Category Archives: Breaks

Apr 03 2013
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Breaks, Concerts, Electro, Hip-hop, House, Music, Remixes, SASQUATCH

A-Trak: A love story..

A-Trak is one of my favorite DJs for a so many reasons. He’s Canadian. He wears fedoras like, really well. He’s been the best scratch DJ in the world since he was 15. I’m not even exaggerating at all. You have to see it, I don’t know how he does it! It just sits up there super chill and not douchy at all.

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Look at this guy.

He’s 1/2 of Duck Sauce. He runs the coolest record label, Fools Gold, which has signed the coolest artist.. Danny Brown, Chromeo, Tommy Trash, Flosstradamus, Kavinsky, just to name a few.  He also runs this super weird and awesome YouTube channel with Diplo and Skrillex, POTATOwillEATyou.

Most importantly though, I saw him at a my first music festival in 2010. Back when I had no idea what kind of music I liked or what artists were my favorite.. I was just on an adventure. Then I stumbled into the dance tent and witnessed Trizzy scratching Robot Rock by Daft Punk. This. This is what its all about.

I cant WAIT to see him blow the roof off Celebrities tonight!! Get your tickets right hurr

A-TRAK-APRIL FOOLS TOUR-FINAL

 

 

 

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Feb 14 2013
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Breaks, Chillwave, House, Mixes, Music

Breakbot Valentines Mixtape

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Who knows more about romance than the French?  Unabashedly romantic by nature, Breakbot’s eclectic mixes feature elements that never cease to make you smile.

Here is a disco-tinged mix to make the boys and girls blush.

Happy Valentines Day

Much love to my BBQrew

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Feb 01 2013
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Breaks, Electro, Hip-hop, Mixes, Music

The Cocktail Hour ft A.Skillz & Krafty Kuts

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The supreme team is back! A.Skillz and Krafty are the funky and freshest. This week the big wobbles and breaks are coming from their down under mix. Look for everything from a no diggity remix to macklemore samples. Its real tight butthole. GET WEIRD!

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Jul 05 2012
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Breaks, Classics, DnB, Dubstep, Electro, House, Mixes, Music, Postdubstep, Videos

the end of Electro as we know it.

Well your dirty little secret is out… Skrillex wins 3 Grammys, the Scene explodes, Paris Hilton “becomes” a dj… full stop.

We all saw it coming. The unique and original sound of underground dance music has become a playing field for shitty producers, hype machines and marketers. The not so hipster genre, has lost all credibility as it opened its gates to the masses and let itself be impaled by the raging, looking-to-find-something-fresh-to-copy member of the mainstream. If before you could be a hipster and listen to dance music, now you can’t. But I had such a good time dancing to that upbeat music instead of the regular r’n'r

Well boohoo. Who to blame, for making me move on to other genres to ‘stay ahead of the machine’? Paris Hilton. Well, at least she could be the latest scapegoat..

 

 

Ok ok. I think ths article is going too far with some statements, but thats wat you get out of an uneducated bias.

On a lighter note here is some elders reacting to Skrillex. (best part at 4:00)

 

later,

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Jun 25 2012
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Breaks, Mixes, Music

Butter Up Your Satin Panthers

Hudson Mohawke  (Ross Birchard) from Glasgow started young. At the age of 15 he held the position of Scottish DMC and ITF finalist under the name DJ Itchy. In 2009, Ross signed on to Warp Records which is home to electronic heavy weights such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, and Flying Lotus.

One of Hudson Mohawke’s attractive elements is the unique arrangement of samples. In an interview on Clashmusic he states that he was nurtured by  “a lot of early-’90s rave and jungle and that’s where a lot of the random ‘cut and paste-ness’ of my music stems from.” The article by Tom Churchill also touches upon his approach to marketing. “Any success I’ve had has been as a result of not forcing myself in people’s faces and just letting people discover my music and make their own mind up about it.” This method has gained the support of hip-hop major Just Blaze and Hudson also blessed the airwaves with an Essential Mix on BBC radio one.

If you were lucky enough to witness sbtrkt at Sasquatch you would have heard the fantastically trippy “FUSE” from the album Butter.

How about a fuzz heavy Aaliyah remix? “Party Animal” is a lot of fun and I’m pretty sure it belongs in a Girl Talk mash-up.

Satin Panthers has weakened many a dancer’s knees. At least stay for the floor melting beats at 1:12.

The future is golden for Hudson Mohawke. He has been approached by a few major pop icons.  Love him or hate him, Chris Brown produced a track with Hudson Mohawke. “Your Body” was released last year. You’ll have to go to Europe to catch witness of a live show. He’ll be in London for BLOC in July with Snoop Dog and Flying Lotus. France will host him for Terrasse Palais des Festivals et des Congrés in August. Then off to Belgium for Pukkelpop with the Foo Fighters and The Black Keys.

- mfbq

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