Where are you based (I am in Melbourne) this is my thing I use to play a lot of funk and reggae back in the day. PM me But Looking for Good Seventies laid back tunes you can't go by David Bowie (Soul, Funk Era) think Young Americans Steve Wonder Innervisions Al Green anything pre eighties Barry Whites band the Love unlimited orchestra ( check out midnight groove) Any instrumental album's by James Brown i.e all the J.B's records Parliament/ Funkadelic Blue Note have put out a bunch of good soul funk comps of stuff which has been sampled. These are always good because even if the crowd has not heard the tune they will know the sample. Mix tape wise dj shadow brainfreeze is a killer funk soul mash up. That's off the top of my head and it's only really the big names, I will have to go digging through my records for more tonight.