De: tached is a brand new house music label launching this October with Carl St Pierre & Mike Jone’s ‘Energize EP’

Regulars to this blog will know we’re big fans of both Carl St Pierre & Mike Jones. Their tracks on the recent Audio Rehab compilation ranked among the best on there. What grabbed us most is the futuristic take on 88/89′ Chicago/Acid House and 90’s U.K Breakbeat Hardcore that is a prominent feature in the sonic style of both artists.

Naturally, keeping in mind how much we love that oldskool influenced sound we love ‘The Power’ from the ‘Energize EP’. This killer track uses samples from the Snap! tune (you all know it!) and BIG 91′ Belgian Rave stabs. This, coupled with a rolling break layered over a bouncing warehouse groove has us throwing it down Carl Cox style in the blog HQ!!!

We haven’t even mentioned the title track yet but we will now. ‘Di Wrecked’ is all kinds of fun. When you blend 80’s rap vox with Black Riot era Todd Terry style riffs, big thumping beats, and slapping basslines you get this ravey roof raiser!!

As a massive bonus, we are treated to two huge remixes on the Energize EP. CASSIM busts out the tops, toms and cowbells for a deliciously chunky remix of ‘Di Wrecked.’ Atypical provide remix number two locking ‘The Power’ in a dark smoke filled warehouse for some irresistible jackin’ action.

We eagerly await the release of this first release on de: tached, talk about setting the bar high from the get go!!!

Release date 24th OCT 2016

Check out Carl St Pierre’s Decoded Magazine Mix Of The Month Sept 2016 

Carl St Pierre & Mike Jones- Energize EP [De: tached]

Bringing more archived action for you with two recordings including the live mix tribute to the late and great Prince. Remixes of The Artist include Basement Freaks, Sammy Senior, B-Side, Jem Stone and B. Rich. There will not be another like him. The May mix includes tracks from artists such as Rektchordz, Freestylers, Deekline & Wizard, Inner Massive, Chase and Status, Left/Right, and Bjork.

Direct Download: State of Breaks – May 2, 2016

Direct Download: State of Breaks – Prince Tribute – April 25, 2016

Playlist:

May 2, 2016

Subranger & Elo Method – Down
Rektchordz & Ben Remember – Never Be
Freestylers v Route 94 – My Love (Freestylers ReFix)
Deekline & Wizard – Angels feat. Yolanda & Vic (MJ Cole 12″ Vocal Remix)
Zinc – Show Me (Iva Re-Twist)
King Arthur – Belong to the Rhythm (King Arthur’s Park Your Car Mix)
Lamont Dex – Glass Heart (2016 Re-Release)
Inner Massive – When Doves Cry feat. K
Grimes – Skin (Sorrow Remix)
Stubborn Heart – Better Than This (TYTHE Remix)
Pensees x Quok x Jan Amit – Anatomy (Aether Remix)
Elènne – King of Thebes (Enzalla Remix)
Matt Lange – Fair and Feral (Original Mix) [Play Me Free]
Anuch Music – Fenix
Dal – Everybody Breaks a Glass ( Dal Remix )
null. – Fleeting Glimpse
Chase and Status Ft Delilah – Time (Star One Remix)
Artful – wasteman (UKG Mix)
Roman Heineken – Session Sucking (Original Mix Special For P310D0301)
Daze Prism – Dawn (Take Me)
Left/Right & Trespass – Sunspot
The Digital Connection – Before The Sunset
Bjork – Venus as a Boy (Parker Remix)
Florence And The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (Revolvr Remix)

Prince Tribute – April 25, 2016

Prince – PFunk (Floorman Freakshow Edit)
Prince – Alphabet Street (Agent 86 DJ Edit)
Prince – Get Off (Basement Freaks Edit)
Prince – Funk’n’Roll (Sammy Senior Remix)
Prince – Alphabet Street (DJP Remix)
Prince – 1999 (Warp9Refunk)
Prince – Kiss (B-Side edit)
Jem Stone – Sexy Mutha Flapper
Prince – Chelsea Rodgers (Dj Moar Remix)
Prince – 1999 (B. Rich’s NYE Work Out)
Prince – Seven (Love And Light RemixXx)

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For some of you, this hot as hell Swing and Reggae influenced Drum n Bass remix of Smokey Bandits‘ ‘Smoke From The Attic’ by the Dublin based duo, Dirty Dubsters, may well sound familiar. It was originally released on the now defunct label, Bombastic Jam and after many requests asking where the track had gone, the guys got in touch with Basement Freaks to see if they could drop it once again. Luckily for us they got the green light and stretching that luck even further, they’re also giving it away for free! I’m sure there’s a catchy line about the ‘luck of the Irish’ out there somewhere, but I’m no comedian, I’m just here to deliver top notch music which is exactly what we have here.

