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Tracks For Working DJ's Vol 4
I Need Ya - (4:56) 125 BPM Hot
Jack Once Again - (4:40) 120 BPM
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ROCST 164DA
10 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Supa Disco
Supa Disco - (3:49) 127 BPM
Supa Disco (Danny.Wav remix) - (3:37) 127 BPM
Supa Disco (The Cromer Suicide Club remix) - (3:16) 128 BPM
Supa Disco (Cakeboy remix) - (3:48) 130 BPM Hot
Supa Disco (Wax Hands remix) - (6:58) 124 BPM
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ROCST 159DA
28 Apr 17
Breakbeat
This Is Heaven
This Is Heaven - (6:29) 125 BPM Hot
Lips - (5:53) 134 BPM
Review: Cut La Roc's Rocstar label is showing no signs of mellowing with age, and the blistering "This Is Heaven", a new collaboration with Sir-Vere proves this. With a flaming skull on the cover and furious beats contained within, this seven-minute sizzler marries punky mayhem with a subtle melodic undertone (is that a snippet of Autobahn tucked away in there somewhere?). On the digital flipside "Lips" is less raucous, instead revolving around a squelchy electronic bassline for some Apollo 440 style action.
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ROCST 148DA
01 Apr 16
Breakbeat
Can You Handle It? (Luv U)
Can You Handle It? (Luv U) - (5:37) 115 BPM Hot
Can You Handle It? (Luv U) (Father Funk remix) - (4:15) 120 BPM
Can You Handle It? (Luv U) (William Breakspear remix) - (3:48) 110 BPM
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ROCST 134DA
15 Feb 15
Funky/Club House
Spinning Balls
Spinning Balls - (5:14) 123 BPM Hot
Spinning Balls (GALACTUS remix) - (3:46) 125 BPM
Spinning Balls (Cakeboy remix) - (4:55) 129 BPM
Review: Beat veteran Cut La Roc takes us deep into the bleeps. Driven by an arresting hook and a swinging tribal house rhythm, it's Cutty at his most commanding. Remix-wise GALACTUS gets old school with massive hooky detuned synths and a party vibe that's so out of control the police will arrive any minute, while Cakeboy invites a distorted gritty saw-like bassline to the shindig. Drop this and balls will spin in every direction.
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ROCST129DA
16 Nov 14
Funky/Club House
Let's Spend The Night Together
Let's Spend The Night Together (feat Sally Bloomer) - (4:28) 126 BPM
Bugle - (4:40) 126 BPM Hot
Played by: Jimi Needles
Review: Rocstar bossman Cut La Roc doesn't release new music half as much as he should, but when he does, attention needs to be paid. "Let's Spend The Night Together" is a steamy, sexy jam that's as dirty as it is suggestive. Sally Bloomer's sultry tones work perfectly over the jacking, mangled horn bass and juicy subs. Also included is a stripped back instrumental dub version named "Bugle". Naked and raw, it carries the same naughty nocturnal message as the original with vocal-free prowess. Solid.
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ROCST 123DA
22 Jun 14
Funky/Club House
Sunday Morning People
Sunday Morning People - (4:36) 140 BPM
Sunday Morning People (Herbgrinder remix) - (4:09) 141 BPM Hot
Sunday Morning People (Roast Beatz remix) - (4:04)
Sunday Morning People (Fonkynson remix) - (3:57) 141 BPM
Review: One of the funk and breaks scene's most enduring, influential players, Cut La Roc reminds us what's important in life: going to church on a Sunday morning and giving it up for the big bearded man above. Prayers don't come much funkier; with big soul elements oozing out of every element, it's an instant ticket to party heaven. Remix-wise we're spoilt for choice: Herbgrinder ups the gnarly bass factor, Roast Beatz adds a sprinkle of ghetto attitude to his blend while Fonkyson fuses the mix with lazer-strutting synths and shades of subtle slap bass. Cut La Roc has smashed it on this one. If only all sermons were this funky.
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ROCST117DA
09 Mar 14
Breakbeat
I Don't Get You
I Don't Get You - (3:37) 117 BPM Hot
Aaah Got Ya - (3:35) 117 BPM
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ROCST 107DA
11 Aug 13
Funk
Roll The Dice
Roll The Dice - (5:19) 129 BPM
Review: As Rocstar head honcho, Cut La Roc has championed the spectrum of breakbeat styles with open-eared enthusiasm and nary a care for fly-by-night trends. Practicing his preach on every release; you never know what you're going to get from old Roccy, but you're guaranteed it's going to rock. "Roll The Dice" is no exception as it tips a nod to Get Physical's early days and classic UK house with stabs that you may well recognise from "Fly Life". Spine-tingler AND party banger, Cutty's nailed it once again.
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ROCST 91DA
05 Nov 12
Breakbeat
We Go Slow
We Go Slow (original mix) - (3:26)
We Go Slow (dub mix) - (3:20) Hot
Played by: Chamber, Rory Hoy
Review: Although now based in Colchester, Cut La Roc (aka Lee Potter) originally hails from Brighton where, in the heady days of the '90s, he held a four-year residency at the Big Beat Boutique. He's still going strong; often recording with Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody and releasing solo albums (his most recent being Larger Than Life). This latest release on his own Rocstar Recordings sees Potter team up with The Sixth Letter & Kimberley Kennedy for a summery jam that recalls the hazy party tunes like "I Wish" by Skee-Lo.
