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 Pilgrems 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.

Based in St. Petersburg, Russia Lady Waks aka Alexandra Waks is a force to be reckoned with in the electronic music scene. It all started in 1999 with her Hip Hop show on St. Petersburgs biggest radio station, Radio Record. Then in 2000 she left to focus her energies into promoting and creating the now well known brand >In Beat We Trust<. Recognition came in 2004, when Time Out magazine voted it best club night. IBWT has hosted just about every big Breakbeat DJ in the world. Lady Waks then went into create Breaks Arena, the worlds first Breakbeat Festival. Lady Waks has since toured the world multiple times and has had various releases on different labels, she still continues to promote the gospel of Breaks to her adoring fans and produces a Breakbeat show on Russia’s Radio Record.

Long time Spanish DJ & producer Peter Paul had the recent privilege of being the guest artist on the Lady Waks Radio Record breakbeat show. Excellent mix of breaks with heaps of new tunes from Peter Paul including his older remix of Tsunami One’s Hip Hop Phenomenom, Peter Paul plays a more upfront progressive type of uptempo breakbeat all which can be heard in this great new mix.

Tracklist

1/Peter Paul-Rescuing Emotions(Original Mix) BBZ
2/DeepFreakx-Lowdown-Peter Paul Remix
3/Breaksmafia-1,2,3-Peter Paul VIP
4/Peter Paul- Bracula(Original Mix)-N-mity
5/Peter Paul/The Funk Fury-Bomba BBZ Free
6/Peter Paul-System Error(Original Mix) N-mity
7/Breaksmafia-No More Time-Peter Paul VIP
8/Peter Paul—Untitled-N-mity VIP
9/Peter Paul—Untitled-N-mity VIP
10/Peter Paul Vs Tone Look-Higuer State Of Consciousness VIP
11/Flickr Noise- Peter Paul Retro VIP
12/BT+Thsunami One-Hip Hop Phenomenom-Peter Paul Remix
13/Hard Hope-Peter Paul Retro VIP
14/The Second Effect -Hip Hop Tronic (Original Mix)
15/The Second Effect -Your MF (Original Mix)
16/The Second Effect-3,2,1 (Original Mix)
17/The Second Effect-The Concert(Original Mix)

This mix is all about that bass, in particularly Miami versus UK bass. With some sweet distorted vocals and that broken beat sound DJ Smartie Roc drops a nice set of tunes just in time for the weekend.

X-Ray Ted is proud to present to you his very special guest mix for the world renowned Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show. Just under half an hour of all top funky tunes quickly mixed but still sounding so good. Pure funky vibes with some well known original tunes and a bunch of X-Ray Ted’s remixes and edits.

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Tracklist

Tom Browne – Funkin’ For Jamaica (GRP‎/‎Arista)
Chic – Good Times (Acapella) (Atlantic)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama (X-Ray Tedit) (Unreleased)
Tom Booze – Get Fonky With It (Bombstrikes)
Suvica – Ain’t No Sunshine (X-Ray Tedit) (Self release)
Ray Barretto – Fulltime Paradise (V’s edit) (Vehicle)
Lyn Collins – We Want To Parrty, Parrty, Parrty (Vox) (Polydor)
Jimmy McGriff – Red Sails in the Sunset (Groove Grease) (Drums) (Groove Merchant)
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (A.Skillz remix) (Self released)
Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (Dj Twister Edit) (Self Release)
Sugarhill Gang – Hot Hot Summer Day (Sugar Hill Records)
Bob James – Take Me To The Mardi Gras (CTI)
Sunlightsquare Latin Combo – I Believe In Miracles (Sunlightsquare Records)
Samba Soul – Mambo #5 (Drums) (Peer International)
Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe – La Murga De Panama (Horns) (Fania Records)
James Brown – Funky Drummer (Drums) (King)
Los Chicharrons – Ma Do Nar (Tummy Touch Records)
Babe Ruth – The Mexican (Acapella) (Harvest Records)
Johnny Pate – Shaft in Africa (ABC Records)
Chance the Rapper – All Night (Acapella) (Self-released)
DJ Agent 86 – Saturday Vibrations (Chopshop)
Brooklyn Soul Biscuits – Funky Holiday (Self Release)
X-Ray Ted – Wild Mild West (Goodgroove Records)
Featurecast – Rock Your Body (Goodgroove Records)
Charanga 76 – Ain’t No Stopping Us Now (TR Records Inc.)
X-Ray Ted – Rollin’ (Goodgroove Records)
Maille – Rappers Delight (Brass remix) (Self Release)
Sugar Hill Gang – Rappers Delight (Acapella) (Sugar Hill Records)
Spanky Wilson – Sunshine of Your Love (Mothers Records & The Snarf Company)
Le Visiteur – Let The Sunshine (Chopshop)
Milton Jones Rhythm Syndicate – Upstairs On Boston Road (Freestyle Records)

Basically the king of Spanish breaks The Brainkiller supplies us with a chunky crunchy set of broken beats from upfront breaks to tear out breaks and a bit of 2 step to boot. A master of his trade The Brainkiller drops a true peak time festival set, well worth a listen for all the new tunes in it.

