#90's breakbeat

[randomvarious]

1990s Breakbeat Playlist

Alright, updating this 90s breakbeat playlist this week with a total fuckin' banger from 1997 that I originally discovered on a terrific DJ mix by France's Dimitri From Paris called Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House of Funk, which was released as part of UK electronic music bible Mixmag magazine's Mixmag Live series back in '97. That mix itself, which is one of my favorite mixes of all time, is more in a nu-disco/garage house vein, but the one breakbeat tune it does have is phenomenal, and thankfully, it's also on Spotify 🤘.

The "Sun Barrio Break Mix" of Tokyo musician Takada's "Ola-Le," that was done by London's own legendary Ashley Beedle, is a beautifully layered, over seven-minute, sweat-inducing workout, which includes a sweet and jaunty Latin keyboard riff as its crowning melody, and then delivers a super satisfying electric guitar solo on the back half after the breakdown too 😌. And get this, folks: it only has ~8,200 plays on Spotify! Way too low!

Takada - "Ola-Le (Ashley Beedle's Sun Barrio Break Mix)"

Now, I added that one to the YouTube version of this playlist as well, but this week's update comes with another new track for that YouTube playlist too, which can't be found on Spotify. I first discovered it on a comp that was put out by the legendary German label, Harthouse, which was co-founded-and-run by trance pioneer Sven Väth. In its early days, Harthouse was primarily a trance and hard trance outfit, but in their final phase, they had broadened their horizons, and in 1996, they released a showcase of some North American electronic artists who hailed from the west coast, spanning from the Los Angeles area all the way up to Vancouver. And Vancouver is where we find this exclusive YouTube add this week.

The song, an unpredictable piece of breakbeat psychedelia called "Slog," is from Pacific Rhythm - The First Wave, and is by a very prolific guy named Phil Western, who went under the name of Cap'm Stargazer for this one. With this track, Western takes us on an under-five-minute journey through a dark forest of sorts, with an alternating slate of complementary drum breaks that get surrounded by a cycle of changing and reverberating ambient sounds and synth tones. A creative and lively gem that's currently sitting at just under 1,000 plays on YouTube.

Cap'm Stargazer - "Slog"

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So, here's where things now currently stand with this playlist: we've got 14 songs on Spotify that end up totaling 79 minutes, and over on YouTube, we've got 32 songs that end up totaling almost three whole hours! So, if you want something that plumbs the depths of what Spotify has to offer from its breakbeat catalogue, feel free to check that one out, but if you want something that goes much, much deeper, then the YouTube one is for you 😊.

Expect way more Harthouse-and-Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House of Funk-posting with these Sunday playlist installments in the coming weeks.

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

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#breakbeat #dance #dance music #electronic #electronic music #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music #Spotify

[posthumanwanderings]

Sedona - Coast (Rhythm Electronica Mix) (breakbeat, 1996)

#Sedona #breakbeat #house music #90's dance #90s dance #club music #click hyperlink for dance playlist

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Music for the Jilted Generation by The Prodigy XL / Mute 1994 Breakbeat / Techno / Big Beat

#breakbeat #techno #big beat #dance #dance music #electronic #electronic music #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music

[byler-alarmist]

My sibling had this cassette back in the day

#musicposting #rave music #rave kid #kandi kid #90s music #90's music #90's kid #i wonder how the floppy haired kid is doing #breakbeat hardcore #breakbeat #dance #electronica #Youtube

[dj-bouto]

track-list : dj-promo, dmx crew, 23, Gary Martin, Dave Clarke, Baby Ford, Joey Beltram, Ken Ishii, Steve Frisco, GG Galaxy, Deadly Avenger, Roland the Bastard...

#dj-promo #dmx crew #gary martin #23 #dave clarke #baby ford #joey beltram #ken ishii #steve frisco #gg galaxy #deadly avenger #roland the bastard #techno #breakbeat #90's #nineties #underground

[judging-a-album-by-its-cover]

In Sides - Orbital (1996)

Artists : Foul End Trauma, Studio Ranchero & John Greenwood

#electronic #ambient #ledfield #album cover #90's #breakbeat #in sides #orbital #foul end trauma #Studio Ranchero #john greenwood

[disease]

APHEX TWIN // POLYNOMIAL-C [XYLEM TUBE EP, 1992]

#audio #aphex twin #breakbeat #techno #90s #r&s records #xylem tube EP #electronic #music

[bandcamplinksthatilike]

Listen/purchase: Iridescent Adolescence EP by Narciss

#bandcamp #acid techno #berlin techno #90's techno #breakbeat #electro #electronic dance music

[innervoiceart]

90' mix - Acid balearic Breaks n synths - Lets Go Back - Jonny C

by 883 Centreforce DAB+ Radio

#Mixcloud #90's mix #Acid balearic Breaks n synths #Acid balearic Breaks n synths - Lets Go Back - Jonny C #883 Centreforce DAB+ Radio #acid house #balearic #synth #beats #breakbeat #Jonny C

[curatedbyhatto]

Mario Duarte - Chubi

Bongiorno! Thanks for reading me once again, here, on tumblr of course.

