Step Your Fresh Up Friday

Big time breakbeat coming hot off the press from Krafty Kuts!  A run through of as many Wolfgang Gartner tunes as possible complete with Martin's own spin on it.  Quick transitions in this medley keep the energy off the charts and give you just enough time to get into it before bangin' out a new edit.  We'll get to enjoy his edits in person coming soon, but for now cop the download!  Download's done, got it if you got it!

Only two days from Krafty comes Specimen A another UK artist known for exquisite production value and multi-genre madness comes to Dayton for Elton's Birthday Bash.  From explosive remixes to original bangers Specimen A released their EP London Calling covering Drum and Bass, Drumstep, Dubstep, and Electro House in one tasty package.  Only a few days ago the remix of AfroWhitey dropped and I still can't get enough!  Look for the release due out February 27th on Sludge Records.  Exclusive interview with Phil of Specimen A coming soon!  For now peep the tunes and leave some love.

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Post Rusko Breakdown

So the Rusko show was absolutely bonkers and was the best time I've had playing out in a while.  The crowd was in it and everything went off without a hitch!  Rusko is also one of the coolest artists I have met and is truly down to earth and involved for all the right reasons.  Pics are going to be coming in from I Shoot My Friends for Fun, Tri Plur Ent, and Life of the Party to show you just how we get down.

That being said we have some other events coming in the next few months that should be given some major attention.

As a breaks fan and DJ I can't let this one slip by un-noticed.  Martin Reeves aka Krafty Kuts will be coming to The Masque on March 29th for his first ever Dayton appearance and as far as I know first ever Ohio appearance!  Below is his latest mini mix for his new label Insane Bangers and a recent re-rub of Adele that's a real floor burner.  One of the most hype DJ sets to be seen period!

Step Your Fresh Up Friday

Weekend where are you?  Well, only a few hours away and we'll get it in before then to set it off with a boom, a bang, and maybe even a whoosh or two.

First up is a big breaks release, "The Theme" on Groundlevel from Andy McAllister also featuring a remix by DJ Hero.  Appropriately named, the intro has a great brass sample that sounds like it's from a 70s TV show that slams into a deep bass heavy break!  Developing into a jukey beat with some funky stabs and a hint of that brass it's lookin' hot!  The DJ Hero remix is a standard issue club floor destroyer with effected out vocal samples and a driving breakbeat with a dash vibrato/wobble back into a glitched out brass loop.  The drop hits hard with a heavily modulated synth and stabs of the brass.  Delicious all the way through, check it and it just may even make it into your weekend set by surprise.  There's also a FREE surprise from Andy that's a house classic spun around in a whole new breaky direction.

Andy McAllister - The Theme by groundlevel

Eddie Amador - Rise (Andy McAllister Re-Riser) by groundlevel

We all know Kick It here in the breaks community and I'm a huge fan but this latest work from Farace is through the roof on the electro tip.  A super clean complextro banger, Get Up Jax has a catchy saw lead and a heavy bassline on deck.  With only a teaser up at the moment I can't WAIT for the release to drop.  The Bass mix takes it to a whole 'nother level on the drumstep front of things.  Huge drum fills and a journey into the amen break get this grinder of a tune goin' from the floor up.  The epic piano brings it from the grave to the rave and back again.  This release will be BIG...even an acoustic version on the tubes for you straight from Paul himself!

Farace - Get Up Jax (Preview) by farace
Farace - Get Up Jax (Farace Bass Mix Preview) by farace

For some hometown hotness from Cincinnati, OH DJ/MC Firecat 451 goes big with a liquid DnB remix of A Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out.  There's not many people that I would say could do a great job with this, but I knew when I heard him announce it that this was going to hit it right.  With solid rolling basslines and a breakdown into hip hop it's bangin' it out.  Liquid dnb always makes me feel like it's really fall and I have to say this pulls it in for me just the way I like it.  Check the rest of Firecat's tunes/mixes on his site www.firecat451.com

Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out (Firecat 451's Liquid Trick Edit) by Firecat 451