Considered one of the pioneers of the Nu Skool Breaks sound and an innovative person in trying out new sounds Adam Freeland had many a hit back in the day. Heading the very start of the breaks scene back in the late 1990's and playing the very most underground acts of that time Adam promoted the very early breaks music through DJing and the Breakbeat Show at Kiss FM as well as starting his own record label Marine Parade records. Never one to shy away from making white label bootleg records back then he went under various aliases, but you could always tell it was him from his particular style of music production.

This mix was recorded live back in 2004 at Roxy, Prague and contains basically all of his greatest hits, enjoy this 2hr 30min set.

Thanks to Antis for the MP3. 

For more information about Adam Freeland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Freeland

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Adam Freeland - LIVE @ Roxy Prague - 22.10.2004

Another Essential Mix from 2003 was from another Nu Skool Breaks legend Adam Freeland. Pretty much the height of his career at this time with so many tunes under his belt from his label Marine Parade and so many bootlegs under different alias's it was a healthy time for the breaks scene and much loved by all.

This mix was aired on BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from Adam Freeland back in 2003.

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https://www.facebook.com/adamfreeland

Tracklist

Saul Williams - Not In Our Name (Ninja)
IIs - Music (Evil 9 Mix) (Marine Parade)
Evil Nine - Lovers Not Fighters (Marine Parade)
Metro Area - 'Orange Alert (DFA Mix) (Source)
Freeland / Wink / Middleton - 'Rise Above' (Marine Parde)
Evil Nine - 'Hied Goons' (Marine Parade)
DJ Shadow - GDMFSOB (Unkle Roots Manuva Mix) (Island / Mowax)
DJ Shadow - 'Right Thing' (Trip Mix) (Island / Mowax)
Bushwacka - 'Break Your Face' (Plank)
Jaydee - 'Plastic Dreams' (R&S)
Free*land - 'We Want Your Soul' (Marine Soul)
David Guetta - 'Misscommunication' (Virgin)
Rage Against The Machine - 'Killing In The Name Of' (Epic)
Evil Nine - 'Crooked' (Marine Parade)
Nirvana / Freeland - 'Smellslike Freeland' (White Label)
Evil Nine and Juice Aleem - Pearl Shot (Marine Parade)
Fex - 'I Want Your Heart' (Marine Parade)
Bassbintwins - 'Woah' (White Label)
Radiohead / Evil 9 - 'Ideoteque / Crooked' (White Label)
Thomas Bangalter / Outrage - Paris By Night (Roule)
Whitestripes / Freeland - '7 Nation Army' (White Label)
No Love - 'Disconnected' (Marine Parade)
Precision Cuts - 'Xylophone' (Simple)
DJ T - Philly (DJ Naughty Mix) (Physical)
Ian Brown - 'Fear (Unkle Mix)' (Polydor)
Jackson - 'Utopia' (Barclay)

Adam Freeland - Essential Mix - 11.5.2003

Since the birth of Rave music Altern-8 has been at the forefront of the underground music scene in the UK. This mix combines hardcore breakbeats and chest rumbling subs to bring up all the vibes associated with the Acid House movement.

Tracklisting 

1. Fiesta Soundsystem - Stratified
2. Hedchef - Immersion
3. Neil Landstrumm - 80 Clicks Of The Hand
4. Radio Slave - Variation V2
5. Rennie Pilgrem - Just What I Needed
6. Robin Wylie - Acton East
7. Swankout - On The Edge
8. Theo Nasa - Sour Punch (Mani Festo Remix)
9. Denham Audio - ESP
10. Local Group - Rhythmic Trip
11.Neida - Bull
12. Swankout - Don Of All Dons
13. The Palmer Initiative - Terra
14. Borai - Need U
15. Borai - I Bet U Can't

Altern-8 - Minirig Mixtape

Funky Desert Breaks!

