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Thisisbreaks.com has done up a nice review of the LP, and are giving away a free LuQas mix of all the tunes on the package. enjoy! - http://www.thisisbreaks.com/profiles/blogs/dead-famous-celebrate-30?xg_source=activity

The Dead Famous Remix LP [DF30] OUT NOW :: at Beatport for the next 2 weeks, and then everywhere else afterwards. As a celebration of our 30th release, Dead Famous has handpicked some of the best producers out nowadays, who in turn picked their favorite DF tunes to remix. We carefully trolled over who’s doing it for us right now, and are happy to say that no one disappointed. First up, we have Kultur & Colombo, who selected Dead Famous’s flagship tune, the psy-tech mammoth that is the Robosapiens “New World Order”. K & C have updated this tune in a big way – keeping the original vibe, but turning out an absolutely massive re-working. Paying attention to what other labels are doing, we picked both Anarchy Rice and Perpetual Present from the great Acidphonic to do a pair of remixes for us. Anarchy Rice turned out a particularly throbbing update of Break the Box’s “Go Easy”. If you like your techy breaks with a techno edge, you will love this. On the other side of the coin, Perpetual Present took the task of remixing label heads the Robosapiens & Break the Box’s “Summer Rolls”. Opposite Anarchy Rice’s remix, this tune is pounding psy-inspired breaky techno that has some massive bass and a completely wicked breakbeat interlude ¾ the way in. Recent signings to Dead Famous, Stephen Cole & Matthew McCurry had the daunting task of taking Hyperion’s (now Loops of Fury on U&A) timeless “ Chapel Hill ” and updating it for a 2010 dancefloor. Creating a massively mental groove, this is probably what was playing in Mugatu’s head when he said he felt like he was taking crazy pills. Definitely something for 2am when you want to absolutely destroy the minds of your crowd. Pop & Lock label head Myagi turned in a remix of Attack Release vs. the Robosapiens “Trip”, and the best way I can describe this remix is for you to imagine that Rennie Pilgrem from back in the mid 90’s had back alley sex with Giorgio Moroder and then the child was raised in Canada . This remix is chunky, acidy, and above all else, trippy. Myagi has definitely come through for us in spades. Remixing something that will no doubetdly be a classic in the future is never easy. Line of Sight has done just that in his update on Kraymon’s “Papillon Rouge”. Turning the original completely on it’s head and adding a bit of psy influence, we liked this remix so much that we’ve already pegged him for an original release on Dead Famous later this year. To say that this remix slays is an understatement. The Robosapiens, fresh off the well received Bodies EP, and remixes for Aux and Lot49 have taken their techno stylings and applied them to Home Alone’s ode to face melting acid, “Get Away From Me”. Turning this number into a driving big room affair, the bassline on this beast affirms the belief that techno is coming back in a big way, and why the ‘Sapiens are garnering support from some big places for their work in the genre. Staying with the Robosapiens, Dead Famous mainstay, and all around driving psybreaks master LuQas, had the unenviable task of trying to rework one of the ‘Sapiens biggest tunes – “Acid Reign”. Originally released on the great Sinister Recordings, Acid Reign was one of the tunes that put the Robosapiens on the map. Since Sinister’s demise, and all rights reverting back to the original artists, Luke requested this tune, and we thought it a no brainer. This remix is an evil one, and the bassline is just about as massive as massive gets. There’s no shortage of mindbending acid here either. When Kraymon first heard EK’s “Exit Enlightenment”, he immediately requested the chance to remix it, and done it well he has. Keeping a similar vibe to the original, he’s run it through his infamous acid jazz machine, and what has come out is a slab of techy-yet-funky jazzed up acid breakbeat. It’s remixes like this that should make the entire breakbeat community squeal with glee that Kraymon is back and in full effect. Last, but definitely not least, newcomer Home Alone chose Break the Box’s “Test the Bass” as his remix. Now – we did a techno remix of this tune on the last remix EP, but what can we say – we love this tune, and we love techno remixes of it. Keeping the driving nature of the original, Dino has crafted a peak time remix that has serious amounts of bottom end – watch the main break of this tune and expect the person next to you to have permanent bassface when it hits. Don't take our word for it, here's what others had to say about the Remix LP: Autophase "Very nice release. The Robosapiens Remix of Home Alone is right up our street and is sure to rock any club. Keep em coming! Will support 4/5" Future Funk Squad "the EK remix and the Anarchy Rice things made my ears prick up! both slammin!!" Karton "Massive EP - very diverse yet somehow all feel like a 'Dead Famous' tune. Cant split between the Myagi and Kraymon remixes as our favorites. Most (if not all) of these will get plays from us!!!" Dylan Rhymes "Robosapiens mix of Home Alone is the one for me man! Big up the sapiens! Will be smashing this at SXSW next week" Kraymon "The Myagi remix is rockin and has that rolling vibe that would keep you dancing in a field all night long. My fav of the bunch." Hexadecimal "Cole & McCurry have turned in another great remix, I'm sure that will get some plays from me... LuQas mix of Acid Reign is also sounding great, probably the best thing I've heard from him so far, it has got a FTL kind of feel to it, can't decide if that is a good or bad thing, either way it will certainly get some plays from me. I'm also digging what Home Alone is doing at the moment" Far Too Loud "Myagi and Luqas remixes are the stand-out ones for me. Lovely techy breaksy goodness. Love the bassline on the Anarchy Rice remix too." Vandal "A superb collection of remixes from one of the most forward thinking electronic labels on this planet." EK "Seriously, awesome LP all round. highlights for me are Myagi remix of Trip, Anarchy Rice remix of Go Easy and Line of Sight remix of Papillon Rouge." 601 "Perpetual Present are another bunch ive got into through Acidphonic, wicked party starting vibes i can see this getting arses onto the dancefloor" Peo de Pitte "Yeah, I like the bass madness in that Anarchy Rice remix of Go Easy" Lee Martin (Dusted Breaks) "I gotta say my overall fave is Kultur & Colombo Remix of 'New World Order'....2 words FUCKING AWESOME!!!!" Retroid "This is a super wicked release! For me, the Line Of Sight remix is the best, however i will play out most of these tunes." Kickflip "Kraymon's broken beat remix of EK bangs the nails in all the right places. Also loving Anarchy Rice's warpy rework of Break The Box, Robosapiens' techno remix of Get Away From Me is also chunky as funk and The Line of Sight mix on Papillion Rouge is also an excellent feelgood floaty number, can imagine finishing a few sets with this! " Henry D (Bombtraxx / High Grade "LuQas remix, Kraymon remix and Kultur & Colombo remixes for me." Llupa "This release encompasses everything that DF is about and has released over the last year - solid beats, head down groove laden heavy as you like bass lines, great production values, Tech leads that just build and build, gratuitous use of acid that is not over done or head splitting and a willingness to mash genres. This release is everything great about DF" And the best reaction I’ve ever received - Myagi "Dead faymou5 makes the best gay house music evarrrr" Until next time, Keep it Evil. www.deadfamous.org

