Dropping in with the first of several quality Breakbeat mixes we have for you in our advent calendar giveaway is UK based producer/DJ, CAKEBOY. He’s hand picked a high energy collection of music for his one hour mix and is exactly what you need if, like me, your one of those people who’ll need to burn off the few extra pounds gained from sneaking your hand in the chocolate tin that one more time. It also features 2 new tunes from CAKEBOY’s ‘Weapons’ EP that’s due out on 20th January on, Rocstar Recordings, which keeps the high energy antics going on strong. Press play and get stuck in!

Download CAKEBOY’s mix here from our Hearthis page.

CAKEBOY’s ‘Weapons’ EP :

Links for CAKEBOY :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Tracklist

1) Kuplay – Back To The Old School

2) Yo Majesty – Club Action ( Smokey Illson Booty – Keith Mackenzie & Fixx Edit)

3) Shade K – Clean

4) Papapapa – Fasion Killa

5) Tiga – What You Need (Proxy remix)

6) Alex G – Mr Roboto

7) Dave Spoon -Lummox (Plump DJs Remix)

8) Cakeboy – Weapons

9) Cakeboy – Rockin’ The Retro

10) Fox 5 – Bing Chi Baang (Cut La Roc Edit)

11) Pirate Jams – Happy Days

12) Kuplay – Miami Bass
13) DJ Hero – Listen To The Drums

14) Nom De Strip – Bad Things

15) Krafty Kuts & Jason Laidback – Woofers In My Trunk

16) Jason Laidback – Freaky Ways

17) Cakeboy Vs Chemical Brothers – Sometimes I Feel So Deserted (Rebake)

Check out our round-up of Saturday slammers to heat up your weekend!!!

CRW- I Feel Love (Tommy Mc Bootleg)

Tommy Mc reworks this 90s trance anthem into his signature Hi-NRG Piano House style, free DL!!!

DJ Nicky Allen- NAD #38

The hard work paid off for this oldskool hardcore warrior who recently featured on a brand new Kniteforce Vinyl release. And he is still putting up quality free tracks up on Soundcloud like this latest in his series of firing oldskool cut-ups!!!

Dragonfly 001 [Stay On Target]

Ravers will know Dragon Fly for the infamous ‘Visions Of Rage’ tracked caned by all the top DJs back in the day.  But here is a couple of much rarer Jungle/Jungle Tekno tracks remastered by the dedicated Stay On Target team. Another gem welcomed into the digital era and you can pre-order on vinyl too

Low Steppa & Mr V- My House

2016 has been business as usual for Brummie DJ/Producer Low Steppa. Consistent bangers on his two labels and now this massive underground house anthem to close out the year in style

Pixl & Samurai Breaks- Night Terrors/Dark Room

Prolific DnB/Jungle/Footwork man of the hour Samurai Breaks teams up with Pixl for two rave ready Footwork Jungle bangers on the tearout vibe!!

Marshall Jefferson- Lock The Doors (Midnight City, Mr. Gonzo Remixes)

Is there any doubt at all that Freakin909 has risen to the cream of House music labels? In the space of less than a year this label has completely owned it with top release after top release. Add to that two essential new remixes of Marshall Jefferson ‘Lock The Doors’. Straight in the buy cart!!!

Fringe- You Got Me/Speakers On The Window Ledge

While many of today’s NuSkool Hardcore/Jungle artists are prolific and there’s nothing wrong with that. Fringe clearly favours quality over quantity. Authenticness right down to the finest touches. His first release on 36 Hertz is a lesson in how to produce pure Jungle Tekno like its 1992 all over again. ‘You Got Me’ and ‘Speakers On The Window Ledge’ (below) get it right down to the drum programming, the samples, everything basically. Best NuSkool tracks of 2016 hands down.

The Carry Nation- Breakwater

Gonna shout out the excellent 8dpromo service for bringing my attention to this awesome independent/underground label Get Up Recordings. Following in the footsteps of Local Group & W. Jeremy, The Carry Nation put together an amazing hybrid of house, techno and breaks that has to be heard!!!

