Gimme A Break Records presents Nova Cheq’s ‘Staying Alive EP’, featuring three deeply emotive and powerful Breakbeat productions. Nova Cheq has an extensive output centred around a passion for experimentalism. Grounded in a techno aesthetic revealed through his self-released album ‘High Priestess’ and EP ‘Avignon’, Nova Cheq has constructed a broad network of connections through pounding releases on Crash Victims, Never Decay, Jerry Horny and CARE4LIFE. However, Nova Cheq’s music cannot be limited to one genre as shown through his jungle- and dubstep-influenced release on Trax Haven and his track for the highly admirable Grief Into Rage compilation. In his EP for Gimme A Break, this Leeds-based producer contemplates music’s association with mental health. Through a combination of delicate synths, vocal manipulations and crunching breaks, Nova Cheq expresses the healing possibilities of creativity in an undeniably profound collection of music.

Producer: Nova Cheq
Artwork: Ian Munro & Nova Cheq 
Mastering: Nova Cheq
Label: Gimme A Break Records
Release Date: 16.04.2021

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Abudance

Demos from an EP I'm releasing early next year 

The water pineapple demo

Dub Angel track I made for the Flow arts. 
 Dub Sounds with DNB n Techno drops

Dub Angel

Kicking off things with our first release we have 2 heaveyweight rollers from ML co-founder https://soundcloud.com/syzuk, with former duo PAN:INC on remix duties...

Available for download via our Bandcamp - https://method-lab-uk.bandcamp.com/releases

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Syz - Onigma

The seventh edition of my mix series Get It is here, and this time it's dedicated to breakbeats, with a luscious selection of modern breakbeat tracks, mixed lovingly on vinyl by myself. There are deep tracks, crazy tracks, minimal stuff, moments that remind you of old skool ragga jungle, and nods to the early 90's breakbeat hardcore sound. Enjoy!

Check out the other mixes in the series:

https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/get-it-15-track-all-vinyl

Blog link: http://sonicrampage.org/blog/2019/07/pearsall-presents-get-it-007-get-broken-modern-breakbeat-mix/

Mixed in Berlin, May 2019
100% Vinyl
(46:19, 106 MB, 320 KBPS MP3) 

Tracklisting:

01. Nite Fleit - Scram (Steel City Dance Discs)
02. Hugo Massien - Ghost Note (17 Steps)
03. Detboi - Joyride (ft Goldie) (Metalheadz)
04. DJ Normal 4 - Cult of Alecto (Klasse Wrecks)
05. DJ Different - Angels (Lobster Theremin)
06. CRK - Enchatillons Du Parrain (Comic Sans)
07. Mall Grab - Get Impetuous (Looking For Trouble)
08. Tessela - Hackney Parrot (10_Ton_Mix) (Poly Kicks)
09. G-23 - Rhythm Sticks (Secret Rave Mix) (Art-Aud)
10. Top Cat - Request The Style (Special Request Remix) (Nice Up)
11. Spooky - TJ's Riddim (Ghost House)
12. Borai - Predators (Higher Level)
13. Dexorcist - Sunstorm (Yellow Machines)
14. Hornsey Hardcore - The Wiz (Sneaker Social Club)
15. Zomby - U Are My Fantasy (Street Fighter II Theme Remix) (Cult)

www.sonicrampage.org/blog

Get It Mixes

Get It 007: Get Broken (Modern Breakbeat Mix - All Vinyl)

Main Phase - Stepping Up

Mani Festo - Depths Of Eternity

All proceeds from this release will be donated to Music Loves Ohio & Knowle West Media Centre (Bristol, UK).

Big up for the early support from: Emerald, Addison Groove, Patrice, Hypho, Eat My Beat, Eich (More Cowbell)

Vexxe , classically trained on the compositions of Debussy, Medtner, and Tchaikovsky, creates music for sound systems, club settings, and in-home listening enjoyment. He blends simple ideas with shades of nuance to build captivating moments within his musical explorations.

‘Pulse 5’ invites listeners into a spinning pool of echoed-out bleeps scattered over a broken beat rhythm, cementing itself securely as a tool in the 130 bpm bass genre. With an extensinsive back story and the original sought after online for the past 2 years, we’re thrilled to be approached to officially release this track, accompanied by 3 remixes from artists who have been pinging our radar off over the years with their movements.

