Style: Breakbeat
Release: 12/03/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps | WAV Lossless
Label: Big Fat Mama Beats
Cat# BFMB 027
As always with the Big Fat Mama Beats crew, the vibes are plentiful with their latest release drop, which sees the one they call Leygo return with four tracks packed with pure fire across the first edition of 'Shake N Break'. We begin with the ghoulish vocal sampling and scattered breakbeat drum designs of 'Get It Tonight', followed closely by the more funk influenced vocal lines and tearout reese basses of 'Music'. From here we galavant into the sharpened synthesizer writhings and chomping percussion of 'Rock Me Baby', before rounding off with 'Vital Signs', a blissful exploration into nostalgic keys and grizzly drum scatters!
Release: 12/03/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps | WAV Lossless
Label: Big Fat Mama Beats
Cat# BFMB 027
As always with the Big Fat Mama Beats crew, the vibes are plentiful with their latest release drop, which sees the one they call Leygo return with four tracks packed with pure fire across the first edition of 'Shake N Break'. We begin with the ghoulish vocal sampling and scattered breakbeat drum designs of 'Get It Tonight', followed closely by the more funk influenced vocal lines and tearout reese basses of 'Music'. From here we galavant into the sharpened synthesizer writhings and chomping percussion of 'Rock Me Baby', before rounding off with 'Vital Signs', a blissful exploration into nostalgic keys and grizzly drum scatters!
General Malice — проект американского рагга-мена Клинта Харли Уарда. Клинт — большой фанат ямайской эстрадной музыки, хип-хопа и популярного метала. Из электроники музыканта привлекает старый добрый джангл, и собственно проект General Malice был выдуман Клинтом для того, чтобы все свои увлечения объединить. С начала 2000-х у музыканта вышла гора пластинок, на которых злобный и скоростной драм-н-бейс резко меняет свое направление и превращается в регги, затем снова набирает скорость и смешивается с хип-хоп речевками. Что касается метала, то General Malice сделал уйму ремиксов бандам вроде Linkin Park, System of a Down и Slipknot. Альбом «Final Takeover», который Клинт выпустил пару лет назад, считается чуть ли не первой американской джангл-пластинкой мэш-апов — во время записи этого диска General Malice была проделана титаническая работа по смешиванию миллиона кусков регги-песен с электронными битами. В итоге получился очень позитивный и жизнерадостный альбом, несмотря даже на местами жесткую ритмику и бьющий по мозгам бас. Идеальная музыка для склонных к быстрым танцам хипстеров.
Style: Funk breaks, Breakbeat, Big-Beat, House, Drum & Bass
Release: 25/02/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Big Fat Mama Beats
Cat# BFMB026
Review: It's been a short while since we last took in a project if this magnitude from the Big Fat Mama Beats crew, who unveil a fabulous full length album drop from The Criminal Minds, who really do go all out to explore the full breadth of the breakbeat sound. From the more experimental, junglist sounds of 'Analog Dog' and 'Bomb Drops', to the throwback, nostalgic energies of 'Rocksteady' and electro-inspired flavours of 'Twin Sunset', this album covers some serious ground moderately quickly! For us, the title track 'Dirty Little Boxes' alongside Nathan Green is the clear standout, adding a dash of class to the tracklisting with it's heist-like bass grooves and percussive influxes. We also enjoyed the high energy bass sweeps and drum energies of 'Cracked' which again takes us to the complete other end of the spectrum. Awesome work!
Release: 25/02/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Big Fat Mama Beats
Cat# BFMB026
Review: It's been a short while since we last took in a project if this magnitude from the Big Fat Mama Beats crew, who unveil a fabulous full length album drop from The Criminal Minds, who really do go all out to explore the full breadth of the breakbeat sound. From the more experimental, junglist sounds of 'Analog Dog' and 'Bomb Drops', to the throwback, nostalgic energies of 'Rocksteady' and electro-inspired flavours of 'Twin Sunset', this album covers some serious ground moderately quickly! For us, the title track 'Dirty Little Boxes' alongside Nathan Green is the clear standout, adding a dash of class to the tracklisting with it's heist-like bass grooves and percussive influxes. We also enjoyed the high energy bass sweeps and drum energies of 'Cracked' which again takes us to the complete other end of the spectrum. Awesome work!
