Let’s take it back to the oldschool is a well known catchphrase specially if you are near Union Square ;-). In any case DJ Madbeats steps back in time with a selective mix of acid sound type tunes celebrating the very healthy Rave Scene that occurred in the early 1990’s. This mix will take you on a musical trip back to that time. It features tunes by the most well known producers of that era along with some underground classics and a couple newer tracks which are a throw back to that original acid sound. Hope you enjoy !

Tracklist

Electric Counterpoint (1/fast) – Steve Reich
Sometimes at silk – Josh Wink
Ball of Fire (ft. Lee Scratch Perry) – The Orb
Mass Psychosis – The Heliocentrics
Plasticity – Plastikman (Richie Hawtin)
Chimes – Orbital (Honey Dijon Edit)
Useless Man – Minty (the grid mix)
Voodoo Ray – A Guy Called Gerald
What Time Is Love – KLF (Pure Trance Original)
Papua New Guinea – FSOL (12″ version)
No Requests (Special Request Fantasy FM Remix) – Paul Woolford
LFO – LFO
Dial Me In – Factory Floor
Your Love – Frankie Knuckles
Atomic Moog 2000 (Post Nuclear Afterlife Lounge Remix) – Coldcut
Storm 3000 – Leftfield
Funk De Fino – Gypsy
Skylined – The Prodigy
Polynomial C – Aphex Twin
One Touch One Bounce – Senser
One Too Many Mornings – The Chemical Brothers

I found this mix from Jay Cunning on an old CD i had laying around for eternity. This mix is from around 2002 the heyday and rise of the Nuskool Breaks genre, it really is a classic mix from Jay containing some great old tunes. Jay himself has been around for ages and is well known for promoting the sound of Breaks over the past decade and more. He is a former DJ at London’s KISS FM where he had his own Breakbeat Show (KISS 100FM Breakbeat Show) and has also toured parts of the world bringing the sound of Breakbeat to various parties and festivals. He runs the Sub Slayers label and is a partner with Terry Hooligan in On The Rise Promotions an agency promoting the sounds of now while also running its own DJ Academy helping aspiring DJs to be the best they can.

Diverted were Stephen Baxter and Lee Richardson between them they were responsible for a number of releases across labels such as TCR, Solokov Sounds and Ali B’s Air Recordings label which has gained them huge support among scene leaders at that time. They also started out their own label Diverted Traffic which lead to the rise of local talents such as Mr No Hands, Tom Tonic and Dekoy. They have their own unique sound and production techniques which can be heard in this promo mix from 2007.

Lanx and Nick Slater, aka the Drumattic Twins, have been a leading force in dance music since they first began touring over 20 years ago. Making their name as Shades of Rhythm, they ruled the early nineties rave scene with legendary anthems ‘Sweet Sensation’, ‘Sound of Eden’, ‘Extacy’ and ‘Homicide’ and performed with the likes of The Prodigy and N-Joi.

Since rebranding themselves as the Drumattic Twins in 1997, Nick and Lanx quickly replicated this global notoriety thanks to massive hit tracks ‘Feelin Kinda Strange’ ‘Twister’ and ‘HyperSpeed’. They teamed up with the legendary release platform Finger Lickin Records in 1999 and settled quickly into the close-knit world of the breakbeat scene, working alongside global acts such as Plump DJs, Soul of Man and Lee Coombs.

From a string of releases from 1999 starting with top the selling “Feeling Kinda Strange” till late 2013 with their “Get Up and Dance EP” on Sugarbeat Records and 2 full length albums in between the Drumattic Twins have laid down a variety of music that have influenced the Breaks Scene and shaped it in to what it is today.

This mix was an exclusive promo for Mighty Breaks, a club in San Francisco that promoted Breaks at that time.

This new mix from SONEK takes a journey into all forms of Breakbeat. From Ghetto Funk to Breaks to Drum and Bass at the end of the mix there’s something for all you lovers of the Breakbeat genre. Top mix, have a download and listen.

