The Armory Podcast

For all you lovers of hip-hop-infused, bass-driven music this week's special guest needs no introduction (but we're going to introduce her anyway). From Tampa, FL we're thrilled to welcome the lovely, Bella of Digital Records, to the decks. Press play, Get down.

Bella is one of the world's leading dj/producers in breakbeat to date. Her hip-hop influenced, heavy bass tunes have consistently hit international breaks charts including several #1 tracks on Beatport's Top 100 Breaks. As co-owner of Digital Records, she hit the biz with mega hype and a superior drive that pushed the envelope in the breaks genre. In 2014 Bella branched out creating her own label, Stately Sounds, with a focus to provide her audience an exclusive collection of bass-beat tunes.

For more information on Bella visit:

https://www.facebook.com/BellaBeats

https://soundcloud.com/bella-beats

http://instagram.com/bellabass82

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This week in The Armory, we’re pleased to welcome another of Orlando’s finest purveyors of the broken beat, Ill DJ Chris B of Zone Records and Illeven Eleven Recordings. Press play. Get Down.

Ill DJ Chris B is a native of Orlando Florida who produces and mixes breakbeat music. Having an opportunity to attend legendary dance clubs in Orlando during the early 90's, like The Edge, Firestone, Ultra Violet, Infinity (Cyber Zone), The Blue Room, Icon, Alpha Bar, Eli's Crib, Thee Grotto, and The Bank (Fusion), along with numerous other clubs in Orlando and throughout the United States, it is easy to see where he gets his influence of electronic music from. Wherever he goes you can be sure that he's droppin' nothing but the best.

For more information on Ill DJ Chris B visit:

www.twitter.com/illdjchrisb

https://www.facebook.com/illdjchrisb

https://soundcloud.com/illdjchrisb

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DJ Zach Moore as recorded live from Breakfast of Champions 2015 in San Francisco, CA.

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As 2014 winds down, we at The Armory Podcast would like to thank all of our faithful listeners around the globe for tuning in each and every week. We look forward to bringing you more of the world’s finest breakbeat, house and ghetto funk artists in 2015. For this, the very last Armory podcast of 2014, we’re pleased to welcome the very talented DJ Ark of Tampa to the 1s and 2s. Happy Holidays, Everyone.

DJ Ark hails from Tampa, FL and is signed to Zone Records & illeven eleven. Ark has been a consistent presence within the Florida breaks scene for some time. This year brought the amazing opportunity to collaborate with the legendary DJ Icey on two original singles for Zone. Both of those singles “The Come Up” and “Empire” reached the top 5 of Beatport Breaks. In the past his remixes & rerubs have also gotten played worldwide on Sirius & BBC Radio with major support by the likes of DJ Icey, Krafty Kuts, Stanton Warriors, Keith Mackenzie, Baby Anne, Marten Horger, DJ Hero & Lady Waks. Since starting this journey which began long ago on internet radio, he has brought the bass to nearly every club in his hometown and been blessed with the opportunity to travel to cities like Chicago, Miami, Charleston & Charlotte.



Influenced highly by the works of Icey, Ark is constantly on the lookout throughout all genres of electronic music for the best tracks to add more bounce to. DJ Arks passion for music runs extremely deep and it’s that passion that has always allowed him to be ahead of the game. His obsessive dedication to keep with the times really shows in his productions and live sets. Never one to let a big track pass him by, you really are in for a show when he's on the decks. His greatest love is to bring the energy to the dance floor and take crowds on a journey. He is known to have a great stage presence and is usually dancing, smiling and singing right along with you. With this ability, DJ Arks wide range of diversity and live only exclusives has consistently proven to work on even the toughest of critics. Like his high fueled live performances, the future looks to be nothing short of booming!

Contact & Booking Information:

www.facebook.com/djark


www.soundcloud.com/dj-ark


www.twitter.com/djark

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This week in The Armory we're thrilled to have the latest addition to the Stanton Warriors' Punks label, Nixon, on the 1s and 2s.

Check out Nixon's gorgeous, debut EP on Punks entitled "The Basics of Love" at:

http://www.beatport.com/release/the-basics-of-love-ep/1420636

Nixon’s been mixing since before he first stood on a snowboard over 20 years ago. Being a pro-rider on the European snowboard scene for over 15 years opened up a huge freesport audience to his mixing talents and he’s been a regular at massive surf & snowboard events for years.

It comes as no surprise then to this crowd, that Nixon is receiving respective accolades on the London scene for his musical talents.

A random meeting with Justin Rushmore of FLR whilst snowboarding led to a move to London in 06 and to a new addiction – producing. His 2007 collaborations with D&B golden boy, Shimon, took the scene by surprise, with clubbers loving the heavily influenced D & B breaks - a fresh vibe in an increasingly jaded breaks scene. With three releases under the FLR wing, ‘I Like You’ received rave reviews, receiving regular airplay on both Annie Nightingale BBC and Kiss FM’s Jay Cunnings show. The second release “White Noise” went to No 13 in the DMC Buzz Charts, and ‘Around the Edge’, charged to No 1 in the Beatport Breaks chart.

Whilst Nixon’s background was rooted firmly in thrash and drum & bass, his DJ style today, is a blend of tight break necking beats, topped off with deep gut rumbling bass.

Engineering his own solo tunes, it’s a hard life dividing his time between snowboarding, and his recording in the studio! His strong self-expression of snowboarding is clearly continued onto the decks & is a lifestyle balance most DJs would kill for. The Mixologists, Aquasky, Tayo, Darren Jay, Davide Carbone, MC Chickaboo, Utah Jazz, the list is endless - have graced the decks with Nixon.

