Breakbeat, Tech funk, Electro, Big Beat Mixes (Old & New)

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This Friday just gone I found myself at the Big Beat Reunion in London's lovely but shady Jammm in Brixton, one of my old stomping grounds. I'm always slight wrong-footed by South London ... even though I know it so well, it has an intensity about it that you seldom find North of the river with layer on layer of humanity battling for survival space. As an example, the cab ride back to the hotel afterwards was full of banter & was strangely worth the £22 I was knowingly being *fleeced* for a four mile ride.

To say the gig was an unusual one for me to take would be understatement. I've never before agreed to do an old skool / big beat set, and despite the huge time-drain of 3 full days of preparation, it was actually a great - re-education sifting through the piles of old vinyl. Each banger I unearthed was greeted like a long lost friend, even to the point of 'knowing smiles' accompanying the recall of each bit of vinyl's unique quirks. Trying to mix these rough & ready slices of history together was a whole new ballgame & my plan to journey from 107 - 137 bpm seemed like a good idea in principal, but in practice it was a wild beast of a ride, and one that was hard to tame for much of the time.

Here is the set in all it's rough glory. Thanks to the Noise crew for snagging a most unexpected recording. Grab it quickly - not sure how long I want this one up here for!

Midfield General - Devil In Sports Casual 
Ceasefire - Trickshot 
Eddie Scratch & DC - Dusty's Sermon 
Dave Clarke - No One's Driving (Chemical Brothers Mix)
Cut & Paste - Cut It Nice - Original Mix 
Freestylers - Breaker Beats Part One 
Head Lamp - Petrol Salt Lick 
Wax Assassins - Feel The Funk Baby 
The Chemical Brothers - The Loops of Fury 
Roxy Breaks - Apache Rock 
The Wiseguys - Start the Commotion (Put the Body in Motion) 
CHARLATANS, The - Nine Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers remix) 
Basco - Rock The Funky Beat 
Sol Brothers - That Elvis Track 
Fathead, 2 Fat Buddahs - Cut The Music - Original Mix 
Fatboy Slim Vs Bassbin Twins - 2 Aaaw Shut Up 
Bassbin Twins & Doom Selector - Between The Fro 
Laidback - Cold Rock
Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness 
Laidback - Cold Rock (Reprise) 
Elite Force - EF001 Go Rockin' Beats 
The Treble Spankers - Samira (The Eboman's Bakkuf Beats - Mix) 
Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind - Lunatics Rollercoaster Mix 
Definition of Sound - Outsider (Lunatic Calm Mix) 
Messiah - There Is No Law 
Curve - Chinese Burn (Lunatic Calm Remix) 
Fatboy Slim - Going Out of my Head 
SCHUMACHER, Timmy - Bring Back Big Beat 
Chemical Brothers - Psychedelic Reel (Elite Force Edit)

Big Beat Reunion - Elite Force Live Mix March 2011

Elite Force aka Simon Shackleton is a well established artist in his own right. With chart topping tracks under the guise of Lunatic Calm to music for films an TV shows to his professional music production and DJ career of Elite Force. He was/is a leader in the Breaks and Tech Funk genre.  

This mix was recorded LIVE at Urban Break 2 (Spain) back in 2007. You probably have never heard this DJ set before, thanks to Jaime fo the audio file.  

For a breakdown of his whole career : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Shackleton

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Elite Force - LIVE @ Urban Break 2 (Industrial Copera) - 26.5.2007

This is an exclusive recording from Koma & Bones amazing set at the last ever Lowdown in Manchester, UK on Friday 29th January 2016. Its 90 minutes of pure K&B tunes and remixes.... What a night. The crowd was going wild!!!

Koma & Bones Live at Lowdown, Manchester 29/01/2016

I came across this promo mix from the Plump Djs way back in 2009 while doing some sneaky searching through server directories. The mix itself contains some rare gems from the duo.

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Plump DJs - Promo Mix April 2009

Elite Force aka Simon Shackleton has had an extensive career spanning over 20 years. Starting off as a musician and being a band member with Thom Yorke before moving onto his own outfit called Lunatic Calm which had quite a successful career and a few number one tunes including "Rollercoaster". Simon has also worked with a bunch of top acts, remixed, wrote movie soundtracks, toured and was one to watch in the Nuskool Breaks scene. He then developed the Tech Funk genre in the late 2000's included with such artists as Meat Katie and Dylan Rhymes to name a few. Nowadays Simon plays marathon 6 hour LIVE sets in his "One Series" and has moved into the world of professional photography.

