The dirty digger turn party break mystro DJ FDEL. From the humble home of Perth Australia comes the super funk hero, break, hip hop producer! Packed with more cuts and heart stopping melodies than anyone before him. One man production team backed by Downsyde’s DJ ARMEE on the scratches, Fdel takes you on a diverse journey of instrumental beats, bass lines, loops, chops, old skool, nu skool and simply everything with phatness.
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra is a project by multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee. Shawn grew up in a rural area on the outskirts of Wichita, Kansas. His mother is half Lebanese, half American Indian, his father Irish-American. While his peers got off on cheesy corporate rock and the kind of line-dancing tunes recently fashionable in Gap ads, Shawn was groovin to the blaxploitation funk Sly and the Isleys.
AWARDS
Best Breaks Track Beatport Music Awards 2009
Best Producer Breakspoll 2009
Best Track Breakspoll 2009
Best Remix Breakspoll 2009
Breakthrough DJ Breakspoll 2006 NOMINATIONS
Best Breaks Artist Beatport Music Awards 2009
Best Producer Breakspoll 2008
Breakthrough Producer Breakspoll 2006 BIOGRAPHY “That sound...What’s that coming from…? then it hit me. I closed my eyes and became locked into this incredible sense of infinity, of timelessness,a swirling centrifuge of bliss".
The Troubadours are from Liverpool/Wigan www.myspace.com/thetroubadoursmusic
Boca 45 is DJ and producer Scott Hendy, from Bristol, UK. Since 2004 he has been signed to the independent record label, Grand Central Records. Prior to this, he released material on Hombré Recordings, Illicit Records, Superslick Stereo Sounds and High Noon Records. The name is derived from the Argentinean football team Boca Juniors, and a common name for a 7" single (so called because of the speed, in revolutions per minute, that a record of this size plays at).
"That's a power drill", Nick responds, when questioned about a particular sound in one of his tracks. "It took me ages to tune it. I had to charge the thing and then drill thin air until the batteries ran out just the right amount." Never one to follow trends, Nick grew up on a steady diet of Queen and Peter Gabriel whilst still joining others moshing to Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Macking to Mark Morrison, whilst playing guitar in funk, punk or cock rock bands.
Nubreed, a 'Nu Skool Breaks' band based in Melbourne, Australia is made up of Jase, Myke and Db. Know for their dynamic live shows and a style that pushes the boundries. Nubreed draw on a wide range of influences like old skool jazz, neo-tech, funk, breaks, hip hop and drum and bass. They are seen as a band rather than a group, as they MC and sing on their tracks and due to their wide influences, they have a sound more like a band.