Here an old favorite from us. Just A Little More is a dancfloor tested banger, by DJs around the globe.

just grab you´re copy and try it at  your next gig. Enjoy!

New Dad to a gorgeous little girl, the man behind Mind-Funk, Andy Beckett aka A:B:S helps us beat the January blues with a tech-tastic mix. Hosting Colchester’s finest underground night, 2013 saw guests such as Elite Force, Meat Katie, Lee Coombs and Vandal rock the party. Building a reputation as a talented and sought after producer … we can’t wait to hear more!

1. Motna – Meaning (Broken Robot Records)
2. Paul Echo – Deep Space (Audio Dropout Remix) (VIM Records)
3. Stefano Noferini – Mexico (Recovery House)
4. Dopamine – New Old (Lot 49)
5. Mike Hulme – Music & Energy (StereoPhoenix)
6. MKR – Delerious (Benefit Records)
7. Metha – Rise (Lucky 23 Remix) (VIM Records)
8. A:B:S – Frostbite (VIM Records)
9. Mesmer – Nowhere (Scarcity Records)
10. Ils – Next Level (Karl Sav Remix)
11. Elite Force – Stay With Me (U&A Recordings)
12. Ettica – Forcefields (Simon Shackleton Remix) (StereoPhoenix)

Tracklist

1. Krafty Kuts - Feel Like Jumpin (Krafty Kuts & Ed Solo Breaks Remix)
2. Drumattic Twins - LFO Soup
3. Kid Digital - Work It
4. Wes Smith & White Boy Awesome - Bring Back That Funk
5. Kid Digital feat. NineLives The Cat - Lose It
6. Kuplay ft. Mutantbreakz - Hip Hip Hip
7. Dave London - Black Disc (BreaksMafia Remix)
8. Wes Smith & The Juice Squad – Bomb Diggy Diggy (Dirty Kicks Remix)
9. Delta Heavy - Get By (Kuplay Remix)
10. Igor Graphite - Midnight Madness (DestiluX Remix)
11. Kuplay - Trendsetter
12. Destilux & Sound Beach - Napotron
13. Blaster Plan - Conscience
14. Colombo - You Dont Stop
15. Kuplay ft. Play Moore - Never Say No
16. Kemtrails feat. Nolan - Diversify (Kid Digital Remix
17. Kuplay - Rock It
18. A.S Beat feat BBK - Bussa Move (Beatsmack Remix)
19. Hoomicide - Fire
20. Blade - Dark Shadows (Deformaty Remix)
21. Nogiard - Detuned Guitar
22. Under This - Bulldozer

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The big news on the live front is that White Mink are returning to London with a quarterly residence at Village Underground. They’re kicking off on 8th Feb with an all star lineup of Bart & Baker, Kid Kasino, Nick Hollywood, Chris Tofu and many more. If you’re in the capital it’s got to be the place to be.

Of course up here we’re getting ready for our next Electro Swing Ball. If you wondering what I keep going on about, check out our latest promo video here:

Finally make sure you check out Free Breaks Blogs new sample pack Beat Juice Vol. 1. With over 500 expertly crafted original breaks loops this is a must for any producer, remixer and DJ.

Free Music Oh my god I got excited when this turned up on my soundcloud feed. The Phantom has become such a classic in the swing world, and any excuse to play it again has to be a good thing. Plenty of festivals are going to be hit by this beauty this summer!

This freebie from Cee-Roo is supremely funky and will fit nicely into many a set.

Grant Lazlo has been celebrating the festive season by being really generous. He’s given away a tasty remix of Stevie Wonders Superstition, three tracks off his album, and one older track. The quality of all of them is really good and if you like these check out his album here.

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Check out this swinging mashup with loads of soul! Quality Tomahawk stuff:

And another… on a slightly strange swing tip that I’m struggling to explain…

New Releases Kiss Me Yesterday – Downtown Stoned EP Vienna’s Kiss Me Yesterday seem to be going from strength to strength and they’ve come through with another strong EP with remixes by Swingbot, Extra Medium, incontroL and Lord Justice. It’s available for 5 Euros from bandcamp.

