Download/Stream: lnk.to/5YearsRemixEP

We celebrate 5 years of the label with a collection of remixes from our back catalog.

It’s been 5 years since the inception of 1985 Music and over that period it’s grown a family of exciting underground producers as well as a celebrated back catalog from artists new and old. With this release, the label remixes some key tracks from the archives.

Full album release: 24th September

5 Year Remixes

Alix Perez - Trinity (Skeptical Remix)

Break & Total Science unleash the heavyweight rhythm of 'Aardvark' - the 2nd single taken from their latest release on their new Triii Audio imprint. Get it here: https://triiiaudio.bandcamp.com/album/blame-you-aardvark

Break / Symmetry Recordings:
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Total Science: 
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SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/total-science
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/totalscience69/

Triii Audio:
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Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/triiiaudio/

Drum&BassArena:
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Spotify → www.open.spotify.com/user/officialdnba
YouTube → www.youtube.com/user/officialdnbtv
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Mixcloud → www.mixcloud.com/drumandbassarena/
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Music news → www.breakbeat.co.uk/
Send us a demo: demos@breakbeat.co.uk

Break & Total Science - Aardvark

Y2K saw the release of Total Science’s anthem ‘Champion Sound’ Hardcore Will Never Die remix. Lurching into a new millennium, with promises of system meltdown, the end of civilisation as we know it and all other sorts of madness, its dissonant and edgy feel captured the moment perfectly. And consequently it was almost impossible to go to a Drum & Bass rave and not have this soundtrack of 2000 pummelling your eardrums then, and also ever since. 

Seen as one of the defining tunes of the genre, it has now spawned it’s own spinoff series, ‘The Hardcore Will Never Die Years’ remixes. Promising several remixes of some of the duo’s most seminal tracks from the early 2000s, from some of the biggest and best producers in the scene currently, we can now be assured of a whole host of new dancefloor weapons. 

And starting the series in true style is Break, with his ridiculous remix of ‘Squash’. A massive tune in it’s own right, ‘Squash’ was always going to need a serious working over to be bettered; and if you could trust one man to do it, it would be Break. Keeping all the original elements, brining them up to 2022 standard and then injecting his own trademark to proceedings, we are now left with everything that is good about this music in Y2K22.

Total Science - Squash (Break Remix)

Under Pressure

Hot on the heels of his highly anticipated return “Estranged” featuring LaMeduza, the West Country born/London-based Rockwell passes the mic to Lewisham-born and bred MC Novelist for his second single of the year, “Peak”. An atmospheric and ominous introduction, this club banger is defined by cheeky synth stabs and harmonic variations, increasing the intensity of the track as it progresses whilst providing the perfect sonic texture for Novelist to lay down his inimitable quick-fire bars - hitting at the government for the country's current state of affairs. A pertinent and “of the times” socio-political battle cry, Novelist raps “The price of everything is going up, I’ve had to add another zero to my fee I’ve had enough… the government don’t care about a thing, they don’t want to see or hear a brother win” whilst distant sample chimes in “The general public in this country know they are being mugged”.

“With a couple of my more recent productions, I’ve been trying to strip things back, taking a more considered approach to adding elements and ensuring that everything that makes the cut is integral to the track. I struggle to articulate how much of an honour for me it is to collaborate with Novelist on ‘Peak’, and from the recording session we did, the bars mirrored the instrumental and came together in an effortless fashion”.

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Novelist is a Mercury Award nominated MC and producer hailing from Lewisham, South London. After developing his skills as a lyricist on pirate radio, Novelist went on to play a key role in the resurgence of Grime as a teenager. Nov has since evolved into a genre-bending artist who can no longer be defined by any individual scene. He was nominated for Best Grime Act at the MOBOs in 2014, and picked up a Mercury Prize nomination 4 years later. As well as continuing to release his own music under the Novelist moniker, he has produced for the likes of ASAP Rocky, Skepta, and Dean Blunt.

PEAK

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"PEAK" [feat. Novelist]

Sonic Fiction Recordings [SFRXX005] - Mastered by Royalston

Studio 18 [Forthcoming Sonic Fiction Recordings]

Music Junkies

Fracture links with Alix Perez on the diabolical rhythm of 'Realise' - forthcoming on his highly anticipated Unite EP on 1985 Music. Get it here: https://lnk.bio/pMhY

Fracture:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/fracture/
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/fracture-official

Alix Perez:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/alixperezmusic/
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/alixperez

1985 Music:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/1985Music1985/
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/1985music1985

Drum&BassArena:
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Spotify → www.open.spotify.com/user/officialdnba
YouTube → www.youtube.com/user/officialdnbtv
Mixcloud → www.mixcloud.com/drumandbassarena/
Facebook → www.facebook.com/officialdnba
Twitter → www.twitter.com/OfficialDnBA
Music news → www.breakbeat.co.uk/
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Unite EP

Fracture - Realise (ft. Alix Perez)

Buy / Stream: https://fanlink.to/Dragonforce_EP

The ‘Dragonforce’ EP could be the best work yet to emerge from the studios of Laurence Reading aka Halogenix. Flipping from the Japanese comic book influence of the title track to the beautiful future soul of ‘Independent’ is something not many other producers are capable of. ‘Tekina’ brings even more ingenuity with a delicate light/dark fusion whilst ‘Reminisce’ is awash with warmth and ethereal feels. An essential EP.

Dragonforce EP is out 8th May on 2 x 12″ Vinyl / Digital

Halogenix online:
SC: www.soundcloud.com/Halogenix 
FB: www.facebook.com/Halogenix 
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/Halogenix
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/halogenix/
SPOTIFY: https://play.spotify.com/artist/24eQxPRLv3UMwEIo6mawVW
APPLE Music: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/halogenix/448614354