http://psybreaks.ning.com/profiles/blogs/free-vip-remix-from-luqas-plus a fine interview with sir LuQas, and we're giving away the previously unreleased LuQas VIP mix of youthful implants vs. tigerfunk's "heatseeker" for free courtesy of Dead Famous & Global Psybreaks. enjoy!

We at Dead Famous love contests. Last year, we ran both a remix contest for DHD’s “Scene” and an original Acid Contest (Won by Dekoy and Prato , respectively). Obviously being addicted to these types of things, and seeing as how psybreaks are gaining more popularity as time goes on, we’re holding a remix contest for LuQas’s “Replicant”. LuQas made a big splash in the psybreaks scene last year, and unfortunately, no remixes of Replicant ever saw the light of day. This is where you all come in. We’re looking for the best remix of Replicant to include on a future Dead Famous release. All styles are welcome, but like always, keeping with the vibe of Dead Famous is key – ie: Drum and bass and head crushing hardcore are cool and all, but your chances aren’t as great. If you pay attention to Dead Famous, you know exactly the kind of sound we love. Note that there are no second and third places here – Winner takes the chance to be included on a future package. If you need to be reminded on what Replicant sounds like, you can check it out on our myspace - http://www.myspace.com/deadfamousrecordings The contest runs until May 1st. We will be announcing the winners a few days afterwards. Please email all entries in 320 mp3 form to ian@deadfamous.org Grab the parts HERE Also – when sending entries, please send more than just the file attached, and nothing in the body of the email. Entries that come in like that will be ignored immediately. We like to keep a spreadsheet for these types of things, so your real name, producer name, the preferred email address to contact you, and any other information you care to provide would be very welcome. Best of luck to all entrants!