Jamie Berry & Jazzotron – Kiss Me Jamie Berry is back with a release with Jazzotron called Kiss Me. It’s a bit slower than his usual releases but definitely worth a look.

Electric Swing Circus – Bella Belle (Remix Competition Winners Preview) It’s not available until late February, but if you fancy knowing who won the Electric Swing Circus’ remix competition here’s the 5 winning entries. They’re all sounding really good and will no doubt be heard a lot this summer.

This has sneaked in at the end because I don’t want to forget this! Sound Nomaden has been reaching even further back into the dusty reaches of time with this remix of Antonin Dvorak (1841 – 1904). Sound Nomaden is hoping to get it released in March.

DJ Mixes Shout out to the Boomtown Kaptin for this rather fine selection mixing up all the best swinging cover versions:

Big Swing Soundsystem Got It Covered by Big Swing Soundsystem on Mixcloud

The hardest working man in the DJ world is back with another of his Hookz & Swings Mixtapes. Check out the tracklist on this baby!

Rather like this mix from Menage Quad – in particular love being reminded about the Funk Hunters tasty remix of Sam & Dave:

Phos Toni sneaks in at the end with an all vinyl mixtape (pretty impressive in this day and age)

That’s it for this week. If you’ve got anything you’d like included in future roundups hit me up on soundcloud. To find out more about my own events check out the Electro Swing Ball.

Electro Swing Roundup

Beat Juice Volume One is our first foray into the world of sample packs and we can honestly say its the best value pack you’re going to find out there today. Filled with high quality downloadable samples for electronic producers and Djs worldwide, Free Breaks Blog have teamed up with uber talented producer DJ Buzzword (Cold Busted, Sup Peeps Records, Ispirato Music) to bring a beat-rich pack which will not break the bank.

Original breaks loops which will provide the perfect backing to any broken genre (hip hop, breaks, breakbeat, future jungle, ghetto funk etc) and sonically superior one shot drum hits which will allow you to create perfect drum racks.

Included amongst the royalty free sample libraries are over 500 individual drum hits and over 300 original Rex loops.

These samples have been endorsed by world renowned producers and the cream of the breaks and beats scene including SKEEWIFF, MAFIA KISS, REFRACTURE, REL1 & THE BEATSLAPPAZ. Check out their comments below.

A similar sized pack from other well known sample boutiques will look to cost you around £20 – £30 but we here at Free Breaks Blog are providing this sample pack at an insanely cheap, introductory price of £5.00. Be quick to grab to grab the samples for this price as they will not stay this low for ever. Technical specs are below.

Loops

Original Breaks – Funky Beats With that vintage grit we all miss from Analogue Recording!

The Fake 808 Tapes – Jomox MFB-522 Drum Computer, including loops recorded to Reel to Reel and Cassette Tape.

‘Extras’ – Hi-hat, Percussion & All sorts loops.

Drum Hits 

100+ Kicks

30+ Boom Kicks

100+ Snares

80+ Hats

200+ Percussion Sounds

Tech 

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Drum Breaks in 16/24 bit Rex format

Organized by BPM folders (50-80bpm – 81-99bpm 100bpm+)

Drum Loops recorded in different locations with various Mics, Preamps and Hardware.

Tascam 38 Tape Recording, Tascam Porta One Cassette Recording.

Conversion & Digital Recording – RME Fireface 800.

808 Clone Drum Machine Loops

Compatible with all major software DAWs including; Ableton Live, Apple Logic, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Reason, etc.

Compatible with all hardware samplers that accept the WAV file format; Akai MPC samplers, Roland MV8000, Yamaha samplers, etc

Rex Files, Reason Refills and Dance Samples for ,

A very small preview of what is available on the pack is below. Remember there are 500+ drum hits and 300 loops!

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Beat Juice Vol 1 Sample Pack

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Breakbeat Paradise Recordings is very pleased to welcome back Tom Drummond with a brand new party rockin’ – booty shaking EP. 4 fresh new ghetto jams – straight from the western shores of Australia. Last year has been a very successful year for Tom Drummond, who recently release a tune on the almighty Ghetto Funk label and tunes on Chopshop,Tru-Funk & Good Groove as well as several remixes right here on Breakbeat Paradise Recordings.

