BRUK BEATS | Broken Beats and Treats

Following on from the recent LCSM remix EP, CoOp Presents continue with more certified bruk heat for 2021 - this one seeing the return of EVM128 and an all-new EP entitled ‘Dance Don’t Sleep’. Some sound advice.

A core-member of the Selectors Assemble crew, EVM128 is also co-label boss of the Dance Regular imprint and has had releases in the past on labels such as BBE, Studio Rockers, Local Talk, Rhythm Section, Wah Wah 45s and Tru Thoughts, amongst others.

As well as being nice behind the boards, he's an amazing Selector, playing regularly on the crew's Worldwide FM show, as well as Netil Radio monthly and past plays for Boiler Room and Dimensions Festival, with his eclectic blends of bruk, soul, jazz, house, garage, hip hop, ragga, afrobeat, UK funky and bass music.

EVM previously featured on the Selectors Assemble EPs - the track ‘Gamma Riddim’ in particular is still being rinsed in dances a few years later. His last release 'Bun Dat' appeared on the label's first compilation, ‘Plug One’, released late in 2020 and kicked off the year with a set of remixes of the same track.

‘Dance Don’t Sleep’ begins with the title track, setting off with Detroit-esque pads and JA clash samples, before a moderate-paced brukbeat kicks in accompanied by some squelchy synths and some sneaky breaks. Next is ‘Tell Me’ featuring the sweet soulful talents of Natalie May atop a percussive groove, gliding keys and bleeps. ‘UK Brukers’ follows (a play on UK Rockers), and it’s more bruk-step laced with ragga samples and a deep sub riding throughout, then into ‘Jazz Drumz’, which provides what it says on the tin - shuffling kits ride alongside piano and rhodes, all with EVM’s unique flavour. We close out with ‘Desert Island Bruk’; an off-kilter riddim with a slight UK Funky feel, completing a very dope 5-tracks that should ensure that you’re dancing, not sleeping.

As with the previous CoOp Presents release, this digital EP is again accompanied by some mind-blowing artwork by Mo Fingaz & Bee Graphics for Blood, presenting another genius part of the new CoOp universe.

With monthly releases stacked up for the rest of 2021, expect plenty more goodness to come from the CoOp Presents label imminently. Watch we work.

EVM128 - UK Brukers

Setwun - H.B.Y

Part Of: Afro Quarters EP
Catalog: OUPLW015
Release Date: 24.06.22
Buy Link: https://outplayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/afro-quarters-ep

SofaTalk
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/sofa-talk

XL Regular
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/xlregular

Outplay
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/outplay
Bandcamp | https://outplayrecords.bandcamp.com

Release Text:
Sofatalk & XL Regular have come up with a wonderful jazzy EP for Outplay. Filled with warm chords and broken house beats. Italy’s Piero Paolinelli and Alessandro Giacchi are the newest addition to our Outplay family. They have released music previously on Omena, ANMA, Cognitiva Records (Sofatalk’s own label), INI Movement, Nómada and Monologues. 

Their EP for Outplay is called Afro Quarters EP and contains 4 electronic jazz funk infused house tracks and make for a perfect testimony of their musicianship.

Rumble Strip kicks off with broken beats turning into a 4x4 house beat filled with percussion, dreamy keyboard licks and sultry vocals to underline the floaty vibe. The title track, Afro Quarters, is up next pushing us further into their signature jazz infused broken beat house style. With the funky bassline and the stabby keys it’s hard not to move. Throw in tastefully done flute and Rhodes solos for the mature sound they’re known for.

The third piece is called Easy and contrary to its name it’s not as chilled out as you’d think. It’s incredibly groovy, with heavy staccato bass and keys, while keeping the dreamed out jazzy chords to balance it out. It makes us think of the masterful work of Kaidi Tatham. “On The Run” concludes the EP and continues the vibe displayed throughout the release filled with arpeggiated and stabby keys and vocal bits.

It’s our absolute pleasure to be able release this and we are excited to share it with you!”

