Elektrofant offers a unique take on the sound of 1992. From Streets Of Rage style retro techno to twisted disco through to Detroit inspired post-breakbeat rave this is one of those absolute gems that come often on the Beatservice imprint.

Enjoy a nostalgic trip to yesteryear with the Beatservice imprint’s signature quirky twist, brilliant!!!  Out 27/08/16

Elektrofant – 1992 (Beatservice Records)

Those fine purveyors of underground House & Techno, Fracture Recordings present a compilation of remixes from their back cat.

10 tracks in total including artists like Boski, Jake Twell, Zabier and remixers such as Pathogen Beats, 2Shoes 1Beats & Simeon Belle this compilation truly runs the gamut of the expansive and varied sound we call House music in 2016

Packed with experimentation, fun, originality and massive dance floor appeal this is an album you most definitely need!!

Buy>>> https://www.beatport.com/release/fracture-recordings-presents-the-remixes/1823991

Fracture Recordings Presents: The Remixes Vol 1

Two of the hottest talents in Deep House collab on ‘Crying’ featuring vocals of the also hot in demand Victoria Shapiro.

‘Crying’ is a true 90’s inspired but 2016 sounding production that channels the energy and emotion of those anthems from back in the day with a powerful song/love story.

DJ Pioneer & Jason Julian swap pianos for rhythmic and infectious organ stabs and big room baslines for an incredible remix perfect for club frenzies!

‘Crying’ will be available from all good download stores from 09/09/16

Masterstepz & Carbon Copy Ft Victoria Shapiro- Crying [Onefold Records]

Episode 14 of the ‘Lowering The Tone‘ podcast has rolled around, this time with Ben Coda taking over the controls. He starts off the podcast with an hours worth of involving Progressive House and heart-racing Techno that’ll definitely lift you outta the post weekend blues. After that pretty epic journey you’ll find this podcasts interview with Mexican Progressive Techno maestro, Jossie Telch. Ben sits down with Jossie and discusses his musical background, studio inspiration, marmite, guacamole, American politics and mud wrestling. Very interesting and amusing, all at the same time.

Episode 15 will see Meat Katie return with an interview with both the guys from Evil Nine. We’ll bring you that as soon as it pops up without fail!

It doesn’t matter if they’re making Funky Breaks, Drum n Bass or in this case Electro Swing, one thing you can always rely on Phibes to do is deliver music that kicks like a mule! Their fat, bassy and swing-tastic track ‘Virgina Swing’ is one of those very heavy hitters and has been released by the UK based label, Freshly Squeezed, as they rejoice in passing 3 million plays on their Soundcloud page. Quite a landmark that and what a tune to choose to help along those celebrations. Why not join in…

Links for Freshly Squeezed :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Bandcamp / Mixcloud / YouTube / Twitter

Links for Phibes :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Beatport / YouTube / Twitter

Time for a Sunday round of big beats!!! For your Funky Breaks fix Rory Hoy Vs Kitten & The Hip have just the medicine with ‘Dirty Little Secret’ on Super Hi Fi Recordings. The Fort Knox Five remix of ‘Dirty Little Secret’ is No1 on our playlist.

And for the lovers of House Music we have plenty of goodies for your ears. The rising talent that is Chris Sammarco dazzles us with a dreamy slice of oldskool US House on the Kidology imprint, it’s called ‘I’m A Fool’ and we love it!

Black Tantra ‘Big Trouble’ on the We Jack imprint is a delightful number with summery pianos and husky vocals. Tough Love have a suitably tough number out with big whomps and twisted vocals called ‘Friday Night’. Rhythm Staircase ‘Let’s Go Dancing’ out on motion has a mid 90’s Tribal House thing going on with a hypnotic thud, Garage style beats and hypnotic horns.

When Skapes is in the joint you know the ‘Music’s Pumpin’ and it most certainly is on this nice thumping roller. And to get the warehouse party heaving is Glen Coombs on the excellent Criminal Hype imprint with the essential ‘Warehouse Jams EP’ featuring remixes from Leon & Vibe Killers.

Next up on our playlist is another great warehouse jam, namely Eyes Everywhere‘s ‘FiveO’ taken from the ‘Family & Friends Vol One’ compilation on Desert Hearts Records. Then from the warehouse to the Garage we go with Kindred Soul ‘She’s Got It’, quality classic UKG sounds out on Highly Swung Records.