Based in Canada are the male/female duo called Monkeytwerk. Keeping the good vibes alive Monkeytwerk are the latest guests for the Fort Know Five podcast Funk The World. With a whole bunch of fun and funky tunes Monkeytwerk mix a collection of tunes from world music to reggae to Latin to funky breaks and they also drop my remix of Wild Cherry’s Play That Funky Music !

Tracklist

Bouncin’ Back – Mystikal
Heavyweight Sound – Wax
Tu eres – Alberto Style feat. Mexicano
Superman (feat. Taiwan MC & Plex Rock)
El meneito – El general
Drank En Drugs (D’Maduro Sober Bootleg) – Lil Kleine & Ronnie Flex
Anderson.Paak – Come Down (SLY ‘Melba’ Edit)
Can’t Stop – The Rastaman feat Cranic King
Vengo Acabando – DJ Nelson Y Alberto Stylee
Fat Ass Beat – Dubra & Arteo
El papichulo – La factoria
Play That Funky Music (Pecoe Remix) – Wild Cherry
Chunky (Club Mix) – Format:B
My Babe (Me & My Toothbrush Remix) – Alex Kenji
Just Let Me Dance (Dj XS Edit) – Scandal
Sunshine Hotel – Marcapasos
Summertime – Milk & Sugar
Get Down – Capo, Comes, Jonk, Spook
Sweet Darling (Dj XS Edit) – Jnr. Wells
Downtown – Scotty Boy
Downtown Drive – Tonbe
Ghetto Funk – Mancodex
Rain – Earstrip
Push It – Scotty Boy
Come On (Club Mix) – Me & My Toothbrush
Kazoo (Extended Mix) – Dave Winnel
Different Strokes (Pecoe Edit) – Syl Johnson
We’re Here for a Good Time – Trooper

Who is DJ Peaceful ? I guess will will never know, this mysterious soul loves to drop some great broken beat mixes and his newest Soundcloud mix is no exception. With a 34 track tracklist DJ Peaceful’s new mix covers all aspects of the broken beat genre with trap, bass, drum and bass and breaks. Non downloadable but i’m sure you can figure out how

Tracklist

1) ST4RFOX & 5AM- Patience [Producers Social]
2) Ben Fox Ft. Emily Rae- Emotive Void [Truespin Records]
3) John B & Wreckage Machinery- Omega Racer [Beta Recordings]
4) Voicians- Wolves 49 [FiXT]
5) Taska Black Ft. Nevve- We Would Never Do [Monstercat]
6) Lido- So Cold (Minnesota Remix)[Because Music]
7) Arien M- Wine [DUBTRXX]
8) DeDrecordz- Star [Glitchworld Recordings]
9) Psy Fi- Union Overture (MiHKAL Remix)[Gravitas Recordings]
10) Fliwo- What U Say [Program]
11) Coppa Ft. Dexcell- Reasons To Survive [Audioporn]
12) DC Breaks- Remember (Loadstar Remix)[RAM Records]
13) Kove- Ain’t No Love [Drum&BassArena]
14) LYFTD- The Sauce [Symphonic Distribution]
15) The Funk Hunters- Party Rockin [Westwood Recordings]
16) Deon Custom- Swift [bitbird]
17) NiCKLeZ- Another Game [Glitch Hop Community]
18) Ill.Gates Ft. Mr. Bill, Blockboii, Tha Fruitbat & Goopsteppa- Cthulhu [Muti Music]
19) Shayne- Hounds [Otodayo Records]
20) Delta Heavy, Dirty Audio Ft. HOLLY- Stay (Wooli Remix)[Monstercat]
21) Shockillaz Ft. Under This- Skydance (D-Sabber Remix)[Break-Box]
22) Outer Kid- Kelson [Reactive Records Label]
23) Otter- Should Have Known Better [Base Industry Records]
24) Seth Vogt- Mourning Haze [Gigabeat Records]
Encore
25) Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch- Memory [Epic]
26) Land Switcher- Inward Lap [Shanti Planti]
27) Sace- Love Me
28) Himanshu- Day Break [FVYDID]
29) Vitillaz- Interlastic [Block Society]
30) Bicep- Glue [Ninja Tune]
31) The Khan Don & TWiNSCALE- Clockwork
32) Deya Dova- Myth Of The Cave (Desert Dwellers Remix)[Desert Trax]
33) Afternoon Diesel- The Gravity [Straight Up!]
34) Bobina Ft. Cam Melnyk- Conquerors (Radio Mix)[Magik Muzik]

Aptly named “Moon” because this mix is out of this world. Madame Electrifie is no alien though just a female UK DJ with the skills to drop any type of music available, here she mixes a tight selection of Breaks & Bass and Tech House music showcasing her talents as a top DJ in the scene.

Straight up Breaks are the order of the day here, The Push are on fire with just under an hours worth of high tempo party favourites featuring the likes of Kwerk, Pyramid and the Freestylers to name a few. Grab a FREE download to rock your Saturday night party !