First of all, for anyone who still doesn’t know, could you tell us a bit about yourselves?

Formed in 96 and still going 

You made your debut in 1998 and released your first LP ‘Point Blank’ in the same year, how did it all come together?

I was in another band at the time, signed to Charlie Chester’s “Cowboy Records”. We had just had a hit after being on the cult TV show “The Word” with a track called “Why Why Why” which was a cover version of an old Balearic classic by a band called The Woodentops. After that I became bored of the sound that was around at the time. Everything seemed so formulated. It was at that time i heard a track by the Dust Brothers  called “My Mercury Mouth” The band soon changed their name to Chemical Brothers, but it was that fresh sound that they where creating that made me want to change my direction. I started hanging out at the Heavenly Social and The Wall of Sound nights and started making tracks under my new name DUB PISTOLS. We then signed to Concrete records. Our first single “There’s Gonna Be a Riot” was championed by Steve Lamaq on Radio 1. It was also an NME single of the week, but it was our single “Cyclone” that really put us up there it was play-listed on Radio 1 and Tony Hawks signed it for his Playstation game. Suddenly we where on a roll…

And how did you make the transition from the studio to being a fully-fledged live act?

My first album Point Blank was more a collection of dance floor singles cobbled together to make an album. It wasn’t until after the big beat backlash that we got signed in America and started touring the states. That’s when we started concentrating on writing songs and gradually integrating musicians into my DJ sets, which then developed into a full band 

Is there a memorable or favorite moment from all the years of live gigging?

There have been so many amazing moments over the years and a few I’d rather forget. I guess if I had to pick one show, it would be the time both Terry hall and Lynval Golding (of The Specials) joined us on stage at Bestival. The Specials have always been my favorite band, and Lynval and Terry hadn’t played together in over 10 years i believe. So for me to get them together and play with us was a special special moment, one that made the hairs on my arms stand. It was a very emotional day for me, and one I will never forget.

Of the albums you have done, is there a personal favorite?

Every album when you make it is like your new favorite  But I think if I’m honest, my two favourite albums are “Speakers & Tweeters” and our last album “Worshiping the Dollar” but my favourite Dub Pistols track is on our “Six million ways to Live” album, and is the track “Problem Is” feat Terry Hall

You’ve worked with so many artists, too many too mention here but was there anyone you really enjoyed working with and still do or would like to in future?

Obviously working with Terry Hall from the Specials was a dream come true, but to be honest it’s been an honor to work with all the collaborators that we have had the chance to work with. From Busta Rhymes to Horace Andy, Gregory Isaacs, Lindy Layton etc. The artist we have had most fun on the road with though is Rodney P. He is a “Hip Hop” Dub Pistol for real. He spent a good few years touring with us through good times and bad, but he always kept laughing and knows how to party like a Pistol, a true legend!

In a era of genres, sub genres and sub genres of the sub genres, how do you describe yourself musically?

I hate pigeon holes, so I will pass on this one 

And which artists do you rate and listen to at the moment?

There are so many artists and DJ’s that I’m into across the board if its breaks then I’m loving the Marten Hoger and Mafia Kiss productions. Future jungle/ D&B: King Yoof, Gold & Aries, Serial Killaz, Benny Page, House: Eats Everything, Hot since 82, Gentleman’s Dub Club and Rudimental.

What can we expect from a Dub Pistols DJ set as we hear you have been doing quite a bit of DJ’ing lately?

My sets vary from show to show. I’m as happy playing a breaks set or a D&B set, as ghetto funk set or mixing the whole lot up. I’ve never been a purist. I’m all about the party and being eclectic. To me, a good record is a good record, and a good DJ is all about rocking the party.

Many thanks for taking time to talk to us, any last words, big ups and shout outs?

Just want to say thanks to all the people that have supported us over the years. Rob Da Bank for signing us when no one else was interested, Sunday Best, my label for their patience and continued support, On The Rise promotions for the amazing job they are doing, and all the festivals that keep bringing us back to their amazing events especially Bestival, Snowbombing, Beatherder, Blissfields and Kendal Calling where we have now almost become family.

Dub Pistols-Alive 2013 Remixes Is Out Now, get It Here And From All Good Download Stores

Dub Pistols-Alive Remixes 2013 + Exclusive Dub Pistols Interview

We all know that if you’re going to touch a classic, you have to do a damn good job of  it. Polish producer and DJ Andrzej Dendor, otherwise known as “D . END” has done exactly that. This ghetto funk remix of “House of pain’s – Jump around” is bang up to date but still maintains it’s roots and integrity with completely unchanged lyrics. This absolutely bangs and is bound to get played in clubs globally very soon, grab your free copy here folks.