The Thick Shake EP is following up after the huge Rock The Rhythm vinyl EP that was release on BBP in 2012. Once again this release shows Tom’s unique blend on party breaks mashup tunes with a good doze of ghetto bass. The hiphop vibes are always the driving force in Tom Drummonds tunes, so there is plenty to go around for both the ladies and fellas on the dance floors.

We are proud to start out another great year with this being the 15th vinyl to be released on Breakbeat Paradise Recordings. Big ups to all the vinylheadz out there, who supports our vinyls and making it possible to keep the vinyl alive!

Feedback:
Some nice feedback

Basement Freaks: nice
DJ Yoda: nice stuff
Fab Samperi / The Captain: Nice!
Featurcast: nice

Jayl-Funk: GHETTO BLASTER is cool

Tom Drummond is a TOP Producer!!
Slynk: You’re mah boy Tom!
Kid Stretch: Dope stuff once again! Amazing bombs for the dancefloor…..thanks a lot!
Roast Beatz: Yep, some bangers on here. Top release from the man down under!
Rory Hoy: Very nice tunes!
Free Breaks Blog: Another huge EP. All tracks will be getting played. Ghetto Blaster is my personal fav though.
Phibes: Great e.p love the satisfaction remake real fat sound. Walk it i love most because its just got such a lovely bopping sound with that true funk groove
DJ DUBra: Love this EP!! Tom Drummond is one of the best Ghetto Funk producers!!
Chudy (Tru-Funk): Great EP! “Walk It” is my favourite, full support !
Tom Showtime: Rump shaking goodness!
Doctor Hooka (NBC Radio): Fantastic release

DR Hooka the man with the surgical beats has a new Mix Tape

Join him  & Pat Butcher  in His Surgery

Tracklist…
Intro
Javier Morillas-Like That Slam
Badboe-Ghetto Funkalicious (WBBL Remix)
Ray!-Good Thymes (Opiuo Remix)
Jikes-Culture Shock (Fin Molemast)
Tonic-Informer
Dr. Blank ft. Blazzin Angel-Behind Me
Ceah vs Shaka-Toca Raul
Foreigner-Cold As Ice (The Spank! Edit)
Some DJ-My Army
Father Funk-SayerWhat?
Hall & Oates-You Make My Dreams (DJ Wood Remix)
Otis Redding-(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (DJ Twister Edit)
SkiiTour-Funky Axe
Sublux-Harsky & Stutch
Rage Against The Machine-Take The Power Back (Staunch Remix)
DJ Rudd-Like Jello
Badboe & Prosper-If You Want My Love
Badboe-In A Hurry (Lack Jemmon Remix)
Bobby C Sound TV-Busy Business
Dusty Tonez-Dreams
Dutty Moonshine & Kid Kasino-Everybody
House Of Pain-Jump Around (D.End Remix)
Monty Python-I’m A Lumberjack (Bobby C Sound TV Remix)
Kenny Beeper-Be Positive Brother
Too Many T’s-It Ain’t Right (Warp9 AcidSwingDub)
HerbGrinder-The Nod
X-Ray Ted-Dirty Talk
JFB ft. Beardyman-Swing Ya Beard
Badboe-Hit It Maestro (Listen To JPOD Remix)
Dutty Moonshine-InTuYa
PRofit ft. David Boomah & Shortston-Push Back (Lewd Behavior Remix)
Wood N Soo-Party Song
Splatinum-Octopus Bangbang
Major Lazer-Bumaye (Mungo’s Moombahton Mix)
Busta ft. Claire G-Take Control (JPOD Remix)
Puzzles-Bam!
Mungo Jerry-In The Summertime (The Captain Remix)
The McMash Clan ft. Kate Mullins-Swing Break (Opiuo Remix)
Outro

2014 now! 2013 was the year dance music without a doubt took over. There’s more interesting forms of music than there ever has been, new and sub genres everywhere and all sorts of heated online debates about “EDM” and “What is DJ-ing?” which are great for stirring people into an internet rage with a few well timed and placed comments, trollololol!

