Basically Tayo is a legend when it comes to the breakbeat scene.....

After paying his warm up dues as a drum and bass DJ alongside Fabio, Grooverider and Peshay, Tayo set up Friction with fellow members of the breakbeat elite, Adam Freeland and Rennie Pilgrem and watched the club and it’s residents become a focal point for the UK breakbeat sound.

With other residencies back in the day at Fabric, Bugged Out! and Big Beat Boutique to name a few and various appearances on the Kiss FM Breakbeat show Tayo made a name for himself as a DJ playing along side the likes of Carl Cox, Layo & Bushwacka, Hybrid, Lee Burridge and Craig Richards as well as the endless people he met while on his travels around the world.

After a 2 month stint in Australia playing various clubs and festivals Tayo put together the exclusive mix for Triple J Radio back in February 2004. 

For more information about Tayo : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayo_Popoola

Tayo - Triple J Mixup - 7.2.2004

Releasing a studio album pretty much each year from 2006 Hyper aka Guy Hatfield is well known for his use of live instrumentation such as guitars and bass fused with modern electronic elements. He has also performed as a band under the name Hyper Moniker, featuring Prodigy members Leeroy Thornhill and Jim Davies. Their first studio album We Control advanced Hyper to the stages of festivals throughout the world. Nowadays Hyper produces music for well known movies and TV shows as well as his own music.

For more information about Hyper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hyper

https://www.facebook.com/hyperuk
https://soundcloud.com/hyp3rrr

DJ Hyper - Rinse FM - 24.7.2005

Burning Man is an event focused on music, community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance held annually at Black Rock City in north western Nevada, The event derives its name from its culmination: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night of Burning Man, which is the Saturday evening before Labor Day.

This rare set from Adam Freeland was recorded LIVE at Burning Man back in 2003 and is a great selection of Nu Skool Breaks when Adam Freeland was in his prime as a DJ and artist.

The original files recorded levels were everywhere so i have fixed them up and mastered this mix as best i could. 

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https://soundcloud.com/adamfreeland

Adam Freeland - LIVE @ Burning Man  - 29.8.2003

Another Essential Mix from 2003 was from another Nu Skool Breaks legend Adam Freeland. Pretty much the height of his career at this time with so many tunes under his belt from his label Marine Parade and so many bootlegs under different alias's it was a healthy time for the breaks scene and much loved by all.

This mix was aired on BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from Adam Freeland back in 2003.

https://soundcloud.com/adamfreeland
https://www.facebook.com/adamfreeland

Tracklist

Saul Williams - Not In Our Name (Ninja)
IIs - Music (Evil 9 Mix) (Marine Parade)
Evil Nine - Lovers Not Fighters (Marine Parade)
Metro Area - 'Orange Alert (DFA Mix) (Source)
Freeland / Wink / Middleton - 'Rise Above' (Marine Parde)
Evil Nine - 'Hied Goons' (Marine Parade)
DJ Shadow - GDMFSOB (Unkle Roots Manuva Mix) (Island / Mowax)
DJ Shadow - 'Right Thing' (Trip Mix) (Island / Mowax)
Bushwacka - 'Break Your Face' (Plank)
Jaydee - 'Plastic Dreams' (R&S)
Free*land - 'We Want Your Soul' (Marine Soul)
David Guetta - 'Misscommunication' (Virgin)
Rage Against The Machine - 'Killing In The Name Of' (Epic)
Evil Nine - 'Crooked' (Marine Parade)
Nirvana / Freeland - 'Smellslike Freeland' (White Label)
Evil Nine and Juice Aleem - Pearl Shot (Marine Parade)
Fex - 'I Want Your Heart' (Marine Parade)
Bassbintwins - 'Woah' (White Label)
Radiohead / Evil 9 - 'Ideoteque / Crooked' (White Label)
Thomas Bangalter / Outrage - Paris By Night (Roule)
Whitestripes / Freeland - '7 Nation Army' (White Label)
No Love - 'Disconnected' (Marine Parade)
Precision Cuts - 'Xylophone' (Simple)
DJ T - Philly (DJ Naughty Mix) (Physical)
Ian Brown - 'Fear (Unkle Mix)' (Polydor)
Jackson - 'Utopia' (Barclay)

Adam Freeland - Essential Mix - 11.5.2003

While i'm on an Essential Mix rollout what better way to add to the Oldbreaksmixes collection then a 2 hour Essential Mix from the godfather of Breaks, Rennie Pilgrem.

Rennie Pilgrem’s contribution to the early Nuskool Breaks scene is outstanding and 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. TCR records was a major force in the Nuskool Breaks scene.