Strange Rollers- Movin’

Strange Rollers return with a futuristic hybrid of house, garage and jungle breaks for a free dl

Radiohead- Codex (Left/Right Remix)

Fresh fiyah from Punks Music and Left/Right. A stunning remix of Radiohead ‘Codex’ that subtly shifts from house to breaks adding layers of driving synth action along the way

Stolen Soul, John Steel & Ian Campbell Ft Talia Shewchuk- Mean To Me

The top Scots House music production team of Stolen Soul, John Steel & Ian Campbell pop up on Lenny Fontana’s Karmic Power imprint with a fresh and welcomed dose of their lush pianos and pure house beats

GOJACK Ft Colonel Abrams- Trapped

The house music scene recently mourned the loss of one of it’s great vocalists. GOJACK serves up some timely memories with this classy slice of deep house up for a free DL

Dr.Shemp- Don’t Wanna Stop

Huge slice of classic 90s style Garage from Dr.Shemp, up for a free dl, grab, grab, grab then show some love!!!

Justin Pak & Jizz- Fall Down

Tech House dons Justin Pak & Jizz switch things up with a lush 90s inspired garage heater, a free dl from the massive Spira Music!!!

Wayne Dudley Ft Danyl- Hit Me For Six

Wayne Dudley takes us for a trip back to Ibiza circa 2001 with this super uplifting vocal house number. Great sounds and equally great vocals from the awesome voice of Danyl. Plus top remixes by Secret Sinz & Phil Maher. Out now on Let There Be House

Brassica- Time Tunnel

If Giorgio Moroder or John Carpenter made house music!!! This slowly building deep house masterpiece sounds like it should be the sound track to a 2017 Stranger Things, great remixes too!!!

Alan Cross- State Of Flow

What about this lovely slice of uptempo deep/tech house by Alan Cross? not only is it free but the deep melodys and lush guitars will set you free too!!! Forget about winter!!!

VA- Dancefloor Sweets Vol 1

Re issued classics in off kilter deep house style, looking for something different that bursts with life? Good news is this is already on the second volume but enjoy the clips of the first for now, gorgeous!!!

UMEK- Mechanical Blade

Another John Carpenter influenced tune but this time it’s a thumping Techno banger by UMEK!!!

Scartip- Bipolar Musique

Scartip lives by his own beat!!! As evident from the totally unique, totally banging DnB musique of his new EP for DJ Hybrid’s Audio Addict label. words really can’t describe, you have to hear!!!

Samurai Breaks- Fubu Riddim

Back for a second time on this round up with another devestating slice of hybrid DnB/Footwork bass bashment bizznizz, free DL!!!

Roog & Dennis Quin- Boombox EP

Roog & Dennis Quin break out the boombox for Brobot Records. A couple of tough Bass House/Techno weapons, we especially favour the hard hitting drums of ‘Under My Skin’, huge!!!

Saturday Slammers- Tunes Round Up 3 12 16

The NRG Live Show has been going for a while now on NSB Radio hosted by Stex it brings new Breaks and Bass to the spotlight. On this episode the NRG Show has a special 1 hour guest mix from Orlando’s Jdub with some new Bass N Breaks business while Stex finishes out the show with an hours tribute to Drum and Bass, Jungle label Metalheadz.

Jdub Tracklist

01. Guau – Turn (Original MIX)
02. Deekline – I Can’t Wait (Original MIX)
03. Motez – Down Like This (Iva & Outselect Edit)
04. Paket – I Love The Essence (Original MIX)
05. S.E.T.H & Innsexx – Elasticated Cupcakes
06. Adrenalinez – Rastafary (Original MIX)
07. Skyjuice – Big Man Ting (Original MIX)
08. Nixon – Simple Minds (Original MIX)
09. Barely Royal & Bunnie & Mij Mack & Negativ – Trust (Negativ ReMIX)
10. Stanton Warriors – Still Here (Bounce Funk Mix)
11. Beta – Come To Me (Original MIX)
12. DNCH – Forced (Original MIX)
13. Perfect Kombo – Electro Times (Original MIX)
14. Omega Squad – Keep On Pushin (Original MIX)
15. Suga7 & Eztereo – Good (Eztereo ReMIX)