Tracklist

1 Pimpsoul – Funkin’ Intro (SONEK edit)
2 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – T.R.O.Y. (Father Funk Remix)
3 Father Funk & WBBL – Cleanin’ Up The Streets (Original Mix)
4 Sammy Senior – Party & Bootleg (Original Mix)
5 Phibes – Gangstas ’n’ Honeys (Original Mix)
6 Dubra & Arteo – Fat Ass Beat (Original Mix)
7 Dubra & Arteo – The Funk Phenomenon (Original Mix)
8 Neon Steve – I Got Tha (Original Mix)
9 X-Ray Ted – Blackstepper
10 Mctwist – Popsicles Feat Bobby Danger (SONEK Rerub)
11 Wes Smith & The Juice Squad – Come On Y’all (Original Mix)
12 Freq Boutique – Get Tipsy (Original Mix)
13 SONEK & DRKWTR – Jumpin Jumpin (Original Mix)
14 SPX – Feel Good (Mafia Kiss Remix)
15 Crawford – Life (Original Mix)
16 Isenberg – Mobb Deeper (Original Mix)
17 SONEK & Macho – Lucha De Apuesta (2017 Rework)
18 Smalltown Djs, Peep This – Bout To Go Down (Original Mix)
19 Peep This – Can You Feel Dat?
20 Agent K, Bella – Whats Love Got To Do Wit It (Original Mix)
21 SONEK – To The Ground (Original Mix)
22 Wes Smith & The Juice Squad – Music Makes You Loose Control (Original Mix)
23 Nappy Riddem – Rastaman (Pimpsoul & Mooqee Remix)
24 Benny Page – Dangerous feat. Solo Banton (Original Mix)
25 Deekline, Tippa Irie, General Levy – Pass Me The Rizla (Original Mix)
26 Jahdan Blakkamoore, Janaka Selekta – Good Vibes (Ed Solo & Stickybuds Remix)

Back in 2016 D-Funk did a tour of Europe playing 8 shows in 5 different countries including Carl Cox Music is Revolution @ Space (Ibiza), Sideshow Kuts International Showcase @ ADE (Amsterdam), and his old hometown Bournemouth & also making his debut in both Paris & Glasgow.

For the tour D-Funk spent hours in the studio crafting up a lot of new tunes to play out on the tour. This mix reflects pretty much all the new material he was playing at the time.

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Tracklist

1. Toots & The Maytels – ‘Reggae Got Soul’ (Prince Ballard Edit // D-Funk Edit)
2. Hot 8 Brass Band – ‘Sexual Healing’ (J Felix Mix // Shaka Loves You Edit)
3. Nerdy Bastard – ‘Bad Mr Kitty’
4. Luniz – ‘Got 5 On It’ (Frankee More Mix // D-Funk Edit)
5. D-Funk – ‘Hold On (I’m Coming)’
6. D-Funk vs Jamie xx – ‘I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)’ [Free Download]
7. D-Funk – ‘Super Clap Hands’
8. D-Funk – ‘Give Me Your Love Hut’
9. Kurtis Blow – ‘The Breaks’ (Copycat Edit)
10. D-Funk – ‘Get Up & Jam’ [Grits N Gravy]
11. D-Funk & Philly Blunt – ‘Bad Piano Habit’
12. Mike Millrain – Do You?
13. Deekline & Bad Zuke – Pull That Back
14. Beatslappaz – ‘Bottles’ (D-Funk Mix)[Free Download]
15. Plump DJs – ‘Loose Your Mind’
16. D-Funk vs Wookie – ‘Battled Woman’
17.Wax Wreckaz – ‘Bubble & Wine’ (Urban Knights Mix // D-Funk Edit)
18. Rogue Robots – ‘Off My Face In ’97’ (D-Funk Mix) [Upstart Music]
19. Leda Stray – ‘What It’s Like’
20. Natural Born Chillers – ‘Rock The Funky Beats’
21. D-Funk – ‘Rumors’

The very experience and talented DJ Zach Moore is this weeks guest mixer for the Armory Podcast. Zach is also the creator and host for the San Franciscan Armory Podcast with some of the freshest DJ mixes gathered from every corner of the globe. Starting out with the Freestylers new track “Hypnotic Eyez” Zach brings an hour of solid Bass, Beats and Breaks.

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If you like your Funky Breaks then you can’t go past this brand new mix from direct from the USA and delivered by DiscObeta for the Breakbeat Paradise Power Hour. BBP are well known for their label producing some great Funky Breaks music and have done so for many years, DiscObeta recently released their first EP on BBP called Chinese Robots. Enjoy this 60 minutes of some Funky Breaks and Beats.

