BREAKBEAT REVIEWS
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Freerange DJs Breaks Will Eat Itself
Back To The Old Jack Resistance
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Depeche Mode wobbly b-line and great big Ape En:Vision
Hole To Feed (JoeBot room dynamics.
OBEN
Remix) A scratchadelic, jackin’ beast that is, Long-standing breaks scene face Liz
,
Mute Vespers indeed, riddled with old skool samples Melody, who has lent her vocal talents
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op Flat, 58 Dyk We Get Wicked (Gen- (Space Invaders, a neighing horse, etc). to many a quality breakbeat cut, comes
A vivid, power-driving peak- eral Midi Remix) The growling, scrunched up b-line pow- on Future Funk Squad’s label with a
time revamp of the Mode’s Pop & Lock ers it home, while Quadrat Beat expands brand new alias. Inspired by her love of
48th UK single! on the bassline to take it into proper early ’90s industrial hip-hop agitators
e R
GM displays rapid-fi re acid territory. Dom Almond goes a bit Pop Will Eat Itself, this is Liz pursuing
oad, Br Ctrl-Z vs The Free- electronic punctuation mental, and then exciting newcomer a tougher direction, and ‘Resistance’
stylers feat Naviga- skillz, and a ravey-davey Eshericks really raves it up for the pick of employs suitably tough beats, a scath-
ight
tor sensibility. the bunch, with peaking synths, wiggly ing b-line and a catchy renegade song
on, BN1 3JB
Ruffneck ’09 303s and true hardcore sensibilities. vocal over the top. There’s even a Simple
Never Say Die Deekline MONE
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Minds keyboard refrain thrown in for
I Don’t Smoke
SHO
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Kraymon feat Colleen good measure. Backdraft turn in a huge,
Ctrl-Z turn ‘Ruffneck’ huge (Remixes) Trouble In My Head wobbly dubstep revamp.
again, with a massive, Rat Dusted Breaks
Mr B
The on-fi re Deekline with a reissue Kraymon is back with a progressive Serious
of the tune that started it all for him builder. A fl oaty vocal from Colleen takes Reconnect
a decade ago. The original, with its it well into song territory, while Cajita’s
lilting acoustic guitar, primitive beats mix is almost akin to a Radio Slave Punctuated by a frequent “serious!”
and b-line and that sample, is com- rework in its expansive glistening. EK’s vocal sample throughout, the lead track
plemented by a big remix package. offering is underpinned by a searing is actually a fun-packed party tune.
Krafty Kuts turns in a Ramirez-style bassline and utilises tougher breaks to The dynamics move from a dubwise
big room electro-breaks revamp; the deliver the message, then Refracture skank into a wobbleboard bass steppa,
Utah Saints pivot their mix around calls on polyrhythmic breakbeats and a dropping down into an old hardcore
great syncopation and tough, slippy- bad-ass b-line for the most peak-time skank before piling back in again. Love
CUT LA ROC
slidey beats; and Deekline, with Tim offering of the four. Keep it up, Dusted! it. Precision Cuts make great use of
ROCSTAR
Healey (ex-Coburn), supplies quite a busy beats. It rises slowly, via a deep,
similar update in dynamics to Krafty. Flore & Shunda K scything bassline undertow that soon
01. SIDNEY SAMSON ‘Riverside (Peo De Pitte Rerub)’ CD-R
“Cheeky killer re-rub that slays the dancefl oor every time.”
Feel Me/FDB burbles nicely for a fuller fl avour. DJ tool
02.
Botchit ‘Twitch’, meanwhile, has the fartiest
GELLA FEAT MC SPYDA ‘Twinkle (Pixel Fist Remix)’ Sub Slayers
“Boys of the moment Pixel Fist come full force.” Myagi & The Root Sellers b-line this side of Rennie Pilgrem’s arse.
03. AFGHAN HEADSPIN ‘Total Recall’ Rocstar
Rock One In advance of her new album, Botchit
“Old skool rave for the 2010 nu skool.”
Westway drop the latest from French DJ/producer Prosper & Zam’x/Hi Popula-
04. KICKFLIP ‘Wonky Science (Beta Remix)’ Breakin’ Even
Flore. Really liking how Flore has been tion
“The Beta remix rolls with a deep bass on this cracking package.”
The Canadian DJ/producer in cahoots mining a MIA/Rye Rye tip of late, a Kiss My Neck EP
05. CUT LA ROC ‘Electric Forces Funk’ Westway
with hip-hop kru the Root Sellers for sassy vocal from Shunda K carrying Expressillon
“The 601 remix has been doing some heavy damage of late.”
a fl avoursome vocal breaks cut. And this atop sparse Mehdi/Diplo-style
06. MR B ‘Serious’ Re:Connect there’s a big remix package too. The hipster production. Peo De Pitte retains The title track is a quirky, pseudo-
“A bit of techno piano, and low, low killer bass.”
Utah Saints really pull out the stops, some of the sparseness in his breaks vampiric slab of electronic breaksy
07. CUT LA ROC ‘Looking For The Deep Bass’ Ape adding a huge electronic top line, rework, using some of the methods he freakiness. Kinda recalls Tiga’s ‘Hot In
“Does the business every time — booooooom!”
and roping in Zero B — he of hardcore so dextrously employed in his ‘Room Is Herre’, which is a good thing. Prosper
08. XIM & BASS VS CRITICAL ‘Believe (Zero B Remix)’ Dusted
classic ‘Lock Up’ fame —to drop in yelps Spinning Quickly’ release in the summer teams with Hi Population for ‘Strawberry
“Nice references to ‘Lock Up’ in this heavy b-lined remix.”
straight out of the old skool and some as Haggstrom. It’s a bit fi dgety, a bit Moon’, reminiscent of a bad-ass Major
09. DOM ALMOND ‘Up & Down’ Pure Filth
classic sounding breakbeats. They broken, but most of all, pretty amazing Lazer cut, while ‘Chavroo Night’ is a bit
“A very classy track.”
collaborate on a syncopated remix that in the offbeat techniques he employs. like a mid-paced Rico Tubbs skippy wob-
10. HAJI & EMANUEL FEAT ERIRE ‘Take Me Away (Linton Brown
makes great use of those head-freaking Ghetto-fl y grimey bass-step cut ‘FDB’, bler, the sort of thing Sinden or Fake
Remix)’ Big Love
“Still making kids bounce off the walls!” vocal cut-ups. brings Flyy Git along for the ride. Blood might drop to nice up the dance.
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