Recorded on a snowy day in December 2022, Brent founder member of Aquasky (a seminal breaks ,DnB group and all round cornerstone of UK dance music) sat down with us for an extended interview where we went deep into the Aquasky story, the journey from jungle to DnB to Breaks and back. Brent shares with us his stories and insights into the music business finishing up with the inside line on his brilliant Vinyl Fanatiks label that is bring back some old classics and via a wide reaching range of imprints is pushing underground dance music forward.

Tracklist

Aquasky -  Dezires – (Moving Shadow)
Aquasky – In the Zone (Instrumental 12 Mix) – Good Looking Records 
Aquasky vs MC Sixtoo - The Shamen – (Tribe Recordings)
Aquasky Vs Masterblaster – Sureshot – (Botchit Breaks)
Aquasky Vs Masterblaster - 777 (Remastered Lucky Strike Mix) - (Botchit Breaks)
Aquasky – Kuana – (Passenger)
Aquasky – Opaque - (Passenger)
Ova Doce - I Feel Your Touch (Dawl Remix) – (Amentec)
Aquasky Vs Masterblaster - Disco Biscuit – (Botchit & Scarper)

Links:
https://www.vinylfanatiks.co.uk
https://soundcloud.com/vinylfanatiks
https://vinylfanatiks.bandcamp.com/merch
https://soundcloud.com/damo-b

Brent from Aquasky In Conversation With Bass Scoops Radio May 2023

1. Gamma Intel - Little Mirror Man (Nerve Collect)
2. Tic Tac Toe - Ephemerol (Tic Tac Toe)
3. Gamma Intel - Trust (Nerve Collect)
4. DJ Jubilee 1997 - Alchemist (Low Battery)
5. Pessimist - Danger (AD 93)
6. Pessimist - Ridge Racer Revolution (Ilian Tape)
7. Pessimist - MDZhB (AD 93)
8. Pessimist - The Crawlers (Ilian Tape)
9. Nikki Nair - Trunk (Scuffed)
10. BufoBufo - Catch Wreck ‘DJH remix’ (AmenTec)
11. Moy - Jovian Sunrise ‘Silver Fox remix’ (AmenTec)
12. BufoBufo - Catch Wreck ‘Crashead remix’ (AmenTec)
13. Mani Festo - Dreadnaught (Dext)
14. Mani Festo - Synkron (Shall Not Fade)
15. Farron - Hands Of The Tall (Voitax) 
16. Moy - Mystic Attenuator ‘Fugitive remix’ (AmenTec)
17. Private Caller - Inside (Hoover Sound)
18. Ravetrx - On A Mission (Hoover Sound)
19. DJ Jubilee 1997 - Eastern Lines (Low Battery)
20. Farron - Hollywood X High (Voitax)
21. FTL - Full Metal Jacket (Beyond Electronix)

Breakfest at Tiffany's Part 3

Little back to back at the Low Down Deep studio. The audio is a rip from the instagram feed so it is not perfect. Enjoy!

Logan D b2b Slipz b2b Amplify (LDD Studio Live Stream)Please Note: Audio is not perfect

Welcome onboard Flight CT12 with service mostly within the UK. Our expected flight time is approximately one hour and Princess P will be your guide on this journey.

We’re super delighted to have @princesspdj guiding us through her collection and delivering a mix that is best described by simply stating the genres she supplied: Downbeat, Seaside House & Boat Taxi Funk 🛥️💕 Princess P’s knowledge of records comes from the long experience of working in record shops like the infamous Plattfon Records in Basel and more recently the Oldies Shop in Berne and from countless club bookings as well as gigs at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Be sure to check out the monthly show on Mutant Radio which she hosts together with her partner Cio 📡 Every Mix gets a link with locations set around the world so you can travel along: bit.ly/travelwithprincessp ✨

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Travel With Princess P

Hi Folks,

It's been a while between uploads. I've come across some more breaks sets from around 20 years ago on my hard drive, this is just one of them. Enjoy :)

The Breakzlinkz site is no more but the Old Breaks Mixes Soundcloud will continue. x

Aquasky - Breaks Mix November 2005

Fields of Mist - Isolated Incubation Chamber
Oscean - Random Destiny
Annie Hall - Circular Mosiacs
Promising Younster - Amen
Echaskech - Shadow Freaks
iNFO - Anti Vortex Siphon
E-Bony - No One Is Here
Dexter - Pumapunku
James Shinra - Poppin
L.F.T. - Asche
Larionov - Extraterrestial
PRZ - This Time
The Hacker & Perspects - Flesh & Bone
Neil Landstrumm - Crush
Privacy - Starcrash
Kerrie - Systematique Intellijent
Acidulant - Make Love To A Machine
Credit 00 - Cars Rule Everything Around Me
Marscapone - Ventatrax (Unklevon Remix)
Metroneem - Skip Code
Magnetize - Hardcopy
Anodyne - Control 92
Human Rebellion - Kosmik Trip (Sync 24 Remix)
Interviews - Throat
Umwelt - The Wake of the Anthropocene
The Advent & Zein Ferreira - Basic Channelling (The Exaltics Remix)

Computer Controlled Mix 43

Brent Aquasky joined up with Aquasky close friends The Ragga Twins for a proper breakbeat session at The Vinyl Touch in Dalston, London on Saturday March 16th 2024.

