Direct Input

Sneaker/The Dryer/DeadSlim - "Download The Future" (DeadSlim remix) - (4:28) 128 BPM

Vova Mey/Farace - "Time For The Kick" (Farace remix) - (4:33) 128 BPM

Audio Hertz/Katy Lewis - "Sometimes" (feat Katy Lewis - original mix) - (6:15) 128 BPM

Deformaty - "God Particle" (original mix) - (6:02) 136 BPM

Beatz Projekted - "Battleship" (original mix) - (5:29) 128 BPM

Farace/Kid Colt/Myagi - "Living In Black" (feat Kid Colt - Myagi remix) - (6:00) 128 BPM

ECLETIK/Joe C - "Freefall" (Joe C remix) - (5:28) 129 BPM

Kwerk - "The Werkout" (original mix) - (5:28) 130 BPM

Night Bandit - "This Just In" (original mix) - (4:06)

Qudo/Retchid - "Acid Rocker" (Retchid remix) - (6:03) 128 BPM

Direct Input - "In Search Of Something" (original mix) - (4:54) 132 BPM

Audio Hertz/Marcus Gauntlett - "Eyes On You" (Marcus Gauntlett remix) - (5:08) 128 BPM

Farace/Chayo Nash/Dave Berg - "Pop Dat" (feat Chayo Nash - Dave Berg remix) - (5:17) 130 BPM

Sneaker/The Dryer/Retchid - "Breaking Btz" (Retchid remix) - (4:45) 110 BPM

Beatz Projekted/Sneaker/The Dryer - "Vampires" (Sneaker & The Dryer remix) - (4:35) 128 BPM

KIR 342
05 May 14
Progressive House

Laser Bounce

Laser Bounce - (4:57) 128 BPM

Review: Direct Input dish up a special one-tracker on Kick It and it comes complete with a simple vocal sample question: Are you ready for the ruffneck sound? The answer: Of course you are! You were born ready. Drop this and your dancefloor will be ready too; with its bold synth riff, chugging breakbeats and thunderous bassline, this lives up to its name in every way. Pro-tip: wait for the breakdown for the riff to truly flourish and watch the chaos unfold.

KIR 317
09 Sep 13
Breakbeat

In Search Of Something

In Search Of Something - (4:54) 132 BPM

Overnight - (5:26) 129 BPM

Kick It Recordings Best Of 2012

KIR 307
10 Jun 13
Breakbeat

Various

Disco's Over - "Rainbows" (Deformaty remix) - (6:24) 136 BPM

Farace - "Push The Beat Rock" - (5:09) 128 BPM

Fisso & Spark - "Usual Suspects" - (6:56) 130 BPM

Yreane - "Double Talking Jive" (Kid Panel remix) - (5:28) 131 BPM

Runsheng - "Repeat As Necessary" - (4:20) 127 BPM

Marcus Gauntlett - "MIAMI" - (6:25) 125 BPM

Farace - "Technosaurus" (Flatland Funk remix) - (5:30) 128 BPM

Tactical Groove Orbit - "Back To The Drop" (Sneaker & The Dryer remix) - (6:55) 132 BPM

Fisso & Spark - "High Times" (Farace remix) - (5:57) 130 BPM

Farace - "Living In Black" (feat Kid Colt) - (4:22) 128 BPM

Direct Input - "Psy Bot" - (5:46) 133 BPM

Review: Jacksonville label Kick It Recordings have amassed a respectable rave repertoire in the last few years, dropping sprightly breakbeat bumper-bangers and diesel-powered electro romper-stompers at every given opportunity. This 'best of' collection is a great reminder of the carnage they've caused over the last 12 months. Highlights come from the cathedral-like emo synth riff on Farace's "Push The Beat", the warped-chugs of tribal hypnotism on Marcus Gauntlett's "Miami" and the viciousness of Direct Input's acid-caked "Psy Bot". Kick it live up to their name in every way!

KIR 295
05 Feb 13
Breakbeat

Beneath The Surface

Slide - (6:27) 133 BPM

Beneath The Surface - (5:48) 135 BPM

Without A Thought - (6:05) 135 BPM

Some Kind Of Pulse - (5:06) 135 BPM

Dust Storm - (6:17) 136 BPM

KIR 293
25 Dec 12
Breakbeat

Night Walker

Night Walker - (4:59) 129 BPM

Night Walker (Memory Machine remix) - (6:20) 126 BPM

KIR 287
23 Oct 12
Breakbeat

Psy Bot

Psy Bot - (5:46) 133 BPM

Psy Bot (140 Breaks mix) - (5:01) 140 BPM

KIR 281
21 Aug 12
Breakbeat

Time To Fly EP

Time To Fly - (5:00) 130 BPM

Heads Down - (5:11) 132 BPM

United - (5:25) 132 BPM

One Last Push - (5:54) 128 BPM

Time To Fly (DI House Me Up remix) - (5:02) 130 BPM

KIR 272
30 Apr 12
Electro House

Various

Best Of 2011

Karetus - "Loudness War" - (4:48) 128 BPM

Farace - "Get Up Jax" - (5:18) 130 BPM

BotBass - "Twin Nation" - (7:01) 128 BPM

Kwerk - "Switch That Bass" - (6:29) 129 BPM

Rick Tyler & Silent H! - "Turkish Policeman" (Silent H! Boom Boom Room remix) - (4:50) 136 BPM

Sneaker & The Dryer - "Tribute To Jack" - (5:42) 132 BPM

Farace & Trevor Rockwell - "Feel That Ammunition" - (4:42) 127 BPM

Direct Input - "Fire Dub" - (7:49) 146 BPM

Review: Jacksonville jammers Kick It Recordings celebrate their strongest year to date with this bountiful collection of beats. Showcasing their talented roster and flare for consistency, they launch us into bass hyperspace with the extreme grit of Karetus's aptly named "Loudness War" and bring us back down to earth with Direct Input's woozily beautiful "Fire Dub". In between the well picked opener and finale you'll find Kwerk's slap bass odyssey "Switch That Bass", Farace & Trevor Rockwell's snarling slice of futuristic hip-hop "Feel That Ammunition" and a Silent H remix of "Turkish Policeman" that's so intense this review took five hours to write because we kept having to have a little lie down!

KIR 270
02 Apr 12
Breakbeat

Funksun

Continue - (6:56) 126 BPM

Hold Up - (4:43) 126 BPM

Walking The Pier - (4:10) 130 BPM

Funk Panic - (5:10) 130 BPM

Flow - (2:55) 135 BPM

Put It On - (6:07) 129 BPM

Put It Down - (3:57)

Intergruv - (4:18) 120 BPM

How I Feel - (5:46)

Fire Dub - (7:49) 146 BPM

Review: Pounding breakbeats are Direct Input's forte and the Florida-born producer serves them up with aplomb on this new LP from Kick It. From the swirling atmospheres of the opener "Continue", "Funksun" swoops through a series of styles - the jazz-inflected "Hold Up", the chilled ice-funk of "Intergruv" or the guitar-heavy "How I Feel" - and uses them beautifully to create an album that's full of progression and surprise, and one that's made for the head as much as it is for the floor.