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single on TCR, featuring Rennie and The Brothers Of
A BIG DADA SAMPLER GENETICALLY MODIFIED
Funk. An excellently crafted mix; well structured and
BIG DADA HOPE
with no filler to speak of. If you want a sample of
Some wildly original material has emerged from Laying down a tuff and trancey selection of
what’s coming up on TCR then this is the best place
the Dada fold over recent years, and it’s about that breakbeat goodies, Hope Recordings and TCR’s
to hear it, and if it’s just a phat breakbeat album
time to put the highlights of them in one place, on General Midi rolls out his debut mix CD with
you’re after, then you’ve found it. RA
one record. ‘Skiver’s Guide’ with Roots Manuva, considerable aplomb. Naturally, a fair few of his own
Black Twang and Gamma had to get an airing, productions enter the arena, with the subtle technoid
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as did ‘Showtime’ from the whole Big Dada crew. drive of ‘Daft Funk’ opening the account, while the MUSICAL PATHS & RHYTHMS
French Crew TTC provide us with ‘Leguman’ and Ty flipside of that TCR twelve, ‘The Future’ closes the
X:TREME
has a coupla tracks on there for the unfortunates album. The build throughout the mix is perfect, really
An eclectic DJ mix here, the first album release from
who slept on ‘Awkward’. 14 tracks deep, and with hotting up by the time ‘The Westerner’ is dropped,
Waiwan, I believe, since 1998’s excellent ‘Distraction’
a bonus freestyle from Juice Aleem and Mike this being one of the General’s first ‘head-turning’
LP for Autonomy. Obviously this is a mix album,
Ladd, this all proves just how strong the label rubs from a couple of years ago. We then move into
featuring none of his own material, but including cuts
has become. Dada’s home, pull your trousers the absolutely massive ‘Put Your Earphones On’
from fellow Manchester musicians, Marcus Intalex &
down son. BW from P.F.N., ‘Pulse’ by the Future Funk Squad’ and
ST Files, as well as Pressure Drop, Yukihiro Fukutomi
probably the hardest tune in the mix, Aquasky’s
and Nathan Haines. Overall it’s an enjoyable,
BREAKS & BEATS mental ‘777’. Elsewhere, you’ll find Chris Carter’s
melodic funk experience that rolls with drum & bass,
sensational ‘Moonshot’ and P.M.T.’s anthemic
house, techno and downtempo beats. RA
DYNAMOE ‘Gyromancer’, as well as the General Midi remixes of
JUMP START
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APOLLO
Silken’s ‘Gizmo’, Sonic Infusion and Subgod; putting
OUT PATIENTS 2
Touching down on R&S offshoot, Apollo, this is the
the seal on another firing compilation that shows the
HOSPITAL
debut album from Scandinavian duo, Dynamoe.
variety and verve of the noughties breakbeat scene.