Breakbeat Paradise Recordings is very pleased to welcome back one of our favorite ghetto funk producers: Morlack, who has prepared another ultra-funky EP to all the funk party people out there. Let’s Go Jammin’ EP are going in 2 directions – first part being the dancefreindly 70s funky cookups that Morlack is known and loved for – and the other is a brand new fusion between classic rock ‘n’ roll/heavy metal and ghetto beats and bass!

Morlack is without doubt one of the hardest working producers in the ghetto funk scene and this season we are seeing him all over the grid, dropping one successful EP after another. Most recently on labels like Royal Soul, Katakana Edits, Tru-Funk, Relative Dimension, Funkosol – just to name a few all reaching to the top of the breakbeat charts. Finally this EP follows up on the successful Chinchilla EP that was released on 12” vinyl earlier this year right here on BBP.

Let’s Go Jammin’ EP is designed to keep funky parties going ‘till the early mornings. Morlack is the zone right now so get ready for another booty-shaking funky EP.

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Let’s Go Jammin’ is especially dope, Spinforth

Nice Party Release. I like most LETS GO JAMMIN and EVERYDAY THOUGHTS, Jayl Funk

I have to say that “Let’s Go Jamming” is the real funky shit !!! I love it and this one will go straight to my dj sets !!!!, Prosper

The first 3 track of the EP really kicks ass – moods for the right moments!!, Clairvo (Nynfus Corp)

Wicked! Fun and funky release, love “Get Your Back Off Of The Wall”, Farther Funk

Not bad!, Slynk

Funky as hell, Doctor Hooka (NBC Radio)

Full of bangers, nice one!, DJ Kid Stretch

Getting into summer here in New Zealand.. ‘Let’s Go Jammin’ has a great summer time feeling to it! Loving the chilled vibes of ‘Everyday Thoughts’, Funk Ferret

Killer EP, will drop those for shure !!, Funkanomics

Exquisite funky sounds. Love it!, Free Breaks Blog

Rock ‘n roll, baby! Morlack is one of my all time favourites – you know why. This EP is pretty much perfect. Again!, Zenit Incompatible

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Morlack’s been on incredible form throughout 2013, and nothing sums up his skills better than this extensive EP on Breakbeat Paradise. “Let’s Go Jammin” takes a cover of a Newcleus classic and applies some serious bubble bass and pop skank motifs. Premium party vibes can be found in the drum-dunking, uptempo bass romp “Get Your Back Off Of The Wall” and the raucous Wu-Tang/ACDC fusing body-slamming “Thunder Banger”. Elsewhere Morlack shows off his more sentimental, emotional side with the Lord Finesse referencing “Everyday Thoughts” and gets his rocks off with the instant air-guitar strutting “When The Problems Are Dead”. All areas of the dance covered in five simple booties – Morlack’s reign over the nu-funk scene continues unabated.

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What a wicked day!! This mix is dedicated to ronzo & shila who became parents of twins today.

Sending some birthday wishes to my hamburg based homie funktomas aswell.

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...playlist coming soonish, meanwhile enjoy the tunes and feel free to download & comment.

Well it's nearing the end of the year and this is the first mix of the "Best of The Year" and i'm sure it wont be the last. Gira behind the decks on this one, a slamming half an hour promo mix of some of the best breaks tracks for 2013.

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Sangers and Ra present Big Bass Party. Episode #9 features an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Germany's fastest rising star, Marten Hørger. We catch up with him on a range of topics, including his brand new track, "Oh Girl". Plus the usual bass music freshness from around the globe.

Catch the show live in South East Queensland (Australia) on Radio Metro 105.7FM, or stream it live from www.radiometro.com.au Monday nights, 11pm - 12am AEST. Alternatively, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or download it from SoundCloud.

Tracklist

1. Marten Horger - Oh Girl
2. Feed Me - Death by Robot
3. DJ Fresh vs Diplo - Earthquake (Vato Gonzalez & Jaguar Skills Remix)
4. Slynk & Crazy Daylight - She’s Got That
5. Kai Wachi feat. Uffy Lane Snyder - In My Blood
6. Bro Safari & UFO! - Drama
7. Symone - Buyakasha
8. Sharam Jey & Kolombo - Big Deal!
9. Drake - Too Much (Jessie Andrews & Jason Burns Remix)
10. Noisia - Gutterpump (Tom Real & Rogue Element Remix) [BREAK TO THE FUTURE]
11. Oliver - Night Is On My Mind (Dillon Francis Remix)
12. Mediks - Come Back Down (Xilent Remix)
13. Wilkinson feat. Tom Cane - Half Light
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The first hour of this mix kicks off with Fresh From The Sewer host Turtle mixing it up with a swagger of new tunes while in the second hour a very special guest mix from Bobby C Sound TV. This mix was aired only on Kane 103.7 FM (Surrey) www.kanefm.com/mediaplayer

This show was originally broadcast on Sunday 17 Nov 2013.

