Charting
the Future

Status: This article was originally published on June 27, 2026. At the time of publication, The Future of Funk continues to chart on Beatport. The positions documented here represent milestones during an ongoing chart journey.

How The Future of Funk Reached Beatport Charts Across Multiple Genres

When Brad Lee & Ronnie Vineyard began building The Future of Funk, the goal was never to chase a single chart position.

The vision was much bigger than that.

Rather than creating another remix package designed for one specific audience, the project was built as a celebration of electronic music itself—a collection of thirty-nine tracks featuring more than thirty-one remixers, each bringing their own style, background, and musical identity.

Instead of forcing every producer into the same mold, each remixer was encouraged to sound like themselves.

That decision became one of the defining strengths of the project.

A Global Collaboration

The Future of Funk brought together artists from multiple countries, representing decades of experience across underground electronic music.

Rather than feeling like a playlist of unrelated tracks, the project was developed as one connected creative universe.

Alongside the music came original artwork, cinematic science-fiction visuals, artist trading cards, Battle Books, promotional videos, transmissions, archive pages, and an expanding historical record documenting not only the release itself, but the people behind it.

Every remix became another perspective inside the same world.

Rather than treating promotion as something that ends on release day, the project continues to evolve through new stories, videos, artwork, and documentation as the music finds new listeners around the world.

The Charts Tell the Story

As the release rolled out across Beatport, something interesting happened.

Instead of finding success inside only one category, The Future of Funk began appearing across multiple genres simultaneously.

Throughout its chart run, the project climbed into the Top 20 across nine different Beatport genres, including milestones such as:

The exact chart positions continued changing as new releases entered Beatport each week.

That is the nature of electronic music charts.

What remained consistent was the project's ability to move between multiple genres rather than being confined to only one.

As this article is being written on June 27, 2026, The Future of Funk is still actively charting.

The story is still unfolding.

Built To Travel

One of the most rewarding aspects of the project has been watching DJs discover completely different favorites.

Some gravitated toward Cristian Varela's remix.

Others supported Samurai Tech.

Some preferred Alfred Havoc.

Others selected Oliver Fade, Alex Ridley, XPDEX, PS11, Wyndell Long, Ronnie Vineyard, or one of the many original mixes.

No two support lists looked exactly alike.

That wasn't accidental.

The Future of Funk wasn't designed around one "hit."

It was designed as a toolbox.

A project where different DJs could discover different weapons for different moments in their sets.

Global DJ Support

Weeks before the official release, promotional copies were delivered to DJs, radio presenters, journalists, promoters, and tastemakers throughout the underground electronic music community.

Support arrived from respected names across Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and beyond.

Many provided detailed feedback.

Others selected favorite remixes.

Some added tracks directly into upcoming DJ sets.

Because professional DJs often prepare performances weeks in advance, support didn't appear all at once.

Instead, it continued building over time.

That long-tail effect became one of the defining characteristics of the project.

The music continued reaching new audiences long after release day, demonstrating that underground electronic music often grows through sustained support rather than overnight success.

More Than Release Day

Most albums experience one large promotional push before gradually disappearing.

The Future of Funk was designed differently.

Release day marked the beginning—not the end.

The project continues expanding through cinematic short films, artist stories, archive articles, trading cards, Battle Books, visual world-building, interviews, social media campaigns, historical documentation, and ongoing creative releases.

Each new addition strengthens the archive and gives future listeners additional context surrounding the music.

The release continues growing long after it first appeared on Beatport.

A Collaborative Achievement

No project of this scale belongs to one person.

Brad Lee provided the original vision that brought the album into existence.

Ronnie Vineyard helped shape its creative direction, visual identity, archival documentation, promotional campaign, and long-term world-building.

More than thirty-one remixers contributed their own artistic voices.

Every artist helped define what The Future of Funk ultimately became.

That collaborative spirit is the reason the project reached audiences across so many different genres.

This wasn't simply a remix package.

It became a global collaboration built by dozens of artists working together.

Looking Forward

The charts represent an important milestone.

But they are only one chapter.

The real legacy of The Future of Funk is the community it brought together, the artists it documented, and the creative universe that continues to grow long after release day.

As long as new DJs discover the music...

As long as new listeners explore the archive...

As long as new stories continue to be documented...

The project remains alive.

Because great music doesn't simply disappear after launch.

It evolves.

And so does its story.