It was a Saturday night on the 25th of February and a Rock Like This celebrated the launch of their first Breaks and Bass music CD release in true style at their resident venue The Workshop.

Calling on the talent of their producer  A-Team, Rock Like This members opened up the celebrations. Kick starting the night was Citizen.com (DJ mixer for the first CD), followed by partner in crime Deviant who stepped up the night with a touch of more bass. Then it was time for the DJ’s to step aside and let the producers take over…

First up was Youthful Implants (track Tweaker Creature featured on CD two), who got the energetic crowd moving. Next was Jimmy Le Mac (one half of What Now? – with tracks Jack Attack and Attention Shoppers featured on CD one), playing a smooth booty bass set with only more people joining forces on the dance floor for the action. Taking things a bit deeper was Llupa (track Harbringer featured on CD two), playing to a packed house. And finishing off the night in style, Smile On Impact (remix of Super Soaker featured on CD two), smashing out to the crowd ending the night with some Drum and Bass.

MEANWHILE…..

Halfway across the world in South London’s infamous ‘Cable’ nightclub, the Breaks and Bass was also flowing in what was set to be one of the biggest nights for Breakbeats. It was time for the 11th International Breakspoll awards.

Featuring the the Elite Breaks Producers from around the world. Not only was there one hell of a line up but the winners were announced  live on stage by Barry Ashworth and Carl Loben. Featuring act like A-Skillz, Afghan Headspin, Beatman & Ludmilla, Featurecast, Rennie Pilgrem and Slyde just to name  few, plus all of the winners listed below.

Check out who took the glory of Breakbeats most privileged awards:-

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Best Track – Hyper & Beatman & Ludmilla – Lights (Ayra Recordings)
Best Remix – Krafty Kuts – Lets Go, Lets Ride (Pyramid Remix) ***
Best Album – Stanton Warriors – The Warriors ****
Best Label – Ghetto Funk
Best New Label – Diablo Loco Records
Best Producer – Colombo
Best New Producer – Mafia Kiss
Best DJ – A-Skillz
Best New DJ – James D’ley
Best Large Event – Shambhala Festival
Best Small Event – Lowdown & Dirty
Best Website – NuSkoolBreaks.co.uk
Best Radio Station – NSB Radio
Best Radio Show – Lady Waks Show (Radio Record)
Best Free Track – Marlena Shaw – California Soul (A-Skillz Remix)
Outstanding Contribution – The Freestylers ****

*** Tracks features on Rock Like This CD.

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All up this was one very special night for Breakbeats world wide!

BIG UP THE BREAKS!

He is signed to DIVERTED TRAFFIC records (owned by another one of my favourite DJs – Diverted), and features 9 FREE tunes to download! With remixes by Diverted, JHz and Groovediggers.

Mr No Hands – Fat Cats (Edit)

Mr No Hands – Fat Cat (Diverted mix)

Mr No Hands – Clap your hands (Edit)

Mr No Hands – Clap your hands (JHz mix)

Mr No Hands – Clap your hands (Groovediggerz mix)

Mr No Hands – Rumpy Pumps (Edit)

Mr No Hands – Hit and Hope

Mr No Hands Vs Bassbin Twins – Adrealine Ltd

Mr No Hands Vs Bassbin Twins – Adrealine Ltd (Diverted mix)

Oh and did I already mention that they are ALL FREE!!

Click here to go to Mr No Hands Soundcloud page and D/L the SET.

I hope you all enjoy, it’s the first banging breaks mix I’ve done since probably about 2006… yikes!

Here’s a track list for you.

1) Digital Base – Decibellum
2) Hedflux – Revolve
3) Andrey Mute – Landmine (karton remix)
4) Rennie Pilgrem – Rich Rule Us (BSD Remix)
5) Hedflux – Rhythm Prism
6) Meat Katie – Bizarre is Beautiful
7) Refracture – Hate on This
8 ) The Gulf Gate Project – Illuminati (Ways and Means Remix)
9) Aggressiveness – Avalanche (destroyers remix)
10) Sub Focus – Move Higher
11) Meat Katie & Dopamine – Nectar (Boonos remix)
12) Ways & Means – Transitory
13) Dave Spoon – Lummox (Plump DJs remix)
14) Deibeat – Rhythm is the Key
15) Frank Lozano – Beats & Bells
16) Peter Paul – Something Beauty
17) BSD – Compute
18) Noisia – Red Heat
19) Slyde – Frequency (NAPT remix)
20) Peo De Pitte – Burning Up (Bassbin Twins remix)

