Forgotten Treasure: The Funky Horns “Blow” (1995)
Jazzy House wasn’t always associated with background elevator music found on countless generic lounge compilations. Before the formula was abused, some stunning creations were made fusing the purest jazz elements and the pulsating rhythm of House music together. The Denmark-born and NYC-based DJ Duke was always very versatile with his …
Future Classic: Omar S “The Best”
via Juno: Alex “Omar” Smith has never been one for modesty, so we shouldn’t be too surprised that he’s called his latest full-length – his fifth in total – The Best. To be fair, he is rather good at producing high-grade deep house, and here unveils another eleven gems. Interestingly, …
Forgotten Treasure: Free Love Foundation “The Sound” Kerri Chandler Remix (1993)
If you were heavily into UK Garage and 2 Step around 1997-1998, you might be familiar with 4 Liberty records. They had major releases out from Dreem Teem, Colour Girl and Underground Solution amongst others. Let’s rewind 4 years earlier when US Garage was king and laid the foundation for …
The Wire Tapper – Tribute Mix by Mixsoup
The first Wire Tapper compilation came along with Issue 170 of The Wire magazine, in April 1998. Since then, 40 Wire Tapper compilations have been released – Wire Tapper 40 is available to subscribers with The Wire magazine Issue 387 which is out today. I deciced a few weeks back to …
Future Classic: Beats In Space “BIS: 001 – 020”
via RVNG: From its beginnings as a college radio show on WNYU, Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space was on a necessary trajectory toward preserving waveform memories permanently to wax. BIS: 001 – 020 chronicles the consideration and sophistication embodied by the first twenty releases of the label’s twelve year history. …
Future Classic: Mood Hut “Disco Mantras Vol 1”
via Juno: “Having seemingly been taken aback by their success over the last two years, Vancouver’s Mood Hut crew has decided to go back to basics with an album – the crew’s first – from the previously unheralded Disco Mantras. Naturally, they’re keeping tight-lipped about the identity of its’ creators, …
KARIZMA – in 10 Records
In celebration of Baltimore house legend Karizma‘s first full length album under his Kaytronik moniker we wanted to have a little chat and talk about some the influences guiding the sound of one of our favorite House producers ever. We strongly recommend you get that new record titled “Thee Album“, …
Lexis – Broken Beat Special for RINSE
Recorded for Rinse France on April 4th, 2016 As a huge Broken Beat fan since the late 90’s, I’ve wanted to do a Broken Beat special session for a while. I’ve always managed to sprinkle some tracks here and there in sets and recorded mixes but never got around to …
Future Classic: Leon Vynehall “Rojus: Designed To Dance”
via Juno: “Having contributed a stellar track to Gerd Janson’s Musik For Autobahns 2 compilation, it’s little surprise to see Leon Vynehall pop up on Running Back. Rojus (Designed To Dance) is an expansive affair, with Gerd Janson deeming the eight-track set worthy of his CD edition to go alongside …
Tribute to FRANKIE KNUCKLES – Selected by The Rawsoul
When I woke up and found out that Frankie Knuckles was gone I was quite surprised but mostly very sad. I went straight to the basement and started digging all of his records, productions and remixes. As I started to listen to his music; sadness promptly faded away as his …
24HOV Mixes – London Edition: NAMEBRANDSOUND
(Photo by Bruno Destombes) NameBrandSound is the brainchild of Broken Beat & UK Soul music pioneers IG Culture (aka TS Repman) and Alex Phountzi. NameBrandSound’s ‘brukworx’ style takes influence from dancehall, jungle, footwork, 2step soul and broken beats emerging with a forward thinking sound far greater than the sum of it’s …
Exclusive Premiere: NameBrandSound & Sonar’s Ghost “One Word Twice / Walker”
(Artwork by Eriizu) NameBrandSound is the brainchild of Broken Beat & UK Soul music pioneers IG Culture (aka TS Repman) and Alex Phountzi. Their newest EP seems join forces with another absolute legend; Sonar’s Ghost aka Dominic Stanton better known as Domu to all of us Broken Beat lovers. He recently …