Remaster of Moonshine Mix CD FunkyDesertBreaks2

Track Listing
01 - Michael Kores, "Multica"
02 - Drop Out, "Plastic"
03 - Friction & Spice, "You Make Me Feel So Good"
04 - Liquid Art, "Xplorer"
05 - Pigforce, "Doin' Jobz 4 Tha Mob"
06 - Peter Tall vs. Xpando, "Tricked"
07 - M.A.D., "Free"
08 - MVP, "Make Me Feel"
09 - Underworld, "Born Slippy"
10 - Inspirazione, "I Feel You"
11 - Rollin' Gear, "I, I Know"
12 - Drably Frond, "Scilintific"
13 - JDS, "Nine Ways"
14 - The Coffee Boys, "Nipple Fish"
15 - Canyon, "Universe"

FUNKYDESERTBREAKS2 2024 REMASTER

To celebrate the release of their brilliant 'Solar Black Rays EP' out now on Punks Music, Evil Nine have given us a fantastic mix, available to download exclusively through our Soundcloud.

The mix is packed to bursting with the kind of dark and brooding vibes that make their own EP so good. It's a great representation of just how much quality bass music is around at the moment, and indeed - how much of it is exclusively coming out of the UK!

Get Evil Nine's new EP here: http://www.beatport.com/release/solar-black-rays-ep/1416170
Follow them here: https://www.facebook.com/evilnine/

Tracklist:
1. Aqua finesse - Gavin Guthrie
2. Reserve - Sei A
3. Folded Edge - Akkord
4. Ashiko (Lurka Obeah Remix) - Clap ! Clap !
5. Megatrap (Real mix) - Head High
6. Nova - Bicep
7. Am i wrong (SCNTST Remix) - Etienne De Crecy
8. Huh - Randomer
9. Up and Dance - Boddika
10. For You - Evil Nine
11. LYK LYK - Bicep & Hammer
12. Footwork - Kill Frenzy
13. Swingin (LDN mix) - Wen
14. Undefeated (Evil Nine Remix) - Amtrac
15. Snow dance - Maelstrom 
16. Oh yeahh - Rod Lee
17. Airtight - Benton
18. Gotta release ( Last Magpie Remix ) - Christophe
19. Solar Black Rays - Evil Nine
20. The Key  ( 2 Bad Mice Remix ) - Breach ft. Kelis
21. Chimera - Speak1200
22. Arrest Me ( JD Twitch Edit ) - Phillip Gorbachev
23. Night Visions - Sinden & Pilo
24. Ashiko - Clap ! Clap !
25 Glassbeadgames (8 Hours at Fabric Dub) (With Four Tet) - Martyn
26. Beatapella - Todd Osborn 
27. Dynasty - Evil Nine 
28. The Effect - Roy Apron 
29. Pompino - Butch 
30. Mabel - Lil Silva
31. The Colony (Evil Nine Remix) - FFS
32. Friday Fish Fry (Visionist Remix) - Kelis 
33. All My Love (KK Edit) - Cassie 
34. Callaloo - Altered Natives 
35. California (Instrumental) - Bruh Jackman

EXCLUSIVE MIX: Evil Nine - Beat Tape Vol. 3

01 - Y4K Intro by Soul Of Man
02 - Shake 'Em Down by Soul Of Man
03 - Venus & Mars (Meat Katie & D.Ramirez Remix) by D.Ramirez
04 - Alright All Night by Lee Coombs & Dylan Rhymes
05 - Buxom by Smithmonger
06 - Party People (Y4K Dub) by Christian J & Dylan Rhymes
07 - Creepshow (Soul Of Man Remix) by Plump DJs
08 - Killa Brew by Soul Of Man
09 - Fly Life by Basement Jaxx
10 - Plastic Dreams (Andrea Doria Is It Breaks Remix) by Jaydee
11 - Fabulous Mint 400 by Meat Katie & Elite Force
12 - Rock Steady by Drumattic Twins
13 - Rocksteady by Cheech
14 - Tricky Disco vs. Supernatural (Acapella) by T Ricky vs. King Britt Presents Firefly Featuring Ursula Rucker
15 - Bullet Train by Plump DJs
16 - The Answer (Drum Loop) by Meat Katie & Elite Force
17 - Dust by B.L.I.M.