One hour of breaks from 2001-2023.

We hope you enjoy!

Tracklisting:

1: Zombie Robot - I Gotta Have It - Passenger
2: Bobby Lasers - Darkcore
3: FM3- Non Stop (Guau Remix)
4: Backdraft - Popcorn - Passenger
5: Dexorcist - Jah's Comin'
6: Rasco & Jonay - Come On
7: Rasco, Keith MacKenzie & Sport O - Can't Hide
8: Fred Again & Swedish House Mafia - Turn On The Lights (Rasco Re-Edit)
9: Tony X Destroyers - Gang
10: Skeelo - I Wish (Aquasky Re-Edit)
11: Bowser & MBreaks - Analog Saw
12: Fugitive - Too Strong (MOY Remix) - AmenTec
13: Backdraft - Funk Rock - Passenger
14: DJ Jubilee 1997 - Alchemist
15: Pessimist - Ridge Racer Revolution
16: The Rave Doctor - Ruff In The Jungle (Jonay & Suga7 Obscene Frequenzy Remix) - Rave Kulture/Vinyl Fanatiks
17: Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro (Aquasky Re-Edit)
18: Sound Beach - Be Happy (Obscene Frequenzy Remix)
19: Aquasky Vs Masterblaster - Lords Of Motion (Breaks Mix) - Passenger
20: Kodek - Pegaziks (Rasco Remix)
21: Multiply - Bounce
22: Jiro - Hanna
23: Leeroy Thornhill & Rasco - Annihilation 
24: ED209 - You Know It
25: Deekline - 4x4x4 (Aquasky Remix)
26: Distortionz - Infectious
27: Circulation - Turquoise 
28: Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (Aquasky Re-Edit)
29: Dillinja - Twist Em Out (Aquasky Re-Edit)
30: P.E.S.T - Elevation

Album

Aquasky & The Ragga Twins - The Vinyl Touch - London, UK - March 16th 2024

JOHN BASS SCOOPS / BASS SCOOPS RADIO #22 FT KARMEL JAEGER ON TOXIC SICKNESS / APRIL / 2024

This mix is a selection of Breakbeat tracks that i find contain elements of Nu Skool Breaks records from 25 years ago. Labels like Marine Parade, TCR, Fuel, and many more were always forward thinking and covered a large area of various styles of Breaks from Electro to raw breakbeat driven bass monsters!
I find the following artists are doing the same by pushing boundaries and experimenting with different genres of electronic music which i find very exciting.

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Nu Skool Techniques 2025

Stu & Nee - C If U Can Dance (Stu Chapman 2025 Remix) - EM-VFS005 - 192mp3 clip

Unreleased Aquasky drum & bass remix of Hyper On Experience - Lords Of The Null Lines. The Aquasky vs Masterblaster version that was released on Moving Shadow was a downtempo breakbeat version. This faster mix was never released.
Clip taken from Mickey Finn's set at Accelerated Culture 7 on 27th April 2002.

Hyper On Experience - Lords Of The Null Lines (Aquasky Drum & Bass Rmx) [Unreleased Clip]

The label was established in 2018 as a means to release the back catalogue of renowned Jungle Techno label Underdog Recordings, which ran from 1993-1995. It quickly expanded from beyond the original goal and now reissues sought after, rare and classic records from the Jungle, Rave, Bleep House, Techno and Jungle Techno genres.

The Vinyl Fanatiks aim is to track down and work with the original artists from the early 1990’s, to reissue their music on vinyl only, and to support the record hunters and vinyl diggers from around the world with quality pressings and superb mastering; a way to show respect and share the story of those that created these incredible records.

The vision is not to focus on the obvious artists of that time but to dig a little deeper and find those that came and went but their legacy still holds true to this day. Some of these producers only released one record and vanished soon after but their music still resonates into the 21st century, accumulating new audiences across the globe, far beyond the catchment of the UK pirate radios and muddy fields of 25 years ago. What happened to these artists? Its Vinyl Fanatik’s mission to find out!

Each record captures a moment in time, a vibe that was true and innocent from a period when music was far more synonymous with rebellion and anarchy than today’s finely polished productions and conformist club pop. This music itself bred on the outskirts of society, fuelled by the passion of the rave, its lineage stemming from the Acid House era of 1988. Often produced on minimal equipment, with minimal skills and knowledge, its audio blueprint transcends to new generations, a rawness that no expensive audio plug in could ever create in this present day.

Vinyl Fanatiks wants to pay homage to these young producers who forged the foundations of the multi-million pound EDM scene we have now. Each of these artists has their own tale to tell, their own memories to share. Limited by their own geographical status within the UK, they somehow still all managed to connect and influence each other, years before the internet, mobile phones and social media that we have today. But the music knew no limits and had no boundaries, transcending generations to this day.

Bringing The Experience Back To Music