Simma Black have some of their signature chugging Tech House out, this time Maur take the reigns with their ‘Nocturnal Volume EP. W.H.A.T.A.M.I spread the feelgood grooves with some bright and warm piano house called ‘Domino’ out on MVMT. On a deeper tip is the wonderful sounds of Black Coffee with ‘Buya’ remixed by Loco Dice out on Get Physical.

On DeFunkt Recordings, Stayin’ Low & Chinooq go in with big euphoric pianos just the way we love ‘em. Check out their ‘Al Fresco EP’, it’s a gem.  Kryder whip up a ravey storm with a stomping remix of Bob Sinclair ‘Someone Who Needs Me’ on Spinin‘. Fat! Records provide some ‘Late Night Chill’ with their new compilation featuring material of a laid back nature from their back cat plus some fresh new tracks too.

Staying in more of a chilled mood we have Oxen Butcher with their melodic ‘Chills EP’. and from chilled to Funky, Karmic Power Records funks us up with FunkyOne‘s ‘Behind The Love’. No18 on our top picks playlist is a huge collab between Lupe Fuentes & Todd Terry ‘Jack In The House’ out via In The Loop.

Our House Music picks draw to a close with some choice cuts from Project Soul on Exhilarated Recordings, the sparkling soulful vocal house of ‘Question My Love’ is a must for your ears. Layout & Maverik‘s ‘Hot For You’ buzzes with electrifying synths and tough beats. It’s out now on Substance.  Hoodrat‘s ‘Come Back EP’ on DeFunkt Recordings features the gorgeous Garagey groove ‘Love Me Because’ featured at No21 in our playlist.

JONO dons some shiny Techno boots for the dark pumping ‘Knocking On The Sky EP’ on DualOrbit Recordings, get your stomp on for this one!!!  Raveskool Recordings have only gone and released the best NuSkool Hardcore track of 2016. You can thank the talented duo of Monks & Mort for the rushin’ ‘ardcore of ‘Don’t You Want’, it’s massive!

Another incredibly talented artist, one we have tons of love for is Motivbreaks. He has a new EP out on VIM containing two lush tracks that combine 92 Rave, Breaks, House & Garage all in his signature haunting yet euphoric style.

On the mellow mid-tempo bass tip is Eliphante whose ‘Catching On’ gives Major Lazer a serious run for the money when it comes to downright catchy sounds. The Art aud imprint has the second of it’s ‘Secret Rave EPs’ out featuring oldskool hardcore style tracks by Anybody Anytime,  G-23 + Rivet, Myler & Textasy who clearly loves the classic video game ‘Streets Of Rage’

We go into some futuristic Footwork and plenty of Drum & Bass kicking off with a great experimental track from Fekix‘s new EP on Good Street Records. Gradual & Impak have a huge EP for free up on Technique Recording‘s Soundcloud page. Beat Assassins ‘Deny’ opens with a striking intro leading into organ driven vocal DnB plus a remix from DJ Rap!

MC Fats has a brand new EP of awesome collabs with Alibi, Brother, Mini M, Squarewave & Serum continuing his excellent series of releases on his U Understand Me imprint. Caspar & Rusko team up for an EP of slickly produced cutting edge Grime/Bass music titled the ‘Fruity Loops EP’, it is of course fiyaah!!

Out on Rasta Vibez for lovers of Vinyl & Ragga Jungle, Mystic Pulse & Gunman provide the fiyah beats and vocals that will have crowds jumping! North Base‘s latest release is the stunning big room vocal DnB of ‘I Found You’ out on Audioporn. And we conclude this round-up with some deep ground breaking DnB from Ed:It, Handra & Mystic State on the cutting edge Addictive Behaviour label.

Enjoy what remains of your weekend. If you’re lovin the tunes we featured here they are all available to purchase from reputable online retailers. Give this post a share and let your friends know about the tunes!

Free Breaks Blog Sunday Top Picks #001

We’ve often found ourselves lost in the breathtaking, evolving and enticing music from, Ettica. Now we can get lost some more with his new guestmix for the ‘HeadFunk Sessions’ on Meat Transmission radio that features tracks that have all been produced by himself, with over three quarters of them being unheard promo’s and remixes. The mix begins in complete Tech House lushness and builds gently towards some proper dance floor sizzlers. You’ll be giving this one plenty of attention for weeks to come!

