Miike Snow “Black And Blue” – Juice 24.09.10 by NAPT

Keep an eye out for some very special NAPT collaborations, singles and remixes, from amongst others, Brookes Brothers and Reset!, coming later this year.

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NAPT Remix Miike Snow – Contraband Available Now!

23. August 2010

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With a huge new single release just around the corner, and following their sell out Australian tour, multi award winners NAPT are giving away their N-Funk battle weapon remix of Miike Snow’s “Black And Blue” as part 2 of their Contraband series.

Their new single “Emotion” is slated for release later this year, with remixes from amongst others, DnB superstars Brookes Brothers.

NAPT’s version of Black & Blue is getting blogged all over the place right now (currently placed No6 on hypem and rising!), but you can hear and download it here!

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NAPT – New Release out now on funkatech records

11. June 2010

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Multi award winning champions NAPT give you a golden ticket to the smashed up futuristic electronic world of N-Funk with this free track ‘Dateline’ available for free download via the soundcloud player below!

NAPT Contraband – “Dateline” by NAPT

NAPT released their latest and hotly tipped singles “Narcotics”/”Fuck Critics” on Funkatech Records on June 7th.
As well as downloading their FREE TRACK, you can also listen to the latest singles by clicking the play buttons below:

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NAPT – new release info

16. March 2010

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NAPT reign supreme!
NAPT and their trademark N-Funk sound have once again beaten off fierce competition from the Stanton Warriors, Elite Force, Plump DJ’s and Krafty Kuts to win Best Producer and Best Track at Breakspoll 2010, a repeat of their wins in 2009 making them the only artist to have won back to back in the history of the awards.
Massive thank you to everyone that voted and to all supporters of the N-Funk!.

NAPT recently produced a special 12 Inch Dub remix of their seminal track “Work This Out”, which will appear on Inner Child, a special charity mix compilation. Inner Child features tracks by Kastle, Virus Syndicate and more with profits going towards Dream House For Kids – out March 22.
NAPT have also just finished up a firing remix for U.S. soul outfit J.Viewzs’ “The City” which wil be out April 2010.

Listen to exclusive sneak previews of both tracks on NAPT’s myspace by clicking here

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NAPT clean up at Breakspoll 2010!

26. February 2010

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Congratulations are in order following last night’s Breakspoll 2010 Awards as NAPT snap up “Best Track” (for “Make My Day” ft Louise Marshall) and “Best Producer” titles for the second year running. Their label Funkatech also came up trumps in the “Best Label” category.

And there’s more still to come! The much awaited “N-Funk pt 4″ is out in March, as well as an official remix for UK Soul Legend Mica Paris… to top it off the guys head out for their North American tour at the end of March and will be dropping by the Miami Music Conference to make some noise.

The future’s bright. The future’s NAPT!

NAPT Triple J Promo Mix by NAPT

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NAPT vs Kish Mauve – Lose Control

1. February 2010

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Chic indie electro band Kish Mauve have more than likely graced your ears before, after all this is the duo that penned the chart topping ‘Two Hearts’ for Kylie Minogue (and indeed collaborate with her on their new album).  NAPT collaborated with Kish Mauve to produce the single ‘Lose Control’, released in 2009 before teaming up with talented Romanian film director Dan Claudiu who produced this rather cool video for the track.  Enjoy…

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Baymont Bross “Wine Up Your Waist”, NAPT Remix (MOFO)

23. November 2009

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Yet another release out today on Beatport… this time around it’s Spanish duo Baymont Bros. getting the NAPT treatment.

With “Make My Day” still riding high in the charts it’s gonna be a happy christmas for the guys.

You can listen via soundcloud player below, but why not grab a copy from Beatport, and make a couple DJs happy this Christmas*

NAPT remix Baymont Bross “Wine Up Your Waist” by NAPT

*Remember, NAPT are for life, not just for Christmas!

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NAPT remix Beat Assassins “Put Em Up”

29. October 2009

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Straight after storming the charts with “Make My Day” (number 1 on the trackitdown, beatport, juno, djdownload etc breaks charts), NAPT return with their eagerly awaited remix of the Beat Assassins “Put Em Up”. Out now on Mofo Records digital is available exclusively from beatport.com, vinyl all good stores.

Buy from beatport here

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NAPT top the charts!

14. September 2009

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Congratulations are in order as NAPT top the Beatport Breaks chart, pushing The Plumps and Stantons off the number one spot with the latest installment in the N-Funk EP series. Check out their rework of 90’s classic “Make My Day” ft Lousie Marshal on myspace, or watch the full video HERE!

NAPT – Live in the mix 2009

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NAPT: N-Funk part 3 OUT NOW!

7. September 2009

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The much awaited final installment of the N-Funk EP series , “Make My Day” ft Louise Marshall/”Time You Realised”(Funkatech), is out now!

Check out the new track and full video here, and you can go grab the track on Beatport HERE!

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