Considered one of the pioneers of the Nu Skool Breaks sound and an innovative person in trying out new sounds Adam Freeland had many a hit back in the day. Heading the very start of the breaks scene back in the late 1990's and playing the very most underground acts of that time Adam promoted the very early breaks music through DJing and the Breakbeat Show at Kiss FM as well as starting his own record label Marine Parade records. Never one to shy away from making white label bootleg records back then he went under various aliases, but you could always tell it was him from his particular style of music production.

This mix was recorded live back in 2004 at Roxy, Prague and contains basically all of his greatest hits, enjoy this 2hr 30min set.

Thanks to Antis for the MP3. 

For more information about Adam Freeland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Freeland

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Adam Freeland - LIVE @ Roxy Prague - 22.10.2004

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.

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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

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 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

Remaster of my 1998 Moonshine Mix CD Knee Deep.
Track Listing:
01 - Peace Division, "Tribal Phunk"
02 - The Mad Wheel, "Spirit Catcher"
03 - Melrob, "Incessant Sound"
04 - Ian Driver, "Filter"
05 - X-Cabs, "Engage"
06 - Uberzone, "The Freaks"
07 - John Kelley and DTSwendeman, "B-Line"
08 - CJ Bolland, "Horsepower"
09 - Brownie, "Fly Mutha Beatz"
10 - Jack Mackrel, "Drum Tumbler"
11 - Urban D.K., "Soul Survivor"
12 - DJ Icey, "As If"
13 - Rabid Punk, "Freewheelin' Franklin"
14 - Make Some Break Some, "The Vision"
15 - Sven Vath, "Breakthrough"

KNEE DEEP 2024 REMASTER

Remaster of Moonshine Mix CD FunkyDesertBreaks2

Track Listing
01 - Michael Kores, "Multica"
02 - Drop Out, "Plastic"
03 - Friction & Spice, "You Make Me Feel So Good"
04 - Liquid Art, "Xplorer"
05 - Pigforce, "Doin' Jobz 4 Tha Mob"
06 - Peter Tall vs. Xpando, "Tricked"
07 - M.A.D., "Free"
08 - MVP, "Make Me Feel"
09 - Underworld, "Born Slippy"
10 - Inspirazione, "I Feel You"
11 - Rollin' Gear, "I, I Know"
12 - Drably Frond, "Scilintific"
13 - JDS, "Nine Ways"
14 - The Coffee Boys, "Nipple Fish"
15 - Canyon, "Universe"

FUNKYDESERTBREAKS2 2024 REMASTER

Stanton Warriors - Live on Radio 1 Essential Mix (25.07.04)

Cloud Box

Just a track I made over the weekend trying to  learn everything about synthesizers and oscillators, enveloppes, LFOs. Inspired by an old Klangkuestler remix.

Facing mortality - Mandatory Frequency (Original Mix)

My closing set from DISTRIKT at 2012's Burning Man was such a spectacular 2+hours. 

You can grab this dusty slice of history as a download from the following link...
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Simon Shackleton Live @ Distrikt, Burning Man 2012

My second live set during the Corona Lockdown for The Space Cowboys live stream. Electro Funk all the way...
Be Well x

Lee Coombs Electro Funk Live Set Space Cowboys 4 11 20

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