Deviant-newish mix version 1.1 by dj deviant

What Now? is an emerging new duo based in Melbourne, Australia. One Half, representing his hometown, is 25 year old FLIP3k (Phil Martin), a leading Melbourne DJ, responsible for running Melbourne’s leading Breaks parties in the last few years as a figurehead of the entertainment group, ROCK LIKE THIS, touring and supporting the likes of STANTON WARRIORS, A-SKILLZ, LTJ BUKEM, PLUMP DJs, SCRATCH PERVERTS, NETSKY and NICK THAYER in 2012 alone, and its only halfway through February..!

The other half, is 26 year old JIMMY LE MAC (James Mackay), a breaks/techno DJ from Nottingham, UK. He has been producing tunes since 2003, under the guise T1UK, and also as ROGUE FINGERS (with Matt 5 Shaw). The Rogue Fingers have played in Nottingham and London’s finest clubs, supporting DAVE SPOON, TERRY FRANCIS, CUT & RUN, TOM REAL, VANDAL, HEXADECIMAL, MAX COOPER, PETE JORDAN and many more. He also started the music night, BASS BREAK, in 2005, which is still currently running monthly in Nottingham.
They first met in the thriving party city of Nottingham, and instantly decided to ignore their studies, and focus on projects together. James has since moved to Melbourne, so they can focus on production, and begin turning some heads.

Their debut EP ‘Cosmic Breakdown’ was released in September 2011, on their own newly founded label, LOOPHOLE RECORDINGS, which is building a strong catalogue of non-genre exclusive underground electronic releases. With EPs from What Now?, solo releases from Jimmy Le Mac, and Australian Prog House producer Luke Meader already gaining attention, the upcoming releases from a range of Australian producers will no doubt turn heads.
Their debut release, was a remix of Melbourne producer Smile on Impact’s ‘STOP!’ EP, which reached the Breaks top 40 on trackitdown.net. Since then they have been busy in the studio, working on remixes for Chipsound Recodings (Spain), We Are Live Recordings (UK) and Xelon Entertainment (Australia).

They dont often grace the decks together as ‘What Now?’, spending more time in the studio getting things sounding right, but when they do – be there to see it.

What Now? Soundcloud page

Luke Meader – The Pose (What Now? Remix) [released Jan 28th 12' on LHR004]

In 2012, We are launching the first in our CD series, this little beauty above, mixed by 2 of our proudest residents, Citizen.com & FLIP3k. Both CD’s cover a range in breaks, booty beats, bass music and drum & bass, from Australia’s, and the world’s best producers, each given a unique touch by the boys, as they start off what will become a collection of the ever changing and always exciting sounds of bass driven electronic music! We’ve been working really hard on this over the summer, and have taken particular care to make sure the music included is representative of the crew, the DJ’s and the producers that we support, tour and love..!

We’ll be launching this badboy @ Workshop, Melbourne on Saturday Feb 25th, the same day it hits stores, (so if you’re keen for a copy, hold off grabbing one from JB during that day and get a mates rates price copy at the launch, or better yet, win one on the night!) with Citizen.com & Deviant hosting the night, along with producers featured on the disc; Llupa, Youthful Implants, Smile on Impact, and Jimmy Le Mac (What Now?) guest DJs for the evening. Check the our website here for more details, or join the event page on facebook here.

Anyway, check the tracklisting below… Big thanks to everyone featured on the disc and who helped get this to fruition.

LHR004 – VARIOUS ARTISTS – Remixed In Melbourne

Before I give you the official blurb, let me just say I’m pretty excited to blog about this release, as we’ve got a lot of RLT boys on the remix duty for this one.. x flip

Loophole Recordings are back in 2012 with a fresh new take on some of the original tracks that got them started. The release is a remix compilation of the first three Loophole EPs, calling on some of Melbourne’s best producer/DJs to cover a broad spectrum of styles and genres. Every artist has brought their own unique take on the ever growing Loophole catalogue, and the excitement of the family of Loophole producers expanding so quickly. Enjoy, and stay tuned for LHR005 expected Feb/Mar 2012.

