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Full Fat FunkEXCLUSIVE
Review: Alert: another Actual Sounds release has arrived! New school nu-skool breaks, if there ever was such a thing! These guys are not messing around and here's why: They start off with a block rockin' remix of "Twist & Shout", "Cypress Pills" is, well... But wait there is more: "2Pac Wine" is a mashup on "Red Red Wine" and a rap by the late great rapper. Elsewhere "Get Your Hold On" mashes up in style again merging Missy Elliot and Kanye, "Love The Police" samples N.W.A. over some fierce Meat Katie style breaks and we'd best not forget "Buttersweet Symphony" which samples 'that' famous track by The Verve over some more fierce breakbeats for U.K. dancefloors. The definitive party starter!
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ASFFF 01
21 Jan 16
Breakbeat
21 Jan 16
Breakbeat
Various
Review: If you want breakbeat to soundtrack your New Year's Eve celebrations this year than Actual Sounds' 72-track Best Of 2013 compilation is 'the' release. This compilation features heavy inclusions from Spinback Harry, Funk You Very Much, Big Bang Breaks and Actual Phantom, but also a whole host of other names such as Baby Love, Stex, Rory Hoy, DJ Self and countless others. See 2013 out with a breakbeatin' bang.
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721312 2013
13 Dec 13
Breakbeat
13 Dec 13
Breakbeat
Played by: Actual Sounds
Review: When it comes to instant party pleasures, Star Wars' "Cantina Theme" will never stop giving. Case in point: this swashbuckling rendition from Ronald Aquinas. Setting the tone for the whole EP, it's an instant slice of hoe-down heaven. Elsewhere Ronald gives One Republic a slinky low-down bass twist on "Too Late" and gives The Box Tops a firing breakbeat sparkle on "Letter". Funk You Very Much, meanwhile, revisits Blur's "Song 2" with gung-ho hedonism, gives James Brown a contemporary sheen on "Turntable Sex" and takes a classic Les Rhythm Digitales joint and brings it kicking into the future. Exemplary booty business.
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651120 13
08 Nov 13
Breakbeat
08 Nov 13
Breakbeat
Various
Review: One of the most successfully prolific bootleg dealers on the nu-funk scene, Actual Sounds celebrate half a decade of dancefloor hell raising with this epic 40-track compendium that showcases their most talented artists and most bolshy of booties. If you've not had the pleasure of making the label's acquaintance yet, now is most certainly the time. From slamming up-tempo rip-ups such as Actual Phantom's insane "Fat Eric" to slinkier, sleazier jams such as Funk In A Can's killer electro blend of Luniz "I Got 5 On It" Actual Sounds understand all members of the dancefloor from moody rudeboy to a laser-loving raver. Booties don't come with much more distinction than this; here's to another five years.
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401710 2013
17 Oct 13
Breakbeat
17 Oct 13
Breakbeat
Various
Special Fried FunkEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Frankee More, Actual Sounds, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Hero Records, TURNTILL, Ez Icarus
Review: 32 tracks heavy, Actual Sounds have curated the ultimate booty breaks package right here. Each and every rub is a highlight, taking influence and sample inspiration from the '50s onwards. From the Little Richard-sampling "Tooty Frooty" to Big Bang Breaks' super-sexy take on Khia's naughty "My Neck My Back" ("Pussy Popper"), no genre or decade is left un-plundered. Taking things bang up to date, there's even a respectable bootleg of "Get Lucky" courtesy of Actual Phantom. Exclusive to Juno, this truly is an insane party package.
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321772 013
22 Jul 13
Breakbeat
22 Jul 13
Breakbeat
Various
Wake The Funk UpEXCLUSIVE
Review: If your record bag/CD wallet/hard drive (delete as appropriate) is flagging under the weight of soul-sapping breakbeat bootlegs and ill-advised ghetto funk remixes, help is at hand. This compilation from Actual Sounds does contain plenty of sneaky bootlegs and ghetto funk style reworks (including one that bites "Sweet Home Alabama"), but they're all of a much higher quality than we've come to expect of late. There are snappy trips into boogie breaks territory (Big Bang Breaks' "French Funk"), wobble-funk (a thunderous version of the Jacksons' "Rockin' Robin") and Madchester revivalism ("Free Soup"), not to mention a string of booty-licious ghetto funk stompers. If this doesn't wake you up, nothing will.
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162832 013
01 Apr 13
Breakbeat
01 Apr 13
Breakbeat
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426320 13
26 Mar 13
Breakbeat
26 Mar 13
Breakbeat
Various
Played by: Manmade / CMC-Silenta, Actual Sounds, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Sneak-E Pete, Morlack, Ez Icarus
Review: Four volumes in seven months... Actual Sounds are ruthlessly efficient when it comes to showering the scene with fresh booty-shaking bootlegs. And it's business as usual as we're thrown around by the limbs to a 28-track strong selection of wide-eared funk fusions that range from an uptempo breakbeat cut n' shut of Nina Simone ("Ooh Baby") to Brooklyn era block busters ("Down With The King") via classic rave-meets-early house mashery ("A Bigbeat Treat"). A bargain and banging - these booties are keepers.
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281832 013
25 Mar 13
Breakbeat
25 Mar 13
Breakbeat
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529112 012
29 Nov 12
Breakbeat
29 Nov 12
Breakbeat
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334520 12
04 May 12
Breakbeat
04 May 12
Breakbeat
Funk You Very Much Volume 24EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Breakbeat
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417420 12
19 Apr 12
Breakbeat
19 Apr 12
Breakbeat
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418420 11
18 Apr 11
Breakbeat
18 Apr 11
Breakbeat
