Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds, by Various Artists

Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds

by Various Artists

supported by

Andrew Hickford Essential collection that does a fine job of curating highlights from the Broken Beat scene. Favorite track: Feed The Cat.

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£7.49 GBP or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

£15 GBP or more
Full Digital Discography

107

releases

Get all 107 Z Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Jayenne - Love Fantasy (Dr Packer Remix), Pockets - Work it Out (Dave Lee Redemption Mix), Prospect Park - The Kinda Love (JKriv Remixes), Doug Willis - The Mighty Douglas (Doug's Godbizniss Mix), The Sunburst Band - He Is (Jimpster Remix), Dave Lee's 2020 Essentials, Colin Curtis presents Jazz Dance Fusion 2, AC Soul Symphony - Manhattan Skyline, and 99 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

£346.53 GBP or more (50% OFF)

1.	Hold It Down (Bugz In The Attic's Co-Operative Mix) 07:18
2.	Feed The Cat 07:32	buy track
3.	Take Me To Your Sky 04:26	buy track
4.	Save It ft. Face 05:58	buy track
5.	Samurai 08:29	buy track
6.	Baila Conmigo (AtJazz Remix) 06:50	buy track
7.	Organic Juggernaut 04:40	buy track
8.	Manhood 05:48	buy track
9.	Broken Vibes ft. Vincent Parker 07:52	buy track
10.	DJ Power (Use It) 06:43	buy track
11.	Turn It Out (IG Culture Remix) 06:06	buy track
12.	Afrospace ft. Bembe Segue 05:30	buy track
13.	Hands 11:03	buy track
14.	Rokstone (Soon come) ft. Colonel Red [Several Small Furry Bugz Co-Operating in the Attic Remix] 06:37	buy track
15.	Transcend M.E. ft. Melissa Browne 07:55	buy track
16.	Dimensions 07:48	buy track
17.	Lazy Days 05:53	buy track
18.	Endless Bow 05:34	buy track
19.	Get Into My Groove (Jazzanova Remix) 07:12
20.	Slide 04:25	buy track
21.	Mint Sauce 06:24	buy track
22.	The All New Ummm 04:17	buy track

about

At the end of the 90s, a movement began in West London that birthed a fresh direction in dance music. Though this movement never got mainstream press coverage, never had a crossover chart single, and never really transcended its community roots, there was a unique alchemy at work - a fertile moment of creativity, where a group of friends began to experiment with new cadences, rhythms and distilled influences, crafting a new direction in the attics and bedrooms of their neighbouring postcodes. Their music was a head-on collision between the sounds they had been raised on; the reggae sound system culture of Notting Hill Carnival, the sophistication and sheen of Electro-Funk, Jazz Fusion, Soulful House and Disco, the Afro-Beat sounds of Tony Allen and Fela Kuti, and the raw minimalism of early Hip Hop.

Though “Broken Beat” was never a tagline that the producers anticipated, and one that they often publicly resisted, those two words would gradually come to represent the scattered rhythms, rolling basslines and soaring changes that were inherent to this exciting new sound. It’s not clear who first coined the term “Broken Beat”, but try to imagine how it felt to hear it for the first time; the production was grounded in MPCs and SP1200s, the hand-me-down samplers of the Hip-Hop and Jungle golden eras, and the drums that tumbled out of these machines at the hands of these creators had a jagged, stuttering feel, almost as though the groove was close to collapse.

Much respect due to Dave Lee for truly using his DJ power, and taking the time and dedication to bring a solid selection of these optimistic, afro-futuristic jams to a fresh audience.

Mr Beatnick, May 2020

credits

released September 11, 2020

Compiled by Dave Lee and Will Fox. Sleeve notes by Mr Beatnick. Also available on vinyl LP, CD and streaming services.

license

total		USD

about

Z Records London, UK

Legendary producer Dave Lee founded Z Records back in 90, as the natural successor to his highly influential first label, Republic Records, which remains for many, the foundation stone of the UK house scene.

Using Z primarily as an outlet for his own material, Dave has continued to champion all things funky and soulful with a consistently high level of quality underground releases. ... more

contact / help

Contact Z Records

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds, you may also like:

TAKEN AWAY | KDJ-49
by Moodymann

supported by 45 fans who also own “Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds”

Dowsed in soul and deep as they come. 4418
go to album
An Insight To All Minds
by Kaidi Tatham

supported by 34 fans who also own “Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds”

loved every song! Definitely worth the listen! denst1
go to album
Black Focus
by Yussef Kamaal

supported by 32 fans who also own “Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds”

One of the best Jazz albums ever written IMO. Shame about how YK ended samolivers1999
go to album
Xenomorph
by Wu Kush

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 7, 2018
go to album
Forward Motion
by Contours

UK producer Contours unveils a brief EP that pairs bubbling, jazzy keys with rippling rhythms. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 15, 2020
go to album
Canvas
by Duke Hugh

Moody, jazzy, warm, and expansive, “Canvas” is the perfect blend of synthetic and organic sounds. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 31, 2016
go to album
Promises
by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

supported by 32 fans who also own “Breaking The Beats: A personal selection of West London sounds”

This is music. Simple as that. You need to listen to this if love music period. Masterpiece. folds2008
go to album

Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Patrick Paige II joins the show, plus featured sounds from Rochelle Jordan and Wiki

listen now