Fort Knox Five (FK5) was formed back in 2003 by four like-minded musicians, Steve Raskin, Jon Horvath (RIP), Rob Myers and Sid Barcelona. Each musician in the group have also worked with other acts in the music industry including Thunderball, Thievery Corporation and See-I to name a few. Fort Knox Five also formed their own label Fort Knox Recordings to release their unique style of funky music. Fort Knox Recordings still runs today with various artists contributing their music over the years and giving the label its mass following. With the recent sad passing of Jon Horvath they still continue to play shows as a LIVE instrumental act as well as rocking the turntables to the masses.

For more information about FK5 : www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Knox_Five

BadboE was born in Denmark in 1980 and started out in the mid 90’s making euro hardcore techno, after trying out just about every genre that was around at that time Breakbeat and Funky Breaks was something that he wanted to concentrate on. In 2006 BadboE formed his own digital label, Breakbeat Paradise Recordings along with fellow musician Wiccatron. Since then BadboE’s talent as a producer and DJ have continued to grow, he still releases music till this day and BBP Recordings are still going strong.

This mix is from 2009 and shows a fine collection of Funky Breaks that were around at that time.

Tracklist

1. BadboE Intro
2. BadboE Lets Get iLL [Good Groove 11]
3. Matenlo Chiguagau [Resense]
4. Smoove Big Love [Wack Records]
5. BadboE Ease The Funk (Jurassic 5 Bootleg) [Audiotory Designs]
6. BadboE Sound of Invasion (Def Cut Bootleg) [Breakbeat Paradise Recordings]
7. Jackson 5 vs Krafty Kuts ABC In Central Park (Zamali Mix) [Michigan Imprint]
8. John Ohms Breath and Stop
9. A Skillz Strawberry Jam Forever [Insane Bangers]
10. Kidda Under the Sun (BadboE Mix) [Skint]
11. Krafty Skillz Superstar [Insane Bangers]
12. Nickodemus Give The Drummer Some (Fort Knox Five Remix) [Wonderwheel Recordings]
13. Mark Walton Backdoor (Qdup Foundation Remix) [Senso Disc]
14. BadboE Stax of Trax [Breakbeat Paradise]
15. Beatvandals Old School [Nice Up]
16. BadboE What is Hip [Good Groove 11]
17. P-Zilla Ups n’ Downs [Good Groove]
18. Rephrase Catch Ya [Good Groove]
19. Aldo Vanucci and Featurecast Blue Grassed Devil [Funk Weapon]
20. Featurecast Channel Hopping [Catskills]
21. Mr Strom and Prosper Hollyboot Swinging [East Records]
22. Hawkeye Gotta Feed The Funk (Breakbeat Junkie Jurassic 5 Bootleg) [Dominance Records]
23. Mash and Munkee Kodiac Jam (BadboE Remix) [Backslide Records]
24. BadboE Dynamite [Audiotory Designs]
25. BadboE My Bad [Audiotory Designs/Good Groove 11]
26. Soul Of Man Between The Eyes (A. Skillz Remix) [Fingerlickin’]
27. BadboE Funk In the Air [Good Groove 11]
28. Nick Fonkynson Rock Da Spot [Super Hi-fi]
29. Jayl Funk Monkey Phunk [Breakbeat Paradise Recordings]

This mix is now 10 years old and still holds up to the test of time, staring off with one of Featurecast’s early releases on Goodgroove Records then heading onto a higher tempo selection of Breakbeats in the end. Enjoy !