Today's first track is called 'Chubi' (do I really have to restate the artist and the album for all 10 tracks)

This song is the first of two today, since August is ending already and I wanna take the whole month of September to publish Costarican songs (because of the Independence and the patriotic festivities).

Therefore in about half an hour there's gonna be a new song (and the last one on 'GdA') and that way we can start on the first Sunday of September with Tico songs.

Now, about Chubi (which in English would be something like 'doo-bee, doo-bee'), really REALLY good song.

It reminds me of Junior Senior a bit, I really like the chords, I think it would fit great at the end of a movie, or a TV show maybe?

Any Meaning?

Well yes, kinda, the song once again tells her (presumably) that he wants to be by her side all the time, that she's the only one, a very funky-poppy love song.

#curated by hatto: the music #music #alternative #rock #pop #Colombia #Barranquilla #Latin Music #salsa #cumbia #merengue #vallenato #betty la fea #breakbeat #basketball #90's #90s #el carro

[hurumhagelag]

Masterpost of playlists I've made. Arranging good songs or things with some shared nebulous personally meaningful quality into a new cohesive whole is a good thing.

bunch of tracks spanning classic early bossa nova up to 70s samba rock/funk/soul, possibly a few early 80s. appoaching 13 hrs all killer no filler

(what is balearic?) Balearic for me starts with trying to figure out the balearic section of the reviews pages in mixmag as a norwegian teenager in the late 90s. Not a genre, more of a feeling, and a history going back to the Balearic islands in the 80s. Anything with the right feeling could be balearic, but the evolution from early electronic dance/italo to newer house interacting with other types of mainly european music with a balearic feel is the concept here. Custom order.

This goes for the melodic vein found in late 60s to mid 70s giallo/genre Morricone soundtracks more often than not featuring Edda Dell'Orso singing. Morricone is legendary of course but somehow still feels underrated to me. Some compilations focus on this part of his music but this playlist does it better.

80s boogie mix. made for shuffling. playlist that had to be.

balearic virus. something going on with these songs. pop songs that don't pop. custom order.

Late 80s early 90s party rap music

Inner City Life by Goldie - the sound, the vibe and that point in time. The introduction of Goldie worldwide was pretty much "this is a new form of music". This playlist follows that train of thought for a little while.

Early 90's breakbeat rave. Think early Prodigy, Genaside II et.al. Too bad Spotify has so many holes with this kind of music.

short and sweet playlist with Tracey Thorn in various varied guises and collaborations.

Eurodance dominated the charts for a while in 90s Europe, where it was just "dance". Even if new manufactured "blonde female singer and black male rapper" duos seemingly popped up every other week from central Europe somewhere, the borders delineating it from more credible dance music weren't as rigid as it could seem.

#.m3u #pt1 #Spotify

[randomvarious]

Coldcut - "Atomic Moog 2000 (Post Nuclear Afterlife Lounge Mix)" Living Some Dreams Volume One 1997 Breakbeat

Good morning 🌅

#breakbeat #dance #dance music #electronic #electronic music #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music #Youtube

[th3-0bjectivist]

Dear listener, if you’ve never heard of Aphex Twin before, cling fast to your genitals. Because, like a 2500-volt shock straight to the testes, you’re going to find this musical entry quite shocking! Before you smash play on the music video above, I will immediately attempt to dissuade you from viewing if 1. You are the faint-of-heart type 2. You have a medical condition that is triggered by strobe lights. I don’t want you to have a series of elaborate seizures. Go figure; you’re my fuckin’ audience. I don’t want to kill my audience on Tumblr just so it’s clear. At least, not this week. For the rest that remain; if you've never seen an AT video before, the time for your distressing and traumatic cult initiation is NOW. Smash play on the track above; it's Come to Daddy from the 1997 album of the same name.