For a breakdown of his whole career : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Shackleton

For his biography: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/eliteforce/biography

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Elite Force - Beatfactor Promo Mix December 2004

An absolute legend of the Spanish Breaks scene is Peter Paul from Seville, Spain. His career began in the early 2000's and he has had a long line of releases since. He started the N-Mity Sound label producing varying releases and 3 albums along the way. Peter Paul has also been considered that he created the genre Techno Breaks or Tech Breaks as we know it. This LIVE mix at the Banzai Club is from the very heyday of Tech Breaks around 2007 and is a prime example of his sound at that time.    

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Peter Paul - LIVE @ Banzai Club April 2007

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When it comes to record labels in the golden era of Breakbeat music, Fat! is up there as one of the most consistent, original and standard setting on the global scene... Along with their legendary night 'Chew the Fat' at the End in London, the label pioneered a sound in music that will live forever in the souls of ravers all over the world. 

Luminary artists such as Foamo, Maribou State, Bondax and Baobinga (Sam Binga) and many others passed through the label in its earlier years and created a sound that was rooted in club culture and helped evolve the diverse Bass & Breakbeat sound.

The very first releases featured the likes of Peacemaker, The Apollo Kids, Merka, Tayo & Kickflip releasing tunes and remixes on the label that will live in Breakbeat folklore.... This is what we are here to celebrate! Re-mastered, re-uploaded, and re-presented for you to re-live your heady days of the naughtys! Fat! Records are proud to present to you Fat! Breaks Vol 1. 

Taking a snap shot of the labels earliest highlights from its Breakbeat beginnings, these tunes represent a time in music when influences were flying around like model spitfires at a Saturday morning remote control plane meeting in the park. Techno, early Grime, Garage, Drum & Bass, House, were all being fused into a cohesive melee of breaks and basslines which captured the essence of everything that was fresh and new in the club and dance music at the time, whilst giving a nod to the past with a sprinkling of Disco, old skool Hip Hop and Jungle. 

Fat! has since progressed onto releasing some of the finest House, techno and pop infused dance music in the past decade, but its former years will always have a special place in the hearts and minds of many.

To round off the package, Fat! has enlisted the help of Breakbeat believers and 2 of the eras top DJ's, Terry Atomic Hooligan and Jay Cunning to blend this bunch of classics into an hour long mix thats reminiscent of their many sets at Chew The Fat!

Fat! Breaks Vol. 1

Fat Breaks Vol. 1 Mixed by Atomic Hooligan & Jay Cunning

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

Boris 'Yreane' Prokhorov finally convinced me to do a mix for his Breaks Review show in Russia. It's a look back at what I was playing at the time and a load of my favourite releases and remixes on various labels. I really enjoyed doing this and I hope you like it. :)
Tracklist:
VinylLife - Rhythm Rock You (Dopamine Remix)
Karton - Little Creatures (Dopamine Remix)
Evil Nine - We Have The Energy
Dopamine - Zoit
Dopamine - System Error
Dopamine & Klaus Hill - Ah Baby
VinylLife - Good Life (Dopamine Remix)
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (Andrea Doria Remix)
Santos - Sabot (Evil Nine Remix)
Dopamine - Brave New World
Babe Instinct - Disco Babes From Outerspace (Santos Another Planet Remix)
Dekoy - High Rise (Dopamine Remix)
PMT - Necromancer
Dopamine - Outside The Box
Elite Force - Shadowbox
Dopamine - Hold You
Dopamine - Breaks Is Dead
Sam Hell - Bone Snow (Dopamine Remix)
Evil Nine - Hired Goons

Dopamine Breaks 2017

Breaks Review Show feat. Dopamine

Breaks Review Show feat. Dopamine 27.12.2017

Well where do i start ? Commonly known as “The Godfather of Breaks” Rennie Pilgrem’s contribution to the early Nuskool Breaks scene is outstanding and given this title is often considered responsible for the creation of the Nuskool Breaks genre. Before moving into breaks Rennie produced techno and acid house and was part of the influential rave group Rhythm Section along with Ellis Dee. Rennie is also the boss of Thursday Club Recordings aka TCR a label which he founded in 1993 which was a major force in the Nuskool Breaks scene. Now concentrating more on his talented art skills Rennie has stepped back from the dance scene and continues to produce some great works of art.

This mix from 2008 is a rare studio mixed promo from Rennie Pilgrem.

