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

Brace yourselves, here comes a great big new music megapost!!

Bryan Ford – For The Future of Hip Hop Instrumentals (Revolutionary Music)

A collection of instrumentals from Bryan Ford’s May 2016 LP featuring  Wu-Tang alum Killah Priest & Pugs Atomz> Pure Hip Hop for pure Hip Hop headz!!!

Piem, Yamil – Burning EP

Piem & Yamil dish out some technically sound and sonically superior Tech House/Techno for their ‘Burning EP’. It’s all about the detailed textures and wholesome floor burnin’ beats on the title track and ‘Dodgy’.  Rounded off by tidy remixes by Fancy Inc. and Neil Parkes, this is another rock solid addition to the Criminal Hype release catalogue

Gogan – Knives & Hammers EP

Gogan brings ‘Knives’ and ‘Hammers’ to Swerve Digital. but we’re not talkin’ kitchen utensils here. Rather we’re talkin’ psychedelic minimalist Techno crafted from asteroid dust and welded to beats from the rings of Saturn. dharkfunkh gives ‘Knives’ a dark extra terrestrial Techno rerub that’s Drumcode level ace!!! Duss remoulds ‘Hammers’ into a out of body but on the dancefloor refix. Top class techno!!!

In case you missed it, Gogan also made this funky riddim ‘What Is Honey’ free to download on Swerve’s SoundCloud

VA-The Collusion 3 [Inna Rhythm]

Silent Approach, Jays 1, Geoff Keating & Sweet drop DnB science of the Neuro, Tech & Liquid variety. Top level production on all 4 of these rockets!!!

Tenebre- Territory 1

Fearsome Techno from Tenebre sounding like a raver’s alternate Game Of Thrones soundtrack, epic and very very heavy!!!

Matthew Warren – NY Vibes EP

Another gem of a release on the Everyday Hustlers imprint. Two tracks by Matthew Warren on the US House/Garage tip with a touch of 90’s Hip Hop for good effect!!!

NVOY- Aurum EP

A wash of warm heartfelt synths, subtle kicks and airy vocals make up the graceful ‘Make You Mine’. ‘Further’ is a bassy blast of Future Garage perfect for any dancefloor. Great work from NVOY and a fine release for Black Butter

Kipp$- Le Chant

Luscious Latin House beats from Kipp$ and a ultra flava’some Tech House remix from Sleazy Deep boss, Rob Made, ariba!!!

Push N’ Ball- Expander EP

Out this Monday on Census Sound. Push N’ Ball take it back to the glory days of proper Prog House. Think Sasha, Diggers and Oakey, even Judge Jules!!! ‘Expander’ is a huge crossover House track in the waiting with great remixes to suit many a taste. Taste it!!!

VA- Split Series Vol 3 [Polish Juke]

Symbiotic Sounds, Moondoctor & Freshtildef remind us why we love Footwork/Juke with rumbustious 160BPM beats straight outta the underground!!!

Alg0rh1tm – Black is Such a Circular Number EP

Ground Mass’ sister label Air Mass returns with an EP of ambient beauty and brilliance c/o Alg0rh1tm. Carefully crafted clicks, bleeps and beats to soothe you into the night

Dots Per Inch- Fix You Remixes II

One of our faves, Dots Per Inch invites 4 of the scene’s finest Bass & Bass House merchants for a second set of remixes of the captivating vocal number ‘Fix You’ They do a damn fine job too!!! From crazy catchy House to Bass/Breaks fiyah and everything in between, check this out!!!

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When it comes to fulfilling your music dreams, Stuart Ojelay must be well on his way to completing many of his. With a long association with the legendary, Hed Kandi, and because of his superb production and DJing skills, he’s played in every continent on the planet at some of the biggest and most extravagant parties out there.