OMFG… this guy is hot AF. I was personally introduced to AT about two decades ago through one of my stoner friends who went to basement raves to dance with glow sticks. At the time, I really didn’t understand what the hell I was listening to. A lot of it just sounded like disorganized and cobbled-together noises. However, my musical tastes have evolved, and in hindsight, I can fully acknowledge that the music of soloist and Ireland-born Richard David James was simply beyond my comprehensive grasp as a young adult. He is and was a true pioneer in the music industry, having the aptitude and talent to bring a brand-new type of music to bloom in the 90’s, that being IDM (intelligent dance music). IDM, by my understanding, is derivative of breakbeat, techno, and acid house… but pushed to the very edge of experimental extremes. It is dance music (you CAN’T dance to a lot of it unless you want to have spasmodic fits, it’s honestly more proper for exercise/home environment listening) that is custom-tailored for a very discerning and clever audience, and I find that a lot of IDM sounds itself like a living, breathing entity. What AT brought to the table was a uniquely charismatic, versatile, and in some cases downright emotionally impacting experience that I cannot in good conscience declare as useless. It is the polar opposite of generic modern melodies, as AT pushed and continues to push the envelope of modern music to its most illogical boundaries. Probably my favorite feature of AT’s overall sound is the asynchronous beats, which, while not in any way traditionally mathematical or ‘correct’ in timing, is a genuine example of that tonic path that Aphex Twin and IDM as a genre have to offer. AT does whatever others are afraid to try, and the overall discography runs the gamut from shy electronic ambient to full-on head-banging badassery. Enjoy, and there will be far more music to come this year!

If you care to pursue the actual emotional range of AT’s music, click just above for one of the most (if not THE most) emotive ambient tunes I’ve absorbed in my lifetime, Rhubarb from Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994). And if you’re really, really in the mood to traumatize yourself, click here for one of the most disturbing music videos I’ve seen in my lifetime. I wanna make it clear, IF YOU CLICK ON THE IMMEDIATELY PREVIOUS LINK, I am in no way responsible for the mental damage it does to you as a result. YOU... are by your own free will and accord, willingly clicking on the link. I am merely providing you a path, in fact multiple paths, to explore Aphex Twin’s sound further. Image source: https://testpress.news/na-klassiku-aphex-twin-windowlicker-v-anglii-snyali-sotsialnuyu-reklamu-bezopasnoj-ezdy/

#aphex twin #music #music on tumblr #audio #music video #musical double-feature #Youtube #richard david james #intelligent dance music #IDM #electronica #ambient electronic #breakbeat #drum and bass #electro #Irish artist

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Surrender by The Chemical Brothers Freestyle Dust / Virgin / Astralwerks 1999 Big Beat / Techno / House / Neo-Psychedelia / Breakbeat / Progressive House / Funky Breaks

#big beat #techno #house #house music #neo psychedelia #neo psych #breakbeat #progressive house #funky breaks #dance #dance music #electronic #electronic music #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music

[posthumanwanderings]

90's gaming Drum and Bass / Breakbeat mix

0:00 Siris Canyon (Extreme G3) 1:39 The Swarm - Level 11 (Forsaken) 7:44 The Swarm - Pure bitch power (Forsaken) 11:11 Eschaton (Extreme G2) 14:09 BASS01#5 (Bass Landing 2) 18:23 BGM 012 (Bass Landing 3) 19:30 Flytronix - Imaginary Forces (Rollcage Stage II) 21:33 Atheistic Love [TUTORIAL] (KAROUS) 22:31 you can't fxxk me (Stage3) (KAROUS) 25:24 Loon-A-Moon (Team Buddies) 29:09 Vainglorious Chorus (Neon White) 33:15 Skies of Blue (LIGHTSPEED NEO)

#this is a big thing on youtube now apparently #DNB #breaks #breakbeat #VGM #jungle music

[top-the-cat]

So I mentioned the other day that I had been vinyl shopping at Psychotron Records in Sutton Coldfield recently, and I am still working my way through my new finds…

We’ll start with this by Lee Scratch Perry and if you know Lee Scratch Perry, then you know exactly what this is going to be. Essentially, volume one of the 12” versions of his biggest hits of the 70s. They had the next couple of volumes in there, but I figured I would start at the start, as the opening track is the Original Upsetter 12” mix of Disco Devil, which you may know as Max Romero’s Chase The Devil or The Prodigy’s Out Of Space, or Dreadzone’s Iron Shirt, to name the first three that come straight to mind . (Apparently, according to Wikipedia, Max Romero’s came first, but Perry produced it and the original Disco Devil was his dub version)

But yeah, if you know that track, you know what this whole record is going to be about; five dubbed out tracks by either by him or produced for others by him, with plenty of echo, extended breaks, and let’s say hazy atmosphere to them.