]Stex – Tribute to Metalheadz Tracklist

Alex Reece – Pulp Fiction (Lemon D Remix)
Johnny L – Part Of U
Spirit – Spellbound
Stex – 2hot2hold (Absolutely Funky Mix)
Teebee – White Venom
Danny C – Star Revisited
Stex – Got It
Spirit – Solitaire
Total Science – Screwball
Usual Suspects – Tribute
Hidden Agenda – Control
Pascal – P Funk Era (zinc remix 1996)
Klute – Unwind Yourself
Hidden Agenda – Relentless
Rufige Kru – Rhythm Killa
Sonic & Silver – Innacorner
Total Science – Tight Fit
Marcus Intalex & ST. Files – My Soul
Loxy & Ink – Shine V.I.P
Fresh – All Strung Out
Danny C – Skills
The Invaderz – Revealed

Well look what we have here! Our good pal, Martin Flex, just dropped this explosive 60-minute breakbeat mix into our Christmas stocking. Press play. Get down.

It doesn’t get much bigger in breaks no matter what country you go to. This guy has played damn near every festival in every country on the planet.

Martin Flex aka PuRe SX, is one of the freshest names on the bass & breaks scene. A producer who knows how to drop the 808 boom and send the bodies flying around the room. Blasting out of the thriving UK underground since 2008, he currently DJs all over the world from USA to Russia, London to Spain, and beyond.

Famous for low end terrorism in the form of his smash hits Taking It Back, Shake Ur Body, Sunglasses, Another Day, Let Me Go, Bustin Dubz, 212 Booty and Link Up alongside Deekline, Martin Flex aka PuRe SX has picked up support for his music from all the top names on the scene, from Deekline to Stanton Warriors, Ed Solo to Lady Waks and Krafty Kuts to the
Freestylers.

After his successful “Let’s Go Tours” of the U.S.A. in 2015 & 2016, he is returning back for another U.S.A tour in early 2017… Watch out!

Here is a producer and DJ with the skills to lock down the club for as long as he’s on the decks: a true original with an arsenal of floor-shaking weapons to get those hands up and keep them there ’til the break of dawn.

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As 2016 draws to a close, Rhythm 4 Reason throw a contender for the best track of the year into the hat.

Love House music? Also love oldskool hardcore circa 1992? Messrs Wayne Dudley & Phil Maher clearly do too. The difference is while the likes of you and I endlessly debate on social media over which 92 tunes has most merit, these two went and made a brand new tune with all the best bits of the original oldskool sound. Rushy pianos, call to action MC vox, uplifitng synths and on the ‘Sound Of The 92′ Cru’ mix…breaks, yes breaks!!!

And if you’re more of the 4×4 persuasion (and why not after all?) then the ‘2 Kool For The Newskool’ Mix retains all that oldskool flava in a massive Tech House package.  ‘Make Some Noise For The DJs’ is out now on Ulybug. as far as this writer is concerned it’s one of several Rhythm 4 Reason tunes that stand up as this years biggest and best.

Rhythm 4 Reason – Make Some Noise For The DJs

Straight outta Scotland, 18 09 Records is an independent House & Techno label putting out quality underground beats on a regular basis, we round up some recent releases…

Luca De Santo- Relevance EP

Some real peak time melodic techno right here. Deep, swimming synths, Hip Hop vox and pounding beats are the tasty ingredients for ‘Relevance 101′. ‘Relevance  102′ leans more towards House and has a nice Balearic feel to it, perfect for ‘Ibeefaaa!!!’