ez all, it's the time of year again for BREAKSPOLL. We @ Dead Famous have hit the ground hard this year, and definitely trying to win best label at the very least. That's where you fine people come in. We need YOUR help! This year, Dead Famous has strived to not only put out quality breaks tunes, but we've done techy house, driving techno, mental dnb, and tripped out dubstep as well. That said, weve focused the majority of our efforts on the breaks that we love. Techy, driving, acid breaks at that. Those that have followed us this year know that we have made an effort to put out some wicked psybreaks. Have a peep at our new website for a refresher course on what we've been up to this year - http://www.deadfamous.org/ We're asking for your help in these categories Most Importantly - Best Label - Dead Famous If you feel so inclined to help us out in these other categories as well, wed be ever so grateful. Breakthrough Producer LuQas Best Small Club / Event - Slackers Convention Once you vote, an email will be sent to the address that you entered on the Breakspoll site asking you to click a link to validate your votes. A big thank you to everyone that votes for us. We couldntve had the year weve had without you all. seriously, if we win, i will cry with happiness.

Robosapiens - Bodies (Original / Hedflux) / You Can’t Spell Slaughter Without Laughter / The Nine [DF27] OUT NOW :: at Beatport for the next 2 weeks, and then everywhere else afterwards. We here at Dead Famous want to close out the year with a bang, and this release is definitely that. Dead Famous label heads the Robosapiens deliver a triple shot that, while a bit different than what you’ve come to expect from them, are all equally as impressive. First up is Bodies, with it’s vocal samplings and oldskool break that gives way to driving sick-as-it-comes techno. Note the complete and utterly destructive breakdown in the middle. Bodies marks somewhat of a new sound for the Robosapiens, as we’re seeing them branch out into more techno oriented territories and on a mission to make it their own. On the remix front, Broken Robot’s Hedflux has taken up the challenge of transforming the lead track for the psy-breaks masses. Keeping a thick techy feel, Hedflux has created a mental monster that builds and builds and might actually make your brain literally pop when it hits the main break. We absolutely love this remix, and think he’s done the original massive amounts of justice. Next up, we first see a thick thick thick techno/breaks hybrid in You Can’t Spell Slaughter Without Laughter. Crafting a brooding beast that is heavy on groove Slaughter is the perfect mood builder and carries the flow excellently wheather you’re playing house, techno, OR breaks. From the moment you hit play on this tune, you’re treated to a dark (but warm) groove that builds and builds till a slick apex of insanity. Lastly, rounding out the package we see The Nine. Melding House and techno into one dark cauldron of techy funk, The Nine is a driving number aimed squarely at the dance floor with it’s big bassline and memorable vocal hook – this tune is guaranteed to take the floor up a few notches in no time. Don't take our word for it, here's what others had to say about the Bodies EP (and tis rather nice this go round!): Meat Katie "Killer package!!! Best Dead Famous release to date IMHO" Far Too Loud "Great release here. Love the rock crossover in Bodies but I think The Nine is my favorite out of the originals as it's just insanely funky. Hedflux remix is great too and I've already been supporting that." Karton "Love the Hedflux mix - proper tech-breaks. Breakdown in the original will destroy as well. You Cant Spell Slaughter is massive too - solid package." EK "Great tracks all round but especially luvin Bodies original mix and The Nine." Future Funk Squad "Really loving the original (of Bodies), especially that drop in the middle" Hexadecimal “Like the Nine and You Cant Spell Slaughter, both should be really useful, nice crisp production,” BSD "Hedflux remix is our favourite from this release. He make an hypnotic progressive Breaks with a real punch. Dance with all your bodies, Breakers !" Mr. No Hands / Mixmag "really like this one!" Kiwa "Been digging this quite a lot. The crossover feel in Bodies is cool and the heavy metal drop part really kicks some ass! .. Hedflux's hifi production remix gives the track a really fresh approach. Both dancefloor fillers. Dropping these for sure! A very cool release altogether." Matthew McCurry "Smokin' originals from Robosapiens, & one of Hedflux's best remixes to date!" Access Denied "Robosapiens - The Nine - Really groovy! Full support!" Kickflip "Hot release once again, Loving the slick dark groove in You Can't Spell Slaughter (Without Laughter), and Hedflux's rework on Bodies is rather tasty too!" 601 "Another fantastic package from DF,"You Cant Spell Slaughter without laughter" is my favourite cut here" Llupa “The original of Bodies is a great slab of head down techno, then it's a heavy as fuck metal tune, wtf!! - this is nuts and is gonna send the dance floors into chaos - perfect! Classic crisp as you like production from Hedflux turning the original into a psy-tech-breaks-groover - all over this.“ http://www.myspace.com/deadfamousrecordings Until next time, Keep it Evil.

