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[BNB 058] The Mix Vol. 1
A mix CD of Breakin Bread releases from the last 12 years, cut and blended by those titans of the mix CD game Para and Baila. Their selection of the best Breakin Bread tunes. From the early releases by Rob Life, Quantic and Color Climax to UK hip hop classics from Ghost and Tom Caruana to new school soul, funk and beat hybrids from Para, Natural Self and others...
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Breakin Bread has been going for over 12 years. They started off promoting nights in a dodgy pub in Brixton, South London and The Breakin Bread crew went on to become a major part of hip hop and funk clubland. The monthly parties always attracted a massive crowd and they still do but the crew cant handle the pace of doing monthly nights anymore (watch out for the 12th birthday celebrations being put together for November!). They started putting out records from the resident DJ's Rob Life, Tufkut (Beats in Progress) and Paul T (Color Climax) and when these quickly sold out they realised there was a massive demand for music rooted in hip hop but imbued in the soul/funk revival of the late 90's. A common misconception is that Breakin Bread only releases music for breakdancers. The club nights always have b-boy battles going off but the label has never been restricted to b-boy beats, The Crew simply wanted to release top notch soul, funk, beats and hip hop. Over 50 releases later here we are with the first retrospective mix from the label. |
Para and Baila are fast becoming renowned as the kings of the modern underground mix CD scene. Mix CD's with tasty artwork are always going to beat MP3's or burnt CDs. You won't rich from them anymore but you might gain more than a smidgeon of street and club cred. Para and Baila certainly did that with their first mix "The Saxton Collection" from 2006 which received great reviews in this country and across the pond and even earned the tag of "mix of the year" in some media. This was followed by "Feats per Minute" feat DJ Yoda, another cut and paste style mix that fuses snippets of records from many musical genres in an innovative and original style.
Most recently Para released "Smack My Pitch Up" in 2009. Each of these releases were limited to 1000 copies and quickly sold out.
The Breakin Bread Vol. 1 Mix takes in Para and Baila's selection from the full back catalogue. The first half of the mix focuses on Breakin Bread's uptempo tracks aimed straight at the dancefloor. The second half of the mix slows it right down taking in more hip hop and more of the B-sides and introspective pieces from the label's roster.
This mix will please Breakin Bread's loyal following but its also made for everyone with an interest in soul, funk, beats and hip hop and indeed UK music in general. How many collectives have been putting on nights and putting out new original music for 12 years? In the world of UK soul, funk and hip hop nobody does it like Breakin Bread...
Artists in order of appearance: Keno 1, Para, Ghost, Rob Life, Natural Self, Color Climax, Ill Boogs, Tom Caruana, Prince Fatty, The Abdominal Showmen, Kidkanevil, Cappo, Zero Theory, Nostalgia 77, Quantic, Boogaloo & Lotari, The Killer Meters, Kazahaya
Tracklisting:
- Para - It's The Hornet
- Quantic - Fresh Ryhthm
- Keno 1 - Heavy Heavy
- Ghost - It's All Love
- Rob Life - Swings and Roundabouts
- Natural Self - I Don't Need This Trouble
- Color Climax - Plug It In
- Rob Life - Here's One I Made Earlier
- Natural Self - Song Bird
- Color Climax - Pa Coco Solo
- Rob Life - OK We're Rolling
- Para - Rescue Me
- Ghost - Learn Respect
- Color Climax - Disque O Heights
- Color Climax - She Took My Love
- Natural Self - The Lament
- Para - High Speed Dubbin'
- Ill Boogs - King Conga
- Ghost - Ying Yang
- Ill Boogs - Funky Ghost Town
- Tom Caruana - Choosing The Right Bird
- Ill Boogs - Gypsy Rock Go Off Edit
- Para - For Dance
- Para - The Hideway
- Color Climax - Jigsaw
- Ghost - Basic Instinct
- Ghost - Basic Instinct Natural Self Remix
- Color Climax - Crab Walk
- Color Climax - Batidas Latinas
- Rob LIfe - Great Rhythm Caper
- Beats In Progress - Crumpet Chase
- Color Climax - Jellyfish
- Ghost - Music For The People
- Para - You Never Change
- Natural Self - To The Sun Remix
- Tom Caruana - The Kraken
- Natural Self - Black Orchid Original
- The Abdominal Showmen - Organic
- Natural Self - Black Orchid Prince Fatty Dub
- Natural Self - Black Orchid Kidkanevil Remix
- Beats In Progreszs - Death Of 1000 Cuts
- Ghost - Part Of My Life
- Natural Self - Raising The Power To The Top
- Ghost - Roundtrip
- Natural Self - Foundation
- Cappo/Zero Theory - From Acorns
- Ghost - Vices Versa
- Tom Caruana - Straight Up
- Natural Self - Fires Were Started
- Natural Self - Soloman
- Natural Self - Foundation Part 2
- Cappo/Zero Theory - All This And More
- Cappo/Zero Theory - Capps Theme
- Natural Self - Back To The City
- Color Climax - Power Pac
- Ghost - Seldom Seen
- Ghost - Make A Difference
- Ghost - Talk To Me
- Tom Caruana - It's Arch
- Natural Self - Love Theme
- Beats In Progress - Trouble
- Ghost - The Plan
- Color Climax - You Got What You Wanted
- Ghost - Better Tomorrow
- Ghost - Through The Hills
- Ghost - Valley Of The Legends
- Ghost - Alien Invasion
- Cappo/Zero Theory - Wise Before My Time
- Natural Self - The Love Theme Nostalgia Remix
- Tom Caruana - I Created This
- Quantic - We Got Soul
- Rob Life - Style Applications
- Ghost - Flip It
- Ghost - Exactly Remix
- Ghost - Invisible Inc
- Cappo/Zero Theory - Last Remaining
- Ghost - The Payoff
- Boogaloo and Lotari - Sweat Side
- Ghost - On The Right Track
- Tom Caruana - Magnus Intro
- Color Climax - Crossfire
- Natural Self - The Sound