Download the Dirty Dubsters remix here via Hypeddit.

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If you see the name, Funky Boogie Brothers, in the title of a post of ours here on the ward, you can guarantee that the finest Funky Breaks are about to be thrown down. Since discovering this Belarus based duo, they’ve always delivered party time beats with that unmistakable Bboy edge. Their remix of ‘Restless Dance’ by Under Influence feat. ElectroGorilla is another string to add to there already fully stocked bow. Party people, press play and do your thang!

Links for The Funky Boogie Brothers :

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I’m a huge fan of Boomsha, I’ve followed the label since it started back in 2012, and this latest compilation does the unthinkable. It manages to raise the bar once again for a label with one of the best Jungle back cats of the last 5-6 years.

Curated by Daz Breaks & Si 2 Bad Mice, ‘The Faceless Exchange Of Beats’ is living proof that Jungle in the digital realm can be every bit as good as the Jungle sound of the 90’s. With tracks ranging in tempo from 130-170BPM, and by artists old, new, and truly legendary, not a second goes by listening to this LP where you don’t enjoy it. This is Jungle unfettered and at it’s finest creatively.

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I’ll start with D Audi ‘Airborne’, a nice, a very atmospheric 2 stepping track with a deep throbbing bassline

Schoco ‘Insanity’ is a dark roller with heavy breaks with switches and ghostly stabs. It gets wonderfully intense like the mind of a paranoid machine, dark progressive rave.

Ilk ‘Make You Mad’ is a golden throwback to the darkness of 97-99, swirling furious hoover riffs, GREAT drum programming, and lovely techno style  pads.

X E Dos ‘The Apocalypse’ starts with an Eastern flava, a sandstorm in the desert. The breaks come in sounding very live, very authentic followed on by subtle bleeps and sub-bass booms, as the track progresses, darkness pervades, unnerving horror like darkness.

DJ Aitch ‘The Orb is a journey of a track, how brilliantly it grabs you, takes you in, introduces new parts in just the right place, the drop is one of the best drops I have ever heard and boom!!! we are in full flight!

Nickynutz ‘Mirage’ features deep swirling synths, expertly chopped up analogue sounding breakage with busy percussion and a classic Junglist subsonic boom.

Rolling Paper ‘Grotty’ has a grime like feel. The track begins with funky metallic synths but quickly transforms into a more 92/93 Jungle Tekno like sound with a funky drummer break and lots of other interesting things going on.

Vertical Drop ‘A Quick Skank’ had me hooked seconds into the first listen. All about the soulful vocals and filtered breaks at around the 130BPM mark. To me, this is the best track on a phenomenally good compilation.

Sound Shifter ‘Darkest One’ conveys a great sense of urgency. Definite elements of  the Doc Scott, Goldie, Metalheadz sound circa 98/99 then…here comes the drumz!!!! Pure junglist rinse out, works EVERY time!

Pressa ‘Need You Now’ sounds very much in the 2011-2014 Future Jungle sound mould albeit at a slower 130BPM. The ravey hook on this one makes for a sure fire winner. They sound similar to those used in Tango’s ‘Time Bomb.’ This, plus Korg M1 pianos, a trickling water like FX, housey vox and those awesome chopped up breaks.

Next up, more classic breakbeat 140 action next, now what’s this? Is it Special Request/Paul Woolford? Actually, it’s Vertical Drop & Bobby Tee ‘All In Vain’

Check those melodic pianos, the vocal, the 2 Bad Mice ‘Bombscare’ style riff, warp bass, all the ingredients for a MASSIVE tune and I love it!!! and it just keeps getting better as it progresses, so who is it?  there’s a breathtaking mid-section to this tune, it’s very special indeed.

Things take a turn for the dark and twisted next with the fizzy opening of Redshift ‘Interdiction.’ There’s a tribal drum type stab which has really gets the  attention, lots of whirls, clicks and beeps, tight pounding breaks, some Reinforced/Moving Shadow esque melodies find their way in.