After the sensational drum & bass flavas of the
With the project initiated in 1997, it sure has taken a
Recommended. RA
‘Plastic Surgery 2’ album, comes the second of
long time to come to fruition, while drawing on hip Hospital’s freestyle compilations. Flowing with the
hop beats and breaks, abstract 70s kitsch, jazz funk
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INGREDIENTS
bright musical outlook that governs every Hospital
flava and acoustic instrumentation to provide
COOKIN’
release, I just hope that this album doesn’t confuse
its driving force, the ultimate result is a diverse,
Cookin’ continues to release quality downbeat
any recent converts; for, while the vibes enclosed
breakbeat experience. RA
compilations that highlight the diverse tastes and
are intrinsically related to their drum & bass releases,
I feel that this album is going to be most well received
EKO
influences of Good Looking’s roster. Coming in two
in nu-jazz, soul, electronica and breakbeat circles,
DISCOVERY
servings, the first of which features musical gems
NU URBAN MUSIC
from, primarily, drum & bass artists like Artemis,
though the open minds in the jungle should certainly
Although this has been circulating for a while now, a
Nu-moon, Bjorn, Cedar and Secret Fish. The second
investigate. Hitting you with smooth dancefloor
copy has finally arrived at the Knowledge office, and
helping has those already mentioned with extras
presence, this is no chill-out album, though it does
for those that don’t know this is another pseudonym
from Lacarno & Burns, Aphratec, Realside and Life
sink in delightfully with a comfy chair and herbal
for Decoder & Substance. On a similar tip to
On Mars & Mantovani. Some of the tracks have fea-
remedy; and from rare groove to tribal, dream-funk
Kosheen, in that it came from their experiments out
tured on some of the EP released already and on the
to jazz step, bossa beat to house, ‘Out Patients 2’ is
of the d&b confines, this weighty 12 track selection excellent ‘Soulfood’ compilation. If you like your
a wonderfully warm album of soulful music. RA
touches down with a variety of tempos and flavas. sounds cool, chilled, funky and a little bit different
Their drum & bass grounding clearly coming through then this is for you and is ideal for lazy days and
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URBAN UNDERGROUND VOL.1
on the uptempo dancefloor cuts, while the warped, even lazier nights - preferably not alone. M MOB / INCREDIBLE
organic flava that you can hear on some of the Designed to showcase the breadth of the burgeoning
Kosheen tracks can be felt on the more chilled
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breakbeat scene, the first in this fresh series of mix
grooves. No doubt destined to be a collectors item,
MODERNIZM
TCR
albums comes from the unstoppable Plump DJs, Lee
but music-wise dive in with the spooked ruff-step of
Recently signed to TCR, the first release from our
Rous and Andy Gardner. Their acclaimed debut
the title track and take it from there. RA
Boy Lost In Music is the ‘Modernizm’ CD, a mix
album from last year, ‘A Plump Night Out’, has since
PANOPTICA
album that showcases many upcoming TCR cuts, a
brought in remix requests from BT and, most
PANOPTICA
few breakbeat classics and a handful of tracks from
recently, Orbital, but it’s their turntable skills under the
CERTIFICATE 18 B.L.I.M’s own Track label. The album reaches with a
spotlight here. Only a few of their own tracks feature,
Hailing from Tijuana, Mexico, this debut album of firm techy sound, but with a range of mood that
‘Big Groovy Fucker’ and their Stakker ‘Humanoid’
global musical styles is further proof of the lengths switches from the quirky, swingin’ steps of ‘Chris
re-lick, but with the mix as tight and fruity as those
that Certificate 18 go to source new and original Carter’s ‘Plex’ and the 2Sinners incredible ‘Mr
Plump productions, this really is a selection to savour.
music. Taking an electro-organic stance, Jingles’, via the dark power of Subphonic’s ‘Brain
Driving and energetic all the way, cuts like Soul Of
‘Panoptica’ is quite an odd album to say the least, Barrel’ and Breakneck’s ‘Y Trip’, and into the
Man’s ‘Killa Brew’ and the fresh Finger Lickin’ joint
but with a definite appeal to the fans of abstract breakbeat house groove of Dub Marines’ saucy
from Lee Coombs & Arthur Baker, a remix of ‘Put The
electronica, and if you’ve picked up on any of the ‘Layo La Luna’. Further fresh music comes from Blu
Needle On The Record’, are a few of the representa-
non-drum & bass releases that this label have put Mar Ten, who will shock you all with their dirty elec- tives from the funky end of spectrum, while the more
out, from the likes of Pilote and Hi-Rise, then you tro rub, ‘The Swarm’, Rennie joins B.L.I.M. in the hard-ball flava comes on the form of Freq Nasty’s
will find reward in this original offering. With this studio for ‘Eskimo’ and ‘Triffid’, coming up on TCR ‘That’s My Style’, Aquasky’s thundering ‘777’ and The
project also being released as four, 2-track 10”s, it’s and Track respectively, while one of the most in yer Freestylers’ classic ‘Now’s The Time’. All in all, an
a collectable lil’ bugger too. RA face cuts is ‘The Sermon’, another forthcoming essential snapshot of breakbeat Britain. RA
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