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Rennie Pilgrem - Promo Mix July 2008

The Crystal Method was formed in Las Vegas by Ken Jordan & Scott Kirkland back in the early 1990's. Considered pioneers of the Big Beat genre The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games and advertisements. Their album Vegas was certified Platinum in 2007.

This mix was recorded LIVE in San Francisco by Boombox 34 on New Years 2007.

Please note: Contains traces of 4 on the floor ;-)

Check out The Crystal Method Wiki page for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Method

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The Crystal Method - LIVE @ San Francisco - 1.1.2007

Meat Katie 'Lowering The Tone’ Podcast - Episode 23 (Exclusive Classic Breakbeat & Tech-Funk Mix)

This episode I decided to do something slightly different, due to the overwhelming response to the recent Old Skool Breaks set I played in Budapest which is posted as a live MP4 from the Breakbeat Massive event @ Frame on youtube, I have re-recorded the set as close as I could, I have also added a few other tracks that I didn’t get chance to play that night, so now it be accessed as a full download for your listening pleasure.

As always if you enjoy the show (‘set' in this case) please hit the share button and spread the word, that is how you can support the podcast. 

If you are unaware of Lowering The Tone, just head off to www.loweringthetone.london and all the episodes are up there & an bunch of release’s too.

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Tracklisting

Meat Katie 'Lowering The Tone’ Podcast - Episode 23 (Exclusive Classic Breakbeat & Tech-Funk Mix)

An absolute legend of the Spanish Breaks scene is Peter Paul from Seville, Spain. His career began in the early 2000's and he has had a long line of releases since. He started the N-Mity Sound label producing varying releases and 3 albums along the way. Peter Paul has also been considered that he created the genre Techno Breaks or Tech Breaks as we know it.    

https://soundcloud.com/peterpaul
https://www.facebook.com/PeterPaulsound
https://www.discogs.com/artist/195821-Peter-Paul

Peter Paul - MegaBeat Guest Mix - 3.8.2006

To me the Plump DJs were at the forefront in the early Nuskool Breaks scene back in the 2000's, leading the way with new  innovative tunes and tight DJs mixes of some very underground music at that time. Lee Rous and Andy Gardner make up the duo that is the Plump DJs with over 20 years experience in the game and while the breaks musical style has changed over the years they are still touring and producing great music till this day.

This mix was made for Annie Nightingale and her BBC Radio 1 show called Annie On One back in 2005.

Please note: This mix includes a little interview at the start. The mix starts around the 6 minute mark.

For more information about the Plump DJs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plump_DJs

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Plump DJs - Annie On One - 17.6.2005

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This is an extended re-creation of a set I played at Raveart's 'Retro' Halloween party at Auditorio Rocio Jurado in Sevilla on 26th October 2019. It features a wealth of tracks from my own back catalogue that have been Remastered as part of a major Elite Force Singles Collection scheduled for release on U&A Recordings on NOVEMBER 15th 2019. 

The tracklisting for the set is as follows ...

1. Mild-Mannered Janitors - Shroom ’74 (Elite Force Mix) (2019 Remaster)
2. Elite Force - Driving Me Crazy (2019 Remaster)
3. Plump DJs - Blackjack (2019 Remaster)
4. Pitchshifter - Genius (Lunatic Calm Mix) (2019 Remaster)
5. Felix Luker - SAW (Elite Force Mix)
6. Elite Force & Meat Katie - Laser (2019 Remaster)
7. Bitrock - Push The Envelope
8. Elite Force - Engine (2019 Remaster)
9. Elite Force & Meat Katie - NuTron (2019 Remaster)
10. Elite Force & Meat Katie - Dark & Deep (2019 Remaster)
11. Elite Force - Used & Abused (DJ Edit 2019 Remaster)
12. Plump DJs - Bullet Train (extract)
13. Elite Force - Ghetto Fabulous (2019 Remaster)
14. Elite Force - Call It Brisco
15. Lunatic Calm - Roll The Dice (Fatboy Slim’s ‘Dub The Dice Mix)
16. Surreal Madrid - Girls of the Night (Elite Force Mix) (2019 Remaster)
17. Elite Force - Shadowbox (2019 Remaster)
18. Elite Force - Sk8r (2019 Remaster)
19. Evil Nine - For Lovers Not Fighters (BLIM’s Bob the Builder Mix)
20 Elite Force & Meat Katie - Juju (2005 Remake -2019 Remaster)
21. Plumps Vs JDS - Wipeout The Gate (Elite Force Mashup)
22. Definition of Sound - Outsider (Lunatic Calm Mix)
23. Soundscape - Dubplate Culture (2019 Remaster)

Elite Force - Classics Mix 2019

This Mix CD was released on Ministry Of Sound Australia in 2004.