Up this week - i have a slick 80 minute mix from Psy/prog/glitch/tech/acid/etc master QUEXTAL Quextal Quextal started DJing in 1993. As an impoverished student, he only had one ancient belt-drive turntable with no pitch control, so he learned to beatmatch his eclectic selection of breakbeat, techno and house records against taped copies of the same, by balancing the turntable’s belt lever between 33 and 45… Over the next few years his kit was gradually upgraded until it featured two actual DJ turntables (one Technics SL1200, one Gemini PT2400). But he remained primarily a bedroom DJ — mixing was a hobby, a way of listening to music at home, and he wasn’t really motivated to play out very often. With the birth of his children, priorities shifted and Quextal was no longer in the mood to mix. The club scene in Southampton had largely faded away and he just wasn’t hearing any music that he loved enough — nuskool breaks was the closest thing, but most of it seemed far too dull: it could move his feet but it didn’t energise his mind or excite his spirit. However, on his birthday in 2007 at Sunrise Festival, he caught a psybreaks set by Giani, and was inspired to start DJing again. Within three months he had bought a few dozen tunes, invested in CDJs and a new mixer, and put together this website. The original plan was to specialise solely on psybreaks, but Quextal has never settled on one style of music in his life: if it feels good, he’ll play it. Right now, what feels good to him can be generalised as journeying music, or tripping tunes. Whether the beat or style is breakbeat, house, trance, techno or chillout, what matters are the feelings and visions it evokes, and the movement it induces on all levels: body, mind, and spirit. http://quextal.com/ Tune In from 10-12 pm GMT Tonite!!

Dead Famous Radio comes back home to iBreaks! Starting this Saturday from 10-12 GMT (5-7 EST), September 26th, Dead Famous comes home to ibreaks.co.uk for a weekly 2 hour excursion into the deepest recesses of your mind. Expect everything from breaks, to house, to techno, to dnb, and even a touch of dubstep (although mostly breaks or Ben Jurassik will have a coniption, lol). It's our sole mission on this earth to deliver the best techy, acid, psy influenced face melting music around, and that's exactly what you'll be treated to courtesy of host Daniella Downs. Guest mixes are always welcome, as long as they fit the ethos of what we're trying to do. If you're interested in submitting a guest mix, shoot me an email to brokenbeatnik@yahoo.com, and we'll get it sorted. Look for guest mixes from all the Dead Famous camp, as well as a number of dj/producers pushing dark sinister sounds. And don't forget to pop into the chatroom and say hi! TUNE IN!

Hey All, We @ Dead Famous are happy to be giving out the previously unreleased Violent Content, by our own LuQas free of charge as our way of saying thank you for supporting Dead Famous this year. We have many more free tune giveaways, so stay tuned! http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4TUEM8QY Enjoy!

