An incredible day was had by all in Budapest in late May on the Cruisin / Be Massive 20th Anniversary Boat Party on the Danube. 

My great friend (and amazing DJ/Producer) Metha invited me to celebrate Be Massive's anniversary and the brief was ... 'please play some classics from across the years as well as some new stuff - and we'd love to hear a little Zodiac Cartel too'.

This is the result. 
900 people. 
Nothing but the best vibes.

For 2023 bookings, please contact lesley (at) iamcru (dot) com
Much love,
Simon

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Budapest 2023 - Be Massive 20 Party

This is my set from the Beats 4 Love Festival which took place at Dolní Vítkovice in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in the summer of 2023.

Since I returned to the fray in 2023, I've been using Ableton and a number of controllers to create my sets and am loving the flexibility it gives me to do deeper dives into edits, overdubs, mashups and mixes. It wasn't uncommon during this set to have four or five audio channels running simultaneously. I hope you enjoy the ride!

Forbookings, please contact lesley (at) iamcru (dot) com
Much love,
Simon

Beats For Love Festival 2023

This set was first performed on January 1st 2024 in San Francisco at the Breakfast of Champions block party on the Space Cowboys main stage.

A RE:CONSTRUCTED set is a *long* way removed from a standard DJ set. It's a live/hybrid set.

Simon takes hundreds of tracks from his huge library, painstakingly deconstructs them (using Ai if needed to separate elements from the original tracks), and then pieces everything back together to create a hugely emotive and immersive musical story.

He uses Ableton Live and multiple controllers to trigger up to 16 individual channels of audio at any one time during the performance, and also performs live keyboard overdubs. The end result is a hugely addictive, compulsive and compelling blend of music that's often new, often familiar but always utterly unique.

Thanks for all the love on this set 🙏 Out of it came a full track — Bell Tolls (Revamped).
🎶 Free download inside my Discord → https://discord.gg/5GaPYNeejS

Hope you enjoy the ride.
xoxo

Breakbeat Breakfast Reconstructed - Jan 2024

This set was originally put together for RaveArt's 'Retro Festival' in Southern Spain which primarily focuses on OLD skool breakbeat sounds. On the night, my set was *badly* hampered by major monitoring issues in the booth, so I spent the following day re-creating the mix as I'd intended it to sound.

I hope you enjoy it (there are several unreleased tracks in there you may never have heard before).
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Elite Force - From the Vaults Mixtape (Nov 14)

Live recording of Skool of Thought at Stanton Sessions in London 13 July 2024.

Tracklisting:

DJ Luck & MC Neat 'Little Bit of Luck' Krafty Kuts Remix
Bicep 'Apricots'
Jason Laidback ft. Valerie M 'Sound System'
Sub Focus, Wilkinson 'Just Hold On'
Borai & Denham Audio 'Make Me'
Digital Base, Andy Vibes 'Bad Selection'
Micky Finn & Aphrodite 'Some Justice' Krafty Kuts Remix
Shndo 'Itty Bitty'
Jamie XX 'Gosh' Left . Right Remix
Jaco Garner 'Luv Stuff'
Tenshake 'Coma Cat'
Lowco 'Still Feel Ya'
Mr. Oizo, Skrillex, Missy Elliott 'Ratata'
Stanton Warriors & Skool of Thought 'Bronx Posse'
Posij 'B-Boy Sonata'
Krafty Kuts & Mc Spyda 'Vibes'
Wasted Crew 'Roll The Bass'
Fred Again, Swedish House Mafia feat. Future 'Turn Down The Lights'
Frost 'Overtones'
Plump DJs 'Scram'
Gorgon City, Aura James 'Oxygen - Franky Wah Remix 
Krafty Kuts 'Four Days'
Future Flex 'Desire'
Skool Of Thought & Adsorb 'Love & Hate'
Robert Owens 'Wishing Well' Plump DJs Remix
Stanton Warriors & Skool of Thought "Afrodisiac'
Krafty Kuts 'Got The Feeling'
Freestylers 'Holden' On'
Ed Solo & Skool of Thought 'When I Was A Youth'

Skool of Thought @ Stanton Sessions, London

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

THINK OF ME

AY QUE RICO ID - POLLØ

The Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, UK. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and many other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas.

This mix was part of Annie Nightingale's Glastonbury Breakbeat Special back in June 2004.

For more information about the Glastonbury Festival : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival

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Adam Freeland - LIVE @ Glastonbury - 27.6.2004

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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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

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