Breaks are Back!

DJ Life & Community General Discussion
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Breaks are Back!!!

I have played all kind of breaks for 10 years. Bur there has never been a huge demand for them.

Thankfully i was able to transition from being more of a commercial dj at your typical fancy club…to a full on underground dj within the past year. Got signed to an underground label here in Atlanta.

Well, our label throws a big rave once a month at this huge warehouse they rent. At underground events I have always played house and tech-house. But last night i played 2 hours of breaks and the crowd went mental!

Every track i pulled they just went crazy for! Played a few ultra rare Goldie breaks vinyls.

This track went over well.
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Electrified+Deepcut+Remix/4NnmoL?src=5

This track especially…its got that crazy Florida booty thing goin on.

I hope breakbeats will start getting more mainstream again, because they are just so damm awesome.

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I like me some breaks!

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And where was this party?

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Wish I lived closer…

good shit man. Glad to hear you had a good night.

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I’m playing breaks at a local bar as well. Works pretty good :slight_smile:

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Always thought Atlanta had a penchant for breaks. But congrats, wish I could get to ATL more often!

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How do u get signed to a label as a dj? I thought that was for the ppl that made the music.

anyways.

Breaks are boss mane, its like a more energetic haus.

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I’ve been playing breaks out since I started :slight_smile: Breaks aren’t going anywhere - people just don’t make the connection half the time that what they are listening to ARE breaks. Breaks for life man :slight_smile: I sometimes play other things too, Drum and Bass, Hardstyle, House (in various forms) but my mainstay has always been breaks. There’s definitely a demand for it around - it just takes solid promoters to book it!

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I’m a huge fan of breaks, but like the OP, I haven’t really found too many places to play it.

It’s always successful when I can get away with it, though. Love the higher intensity nu skool stuff…

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Indeed, half of my audience thinks it’s house, the other half think it’s drum & bass xD
Luckily the guy who books me lets me play whatever the heck I want, as long as people enjoy themselves.

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Breaks is my second genre, it was really popular over here for a while but died back a bit. Wish it would make a comeback! It’s great fun to mix. This is one of my favourite tracks of all time:

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Yeah, mostly into my prog breaks, though I dabble with electro breaks and psybreaks every now and then. Definitely overdue for a decent comeback!

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I don’t know anything about the subgenres, I just know the sounds I like.

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Evil Nine can do no wrong. Their sound is awesome.

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One of my favs from Evil Nine:

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Things like glitch hop, ghetto funk are both breaks aswell. I play those alot myself.

For the faster style (above 120bpm) I prefer booty breaks

Damn patch I completely forgot about that chune. Thanks for posting!

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Ghetto Funk is my favorite right now. Absolutely love it…

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Probably the first genre I was really passionate about when I started DJing. Got a huge collection of breaks vinyl from 01-04… Probably the peak of my vinyl buying days.

Marine Parade was on fire for a few years, everything that label released was awesome.

You guys have posted my two fave Evil Nine tunes so I’ll throw this other classic up.

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I haven’t posted in ages but this thread is well worth a comeback. My roots lie in DnB and Breaks but its just not the same anymore hence why i’m more of a house guy now where I can find the same kind of vibe.

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Yeah, I’m playin’ a lot of Ghetto Funk myself these days… the folks I’m playing in front of seem to dig it, though I am not playing clubs, so I can’t say much about that.