At Dutty HQ we have 1000′s of flying monkeys in bellboy outfits out there checking for what’s going to be happening in 2014 in the Electro Swing world around the world from releases, events and what not so we hope to have some cracking news over the next couple of blogs.

Before we start a, call out to honkies!
We’d like to hear from people on what sort of stuff they’d like to see us write about in this blog, we’re going to try and change up some of the content every blog but some stuff will be in everyone such as free tunes, movers and shakers. Feedback; the good, the bad and the naughty! Send all to [email protected] /* */

Free tunes
Well even though in our interview today there’s a link to a ridonkulous amount of free tunes we’re still going to recommend a few

1st up one of ours with Kid Kasino, a Ray Charles remix. If you like geeking out to C.O.D. Youtube videos you may have heard it already as everyone seems to want to use it to make compilations of funny/clever stuff they did in a game (well done you). Collectively on youtube this tune prob has a couple of million hits, if only our soundcloud did!

Swing…Trap? It so works though! We know the “T” word can be quite a dirty word at the moment but we don’t give a rats arse, good music is good music no matter where it belongs. Was planning to keep this close to the chest but couldn’t, we’d rather encourage the rummaging of Pandora’s box

Go on let’s really push the boat, may we present to you Swarage….that’s not really a term for Swing Garage and if we hear anyone using that terrible pun you’ll receive a lynching

Dutty Duo Recommendation

Couple of cool tracks we dig:

Mike – Check out this pop tune made into a swing song and then remixed by Paris’ finest.

Furley – Glitchy bluesy build up, jazzy breakdown into a bluesy drop with body rocking triplets AND it’s free, aw yeah!

Movers
Cabaret Voltaire

This is a night put on by Don Johnston, an awesome artist with a high recommendation from us. The nights are held in Bournemouth and Exeter. Both are highly popular with the local creatures. What’s really great about these nights is the crowd that go. Don. J has built up a following of people who really dig what he does, people generally come for the brand leaving him free roam to put who he wants on and they’ll trust he’s done a good job. This we think makes the best type of night because you really have people there for the love of it and gives Mr. Johnston a chance to book not so well known acts and not have to worry about name pulling. Everyone is dressed to the nines and the ticket price is cheap as chips. He regularly has guest performers and has the resident burlesque dance Sparkles Galore. She’s our favourite burlesque dancer and the only way to describe her would be: “Imagine if Boomtown was a burlesque dancer” Anyway if you live even remotely close to either of these towns go to one and you won’t be disappointed!

Shakers

May we present to you Menage Quad!

So believe it or not we actually have a rough plan on who we’re going to interview over the next few blogs but we kicked the order up one when discovering these guys as we had to get them out there ASAP. They’re based in Minneapolis and take a heavy influence from Parov Stelar but have a distinct west coast flavour. It’s the tits!
Here’s a tune to listen to by them while you read:

1 – What’s your thoughts/take on Electro Swing?

Electro-Swing was introduced to us by Parov Stelar, hence our heavy influence and sampling in our first single. We saw the trailer for The Princess Tour and it was game over. Such an old school, classy feel. We felt we needed to sprinkle some Minneapolis love into the genre, and thus we created Swing Hop.
2 – Explain the band a bit, you have a lot of vocalists.

There are technically 10 of us, 4 MC’s, drums, DJ, bass, trumpet, trombone, and tenor sax. A few of us had been friends before its conception, and a few were auditioned and adopted afterwards for a fuller stage presence. We wanted to bring the live aspect into the EDM community, like STS9, Parov’s The Princess Tour, Lotus, etc.
3 – What was your previous gig?

Our last gig was a tour sponsored by The Hideaway and MN Legit here in the Twin Cities. We played in the surrounding midwest area with Lucy Luxe of Dirty Talk, Big Jess of Rhymesayers, and several more. It was quite an adventure.
4 – What’s your next gig?

