The Glitch Hop Cyclops #1

Hello Freebreaksblog!  This is my first Glitch Hop Cyclops post on the blog!  In coming times, I’ll be keeping my beady eye on some awesome Glitch Hop music and sharing it with all of you. A little bit about me, I started Skanky Panky Records in 2011 alongside my long term spar, Buddha from SixAM. We wanted to bring some of the West Coast sound we loved so much at the time (and still do) to the UK, and fuse it with the wonderful wonky fun mid tempo sound of so many classic UK artists like Tipper and Danny Breaks, and amazing labels like Tru Thoughts and Ninja Tune. I personally went on to release an album with Rocstar, and have remixed many breaks and mid tempo artists, from Opiuo and K+Lab to CMC & Silenta and the Baymont Bros.  I currently co-run the UK Glitch Hop show on www.glitch.fm every wednesday and my little slice of the freebreaksblog will run in tandem with that show, including featured interviews and guest mixes. So enough about me… let’s get on with this… FIZZ!

So I’m going to keep this pretty brief really, just some choice morsels of lovely free tunage for you to plough with your traktor. Starting things off with something special from myself and Buddha… We are giving away the entire back catalogue of Skanky Panky Records, all EPs, albums and a collection of all the freebies we put out in 1 torrent. You have to enter your email to get the full thing, and we’ll be in touch soon about some lovely new music coming from myself, Dutty Moonshine, Playma, Jinx In Dub, CMC & Silenta, Beat3 and more. GET IT HERE – http://bundles.bittorrent.com/bundles/skankypanky

Another collection worth grabbing is the K+Lab – Space Dirt LP which is now free to download from Junkfood. Plenty of glitch hop club bangers and some more thinking man’s fodder in this one. Tried and tested tracks by myself are “Need To Know”, “Captain Crack Juice” and “Black Hole” (by myself and Caleb, it’s gritty).

So on to some single track freebies, and Defunk featuring Benjamin’s Vibe bring this killer RATM style party swayer. Nothing more to say. Listen!

Next up we have a lovely bit of swag from Earegular. Lil Jon samples meet raspy bass synths over some minimal beats. Get on it.

Going heavyweight for a minute, we have some rowdiness from Ramzoid remixing Culprate. Banging neuro nonsense but with loads of musicality to boot. Plenty of other quality free stuff on his Facebook too.

Big up to my boy 4bstr4ck3r, who is up next with Tack, and they deliver this accordion tainted stomper, just holding it on the cool side of vintage remix territory and in their uniquely french way. Big track. The rest of the EP is also free and worth a listen

One Hand Clap have just dropped this glitchhopcommunity freebie, which bring smiley 80s jump up hiphop flavours alongside some neck jarring bass grooves. Boom.

Power Animal is a killer cut from Kursa, Shamanic Technology and Colony Productions. These guys really know how to make neuro sound fun and exciting, every bar is different and the attention to detail is insane. Get this then check their other releases, you’ll thank me!

Last up we’ve got a bit of a curve ball, CloZee comes with a lovely future garage meets trap track. There is some serious magic going on here, this guy is one to watch for sure.

Much love people, another one of these coming real soon!

Don’t forget to tune in to the UK Glitch Hop show every Wednesday 10pm – Midnight UK time for loads of exclusives, more free downloads and plenty of killer guests.

You can catch me at :

www.facebook.com/williambreakspear

www.soundcloud.com/william-breakspear

www.twitter.com/willbreakspear

PEACE!

The Glitch Hop Cyclops #1