Stuart’s production work is all House based but he likes to mix it up and sounding fresh by dipping into Bass, Soulful, Deep and Disco styles of the genre. The latter of those is what caught our attention in a big way with this reboot of his of ‘Dance With Me’ by, Carrie Lucas. You’ll more than likely remember the tune of the original as Armand Van Helden used it in his track ‘You Don’t Even No Me’. Stuarts’s owning this one though as his rework has a real driving force and has a massive amount of funk and groove on board and we love a bit of that!

Download Stuart Ojelay’s reboot here via Hypeddit.

Links for Stuart Ojelay :

Soundcloud / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Italian producer Diego Lelli aka, Lego, has a masterful touch when he gets to work on some of his favourite classic Funk and Disco tracks. His latest piece of work is a shining example of his skills and knowledge of how to bring the maximum amount of groove into your life. There’s plenty more where this came from too on his Soundcloud and Bandcamp pages so check them out and happy listening.

Download Lego’s edit here via The Artist Union.

Links for Lego :

Soundcloud / Bandcamp / Hearthis / Mixcloud

Taking it back the oldschool is Doctor Jeep with a new mix of all Breakbeats including a selection of music from the 1990’s plus a few new tunes from the legendary hardcore breakers 2 Bad Mice. This is not your conventional mix of Breaks but a selection of oldschool sounds.

“For this mix I wanted to do something a little different and gave myself a theme to work with – only using tunes that strongly incorporate a breakbeat in their rhythm section. I find it much more difficult to organize a set this way (as opposed to my standard strategy of just tossing in a bunch of new stuff and hoping for the best), but it keeps me fresh. I find breakbeats weirdly hypnotic and just love the loose groove they provide. The mix contains some brand new and unreleased tunes from myself (DJ Bark Lee) alongside a few 90’s rave tracks and upcoming bits from classic artists like 2 Bad Mice. Shoutout to Dubbel Dutch too for “Throwback” – that was the first vinyl I ever bought!” – Doctor Jeep

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Tracklist

DJ Bark Lee – Gonna Get U [Self Released]
Doctor Jeep – X-Press [Chaos Clan]
2 Bad Mice – Zero Fifteen [Forthcoming Sneaker Social Club]
Dubbel Dutch – Throwback [Palms Out Sounds]
Luca Lozano – Super Rhythm Track [Super Rhythm Trax]
The Bowl Nuts – Trapped [Rhino Records]
DJ Edge – Compnded [Edge Records]
Digital Domain – I Need Relief [Rabbit City Records]
Star Eyes – Lightsaber [Chaos Clan]
Sir Spyro – Topper Top (DJ Bark Lee Cut) [Unreleased]
Chavy Boys of London – Request Line [Money Studies Records]
DJ Bark Lee – Brighta Dayz [Club Aerobics]
2 Bad Mice – Gone Too Soon [Forthcoming Sneaker Social Club]

Are Breaks making a return to the spotlight of EDM music ? To me they never went away and Breakzlinkz is proof of that. Spanish DJ, SEEKFLOW raises the question with a new mix of upfront Breaks and Bass music.

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Superstyle Deluxe were a UK Breakbeat duo Dan Holmes & Neil Simons. Gaining top support for their tunes and remixes have seen Superstyle Deluxe play all over the world and, after featuring their work on lables like Brighton’s” Heavy Weight” breaks label “SuperCharged/Against The Grain” including their debut artist album.

This mix from 2007 on Triple J Radio Australia showcases Dan Holmes turntablism.

www.discogs.com/artist/SuperStyleDeluxe

This mix is part of Breakzlinkz Retro series: www.breakzlinkz.net/retro/

Scott Nixon debuted his mixing skills back in November 2005 at the legendary Fabric nightclub but started DJing back in 1991. After a short period of time he started promoting his own nights on his home island of Jersey, Channel Islands. Playing along side top UK Djs, such as DJ Hype, Grooverider, Fabio, Plump DJs and Stanton Warriors to name but a few.

