Helping out a breaks & d&b newbie...

[firestar]

Okay, so, my girlfriend is a bit of a breaks & d&b newbie. And I want to show her some really good music. Now, I know my shit, sort of, so I made her a mix cd.

Keep in mind she doesn't really like heavy techy shit, so I made her kind of a mellow funky mix cd.. track listing as follows:

Freestylers - Policeman Skank
DJ Fresh/Darrison - All that jazz
Freestylers - Ruffneck
Freestylers - Get Down Massive
Sky FX - Shake ya body
Deekline - Boom Blast
Marky & XRS - LK
Freestylers - Push Up
Deekline - Outta Space Remix
Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag
Deekline - Bush Pig
Deekline - Screetch

SO, what i'm asking for is, any suggestions of more tracks I can show her ALONG THE LINES of the tracks above. Jazzy d&b, vocally d&b, maybe some more well known tracks? No techy shit please. As for breaks, newer funky stuff, nothing too florida (eg: faline, etc - see has lots of that already) and once again nothing to techy.
Basically, anything really upbeat & funky, nothing to dark, vocals prefered, but nothing too cheesy, you know?

Any help greatly appreciated..

And I don't want your opinion of the above tracks please, just some good suggestions of more music!

[decypher]

get some nu tone stuff like 3 bags full and the seven years matrix rmx. Commix stuff lately has been pretty good, i like undisco. Get some Ben sage stuff. That Cyantific & tactile track off of weapons of mass creation 2 on hospital is a dope track.

[dj_soo]

i love the liquid stuff

*blatent self-promotion*

have some of my mixes:

Marcus Intalex Tribute mix - djs soo, illesha and jimungle

dj soo - Nu:Tone Tribute mix

dj soo - November 2003 mix

dj soo - A Night at the Spaceclub

[dj_soo]

oh, here's a *killer* chilled-out midtempo breaks mix by All Good Funk Alliance:

All Good Funk Alliance - Deep B-Boys mix

Fort Knox Five mix:

Fort Knox Five mix

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by mofo-x

i love the liquid stuff

*blatent self-promotion*

have some of my mixes:

Marcus Intalex Tribute mix - djs soo, illesha and jimungle

Seriously, any chick would dig this mix. I love it and I am not the biggest dnb fan these days.

Oh, and for a mix suggestion, I'd definitely reccomend some of teebee's girlier stuff (nice and deep, not tooo pussy) like silent depths, dimensional entity, etc. for it.

[Clayton.]

I'll help you out.



Forget about the breaks and dnb and give your gf some house to listen to.

[RoxyBeBe]

Mark de clive lowe... electronic soul, funk and jazz.



http://www.markdeclivelowe.net/releases/preview.php?release=0018&title=Tide's%20 Arising&section=discography

You can listen to clips here ^^^ Check out tracks number 4 and 6. They are my absolute favs. Bembe Segue, the vocalist featured on these tracks.... well she is from another planet! =)

[dabbler]

shimon "jazz freak"

[firestar]

Originally Posted by dabbler

shimon "jazz freak"

YES, for d&b, shit like this right here. Jazzy and vocally.

Any others?

[firestar]

Originally Posted by Ever666

I'll help you out.



Forget about the breaks and dnb and give your gf some house to listen to.

Nope, she doesn't like a lot of house, nor do I really, just breaks & d&b here please.

Not looking for house, lounge, hiphop, or anything too techy. I know you guys know of tons of good stuff..

oh and also sorry no full mixes, just single tracks, she want's to know artist/tracknames of the tracks she's listening to.

OH an another PS: These don't nessasarily need to new newer tracks! I'd like go get her a wide range of stuff, including older stuff!

Thanks again all!

[dj_soo]

how bout tracklistings then :P There's like 60 different tracks to choose from - have fun. I love all of the tracks but I'll bold some of my favorites...

MI tribute:

M.I.S.T. - Play on Me [Soul:R]
M.I.S.T. - Warp 2 [DSC14]
M.I.S.T. - Warp 1 [Soul:R]
Un-Cut - Midnight (M.I.S.T VIP mix) [Warner]
M.I.S.T - How You make me Feel [31 Records]
Marcus Intalex - Bridge the Gap [Revolve:R]
M.I.S.T. - Barracuda [Revolve:R]
Marcus Intalex - Temperance [Soul:R]
Mist:I:Cal - Mistical Dub [Soul:R]
Marcus Intalex - Lose Control [MetalHeadz]
M.I.S.T. Ft. Jenna G - Lover [Soul:R]
Mist:I:Cal - Mistical Dub Part 2 [Soul:R]
M.I.S.T. - Outer Space [Soul:R]
M.I.S.T. and High Contrast - 3am [Soul:R]
Marcus Intalex - Zumbar [Soul:R]
M.I.S.T. - Jam Hot [Soul:R]