Next up, it’s Crickets and the sound of the Amazon jungle, dark tribal sounds, a spooky vocal, a lovely vocal, a BIG heavy rolling amen, sci fi like twinkles, dark jazz meets jungle, it’s Bay B Kane ‘Hanging Tree’

The hazy psychedelic intro on Blood ‘FIGHT!’ reminds me of a band called Gong from the 70’s but for the shortest of time, tough breaks abound, scary!!!! But I like it, Kung Fu samples, BIG rasping gut wrenching basslines, and H A R D beats!!

Pixel who just recently made an amazing LP for Boomsha features here with ‘Pacific’, very ambient, can’t help thinking of Liquid DnB but the beats don’t kick in for a good portion of the track. The atmosphere is warm, spellbinding at the 150BPM mark. A nice marching beat precedes little flickers of razor like bass hook which emerge fully midway, genius!!!

And so we come to the last track from renowned Jungle/Fotwork/Broken Beats producer Etch with some dreamy drumfunk called ‘Fight Talk’

In the digital era where over saturation is a major problem not to mention poor sales and people on Facebook who go on and on and on about vinyl and how good the old days were, it’s incredibly tough to maintain a label that is reputable, consistent in great output and that attracts the talents of luminaries and worthy new producers alike. Despite all that if you looked at Boomsha’s back cat, you would have to conclude Boomsha has managed to do all these things, great releases, must have artist LPs, lots of them.

In my opinion, without a hint of exaggeration, this compilation is yet another landmark on the journey for this label, I really hope that in years to come we remember Boomsha the way we remember Moving Shadow, Reinforced et all. Time doesn’t stand still, things move forward and for me, Boomsha is the modern day equivalent of these legendary imprints, the proof is there and the proof is right here!!!

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The Bristol based clubnight, Play:Loud, had The Push over to headline their latest event and because of the tunes that were thrown down that night, an invite for the nights guestmix series was offered immediately. The Push guys wee only to happy to accept the invite and have put together a proper kickass Breakbeat mix. It features originals and remixes from themselves and a few other treats along the way. It’s got all the energy you need to get you through the early part of the week so make it yours and get a piece of that!

Links for The Push :

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The DJ Producer is known as a bona fide legend in Hardcore Techno circles. A true veteran from the very birth of rave music.

His track ‘Urban Decay’ is a foray into exceptional DnB production, a break from his renowned Hardcore & Industrial techno slammers. That being said, if you’ve heard those D.A.R.K Hardcore thumpers, you will hear that unmistakable DJ Producer sound in this rip roaring track.

This isn’t The DJ Producer’s first venture into DnB production,in fact, going all the way back to the mid 90’s you find DnB b sides tucked away among his releases.

Joining this release on remix duties is X E Dos who produced collabs with DJ producer DnB style in the early 00’s Techstep era. SR of 36Hertz Recordings fame also gets involved leaving his raw jungle mark on ‘Urban Decay’

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Keep an eye on Dayne Harper ladies and gents, because this is a producer who has a sound that’s gonna get him along way. This is something he has already achieved in many ways as he started out DJing at the age of 14 whilst living in Zimbabwe, where he was born. Having been brought up on 90s Dance music, Kwaito, Reggae, Hip Hop and CD’s bought back from the UK by his older brother, he somehow managed to convince a club owner in the town he was from to let him have a slot at the club and after he said yes, Dayne played there every Thursday, spinning African and Western Dance music.

After a while the club shut down which left Dayne in the lurch, so he decided to pack his bags and head for the UK and eventually settled in London. As word got around of his skills as a DJ and producer, pirate radio stations were soon on his case as were labels like Sony and Vicious Black. His intoxicating Tech House and Techno sounds has seen him play a whole host of top clubs in London where he’s supported many top names in those scenes. Once you get stuck into his music, in particular this free tune posted, a hugely atmospheric Tech House slammer that has a very neatly used sample of Dawn Penn sewn within, you’ll soon see what all the fuss is about. Get following Dayne Harper folks, he’s on the rise!

Download ‘No Place To Go’ here via Hypeddit.

Links for Dayne Harper :

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Dropping in hard is this remix of ‘Brok Out’ by, Nomad feat. Lotek, from Joe Revell. This feisty and super heavy chunk of Midtempo Breaks is a track Joe has held back from releasing, but as he recently passed 3,000 followers on Soundcloud, he figured the time is right for us all to own it and has decided to give it away for free. Congrats and thanks Mr Revell!

Download Joe Revell’s remix here via Hypeddit.

Links for Joe Revell :

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