Some tearing bassline breakbeat from Bassrock records main man Paul Bassrock along with Anti-Science. One from the heavy vaults of Bassrock filth, you should really check out the rest HERE. Play loud!

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Paul Bassrock + Anti-Science – Locked On

WOW! This is one crazy track. Specimen A have properly gone to town on this one. Mashing up four genres, with three MC’s and a guitarist they create a completely off the wall take on Zomboy’s ‘Vancouver Beatdown’. Showcasing all the flavours you can expect from the forthcoming album the track twists and turns through all bass churning techniques you have come to now them for. Keep everything locked to the Specimen A Facebook for all details.

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Zomboy – Vancouver Beatdown (Specimen A Remix)

DC Breaks are surging forward as one of the best acts in drum & bass right now. With some unreal releases lined up and some firing tracks doing damge currently, their mix for Datatransmission is highly anticipated. Of course they don’t disappoint. Track after track of the finest d&b mixed to perfection, creating an intense hour long mix of the best tracks around. Go download and annoy your neighbours.

Tracklisting:
1. Shaman VIP – DC Breaks
2.LRAD – Knife Party (The Protoytpes Bootleg)
3.F**k It Up – Hamilton
4.Program – Noisia
5.Workout – Andy C
6.Get Lo – Interface
7.Game Over – TC
8.Fornax – Smooth
9.Tap Ho – TC
10.Slugs – DC Breaks
11.Headroom VIP – Audio
12.Beyond Reality – The Upbeats
13.Smash TV – Chase & Status
14.Misfits – Nymfo & June Miller
15.SWAG – DC Breaks
16.Membrane – Gridlok & Prolix
17.Like It Hard – WIlkinson
18.Lounge – Hold Tight (DC Breaks Remix)
19.Get Together – Hamilton
20.Horror – DC Breaks
21.Stomp – Sub Focus
22.Haunting – Andy C
23.Hurting – Calyx & Teebee
24.Diplodocus – Noisia (Kill The Noise remix)
25.Gambino – DC Breaks
26.Abyss VIP – The Prototypes
27.Heartbeat – WIlkinson (Calyx & Teebee remix)
28.Gravity – Mind Vortex
29.Burning – DC Breaks
30.Proton – DC Breaks
31.Glowing in the Dark – Jupiter Ace (DC Breaks remix)
32.Safe in Sound – Sub Focus
33.Breathe In – Koncept
34.Mythos – Inside Info & Mefjus
35.Strung Out VIP – Calyx & Teebee
36.Nightfall – Stealth ft Codebreaker

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DC Breaks – Datatransmission

Well my friends, New Years Eve is fast approaching and I tell ya what the key is wherever you are.. find somewhere that you know is going to be playing music that you love, make sure you are with some friends, don’t drink too much and pass out before midnight and you can’t go wrong! If you are in the UK there is only one place to be.. BRISTOL! I can’t say too much at this stage but it’s going to be BIG!!

Speaking of things that are big and amazing, have you seen the Fro on AfroQben? It’s a thing of beauty, quite like his music. I had to investigate and find out if it had any magical powers.. kind of like if Erykah Badu got off with Dumbledore and created a cosmic funk wizard. You never know..

SAMMY: You are from Portland in the US.. tell us about the music scene there, what should we look out for when we come a visiting?

AFROQBEN: Portland has a little something for everyone. The biggest shows are mostly electronic music, ranging from House, Trap, Dubstep, and those unique West Coast Bass producers. Ghetto Funk isn’t really that well known, and the big promoters don’t book funky acts too often. I played the biggest halloween show in Portland called “Howl” this year, and opened up for Fort Knox Five, which was a rare treat to have them in town, and JPod also played. I may just have to start putting on my own shows to get more of the funky acts I like, because I’m sure people would love it, but they don’t know about it nor have the chance to see it live.