https://soundcloud.com/rennie_pilgrem
https://www.facebook.com/rennie.pilgrem

Tracklist

Rennie Pilgrem- '555' (TCR)
Rennie Pilgrem- 'Ow' (TCR)
JDS- 'P Funk' (TCR)
Pimpwax- 'Can't Stop' (Dead Famous)
Rennie Pilgrem Feat Chickaboo- 'Celeb' (TCR)
Paradox 300- 'Groovers & Shakers' (Punk Funk)
Elite Force- 'Mindfunk' (Kingsize)
Jem Stone & JC- 'Disco Daze' (Fingerlickin)
Mr Potato Head- 'Bowie Knife' (TCR)
3Hz & Baobinga- 'Rip Shit Up' (CDR)
Unknown- 'iBreaks 3' (Maddox Remix) (ibreaks)
Rennie Pilgrem- 'U Know' (TCR)
Aquasky & Meat Katie- 'Overneath' (Passenger)
Mike & Charlie- 'I Get Live' (Regal)
Rennie PIlgrem- 'Super Crazy Ill Bombs' (TCR)
Unkown- 'Voices' (White Label)
Rennie Pilgrem- 'Get Off' (TCR)
Ram Jam- 'Black Betty' (TCR)
Dumb Blonde- 'We Have The Technology' (White)
Circuit Breaker- 'Gateway' ( Lot 49)
Coburn- 'We Interrupt This Programme' (Stanton Warriors mix) (White)
Artcrime- 'Like This' (Rollover)
Jhz- 'Jack Jack' (TCR)
Rennie PIlgrem & Blim- 'Yaffle' (TCR)
Uberzone- 'Satisfaction' (CDR)
Slyde- 'Vibrate To This' (Trouble Soup Mix) (Fingerlickin)
Santos- 'Pump It Out' (Mantra)
Aquasky- 'Girls/Boys' (Passenger)
Paradox 300 Vs Kasabian- 'Processed Breaks' (White)
David Bowie- 'John I'm Only Dancing' (White)

Rennie Pilgrem - Essential Mix - 27.11.2005

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It’s been three years since I last created an Elite Force DJ mix. While my focus has recently turned to my Simon Shackleton output, there’s been a nagging desire to create something a little tougher from some of the great breakbeat and techno that’s being made at the moment.

May The Force Be With You.

Elite Force (aka Simon Shackleton) - DJ Mix Oct 2022

Evil Nine are an English DJ/Producer duo comprising of members Tom Beaufoy and Patrick Pardy. Gaining recognition after signing to Adam Freelands label Marine Parade in the early 2000's their unique sound gathered a high following and had a very influential effect in the early Nuskool Breaks scene as well as early influences on the later Tech Funk genre.

This mix is from 2004 was made for Australia's Triple J Radio and it's Saturday night weekly show Mix Up. 

For more information about Evil Nine : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Nine

https://www.facebook.com/evilnine
https://soundcloud.com/evilnine

Evil Nine - Triple J Mix Up - 2.10.2004

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This new mix showcases the sound I hear in my head when I think about a beautiful hybrid of breakbeat, techno and electro. It's also representative of the kind of Elite Force sets you'll hear from me in the live arena, as I return to the fray in 2023 after a four-year absence!

To craft a mix that had the exact feel I was looking for, I used 24 tracks in some shape or form, pulling many of them apart, rearranging them and adding liberal ly from my own extensive sample library. This set includes 11 Elite Force VIP edits, several acapellas / acidapellas and lashings of breakbeat-techno-electro love.

2023. I'm coming for you. 
Booking enquiries via - www.simonshackleton.org

Elite Force (aka Simon Shackleton) - DJ Mix Feb 2023

01 - Y4K Intro by Soul Of Man
02 - Shake 'Em Down by Soul Of Man
03 - Venus & Mars (Meat Katie & D.Ramirez Remix) by D.Ramirez
04 - Alright All Night by Lee Coombs & Dylan Rhymes
05 - Buxom by Smithmonger
06 - Party People (Y4K Dub) by Christian J & Dylan Rhymes
07 - Creepshow (Soul Of Man Remix) by Plump DJs
08 - Killa Brew by Soul Of Man
09 - Fly Life by Basement Jaxx
10 - Plastic Dreams (Andrea Doria Is It Breaks Remix) by Jaydee
11 - Fabulous Mint 400 by Meat Katie & Elite Force
12 - Rock Steady by Drumattic Twins
13 - Rocksteady by Cheech
14 - Tricky Disco vs. Supernatural (Acapella) by T Ricky vs. King Britt Presents Firefly Featuring Ursula Rucker
15 - Bullet Train by Plump DJs
16 - The Answer (Drum Loop) by Meat Katie & Elite Force
17 - Dust by B.L.I.M.

Soul of Man - Y4K

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.

For immediate access to the track listings to all Lowering The Tone Podcasts you need to subscribe to our Patreon page.
https://www.patreon.com/loweringthetone

I hope you enjoy, have a great easter everyone :-)

x

Mark

Tracklisting

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

Tracklist, 
Lots of unreleased and brand new tracks / edits.
Enjoy!

1. Dopplereffekt - Cellular Automata
2. Lee Coombs and Andy Hughes - Kick That Rhythm (unreleased)
3. Oliver Klein - What U Got (Reset Robot Remix)
4. Jansons and Ben Rau - The Player
5. Nick Curly - Zero Love
6. Lee Coombs - Acorde Masivo (Lowering the Tone)
7. Paranoid London with Mutado Pintado - Just My Size
8. Lee Coombs - Dark Energy (Unreleased Electro mix)
9. Josh Wink - Acid Breaks
10. Steve Lawler and Arthur Baker - Into The Groove (Jansons mix)
11. Lee Coombs - Set Me Free
12. Kraftwerk - Tour de France (Lee Coombs Edit)

Lee Coombs March 2020 DJ Mix

I created this page for the posting of older Breaks DJ mixes. It is not intended to infringe anybody's copyright as an artist or owner of the mixes, just a place to share some of the best and rarest Breakbeat DJ Mixes from yesteryear.

Tayo - Triple J Mixup - 7.2.2004

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