It’s been quite a while since we’ve brought you music from Arteo on his own. We’ve featured him before dropping some Funk heavy, bass filled tunes with his good buddy Dub:ra, but with his solo tune ‘You’ll Never Know’, Arteo is serving up a suave, smooth and sophisticated slice of Funky Breaks. We must simply doth our caps to this fine fellow’s work and head for a merry jaunt on a floor for dancing at once! See you there…

Download ‘You’ll Never Know’ here via The Artist Union.

Links for Arteo :

Soundcloud / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

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Love classic rolling US style Garage? Well, you’re gonna love this EP by Upswing Project on Hustler Trax. We’re not talking dusty vinyls from the 90s here (not that there’s anything wrong with them!). No, we’re talking about 4 chilled, melodic, and soulful grooves lovingly crafted in the 92-96 era Garage sound.

In fact, Upswing Project is an alias for the talented House music/aficionado, Alex Agore. Alex spoils us here with some purist dubby Garage rhythms that will bring a huge smile to your face

Our Favourite Track:

‘Raw Groove Four’, A nice chunky Garage tune that would fit perfectly in a Karl ‘Tuff Enuf’ brown DJ set

Upswing Project – Raw Grooves EP

Our good friend Glowkid DJ’ed at This year’s Old Skool Festival in Lodz, Poland. You can read the interview where he talks about the event and some of his favourite tunes and artist right now over at Strictly NuSkool Blog.

A few highlights from the interview:

Favourite Event:

Definitely that was Old Skool Festival 2016. None of us can ever forget our first gig or any other big gig that you are involved with in the past, but I’d say without any second thought that Old Skool Festival is my biggest gig and booking at the moment till the next bigger thing of course!

Favourite Oldskool Artists:

Hard to say but I’d pick without any particular order, Luna-C (crazy ideas, innovative stylee), Altern-8 (apart from the EPs & remixes they were kinda Sex Pistols in the scene. One and only official album release but their “Full on Mask Hysteria” is still a Bible to us all and showed the way to the others) and finally Moby (nothing can beat his 1990 – mid 90’s oldskool techno stuff. Genius of an artist by all means!)

Favourite Oldskool Tunes:

“Rachel Wallace – Tell Me Why”
“Jimmy J & Cru-L-T – Six Days On The Run”
“Westbam – Celebration Generation”

Current Favourite Hardcore/NuSkool Breaks Tracks:

“Paul Cronin – Kim K‘ Boobs Out [RAVESKOOL]”

“DJCRIP – Rock Me Steady”

“Insane & Mind – Open Up Your Heart [HOH]”

Read the full interview here

Strictly NuSkool Blog’s Glowkid At Old Skool Festival 2016 (Interview)

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Blackout continue their global search for the next “everyman” DnB producer and  in Rido they’ve found an absolute gem. Friction has picked up on “Fade Away”, battering it on his BBC Radio 1 show, and many other DnB luminaries are jumping on
the Rido train for good reason.
Having cut his teeth on a number of high-profile labels such as Subtitles, Viper, Hospital and Metalheadz to name a few, Rido’s stock is set to rise stratospherically with this well-constructed and honestly- conceived long player, “Rhythm Of Life”.

The origin of the word Rido comes from clan conflict in the Philippines, and whether or not that was the inspiration behind the moniker, the sentiment is strong and true across this debut album offering. Packed full of tough beats and scintillating basslines punctuated with vocal excerpts is a delight for and assault on the senses in equal measure.
Reflective, personal, intelligent – these are all words we can easily associate with the Czech DJ as he effortlessly zips from one high-octane dance floor killer to another. Whether it’s the rave-inspired, euphoric sound of “Thursday Funk” or the straight up and down toughness of “Movin”, there’s a little something for everyone inside

RIDO Rhythm Of Life LP [Blackout]

Morphosis presents ‘Beating The Crates’ in a Hong Kong Ping Pong Styleeeeee in association with Ghetto Funk.

This show is now available to download from the NSB Radio Archives and to stream on Mixcloud!

If you enjoy the show please please click the little ❤️ and hit the repost button, each and every single one really helps to spread the word further and further afield.

