Gimme A Break is a Leeds-based record label which hopes to align the city’s electronic music with the rest of the country. Whilst supporting the UKG and Breakbeat revival, we also work with visual artists to reflect Leeds' industrial backdrop.
Review: Next up from Gimme A Break, a warm welcome for one of the most talked about names in UKG right, as Soul Mass Transit System touches down for a vibrant collection of warbling masterclasses. We begin with the slightly quirky synth work of 'Wait No More', a trundling crunch through choppy drum breaks and distant radar signals, with the more stripped back, broken-beat approach of 'Lovin Me' in hot pursuit. From here, the system rattling bass rumbles and chest-bumping kick pumps of 'Real Love' arrive in serious style, amping the ravers up to the top of their trees, to be met by the beautiful organ work and tight drum processing of 'Fly' for an emotive landing. A genuinely joyous journey through new garage flavour.
Review: Gimme A Break are back in business with this high octane selection from Oldboy, who leaves no stone unturned in his quest to up the pace within new school breakbeat. We open up with the vibrant, hard hitting drum displays of 'Get Em Up', which through a combination of quirky percussive sound and jittering drum samples gives us a really high energy introduction, followed closely by the warbling LFO's and 4x4 rhythmic backdrops of title track 'Mule Kick'. We then dive into the glitchy and the weird as 'Sound O' Da Metro Centre' unleashes an 8-bit sounding masterclass in digital melody, followed by the more intricately layered drum clatters of 'Unsettled', which continues the high energy feelings set earlier on the EP, this time with some seriously cool acidic additions. Finally, P?p? Elle 808 gives 'Unsettled' another tasty rework, rounding off the project with a euphoric switch up!
Review: The Gimme A Break crew have pulled out a serious bang of slaps with this one as Mod-r lands with five tracks of original high-octane flavour, kicking off with smoothly designed rave-shaker entitled 'No Hands', featuring a delicate yet precise vocal performance from Obatalla to kick us off in style. Next, the 'Rave' mix of 'Lord' ups the blood pressure and unleashes a dizzying array of euphoric instrumentation and skippy breaksy drums, before Obtalla returns for another distinguished vocal performance on 'Shake The Future', which combines gnarly sub runs and widened drum textures for a spicy overload. We jump into the last of the originals next as 'Blockline Buffer' arrives with a bag of acidic textures floating around the low end, giving us a drippy finish, before Shawn Cartier gives 'No Hands' a serious switch up, upping the pace for one final rodeo!
Review: The Gimme A Break squad are out in force for this one as they deliver 'The 0113 Enquiry', exploring breaks and garage flavour across four dope new creations from some of the scenes finest soundsmiths. First up, BAKEY takes it oldschool with a combination of well-recognized soul and funk samples, atop a bed of precisely processed breaksy drums. Next, Papa Nugs takes it down a moogy route as 'Honey' delivers a sub-busting experience, laced with just a tad of rhythmic expression, before ANSZA unleashes a viscous soundscape of horn-like reese synths and skippy garage drums. Finally, Phasmid gives us a UKG-laden finale as the warbling LFO pulses and lively 2-step drum jigs of 'Deadpan' provides one hell of a final dance.
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