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Shoot Me Down ft Ruby Goe

The Freestylers deliver their 4th album "Adventures In Freestyle". The new album sees Aston and Matt wear their dancefloor-friendly hearts on their sleeves once again. Ranging from the techno-punk stylings of 'Security', through the cinematic-string soundscape of 'Infernos', to the five and a half minutes of typical Freestylers filthiness that is 'Painkiller', which sees them team up with Oz drum and bass bods Pendulum, the album is a unique concoction of styles, pinned together in many cases by the vocal talents of long term studio partner, Marcel aka SirReal. Marcel's anacreontic lyrics espouse the virtues of everything from living the fast life to drinking Carling Black Label, on a slew of the album's highlights.

Elsewhere the album twists from the lyrical battering of 'Fast Life' to the trademark Freestylers booty bouncing on Jump 'N' Twist, while 'Could I Be Dreaming' comes on like Fun Lovin' Criminals on a day trip to Brighton. Smoky soul samples are the order of the day on down-tempo gem 'Pocket Full Of Sadness', while newcomer Corinna Grayson adds her vocals to 'In Love With You', a track that seamlessly blends the boys' song writing sensibilities with their breakbeat heritage.

"All of the vocalists we've worked with on this album are underground or unknown", explains Matt. "We didn't want to go down the route of using big names to get noticed, we hope that the songs will do that for themselves. We've been working with Marcel for a few years and his style just seemed to fit perfectly on the album. He's also been touring with us, along with Valerie M and the rest of the band, and really delivers something special when we play live. He can work a crowd perfectly, rather than just chatting non-stop over the records and has become an integral part of the Freestylers live experience".

In Love With You

From the slavering bass-carnivore ‘Slammer,’ to the purple-rain phunk of “Push Up”, and from the off-wall vocals of Reprazent home-girl Onnalee on “Get a Life” to the break-neck toasting of dapper-one Million Dan, “Raw as F**k” plays an exhilarating game of genre hop-scotch. The traditional Freestylers’ sounds on ragga-laced tracks like “Boom Blast” sitting perfectly alongside more poignant moments like the epic “Too Far”.

Boom Blast Ft Million Dan

Pressure Point updates the Freestylers' sound for 2002. As the follow-up to the band's influential debut We Rock Hard, which sold more than 150,000 copies in the U.S. alone and saw the group repeatedly tour the States with a 10-piece band, Pressure Point successfully mines two decades of hip-hop and dance music for hip-shaking rhythms and deep, emotion-baring soul. "We didn't want to make a We Rock Hard Pt. 2," says Aston. "Being DJ/producers we're influenced by the music that's happening, especially with dance music because it moves so quickly in England. We wanted to do something in our own distinct style so we used influences that we had hints of on the first album but made it harder and clubbier, and used the [early rave] influences from 1989-91."

Pressure Point's cohesive cross-genre pollination indeed makes it one of the year's best dance albums. "Get Down Massive" kicks in with two-step rhythms and hyper-speed breaks as Navigator's chatty vocals get the party started right. Reminiscent of Shaggy and Fatboy Slim hanging together on the Ibiza beach, "Weekend Song," the album's first single, is funky pop gone dancehall courtesy of Tenor Fly. "Now Is the Time"'s deep electro and potent sub-bass further demonstrates the Freestylers' versatility--deep, party-rockin', soulful and pop savvy at once. The energetic, "Blowin Ya Brainz," with its old-school rave vibe and block-rockin' beats, gives Prodigy a run for its money. And the addition of vocalists Valerie M (on the soulful groover "Calling") and Petra Jean Philipson (on the soul-rock "Told You So") complement the album's all-over-the-map musical panache. Producer/singer Spanna Banner also brings more dancehall flavor to the mix, toasting on "Signs," the album's reggae finale. 

Now Is The Time

Told You So (Featuring Petra)

Bad Boy Love (Featuring Navigator)

Bass Odyssey

Twister

Sticky

Hyperspeed

Taken from the Golden ara of hip hop, this was one of the first tracks to sample Rye Rye and combine solid production with Baltimore club music. Picked up and blogged by Diplo this track was seminal in the development of breaks infused bass music 

Deefkline + Red Polo - Booty Pit (feat Wu Tang Sausage) "Free Download"

After a 25 year career the Freestylers have covered a full 360 degrees in the Bass Music genre, having played all the biggest festivals, the most talked about Nightclubs around the World and even the quintessentially British music show, Top Of The Pops.  Having achieved the kind of success most artists can only dream of, they’ve not rested on their laurels. 

Aston and Matt started working on Music together in the mid ‘90’s after discovering a mutual love of Hip-Hop, Electro and Beats. They released their first two Albums ‘We Rock Hard’ and ‘Pressure Point’ on legendary Breakbeat label Freskanova.  ’Raw as F**K” and ‘Adventures In Freestyle” were released on ‘Against The Grain” another Breaks Power House based out of Brighton,UK.  From being voted ‘Best Band’ by Muzik Magazine in ’98, to touring with Lenny Kravitz on his American Woman Tour (he asked them himself as he was so impressed with their act), rocking a crowd of 30,000 at Glastonbury Festival ’99, performing at MTV’s Times Square Millennium Party,playing Big Day Out ’05  – it’s fair to say these Guys have had one big Adventure so far.

The Freestylers began their career as an Urban Electronic Music Act, and their early Tunes ‘B-Boy Stance,’’ ‘Ruffneck’ and ‘Warning’ set the marker. As their Music progressed so did their Anthems with the seminal tunes ‘Punks’, ‘Boom Blast’, ‘Fasten YourSeat-Belts’,’Painkiller” and more recently ‘Cracks.’to list a few.In addition to their status as Underground Heroes, they have gained commercial success with their Global Hit ‘Push Up’ and have had their Music synched in many TV Commercials and Films ,including the hugely successful Comedies,Zoolander,Hey Dude Where’s My Car and the more recent Sisters

Their ever eclectic style and renegade approach to production focuses on everything in the Bass Music Spectrum from Breakbeats to Jungle to Bassline House,the Freestylers are here to stay and are definitely  rocking even harder.


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Bad Boy Love (Featuring Navigator)

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