Oliver Jay- Lucky strike EP

Now this is a hulkingly huge EP!!! ‘Fake Piano’ in particular just leaps out of the speakers with ravey Korg M1 pianos and a bouncing sequence of pads and beats that fit perfectly with the populist style of Tech House. ‘Going Home’ completely flips the script to uplifting classic garage/deep house with vibey organs and pianos. Not content with being incredibly diverse already, Oliver Jay turns the tables once again with the funky/tribal beats of ‘It’s Good’.

Stonedove- Trouble 

We’ve been won over by a number of great tracks by Stonedove this year, here’s another one. A warm smile of a track that just keeps getting better. Lush pianos, shades of disco and those flutes!!! Oh My!!! Caveman turns in a excellent remix worthy of a Defected album and Libs does the same in his own upbeat style full of rich synth work.

18-09 Records Catch Up December 2016

The ‘Echo Valley’ album by, Afternoons In Stereo, is one that I’ve been meaning to post for a few days now. Like many other music bloggers I’m sure, I listen to music while writing about to make sure the feel of the music comes through in the words written. This album though has caused some minor issues as it’s left me unable to think or do anything, simply because of it’s sheer beauty and gorgeous downtempo vibe. I’m a huge lover of music that flicks the ‘think’ button off because with so much going on in the world, stepping into a softly padded bubble to float away with just good music, is absolute bliss.

‘Echo Valley’ has been released on the amazing Greek label, Timewarp Music and contains 13 tracks that take you on a tripped-out psychedelic journey into a fusion of Jazz and Funk. It’s music that’ll reach in every corner of your mind, opening doors you never knew were there and behind them, good times, the best times. Dive in and see for yourself.

Buy ‘Echo Valley’ here from Bandcamp.

Links for Afternoons In Stereo :

Soundcloud

Dropping in with some full on fatness is our Australian friend, Frankee More. He’s a dude you can always rely on to get you up quick sharp with the sole intention to bounce along to his music and his new bootleg of Basement Jaxx ‘Do Your Thing’ is another one of those pieces of music to do just that!

Download ‘Do Your Thang’ here via Hypeedit or here from the Dropbox link.

Links for Frankee More :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Hearthis / Mixcloud / YouTube / Instagram

Buy The EP Here

Subdata makes breathtaking Jungle & DnB for labels such as Nottingham based Omni Music and now with his first release for Boomsha….

The tempo is lowered to suit the established and distinct style of Boomsha, home to many of the Jungle scene’s very best. The style, however on both tracks is deep, thoughtful and there’s certainly no slacking in the bassline department!!!

It’s easy to pick up on the faithfulness and love for Jungle/DnB over the decades in these two fine examples of contrasting ambience and darkness set to true junglist breakbeats chopped up in true junglist fashion. Subdata makes a classy contribution to one of the most admirable release catalogues in the modern DnB/Breaks/Jungle pool of imprints. Nothing less than a 10/10, definitely much more!!!

Subdata – Measure/Native [Boomsha Recordings]

We’re catching up with one of our fave House labels, Unique2Rhythm with 2 essential new releases by True2life & Secret Sinz/Wayne Dudley….

True2life Ft Phillip Ramirez- That’s How Much I Love You

This track will wrap you up nice n’ warm with seminal soul/disco sounds set to a house beat and completed by vocals that perfectly fit the mood and vibe of this great big underground modern classic. How much do we love this? 110%!!

Secret Sinz & Wayne Dudley- Living In The Moment

Secret Sinz draws inspiration from 90’s house music anthems a la Basement Jaxx, anything on Defected, Strictly Rhythm, Todd Terry et al. He distills those influences into his own crisp productions loaded with all the good stuff, pianos, sweeping melodic drops, you name it.

Wayne Dudley is another favourite to the blog and like Secret Sinz, he too has carved a clear niche for quality beats with an oldskool feel. This collab really is the best of both worlds featuring all the vital ingredients as mentioned above. As a real bonus, Wayne Dudley’s remix is a deep soulful treat with a touch of Fusion Groove Orchestra style smoothness, rolling percussion and a catchy as fire lead hook, excellent!!

Unique 2 Rhythm Catch Up November 2016