Tracklist

Intro
2) Featurecast – Avenue Rock
3) Nu Hobo on Da Block – Start Your Feet Like Dis
4) Amerie Vs J5 – Red Hot Control (Featurecast’s Blaze Back Mix)
5) Jazzy Jeff – Brand New Funk
6) Ugly Duckling – Something’s Going Down Tonight (Feat. Grand Puba)
7) Dj Day – What Planet What Station (Vocal Mix)
8) Featurecast Vs Tracy Chapmin – Fast Car (Feature’s Quick Fix Mix)
9) Beatles Vs James Brown – James Brown Can Work It Out
10) Dr Rubber Funk – Watch The Tables Turn (Feat. Sara J)
11) Featurecast Vs Stone Roses – Check It Out (Featurecast’s Another Beastie Mix)
12) Coldcut – The Payback Mix 2
13) Small Town Dj’s – I Got Soul
14) Beat Vandals – Sunshine
15) Dj Czech – Hard To Handle (Feature Cast Edit)
16) Q-Dup – Renegade’s Revenge
17) Krafty Kuts – Da Funk
18) Featurecast – DC 303
19) Finger Lickin Allstars – 2 Da Break (A Skillz Mix)
20) Maelstrom – Slammin’ Freedom
21) Pharmacy Of Sound – Breaking Cowboy
22) Black Eyed Peas – My Humps (Acapella Mix)
23) Dave Spoon – At Night (Beat Vandals Mix)
24) Run Dmc – King Of Rock (Rouge Element Mix)

Time for some up front breaks in the form of Voltage & Explosive and their cranking new mix “Feel the Sound Volume 1”. Pure party vibes and Breaks bangers in this one ! Hit That download button !

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Scour Records is run by the talented DJ Spinforth who back a few years ago gained recognition for scouring out the best FREE tracks and posting them up on the old Ghetto Funk site. The success of this is more relevant now because it led Spinforth to creating his own label Scour Records and signing a bunch of like-minded artists in the Mid Temp scene of Funk and Bass.

This mix from FlowerTek features tracks from Scour Records some available as a FREE download and some you can purchase through the Scour Records Juno page.

This week in the Armory Podcast we have the up and coming talent of Aurbs. With recent signings to the Punks Music label he is one to watch out for in the near future.

Hailing from the South-West UK, 20-year-old, Cam Mussell, has continued to venture further into his musical career with no limitations or restrictions for genre or style. From working behind the scenes with video game and film composition, leading to licensing to the likes of Google and Walt Disney, scoring indie short films and ghostwriting for several mainstream artists and rappers, Aurbs continues to broaden his horizons with his next creative step.

2016 saw Aurbs joining Stanton Warriors’ imprint, Punks Music, touring around festivals and club nights across the UK, overseeing and providing visual designs for the Punks family and other members of the UK Bass scene, and working alongside Punks management to grow the label as a whole.

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Tracklist

1. Taim – Overtime (Aurbs Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
2. Cadenza – Hacienda (feat. Syv) [FREE]
3. Kove – Jericho [KVRT RECORDS]
4. Notion – Crooklyn [FOUR40]
5. Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo – Girls [FOOD MUSIC]
6. FS Green – Be x Show Me Love [DUBPLATE]
7. NA – NA (Sente Flip) [DUBPLATE]
8. Barely Royal – Fire In The Dark (Barely Royal & Bunnie’s VIP Mix) [SAUCY RECORDS]
9. Stanton Warriors & Tony Quattro – Get Low (Infrakt Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
10. TC – Next Hype (Taim Remix) [DON’T PLAY]
11. Wilkinson – What (My Nu Leng Remix) [RAM RECORDS]
12. Stanton Warriors & AC Slater – Dig Deeper (Bromley Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
13. Skrillex – Stranger VIP [OWSLA/DUBPLATE]
14. Cause & Affect – Snatch Ma Crops (ID Edit) [WHITELABEL]
15. Chris Lorenzo & DJ Zinc – Purple Toe [SIXTY6 MUSIC]
16. Rae Sremmurd – Look Alive (Torres Remix) [MAIN.COURSE]
17. Taiki Nulight – Void [DIM MAK]
18. Mafia Kiss – Close The Door (Common Underground Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
19. M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade – Body Language (Aurbs Edit) [GET PHYSICAL]
20. J.Phlip & Chris Lorenzo – Lights [SAFER AT NIGHT]
21. Distro – The Drum (feat. Dread MC) (Sly-One Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
22. Aaron Jackson – Jungle In Ya Jungle [AUDIOPHILE XXL]
23. Kry Wolf & My Nu Leng – What You Feel (feat. Kiko Bun) [FOOD MUSIC]
24. ID – ID
25. B Squared – Square Root [SECOND TO NONE]
26. Dark Sky – Neon [50 WEAPONS]
27. Aurbs – Ari Riddim (Reprise) [DUBPLATE]

The Festival Of Friends (FOF) 2017 was a recent online event from January 13th to January 16th airing a variety of Breakbeat DJ Mixes from various DJs organised by the Monkey Tennis Group. By all accounts this years event was a roaring success with involvement from DJs local and international and an interactive audience using the Intellidm website.