SAMMY: You should definately start your own shows, thats a great idea! Where do you mainly play gigs? And where in the globe would you really like to play in the future?

AFROQBEN: I’ve been putting most of my focus into production over the years, but have been playing more and more shows lately. Over the summer I played my first two canadian shows after Shambhala Music Festival. I’d really like to play Canada more, because they have a huge love for the funk, and the vibe is awesome up there. I’m hoping to play Shambhala 2014, because out of all the festivals I’ve been to, it is top. I played a few west coast festivals this last year, and my club shows range from Seattle down to L.A. My plan is to keep releasing music, and get more involved in the festival circuit for 2014 as well as more club gigs over the winter/spring. I would love to see more of the world and travel while playing shows to make it feasible. You know, Europe, Canada, Australia, and South America for starters… Playing more internationally interests me more than traveling around the United States. The West Coast has the vibe though, and would like to get down to San Francisco/L.A. area more often. Thats where it’s really happening.

SAMMY: That sounds like a great plan, we can’t wait for you to come visit us in Europe! You released a remix album this year of your “Liquid Gold” album and had some big names remix your tracks. Did you have a favorite remix from the album?

 AFROQBEN: It was great to work with producers from all over the globe and get new versions of my tunes. I was pretty happy with them all, and its too hard to name one since they were all so unique. My top 4 were if I can is, Qdup – Massive Move Forward, Drumspyder – Dream The Impossible, Empresarios – Cafe and Zebuel – Dirty Heart.

SAMMY: In this mix you teased us with some huge unreleased tracks, can you tell us a bit more about when we can get our funk-loving mitts on them, and tell us about this forthcoming EP!

AFROQBEN: I’ve been sitting on a lot of those tracks for a while, and will be released this fall, so I thought I’d put them on my mix to get a early start on the release hype. The collaboration track I did with Lafa Taylor, who was the vocalist for the tune “Everyone Jump” off the album “Liquid Gold”, will be released this thursday, the 14th, on SF based label, Street Ritual. The “Hypnotize Me” track, which I’m really excited about, will be up for a free download along with a Funk Hunters video to go with it, in the next couple of weeks. There will also be a “Jam Packed” EP, with the release date still unknown, but sometime this fall/winter. Trying to find the right label for support, but may just do my own bandcamp free release. This 4 song EP, has two tracks featuring Lafa Taylor, and 2 tracks featuring Hip-Hop legends Aceyalone and Myka 9 from the group “Freestyle Fellowship”. If you don’t know who they are, they were pioneers in the underground hip-hop scene and influenced so many well know MC’s underground to main stream.

SAMMY: Wow that’s big! I love the Freestyle fellowship, especially that track hot potatoe.. they are funky cats! Where do you get your inspiration for making music?

AFROQBEN: Music has been in my family for generations, and was always something that came naturally to me. My grandfather made his first guitar out of a cigar box, gut strings and a broom stick. He became an amazing jazz guitarists and played strictly by ear. I’ve been playing the guitar for about 20 years now, and picked up the bass, drums, keys and percussion along the way. I started out, only having my brothers cd’s to listen to which gave me the influence of Classic Rock and Metal. By midway though high school, I heard “Herbie Handcock – Chameleon” through a friend, and those sounds blew my mind, and from then on, I left Metal and developed a love for 70′s Funk and Reggae, and started digging for that sick funk, as well as Jazz and Hip-Hop. I’m also hugely influenced by current electronic music- Ghetto Funk, House, Dubstep, Trap, and Downtempo. I think every genre has something good to offer. When people say they “hate house” or “hate trap”, its because ever genre gets saturated with everyone trying to make it, which leads to a lot of crap and only a small percentage of quality. Thats why certain genres get bad raps. So, i’m influenced by them all to some extent. That’s why if you listen my music, it may sound random and diverse. Nothing really sounds the same because there are so many different influences. My main goal is to make people dance and be happy through my music, so that’s also another inspiration as well as what I listen to.

