Greetings oh funked out Vipers of the internet.

I would like to draw your attention to the first draft of a new track we’re working on called Venemous.  This breakbeat number has a classic feel to it, and while we work out the finer details – feel free to take a listen and drop a comment

Our second label spotlight is a new Canadian breakbeat label hailing from Calgary, Alberta.

Breakz R Boss Records is a New Digital Label coming out of Western Canada which is owned and operated by Bass Charger and the Breakz R Boss Crew. You can expect to hear the best, fresh and newest sounds from Canadians Nuskool, Tech, Tearout, Funky, & Electro Breakz. Bassline, Fidget & Electro 4×4 styles, DubStep & DNB styles too.

The good folks at Break R Boss have provided us with a FREE TRACK for you to pump right here:

Bass Dreamers – Can I Get Down (Original-Mix)

Breakz R Boss 2010 Release Schedule

(BRB-D01) Somsay – Government Lies Ft Ric Rags + Remixes by Mr. Bassline Junk-E & Dreamthief
(BRB-D02) Scratche – Good Timing + Remixes by Metachemical, Dave Dialect & Steve Velocity
(BRB-D03) vA – Canadian Breakbeats V.1
(BRB-D04) ViperCorps – ViperFunk Ft. JPrime + Remixes Scratche + Dope Tito
(BRB-D05) Bass Dreamers Remixes by Dee Bass, MistR Wolf, Mctwist, Jonny Sequence

http://www.myspace.com/breakzrbossrecords
http://soundcloud.com/breakzrbossrecords
http://twitter.com/breakzrbossrecs
http://breakzrbossrecords.blogspot.com/
http://www.breakbeat.ca/

Out first Label Spotlight features the Breakbeat goodness that is Lucky Break Recordings.   In their own words:

Lucky Break was established in 2004 by Stuttgarts breakbeat djs Jay Vee & Piwi. It started as a monthly event series @ Cine Colibri (a former cinema converted into a club).

Beginning on Thursdays, the 2nd season made it to the weekend and until the club was closed for another fancy shopping center end of 2007, we hosted artists like Shut Up And Dance, Ed Solo, Altern 8, Circuit Breaker, Baobinga, Flore, and many more.

After a short period of time Lucky Break moved on to Club Synchron for some selected events and from June 2009 the new home of Lucky Break will be Club Lehmann (Lucky Break Parties will take place every other month).

In 2005 Jay Vee & Piwi started a weekly radio show on dnbradio.net, which is constantly gaining more attention (especially the “best of breaks” specials once a year).
In 2008 the concept of Lucky Break was extended and Lucky Break Recordings was established in order to push forward good breakbeat music.

Lucky Break has placed themselves in the game with a number of releases to date – many of which are available through Beatport.com
LBR007 (May10):
DJ Mutiny – Tell U Something
featuring
Afghan Headspin Rmx
Jack Stat Rmx
and additional digital-only goodies:
Spyke Rmx

LBR006 (Fabruary10):
Jack Stat ft Liz Melody – Chemistry
featuring
Maelstrom Rmx
and additional digital-only goodies:
Maelstrom Radio Mix
Jack Stat DnB Edit
Autodidakt Rmx

LBR005 (November09):
Vipercorps – Overclocked
featuring
I.D. Rmx
and additional digital-only goodies:
T.R.O. Rmx
Jack Stat Rmx
LBR004 (September09):
Jack Stat – Bombaman
featuring
Shut Up And Dance Hallelujay Mix
and additional digital-only goodies:
Break The Box – The Hell (Jack Stat Rmx)
B-Phreak – Firecrack (Jack Stat Rmx)

LBR003 (June09):
B-Phreak – Firecrack
featuring remix by
Plaza de Funk
LBR002 (Apr.09):
Jack Stat – The Spirit
featuring remix by
DJ Fixx
LBR001 (Feb.09):
Break The Box – The Hell listen
featuring remix by
Ninelives The Cat

Breakz R Boss, a new label out of Calgary Alberta is offering up a new breaks track.  Here’s a link to the free download:   Bass Dreamers – Can I Get Down (Original Mix).mp3

More info on the label can be found on their myspace page!  Big love out to the breakbeat Canadians helping the scene.

http://www.myspace.com/breakzrbossrecords

Snap up this remix I did for a competition.   It did not win, but I still play it out.  Hope you like it…it’s a free breakbeat track, right here, right now.

Groovediggerz – Body Flow (jprime remix)

…Just got a bit fatter.   I would like to keep this breakbeat blog as up to date as possible, and will try and carry over all the breakbeat and hip hop material from the previous site.

In the meanwhile, here is a blog post about breakbeat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakbeat

I figured if this is a breakbeat blog, I might as well provide a link to a decent definition of breaks.  It seems to me that alot of people ended up into breaks from the rave culture avenue.  Personally, I was always a fan of faster hip hop tracks, I just loved the ‘hype’ ness of the beats behind them.  When I first heard some proper nuskool breaks, I felt like it had just taken that fast hip hop beat to a whole new level.

Nowadays when I listen to music I hear elements of breaks in alot of different places: salsa, plenty of Latin music, indie tracks, etc, and it’s really opened the door to some genres I would never thought I would be interested in.   Old funk for instance.

I would be interested to hear other people’s experiences getting introduced to breaks.   Feel free to drop a comment on how you got into it – I’d love to hear