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ROCST 88DA
02 Sep 12
Breakbeat
Look Alive
Look Alive - (4:30) 143 BPM Hot
Play Dead - (4:30) 142 BPM
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ROCST 86DA
27 May 12
Breakbeat
Happy Song
Happy Song - (3:07)
Happy Song (radio edit) - (3:06)
Sad Song - (3:06) Hot
Played by: Mo-Matic
Review: Cut La Roc and Tricky Micky's tongues are so far in their cheeks right here, they're almost doing rude things to themselves. Spitting sharp, snide commentary on the faults, foibles and funk-ups of his life, Tricky's lyrics are so rude they'd make Gordon Ramsay run away crying to his mum. More British than The Queen having a cup of tea in the boot of a Mini, about a million times funnier and a billion times funkier, this is a great example of unique UK party hip-hop. Just for added japes, they've thrown in a radio edit and, in case you can't relate to Micky's messed up diatribe, there's a great instrumental on board too.
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ROCST 84 DA
14 May 12
Breakbeat
Sleepwalking
Sleepwalking - (4:03)
Daywalking - (4:03) Hot
Review: What we have here is a rather resplendent head nod to Cut La Roc's early days as the big beat DJ du jour. With hip-hop sensibilities and a penchant for the groove, while others swashbuckled, he strutted. This emotive, string-drenched hip-hop cut would've sounded just as good back then as it does now. Timeless, perfectly arranged, soulful and coated with some decent rhymes, it's not dissimilar to that poignant-but-funky-but-sad-but-happy hip-hop that Ugly Duckling do really well. For kicks he's thrown in the instrumental, making this a great battle tool for some hip-hop trickery -the type of trickery Cutty became known for in the first place.
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ROCST 82DA
22 Apr 12
Breakbeat
That Man Is Dirty
That Man Is Dirty - (6:52) 128 BPM Hot
That Man Is Dirty (dub) - (6:52) 128 BPM
Played by: Rebel Sketchy
Review: A very pleasing step away from his usual punchy, bassy breaks sound as Cut La Roc embraces all things deep and house-shaped on the slow-burning "That Man Is Dirty". With an epic rising filter bringing up some hugely funky vocal stabs over a jacking house beat, CLR keeps his hard-hitting sonics in place but wraps them around a much more subtle and tense arrangement - something that's made even more obvious on the accompanying (and very essential) dub included on the single.
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ROCST 78DA
19 Feb 12
Breakbeat
Normal Level
Normal Level (feat Coppa) - (3:02) Hot
Normal Level (feat Native Sun) - (2:53)
Instrumental Level - (3:02)
Played by: Mo-Matic
Review: Exclusive to Juno Download, Rocstar main man and nu-funk breaks king Cut La Rock slams it on this cheeky one-off single. Running at a hip-hop tempo and sporting a tight, old-skool loop featuring plenty of Eastern percussion, CLR offers up the beat to two UK MC's - Coppa and Native Sun - who both kick unique verses with killer lines in each. Don't ask us to pick a favourite, they're both pretty tight spitters who both marry their flow to the beat perfectly here.
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ROCST 74DA
23 Oct 11
Breakbeat
4\4 Volume 1
Make Some Noise - (6:25) 127 BPM
Bugle - (4:40) 126 BPM Hot
Flying High - (7:54) 126 BPM
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ROCST 71DA
14 Aug 11
Progressive House
Riot In The Club
Riot In The Club - (3:35) 128 BPM
Riot In The Club (extended mix) - (4:35) 128 BPM Hot
Rukkus In The Club - (4:31) 128 BPM
Review: An impromptu single from breaks meister CLR, joined by UK rhymer Coppa for the subtle yet very cool "Riot In The Club". You might expect a tune with "Riot" in the title to be a cavalcade of noise, but the duo keep things nicely on the down-low, with rounded, subby basslines and a simple breaks drumset forming the backbone for Coppa to flesh out with his rhymes. And what rhymes they are - if you know of another tune that name checks Elmer Fudd, Dawson's Creek and Nigella Lawson in the same verse, we'd love to hear it!
