Style: Breakbeat, Breaks, Funky-Breakbeat, Funky-Breaks, Hip-Hop, Ghetto Funk
Quality: mp3 320 kbps
Year: 18/12/2020
Label: Bombstrikes
Cat: BOMBBEST020
Type: Compilation
Bringing a select bevvy of the best Bombstrikes tracks the label has released in 2020, it's enjoyed an explosive year of tunes from Krafty Kuts, Jet Boot Jack, Lack Jemmon, Shaka Loves You and more! They feature here with "Blow Your Whistle", a funked-out "Let's Move" and the lowdown swing-track "I'm A Boss". Other highlights include the Cypress Hill style hip house track "Stir It Up Sister (feat K MI & KDS)" to Prosper & Stabfinger's squelchy, space bubble cruise down mainstreet: "Down In The Basement (feat Awoke)". With some tear-out bass, horns and synths coming out of Ninjulas' "You Know I Like It", check out some lo-fi and slamming funk, disco and house from X-Ray Ted's "On The Floor'' alongside The Nice Guys' Godzilla-themes "Turn It Out" and Jet Boot Jack's strings in "Straight To My Head". Boom!
Style: Breakbeat, UK Hardcore, Breaks, Techno
Quality: mp3 320 kbps
Year: 11/12/2020
Label: Arkham Audio
Cat: ARKIO5
Type: Album
Founded by Patrick De Meyer and Olivier Abbeloos outta Belguim's hardcore rave scene of late-'80s and early-90s, Anasthasia by far was the duo's standout and everlasting tune. A true underground rave hit gone large through it withstanding the tests of time, T99 as a group have been inactive for at least the last 20 years, receiving a new injection of life from the super fresh Arkham Audio of Cri Du Coeur. Employing a star studded cast of remixes that includes the likes of Chris Liebing on a funky rave flex, Truncate who goes down a midwest tribal route and Oliver Deutschmann who gives "Anasthasia" a worthy technofied remix; Dave Clarke chimes in with some dusty and agitated riot rave, with the Exterminador Eurodance mix a sweet hidden bonus too!
Style: Breakbeat, UK Hardcore, Drum and Bass
Quality: mp3 320 kbps
Year: 11/12/2020
Label: Hardcore Energy
Cat: HE014
Type: Album
It's time for us to dive right back into the rave with this next release from Hardcore Energy as Origin8a & Propa deliver a top quality new LP drop, featuring 13 incredible creations. As a selection, there is no doubt for us that this is up there with the best breakbeat releases of the year, with tracks like 'Tell Me' and 'Massive' giving us a serious nostalgic taste of rave-ready energy, alongside the more introspective sound design of 'Blow Your Mind' and 'The Theme'. The thing that takes this project to the next level though is the fabulous selection of remixes that have been very cleverly assembled, seeing the likes of Warehouse, Benton, Private Caller, MKII and Benny Page all getting involved throughout to spice up the tracklisting. Overall, it's a top quality body of work, exploring the full breadth of the breakbeat sound and we couldn't recommend it highly enough!