SAMMY: That’s incredible, your grandfather was a genius! Well said about genres too, that is a really good perspective. And lastly,  apart from the ability to produce amazing funky music and making women throw their underwear at you when you DJ, does your afro have any special super powers?

AFROQBEN: Well, I wish I had super powers but not really. Having an afro coincidently fits my love for old school funk. Rhythm and a musical ear has been a super power if I had to say I had one. I’ve been playing instruments for a long time, and producing since 2002. The music production has led me to not play my instruments as much as if I had stuck with pursuing the band thing, but making beats became more fulfilling because I didn’t have to rely on anyone else, and could get all the parts that I wanted, and have something left to show for. I’m not a master of any instruments or producing, but can only keep at it and do what I love. Hopefully the powers will get more super as the years progress. The funk in me will never die and will always be the main core of my music.

Thanks man.. sounds like you have funk flowing in your veins, anyone that listened to your music could tell you that! Keep up the amazing work and I’m sure I can speak for everyone when I say we are really looking forward to your new material coming out.

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SO who wants to hear about some of these tracks that were mentioned? Get this mix on.. pronto!

AfroQBen – Fallin’ For Funk – DJ Mix by AfroQBen

Don’t forget to leave a comment and favorite the track if you decide to grab it, and feel free to spread the word.. sharing is caring!

Have a good Week all!

Sammy Senior

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Having already established himself as a master of the Dubstep genre, Emalkay has surprised quite a few people by reinventing his sound. His new EP ‘For The People’ fuses elements of Trap, Electro and House into Emalkay’s already considerable sound palette. When Radio 1’s Skream and Benga invited him to do a guest mix for their show I suppose they can hardly have been surprised when he presented a mix that went through just about every Bass Music genre known to man (plus a few that haven’t been invented yet!). So adept is the genre bending and blending here that you do have to wonder why he’s been so quiet on the DJ mix front recently – this is his first one in a year! As well as all three tracks from his latest EP there’s a previously unheard track called ‘Boy/Girl’ included, plus tracks by Chase & Status, Flux Pavilion, Benga, I Am Legion and IllSkillz, amongst others.

And you can stream/download it for free here

ALSO: If you haven’t heard, Emalkay has just opened his track ‘Tell Me’ up for remixing as part of a contest. The winning remix will be released on his label,get involved here!!  https://wavo.me/apps/charts/tell-me-remix-comp

Radio 1 Skream and Benga guest mix tracklist:
1. Emalkay – Tell Me (Radio Edit)
2. Flux Pavilion – Gold Love
3. Ethic – Temple Run
4. Trampa – Jurassic
5. Chase & Status – Machine Gun
6. Emalkay – Boy Girl (Dubplate)
7. Emalkay – For the People
8. Oboroso – Sidewalk (Dubplate)
9. Pawn – Hot Skull
10. I Am Legion – Choosing For You
11. IllSkillz- One Last Tune
12. Camo & Krooked – LYIE (Infuze Remix)
13. Emalkay – Aerosol
14. Moody Good – Grumbles n Sparkles feat. Rejjie Snow & Joshua Idehen
15. Benga – To Hell and Back

For The People EP https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/for-the-people-single/id725597005

Emalkay – Free to Download DJ Mix PLUS ‘Tell Me’ Remix Competition

Austria based DnB producer, Dossa is about to make huge waves in the scene, a protege of Benny Page who has previously been signed to the respected Run Tingz imprint, Dossa lets loose with a 4 track EP which is pure fiyaaaaah!!!

First we have the uptempo ‘Rucksack’ which builds until it explodes with energy and irresistible melodys…

‘Can’t Take It Longer’ continues with the melodic grooves, a funky affair with a catchy vocal and rip roaring bass!!!!

‘Give It To Me’ adds a soulful vocal into the mix, ever so slightly darker that the previous 2 tracks but still just so damn funky!!!!!