I have tried to find as many of the mixes that were aired over this event, most you will find below. Apologies if i missed anybody out. There’s a lot of music to listen too in this post, i hope you enjoy !

Check out the event page here: www.facebook.com/events/1516148391746375

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UK Breaks producer, Beat-Breaker, is gonna have the soles of your shoes melting once you get moving to the music he’s packed into his new mix. It’s been put together to aid the promo of his mighty EP ‘Covering All Basses’ and features several tunes off the EP, as well as a sprinkling of tunes from other artists he’s been diggin’ recently. The mix is surefire way to get any party in high spirits so get it on and get dancing!

With the Breakbeat tunes from the EP used in Beat-Breakers new mix, we should point out that you can find some hefty Glitch Hop and Drum n Bass on it to which you can check out here :

Download ‘Covering All Basses’ here via Hypeddit.

Links for Beat-Breaker :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Promo Mix Tracklist

1… Left/Right & Refracture ft. Grace: Racing For A Red Light [Beat-Breaker RMX]
2… Yankee: Take On
3… Stanton Warriors: MPC [Beat-Breaker RFX]
4… Plump DJs: Lose Your Mind [Beat-Breaker RFX]
5… Plump DJs: Yes Yes [Hybrid Theory RMX] [Beat-Breaker RFX]
6… Lucas: Think Of Tomorrow [Beat-Breaker RFX]
7… Common Underground: 27 Calibre
8… Beatslappaz: Pause [Beat-Breaker RFX]
9… Stanton Warriors: Hoping [Left/Right RMX]
10.. Noir & Olivier Giacomotto: Reeste [D’Silva RMX]
11.. Sunsha: Fat Beats [Beat-Breaker RFX]
12.. Deformaty vs. General Midi: God Robot [Beat-Breaker RFX]
13.. Stanton Warriors: Hoping [Marten Hørger RMX]
14.. Marten Hørger ft. Lazarus: Deeper Down [Beat-Breaker RFX]
15.. Perfect Kombo: Line B
16.. Deekline: Gotta Believe [UFO Project RMX] [Beat-Breaker RFX]
17.. Wes Smith: Funktrain [Mutant Breakz RMX]
18.. Badjokes ft. G Ross: Drop Down Low [Beat-Breaker RFX]
19.. Specimen: Check The Sound [Beatslappaz RMX]
20.. Marten Hørger ft. Donkong: Feel
21.. Mafia Kiss: Close The Door [Beat-Breaker RMX]

After very recently checking out the work by Serbian Drum n Bass/Jungle producer, Rahmanee, it’s clear that he really knows what he’s doing. There’s a great selection of D n B styles to be found in the music he makes and his most recent free tune is the one that caught our attentions first off. It’s a Reggae influenced Drum n Bass remix of ‘Belly Of The Beast’ by, Hornsman Coyote & Jah Mason and Rahmanee has gone it fired up! If you need that spark to get you into party mode, this’ll set your mood alight with ease!

Links for Rahmanee :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Scour Records consistently deliver some of the very best and largest midtempo based tunes on the planet and because of that, they’ve now tipped the scales and have gone over the 10,000 followers mark. It’s a well deserved achievement for the label and to celebrate they’ve laid on cake, balloons and jelly and ice cream, oh and this new Reggae influenced banger from, WBBL, just to make sure the party goes off proper!

Download ‘Irie’ here via Toneden.

Links for WBBL :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Twitter

Links for Scour Records :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Bandcamp / YouTube / Twitter / Instagram