LHR004 – ‘Remixed in Melbourne’ is due for release January 28th, 2012, across Beatport, iTunes, and all other good digital music retailers.

Remixed in Melbourne EP:
1:              Luke Meader      GateWay (Smile on Impact Remix)
2:              Luke Meader       We’ve All Got (Jimmy le Mac Remix)
3:              Jimmy le Mac      Protégé (Luke Meader Remix)
4:              What Now?         Attention Shoppers (Riz One’s Keep on Moving Mix)
5:              Luke Meader      The Pose (What Now? Remix)
6:              What Now?         Attention Shoppers (Shifty Sly’s Call Security Mix)

To buy a copy of the release, you can get it from iTunes here (not quite up on beatport yet)
To listen to the tracks first, hit our soundcloud page here.
Loophole Recordings is a Melbourne based record label founded by Jimmy le Mac & Flip3k who collaborate as ‘What Now?’
www.loopholerecordings.com

Rock Like This Productions is Australia’s premier broken beats & bass music company. Based in Melbourne, having been running underground parties, nightclub events, festival appearances, and holding regular bar residencies and radio slots for the past 7 years, they have played host to hundreds of shows, with the finest DJs from the world & nation alike! Since humble beginnings at the peak of the nu-skool breaks era, RLT have developed a dedicated following of punters out to hear a more diverse, dirtier & heavier dance-floor sound.
From small local parties, with an impressive list of locally bred DJs and world renowned producers, to staging sell out shows hosting international acts such as; Stanton Warriors, Plump DJs, Hybrid, Evil 9, Krafty Kuts, A-Skillz, Scratch Perverts, Elite Force, Miles Dyson, The Freestylers, FreQ Nasty, Soul Of Man, Pryamid, Specimen A, Ctrl-Z, The Autobots, Deekline & Wizard, Meat Katie, Drummatic Twins, The Crystal Method, Rennie Pilgrem, Skool of Thought, Splitloop, RackNRuin, Reso, NAPT, Hyper, Chasing Shadows, Hexadecimal, Sukh Knight, Maarten Horger, Nick Thayer, Dopamine, Karton, Kid Kenobi, & Opiuo (just to name a few) this crew has no intention of turning the music down anytime soon..!

So, in 2012 we are expanding our repertoire beyond events, and we are very excited to be celebrating the the debut release of our first CD series, this little beauty, mixed by 2 of our proudest residents, Citizen.com & FLIP3k.
We have worked hard to bring you the first in this series, and will be continue to be working on many more avenues for the crew to expand into that we can share with our punters! Both CD’s cover a range in breaks, booty beats, bass music and drum & bass, from Australia, and the world’s best producers, many of whom we have toured in recent times, each given a unique touch by the boys, as they start off what will become a collection of the ever changing and always exciting sounds of bass driven electronic music!

So come down to the CD Launch, at the first What’s Doing! for the year (our regular monthly RLT night) @ Workshop This Saturday February 25th!

8-3am
featuring Producers/DJs;
Citizen.com
Llupa
Youthful Implants
Smile on Impact
Jimmy Le Mac (What Now?)
Deviant

CD’s will be available for purchase on the night and maybe even a few given away to some lucky people!
Failing that they will be in JB-Hi Fi stores around Australia, on Feb25th, and on digital retailers soon after.

for more details, visit our website.
WWW.ROCKLIKETHIS.COM.AU

x
RLT crew

PS. Come along on the night to find out which act will be headlining our next boat party in April, featured on the CD

Well.. anyone that thinks the plumps have lost it were dead wrong. These guys rocked the house for over 2 hours with the freshest breaks, electro, and whatever else made the club shake..
Was so great to have them back in Melbourne for an exclusive club gig after so many years, and see them smash it out so much more than expected.
Thanks to everyone that came down, was such a fun night, and such a good crowd with the right attitude and party vibes..!

If you didnt come along, check the video above to see what you missed out on!

For more info on the Plumps, visit their website here, or their soundcloud here.
For more info on their label, Grand Hotel Records, visit their soundcloud here.

Thanks to Paul Commisso for the great video.

x
RLT

Rock Like This is very excited to bring you some of the most exciting breaks, and heavy hitting bass music producers Pyramid & Specimen A..!
Make sure you come down to Brown Alley and check out the exclusive East Coast show of The Funkatech Records producers 2012 Austrlalian show!

