Meet The Team…

So with the blog now buzzin’ with a full team of writers I thought it’s about time you meet the new additions to the blog along with a reminder of the rest of the crew.

Bertie Dastard So this is me striking a pose after the latest Electro Swing Ball. Editor, breaks fanatic and all round music nut. Currently striving to make this website the very best out there and also dabbling in DJing, production, music promotion and soon to be bringing a high quality, music sample pack store to life right here on the blog. Keep ‘em peeled. On offer below are hours of current and past DJ mixes and some simple but effective mashups, blends and bootlegs. Go fill ya boots!

Dastardly Kuts Dastardly Kuts, or Dion to his mates, has been an essential part of the team for a couple of years now, digging out the freshest and funkiest tracks and mixes known to man. He has also graced us with plenty of exclusive tracks and DJ mixes of his own, most recently the Nufunk Mix Up series, where he uses only tracks featured in the world famous Nufunk Round Up and creates a wicked showcase mix every four weeks or so. You can also grab some of his latest production work alongside Aditup in their Adz ‘n’ Kutz guise. Both of them have been working hard in the scene and their latest original release is sounding banging! Details soon but in the mean time get downloading some funky sounds below.

DJR DJR aka David Rickard has been a long time supporter of the blog and has had a huge input into the new design and technical side of the latest incarnation of the site. When he asked about an Electro Swing round up I jumped at the chance and it’s now one of the most popular parts of the blog. Whilst writing his bi-weekly piece he also runs the hugely successful Electro Swing Ball events and DJ’s Swing all over the country. You can catch him September 27th warming things up for the Electric Swing Circus at Hot Club De Swing. Check out all details HERE. Grab yourself some awesome music from DJR below and be sure to watch his competition winning mini mix video.

Tariq Tariq has joined the team recently providing us with his unbeatable knowledge of all things future jungle, hardcore breaks, drum & bass and all areas in between. Currently the major online presence in all genres mentioned its safe to say we have the expert on board.

From Tariq

“I started out in 2010 doing a radio show on Birmingham based station, Radio Youthology, the bizarely named ‘Tea With Tariq’ was one of the first radio shows to prominently feature J-Tek & Future/140 Jungle, early shows included interviews with Top Drawer Digital owner and pducer, Lucas & DJ Flashback of The Flashback Project. In 2011, I started writing for the Future Jungle Blog and moved over to nu-rave.com for a weekly show and now have a 2nd weekly show on soniczooradio.com where I continue to support my beloved sounds of 140/Future Jungle, NuSkool/Hardcore Breaks, DnB/Jungle & House N Bass.”

Catch me each Wednesday 4-6pm on www.nu-rave.com

and Thursdays 8-10pm on www.soniczooradio.com

Check out his”Free Breaks Blogcast” below for an insight to the kind of sounds Tariq is feeling at the moment.

DJ Hazard & D Minds-Mr Happy (Pyramid Refix)
Mat Tha hat-Point Blank
Jarvis Ft Ivy Jayne -Home (Mat Tha Hat Remix)
Pinto-My Sound
The Force -Full Of Stars
Serial Killaz -Dutty Sound
Dephonix-The Way I Dub
DRFNT- Tripped
Schoco – Inside My Skin (Strange Rollers Remix)
Rolling Paper – The Middle Of The Jungle
Jem One -The Bleep
Freestylers -The Coming Storm VIP
DJ Flow-Run For It
Pressa -Killa Soundboy
Bad Habit vs Strange Rollers -Dawn Of the Lotus
Bay B Kane Vs Pressa -Zen Motion Sense 10 [Beat Breaker Refix)
Strangenotes - I Just Don’t No

Fonik Another recent addition Fonik has been drafted in, again for his unwavering passion and knowledge for all things breakbeat. Having  been a stateside breaks dj since 1997 and music producer since 2001 he certainly knows his stuff. In addition to Free Breaks Blog, Fonik has a site he runs called the Art of Remix on Facebook and considers himself a devout collector of breaks with his library including the entire discography of many past labels.

As an introduction he has mixed up this epic three hour progressive/tech breaks workout as an exclusive download. The mixing is flawless and track selection is spot on. Download now!

01 – Douglas Howarth – Leap Of Faith (Timewave Remix)
02 – Douglas Howarth – Would You Make Toasts With Me
03 – OceanLab – On A Good Day (REL1 Re-Rub)
04 – Guy J – Lamur (Citriq Lines Remix)
05 – Seven Lions – Tyven
06 – Zedd – Spectrum (Detach Remix)
07 – Breakzhead – Disposis (Aggresivnes & Factorfunk vs Fonik’s Socialized Edit)
08 – Oleg Nych – When They Leave (Trukers Remix)
09 – Ste4lth – Connection
10 – AFK & Dustin H – Seismic (Stefan Anion’s Running For Cover Mix)
11 – Ste4lth & Justin Tyme – Altered Reality
12 – Hybrid – Out Of The Dark
13 – Karl Sav – Bone Marrow
14 – Faskil – Masquerade
15 – Eugene Keim – Non Addictive (Nik Mechikov Remix)
16 – The Fixionist – Pho Li Ho Mist
17 – Orbital – Halcyon (Trukers Remix)
18 – Ozgur Can & Rouzbeh Delavari – Eternity (Chris Lake Dirty Breaks Mix)
19 – Rob Curtis – The Assessment (Fonik’s Inside-Outro Edit)
21 – Jillian Ann – King Of Solitude (Faskil Breaks Vocal Mix)
22 – Kirsty Hawkshaw – Reach For Me (Future Funk Squad Mix)
23 – Product 01 – Destrukt (Curl & Dean Remix)(Never released)
24 – Trocoloco – Rhythm Diving
25 – Beta – Feel
25 – Lo IQ – Panda & Dot Dot
26 – Kemtrails – Crystal (Colombo Remix)
27 – Colombo – Sediments
28 – Aion – Destiny (Sharaz Nite Sky Mix)
29 – Starecase – Faith (General Midi’s Very Metal Mix)
30 – Scrambler & Amarevois – Free (Lostep Class Of 95 Reunion Mix)

We still have a few other writers who get drafted in when needed and they will be featured soon, but for know be safe in the knowledge that the Free Breaks Blog has some of the most passionate DJ’s, writers and producers on board to bring you the very best music we can find.

Meet The Team…