Broken Robot are not doing a regular release in August - instead they've decided to give away two FREE previously unreleased tracks from one of their illustrious artists - NEURODRIVER, to everybody who signs up to their newsletter All you have to do is enter your email address at the link below. The track will be released on August 17th, and the download link emailed out to you with their first newsletter. Easy! http://www.broken-robot-records.com/maillist/?p=subscribe

It's no secret that we at Dead Famous HQ love acid drenched music. Long is the time that over 50% of dance music that was released was heavily helped by the Roland 303. Lately, there are a number of labels really trying to push the acid sound that was so prevalent 15 years ago, and as many of you know, Dead Famous is one of them. In the spirit of bringing it back, we're holding a contest all centered around, you guessed it - ACID. We at Dead Famous are looking for new acid producers, The prize? We're offering a release with Dead Famous Recordings to the producer who turns us in the best acid inspired tune. That said, while we are breakbeat focused, by no means do all entries have to be breaks. We encourage everything from house and breaks, to techno, or dubstep - whatever! The only rule is that it must use acid. How much is up to the producer, but it must be present. Between us, and a few other great labels, we are all working hard to bring this sound back to the forefront...and discard a few brain cells along the way. *The winner's tune will see a release on Dead Famous Recordings over the next year. *All entries must be sent to us in 320 format by September 30th, 2009. Please email entries to brokenbeatnik@yahoo.com *All genres welcome - but note the types of music we release. While you may like your 180 bpm acid gabber tune, the chances of us releasing it are not great. *Entries are allowed to contain known material, however - we're not trying to release a bootleg here, so use discretion, and be clever about how you do it. (we understand that sometimes things just fit in context), No Lady Gaga remixes with heaps of acid, please. *All entries must contain acid. In what form, and how much is up to the producer, but the more it melts our face off, the better a chance you have. And now for free music. We're big fans of giving back to the people that have supported Dead Famous over the years, and for that reason, have decided to give away the Ghosts in the Machine bootleg of dj Spooky's "Stereo" from a few years back that up till now was only available on vinyl. We will be making a habit of giving back to everyone in the form of free music in the coming months, so definitely watch this space. Grab the bootleg HERE Good luck to everyone who enters, and we look forward to hearing what everyone's got!

http://www.thisisbreaks.com/profiles/blogs...lux-answers-the interview with the man hedflux, as well as a mix that looks rather tasty i must say. psy-breaks/techfunk ftw!

The brand new album from Future Funk Squad 'Disorders of Skill' is available now to Pre-Order on CD from the en:vision shop... http://www.envisionrecordings.co.uk/shop/ For a limited time (until the release date of the 3rd July) once you have pre-ordered the un-mixed 12 track CD (the digital release will be 10 tracks) you will receive an instant email with a link to a zipped file containing the following free 320mp3s!! 1. Blue Song (FFS Remix) - Mint Royale [previously unavailable] 2. Break Da Mould - Valve Man [FFS Alias, previously unavailable] 3. Da Funk Squad [FFS Breaks Bootleg] 4. Gorecki (Breaks Mix) - Lamb [Hacker Release] 5. Impact (Breaks Mix) - Orbootal [Hacker Release] 6. Mr Breakside - The Killers [FFS bootleg of Mr Brightside, previously unavailable] 7. My People (DIM/FFS Breaks Edit) - The Presets [previously unavailable] 8. Protection (Breaks Mix/James Zabiela Re-Edit) - Massive Attack [Hacker Release] 9. Raven (FFS Breaks ReEdit) - Proxy [previously unavailable] 10. Satisfaction (Breaks Mix) - Benni Benassi [Hacker Release] 11. Your Not Alone (Breaks Mix) - Olive [Hacker Release] So what are you waiting for? head over to the en:vision shop now!!!

