Hello, Rhotation 29 this week and today Into BPM goes Drum and Bass again, 3 releases from the last decade and a bonus mix, in all 4hours of great and danceable D&B , i'd say enough to break the beat with the neighbour...maybe a good carstereo then, but likely this would result in speeding tickets...
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Breakbeat Era - Ultra-Obscene (99 ^492mb)
Breakbeat Era was a short-lived British project that combined the breakbeat talents of drum and bass producers Roni Size and DJ Die with the vocals of singer Leonie Laws. Combining the hyperkinetic breakbeats and chilly electronic textures of drum'n'bass with actual song structures . Breakbeat Era differs from all of these in that this group comes to rock from drum'n'bass, not the other way around. Leonie Laws is not a tuneless singer, by any means, but her approach is more punk than pop, and the instrumental accompaniment is straight out of the "darkcore" subgenre of drum'n'bass, a style typified by minor chords and creepy, robotic basslines. Song titles like "Rancid," "Our Disease" and "Anti-Everything" -- all of which sound like they were nicked from first-wave punk albums -- give you an idea of what to expect.
In conjunction with the album's release, the group was also seen as a live act in the U.S. and UK in a similar vein as Reprazent, with focus on Leonie Laws. Since the album seems to be a one-off project, other releases seem unlikely. As of 2006, Leonie Laws was working with a new drum and bass live band called "Blackout".
01 - Past Life (5:23)
02 - Rancid (5:07)
03 - Ultra-Obscene (5:03)
04 - Bullitproof (4:32)
05 - Breakbeat Era (5:22)
06 - Time 4 Breaks (4:20)
07 - Late Morning (6:11)
08 - Anti-Everything (5:26)
09 - Animal Machine (3:03)
10 - Our Disease (5:51)
11 - Max (0:48)
12 - Control Freak (5:44)
13 - Terrible Funk (5:38)
14 - Sex Change (3:42)
15 - Life Is My Friend (7:59)
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Peshay - Fuzion ( 02 ^ 496mb)
Peshay's style of jungle/drum'n'bass, influenced both by house and the more polished forms of jazz fusion, allies itself both with Goldie and 4 Hero. A breakbeat DJ from early in his career, Peshay debuted on wax with Reinforced in 1993, recording the Protegé EP before joining Goldie's Metalheadz stable and releasing its second single, "Psychosis." He also recorded several twelves with LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records, including "The Piano Tune" and "19.5." Though hampered by a serious illness which sidelined him during jungle's breakout year of 1995, Peshay returned in 1996, remixing singles from Goldie's Timeless ("Inner City Life" and "Angel") and contributing tracks to the Mo'Wax compilation Headz II. Signed up to Mo'Wax, Peshay released the "Miles from Home" single in mid-1998 and worked on material with Photek's Rupert Parkes. The label's practical dissolution by the following year led to delays for the expected full-length, though by July 1999 Peshay's debut album -- also called Miles from Home -- appeared on the Island Blue label. Following de rigeur for top-flight jungle producers, he also formed his own label, Elementz Records, which released twelves from Decoder and Technical Itch.
Long delayed because of release problems with Mo' Wax, Peshay's debut funnels his jazz influences -- not just the slick end of '70s fusion and disco, but the hard boppin' '60s as well -- into a solid album of breakbeat dance. The jazz'n'breaks angle is done better than most, thanks to input from two of the jungle scene's prime engineer/producers, Decoder and (on two tracks) Photek. The title track is an obvious highlight (it actually appeared on Mo' Wax as a single more than a year earlier), and the live bass and piano on "Live at 2:37" are a welcome attempt to continue integrating jazz improv with drum'n'bass
On Fuzion , apart from featuring collaborations with Co-Ordinate, Flytronix, and Neil Mac, Peshay has, naturally, caught the pick 'n' mix drum 'n' bass re-birth vibe and refined its application with spotless production. Where others have taken their cue from Samba, house and soul, Peshay has for the most part delved into house's early roots in disco, borrowing strings and funky guitar links to embellish the beats with a soft, soulful underbelly.The result is an album that pumps with energy while simultaneously invoking the warm vibes more often associated with deep house. Some of this cross-pollination is sublime.
