DJ EXCEED - Breakbeat Paradise Dj Mix Contest Winning Mix

The Breakbeat Paradise DJ Mix Contest 2013 is now over and we have found our winners of a contest full of amazing mixes. The final pick of the 3 winners was extremely hard as there was a handful of outstanding mixes that all deserved to win.

All entries were high quality DJ mixes showcasing some amazing skills behind the turntables – spiced up with lots a great cuts and accapellas and samples. We were surprised how many of the earlier BBP tunes were represented into these mixes as well as a great blend of classic funky breaks and bass heavy ghetto funk tunes.

3 of the sets stood out in excellence and superb mixing and you can tell a great lot of work has been put into these mixes.

Third runner up was delivered by MZFK a.k.a. Steve Rogne who’s mixed up a sublime set with super tight transitions and amazing blends of BBP tunes mixing them into entirely new songs. Notice how Prosper’s Freak Hop Part 1 sits perfectly behind Basement Freaks’ Street Assassins (Dub Mix). One of the best flowing mixes in the contest.

Second running up is brought to us by Dj DUBra from the Funky Breakout Crew, which also has DJ Rudd in the crew. This was a strong competitor to be the winner – simply because the mix is awesome from first to last minute. DJ DUBra is not just a great DJ – he has a great ear for hip hop type funky music and party rocking beats. When we first heard DUBra in action in the funky breakout shows we were impressed by his block rockin’ funky style of DJing so no wonder he made this badass mix for the contest.
This set is pumped up with banging accapellas and superb scratching skills we found ourself extremely entertained and our heads were nodding all the way though this mix.

The winning DJ mix was brought to us by the awesome DJ Exceed from Austria. Exceed is raised on funk and soul and has now put his love on funky breaks and ghetto funk. After winning the Austrian Eutopia Dj Contest 2013 its seems like he is on a winning streak as he’s gonna run away with the prize once again in this contest.
The flow of this set is perfect and Exceed is showing us just enough cutting and scratching skills for us to know he knows what his doing – without messing up balance of the mix.
Kicking off his set with Tom Drummond’s remix of JiggyJoe’s Last Night a DJ Threwd His Hands in the Air is a perfect start with some extra cuts and samples to go with it.. Going from there into some of the absolute best BBP bangers to stir things up. From there Exceeds never lets us go as he slams on one after another classic BBP jam before ending things out with the good ol’ Funkanomics remix of BadboE’s What You Wanna Do and finally leaving us with DJ Rudd’s Shake It out.
With this mix DJ Exceed has managed to capture the real essence of the BBP sound, which is all about funky groves and having a good time. We can’t think of a better way to showcase what BBP is all about!
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A huge thanks to all the great mixes that has been sent to us and for taking the time to mix all your favorite BBP tunes.

Here are the full results of the contest:

All mixes are marked with a scores of 1 to 10 in each of the following categories: Mixing, Skills & Flow.

1. Place:

Score: Mixing: 9 – Skills: 9 – Flow: 9

Judge Comments: “Overall awesome mix! Great mixing skills – cuts and tricks. Captures the essense of BBP sound – All funky breaks and grooves. The perfect showcase of the first 7 years of BBP history”.

2. Place:

Score: Mixing: 9 – Skills: 9 – Flow: 8

Judge Comments: “Superb mixing and an absolute banging set. Well balanced cuts and added samples and accapellas. Overall outstanding dj mix with a great flow and smahing party vibes all the way trough.”

3. Place:

Score: Mixing: 8 – Skills: 8 – Flow: 9

Judge Comments: “Outstanding mixing skills on this one – amazing blend of the tunes in here – seems like a produced mix rather than a live mix. This makes the mix very easy to listen to as it flows so well. Fantastic work!”

4. Place:

Score: Mixing: 8 – Skills: 9 – Flow: 7

Judge Comments: “Great mixes and awesome cuts – nice blend and mix is working well. However sometimes the cuts and repeats are messing up the flow of the mix. Great to hear all the extra samples that was added to the mix. Takes everything to the next level. One of the best mixes in the contest.”

5. Place:

Score: Mixing: 5 – Skills: 9 – Flow: 7

Judge Comments: “Great mix with lots of nice mixups and cool dj tricks. Big ups for the accapellas that was placed in there – works really well. Some scratches and trasitions are a little offbeat though, which hurts the overall flow of the mix a bit.”

6. Place:

Score: Mixing: 8 – Skills: 6 – Flow: 8

Judge Comments: “Flawless mixing – great flow in the mix. Works very well. No extra elements added – just music. From old to new tunes! One of the absolute best mixes in the contest”

7. Place:

Score: Mixing: 8 – Skills: 6 – Flow: 8

Judge Comments: “Very well mixed and nice selection of the latest BBP tunes. Great flow in the mix and overall great mix to listen to. Are missing a little bit of added cuts and samples ect. to really make this mix stand out. But overall a great dj mix.”

8. Place:

Score: Mixing: 7 – Skills: 6 – Flow: 8

Judge Comments: “Strictly vinyl! Respect on that. Nice mix of some of the very best BBP tunes. A few offbeat transitions here and there but not too bad considering its all vinyl mixing. Great flow and overall cool mix.”

9. Place:

Score: Mixing: 6 – Skills: 6 – Flow: 8

Judge Comments: “Great classic dj mix. Nice flow but some rough mixes in live mixes wouldn’t matter to much – but on recorded mixes you hear it.Very nice selection of tunes”

10. Place:

Score: Mixing: 4 – Skills: 8 – Flow: 6

Judge Comments: “Megamix – cool accapellas and great mixups. Missing the flow of a regular DJ mix. Impressive how 26 tunes was mashed into a 30 min DJ mix. Cool stuff!”

11. Place:

Score: Mixing: 5 – Skills: 6 – Flow: 6

Judge Comments: “Nice selection of tunes – great to include older BBP tunes – but too many mixing glitches, which unfortunately hurts the flow in the mix”

Here are some stats from the contest:
The top 10 most played tunes:

Kool Hertz – Whatta Joint 6 plays
Calagad13 – Back to the Power (Slynk Remix) 5 plays
DJ Rudd – We Can Get It On 5 plays
Badboe – Make It Happen 4 plays
Breakbeat Junkie & DJP – Freak Hop (Part 3) 4 plays
Nynfus Corporation – Break It Down 4 plays
Nynfus Corporation – Gangster’s Rock 4 plays
Badboe – Make It Happen – (Bryx Remix) 3 plays
DJ Rudd – Say Ooh 3 plays
Grand Slam – Lifetimers for the Funk (Jayl Funk Remix) 3 plays

Number of plays by Artist:

BadboE 32 plays
JiggyJoe 15 plays
Nynfus Corporation 12 plays
DJ Rudd 11 plays
Breakbeat Junkie & DJP 9 plays
Kool Hertz 9 plays
Calagad13 7 plays
Morlack 7 plays
Fretless 6 plays
Jayl Funk 6 plays
Tom Drummond 6 plays
Basement Freaks 5 plays