Big love in advance! xxx

Tracklist:

01 Poldoore – That Game You’re Playing
02 Boogie Belgique – Jungle Law
03 Charlie Beale – Wang Dang Doodle
04 Captain Flatcap – Boom Bap Boxing ft Great Scott
05 Killabeatz feat Combat Collins & Flame – Old Skool (Gella remix)
06 Leo – Solar Groove
07 GRiZ feat Leo Napier – Before I Go
08 Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise (Mr. Ours & WBBL Remix)
09 Fab Samperi – The Gangster Blues (feat Geo Johnson/Chantal)
10 The Funk Hunters and Chali 2na – Get Involved feat Defunk
11 Lack Jemmon – Can’t U Feel
12 Luniz/Frankee More – I Got 5 On It (Frankee More Bootleg)
13 The Niceguys – Get Up
14 Delhi 2 Dublin – Voodoo Selekta (David Starfire Remix)
15 Dephicit – Showin’ Out
16 Boogie Belgique – Enigma
17 Father Funk – L-I-V-I-N
18 Mr Stabalina – Lemme Work It
19 Mystical Plants – Positivity (Lack Jemmon Rmx)
20 WBBL – Soul Goodman
21 Father Funk – Rock The House
22 X-Ray Ted – Music Makes Us Do It
23 WBBL – Cant Stomp
24 Father Funk – Party Time
25 Porter Robinson – Flicker (Featurecast Remix)
26 A.Skillz – 7 Day Weekend
27 Royal Blood – Funk Bazaar
28 Featurcast – Feel Good Listen (FC Mash)
29 Stay Out – Consequences
30 Bear Twists – Under The Sun
31 Slappin Plastic & MC Shureshock – It Shocks (Pimpsoul Remix)
32 Father Funk – Soul City
33 Rory Hoy vs. Kitten & The Hip – Dirty Little Secret (Fort Knox Five Remix)
34 Smash HiFi – Turn Up (feat Lexie Lee)
35 General News – Master Blaster
36 Grant Lazlo – Shoe shine boy’s rag (original mix)
37 Mace – Jungle (Vocal Mix)
38 DJ Hybrid – Rewind Selection
39 Father Funk – Block Party
40 Howla – Hey Pachuco!
41 Kuplay – Back To The Old School
42 The Niceguys – Pride & Joy
43 M-Beat – Incredible General (Slynk Remix)
44 Kursiva & Mooncat – No Diggity Ft Earth Beat Movement
45 Featurecast – Coco Loco

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The Caduceus EP by Shannon Davin is out now via Census Sound Recordings. Featuring 2 tracks ‘Caduceus’ and ‘Purifier’ remixes by Dopamine and Alan Cross.

The Sri Lankan artist gives us a taste of his intricate dark progressive techno sound great for dancing to, and great for home consumption too.

Dopamine remixes ‘Caduceus’ to the tone and style of swirling late night Tech House while Alan Cross transports us to the terraces of Ibiza with his take on ‘Purifier’. All in all, a solid EP for ratcheting up the atmosphere in your sets!!!

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Shannon Davin- Caduceus EP

A follower since i heard the delightfully dark ’Ultra’ back in 1997 … the Depehce Mode mixtape is something that has been done before, but here it is, my way. The first half is dedicated to the stage and the second half, the nightclub, praising their many remixes. Preparation saw me go back though their 13 studio albums and many compilations.

With hundreds of tracks to choose from, where would i begin! I started looking for clusters or tracks that worked well and slowly began putting pieces together. I became fully immersed in the Mode! Some tunes you will know, other’s probably not so much … and don’t worry if your favourite is not in there … there’s sure to be a part 2 Happy Enjoy folks. I hope you like listening as much as i did putting it together.

Message me at [email protected] with your address to grab a copy!

Mixed by myself with additional vocal cuts from 2400Baud:
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1. Black Celebration – Depeche Mode
2. Hole To Feed – Depeche Mode
3. Stripped – Depeche Mode
4. Never Let Me Down Again – Depeche Mode
5. A Pain The I’m Used To – Depeche Mode
6. Walking In My Shoes – Depeche Mode
7. Any Second Now – Depeche Mode
8. When the Body Speaks – Depeche Mode
9. Sometimes  – Depeche Mode
10. Judas   – Depeche Mode
11. Condemnation  – Depeche Mode
12. Get right With Me – Depeche Mode
13. Suffer Well  – Depeche Mode
14. Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
15. Enjoy the Silence  (Timo Maas Extended Remix)  – Depeche Mode
16. It’s No Good (Club 69 Future Mix)  – Depeche Mode
17. Soothe My Soul (Steve Angello vs Jaques Lu Cont Remix)  – Depeche Mode
18. John the Revelatory (UNKLE Reconstruction)  – Depeche Mode
19. In Chains (Tigerskin’s No Sleep Remix Edit)  – Depeche Mode
20. Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub Remaster) – Depeche Mode
21. Freelove (Unknown Remix)  – Depeche Mode