PYRAMID Soundcloud

SPECIMEN A Soundcloud

FUNKATECH RECORDS Soundcloud

Thanks to Design by Kai for the great video.

x
RLT

Thanks to everyone that came down and made Karton’s album launch a wicked night..!
If you want to grab a copy of the album, you can get a digital download here

You can also listen to the ‘Find the Constant’ promo mix below

For more information about Karton visit their website here or their soundcloud here.

Thanks to Design by Kai for the great video.

x

RLT

Kombinator – Mixed By DiiSTORTiiON (Dec 2011)

Dnb/Breaks/ Drumstep/ Electronic Hip Hop/ Glitch/ Dub Step/ 140 Jungle

Loving a huge variety of broken beat tunes at all BPM ranges this year and this mix pretty much sums up what I have been playing and representing live.
Big broken beat tunes at all BPM ranges. If it’s big, epic and broken I’ll play it!
To stay up to date with new promo mixes, gig and tour dates, free tunes / edits and my releases follow me on my facebook –
www.facebook.com/diistortiion1
or
Soundcloud
www.myspace.com/diistortiion

I’ll have copies of this mix on cd with me over the summer so if you see me at a gig hit me up and I’ll get one to you.
Hope you enjoy the mix!
Cheers
DiiSTORTiiON

TRACKLISTING
Intro
Nero – 2808
Jungle – Neon Steve Rub-A-Dub
Skrillex – Reptile’s Theme
Kid Kenobi – Bass Kick
Dr Dre Feat Snoop Dog – Next Episode – Jay Robinson Remix (Neon Steve ReRub)
Far Too Loud – Ready for the stomping
Access Denied – Red
——— Stanton warriors – Get up (Accapella)
Refracture – Let go
Hyper – My world
Aquasky – Take over me
Black Dogs vs Matt Sofo – Crazy Muthfuckers (Karton Remix)
Lyrikill – Yes infuckindeed (Ek Remix)
Specimen A – Chasing Shadows Feat David Ivan – (Pyramid Remix)
Azzido Da Bass – Dooms night – (Stanton Warriors Remix)
——— DiiSTORTiiON intro build edit
Deenk – Shut
Myagi – Chaos Quokka – (Beatman and Ludmilla Remix)
DaVip – Brick
Hyper – The End – (Beatman and Ludmilla Remix)
Kombainer – I don’t have enough money – (4Kuba remix)
Access Denied – Paranoia
Under This – Trash the disco
Kid Digital – Done with that Feat Profit (Breaks mix)
The Qemists – Renegade
The Qemists – Renegade – (Wickaman remix)
Figure – Cut Throat Feat Whiskey Pete
Russo – Bad tonight – (Shockone remix)
Plugged in – (Bassnectar Remix)
Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on parade – (Team Awesome remix)
Karton – Bang Feat Fraksha
Deekline & Ed Solo – Always RIP – (Pyramid Remix)
Dopamine – Hold you – (Pyramid & Rennie Pilgrem remix)
Sub Focus – Splash Feat Coco (DiiSTORTiiON Intro edit)

‪The Plump DJs, Lee Rous and Andy Gardner, have been pushing their unique sound since the late 90s and have cemented themselves as avid leaders of diverse electronic music. Pioneers of the early Breaks scene, The Plump DJs gained heavyweight status through their success of still legendary artist albums such as ‘A Plump Night Out’ and ‘Eargasm’, which then, in turn, lead to their groundbreaking residency at Londons infamous club “Fabric”.‬
Moving through more recent years, the Plump DJs have further pushed their unique sound through their own ‘Grand Hotel Records’ label, merging breakbeat styles with an electro, house and Bass vibe to continue their supply of ever evolving beats. With releases like; “Boomer”, “Light Fantastic” and the groundbreaking “Gobstopoper”, Not to mention their collaboration and remix projects for acts like Deadmau5, Stanton Warriors, Loops of Fury, Fatboy slim and Orbital to name just a few, the quality of releases remain incredibly exciting, with constant worldwide support from other industry heavyweights, global club plays, and respect from all direction. The Plumps have not only established their place in the world music scene, they’ve showed they’re here to stay…

Local Support from;
Rollin Connection / FLIP3k / Citizen.com / Deviant / Dave Juric + More TBA
10pm – Late
Brown Alley
Cnr. King & Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Tickets @ moshtix.com.au

Hey Beautifuls,
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but here it is.
Smile on Impact – Originals and Remixes Mixtape November 2011

This Mix has tracks from as early as Feb 2010 and as Recent as November 2011, but after years of fuckin’ around with genres a ‘Smile on Impact’ Sound has developed and I believe is showcased on this tape.