We’re currently looking to tour as soon as our next release drops, probably some time in early march, and then again in Summer. Hopefully extending that into the UK with another release in the fall/winter of 2014.
5 – If your music was a drink what would it be and why?

It would be Jameson, neat. Euro influence, makes you dance, goes down smooth as a baby’s bottom.

6 – Can you provide us with a funny story you guys have had/experienced? The more embarrassing/naughty the better.

Hilarious shit is always happening since there are 10 of us. We are somehow all on the same page, and yet somehow not. Too many stories jump out at once to list, but conceptually speaking, we have this thing called a DGF. Most of the guys in the group have significant others, but the ones who don’t are referred to as the DGF, the designated groupie fuckers. We need to keep our fans happy, you know.
7 – What can we expect from a show from you guys? Elephants jumping through hoops, horses rogering the dancing girls? Do you have the word rogering in USA, sounds like a British word?

The only Roger we know wears fantastic cardigans and sweaters and used to host a children’s television show. Our shows are insane, it’s impossible to not bring an insurmountable amount of energy when there are so many people on stage who vibe so well together. That’s the phrase we hear most often actually, “You guys have such amazing energy, it’s impossible not to move.” That’s what we like to hear.

8 – Can you teach us a couple of slang words? Here’s a couple the Brits have that I don’t think you do?

SAFE – Can mean many things, “thanks”, a greeting/farewell or to describe someone as being decent. BUGGER – funny sounding swear word you can replace with “fxxk” and it’s not as bad. Actual English meaning a bit nasty, google it.

Yovs, novs, and provs. Yes obviously, No obviously, and probably obviously. We use these constantly. Also, grenade. The term used for some wasty-face groupie that we direct to the DGF.
9 – Westcoast Hip Hop meets Electro Swing… works but how did that happen?

Well with all the influences, we’ve strayed away from the West coast thing. The MC’s bring so many different styles to the table it’s impossible to categorize. Our song “Play Dat Soul” on Swing Soiree was a song written individually by each MC to talk about where their influences came from. It’s very personal to each of us.
10 – Invent a genre name and explain what it is?

PsyHop- Psytrance with hip hop vocals. (Sounds horrible).
11 – Anything you want to say/add?

Check us out on the internets, download all of our shit for freezies! www.menagequad.com.
Quick fire questions:

Bagel or Pitta? Bagel, fuck pita, what is this, the Hunger Games?
Number 1 or Number 2? Number 2 always. And remember, if you’re gonna be loud, YOU’VE GOTTA BE PROUD.
Best smell in the morning fresh bread or bacon cooking? What the hell kind of question is this? We are Ron Swanson’s, not Julia Childs’.
Who would win in a fight James Brown or Beethoven? Pretty sure Beethoven wouldn’t even hear what was comin’. (See what we did there?)
Pogo Stick or Space Hopper? Hovercraft.

Yeah make sure you check out their Soundcloud, uber amounts of free stuff!

Nice one honkies, keep moving and shaking!

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It's the 14th episode of Big Bass Party and it's loaded with International guests. Germany's MARTEN HØRGER co-hosts the show and Sangers catches up with Canadian, STICKYBUDS for an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. They discuss his preferences to solo and collaborative production and types of shows. And as always, the show is stacked with plenty of fresh bass music 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. Sizzla - I'm Living (Ed Solo & Stickybuds Remix)
2. Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle - You & Me (Baauer Remix)
3. Kill The Noise & Feed Me – Thumbs Up (For Rock’n’Roll) (Kill The Noise Remix)
4. Yellow Claw - DJ Turn It up
5. Mat Zo - Lucid Dreams (The M Machine Remix)
6. Gesaffelstein - Aleph
7. Plump DJs - Electric Disco [BREAK TO THE FUTURE]
8. Black & Blunt – East Coast West Coast (Deekline Remix)
9. Marten Hørger - Oh Girl (Lewd Behaviour Remix) [WORLD PREMIER]
10. Danny Byrd feat. Brookes Brothers – Get On It
11. Camo & Krooked feat. Lemaitre – Dreamcatcher

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