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Berlin House Music
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Afro Quarters EP

PREMIERE: SofaTalk & XL Regular - Easy [Outplay]

SMBD & Bruk Rogers Remixes

Owahku (feat. ASAP Shembe) [Bruk Rogers & Onj Remix]

No Older

Phone Call

Phone Call (Arfa Remix)

Melodicamente

Melodicamente (Afronaut Remix)

Part Of: Afterglow FM
Catalog: WOLFEP067
Release Date: 18.11.22
Buy Link: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/footshooter-afterglow-fm-pre-order-wolf-music/183372

Footshooter
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/footshooter

Wolf Music
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/nysoul
Bandcamp | https://wolfmusicrecords.bandcamp.com

Release Text:
Fresh off the back of his highly acclaimed debut album on Astral Black, Footshooter returns to the WOLF Music pack following his ethereal remix of Velour last year, with an exquisite six track journey through his signature sound.
An amalgamation of genres, ideas and vibes blend seamlessly together throughout the record, showing a wealth of knowledge, alongside a production prowess to match. From the cinematic opener ‘Welcome In’ to the soulful, synth-laden broken beat of ‘Turning’ and ‘Archetype 7’ on the A side. Samples dance next to magical playing and programming, with hats tipped to legends of yester year whilst keeping things completely fresh at the same time.
Flip it for the B, where UK Funky feels mix with bumping house for the fresh to death, dress to impress ‘Dojo’. Footshooter then dips the lights down low and and slows the tempo with the beatsy, piano shimmering brilliance of ‘Angel(s)’ and the eyes closed, soul healing sounds of ‘Hold On’.
Six shots, no misses, Footshooter gets deep into the heart of what’s bubbling in London town right now.

Here is a bit about the EP from the artist

'With Afterglow FM, I wanted to try something a little different to my releases over the last few years. Much of my music is based around collaboration and featuring artists, which I will always love, but I wanted to challenge myself to make a fully instrumental project. As this took me out of my comfort zone, I was able to push the sound a little deeper and wider than before, and this is the result. As with all of my projects, it's best played loud and all the way through from start to finish. I hope you enjoy tuning in.'

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Berlin House Music
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PREMIERE: Footshooter - Turning (Radio Edit) [Wolf Music]

THE DON

GET DOWN!

CoOp Presents is incredibly proud to present an all-new compilation album put together by Allysha Joy. This 14-track LP gives us a solid glimpse into the current wave of Antipodean bruk / broken beat artists.

Allysha explains "the connection began with a guest mix for CoOp Presents Worldwide FM radio show. I was asked to guest on the show, so pulled together some heavy unreleased and unmastered "Australian" broken sounds. I immediately called Horatio, Close Counters and Setwun, some of my nearest and dearest inspirations and collaborators to get them in the mix! Within 24 hours I had a brand new beat from Setwun called 'H.B.Y', I ran up some vocals on a Close Counters track and landed a wild jazz-bruk collaboration called 'Fly' from Horatio Luna and Nikodimos! We all felt really blessed to be linking in with some of the innovators of the sound we love!

Also in the mix, I played a track by Lanu a.k.a Lance Ferguson, one of "Australia's" funkiest songwriters and producers. Mike Gurrieri and Chris Gill over at Northside Records had already been scheming to set Lance and I up on a music date for weeks, which turned into writing 'Rewind' . Lanu, along with Ennio Styles, have been integral in the broken beat sound down here from the early 2000s and they connected Jonny Faith in to bring 'Southern Stepper'.

After linking in over the music and working on some collaborations, Alex Phountzi and IG Culture asked me to put together this compilation. The first person that came to mind was Sampology. A wild ride of shifting harmony and incredible vocals, Sam delivered 'Sunny', featuring Maia. Also of Middle Name Dance Band acclaim and a beaming light of creative energy, Kuzko created 'Immunity' for the comp — their debut solo release!

Also up in Meanjin, Special Feelings and Squidgenini were making their own style of jazzy house music and we absolutely knew that they would kill it on the broken beat tip. They sent through 'On Heat' and 'Prophecy' respectively, and inspired me to write and produce 'Listen'. A track about the struggle to be heard as female and non-binary artists. A hard-hitter mixed by co-collaborator Yelderbert of our new duo project, Totek.

As my brother and the one that first introduced me to Agent K, I knew we had to get Ziggy Zeitgeist up in the mix! He immediately sent over a bunch of tunes, and from alongside all of the 30/70 Collective demo drum loops and fresh Z.F.E.X sounds, we selected 'Bruk Samba' featuring Cody Curry, the CC Dance Orchestra.

I had managed to pull together a bunch of tunes for the compilation and after a studio session one afternoon I was walking down Sydney Road and bumped into Silent Jay, Alien and A.KID a.k.a. ACID SLOP at their new spot, the Mandarin Dreams HQ. We were just chatting and above Jay's head I spotted the New Sector Movements record, 'Download This'! To see that they'd just been spinning this record felt so serendipitous, so I had to ask them to be on it! Acid Slop sent me through a tune literally the next day, called 'Everything Falls Apart' and within the week we got 'Walk Away', from Lori and Silent Jay. It felt complete.

