Meat Katie - Ministry Of Sound Sessions 8.1

Tags: breakbeat, meat katie, ministry of sound, mos, moscd172, sessions, strongarm sessions

Ministry of Sound’s ‘Sessions’, one of the world’s foremost DJ compilation series has hosted dance music heavyweights such as Derrick Carter, Dj Sneak and Josh Wink. This time it’s the turn of tech-funk legend Meat Katie to take the controls and command the latest instalment from the Ministry of Sound label.

Meat Katie, AKA Mark Pember has an enviable CV as both DJ and producer; from his early days recording for legendary labels such as Wall of Sound, R&S and Kingsize to the running of his own impeccable Lot49 imprint through to his incessant touring of the world playing festivals, tours and clubs on every continent - quality is the theme. Everything he does, he does with conviction and passion and it’s that sense of passion that flows out of this…

Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

Stanton Sessions Volume 3 News

Tags: 2008, breakbeat, breaks, fabric, stanton sessions, stanton warriors

Breaks genre pioneers, swathed with awards including Breakspoll Number One DJs, DJ Magazine’s Number One Breaks DJs, and DJ Magazine’s 50 Best Remixers Of All Time, the Stanton Warriors have had no time to hurry the hustle of the next in line in their low-end dancefloor breaks beatdowns. Their last edition, ‘Stanton Sessions 2’ was immediately voted Album Of The Year on Annie Nightingale’s BBC Radio 1 show which, added to the salutations following their FABRICLIVE 30 mix including Timeout Compilation Of The Year and Breakspoll Compilation Of The Year, meant the collective breakbeat breath was baited for Session number three. And while they’re still in the studio now putting the finishing touches on this highly anticipated release, come October, the wait will be over.

“Coming off the back of…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

Krafty Kuts - Dynamite Love & Beer Chucka

Tags: against the grain, atgd02, beer chucka, breakbeat, dynamite love, dynamite mcs, freestylers, krafty kuts

Dynamite Love is the slick new offering from breaks supremo Krafty Kuts, taking Dynamite MC’s vocal from his own ‘There They Go’ and the instrumental from the Freestylers ‘In Love With You’ he has created a future festival anthem.

This mash-up, now released on Against The Grain, first featured on Krafty’s FabricLive 34 mix album and has become a staple in the Brighton boys record box, recently creating a real buzz during his appearances on the Big Day Out tour in Australia.

To round off the release we have another exclusive track from Krafty’s Fabric mix. This time he squares up against studio partner Deepcut to create a prime time slice of squelchy bass goodness for the dancefloor!

He’s already hard at work on his second artist album for Against The Grain…

Monday, July 7th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

Splitloop - Pleasure Machine Preview

Tags: breakbeat, breaks, pleasure machine, splitloop

Splitloop’s forthcoming album ‘Pleasure Machine’ is going to cement their position at the top of the breaks scene, and bring them a whole host of new fans too due to its crossover potential. Phil and Bren admit to exploring other musical avenues since the last album, and this broadening of horizons has had a profound influence on the Splitloop sound; “You can’t be looking only to the breaks scene to get inspiration for your music,” reckons Bren. “That would just be a ridiculous feedback loop”.

“We’re at an age where we really just wanted to make music we thought was really good and moving our sound forward, not worrying about what anyone else would think.”

Dipping their toes into other styles of electronic music has certainly paid off for the guys. ‘Pleasure…

Friday, June 13th, 2008 at 8:57 am