This promo mix from July 2007 was around the time Finger Lickin records signed him as an artist on their roster. Nowadays Scott has had releases on the Stanton Warriors label Punks Music as well as continuing his ability to DJ and produce his unique sound.

This mix is part of Breakzlinkz Retro series: www.breakzlinkz.net/retro/

General Midi, or Paul Crossman, who also performed under the name Fluid, came out of the Bristol club scene, making a splash when he became resident DJ at the Shimmy Club in 1994. His mix of breakbeat with nu-skool, electronica, house, and hip-hop made him a popular act.

Emerging from the backrooms of the Bristol Club scene his slick DJ ability and an ear for a great tune gave him regular appearances at breaks hotspots across the planet such as Fabric, Chew The Fat, Blow Pop, Sounds On Sundays (Sydney), Two Tribes (Australia), Zouk (Singapore), Budapest, all across the USA, Hungary, Spain, Serbia, China and Hong Kong. Teaming up with production partner Eelz, General Midi has been responsible for some of the most genre defining tunes in ‘The Westoner’ (’99) ‘Daft Funk’ (’01) ‘Further’ (’03) & ‘You will Be Under’ (’03), ‘Entertainer’ (’04), ‘Bass Rockerz’ (’04) & ‘House of Funk’ (’05).

General Midi’s singles have been released on some of the most respected breaks labels of the time, including TCR (Rennie Pilgrims label) & Kilowatt (Hyper’s label). In 1999 he released his single “The Westerner,” followed two years later by “Daft Funk,” the same year that his first full-length release, Genetically Modified. All of this has led to his debut artist album ‘Midi Style’ which was released on Distinct’ive Records in 2005. In 2009 he released his follow up album ‘Operation Overdrive’.

Paul Crossman also worked with writing partner and audio engineer Al Watson in the duo act called “Starecase”.

Currently Paul Crossman works as as a Teacher of Computing at Lampton School, London UK.

This mix is part of Breakzlinkz Retro series: www.breakzlinkz.net/retro/

www.discogs.com/artist/General-Midi
www.uk.linkedin.com/in/paul-crossman

Those nice guys, The Niceguys are back again with some mid tempo funk and volume 3 of their Beats On Decks series. This well planned out mix has all sorts of Ghetto Funk bangers and mid tempo wizardry, check the tracklist out below.

Tracklist

01 Playin Yourself – BadBoe (Intro, Drum Edit)
02 Make Some Noise (Mr. Ours & WBBL Remix) – Beastie Boys
03 Get It Poppin – Roast Beatz
04 Soul Power – Rollomatik
05 Across The Sea (Funkanomics Remix) – Jayl Funk
06 Stylez Unlimited (The Niceguys California Mash) – Sabrosa Soul
07 Rock Me (Dub Version) – The Niceguys
08 Sock It (The Niceguys Remix) – Missy Elliott
09 7 Day Weekend – A.Skillz
10 Can’t You Feel – Lack Jemmon
11 Got the Rhythm (Drum Edit) – A.Skillz & Beardyman
12 Ain’t No Funky – Jayl Funk
13 What’s It Gonna Be (The Niceguys Remix) – Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson
14 How We Do This – Tom Booze
15 Like Dis – Geon
16 Let Me Go (The Niceguys Blurred Mash) – Mutantbreakz
17 Pridy & Joy – The Niceguys
18 Bring Colors To Your Life – Cee-Roo
19 First Step Outside (The Niceguys Put It On Mash) – Smelvis
20 I Got To Have It (Odjbox Remix) – Delhi 2 Dublin
21 Olympic Lovin – Mako/Mr Bristow
22 Cloud 9 – Shaka Loves You
23 Get Up – The Niceguys
24 That Ass – The Niceguys
25 Before I Go – Griz
26 Keep Giving Me Love – Pitchben
27 Can’t Stop – Beat Fatigue
28 The Long Road Ahead – BitFunk