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Going through our daily blogs, we spotted the flyer for the great group exhibition that is “Free Brains” at SJS Gallery, and, amongst the talent listed, we noticed that one of our favourites, Adnate, was also contributing a piece to the show.

So we figured, what better opportunity to ask a few questions, and delve into the mind behind some truly cool work?

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I’m squinting hard as the early dawn light is pummelling through the vans windscreen. We’re hurtling down the highway, somewhere between Rhode Island and Brooklyn – its post-party hour and some friends and I are dropping Reid Speed back home after an all-night rave in an abandoned bank vault. The gig is all done and dusted, and we’re talking shit about breaks, d’n'b and all the things in between – the details are murky, its the start of the new millennium after all, but I can still hear the passion in her voice and I’m still feeling the vibe of the set she played, and I easily recall my predominant thought at the time – “this girls really going somewhere, can’t wait to see where she ends up…”

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Eighteen years is a long time in the electronic music world, but for Elite Force, one of the unquestionable kings of the beat, the time has been more than well spent.

Constantly evolving his craft and forever diversifying into different areas of production, Elite Force has over the years managed to stay at the top of his game by constantly exploring the variable patterns of change within electronic music, and his love for the journey works in near symbiosis with his over-arching optimism.
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In the ever shifting and tumultuous landscape that is the modern drum and bass world, producers and DJs rise, fall and stay fast. Yet in the past few years Chase and Status made more waves in such a short amount of time within the genre than most others, and after only four years in the business, have managed to produce music that is now to be found at the front of every Djs crate.

Their meteoric descent into the forefront of the drum and bass does, however, seem to contain almost a hint of a conscious decision on behalf of the duo. “We’ve DJed since we were about fifteen or sixteen, and for ten or eleven years we’ve been DJing in our bedrooms and at house parties, anywhere we could really,” Chase explains. “Then we kind of realised that unless you really put effort into it you wouldn’t make it just on DJ merit alone, so we decided to pack in university and quit all that, and got a studio in Manchester and just sat in there every day for ten to twelve hours and learnt how to work on tunes.” (more…)

There is nothing more confusing these days than the line between both breakbeat and electro. With an increasing amount of DJs moving between the two genres, and indeed the two genres both disseminating and sharing ideas, DJ Madox aka Stephano Miele success in recent times is a prime example of how to overcome any form of barrier which may be inherent in attempting to pander to both crowds. (more…)

Having worked within the breakbeat scene for such a lengthy time, Tayos name is almost synonymous with the style. His eclectic and often dub and reggae infused beats have captivated people looking for variety, and as an innovative DJ and producer, he has earned the respect of his peers and fans. With numerous releases under his belt, including having been involved in the highly acclaimed Y4k series as well as his own smash mixup, These are the Breaks, Tayo continues to move both within and without the breakbeat world by maintaining his own individualistic outlook. (more…)

Busy isn’t a word to describe the boys from Blighty’s west, who in the last few years have taken their spot of honor amongst the worlds breakbeat elite, and for Dom and Mark, who make up the DJing and production team Stanton Warriors, the word “holiday” might as well be constrained to a theoretical textbook.

“Its hard to remember my time off – I’ve dedicated my whole fuckin life to music, and its all good and I’m not complaining, but it’d be nice to go for a walk in the fuckin Himalayas or something.” (more…)

With another incarnation of the Bumpa series of breakbeat events at Heat Nightclub been and gone, there is much to be said. The visiting international contingent, comprising the unique and freshly innovative Tipper and Heavy Weight Breaks phenomenon Skool of Thought, performed to high expectations and did not disappoint.
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