Style: UK Garage, Bassline, Drum&Bass, Breaks
Release: 6/11/2020
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Breaks 'N' Pieces
Cat# BRKN002
Review: The Breaks 'N' Pieces team seem to have found a real nack when it comes to putting together high quality compilation pieces, with this second edition of their self-titled series providing us with some serious quality. First up, Highrise unleashes a rooftop wave-ready roller by the name of 'Summertime Breeze', followed by the broken beats and LFO bubbles of 'Intercom', which takes us back to an early Horsepower vibe. From here, Bartholomew Kind arrives with a smoothened D&B spray out entitled 'Manhattan', alongside the high energy drum skips and delicate bass textures of Nicolas Duque's 'If I Were'. Finally, Reynes delivers a fiery display of well arranged 2-step rhythms and darkened bass tones in 'Spike's First Flight', before the EP is rounded off by DJMC's retro ramp up in 'Morning'. A fabulous selection, showcasing the breadth of electronic capabilities within dance music!
Release: 6/11/2020
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Breaks 'N' Pieces
Cat# BRKN002
Review: The Breaks 'N' Pieces team seem to have found a real nack when it comes to putting together high quality compilation pieces, with this second edition of their self-titled series providing us with some serious quality. First up, Highrise unleashes a rooftop wave-ready roller by the name of 'Summertime Breeze', followed by the broken beats and LFO bubbles of 'Intercom', which takes us back to an early Horsepower vibe. From here, Bartholomew Kind arrives with a smoothened D&B spray out entitled 'Manhattan', alongside the high energy drum skips and delicate bass textures of Nicolas Duque's 'If I Were'. Finally, Reynes delivers a fiery display of well arranged 2-step rhythms and darkened bass tones in 'Spike's First Flight', before the EP is rounded off by DJMC's retro ramp up in 'Morning'. A fabulous selection, showcasing the breadth of electronic capabilities within dance music!
Style: 2-Step, UK Garage
Release: 27/11/2020
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Breaks 'N' Pieces
Cat# BRKN003
Review: Next up from the Breaks 'N' Pieces team, Skeleton King arrives for the third volume of their self-titled release series, bringing us six spicy new breakbeat rollers. We kick off with the booming sub stabs and big room vocal leads of 'Lockdown Eases', with the unusual percussive melodies and breathy vocal textures of 'I'll Be There' and groovy UKG riffs of 'Connection' following closely. Next, breakbeat as a genre gets a whole 2020 revamp as the glitchy sampling of 'Water Tap Metal Bowl' rolls into play, followed by both the clunking drum pulses of 'Kept It Raw' and lounge-like garage chord harmonics of 'Waiting For It To Be Over', which rounds off this top quality project with a perfect finale.
Release: 27/11/2020
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Breaks 'N' Pieces
Cat# BRKN003
Review: Next up from the Breaks 'N' Pieces team, Skeleton King arrives for the third volume of their self-titled release series, bringing us six spicy new breakbeat rollers. We kick off with the booming sub stabs and big room vocal leads of 'Lockdown Eases', with the unusual percussive melodies and breathy vocal textures of 'I'll Be There' and groovy UKG riffs of 'Connection' following closely. Next, breakbeat as a genre gets a whole 2020 revamp as the glitchy sampling of 'Water Tap Metal Bowl' rolls into play, followed by both the clunking drum pulses of 'Kept It Raw' and lounge-like garage chord harmonics of 'Waiting For It To Be Over', which rounds off this top quality project with a perfect finale.