Cynical Gene marches forward with furious intent. Intent on filling your mind with an overload of neural activity, triggered by the crisp D&B of the forthcoming, ‘Marching Forward EP’ on Physmatics.

We enter the battle zone with some oldskool style Techstep on the title track. This bad boy will take you back to the days of No U Turn and conjure up a dark dystopian Sci-Fi world in your mind.

‘Funk Hustler’ is an energy fuelled fist pumper with bold and brassy keys and beats. The swagger of Hip Hop meets the intense rollercoaster journey of proper Drum & Bass!

‘The Way Is Clear’ growls, leers, kicks, and swipes like an MMA fighter. Imagine you’re in the cage and ready to absorb some serious musical blows, this one doesn’t ramp!!!

‘Aprilis’ lightens the mood with more of a soulful uplifting sound, while keeping the beats bangin’ and the bass boomin’.

This EP should be marching forward straight into your DJ wallet, ready to perform surgical strikes on the dance floor!!!

Physmatics 37th release drops Worldwide October 17th 2016

CYNICAL GENE- MARCHING FORWARD EP [Physmatics]

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It’s time for some of that mighty fine House Music that the Unique2Rhythm brand brings. The awesome ‘Temperature Rising’ is back with a super fresh new remix.

You can read about how much we love the original here and we thoroughly recommend buying a copy if you haven’t yet. Here we wish to say a few words on why Kenny Jaeger & Opolopo have made a statement of classiness with their remix.

The remixers have injected a trunk of funk into the original with phat P Funk style pads and jackin’ beats looped with cut up vox. They make sure to keep the all important features of the original though, namely the uplifting pianos and gorgeous vocals.

Once again, Unique2Rhythm up the ante while notching up another fantastic addition to label back cat. We give this a 10/10 because we truly love it!!!

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Unique2Rhythm- Temperature Rising (Kenny Jaeger & Opolopo Remix) [Unique 2 Rhythm]

We’re  rounding up some Free Downloads from the last month or so that definitely deserve your full attention…

Phil Maher remixes 90s ‘crasher’ anthem ‘El Nino and brings back some great memories

Sstaying on the 90s tip, Tenacious gives Arrola ‘Dreaming’ a tasty rerub

Electrik Cat & Wayne Dudley blend classic U.S House with tough firing breaks for a great free track

Low Steppa remixes a 70s soul classic Simma Black thumpin’ house style

And going back to the 90s for the third time, Oski Dj & Tommie Cotton provide a lovely soulful house cover of a much loved Beats International tune

Spira Music features with 3 essential tracks c/o Basement (UK), Elliot Bel & Craig Robinson

U@T drops a sweet, sweet swwweeeeeeet 2 steppin’ refix of DJPS ‘Better’. Agent Dale Cooper approved

Ste Essence provides this playlist’s fourth shot of 90s house magic with a stunner of a vocal house booty

You can always rely on Greco for some chuggin’ house goodness like this latest free dl

Further down we have a couple more heaters fromSpira Music. Disco vibes from Mario Djust and 303 madness from Max Blocca

There’s a new free track up on Data Transmission from Tommy Vercetti, big bouncing beats and screechy divas running the joint!!!

our man Chris Sammarco turns in a BIG piano house remix of Dirty Freek ‘My Love Is Deep’

Room 2 ‘Jumps the Gate’ with a big epic garage track up on 3000 Bass’s SoundCloud

We have a recent Hustler Trax freebie. Kreap remixes a DJ Shadow classic bubblin’ garage style

Luis Armando & Daniels Jack take a deep trip through the streets of Chicago

and we finish off this playlist with some lovely Balearic beats from HiFi Sean and a thumpin’ Tech House rework of Caribou ‘sun’ by Lunoize, enjoy!!

Free Breaks Blog Free Downloads Roundup 2.10.16

In the playlist below, you can hear clips of currently available House music tracks finding favour here at Free Breaks Blog.

Sweet LA & Wayne Dudley team up for some quality vocal house action in the shape of  ‘What Do You Want’

The ever excellent Wheats has a new release on Amplified, a nice big chugger with lovely organ stabs

Layout do a fantastic cover of Heavy D & The Boyz/The Ojays, a perfect combo of uplifting synths and classic Deep House/Garage style sounds

Bobby Harvey wants to take you by the hand to wonderland with some acid soaked ethereal house brilliance out on 18 09 Records

Gordon John is an artist we’ve been fans of for a good while now, He has a fantastic EP currently out on M1 which includes this tough Tech House gem featuring the vocal samples made famous by Rabbit City back in the early 90’s

Jay Kay, Gary Tuohy & Phil Maher ‘Unite’ for some uplifting house vibes to get ya’ rushin’ out now on Defunkt

Martinex & Quadelli have the warehouse delight ‘Star Dawg’ out on Rhythm Control

Taim has an insanely infectious track out on Get Twisted, powerful Bobby Brown (remember him?) style vocals and pristine production

LA-4A’s ‘I Feel Lit’ here in the Aiden Tyrell remix form is a fast bouncing 303 soaked heater

Ian ‘Blandy’ Bland of Dream Frequency fame teams up with Shaun Thomas & Soul Cat for a couple of deep atmospheric forays into tech House on his Solucion imprint

We’re in love with the Hip Hop/Breakbeat breakdown of Axel Doorman’s ‘Groove Anomaly’ out on Sweep The Floor

Techno don Tom Demac goes all ‘Papa New Guinea’ for this breathtaking remix of Ardyn ‘The Valley’

We follow with a trio of fresh release on In The Loop, Pablo Del Monte goes back to Chicago with a great EP including ‘Dem’ Toms Yo’. Mason Collective’s ‘New Loosh’ is a firm favourite of ours, pure raw jackin’ house. Another firm fave is the third of the ITL tracks in this list by Federico Ambrosi, a full on jack attack with raw power!!

