I nearly did this remix for London Records in 2001. This is the first draft and the only version I can find. The label insisted that I add more vocals to it (which wasn't the best idea) and the final version was horrific. Fortunately for everyone, it never got released :)

A - Nothing (PMT Remix) *2001

Josh Wink - Used To Be (Instrumental)

1 Houz' Neegroz - How Do U Luv A Black Woman?
2 Jovonn - Drop that Traxx
3 Mike Dunn - U Got To Do It To The Music
4 Houz' Neegroz - All Night Long (Phil Weeks rework)
5 Tuccillo - Let's Do It
6 Mike Dunn - Don't Pay me No Mind
7 Acid Jerks - The Tribute
8 Acid Jerks - Chocolate Factory (Extended Mix)
9 Gerd - We Bring You Music (Warehouse dub)
10 Mike Dunn - Letcha Love Fall
11 Jovonn - Sunday Ride
12 Rex the Dog - Sicko
13 Jovonn - Let The World Dance

My favourites from the Nu Groove stable in 2023 (and a couple of randos that don't fit that description). Starts with an oldie and probably my fave track they've put out. Sicko isn't Nu Groove but it found its way in there. Great records and a return to form for a seminal label, loved making this, enjoy!

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One half of leading international breakbeat duo Evil Nine, Tom Beaufoy is due to release his debut solo album. ‘Absolute Melt’. It is an intricately crafted opus that’s being released on Out Yer Box, the sister label to Irvine Welsh’s Jack Said What label. 

The album distils a wide range Tom’s musical influences including breakbeat, soul, funk, hip-hop, hardcore, house, into a succession of breath-taking widescreen beatscapes. 

After the dreamy and innovative debut ’The Heathers’, the second single turns up the energy to deliver a breaks-fuelled, disco-funk opus ‘Give Up (Don’t)’. The depths and breadth of Tom’s production ability really shines through on this diverse album with the release of this supercharged 8.45 mins of super groovy funk, contemporary soul and energetic disco all merged into one track. Primed for the dancefloor, it's bursting with bright guitar and bass licks – crisp drums, big strings and BV’s all amounting to a truly authentic mix that builds to a crescendo and back again. 

EVL Tom was formerly one half of Evil Nine with Pat Pardy, originally signed to Adam Freeland’s label Marine Parade. Their award-winning ‘You Can Be Special Too’ and ‘They Live!’ albums received widespread acclaim and in the process collaborated with such heavy-hitters as El-P from Run The Jewels, Danny Brown, Aesop Rock and Emily Breeze. They were residents at Fabric London, did a BBC Radio One Essential Mix and toured the world several times performing at Fuji Rock Festival, Space in Miami, Twilo in NYC, Coachella and Arcadia at Glastonbury. 

They remixed a whole host of acts such as The Temper Trap, UNKLE, Alex Metric, Timo Maas, Gorillaz and a tonne of others. The Evils also turned in compilation mixes for the ‘FabricLive’ and ‘Y4K’ series, establishing their credentials as one of the most sought-after breakbeats acts in the business in the process. 

Tom now chiefly DJs and produces solo as EVL Tom, has a monthly radio show The Evil Tom Show, and will be celebrating the launch of the ‘Absolute Melt’ album with a big event in his home city of Brighton!

Eternal Lids

Evl Tom - Eternal Lids

A pioneer of UK breakbeat culture, having cut his teeth as half of Evil Nine, EVL Tom brings a myriad of influences to bear on his debut album, ‘Absolute Melt’. It’s an opus where Moodymann-esque Detroit soul flavours meet the psychedelic rave stylings of early Future Sound Of London, the raw but incessantly funky loops of hip-hop producers Madlib and the RZA rub up against the bass aesthetic of early ‘90s jungle/drum & bass. 
 
“Absolute Melt’ was me endeavouring to make a truly autobiographical record that represents my diverse tastes and experiences but bringing them together to form a cohesive whole. It’s a hybrid opus, the fulfilment of a life-long ambition to make an album solely by myself — to resoundly kick back against the Imposter Syndrome on my shoulder whispering that it couldn’t be done.” - EVL Tom
 
The thunder of rainstorms and other organic tones abound in the album opener ‘Trees’, a track drenched in bass with a Vangelis-esque horn melody riding it. Then it’s into ‘A Prayer’ with its mantra on peace and love, Tom’s stab at pushing out some positive feelings into the world, sonically harking back to early DJ Shadow and those seminal Mo’Wax joints. Two breakbeat cuts follow; ‘Incendies’ is a low-slung, smoked out roller with hints of Burial and ‘90s jungle (albeit at a fraction of the tempo), and ‘Eternal Lids’ is a track crafted to evoke late-night drives around cityscapes aglow with orange light and neon.  Taking a breath in the middle of the album we have the beat-less ‘Norman’, which is melancholically melodic like a sci-fi movie scene-setter, which then moves into ‘Rebels Of The Neon God’ where we’re taking it back to the club. The title references a Taiwanese cult film favourite of Tom’s and also serves as a tribute to Taiwan, a place dear to Tom after numerous visits over the years. An electro / hardcore hybrid, ‘Rebels…’ buzzes with an undercurrent of pure rave euphoria. 

Next up is the first single off the album, ‘The Heathers’, a dream-like, psychedelic epic with a dark second half that’s a counterpoint to the more wistful beginning of the tune. This is closely followed up by second single ‘Give Up (Don’t)’, something that Ron Hardy would maybe play at Muzic Box in Chicago, a tough disco banger pinned with an organic break that oozes raw funk. It’s a heads-down belter where the mood is positive and euphoric. Album closer ‘Love In Fire & Blood’ is the embodiment of a meme where a dude drinks a big bottle of cranberry juice whilst skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac — musically dense, and with the album’s signature blending of organic and electronic flavours. This delicate balance was achieved in the collaborative mixdown of the album by Tom and top bro Alexander James Fox, who brought his talent and knowledge to the table to craft it into the deeply woven epic you have before you.
 
“The title ‘Absolute Melt’ started as an in-joke, just a dope phrase that made me and my crew crease up, but then as I started to think on it, many levels were revealed to me. There’s ‘melting’ everywhere, with its climate change connotations; the psychedelic slant; and also perhaps a self-deprecating angle where maybe I’m the absolute melt… or you are, ha ha!” - EVL Tom
 
The artist also records as one half of Evil Nine with Pat Pardy, originally signed to Adam Freeland’s label Marine Parade. Their award-winning ‘You Can Be Special Too’ and ‘They Live!’ albums received widespread acclaim and in the process they collaborated with such luminaries as El-P from Run The Jewels, Danny Brown, Aesop Rock and Emily Breeze. They were residents at Fabric London, did a Radio One Essential Mix and toured the world several times performing at Fuji Rock Festival, Space in Miami, Twilo in NYC, Coachella and Arcadia at Glastonbury.

Absolute Melt

The Heathers

7 Evl Tom - The Heathers

Rebels Of The Neon God

6 Evl Tom - Rebels Of The Neon God

Norman

5 Evl Tom - Norman

4 Evl Tom - Eternal Lids

Trees

1 Evl Tom - Trees

Halfwit

Dan F "Halfwit" (Disuye Records 2024)

HOUSE BAR

Out Yer Box is the sister label to Jack Said What. The new label has been launched to cater for non-4/4 material, whether it be ambient, trip-hop, breakbeat, guitar-driven, dubstep or whatever.
Out Yer Box tracks may not be in your rekordbox to play on the nightclub dancefloor, but the music is still high quality in its varying shades and hues.

6 Evl Tom - Rebels Of The Neon God

Out Yer Box

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