Style: Break-Beat, Electronic, Big Beat, Disco/Funk House
Release: 2000
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Hip-O Records
Cat# HIPD 64787
Before setting global music charts afire with his Fatboy Slim alias, Norman Cook was merging his love of '70s funk breaks with classic Jamaican dub sound system rhythms. Shortly following his stint with UK indie popsters the Housemartins, Cook founded Beats International as a creative outlet for his growing interest in dance music. Using studio musicians, rappers, vintage vinyl recordings, and samples, he fashioned clever, catchy pop tunes that were to become the basis for the genre now known as "funky breaks."
This collection compiles some of the high points of the Beats International catalog with some of Cook's other early production credits and remixes. Cook's debt to Jamaican producers is clearly indicated by "Tribute to King Tubby," a homage to the slain dub remix innovator, while on "Echo Chamber," he juxtaposes a Steve Miller vocal refrain with ragga vocalizations and a house-styled 4/4 pulse. This unlikely combination of sources is held together by a relaxed, dubbed-out production. Cook also borrows from French electronic music pioneers such as Jean Jacques Perry; of particular interest is the remix of Perry's "E.V.A.," which mixes kitsch melodies from a Moog synthesizer with an uptempo hip hop break.
Release: 2000
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Hip-O Records
Cat# HIPD 64787
Before setting global music charts afire with his Fatboy Slim alias, Norman Cook was merging his love of '70s funk breaks with classic Jamaican dub sound system rhythms. Shortly following his stint with UK indie popsters the Housemartins, Cook founded Beats International as a creative outlet for his growing interest in dance music. Using studio musicians, rappers, vintage vinyl recordings, and samples, he fashioned clever, catchy pop tunes that were to become the basis for the genre now known as "funky breaks."
This collection compiles some of the high points of the Beats International catalog with some of Cook's other early production credits and remixes. Cook's debt to Jamaican producers is clearly indicated by "Tribute to King Tubby," a homage to the slain dub remix innovator, while on "Echo Chamber," he juxtaposes a Steve Miller vocal refrain with ragga vocalizations and a house-styled 4/4 pulse. This unlikely combination of sources is held together by a relaxed, dubbed-out production. Cook also borrows from French electronic music pioneers such as Jean Jacques Perry; of particular interest is the remix of Perry's "E.V.A.," which mixes kitsch melodies from a Moog synthesizer with an uptempo hip hop break.
Style: Trap, Dubstep, Future Beats, Drum and Bass
Release: 5/03/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Disguised Collective
Welcome to Illusions Vol.2 Exposed, this is project that aims to explore a diverse world of electronic music, going deep into the dark depths and back up again to the calm surface edges and everything in between. We want to expose all of these great artists and different genres together creating a unique and immersive experience where you can discover new music. I hope you enjoy the journey.
Release: 5/03/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Disguised Collective
Welcome to Illusions Vol.2 Exposed, this is project that aims to explore a diverse world of electronic music, going deep into the dark depths and back up again to the calm surface edges and everything in between. We want to expose all of these great artists and different genres together creating a unique and immersive experience where you can discover new music. I hope you enjoy the journey.
Style: Break-Beat, Big-Beat, Techno House, Funk, Breaks
Release: 22/12/2014
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Funkstuff Recordings
Cat# FSR025
Winter is coming” or in fact it already came, but that is no reason to get depressed. We have prepared the usual funky chicken soup to cheer you up and boost your mood. Funkstuff Recordings is happy to drop the second winter compilation, not surprisingly entitled “White”. This time the natural selection resulted in chill and smooth but bright and sunny overall vibes. Classic FSR jazzy sounds come from the multivalent young veteran Fokus and the fresh recruit Triatik. The rest of the release is full of soulful rollers, wherein we have packed couple of tunes with vocals and vocal samples like the lovely collaboration of Robustus & LaMeduza. Have a listen. We hope you will appreciate our collection efforts and find your personal gem inside.
Release: 22/12/2014
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Funkstuff Recordings
Cat# FSR025
Winter is coming” or in fact it already came, but that is no reason to get depressed. We have prepared the usual funky chicken soup to cheer you up and boost your mood. Funkstuff Recordings is happy to drop the second winter compilation, not surprisingly entitled “White”. This time the natural selection resulted in chill and smooth but bright and sunny overall vibes. Classic FSR jazzy sounds come from the multivalent young veteran Fokus and the fresh recruit Triatik. The rest of the release is full of soulful rollers, wherein we have packed couple of tunes with vocals and vocal samples like the lovely collaboration of Robustus & LaMeduza. Have a listen. We hope you will appreciate our collection efforts and find your personal gem inside.
Style: Drum and Bass, Jungle
Release: 19/09/2016
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Detail Recordings
Cat# DETAIL016
Review: Lynx is hammering them out right now. His once-dormant label Detail now charging back on turbo cylinders, he's returning to a wide range of archive material and finally giving it the life it deserves. Each cut unique and repping a different side to the longstanding artist, it's Lynx at his most unpredictable and exciting: "Street Lights" rolls with a TC-style vocal charm and stretchy, elastic bass groove while "Jungle Side" is a far-out trip down future's memory lane with its stuttering FX and staggered breaks. True originality.
Release: 19/09/2016
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Detail Recordings
Cat# DETAIL016
Review: Lynx is hammering them out right now. His once-dormant label Detail now charging back on turbo cylinders, he's returning to a wide range of archive material and finally giving it the life it deserves. Each cut unique and repping a different side to the longstanding artist, it's Lynx at his most unpredictable and exciting: "Street Lights" rolls with a TC-style vocal charm and stretchy, elastic bass groove while "Jungle Side" is a far-out trip down future's memory lane with its stuttering FX and staggered breaks. True originality.
Style: Drum and Bass
Release: 28/11/2016
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Detail Recordings
Cat# DETAIL018
Review: Oh boy... Lynx is unstoppable right now. Firing shots from his freshly-energised Detail pistols on a monthly basis, the output has been nothing short of incendiary. Following "Vault 3" come two brand new originals: the pneumatic dancehall drill of "Bean Stash" will cause riots while "15th Time Lucky" steps and licks with a drum pattern and taut sense of sprung funk that discerning junglists (and dodos) will instantly recognise. Feeling lucky?
Release: 28/11/2016
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Detail Recordings
Cat# DETAIL018
Review: Oh boy... Lynx is unstoppable right now. Firing shots from his freshly-energised Detail pistols on a monthly basis, the output has been nothing short of incendiary. Following "Vault 3" come two brand new originals: the pneumatic dancehall drill of "Bean Stash" will cause riots while "15th Time Lucky" steps and licks with a drum pattern and taut sense of sprung funk that discerning junglists (and dodos) will instantly recognise. Feeling lucky?