Earlier this year Ground Level embarked on a massive project called Disruptive Beats, a series of EPs showcasing fresh artists bringing a fresh slant to the breaks genre. Each EP featured an artist with a new track, a remix of this track and their reinterpretation of a Ground Level catalogue classic.
The project involved artists from 7 countries (United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Italy and New Zealand) and 15 tracks altogether.
Now all the tracks are available together as a compilation at a special price, with a DJ mix by label boss Andy McAllister and Pimpsoul thrown in! The tracklist is:
01 Black and Blunt – Never Get Enough (Original Mix) 5m 24s
02 DJ Hero – Game Face (Original Mix) 4m 40s
03 Break the Box feat. MC Coppa – Style and Flavour (Black and Blunt Remix) 5m 53s
04 Dane O – Me and You (DJ Love Remix) 6m 16s
05 Domino – Dirty Mind (Rebel Sketchy Remix) 6m 40s
06 Black and Blunt – Never Get Enough (Dustin Hulton Remix) 6m 0s
07 Dane O – Me and You (Original Mix) 5m 15s
08 Beatsmack – Ruff Em Up (Original Mix) 5m 42s
09 Beatsmack – Ruff Em Up (Andy McAllister Remix) 5m 17s
10 Break the Box feat. Ira – Groovy Moves (DJ Hero Remix) 4m 25s
11 Rebel Sketchy – The Ride (B-Phreak Remix) 5m 12s
12 Stylus Rex – Cops On Coke (Dane O Remix) 4m 51s
13 Shopliftas – Disko (Beatsmack Remix) 6m 40s
14 Rebel Sketchy – The Ride (Original Mix) 7m 50s
15 DJ Hero – Game Face (Basement Freaks Remix) 5m 3s
16 Various Artists – Mixed By Andy McAllister and Pimpsoul – Disruptive Beats Continuous Mix 55m 8s
DJ Feedback on Disruptive Beats:
"full of goodness many, thanks, just what the doctor ordered" 8/10 - Krafty Kuts
"GOT DAMN!! Serious tunage here. All killer no filler" - Breakonomics, RTE Ireland
"Ground Level has done it again! This release will melt your face off!" - Scott Remedy
"Good mix of stuff" BARRcode
"These are all Phat as Phuk...something for everyone in this package and almost a whole set to play with!" - Marty B, Onion Blog
"Nice vibes!" Peo De Pitte
"Great Package...and the Breaks train a keeps on rollin...." Drumattic Twins
"big up, great stuff" Mr No Hands
"big release, huge original and remixes from all fronts!" Kid Chameleon
"Loving the production on this....." Armitage Skanks
"Ruff em Up is dope!" - Keith MacKenzie
"Game Face is a quality breaks track. excellent thanks." - Plump DJs
"so much quality on this" - Llupa
The album is available now in all good download stores! If you're a DJ get all 15 tracks and the DJ mix in full 320k MP3 glory for £8.99 at Juno. For those who just love the music you can get an iPod friendly version for £5.99 at iTunes.
And to dip your toe in the water and see what Disruptive Beats is all about check out this DJ mix that Andy did for RTE Radio in Ireland:
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/groundlevel/disru ... -promo-mix[/soundcloud]