Halloween Supatronix UK!
Posted by jurassik | October 7th, 2009
Life is sent to test you, they say. Well this week has certainly proved that particular adage. Early this morning we found at that our venue for the past year, Herbal, is being closed forever due to the council having pulled the licence. This is incredibly sad news as we really enjoyed our time there. One might say it was our most successful period so far in fact, with some fantastic regular crowds getting down to the likes of Far Too Loud, Deekline & Wizard, Plaza De Funk, Freestylers and many more.
But … luckily we’ve been able to secure another Shoreditch venue, The Courtyard in Pitfield Street, as a replacement for our Halloween party on Friday, October 30th. It’s the spot where we did our New Year’s Eve party last year, and has just been kitted out with a full soundsystem and a late licence. Future Funk Squad will be headlining in the breaks room, and we have the Skanks Sabbath crew (not to be confused with our regular collaborators, Skanks!) holding down the bar with some hip-hop and dubstep sounds,
The extra space on the stage there means we’ll be able to get some visuals going, and the owner of the place is a wicked chap who’s properly into the music and ting. So it ought to be a nice comfortable place to get on it. And we’ll be running ’til 4am instead of 3!
Furthermore, I’ve just heard from Mr Funk Squad himself that he’ll be giving away 50 copies of his incredible new album Disorders of Skill. Since we’ll be doing our usual free entry deal before a certain time, this basically means that if you get your skates on we will be giving you the best breaks album of the last couple of years to come to Supatronix. You really can’t say fairer than that. Also watch this space for an exclusive mix and interview with the man himself.
If everybody likes the venue and it goes off, we might just carry on there. Or we might find somewhere else. Let us know what you reckon, in any case.
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Far Too Loud speaks!
Posted by jurassik | September 22nd, 2009
Ahead of his gig at Supatronix on Friday, Far Too Loud spoke to thisisbreaks.com about his plans for the future as a solo act, and the future of breaks …
We’re still getting used to saying “he” rather than “they” when it comes to describing Far Too Loud. The name still has that ring of being a band moniker, rather than a solo act, but as anyone who’s been paying attention lately will know, that’s no longer the case. Oli Cash (pictured above) and Dom Smart, who were the core of Far Too Loud, have gone their separate ways at what many would see as the height of their success, with the latter launching a new act, Neurodriver, and the former continuing under the FTL brand.
We’ve already brought you the lowdown on Neurodriver, including a pair of wicked free tracks, and here we present Oli’s side of the story. Far Too Loud will be playing one of his first solo gigs in the UK at Supatronix in London this Friday night, where he’s promising a special breaks-orientated set to keep the heads happy. In the meantime he’s taken time out to let our readers know what the future holds.
When news first broke of the split, we were pretty disappointed here at thisisbreaks.com, but we’re now looking on the bright side. Where once we had one purveyor of energetic psy-tinged electro-breakbeat, we now have two. And that can’t be such a bad thing. Over to Oli, and big ups to the awesome Funkatech Records for sorting out this interview.
Most people who have been into breaks over the past couple of years know who Far Too Loud are and appreciate your music. Will there be any difference in the band’s output now that it’s a solo project?
For me, Far Too Loud has never rigidly stuck to one particular sound, although I think the production techniques link all the tracks together sonically. I get tired of a style quite quickly when making music and usually when I have finished a track I want to do something a bit contrasting, which gives a degree of unpredictability to what will come next. I like to take influences from what I’m listening to at the time and produce some sort of reaction to that. That is what I have always done as part of Far Too Loud and that is what I will continue to do, so in that respect the output of FTL will not change. You will however see me incorporate new influences and ideas so I hope that people will see some sort of difference in the FTL output, not just now but until I stop producing music. I think that if I was going to do anything radically different from FTL music then I wouldn’t be carrying on with that name – the fact that I am still using it really answers your question.
What lay behind the decision to go it alone?
I think our styles and views on the direction of FTL weren’t in sync. Without a unified goal it’s difficult to achieve anything. Separately, I think we can both be more focused and productive as it offers complete creative freedom.
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Supatronix Melbourne 26/09/09
Posted by Missmax | September 2nd, 2009
Missmax and Youthful Implants prepare for the next Supatronix, Melbourne as Spring hits the city.
The Supatronix launch at Revolver in July was a huge success with crowds rocking til the early hours. Ex-London residents Missmax and Youthful Implants got to show their home city what Supatronix has in store. With special guest and Breaks veteran Joe Precision Cuts serving up lots of exclusives and big beats it was smiles all round. The front room at Revolver is the perfect venue for the residents to flex their musical muscles with 2 hour sets. With great atmosphere and awesome visuals there’s room to throw shapes on the dancefloor or chill out in the big back bar.
After a brief settling-in period, Missmax is back in the game!
The next party is on Saturday 26th September with Revolver resident Nick Thayer providing support, and visuals from Seven Milligram. The Supa T crew will be showcasing the best of the Breaks in usual style.
Join the Supatronix Melbourne Facebook group
For concessions email missmax@supatronix.org or alex@supatronix.org
Check some of the photos from the last party:
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More Jurassik freshness (audio)
Posted by jurassik | August 7th, 2009
Here’s my forthcoming single Like This, which will be hitting download stores in early September on the excellent new Yellow Finger label. Kind of went a little crazy on this one and it’s ended up being a whopping nine minutes long. But I just thought, in this world of increasingly short tracks and zero melody, I’d go completely the opposite way.
Also pleased to have managed to get both the Apache and Amen classic breaks in there, though the Apache is kinda disguised. Drop a comment below if you’re feeling this one!
And yes I know I need to get some decent pictures taken.
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Check out a new Jurassik track
Posted by jurassik | August 3rd, 2009
Exciting times in the Supatronix camp. We’ve just had the final masters delivered of my new track with XLY, We Should Be, which is being released at the end of this month on Sound of Habib, one of the best and longest-running breakbeat labels and probably the imprint that’s pushing it the most on the progressive end of things right now.
We Should Be is a funky little acid-breakbeat roller, with a quirky sloping beat, siren blasts and deep, deep bass, topped off with glitchy 80s-style vocal cuts. Here is a sneak preview of the original version of the track, which is also getting the remix treatment from young up and coming producer Run Riot. Drop your email address in the comments section below if you’re feeling this one, and we’ll make sure to pop you a mail when it hits the download stores.
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