My only criticism though is the bass isn’t as heavy as I figured it would be on the early tracks. I mean, they are all from the same end of the late 70’s but the tracks on the B side sound better, and I’ve got a pretty decent system to play it on, but its not as heavy and gut rumbling as I figured it would be… Still good though!

Lee Scratch Perry presents Disco Devil Vol 1, Discomixes From The Black Ark

OK, so this is just the 12” single and listening to it, it’s not the exact version that I know and to be honest, I’m not really that impressed with it. The quality is fine, but it kinda’ goes on a bit too long and it feels just a little forced. It’s like there’s no soul left in it. There’s the instrumental on the other side, but again, it’s the instrumental of this alternate version and yeah, if I wanted to sample or battle with it, then it’s there, but lets be fair, neither of those are really going to happen.

Plus, the title of it is weird. Everyone knows that Grandmaster Flash had nothing to do with it and it was Sylvia Robinson of Sugar Hill Records that made it and in turn destroyed the Furious Five, but why call it Grandmaster & Melle Mell? What’s the & got to do with it??

White Lines (Don’t Do It) by Grandmaster & Melle Mel

Now were talking! If you don’t know, Buddy Rich was a classic jazz drummer, who played with all sorts of greats from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Luis Armstrong to Count Basie and Charlie Parker. And when you listen to him, he fucking wails on those drums. I mean, he is firing off high speed drum & bass style breakbeats in perfect time, which as a teenager back then, would do the same things to you that jungle would do today.

The first side is a bit jazz standard business. Its calm and maybe a little smooth, but all the while you can hear him trying to restrain himself from going wild. Every now and then though, he lets loose with a little drum break or an inspired fill and it all kicks off. It picks up a bit on the second side with his band barely being able to keep up with him. Pure class!

Stick It by Buddy Rich

Have you been listening to BBCRadio6 over the last couple of weeks? They have been doing some specials on 50 years of hip-hop and some hip-hop specials from the decades. (It’s actually 90’s day on the radio today and I’ve been proper getting my rave on whilst I should be working!) But one of the groups they have been playing a fair bit is BDP, or Boogie Down Productions, which is essentially KRS-One, Scott La Rock, Red Alert, and a few other random DJ’s, producers, and people. And the point is, I’ve been quite surprised by how much I have been liking it. I mean, I’ve always been a hip-hop head, but figured all the best stuff came from the 90’s, as most of the best music does.

So I saw this from ’89 and figured I’d give it a spin as it was only £6. There are no tracks on there that I know but plenty of samples that I do. Its all classic funk and soul samples with the usual KRS socially conscious message over the top. Which is all good in my books.

Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip-Hop by Boogie Down Productions

I’ve spotted this in my local record shop a few times and looked it over it without buying it. And it was still there last time I was in, so I thought I’d have it away… and it’s like nothing else in my collection.

Essentially, its two guys, Big Black and Black Harold playing African, spiritual jazz on just kongo drums and a flute. There’s chants, rolling rhythms, screams, mysticism, and I’m sure the odd voodoo incantation in there for good measure.

It’s the soundtrack to beatniks sitting in a circle, smoking old grass, wearing polo-necks, stroking their beards, reciting poetry and I fucking love it!

I tell you, I was clearly born in the wrong time. I would have made a quality beatnik. Grooving to this, dropping out, getting stoned, writing bad poetry, sleeping around... Can you dig it daddy-O?

Message To Our Ancestors introducing Big Black

Last one for today and this was a compilation I spotted and bought it purely for the fact that it has Asha Puthli on it, who I first heard on Gilles Peterson’s show, about seven or so years ago. He was interviewing her, cutting with bits of her music, which was a mix of jazz, with a bit of sci-fi disco but not like how you would imagine. And he’s trying to get an age out of her, by asking what sort of year the tale she was relating to was and she stops him, and you could hear the look she gives him over the radio, and just goes “Darling. No” and I pretty much fell in love with her right there and then.

So yeah, bought this mainly as it opens with an Asha soulful disco jazz track and the rest are all fairly similar jazzy/disco rare groove numbers that would be make you feel like you’ve just uncovered some hidden gems going through your parents record collection in the loft.

Not sure why it's written out in biro on the label, and to be honest, it's not the best pressing either, but as the title suggests, these are cool classics....

Cool Classics Vol. 10

#more for the vinyl collection #psychotron records #asha puthli #lee scratch perry #sarah vaughan #message to our ancestors #jazz #hip hop #BDP #KRS-One #buddy rich #grandmaster flash #melle mel