KFMP: Fresh from the Sewer - Bobby C Sound TV by Kane Fm on Mixcloud

Turtle Tracklist

Booger Bear - The Floozies
Funk I'm Kickin' (Howla Remix) - Cedar Senior & Imagine This
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Dutty Moonshine
The Pump (Joshua Capser Remix) - Tonic ft Rayna
Italian Chandelier - The Floozies
We Funk This Party Out - Africa Bambataa (Qdup & AGFA)
Am I Wrong (Shaka Remix) - Keb Mo
Take Me Tipsy - Beatvandals
Hard to Handle (Stickybuds Remix) Toots and the Matyals
Fever 105 - Father Funk
My Sound - Slynk
Set it Off - Pimpsoul
It's So On - (DC's Finest remint) - FK5 v Afrodisiac Soundsystem
Pop It (AGFA v JM Jackmaster Edit) - One Wat
Do The Right Thing (Dancefloor Outlaws Remix) Redhead Kingpin & FBI
60 Min Mix - Bobby C Sound TV
END OF MIX
Bruck Wild - Tom Booze
I Do Love You (WBBL Edit) - Kill Paris
The invasion - LaFunkt

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Lee Coombs continues the hardcore acid abuse on Free Breaks Blog tonight with this killer electro funk and acid mix. Featuring some classic breaks intertwined with some of the best acidic synth lines you’re ever gonna hear, he rips through an hour of quality underground sounds. To top it off he’s giving away the opening track, The Freakazoids Re-rub of Think Tank – Hack 1. Download, play loud!

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Today we feature the winner of our fairly recent collaborative remix competition (with Top Drawer Digital), Champion Breaks. He has steadily been building his name up with some heavy hitting acid breaks remixes and originals and banging DJ sets. His remix stood out from all the other entries with production skills way above the rest, slamming breaks and his unique acid lines he has become so well known for.

I caught up with Pete to find out a little more about him and his music. Read through to the end of the interview for an exclusive FREE TRACK and music showcase from his Soundcloud.

Madacp – Acid Chant B/W Champion Breaks Remix is out now. You can purchase HERE.

1. Congratulations on winning the remix competition. Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions, for those that don’t know, who are you, what do you do and what style(s) of music do you play?

Thanks Mike. I am very honoured to be doing this. And likewise, my sincere thanks to Lucas (TDD), Elliot (Madcap), and to all at Free Breaks Blog. And I have to mention Elliot again, for making the track available for remixing in the first place. It is just sublime! A “producer’s” track, if you know what I mean.

As for me, my name is Pete (or “Bad Boy” to my friends J) – and I play Acid Techno, Hard Tek, and Hardcore (Old Skool).

From a production viewpoint, it is currently Acid Breaks (see my remix of Madcap’s “Acid Chant” for a flavor) and good old London Techno and Break Tek (breaks infused 303 Gabber). You can hear current DJ mixes of my own production and original tunes on https://soundcloud.com/champion-breaks

2. Tell us a bit about what you’re working on now, any releases on the horizon?

In terms of releases, I think this Top Draw Digital release, and the forthcoming track on Vinyl Junkie’s We’re Not Dead album is just unbelievable! Of course I also have to mention the Kut Off guys for being open minded and supportive from day one.

In terms of work, well, I have been quite busy for the past 2 years, “cooking” up the Acid Breaks sound in my studio, and it has been hard, but fun and rewarding! I released 24 fully mastered WAV tracks via Soundcloud and my website (www.championbreaks.com) in March 2013, and I am encouraged with the reception and feedback I have received so far. What it has meant, of course is that I have started looking into the future on how I can develop the sound further…and I have some ideas that I am currently experimenting with – and I hope to get feedback for these prototype tracks through your blog very soon!

3. What other artists have you been feeling recently and who has inspired you to become a producer?

Well, as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a producer (in my best Henry Hill mobster voice J). In terms of inspiration, it has to be my initial exposure to the TB303 or Acid sound. So, I’m afraid, the blame squarely lies with Hardfloor’s “TB Resuscitation” LP for everything people have had to put up with from my studio J.

In terms of DJing, it HAS to be DJ Hype all the way. I remember watching him in parties and just analysing every single aspect of him J I used to watch every single move of his hands, and even his lop-sided grin. I used to idolise him. I remember spending hours with my Wood Allen (Airport 89) record and my dodgy cross fader (for those that know the record for what it contains!). I even used to have this scarf with “DJ HYPE” in big letters, which someone knitted for me way back in 1992. I loved it, even though no one else had a clue what it even meant!