01 - You Got Me Burning (Ft. Co-Ordinate) (8:25)
02 - Satisfy My Love (8:38)
03 - Fuzion (7:49)
04 - Bring It (7:29)
05 - No More Tears (Ft. I-Eka) (6:24)
06 - Take Me Higher (8:10)
07 - What I Need (7:45)
08 - Downtown Sound (6:57)
09 - Rotation (Ft. Co-Ordinate) (8:45)
10 - It's A House Thing (6:04)
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E-Z Rollers - Titles Of The Unexpected (03 387mb)
The E-Z Rollers is a British drum and bass group made up of Jay Hurren (also known as JMJ), Alex Banks (also known from the band Hyper-On Experience) and Kelly Richards. The group was formed in 1995 in Norfolk, England. They defined the easy-rolling two-step of Moving Shadow Records during the late '90s with their recordings as E-Z Rollers, after developing hardcore breakbeats earlier in the decade . They were originally involved in the mid-'80s rare-groove and hip-hop scene around their native East Anglia, pr- omoting shows and DJing as well. They moved into house as well after the rave explosion, and while Banks increasinly concentrated on production work in his home studio during the early '90s, Hurren continued to mix at events, usually billed as JMJ. The duo began recording after meeting emerging jungle don L.T.J Bukem -- releasing various singles for Rob Playford's Moving Shadow and Bukem's Good Looking -- "Montana" and "Universal Horn" as JMJ & Richie, "Thunder Grip" and "Lords of the Null Lines" as Hyper-On Experience -- and helped write the template for smooth drum'n'bass with plenty of jazz texture but swift rhythms to keep the vibes moving in clubs.
After meeting up with vocalist Kelly Richards at one of their gigs, Hurren and Banks decided to form E-Z Rollers around the threesome. Their first long-player together, Dimensions Of Sound, arrived in 1996 and its gentle, jazz influenced hooks, solid beats and melodic keys were wonderfully enhanced by Kelly's exquisite vocals. The crew kept their hand in over the next few months with various 12s before unleashing their second album, Weekend World, in 1998. This saw a brief excursion into the UK charts with "Walk This Land" which reached an astonishing No.18 in the UK charts after being used for the British flick, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
With their third album, Titles Of The Unexpected, they have produced their most accomplished disk to date. Packed with anthemic tunes and the hip-hop grooves, this album stretches right across musical genres, from the breaks inspired "Take It EZ" to the dancehall-style flavas of "Lady Jam". Always open minded and well known for serving a huge assortment of different sonic delicacies from a number of different platters, Titles of the Unexpected sees them search deeper within their inner self. With the enrolment of hip-hop beatbox legend Doug E Fresh and soul diva Sharon Brown, the sonic adventure is complete. EZs roll with high tempo d & b and mid-tempo breaks with a collection of tracks full of fervour and flair.
01 - E-Z Intro (0:50)
02 - Back To Love (Radio Edit) (3:26)
03 - Music Keeps Me (6:13)
04 - One Crazy Diva (5:37)
05 - Half A Chance (5:23)
06 - You'll Never Know (Voc. S. Brown) (3:25)
07 - Lady Jam (Voc.Mango Seed) (3:04)
08 - Sunshine People (6:14)
09 - Tu-Ruf (Voc. R. Birch) (3:39)
10 - Rhyme And Punishment (4:07)
11 - Dust (4:33)
12 - Submission (3:23)
13 - Take It Easy (Rap MC Jakes) (3:26)
14 - E-Z Outro (4:20)
Live Mix Session (99, 63:22 441mb)
Recorded at Manic One Studios, London, England.
01 - Intro (0:16)
02 - Music Keeps Me (5:02)
03 - Sunshine People (5:50)
04 - Submission (4:18)
05 - Back To Love (4:40)
06 - Walk This Land (Live Mix) (4:13)
07 - RS2000 (Filibuster Remix) (6:04)
08 - One Crazy Diva (5:23)
09 - Dust (5:02)
10 - Superheros (Voc. K. Wilkinson) (3:28)
11 - RS2000 (Vocal Mix) (2:37)
12 - Tough At The Top (Remix) (5:28)
13 - Dollar Man (5:12)
14 - Half A Chance (5:42)
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All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !