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ROCST 65DA
09 May 11
Breakbeat
Angels
Angels - (3:34) 107 BPM
Angelic - (3:34) 107 BPM Hot
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ROCST 60DA
13 Mar 11
Hip Hop/R&B
Deathstar
Deathstar - (3:30) 128 BPM
Deathstar (Superfrank remix) - (3:44) 126 BPM
Funkstar (Superfrank vs Cut La Roc remix) - (4:48) 126 BPM Hot
Deathstar (Nitenoise vocal remix) - (5:22) 134 BPM
Deathstar (Nitenoise remix dub) - (5:22) 134 BPM
Deathstar (Fog's Sledgehammer remix) - (5:54) 129 BPM
Deathstar (Fat Dad remix) - (6:59) 136 BPM
Deathstar (Udy remix) - (4:56) 133 BPM
Review: The second single from Cut La Roc's Larger Than Life album sees a host of talent get under the bonnet and tinker around with this effortlessly cool collaboration. With the original crammed full of poppy hooks and Fangs' addictive vocals, Superfrank transplants the vocal onto a sophisticated nu-soul beat, full of harps and 60's drums. His instrumental is a joy that really shows off his studio smarts. Nitenoise by contrast turns "Deathstar" into a breakbeat rinseout complete with acres of bass. Fog's Sledgehammer mix takes things even dirtier, brilliantly using whispered layers of the vocal over a devastating LFO-riding breakdown. Fat Dad and Udy also compensate for the original's more laidback feel by pumping their mixes full of high octane electro fuel.
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ROCST 46DA
17 Mar 10
Breakbeat
Larger Than Life LP
What Love Is (feat Chomsky) - (4:11) 83 BPM
Blame (feat The Sixth Letter) - (4:59) 114 BPM
Ride On (feat Alex Larke) - (5:27) 121 BPM
Come Get Some (feat Donald D) - (3:12) 122 BPM
Deathstar (feat Fangs) - (3:30) 128 BPM
For The Kids (feat The Sixth Letter) - (3:59) 71 BPM
Mishka (feat Gary Lightbody) - (4:35) 80 BPM Hot
Ibossim - (6:34) 109 BPM
Jump Up & Down (feat The B-Boy MC's) - (3:49) 110 BPM
Don't Stop (feat Alex Larke) - (3:10) 110 BPM
Candy Man (feat Alex Larke) - (4:56) 76 BPM
Nightlife Love - (5:05) 104 BPM
Hey Girl (feat Lion D) - (3:59) 129 BPM
Glitter (feat Fangs) - (3:28) 71 BPM
Waited Far Too Long (feat Alex Larke) - (3:57) 78 BPM
Review: Back with his third album, Big Beat pioneer Lee "Cut La Roc" Potter has created a kaleidoscopic set of songs that make his early days on Skint suddenly seem like a very long time ago. As someone who grew up on hip-hop, it's maybe not surprising to hear so many influences at work at one time. There are plenty of B-Boy references, most notably on "Come Get Some" which features an amazing guest spot from MC Donald D, as well as a choice sample from Big Daddy Kane's "Warm It Up Kane". There's also the use of classic UBB tune Pussyfooter on the schizoid party-banger Jump Up & Down.

But surprisingly, there are a host of other styles on show here as well. Pop gets a look in on For The Kids, which uses a Robbie Williams chorus as a hook in between raps from The 6th Letter. Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol even makes an appearance on Mishka, with La Roc making a soundbed of sampled strings for the singer to let loose on. A pair of songs with vocalist Alex Larke also showcases some unexpected influences. Don't Stop seems pleasantly indebted to The Rolling Stones, while their other collaboration Candy Man is a slow and sentimental piano-led ballad.

There's still a lot of jump-up club tunes that fans would expect from a Cut La Roc album, like the awesome Nightlife Love and Hey Girl which features a great performance from Ragga MC Lion D. But it's refreshing to hear a DJ produce an album that takes them out of their comfort zone, especially when it works as well as Larger Than Life.
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ROCST 36DA
11 Feb 10
Hip Hop/R&B
Jump Up & Down EP
Jump Up & Down (original mix) - (3:45) Hot
Bounce Up & Down - (3:46)
Jump Up & Down (Jadell Remix) - (4:10) 146 BPM
Jump Up & Down (Jadell instrumental) - (4:09) 146 BPM
Jump Up & Down (DJ Beathoven remix) - (3:41)
Jump Up & Down (DJ Beathoven remix instrumental) - (3:34)
Jump Up & Down (Ben One remix) - (3:25)
Jump Up & Down (Ben One remix instrumental) - (3:24)
Jump Up & Down (Crackerz & Jam remix) - (7:32) 130 BPM
Jump Up & Down (The Playfellow remix) - (5:55) 135 BPM
Jump Up & Down (The Playfellow remix instrumental) - (5:55) 135 BPM
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ROCST 34DA
13 Dec 09
Breakbeat
Classic EP
Classic - (4:53) 128 BPM Hot
Classic (Hacksaw Hacked It remix) - (7:17) 128 BPM
Classic (Temper D remix) - (5:46) 145 BPM
Classic (Superstyle Deluxe remix) - (6:27) 126 BPM
Classic (601 remix) - (5:25) 134 BPM
Classic (Robosapiens remix) - (6:21) 130 BPM
Played by: Crackerz and Jam, Qdup
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ROCST 25DA
19 Jul 09
Breakbeat
Nemesis (remixes)
Nemesis (original album mix) - (6:23) 132 BPM Hot
Nemesis (Jay Stewart remix) - (6:55) 129 BPM
Nemesis (Schmidt remix) - (7:42) 138 BPM
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ROCST 12DA
12 May 08
Breakbeat
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