4. What have been your musical highlights so far??

Well, personally, speaking, I haven’t had any highlights yet (I dream big J)…and I am still working towards them. But setting up, and running a vinyl label in London from 2002 (Getafix Records), releasing my tunes and remixes on some top Techno Labels, including a Carl Cox CD Compilation, and playing out in parties in London and Europe was a proper eye opener!

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5. What’s your production setup?

The best advice I got from an acid techno pioneer with a massive studio and a professional mastering suite was to get a nice pair of studio monitors, as this is what stands between sonic perfection and mud soup! I have a basic MIDI school boy setup in my studio…What I do have is access to some other proper studio heads…the guys who get turned on reading Sound on Sound! I usually beg them to help me out when I need it!

6. What are your best/worst DJ experiences?

OK – the worst first: Well, I was about to come on at 6AM in this techno squat party (behind Liverpool Street about 12 years ago). A French Hard Tekno DJ called Jef Amadeus was on his last tune (tune: Crusty Mills SH101, by Lawrie Immersion on a label called Prolekult!) and all the boys were standing around giving him the big ups. I opened my record box and found that I had brought the wrong bag…it was the one with my old skool rave tunes! There was another DJ called Jerome Hill (he plays for Kool FM London now) who grinned and said, “let’s see if you will brave the crowds and drop these tunes”. My third tune was “Don’t Go” by Awesome 3 – the rig owner said, “No..please, please go” and I was marched off the rig while the other DJs clapped J

The best? Well, they say the best ones are the ones you don’t remember afterwards. But I suppose I can remember in ‘97 or ‘98 when my two pals and me went to Newton (the owner of 4 Aces in Dalston) and blagged one Saturday of each month to put on a party at 4 Aces!!! We had never done any events on such a scale. I remember after the first night was over, us sat in Newton’s tiny office on the top of 4 Aces, getting a severe bollocking for not doing any promotions, and basically being chancers! We then printed some paper flyers and took them around to free parties and record shops. And then turned up for our nights with a strong strobe light and our tunes. We would just bang out tune after tune…and one of us would shine the strobe from the stand into people’s faces! Eventually the place filled up nicely J. It was a great experience in my life…one massive strobe light, a fat rig, and us boys…we just couldn’t believe it. Afterwards, we would go to the London Fields pub (Pub In the Park in Hackney) and just wind down with a few jars, grinning from ear to ear!

7. What got you into electronic music? What made you choose your current style and sound?

Hmm…I think the honest answer can’t be printed here. But let’s just say rock music won’t let me have those “adventures of the mind” that I have with electronic music! The right kind of electronic music for me has to have tension. Mellow but aggressive…hard…but smooth…deep but ‘avin it…that kind of thing. And I strive to have those opposing feelings in my tracks, but I am sure everyone else just says, “Pah! This is the same old screaming screechy 303s as he always does”…but if you listen to it in the right state of mind (figure it out yourselves J) you’ll see that it has many layers and levels.

8. What do you get up to outside of music?

I always knew which side of the rig I wanted to be on (clue: not where the punters are!) I then realized that I am my happiest when I am hypnotizing myself with my own music. And then, I realized that I had no time for people who did not want to be in that same state of mind…so the result: I am a pretty reclusive, anti-social person, but not by choice!

9. What do you think it means to be a “successful” producer?

Well, in today’s terms, in order to be successful, you have to knock out your “Black Swan” – that magical track that will propel an unknown person to stardom (YAWN!). Otherwise I think successful production is really about “creating your sound”, developing it, and making sure that you keep going. There is no promised land. It is hard graft. It is many lonely, stressful, frustrating hours in the studio while others go out and have fun, while you chase that elusive sound that is playing in your head…but you just cannot replicate it using the synths and kit in front of you!

10. What can we expect from you for the rest of 2013 and beyond?

Well, anything that can be expected of me or other (non-commercial) artists at this stage is clearly in the hands of party promoters and sound system rigs. Why? In order to get our tracks out there, we need to prove that our music is “danceable and party friendly”. This means that there need to be parties where people can come and be introduced to the sound. That is the ONLY time people will honestly engage with the sound on that visceral level! Laptops and headphones just won’t do it man!

It is only then that people will search out, recommend, and start BUYING some of our tracks. Currently, top quality tracks are “charting” in the Top 10 in online record shops and then you get the sales figures and it’s just abysmal! In some ways, you could say it’s a bit like saying “Wow he must be loaded…he keeps winning in Monopoly man”!

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