Juno Recommends Breakbeat August 2020

Review: Space Lab invites you into their astral lair courtesy of some fine beat scientists in Adam Pits, Desert Sound Colony, Dr Baird, Inner Zone and breaka. Pits is the one who takes care of launch with his cosmic melodies and smooth cruising grooves heading out into the great beyond. Desert Sound Colony & Dr Braid offer a more choppy groove tinged with garage bump and alien sound designs, while Breaka gets you in a trance state with his ambient laced loops, and last of all Inner Zone's "Niaaru" is a dreamy, zoned out track equally suited to the warm up, peak time or come down.

Review: Luke Vibert is an ever green sonic inventor who can do whatever he pleases with sound. The latest in a long line of projects with Hypercolour and its associated labels is another gem: Rave Hop mixes up downtempo beats, hip hop and r&b with twisted electronics, rave and techno. It's something that could go horribly wrong in the hands of a lesser producer, but here the fusions are amazingly seamless. "No Competition" is a classic era boom bap tune with lush piano chords, "Styles" sounds like a reworked Slick Rick tune with huge breakbeats and "All Night" is as smooth as silk thanks to a buttery vocals and long legged drums that sink you in deep.