‘So Good’ brings us to the end of the voyage and is a perfect set closer assured to maximise dancefloor mayhem with sweet pads and vocals and rabble raising bass!!!!

Mainframe Recordings have unleashed a deadly weapon with this EP, you best just watch out for Dossa, he’s going to be tearing things up!!!!!

Due out on all good download stores November 25th, check the clips below…….

Dossa – Rucksack EP-Mainframe Recordings

Agent K & Bella – Sex Wax

60 Minutes of Bass Continuously Mixed!
Track Listing….

01. 00:00 Intro
02. 01:08 Beats In My Trunk – Bella
03. 01:56 Shook Up – Bella – UFO Project Remix
04. 04:36 Breaker – Agent K
05. 06:30 All My Bitches – Bella
06. 08:42 I See The Future – Agent K
07. 12:52 Hustler – Bella
08. 14:28 Monster – Bella Remix
09. 17:06 All Gold Everything – Bella Remix
10. 19:31 Adventures In Bass – Agent K
11. 23:57 Money – Agent K
12. 25:40 Put Your Hands On It – Bella
13. 28.07 Hit You Wit It – Agent K & Curtis B – *Drop The World
14. 30:14 Long Hair Don’t Care – Bella
15. 32:09 Thick As Thieves – Agent K
16. 34:00 Lap Dance – Bella
17. 37:08 Street Beats – Agent K
18. 40:06 Dreams – Agent K & Goldillox
19. 42:41 Drivin Me Crazy – Agent K – Kid Panel Remix
20. 45:10 Drivin Me Crazy – Agent K – Original Mix
21. 46:09 Motor City – Agent K
22. 49:40 Hit The Flo – Agent k
23. 52:35 W.O.R.K. – Bella
24. 54:48 Til My Tape Pop – Agent K & Curtis B
25. 57:51 Set You Free – Agent K

Agent K & Bella – Sex Wax – Free Download!

Tonic Feat Rayna – The Pump
Remix by Joshua Casper

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Digital Exclusive
Release Date September 18th 2013
(VIPs will receive it on the 15th with an exclusive copy of the accapella)

Tonic‘s sonics are back!

He is the musical equivalent of bleach and lovely cute puppies with big eyes and flopsy ears. We’ve loved this guy for a while, not only is his production utter awesomeness but he also quite innocently assists in keeping Ghetto Funk HQ clean and fresh. He’s great on limescale, our sinks simply sparkle! Hobs! Grills! Ponchos! Codpieces! All spic and span thanks to Tonic.

Difficulties laundering money? No problem, simply turn the speakers up even louder and Bang! All your pennies will shine like the surface of the sun!

MC Rayna joins Tonic in delivering the kind of vocals we’ve come to love on her multitude of releases. Where does she come from? She comes from inside your wardrobe! Hiyyyyya! All judo chopping and kung fu fighty! She is Kato, she will attack when you least expect it so keep your guard up and your ribs well covered (actually we think she comes from Italy).

Remix duties come from future megastar Joshua Casper. You heard him here first!

Can you smell that? That’s the smell of digital sex wax !!

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Every Boxing Day (26th December) here in Perth, Australia there is Breakfest. A special event that has become a tradition and a world renowned event in the books of punters and dj's alike. Held in a natrual amphitheatre at Belvoir Breakfest always delivers the best day ever for the Breakfester with great music and great production.

This years stellar line up is below !

STANTON WARRIORS | LTJ BUKEM | PLUMP DJS (retro breakbeat set)
DEEKLINE | MAFIA KISS | DOM & ROLAND | NICK THAYER | MEAT KATIE
FEATURECAST | JANETTE SLACK | HEDFLUX | STICKYBUDS

GA: $99+B7H fee www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/breakfest-2013/68443?&ref=boomtick

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Below is local DJ Roxright's promo mix as a little teaser to get you in the Breakfest mood.

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