Dub Pistols

Boss man

Barry Ashworth

Drops a DJ Mix

Filled of Breaks n Bass tuneage

Dub Pistols are on Tour

Check http://dubpistolsmusic.co.uk

War Dem ft Miss Stylie isn't a grime track. But then it's not 100% drum n bass either. Some might say War Dem is; 174bpm grime n bass. Jimmy from Beat Assassins likes to think of the track as a fusion of styles.

The track started out as a drum n bass tune but as production went along Jimmy started cutting out some of the breaks while giving the bassline more of a grime edge. Then he brought in some of his influences from the breakbeat days while deciding this track needs an exceptionally talented hip-hop vocal.

And what about that vocal? War Dem wouldn't be the powerhouse grime n bass tune that it is without Miss Stylie's upfront vocal delivery. How did the collaboration come about?

"It's the power of Twitter!" Explains Jimmy. "I was on the bus with #drumnbass on my twitter feed when Miss Stylie popped up. "PM me for bars & rhymes" she wrote. So I checked out her soundcloud page and immediately knew this was the artist I had been looking for. So I struck up a deal with her management company and the rest is history."

War Dem definitely fits the bill for any bass music, slash, drum n bass DJ looking to push the boundaries of the 174bpm. However Jimmy knew that the chorus to War Dem would sound epic over a neuro-style drum n bass banger. So Beat Assassins turned to rising dnb star Trei; who delivered what can only be described as a stadium drum n bass explosion.

BEATPORT EXCLUSIVE on 3rd Oct / Release to all major digital stores on 14th Oct

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Goodgroove Records and it’s artists really began the era of Ghetto Funk and Slim Goodgroove himself started the Ghetto Funk brand along with another partner Will Lardner who back in the day also had a Nu Skool Breaks label called Streetwise Records. This mix from the now famous Featurecast is a showcase of some of the Goodgroove Records releases from back in the day, expertly mixed and still holds up today style wise in the Funky Breaks scene. Enjoy !

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

Tracklist

1) Intro
2) Basement Freaks – We Gonna Rock It
3) P Zilla – Golden Sounds
4) Q-Dup Foundation – Cosmic Soul
5) Featurecast & Aldo Vanucci – Make You Happy
6) Featurecast – Get Up (Let’s Get Down)
7) Basement Freaks – Start Your Feet Like This
8) Featurecast – Avenue Rock
9) Jon Ohms – Pass It Round
10) Stickybuds – Bounce Ya Booty
11) Parker – Riddim Zilla
12) Tom Booze & Agent 86 – Downside Up
13) BadBoE – What Is Hip
14) The Breakbeat Junkie – Dont Go Back
15) DJP & The Breakbeat Junkie – Rock The Place
16) Rephrase – Catch Ya
17) The Breakbeat Junkie – F.U.N.K
18) The Breakbeat Junkie – Linguistics
19) The Breakbeat Junkie – Bottle Of Scotch
20) The Breakbeat Junkie – Here’s a Funky Beat
21) The Sly Players – Get Down Town
22) Featurecast – Top Billin
23) P Zilla – Rock Dat
24) The Sly Players – The Broomstick
25) DJ Kid Stretch – Get Away
26) Feature Cast – Funky White Brother
27) Feature Cast – Take a Ride
28) Slynk – Booty Call
29) Basement Freaks – That’s Right (Q-Dup Remix)
30) Calagad13 – Gimme That Funk
31) The Sly Players – Turn You On
32) Sunset Soul – Boogaloo Stomp (Smoove Remix)
33) Featurecast – Bump
34) Featurecast – Chuck Berry
35) Slynk – Let’s Make It Funky
36) Parker – Super Disco
37) DJ Wood – Eye No