Nu:Tone Tribute:

1. Nu:Tone - G.M.A.S. [Brand.nu]
2. Nu:Tone - Countdown [Hospital]
3. London Elektricity vs. Nu:Tone - Fast Soul Music [Hospital]
4. Nu:Tone - Three Bags Full [Hospital]
5. Nu:Tone - Stay Strong [Hopital]
6. Nu:Tone - Departure Lounge [Brand.nu]
7. Nu:Tone - Grand Central [Beta]
8. Nu:Tone - Right Now [Hospital]
9. Quantic - Perception (Nu:Tone remix) [Tru Thoughts]
10. Nu:Tone - Strange Encounter [Hospital]
11. Nu:Tone - Seven Years (Matrix remix) [Hospital]
12. Nu:Tone - Ebb + Flow [Hospital]
13. Nu:Tone - Our House [Brand.nu]
14. Nu:Tone - New Boy [Hospital]

November 2003:

1. Retrograde - Retrograde [Aspect]
2. Die - Jitta Bug [Full Cycle]
3. Jon Forte - P.B.E. (London Elektricity remix) [Hospital]
4. The Fort Knox Five - Rastarollarink [Fort Knox]
5. Digital - Screamer [Cosmic Web]
6. Aquasky - Gemini [Moving Shadow]
7. Danny C feat. J - Eye - Ace Face [Creative Source]
8. Digital, Vega, and Irie J - Your Style [Cosmic Web]
9. Scamuel Jackson - Black Morpheus [white]
10. Dj SS - Margarita [Formation]
11. M.I.S.T. vs DJ Marky & XRS - Back to Love [Soul:R]
12. Sonic & Silver - Space Cadet [Spacer]
13. Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (High Contrast remix) [white]
14. Cyantific - 90 [Hospital]
15. Blue Sonix - Beautiful (Carlito remix) [Phuturistic Bluez]
16. NJC - Feelz Good [Timeless]
17. Capone - Fusion [Hard Leaders]
18. Stranjah - 20/46 [dnba]
19. Juan B feat. Merly B - Una Cerveza! [Chihuahua]

NatS:

Arling & Cameron - 1999 Spaceclub - [Drive-In]
Kemet Crew - Bust The Dance - [Kemet]
Twisted Anger w/ Danny C - The Latin Thing - [Dread]
NJC - Dispatches - [L-Plates]
Lemon D - I Wanna Get Down - [VRecordings]
E- Z Rollers - Hang On (DJ Addiction remix) - [Moving Shadow]
Def Con One - Monday - [Mac II]
E - Z Rollers - Science Funktion - [Moving Shadow]
Quality Control - (Unknown) - [dub]
Ray Keith - Brutal - [Dread]
Blue Sonix feat. KW - Crime - [NIR]
A Sides - Spreadlove - [Hard Leaders]
Spree - Move (State of Play remix) - [Aspect]
Concord Dawn - Check This Sound - [Timeless]
Politix - All Crew - [Proper Talent]
Kamanchi - Never Can Tell (It's a Trap) - [Full Cycle]
Tango - Mainline - [Media]
Kamanchi - Hold It Down - [Full Cycle]
Predator - Top Ranking - [Acetate]
DJ SS - Black VIP (John B remix) - [dub]
Dylan - So Special - [Timeless]
DJ SS - The Lighter (DJ SS remix) - [Formation]
Alring & Cameron - 1999 Spaceclub (Tofu remix) - [Drive-In]

Some additional track suggestions:

EZ-Rollers - Tough at the Top
Marky & XRS - Real Good
Calibre - Hypnotise
Pressure Rise - Searchin' (Matrix remix)
Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway (Matrix remix)
Greg Packer - Hawaiian Groove
Scamuel Jackson - Come Inside (Ray Kieth remix)

I got tons more - but you can start with that...

[Van Tek]