We love the addictive vocal sample on this bouncing slice of Funky/Tech House by Dusty Hanz on Dolphin Friendly Tunage

There’s also this huge slice of vocal house by Paul Harris on Stealth Records. Timeless U.S style underground house

We finish with the consistently brilliant Simma Black imprint and a couple of their recent releases from Simion with the tough drum workout of ‘You Make Me Feel’ and Scott Diaz with a reworking of his great Garage groove ‘Deep Inside’

Free Breaks Blog House Music Roundup 2.10.16

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Gents & Dandys Records present the gorgeous House Music sounds of Frikardo. We’re hearing this producer for the first time and we love all four of the psychedelic Disco/Soul Funk influenced grooves on this fantastic EP. This is music you can and should get lost into!!!!

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Frikardo-Way To Katanga EP

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Closer To Truth present Chapter 3 in their series of pure deep house mixed artists EPs. Featuring four super lush contributions from IntrObeatz, Alex Agore, J’s Gruv, and Thomas Elder. This Deep House in the classic Garage mold, atmospheric, bursting with soul and mood setting melodic grooves.

Rating: 10/10!!!

Favourite Track: Thomas Elder ‘Beyond The Clouds

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VA- Chapter Three [Closer To Truth]

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You can never be quite sure what to expect from Technique's Ukrainian assassin. After all, MaxNRG has repeatedly proven that he's perfectly prepared to twist up a sub-genre or two in his quest for dancefloor mastery. We've seen him experiment with multiple shades of the drum and bass palette and funnel all of them through his highly individual approach to musicality.

The only constant is the presence of rock-hard drums and lethal bass.

Even in his craziest excursions, it's all about the rave.

In “Kill the Snake”, Max casts his mad scientist's eye onto a blending of styles. There's that high-energy big-room vibe somehow entwined with a more claustrophobic technoid, neuro flavour. This counterpoint is established right from the intro, as low, menacing strings are offset by a modulating ravey synth in the high end. These sounds lay the foundation for a documentary dialogue sample that gives the track it's title. Then clean pizzicato strikes mesh with an alarm-call riser to take this sound-melding tune to the drop.

The bass and beats are, as you'd expect from MaxNRG, clinically merciless. Ear-poppingly pressurised drums ride along a driving undercurrent of grittiness in the bass. The mids and highs fulfil that smooth-and-serrated combination that was laid out in the intro and take us effortlessly through building layers of drama. The energy just doesn't quit.

It's clear by now that MaxNRG is a big fan of taking established ideas and reconfiguring them almost beyond recognition. Whether it's from instinct or meticulous study, his understanding of the form shines through, without ever distracting from the drum and bass heartbeat at the core of his music. This is intelligent rave music that hits hard.

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If Breakbeat is what you are after than this is it, an hour of Breaks bangers mixed properly by Australia’s Roxright. With his recent mix of !ll Lumination Roxright is on a roll releasing a steady flow of music to get you moving.

Tracklist

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Bring The Freestyle (Original Mix) – Evan Gamble Lewis
Cosmic Funk (DIRT REVOLVER Remix) – Freak Da Bass, Tom Clyde
Don’t Stop (ilLegal Content Remix) – Quadrat Beat
How Long (?) – Sketi
Sky (Yo Speed Remix) –  Quadrat Beat
Dominator feat. Slooom (Original Mix) – The Feels
Body Lock (Original Mix) –  Kuplay
Fuckuplay (Original Mix) – Shade k
Give Me Some Space (Sunsha Remix) – Underground Utopia
Cowboys (Original Mix) – Cyrax & Sektor
Black Mask (Colombo Remix) – Hankook
Serious (Guau Remix) – Hankook
Reset Button (Original Mix) – Perpetual Present
Gemini (Original Mix) – Blazer
To the Limit (Obscene Frequenzy Mix) – Enterpryse

Backbeat was a monthly event here in Perth, Western Australia a place for Breaks and the promotion of it to like minded people in the club scene. Thanks to one person DJ Gully (RIP) the Breaks scene excelled back in the mid 2000’s and one of the acts to brace it’s presence was the Beatslappaz. While at that time it was all about the Nuskool/Tearout Breaks the Beatslappaz continued to grow and eventually lead them onto the path of winning a Stanton Warriors remix competition and gaining acknowledgement among their peers leading them to their own EP release on the Punks Music label. This is a rare mix from them, i hope you enjoy !

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

Tracklist

Affinity – The Andromeda Strain – Hardcore Beats
Devils Gun – Raising The Beast (Breakfastaz Mix) – Eat Electric Records
ED209 – Biscuits And Gravy – Hardcore Beats
Specimen A – Check The Sound – Funkatech
Entity – Coming On Deep – Broke
Longplayers – Diabolik – Love Breaks
Tha Beetslappaz – Z-Day (Dub) – Unsigned
Stormtroopers – Universe (Specimen A Remix) – Trans:Verse
Control Z v Screwface – Darlicks – Hardcore Beats
Baobinga + I.D. – Hood Thang – Pure Filth
Toasty – The Knowledge – HotFlush

Nice little rare LIVE set from a while back of the legendary Freestylers this time mixing it up for Rough Tempo Radio and a BBQ they held in July of 2009. While Rough Tempo now deal with more of the Drum and Bass sound they were the go to place for many a famous Breaks act a few years back. Enjoy !