The late great Rick West tearing up the main room at Cyberzone for the Flavored Beats 4 CD Release party on January 8th, 2000. Rick played from 3:30 am until about 5:15 am and this was a great set filled with the Funky Florida Breaks Classics.

Rick West Live At Cyberzone 1 - 8-00

My Influences are from a lot of nights in Ybor’s clubs in Tampa from about 97 to 07 I live in the bay area. I have admired labels like the painted puppy. There shows introduced me to a dope load of great DJ’s and Electro & BreakBeats. DJ Icey, DJ Baby Anne, Dynamix II, Prizm & Eclipse, Funklabs, Rick West and more then I could list in Central Florida and Miami. I just like tweak and listening to music, being a drummer , the breaks just appeal to me and my soul.

Just someone who has a love for Breaks (almost all breaks but specifically Florida and Louisiana Breaks and Vocal Breaks)...Electro...Trance...Drum&Bass...Dub (the original Dub that was around the Tampa scene from the 90's and early 2000's...not the new Dub that these kids think is the shit)...Trip-Hop...E-Hop...and a few others. Was HEAVILY involved (to put it lightly...no pun intended but pun intended) in the Tampa/Orlando scene from the late 80's thru around 2007 or so...until the scene changed or was forced to change...but this shit is in my blood!!! I guess like they say...Blood in...Blood out!!! Had an iconic and well known house in South Tampa that was called "The House On Stilts"...it was the only house in the subdivision that was up on stilts like a beach house. And if you were in the scene...odds are you've swung thru at some point for one or more of the parties...Lol!!! If so...hit me up and tell me about it...I love hearing the stories because MAN O' FUCKING MAN...THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! Best times of my life...and I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat...I mean breakbeat!!!

I am just a HUGE music fan!!!  After hearing my first Florida breaks back in the middle to late 90's and then going to a Baby Anne show in Atlanta, I was hooked.  I love a little bit of it all, just depends on my mood as to what I want to hear.  If its too loud, you're too old......................................

Rick West Live At Cyberzone 1 - 8-00

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