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Over the past decade, breakbeat bloomed from its 80s roots into a new, modern sound, and ever so slowly it has morphed into a multitude of genres, as well as influenced the creation of others. From the beginning of the nu-breaks renaissance, Elite Force has been in amongst it all as a driving force in its development, so much so that his sound has now become synonymous with the coming genre that is tech-funk – music that decisively crosses traditional ground by blending a variety of tracks from different and diverse genres into a single, unified sound. This pioneering effort of pushing a new musical manifesto has moved traditional breaks away from the common-main stay of breakbeat to new heights, and into a distinct sub-genre of its own, even though many would disagree that there is even a still-existing “mainstream” of the breakbeat genre in its watered down, present day incarnation.
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It was another Easter weekend of mayhem, and it was great to see everyone down at Rollers Easter special, and even better to see d’n’b on a Thursday night again – the after parties at both Capitol and Mekka were amazing as well. With a weekend followed by the nuts-oid shenanigans of Craze dropping some d’n’b at Ambar amongst his other tunes, and Bukem and Conrads performance at Shape, well, if anyone had a doubt as to the state of play for d’n’b in Perth over and Easter weekend, then this one just gone should put to rest any rumours of us being dullsville.

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It has been the event of the year for over a decade, and this year, the annual go crazy event that is Madhatters, held at Ambar, lived up to its expectations.

Arriving early for a pre-party, the look of things to come was presented when we were greeted by the door girl, who was representing with a Manchester United kit, somewhere not far off in the distance one of the ref’s blew their whistle – and it was then this writer knew the night had only just begun. (more…)

Inland Knights are a near household name for house fans and DJs specialising in the unbroken side of electronica. With almost every house DJ of any form of reputation owning at least one of their singles, and boasting a rather more than credible production and performance past, the night was set for a completely off the hook event. (more…)

It seems only a short time since Elite Force, the creative mind behind a new wave of innovative tech-orientated breaks, last visited PE to display why exactly it is that a good party is not always to found in tried and tested formulas.

With a breakbeat scene that is often heavily orientated towards the “party-breaks” end of the spectrum, and with punters more familiar with funky styled and go-jump beats, the prospect of a tech orientated evening was promising. (more…)