Chris Wright, aka Berkeley, is a DJ/producer who is based in Manchester. When he’s making or playing music, his style is very much centred around a sound we love here on the ward, that being Ghetto Funk/Funky Breaks. We first caught wind of this new kid on the bloc when we discovered this awesome, RjD2 vs A Tribe Called Quest mashup of his that gives a great indication that this dude not only knows how to bring the funk, but that he’s also gonna go on to great things. Get him followed and prepare for more of the good stuff!

Links for Berkeley :

Soundcloud / Twitter

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Creatures let loose 4 dark DnB steppas on the unsuspecting dancefloor. Collectively they make the ‘Alchemical EP’ on Infidelity Records. This start from a dark place with the paranoid beats of ‘Eclipse’. From there we move into snarling Neuro territory with ‘The Crucible’, a tune that lashes out with venomous synths and hard beats. Next, it’s time to check in at Techstep central with a precision cut in the style of legends like Audio. The beatdown ends with ‘Archive’, a mean grizzly way to end the EP heavy on the knockdown synths and swinging drums that will rock the jaws of anyone who gets in the way!!!

Creatures- Alchemical EP

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B&S Concept wet the House music appetite with the immersive sounds of their ‘Immersion EP’ on Different Attitudes. With two mellow grooves, B&S Concept will totally engross you in the absorbing beats and synths contained within. Gauzy diaphanous sounds are the order of the day on this wonderful escape of a release. When you feel cold or just want to relax your mind, stick this on, dreamily good.

B&S Concept- Immersion EP

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D-audi’s Vibes Like This LP represents a huge milestone. A release on the Ruff Guidance imprint and a place next to some of the biggest pioneers of Jungle & DnB. D-audi has featured on labels like Boomsha Recordings and Audio Addict Records among others previously and produces in a number of tempos and styles. ‘Vibes Like This’ is all about smooth rolling DnB with a contemporary Bass music edge and classic Hip Hop ethos. Tunes like ‘Wash Them & Cleanse Them’ leave an instant impact as do the oldskool intelligent era Jungle sounds of ‘A Little Piece’.

This album brims with class from the twisted funk of the title track to the space age lasers of ‘Nice n’ Deep’ and Ed Rush style Techstep of ‘The Light’. Dip in and discover a modern classic from the Ruff Guidance camp. You will not be disapointed!!!

D-audi-Vibes Like This

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ANC’s ‘House Over Peepshow EP’ on Simma Red contains 3 heavy cuts of dark techno influenced House crafted for warehouses and optimised for thundering out of speakers in all kinds of locations. Perfect tunage for tougher edged DJ sets!!!

ANC – House Over Peepshow EP

‘Hold On, I’m Coming’ is a stone cold classic by, Sam & Dave, but back in 1979, ex-backing singer for Eruption, Precious Wilson, released her cover version of the original as her debut single. Precious kept a great deal of funk from the original, but tied that together with a more prominent Disco flavour. It’s that Disco flavour that Serbian producer, Loshmi (alter ego of Tonbe), has chosen to pick up on and with his edit he’s enhanced every element of an already glittering original. A much more solid beat drives along Precious’ vocal and where would we be without the horns, they’re there and as always, they bring a real vibrancy to the track. Listen, like, love.

Download Loshmi’s edit here via Hypeddit.

Links for Loshmi :

Soundcloud

The Push is the collective work of producers Elliot Harrison and Richard Tugwell. The duo focuses on making bass-driven music that spans a mixture of genres, from booty-shaking breaks and drum & bass to 2-step garage and are this weeks guest DJ on the Armory Podcast.

With the support of DJs like Martin Flex and Orebeat, along with many others, The Push have quickly made their mark on the breakbeat scene and are showing no signs of slowing down. Last year the duo have had releases out on Hotcakes and Let’s Go Recordings, with a string of future releases planned for 2017.

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Marten Hørger with whom i did an exclusive interview with a few years back has been interviewed again on George FM located in New Zealand. Marten is a part of the act Smash Hifi with ex Prodigy star Leeroy Thornhill and they released a new album near the end of last year called Order More Disorder. Marten is also part of the Punks Music family which has really blown up over the past year. Check the audio below for a more in depth interview as well as an exclusive mini-mix for George FM.

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Retropolis just found this old mix that he made from a few years ago on an old hard drive and has never been uploaded till now, a banging mix of upfront Breaks and still quite fresh music wise today. There’s a few remixes of his in there as well as some fine tunes from Sketi, SevenG and The Flashback Project. Check the tracklist below for the full details.

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Tracklist

Retropolis – Automatic
Mystery & Kosine – Unknown Territory – Retropolis Remix
United States Beatsquad – Euphoria
Retropolis – Get Choppy
The Flashback Project – Run Outta Town
Specimen A – Rock Star – Retropolis Remix
Kl2 & Losbabii – Make Up To Break Up
Retropolis Ft Otto’S Daughter – Time To Move On
Divine Inspiration – The Way – Retropolis Remix
C83 Ft Liz Melody – When We Were Young
Seveng – Just Trust Me – Retropolis Remix
Noemi & Yera W – Your Love
Retropolis – Specialise In Love
Sketi – Time Bomb
E-Lab Rat – Elevation
Psi – Show Me
Stu & Nee – Let The Music Flow
Tegan & Sara – Closer – Rocket Pimp Remix

Taking it way back Jay Cunning & Terry Hooligan decided to do some crate digging and mix up 2 hours of Breakbeat Classics from the Nuskool sounds of the early 2000’s through to Tear Out and a bit of Jungle Breaks the guys drop a set of classic Breakbeat with a collection of tunes that were a highlight of their time.

You can hear Jay Cunning on the Sub Slayers Drive Time show every friday 5-7pm UK time at www.koollondon.com

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