Alanis Morissette - So Pure (Hybrid Remix)
Andreas Johnson - Glorious (Hybrid Remix)
Brainchild - Symmetry C (Lange Breakbeat Remix)
Brother Brown - Under the Water (Starecase Remix)
BT - Never Gonna Come Back Down (Hybrid's Breaktek Remix)
Conjure One ft. Sinead O'Connor - Tears From the Moon (Hybrid's Twisted on the Terrace Remix)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith - Summertime (Hybrid Remix) <--- REALLY GOOD!!!
DJ Rap - Bad Girl (Hybrid Remix) <--- ALSO REALLY GOOD!!!
FC/Kahuna - Hayling (Ils Remix)
Filter - Take a Picture (Hybrid Remix)
Freestylers - Too Far
Guardians of the Earth - Remember (Breakz Mix)
Hybrid - Finished Symphony
Hybrid - If I Survive
Inner Sanctum - How Soon is Now (Hybrid Remix)
Jacknife Lee - Aloha Satellite Special (Soul of Man Vocal Remix) <--- BEST TRACK EVER
Jakatta - So Lonely (2 Sinners Vocal Mix)
Keoki - Jealousy (Elite Force Remix)
Kosheen - Catch (Technical Itch Remix)
Kosheen - Face In a Crowd
Kosheen - Hungry
Lamb vs Cosmos - What Sound (Tom Middleton Deep Step Mix)
Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Nubreed vs Phil K Remix)
Orbital - Funny Break (Plump DJs Remix)
Vengaboys - Paradise <--- you'd be surprised how good this is ;)

hopefully that'll get ya started in the right direction!

[RoxyBeBe]

4 Hero - hold it down, bugz remix.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/tracks/holditdown.ram

Amy Winehouse - In my bed, bugz remix

http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/tracks/inmybed.ram

Zero 7 - Distractions, bugz remix

http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/ram/bugz_remixes08.ram

Gene Harris - Losalamitoslatin funk lovesong, bugz rework

http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/ram/bugz_remixes13.ram

Phuturistix feat Jenna G - beautiful, bugz remix

http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/ram/beautiful_jenna02.ram

Bugz in the attic - Waiting

http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/ram/sel...two_dego05.ram

G Force and Seiji feat Bembe Segue - Clear Vision

http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/ram/sou...movement09.ram

Bebel Gilberto - Aganju, spritiual south sub rub remix

http://musicstore.real.com/music_sto...rackid=8229696

^^^ you can get a longer clip of this with more vocal from here

http://www.juno.co.uk/search.php?q=b...any&column=all

[dabbler]

potential bad boy - your mine

[wishbone]

concord down - dont tell me

[dj_soo]

^ that's the worst track ever.

[wishbone]

lol why? its not my fav dnb track but its got vocals and isn't clownstep lol.

[dj_soo]

well, #1 - he specifically asked for non-techy dnb

i'll just re-print my analysis I made when the tune first came out:

taken from nwdnb.bc.ca circa Jan 2004

Meh, decent tune - typical CD tight production, hella anthemy, catchy chorus, the synth stabs are kinda cheesy but I like it. It'll get the kids pumping their fists and barking and waving lighters or some such.

However...

It's the friggen lyrics that really get to me.

Lets take a look:

don't tell me what to do
and who the fuck are you

ok yea... whatever. Appeals to the teen-angst scene and all... jungle kids seem to be getting younger and younger nowadays anyway (as evidenced by the last dieselboy show)... who know's maybe dnb is becoming the next metal/grunge/industrial/whatever it is that teenagers listen to to piss off their parents music in NZ

don't tell me what to play
i'll say what I will say

Right that's fine. Junglists are constantly trying to claim some sort of taste elitism in music or some shit and all so yea - it fits with the whole theme of teen-angst anthem or something

don't tell me how to live (i think - can't really make it out)
or what the fuck to wear

yea yea more of the same old, same old. I'm beginning to think Tiki is a 14 year old boy writing in his journal about how much he hates his parents... ah misunderstood youth.

i got my own ideas
and i don't give a care

ok wait one sec... i don't give a care??? What the fuck is this, grade school? I haven't heard the line "I don't give a care" since I was in like kindergarden - back when we were told that "damn" was a swear word. Couldn't he have come up with anything better? I mean hell, even if he said "I don't give a damn" or something it would work better - rhymes about as well a "ideas" and "care" (which is not at all). The lyrics as a whole are cheesy enough without having to include some taunt a 6-year old girl would say in a playground during recess. yeesh.

"I don't give a care" indeed...

Anyway, I just had to get that off my chest. Hopefully an instrumental will be released or something...

-rant off

[dabbler]

yeah, i fully agree. instr. would be wicked, would never play that tune as is. HATE the vocal.

[wishbone]

LOL WORDS

whatever buddy <3

[ebbomega]

Propellerheads.

In copious amounts.

[dj_soo]

^ agreed

[Haze]

are the Propellorheads still around? They had that one CD and then disappeared; anyone know?

- ë

[AbbyBreakz]

any breaks or dnb tracks by Aquasky

www.aquasky.co.uk download the new radio show, u will not be dissapointed

Also Krafty Kuts has sum funky shit

[Euro Dollar]

Originally Posted by wizzfish

concord down - dont tell me

your ignorance deserves bad karma...

he said nothing dark or techy...