If you dig, please support my tracks on itunes, Beatport etc.

Here’s the Tracklist:

Smile on Impact – I Remembered the Fire
TAI – Big Bass Drum (Smile on Impact Remix)
Smile on Impact – The Punk Gene (Original Mix)
Nick Thayer – Gonna Getcha (Smile on Impact Remix)
Stanton Warriors – Turn Me Up SOme (Smile on Impact Remix)
Mike Fleks – Blade Runner (Smile on Impact Remix)
Smile on Impact – Don’t Speak (Loud Version)
VNRP – Raiders (Smile on Impact Remix)
Mr Fluff – Kings of The Night (Smile on Impact Remix)
Smile on Impact – U R My Sunshine

RLT Residents FLIP3k & Jimmy Le Mac have been busy making tunes under their What Now? breaks moniker.. and they’ve got a collection of weapons they’ve made for their sets to share with you..! Go to their soundcloud page and grab yourself some free downloads..!
Enjoy

What a night..! A BIG thanks to everyone who came along and put in a massive effort. Everyone was in great spirits, and looked amazing in their costumes, and really let loose. That’s by far one of the most fun boat parties we’ve had!

If you wanna check out the photos from the party, head over to our facebook page HERE and check the galleries. Tag yourself and your friends!

There will also be a video of the party online soon that you can check out. If you were on the boat, you would have seen some crazy skeletons running around with a camera strapped to their head and a few pirates with them on their chest

Last but not least, special thanks to all the DJs that played, massive big ups to our surprise guest SINDEN [uk] who surprised us with some old skool breaks, and also to Brisbane crew SANGERS & RA, KARL SAV, KATIE K & MISS J, and Perth legend PHILLY BLUNT who all played awesome sets! Check their facebook pages by clicking their names and give them some love!

I’ll leave you with a few of our favourite photos from the gallery, and some videos and mixes from the guest DJs for you to check out.

Keep the evil haloween vibes going and see you at Evil Nine..!
x
RLT Crew

a Musica – Rock Like This, Mixed Messages & Mind Abuduction Present -

EVIL NINE
@ La Musica – La Di Da

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La Musica is Proud to present at there new weekely event, Evil Nine, alongside with some of Melbournes most forward thinking crews.
With the new event now in full swing and the party atmosphere in motion what better way to take it up a notch than with this great act.
Evil Nine better known for there breaks back in the day are more currently steping up to the plate in the house and nu disco scene. A perfect contrast for the the new house night at the venue.

Tickets are cheap so everyone can make it down
Early birds available online for only $20 “Get In Quick”

With Local Guests
Tahl – Citizen.com – Flip3K – H!b Hop – Partners In Crime – Deviant – Danny Silver – Smile on Impact – Treatfreak

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BIO
They aren’t evil and there are only two of them, but other than not living up to their randomly chosen yet aesthetically pleasing name Tom Beaufoy and Pat Pardy in no way disappoint. That’s if you are into a distinctly individual sound that defies categorization and has delivered both cerebral stimulation and dancefloor satisfaction with every release so far.
Evil Nine’s attitude is epitomised in their remix of ILS’ “Music”, a track you might recognise from the Carling advert which initially irritated purists, excited the open-minded and incited the masses to mosh and pogo at the discotheque. Other remix success has been had with krautrock band Pet, UNKLE, Moby, Timo Maas, Santos, Future Funk Squad, Will Saul and Freeland

Ticket Info:
https://admin.moshtix.com.au/confirm.asp?lEventID=50642
Or from behind the bar at LA DI DA.

Friday 11th November 10pm – 5am

Ahead of their guest slot at the upcoming boatparty, here is a mini mix from the Breakbeat ladies of Brisbane to get you in the mood for sailing!

Check their Facebook Page HERE