Clubber's Guide To 2004 - Poxymusic

Poxymusic Clubber's Guide To 2004

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Tracklist:

01 Trentmoller - Beta Boy
02 Bass Kleph - Bump Uglies (Dopamine mix)
03 Faust & Shortee - I Can't Wait (Electron remix)
04 Rhythm Section - Comin' On Strong (Grim Pil mix)
05 Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Crookers Bum Mix)
06 Drumattic Twins - Crazy Love (Peo De Pitte Remix)
07 Chris Carter, Dopamine - Quite Posh (Lee Coombs Remix)
08 Mesmer - Weird Funk (Dopamine Remix)
09 Dismissed - Test-Tube Baby
10 Slyde - Frequency (NAPT Remix)
11 Royksopp - What Else Is There (Trentmoller Breaks Mix)
12 Partystyle - Hitting The Jack
13 Rob Reng ft NineLives The Cat - Funk Down Low (Force Mass Motion Remix)
14 Dylan Rhymes & Jono Fernandez - Breathe (General Midi Remix)
15 Dopamine & Klause Heavyweight Hill - Ahh Baby
16 Kosheen - The Soul Breaker (DDB)
17 Sly Fidelity & Club Foot - Feel The Bass (KG Remix)
18 Drumattic Twins - Under The Lights (Original Mix)
19 Force Mass Motion - Out Of It
20 CJ Bolland - Bolland Breaks (DDB)
21 Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise (Stereo-8 Remix)
22 Partystyle - All I Want Is The Bass
23 Dopamine - Hold You
24 Ils - Loving You (Atomic Hooligan Remix)
25 Hyper - Come With Me
26 Josh Wink - Higher State Of Conciousness (Crisp Biscuit Remix)
27 Freestylers, Krafty Kuts - Dynamite Love feat. Dynamite MC (12'' Version)
28 Drumattic Twins - Feelin' Kinda Strange (Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer Remix)
29 Skool Of Thought - Superstylin (Skool Of Thought Remix)
30 Underworld vs Elektronauts - Born Sloppy

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Morphosis Classic Breaks Set

Mike Wells aka Force Mass Motion released his first record back in 1991 on Colin Faver's legendary Rabbit City Records. One of the major tracks at the time was "Panic" which gained mass popularity and earned him a place in touring the world. He also worked under names like Polaris and Cableguy, collaborated with Dylan Rhymes and played a key role in developing the breakbeat scene with tunes like ‘Hold Back’ and ‘Vanquish’ that took him to a deal with Critical Mass Recordings.

He also worked in sound design for the TV show Dark Angel, released the Silencer album that was dubbed the future of breakbeat, went on to work with Meat Katie’s Lot49 and recorded with UK Cream resident Paul Hillyer under the name Xpander. 

This mix from 2006 was for the well known Russian Breaks Forum site (at the time) BBZ. It is a mixture of 4 on the floor Tech Funk and Breakbeat.

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Force Mass Motion - BBZ Exclusive Mix 2006

This mix was sent over to me by my Spanish friend Jamie, it's from June 2003 and was aired on Kink FM and the show called Urban Revolution hosted by the female DJ Loes Lee. Whatever happened to her i wonder ? Lots of Plump goodness in this one and a lot of woah, that's a blast from the past ! Enjoy.

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Plump DJs - Urban Revolution Kink FM - 22.6.2003

From underground to mainstream electronic music, whether it being dark, heavy, funky, dreamy, or any combination of the four, Flash Pointe loves it all. Flash Pointe is a DJ/Producer who discovered this music and scene on his own and is now an utter passion. Being a misfit of the mainstream music or other entertainment scenes, he believes that this is a safe haven for people trying to escape this judgmental world we live in. When DJing, Flash Pointe never strokes his ego. He only spreads love to his audience with impressive continuity in his mix, regardless of the genre. When producing, he rarely follows the rules of music. His sounds are experimental, abstract, influenced by nature and machinery, and adds that on top of some modern club beats to create a tasty, unique sound.

Flash Pointe is just getting in the zone with getting his music out there and now hails from record labels like, Calcast's and Rasputan's label, Mad Rhythm Records and Chris Khaos's label Khaotic Records. He is know for DJing and producing styles like, Breaks, Electro House, Bass House, Jackin House, Techno and many more, always extending his boundaries. He started out playing in many small bars and nightclubs all along Southwest Florida and he's slowly extending outward in other areas around Florida.