Links for Ettica :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Beatport

Tracklist

1. Diction – ‘Cobalt’ – Ettica remix – Death proof Recordings
2. Ettica – ‘Second Planet Along’ – Promo
3. Ettica – ‘Artificial Intelligence’ – Promo
4. Ettica – ‘The Kuiper Belt’ – Promo
5. Ettica – ‘Symbols’ – Free Download
6. A/B/S – ‘Switch Your Senses’ – Ettica Remix – Promo – Aux
7. Ettica – ‘There’s No Other’ – Promo
8. Kostas Goustas – ‘Loaded’ – Ettica – Promo – Census Sound Recordings
9. Ettica – ‘Moving Shapes’ – Free Download
10. Charlie Kane – ‘Blue Dust’ – Ettica Remix – Census Sound Recordings
11. Ettica – ‘Inbetween 2 Moons’ – Sunset Mix – Unsigned

Two of the finest female vocalists we’ve come across on our journey through the world of underground music, Tigerlight and Kathika Rabbit, have joined forces in a big way for their new tune ‘Don’t Let Go’. They use a vocal hook from En Vogue’s track of the same name and perform it in spectacular fashion over Drum n Bass production work that was created by Tigerlight, with the assistance of the mighty, High Rankin, so you know this ones gonna drop hard, and it does!

Here, Tigerlight explains all about how this track came about :

“This cover started out as a jam on the piano, just me and some keys and then an idea popped into my head, I knew that Kathika Rabbit would be performing at the same festival I was playing at called Shindig Weekender and thought that it would be amazing to sing in harmony with her and share the stage with her so I put the music together for this track to do initially just as a live collab with her. Shaping it in the studio first I tried it out at as a bassline house/ garage track but it wasn’t vibing so I sped it up to 174 and it clicked. At that point I knew I wanted to collab with a seasoned DnB producer to nail the drop so together with the Drum and Bass years of experience and skills of High Rankin we finished off the track in the studio and the track was ready for live. It went OFF live at the festival and so we knew we had to get the track finished for release so Kathika came to my studio and laid down her harmonies and verse. She’s such a great talent and it was a joy to work with her and High Rankin on this for you gals and guys. I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it and of course I have to give a huge shout out to the original QUEENS in En Vogue who released this killer record back in the day… BIG thanks to Ash Pure for creating this original artwork.”

Now you’ve got the lowdown, go and get it!

Download the track here via an email unlock.

Links for Tigerlight :

Soundcloud / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter / Instagram

Links for Kathika Rabbit :

Soundcloud

Suv & Jaxx return to Natty Dub Recordings following the huge success of their previous releases with skyscraper level huge new two tracker

‘Input’ mirrors the funky Techstep of 00’s era V Recordings material a la Krust, Die et al with all the trimmings of today’s crisp drum programming and general high-grade production. It’s a busy track with lots of low-end bleeps and buzzes even a little Star Trek esque sample a la DJ ZInc’s infamous ‘174 Trek’

‘No Discrimination’ opens in a dark and ominous way setting the tone for a rumbling Reggae style roller featuring positive vocals and a timeless feel stretching all the way back to the original Jungle sound right up to now

Buy ‘Input/No Discrimination’ Here

Suv & Jaxx – Input & No Discrimination (Drum & Bass)

Joining forces with the Sicily’s rising DiscoLove Festival the Boogie Basics imprint presents ‘DiscoLove Vol One. The compilation contains six irresistible funky house music tracks.

Sharing their love for Jackin’ House on this LP are Angelo Ferreri (Mood Funk Records / Nervous), Vincenzo Ventimiglia (Greenhouse / UHHQ), Greenbay Jackers & Housego (294 Records / Juiced Music), Dirty Old Boyz (Midwest Hustle / Music Taste Records), Riche Boom (Boogie Basics), and, of course, the Funk Mediterraneo duo (Boogie Basics / Flapjack).

All of the six tracks on DiscoLove Vol One represent pristine timeless and thoroughly enjoyable Disco infused action. The LP will also be issued on limited edition clear red vinyl, available through Boogie Basics and Fat Beats.

Buy ‘DiscoLove Vol One’ From Beatport

VA-DiscoLOve EP [Boogie Basics]