Back catalogue: Breakbeat

Review: Brothers Bud have firmly established themselves as major players in the Finger Lickin' family that includes Plump DJs and Soul Of Man. Since their first massive hit 'Herbgrinder' and then last summer's smash double A-sider 'Crazy Jack' and 'Don't Stop', they're back with what looks set to be their biggest track to date: 'Feel Like Dancin', with a pair of sensational remixes from man-of-the-moment Micky Slim and Breakspoll Best Producer-nominated Madox.

Review: This is a collaboration between one of the UK's best kept musical secrets and one the UK's most renowned purveyors of weird and wonderful. Will Tang, a singer/songwriter, guitarist and blues harmonica guru teams up with Manchester DJ, producer and Twisted Nerve label boss, Andy Votel, to produce one of the most eclectic releases we've seen. Votel, who likes to dabble on the musical fringes, has managed to mould Will's rootsy acoustic style with a furious tommy-gun break beat to create an unlikely concoction of whiskey soaked blues sensibilities underpinned with a killer dancefloor groove. Will, who has English and Chinese roots, is virtually a household name in Hong Kong. With a thirteen year career and five albums under his belt, Will's unique style, which draws on elements of everything from blues, jazz, rock, pop to hip-hop, has garnered much interest in the UK, including that of Votel, whose previous remixing duties include the likes of Elbow, Broadcast, Badly Drawn Boy, and Ian Brown.

Review: This is a collaboration between one of the UK's best kept musical secrets and one the UK's most renowned purveyors of weird and wonderful. Will Tang, a singer/songwriter, guitarist and blues harmonica guru teams up with Manchester DJ, producer and Twisted Nerve label boss, Andy Votel, to produce one of the most eclectic releases we've seen. Votel, who likes to dabble on the musical fringes, has managed to mould Will's rootsy acoustic style with a furious tommy-gun break beat to create an unlikely concoction of whiskey soaked blues sensibilities underpinned with a killer dancefloor groove. Will, who has English and Chinese roots, is virtually a household name in Hong Kong. With a thirteen year career and five albums under his belt, Will's unique style, which draws on elements of everything from blues, jazz, rock, pop to hip-hop, has garnered much interest in the UK, including that of Votel, whose previous remixing duties include the likes of Elbow, Broadcast, Badly Drawn Boy, and Ian Brown.

Review: After an almost constant stream of great singles, EP's and remixes over the past six months, Nick Thayer's album finally drops and it definitely lives up to the hype. Encompassing all the colours of the rave rainbow (breakbeat, electro, hip-hop and dubstep all fused together), it's a full on party album from start to end and a real triumph for the Australian Dj.
The Daft Punk-isms of "Bring On The Drums" kick things off with style. Thayer has a knack of making any tempo work, and so even a moderately slow tune like this one still gets filled out and beefed up so well that it's impossible not to throw yourself around after seconds. "Alarm Bells" picks up the pace soon after and mixes Crookers beats with martian-synths and some eye-watering builds. Speaking of martians, "Zombies" follows and kicks some serious octave-riding bass into the mix. and some bubbly drums.



While Thayer's got the heavy breakbeat workers in check, he also brings MC's Mike Beatz and Lex One on board for some new-skool hip-hop business on "Can't Touch Me Now" and also on "Gimme Some More" featuring Sporty-O, which marries dirty bass with some equally dirty raps. Fellow hype-masters Black Noise also make an appearance on the collaborative "Rockin' It" which is a masterpiece of bass driven lunacy powered along by some hard-hitting retro drum breaks. With sixteen hardcore gems on the album, Nick Thayer's certainly excelled himself on Just Let It Go.