Quote Originally Posted by Apex Beat
Yep, thats something which annoys me about the Breaks industry. Being a self-confessed breaks head (and dj whenever I get the chance) I usually turn my nose up at these dodgy breaks bootlegs. Often they suffer from poor production and lets be honest, I certainly dont think they give the scene any credit. Its disapointing for me, in the respect that it makes the break scene just look like an immitation of house or techno or even trance (yes I've auctually heard some awful break edits of trance). Ultimately, I've faith in the breaks scene so long as they're are lables like Lot49 releasing quality stuff, which is unique to breaks themselves. Artists like Christian J, Dylan Rhymes, Meat Katie, Elite Force - for me have defined the style breakbeat with a lovely techy sound with big fat kicks and snares, unlike that electroshit drum and bass rip off stuff that at the moment is flooding the shops - rant over! xxx
The strength of Breaks is in the diversity, if you ask me.

IMHO the best Breaks DJs play all over the shop - occasionally dipping into House, Techno, Electro or whatever - and playing everything in breaks from Si Begg / Tipper style experimental stuff, to the nu-skool Freeland / Pilgrem, to Tech-Funk stuff like Dylan Rhymes / Meat Keatie, through the tearout bassline stuff like The Freestylers / The Autobots and right up to the funky phat style Plump DJs / Stanton Warriors. If you stick in one niche too much it gets boring very quickly.

And yes, there are far too many shit bootlegs in Breaks. Every now and then you get a gem though...

Anyone heard any of the recent Vex'd or SOTEG stuff? Really really dark.