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Actual Sounds
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12 17
11 Feb 09
Breakbeat
11 Feb 09
Breakbeat
Various
Big Bang Breaks - "Insane In The Brain vs Son Of A Preacher Man" (Dusted breaks mix) - (3:37) 128 BPM 
Played by: Actual Sounds
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4529520 12
29 May 12
Breakbeat
29 May 12
Breakbeat
Various
Played by: DJ Rudd, Clairvo (MustBeat), Chudy, Actual Sounds, Solomun, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Dastardly Kuts, Rory Hoy, Ez Icarus, Warson
Review: Years ago, if someone offered you some street jam you'd have said no; jams made of pavement and general dirt just don't make the cut for an all-star breakfast. Then Actual Sounds comes along and your understanding completely changes. Gone is the gritty, fag butty, exhaust pipey grime and in comes the royal block-rocking fodder from some of Actual Sounds' finest funky upstarts. Comprising sneaky booties and authentic grooves, this 18-strong collection is a one-stop-shop to party town. Highlights include Mr Mezdup's percussion and glitch-heavy rub of The Specials "Ghost Town", Rory Hoy's high voltage acid attack "Hey!" and Freddy Fresh's beautiful seasonal sonic soliloquy "Summer's End".
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181782 012
20 Aug 12
Breakbeat
20 Aug 12
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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25 Mar 13
Breakbeat
25 Mar 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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24 Jul 14
Breakbeat
24 Jul 14
Breakbeat
Various
Best Of 2014EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Breakbeat
Review: Big booty business: Actual Sounds cherry picks 20 favourites from 2014's audio assault with party-priming results. A great opportunity to fill the gaps in your collection; highlights hang mischievously from every corner like groove Gremlins from Altered Grooves' monster-mashing "Muppet Funk" to Big Bang Breaks hip-hop homage "Regulate The Dogg" to Actual Phantom's essential montage soundtrack "Fly Tiger". From Rocky to straight-up block rocking, this is testament to Actual Sounds' dedication to edit craft.
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2011 2015
03 Jan 15
Breakbeat
03 Jan 15
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
The Artist Series Vol 1EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Actual Sounds
Review: The Artist Series Volume 1 sees Actual Sounds gather together a bunch of their artists to provide an expansive selection of bootleg breaks, ghetto funk and jungle reworks of tracks from well-known artists, namely Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Beastie Boys and Cypress Hill. While there's a certain drunken office Christmas party silliness to the Fab Four reworks, the more hip-hop inclined reworks are much more successful. There are plenty of confirmed party-starters, from the synth-heavy P-funk breaks of Funky Wah Wah's "Beastie Noise (That's Resin Funk)", to Big Bang Breaks' multiple reworks of "Insane In The Brain" (the first of which, a straight-up party hip-hop take, is the bomb).
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322711 2013
27 Nov 13
Breakbeat
27 Nov 13
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
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
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AS 33
23 Jun 08
Breakbeat
23 Jun 08
Breakbeat
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1155
12 Jun 09
Breakbeat
12 Jun 09
Breakbeat
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63042 012
30 Apr 12
Breakbeat
30 Apr 12
Breakbeat
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9001
22 May 09
Breakbeat
22 May 09
Breakbeat
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130112009
30 Nov 09
Breakbeat
30 Nov 09
Breakbeat
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888
29 Dec 08
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
29 Dec 08
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
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899
30 Dec 08
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
30 Dec 08
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
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126720 13
26 Jul 13
Drum & Bass / Jungle
26 Jul 13
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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127120 14
27 Jan 14
Breakbeat
27 Jan 14
Breakbeat
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3335
18 Mar 09
Breakbeat
18 Mar 09
Breakbeat
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121201 3
02 Jan 13
Progressive House
02 Jan 13
Progressive House
Freshly Squeezed FunkEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Breakbeat
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322820 14
22 Aug 14
Breakbeat
22 Aug 14
Breakbeat
