breakbeat
Live Review: Bicep – 3Arena, Dublin 17.03.2023
Words and photos David McEneaney St. Patricks Day.Usually a day I do my annual impression of Will Smith from I Am Legend and spend the night sleeping in the bath so as to avoid the horrors of what’s happening outside. However, when I got the opportunity to shoot Bicep this Paddy’s Day, I practically bit their …
EP Review: Qualia – Qualia EP
Ambient braindance from Italy Comprising Marco Simioni, Matteo Mazreku, and Francesco Pio Nitti, Qualia are a group of Italian producers who have never met in person. Due to the covid pandemic, they had to collaborate in the cloud, resulting in some exquisite ambient braindance.Having previously released records on Detroit Underground and fellow Utrecht label 030303 …
News: Prodigy’s Fat Of The Land’s 25th anniversary celebrated with vinyl reissue, plus brand new Andy C remix
Today, Thursday 30th June, marks the 25 th anniversary of an extraordinary record, the iconic Fat Of The Land from The Prodigy. Taking underground rave music and, without diluting it at all, forcing it on the mainstream, the record is a landmark in dance music. The bands third album debuted at number one and became …
EXCLUSIVE: FORCE MASS MOTION DROPS AN EXCLUSIVE TAKEOVER MIX FOR BACKSEAT MAFIA AHEAD OF HIS NEW TRACK ‘PIECE OF MIND’
Ahead of the release of his new Track ‘Piece of Mind’, which drops on his Force Mass Motion Recordings label June 24th, we are delighted to present a Takeover Mix from the UK rave, hardcore and jungle legend ‘Force Mass Motion‘. Check it out on the Backseatmafia Mixcloud & Soundcloud accounts below: Backseat Mafia · …
EP Review: LOXY & INK – SPRAY TRAINS OF THOUGHT – on R&S
Stalwarts of the drum & bass scene for nearly three decades, London duo Loxy & Ink open up their 2022 account with a new single ‘Spray Trains Of Thought‘. The UK breakbeat pioneers have racked up an arsenal of releases for breakthrough labels such as Metalheadz, Hospital Records and Renegade Hardware, as well as their …
Album Review: Freestylers – Other Worlds
Freestylers are back with their unmistakable sound to hit you with their sixth album, a jam packed break spectacular with infectious grooves and dance floor bass shakers. but first lets hit the rewind….. The Freestylers have had a career that most could only dream of, having earnt their place as one of Britain’s most revered …
Track: Sub Focus & Wilkinson – Just Hold On
Electronic music royalty Sub Focus are back with a new single ‘Just Hold On’, out right now. It’s taken from what they refer to as a long form album project called Portals, which we’ll bring you news of as soon as we learn of it. Just Hold On Is this bubbling slice of breakbeat / …
Album Review: Mndsgn – Snaxx
Of the thinking behind Mndsgn, aka Ringgo Ancheta‘s fifth album, he explains, “I think of all the posthumous Dilla leaks, and how I’ve always been just as, if not more inspired by the stuff that was never supposed to come out. Albums should be proper meals, but every now and then a snack can really …
Album Review: Lomea – Echoes In Bloom
It would be easy just to tell you that London producer Lomea creates beats that are emotive and cross a number of genres. I could do that, but Resident Advisor has beaten me to it. It’s perhaps the clearest synopsis of his work though. Known for interweaving a selection of acoustic moments into lullaby-like transitions …
Album Review: Lone – Levitate
Matt Cutler, more commonly known as electro-maximalist Lone, is the master of (to use a phrase) stuffing ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag. Except, instead of shit, it is gold: pure, audible gold. His 2012 album ‘Galaxy Garden’ was a massive hit with damn near everybody (myself included) and since then I …