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Breakbeat Era - Ultra-Obscene (99 ^492mb)
Breakbeat Era was a short-lived British project that combined the breakbeat talents of drum and bass producers Roni Size and DJ Die with the vocals of singer Leonie Laws. Combining the hyperkinetic breakbeats and chilly electronic textures of drum'n'bass with actual song structures . Breakbeat Era differs from all of these in that this group comes to rock from drum'n'bass, not the other way around. Leonie Laws is not a tuneless singer, by any means, but her approach is more punk than pop, and the instrumental accompaniment is straight out of the "darkcore" subgenre of drum'n'bass, a style typified by minor chords and creepy, robotic basslines. Song titles like "Rancid," "Our Disease" and "Anti-Everything" -- all of which sound like they were nicked from first-wave punk albums -- give you an idea of what to expect.
In conjunction with the album's release, the group was also seen as a live act in the U.S. and UK in a similar vein as Reprazent, with focus on Leonie Laws. Since the album seems to be a one-off project, other releases seem unlikely. As of 2006, Leonie Laws was working with a new drum and bass live band called "Blackout".
01 - Past Life (5:23)
02 - Rancid (5:07)
03 - Ultra-Obscene (5:03)
04 - Bullitproof (4:32)
05 - Breakbeat Era (5:22)
06 - Time 4 Breaks (4:20)
07 - Late Morning (6:11)
08 - Anti-Everything (5:26)
09 - Animal Machine (3:03)
10 - Our Disease (5:51)
11 - Max (0:48)
12 - Control Freak (5:44)
13 - Terrible Funk (5:38)
14 - Sex Change (3:42)
15 - Life Is My Friend (7:59)
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Peshay - Fuzion ( 02 ^ 496mb)
Peshay's style of jungle/drum'n'bass, influenced both by house and the more polished forms of jazz fusion, allies itself both with Goldie and 4 Hero. A breakbeat DJ from early in his career, Peshay debuted on wax with Reinforced in 1993, recording the Protegé EP before joining Goldie's Metalheadz stable and releasing its second single, "Psychosis." He also recorded several twelves with LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records, including "The Piano Tune" and "19.5." Though hampered by a serious illness which sidelined him during jungle's breakout year of 1995, Peshay returned in 1996, remixing singles from Goldie's Timeless ("Inner City Life" and "Angel") and contributing tracks to the Mo'Wax compilation Headz II. Signed up to Mo'Wax, Peshay released the "Miles from Home" single in mid-1998 and worked on material with Photek's Rupert Parkes. The label's practical dissolution by the following year led to delays for the expected full-length, though by July 1999 Peshay's debut album -- also called Miles from Home -- appeared on the Island Blue label. Following de rigeur for top-flight jungle producers, he also formed his own label, Elementz Records, which released twelves from Decoder and Technical Itch.
Long delayed because of release problems with Mo' Wax, Peshay's debut funnels his jazz influences -- not just the slick end of '70s fusion and disco, but the hard boppin' '60s as well -- into a solid album of breakbeat dance. The jazz'n'breaks angle is done better than most, thanks to input from two of the jungle scene's prime engineer/producers, Decoder and (on two tracks) Photek. The title track is an obvious highlight (it actually appeared on Mo' Wax as a single more than a year earlier), and the live bass and piano on "Live at 2:37" are a welcome attempt to continue integrating jazz improv with drum'n'bass
On Fuzion , apart from featuring collaborations with Co-Ordinate, Flytronix, and Neil Mac, Peshay has, naturally, caught the pick 'n' mix drum 'n' bass re-birth vibe and refined its application with spotless production. Where others have taken their cue from Samba, house and soul, Peshay has for the most part delved into house's early roots in disco, borrowing strings and funky guitar links to embellish the beats with a soft, soulful underbelly.The result is an album that pumps with energy while simultaneously invoking the warm vibes more often associated with deep house. Some of this cross-pollination is sublime.