Fisso & Spark - You Are Right (w/ Remixes by Andrea Lai, Eshericks, LuQas, Wasabi, & Hyx) [DF16] OUT NOW :: at Beatport & Addictech Having alerted the masses to our return with the well received White Line / Robots, Dead Famous is now getting down to the business of maximum techfunk destruction. This installment sees the first release on Dead Famous for the new to the game Italian duo, Fisso & Spark - in the form of the all out techno assualt "You Are Right" . Taking influences from a wide variety of places, Fisso & Spark craft a raw number that is reminiscent of older Chemical Brothers in the way it brings out the emotions that dirty warehouse rave techno should. This is not for the faint of heart, and should be played very loud. First up on duties is recent superstar of the universe, Andrea Lai. Melding nuskool breaks, techno, and dubstep, This remix is a complete aural twist on what you think you know reality to be - Much like a musical translation of a Clockwork Orange. While not overt, the energy levels on this remix are outstanding, and it shows why Andrea is one of the most in-demand producers about right now. Next up we have Wasabi. The Erase Records front man has delivered something that holds a special place in the hearts of the Dead Famous camp. Taking the bang of the original, Wasabi has crafted a tech house mix that hits the spot just perfectly. Brighton's LuQas sent us over his remix, and the moment we heard it, we jumped and signed him immediately. Crossing the vibes of producers like Break the Box, and Introspective, LuQas is making quite a name for himself in the breaks community as of late. This remix is definitely something for the 3am out of your mind sessions. Washington DC's own Hyx gives us something new to Dead Famous. Taking the DF vibe, and mangling it into Drum and Bass, Hyx shows on this remix why his tunes are regularly found in the bags of well known dnb dj's such as Ed Rush and Robot Death Squad. Lastly, but surely not least, En:Vision's recent signing, Eshericks, does exactly what he's known for - Peak as they come techy breaks with a hint of progressive. This remix is LARGE, and definitely not one to be missed. Expect to hear this remix blasting from speakers this Summer. General Midi "Eshericks for me- if you ain't dancing you're dead" Si Begg "Andrea Lai mix....*booooooom*" Robot Death Squad "The Hyx mix is pretty massive sounding, those atmos. are great" Cut la Roc "Full support on this, Eshericks remix for sets but all remixes are nice, good work " Robosapiens "Absolutely love the original. Definitely will rock dancefloors" Kickflip "Andrea Lai's remix is firing! Broken up but held together well, plenty of variation with a fresh sound. Eshericks mix is a massive big room thumper loaded with energy, and LuQas' tech-funk rejiggle ticks all the right boxes Attack Release "Wasabi mix is exactly the kind of stuff i've been feeling recently." Vital Substance "All about the LuQas mix for me...absolute banger!! Loving those sneaky little glitchy edits on the break! Quality" Krone "I love the progressive intro nice vibes on the Hyx mix. The drums are sweet!" Lee / Dusted Breaks" Great Package there dude! It's all about the eshericks mix for me. Pure broken disco Filth!!!" Kraymon "Andrea Lai one is my favourite of these." Hexadecimal "I think the Eshericks mix and LuQas mix are my favourite tracks from the package, probably more likely to play the Eshericks mix, seems to tick all the boxes" EK "Digging the Eshericks remix. very nice work!" Steve Maccabe "Really like the Eshericks & Luqas remixes! Great package all round." Watch this space next month for the long awaited release of Break the Box's "Rock the Mic", with a host of remixes. Keep it Evil.

We at Dead Famous have a wonderful opportunity for everyone. In the coming months, we will be releasing a Remix EP, where some of our favorite artists around have picked their favorite Dead Famous release, and are turning out killer 2009 remixes of them. To coincide with that release, we will be hosting a remix contest for DHD's seminal slab of techfunkery, "Scene". I am sure most people remember this tune for it's sampling of a well known guitar riff, coupled with vocals about reading on online forums that the scene is dead. We think that new remixes of Scene from today's artists has the potential to blow the roof off, so we decided to put it to a contest. Entries are not limited to breaks, in fact we encourage remixers from all musical styles to enter. Everyone is eligible unless you already work for Dead Famous (not in a release/remix aspect), at which point you already know that you can't enter. We fully expect to hear some awesome interperetations of this already great tune from of everyone who enters. To enter, all you have to do is download the parts from this message. Send all completed entries in either 320 kbps mp3 or Wav format to brokenbeatnik@yahoo.com. The deadline for entries is May 1st, 2009. We will then take a few days to listen to all the entries, and announce the lucky winners on May 11th, on www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk. Prizes (The important part) 1st Place - Your remix will be featured on the Dead Famous Remix EP coming out later this year. - You are guaranteed one future original release on Dead Famous. - You are guaranteed one additional remix on a future Dead Famous release. - The entire Dead Famous back catalog in mp3 form. 2nd Place - You are guaranteed one remix on a future Dead Famous release. - The entire Dead Famous back catalog in mp3 form 3rd Place - The entire Dead Famous back catalog in mp3 form. Download the parts via Megaupload here! Download the parts via ZShare here! Download the parts via Sendspace here! As some already know, Dead Famous has some massive plans for 2009, and this is just one small part of it. We hope that you all enjoy the project, and we look forward to hearing your entries. Best of luck to everyone who enters!