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Tracklist:

01. Sunworshipper – Mylo
02. Who Got Da Props – Black Moon (discObeta Redrum)
03. Honey Bee – discObeta
04. Let My Baby Ride – R.L. Burnside
05. How Soon Is Funky? – discObeta
06. Dusted – Leftfield
07. Jive Hill – discObeta
08. Still Here – Gramatik
09. Hooligan – Adje Ft. Reverse (Babel – lsh Remix)
10. Get It On – discObeta
11. I Know You Got Soul – Eric B. & Rake
12. Battle of Bongo Hill – The Herbaliser
13. Smokey Joe’s (Beat Fatigue Remix) – Cheshire
14. Feel Right – Mark Ronson
15. Let’s Party – Arteo
16. Chinese Robots (dOb reUp) – discObeta
17. Party Squeezing (Funk The System remix) – Morlack
18. Party People (BBP Free Power Hour Tune) – The Funk Philosopher

Mid Tempo musician Groove Mind played an exclusive mix for DJ Stex and his NRG LIVE show show on NSB Radio. Starting off with Featurecast’s new FREE tune then moving onto some more Ghetto Funk and Glitch throughout including some tracks from himself, a great funky mix.

Tracklist

ATCQ – Can I Kick It (Featurecast Remix)
ACDC vs The Notorious B.I.G. – Blackened Hypno
Groove Mind & Abstracker – 3 Amigos feat. AK Sediki
Sammy Senior – No Biggie
Groove Mind – Bring The Funk Back
Grid Division – Get Up
Grid Division, My Pet Monster – In Da House
Booty Swing (DJ Wood Reboot)
Groove Mind in the jungle
Groove mind – I Can’t Stop
Jpod – Cuppa Yerbs (Groove Mind Remix)
WBBL – Irie
discObeta – No Doubt (BadboE Remix)
Jack U – Febreeze (The Captain Re-Rub)
Dubra x Arteo – Bring That Beat Back
Barbatuques-Biana-ClozeeRmx-Friskie-Edit
Phibes – I Gotta Woman (2017 Remix)
Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting (Groove Mind Bootleg)
Knife Party ft. Tom Morello – Battle Sirens(March of Death)(Kool Hertz_Remash)
Skope + Stickybuds – Change Your Mind
Groove Mind – Rock The Party
Sammy Senior – Dance Funky Dance
Grid Division – Fish Taco
disc0beta – Chinese Robots (Groove Mind Remix)
WBBL – Like U

Census Sound Recordings continue to blow our minds with each and every one of their releases and now they’ve got a podcast going, the mind blowing action now goes on for even longer and that’s never a bad thing in our book. For episode 3, they’ve invited Russian producer, Tom Clyde, in for the guestmix. Tom has been hailed as one of the most promising Breaks and Tech Funk producers in Russia and since starting out in 2005, he’s had music released on LOT49, VIM Records, Diablo Loco, KindCrime Recordings, RUNE Recordings and Kick It Recordings.

It’s his time to shine on Census now though and that he is doing big time with his podcast mix that sees him venture into the darker side of Techno. It’s a heart racing roller coaster ride of epic breakdowns, huge drops and driving beats and bass that are so intoxicating! For those of you who like music with plenty of meat on the bone, you really need to get to know Tom Clyde and Census Sound Recordings.

The timing of posting this mix has worked well as it coincides with the release of Tom’s imminent 2 track EP. It contains huge amounts of the tough and edgy Breaks and Tech Funk sound mentioned above and if you’re loving his mix, you’ll love these two tracks just as much.

Links for Tom Clyde :

Soundcloud / Twitter

Links for Census Sound Recordings :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Twitter

Mix Tracklist

01 – Sherban & Nanoplex – Meander Road (Original Mix) [Liquid Records]
02 – Neurodriver – Pulsar (Original Mix) [OddSine]
03 – Kaiser Souzai – Cthulhu (Original Mix) [Tulipa]
04 – Gabriel Moraes – Folie (Original Mix) [Recovery Collective]
05 – Nanoplex – Slutz (Original Mix) [Iboga]
06 – Superstrobe, T78 – Stratos (Original Mix) [Autektone Records]
07 – Dave Seaman – Do Geese See God (Original Mix) [Carioca]
08 – Victor Ruiz, Alex Stein – Razor (Original Mix) [Tronic]
09 – Tom Clyde & OneWay – Black Lodge (Dopamine Remix) [Census Sound]
10 – DNCH – Forced (Ben Coda Remix) [Kiosek]
11 – James Harcourt – A Beautiful Surprise (Original Mix) [Twisted Frequency]
12 – Brisker & Magitman – Remote (Meat Katie Remix) [Death Proof]
13 – Dzordz – Trip (Original Mix) [NOPRESET Records]
14 – Meat Katie & Neurodriver – Imagine That (Original Mix) [Lowering The Tone]
15 – Whitedrives – Deepest Joy (Ettica Remix) [Census Sound]