Soul of Man - Y4K

FABRICLIVE - Stanton Warriors - recorded live from fabric

I finally had a crack at re-recording the mix I played at the mega amazing daybreaks party in Bristol with the FingerLicking family earlier this year.

Don't let the 'DAY' bit fool ya cos we all proper went in!

If you like your breakbeats by day then come and join me with the Stanton Warriors, Mini Da Minx, The glitter Bosher and Svetti on the 27th July on London's southbank 

DAY BREAKS BRISTOL

This relatively hard to find mix was given away for free with the February issue of Mixmag in 2001 and comes directly from my CD collection. Entitled "Mixmag Presents Elastic Breaks - The Sound Of Breakbeat mixed by the Plump Djs" it was one sort after mix at the time and one that was on high rotation in my CD player. This mix pretty much launched the careers of the Plump DJs and gained them more of a following on a global scale.

For a full bio about Plump DJs (Lee Rous and Andy Gardner): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plump_DJs

Tracklist

1.Plump DJs - Remember My Name
2.Elektronauts - Bumper (Plump DJs Vocal Mix)
3.Krafty Kuts - Dangerous (Instrumental Mix)
4.Freq Nasty and Deekline - Every Posse and Crew
5.Plump DJs - Big Groovy Fucker
6.General Midi - The Westerner
7.DJ Icey - Wanna Do It
8.Belushi - Evolution
9.PFN - Stitch Up
10.Plump DJs - Fever
11.Funkaholics - Sneaker
12.Plump DJs - Electric Disco
13.De-Phazz feat. Pat Appleton - The Mambo Craze (Tribal Vocoder Mix)
14.Primitive Urges - Untitled
15.DJ Technique - My Definition (Lee Coombs Acid House Breaks Mix)
16.Soul Of Man - Scatterbox
17.Plump DJs - Scram
18.Stakker Humanoid - Humanoid (Plump DJ's 2001 Re-Touch)
19.Mint Royale - Take It Easy (Plump DJs Mix)

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Plump DJs - Elastic Breaks 2001

Here is a 'never released before' mix of mine from summer 2010 when Lowdown was just starting at Sound Control. The sound of breaks had been changing dramatically over the recent years, from mid tempo funk to upfront dirty tear-out breaks. This mix covers a broad range of funky bass laden breakbeat tunes. 

No tracklist as i cannot remember half of the tunes! However it
features tunes from Bush Doctors, Stanton Warriors, All Good Funk Alliance, Kraak & Smaak, Slyde, The Freestylers and many more...

Steve Thorpe - Lowdown & Funky - June 2010

Steve Thorpe started mixing tunes at home when he was 18 and first started DJingin Manchesters bars and clubs in 1996. Playing an eclectic mix of broken beats. In 1997, Steve joined Manchester clubnight - Tangled and turned the upstairs chillout room of a house and trance night into the longest running breakbeat night in the UK...if not the world - Tangled Breaks. Running weekly, then twice monthly and then quarterly for over 15 years and then returning 3 times a year until it ended on Tangleds 21st Birthday in 2014. Steve has warmed up and played alongside all the best breaks DJs and producers in the UK. After Tangled stopped regular events in 2008 he started his own night - Carry On which after 14 months then changed into Lowdown and Dirty... which now after 6 was voted the best breaks clubnight in Manchester and the world as it has won the 'best small event' at the Breakspoll International awards for 3 years running and Lowdown won the coveted City Life 'best clubnight in Manchester' award for 2014. Lowdown has now come to an end but Steve has been DJing at various events and festivals around the UK and helping out with other clubnights, continuing producing mixes and live streams. Steve will also be bringing Tangled back one the UK is back to normal after Covid for a special one-off party!

To view the Tangled Book visit -
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2883812

Steve Thorpe - Lowdown & Funky - June 2010

DJ Steve Thorpe