Starting us off, Spektralsound strips and slows the track down to 120 bpm allowing frequencies more space to echo over the skeleton of big kicks and chuggy bass stabs. Keeping to the original tempo, Meta donates a techy 4x4 remix keeping the pace moving forward at all times whereas Hartta replicates the broken beat elements through a skippy 2-step garage style of sampling and arrangement. The release will be begging your local bass bins for every last decibel they have on tap.

All proceeds from the release will be split between Music Loves Ohio and Knowle West Media. Music Loves Ohio is a nonprofit providing opportunities for financially underserved youth in central Ohio to pursue their passion for music by providing education sessions, after school
programs, and instruments.

The Knowle West Media Centre works collaboratively in the heart of South Bristol to develop creative models for achieving social change while supporting people to develop the skills and confidence to be change-makers themselves. Their programs include access to an innovation lab, makers courses, free professional training and workshops teaching tools used in creative fields, and various songwriting and production resources.

Read more about the organisations here:

Music Loves Ohio
www.musiclovesohio.org/about_us
www.facebook.com/MusicLovesOhio/

Knowle West Media Centre
rawmusicmedia.co.uk/about
www.facebook.com/knowlewestmedia/

Big up the artists <3 
@Vexxemusic 
@metauk
@spektralsounduk
@hartta

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Vexxe - Pulse 5 (Meta Remix)

5 Years Of 1020 Radio

Available here: 1020radio.bandcamp.com/

To celebrate five years of broadcasting, Bristol’s 1020 Radio is proudly releasing its second compilation, composed of exclusive tracks by its resident DJ’s and producers. As with the first edition, all proceeds will be donated to charity, this time being received by ‘Creative Youth Network’, an organisation which helps young people reach their potential and lead fulfilling lives.

Across twenty tracks split over two parts, the record explores the role of dance music within the omnipresent theme of night and day. Beginning with harmonious 2-step and ethereal percussion tools, the daytime section evokes balmy landscapes by marrying high definition sonics with the uplifting musical heritage of the Caribbean.

Night falls, and the record descends into the depths of sub-aquatic techno and cerebral bass music. Here, abstract sound design conjures images of dark, cavernous spaces, where biomechanical rhythms are used to echolocate low lit basements, priming you for last-dance manoeuvres in brave new worlds.

More than ever, UK dance music must reflect on itself in order to move forward. Through this compilation and it’s studio community, 1020 sews together the cultural threads of its contributors into a vast sonic patchwork, demonstrating Bristol’s tradition of bold hybridity, whilst musing on it’s bright future.

www.1020.live
www.facebook.com/1020Radio/
www.instagram.com/1020_radio/

Plura - Strangers

LS6 based NRG freq! & hardcore head, NICE1TOM brings his usual controlled chaos into the GAB domain.

Following the success of his LSR radio residency and self-released debut single ‘Freq!’; @nice1tom has quickly become a household name within the Leeds rave scene. Serving up all the good hardcore under the sun and moon, NICE1 spins a selection of warehouse fodder old and new! Expect euphoria, eye-scrunching and sudden fist shaped ceiling holes.

Lock in to NICE’s movements this year, we’ve heard there’s some exciting hoovers in the pipeline.

GAB MIX 017 - NICE1TOM

CJAURA / 0121 / Sound Suppliers & Party Providers
Bookings contact: Dan@eminentagency.co.uk
Monthly show on @Komunal_radio Sat 8pm

CJAW001: Weighty Sound
CJAW002: Arma, Denham Audio & Nuvaman
CJAW003: Yak
CJAW004: Phrixus
CJAW005: Weighty Sound Vol. 2
CJAW006: Yilan
CJAW007: Agrippa & Ltd Colours
CJAW008: Ltd Colours
CJAW009: Nuvaman
CJAW010: zorenLo
CJAW011: Hedchef
CJAW012: Circuit 900
CJAW013: Pluralist 
CJAW014: Avernian
CJAW015: Kahter
CJAW016: Debba
CJAW017: Pluralist (Hedchef, Doctor Jeep Remix EP)
CJAW018: Vexxe 

Bookings, Demos, Inquiries: circularjaw@gmail.com

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