The way that this music just effortlessly and lyrically fell together, is a testament to the broken beat undercurrent that runs within the jazz and dance music scene down-under. 'They're Energised' connects a scene of deeply talented and inspired musicians, collectively shaping the new wave of uniquely "Australian" bruk and broken beat music!"

https://coop.bandcamp.com/album/theyre-energised

https://soundcloud.com/allyshajoy
https://soundcloud.com/cooppresents

They're Energised - Compiled by Allysha Joy

PREMIERE: Lanu x Allysha Joy - Rewind [CoOp Presents]

Good Love

Rise Above (feat. Abacus)

SOULACOASTA II

PURSUIT

Soulful, jazz-infused broken beats from Berlin! Incredibly talented jazz pianist and producer Yoofee debuts on Casa Voyager! A must-have for both: sensitive souls and sophisticated groove lovers. Tested and approved.

Pre-Order Bandcamp: https://casavoyager.net/album/lost-papers-ep
Pre-Order Clone: https://clonedistribution.com/release/71573

TWR11 - YOOFEE - LOST PAPERS EP

Morning Love (Jonny Faith Bruk Beats Mix)

Broken Light / Late Night Tales

Broken Light

Selectors are hyped to present you with this dance floor crusher from the new Piers Kirwan EP "Broken Rules" – the 4 track EP including “Red Dead” will be dropping on Dance Regular tomorrow! The EP is exclusively available on "Juno Downloads" now and will be available on all other platforms tomorrow.  Shout out to EVM128 and James Rudie!

UK born and bred, Piers Kirwan is no stranger to DJ’ing and producing good quality house music. One half of Stereo Mutants who have released on Defected, Duff Note, Bubble Soul, Seamless, ONE51 and more. Piers has been DJ’ing since the early 80’s and as well as going to college with Aphex Twin and doing huge warehouse parties in Plymouth in the early 90’s, he has released an extensive amount of music and played alongside the likes of Danny Rampling, Smokin Jo, Alistair Whitehead, XPress 2, Claudio Coccoluto, CJ Mackintosh and many more.

Piers has a distinct style of production that’s clean and precise and does that rough with the smooth thing that we like. It’s hard hitting, atmospheric punchy beats with lush dreamy pads, vocal textures and synth leads that keep you on your toes throughout.
From the wavy synth pads, low punchy bass and snappy beats of the title track Broken Rules and Red Dead, to the more heavier tracks of Ragga Don’t Sweat and Rise Up, with their more upfront broken beat drums, Bass and Ragga vocal samples. It’s all in there, hand crafted for the dance floor, at home, your car, phone, Boombox, whatever! All settings are catered for in this EP!

[PREMIERE] PIERS KIRWAN - RED DEAD

African Rhythms is Haze City's ode to AfroBeat and the amazing music that came out of Nigeria in the 1970/80's by incredible artists such as Fela Kuti, Tony Allen & Ebo Taylor.
Since its creation Afrobeat has influenced multiple genres and countless artists around the globe, with its pulsating poly rhythms and incredible musicianship.
Combining Afrobeat with Broken Beat is of course nothing new, with legends of the Bruk scene such as IG Culture & Bugz In The Attic having already done this to devastating effect.

This however, is a Haze City's humble ode to a genre he has a huge amount a love and respect for.

Amazing re rubs from Don Pascal , Sean McCabe & Cengiz

https://www.junodownload.com/products/haze-city-african-rhythms-remixes/5968397-02/

https://soundcloud.com/seanmccabe
https://soundcloud.com/boogie-cafe-records

PREMIERE: Haze City - Akula (Sean McCabe Remix) [Boogie Cafe]

Donsurf - Yemaya (BADK RE-DRUM)

Do not own the track, if asked ill remove it

4Hero - Hold It Down (Bugz In The Attics Co - Operative Mix)

Control (Remixes)

Love Light (Holloway Remix)

ELANDA, is a multidisciplinary artist blending DJing, live performance, and somatic movement practices and sculpting. She has performed at prominent venues and festivals across Scotland and England, earning a dj residency at Glasgow’s iconic La Cheetah, where her sets fuse Afro inspired electronica , UK bass, jazz, electronica, dubstep and more. 

In 2024, ELANDA transitioned into live performance, incorporating music production, vocals, and stagecraft to connect with audiences in a deeper, more dynamic way.

As a co-founder of the Lüuma Collective and Annies Eden, they create conscious spaces through events that celebrate holistic healing, sound baths, and somatic workshops. ELANDA’s work is dedicated to fostering community and empowering personal expression through music and movement.