01 - You Got Me Burning (Ft. Co-Ordinate) (8:25)
02 - Satisfy My Love (8:38)
03 - Fuzion (7:49)
04 - Bring It (7:29)
05 - No More Tears (Ft. I-Eka) (6:24)
06 - Take Me Higher (8:10)
07 - What I Need (7:45)
08 - Downtown Sound (6:57)
09 - Rotation (Ft. Co-Ordinate) (8:45)
10 - It's A House Thing (6:04)
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E-Z Rollers - Titles Of The Unexpected (03 387mb)
The E-Z Rollers is a British drum and bass group made up of Jay Hurren (also known as JMJ), Alex Banks (also known from the band Hyper-On Experience) and Kelly Richards. The group was formed in 1995 in Norfolk, England. They defined the easy-rolling two-step of Moving Shadow Records during the late '90s with their recordings as E-Z Rollers, after developing hardcore breakbeats earlier in the decade . They were originally involved in the mid-'80s rare-groove and hip-hop scene around their native East Anglia, pr- omoting shows and DJing as well. They moved into house as well after the rave explosion, and while Banks increasinly concentrated on production work in his home studio during the early '90s, Hurren continued to mix at events, usually billed as JMJ. The duo began recording after meeting emerging jungle don L.T.J Bukem -- releasing various singles for Rob Playford's Moving Shadow and Bukem's Good Looking -- "Montana" and "Universal Horn" as JMJ & Richie, "Thunder Grip" and "Lords of the Null Lines" as Hyper-On Experience -- and helped write the template for smooth drum'n'bass with plenty of jazz texture but swift rhythms to keep the vibes moving in clubs.
After meeting up with vocalist Kelly Richards at one of their gigs, Hurren and Banks decided to form E-Z Rollers around the threesome. Their first long-player together, Dimensions Of Sound, arrived in 1996 and its gentle, jazz influenced hooks, solid beats and melodic keys were wonderfully enhanced by Kelly's exquisite vocals. The crew kept their hand in over the next few months with various 12s before unleashing their second album, Weekend World, in 1998. This saw a brief excursion into the UK charts with "Walk This Land" which reached an astonishing No.18 in the UK charts after being used for the British flick, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
With their third album, Titles Of The Unexpected, they have produced their most accomplished disk to date. Packed with anthemic tunes and the hip-hop grooves, this album stretches right across musical genres, from the breaks inspired "Take It EZ" to the dancehall-style flavas of "Lady Jam". Always open minded and well known for serving a huge assortment of different sonic delicacies from a number of different platters, Titles of the Unexpected sees them search deeper within their inner self. With the enrolment of hip-hop beatbox legend Doug E Fresh and soul diva Sharon Brown, the sonic adventure is complete. EZs roll with high tempo d & b and mid-tempo breaks with a collection of tracks full of fervour and flair.
01 - E-Z Intro (0:50)
02 - Back To Love (Radio Edit) (3:26)
03 - Music Keeps Me (6:13)
04 - One Crazy Diva (5:37)
05 - Half A Chance (5:23)
06 - You'll Never Know (Voc. S. Brown) (3:25)
07 - Lady Jam (Voc.Mango Seed) (3:04)
08 - Sunshine People (6:14)
09 - Tu-Ruf (Voc. R. Birch) (3:39)
10 - Rhyme And Punishment (4:07)
11 - Dust (4:33)
12 - Submission (3:23)
13 - Take It Easy (Rap MC Jakes) (3:26)
14 - E-Z Outro (4:20)
Live Mix Session (99, 63:22 441mb)
Recorded at Manic One Studios, London, England.
01 - Intro (0:16)
02 - Music Keeps Me (5:02)
03 - Sunshine People (5:50)
04 - Submission (4:18)
05 - Back To Love (4:40)
06 - Walk This Land (Live Mix) (4:13)
07 - RS2000 (Filibuster Remix) (6:04)
08 - One Crazy Diva (5:23)
09 - Dust (5:02)
10 - Superheros (Voc. K. Wilkinson) (3:28)
11 - RS2000 (Vocal Mix) (2:37)
12 - Tough At The Top (Remix) (5:28)
13 - Dollar Man (5:12)
14 - Half A Chance (5:42)
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All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !
Any chance that any of these could be re-upped in flac? I'm mainly interested in the Fuzion album, but all of these sound interesting. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHi Rho - please could you re-up? Thanks!
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