Now billed as the UK’s top pro-DJ/music producer and professional snowboarder, from his debut at London's superclubs - Fabric & Ministry of Sound, he’s now a regular on the underground club scene & plays a host of international festivals including the legendary Snowbombing.

Moving forward, Nixon has stretched out his knowledge of quality music, composing music for UK computer games giant Codemasters and their Dirt 3 & 4 games. Top brands such as CASIO, QUIKSILVER, MONSTER, NIKE, SHARP have endorsed and used Nixon beats & sound design for their Global Marketing Campaigns. This in turn has opened doors to remix works by global sensation Ben Howard & upcoming acts such as A Girl Called Ruth & Ryan Keen. Stepping from clubland to culinary, he also produces music for Jamie Oliver's DJ BBQ and to movies with CGI giants, the Foundry.

Now signed to the world famous renegades of beats & bass, the Stanton Warriors Punks label with his newly released The Basic Of Love Ep includes the tearing remix of LTJ Bukems classic club anthem Atlantis.

For more information on Nixon visit:

http://www.soundcloud.com/scottnixonmusic

http://www.twitter.com/ScottNixonMusic

http://www.youtube.com/user/scottnixonmusic

https://www.facebook.com/ScottNixonOfficial

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With 2014 winding down we're scrambling to fit as many guests into The Armory Podcast schedule before the new year. To that end, here's another bonus episode of the podcast from Perth's dynamic duo, For The Win (FTW), aka JS and Bezwun. Press Play. Get down.

For the complete track listing visit:

http://djzachmoore.com/podcast/the-armory-podcast-070/

Known as two of Perth’s favorite independent artists, JS and Bezwun have joined forces to create FTW. Coming from two separate places on the music spectrum, they have channeled their own influences to create a vibrant duo based on high energy performances and party banging production.

JS was shot into the scene as one half of the successful Pearly Whites, playing all over Perth and part of the festival circuit, he helped innovate the party mashing and mixing as we know it today. Supporting all genres from Dubstep to Baltimore, Electro to Breaks and everything in between. He later ventured out solo and began to create a name for himself, earning residencies at Perth’s top clubs and banging out tunes on a weekly basis. A recent dedication to production has seen this kid develop the skills that will soon make him a weapon on the music market.

Always involving himself in music, Bezwun began to gain interest in djing and production. Releasing his first tracks on Miles Dyson’s label in 2010 as his duo Beatsmack, he has not looked back since. Not limiting himself to just heavy, he pushed his solo brand creating a fusion of ghettofunk and electro and has contributed a handful of bootlegs and originals to the community. Residing at Ambar night club as part of the Boomtick DJ roster, he is always bringing a turntablist vibe to his performances, from scratching to cutting, he is always getting the party started.

The combination of these two has formed a brand that embraces booty breaks and jacking party vibes. Influences including Stanton Warriors, Deekline and Keith Mackenzie, these boys a creating a sound that’s unrivaled in Perth. Tight drums, big 808 bass hits and catchy vocals are the recipe that these guys are cooking with, and the result, a large three course dose of booty shaking tracks that hit the crowd for six.

With a growing collection of bootlegs and originals, these boys are ones to watch out for. As each track is created, the FTW sound is slowly being cemented into a unique, irresistible strength that becomes nearly impossible not to move to. With high energy performances, these guys have earned support slots for internationals, pre-heating the decks to fuel huge nights and create memories that are shared with Perth’s dance community.

For more information on FTW, visit

https://www.facebook.com/bootybass

http://www.soundcloud.com/ftw-8

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This week’s guest artist, Funkanizer (aka Mike Pal), comes to us all the way from Greece. Mike’s first foray into music was as a bass player and for the last three years he has been making his mark on the international Ghetto Funk scene from his native Athens. His latest EP, Groove Gigolos a co-production with S Strong on Scour Records, has been a huge success. And if you scour the Internet for quality bass driven music like we do, then you know Mike’s work is supported by some of the best bass music blogs around including Ghetto Funk (Spinforth’s Scour), HongKongPingPong and Free Breaks Blog just to name a few. For his appearance in The Armory this week, Mike has all of the four major food groups well represented (ghetto funk, glitch hop, breakbeat and drum and bass) in this fabulous 55-minute mix set. Enjoy.

For the complete track list visit:

http://djzachmoore.com/podcast/the-armory-podcast-069/

For more information on Funkanizer visit:

https://soundcloud.com/funkanizer

https://www.mixcloud.com/Funkanizer/

https://www.facebook.com/funkanizer

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They are Nikki Hernandez (aka DJ Nikita) and JT Williams (aka DJ Tweezy) of Central Florida, USA. Together they form Phat Kidz and they’re this week’s specials guest on The Armory Podcast. Press play. Get down.

For the complete track listing for this mix visit:

http://djzachmoore.com/podcast/the-armory-podcast-068/

In April of 2013 the duo (Nikita & Tweezy) formed their group, now known as “Phat Kidz“. Hailing from the Breaks State of Florida & with 12 years under their belt, these two are a force to be reckoned with.  Their signature sound of Phat basslines, 808 drums, glitchy vocals & synthlines have made heads turn.In just under one year they released close to 30 edits/rubs, gaining them much attention on Soundcloud. In 2014 they released chart topping tracks on Beatport under Breaks R Boss, Gigabeat, Stars & Knights out of Spain, Dog Eat Dog Records, and Ravesta Records. Their tracks have been played in numerous venues Worldwide, mixsets & podcasts by some very notable artists such as The Crystal Method & LO Iq?

Phat Kidz have had the honor of sharing the stage with the Freestylers, Dj Icey, Dj Magic Mike, Stanton Warriors, Shortee & Faust of Urban Assault, Aphrodite, Mike Nice of Mike & Charlie, KMFX, & Tony Faline, just to name a few.  In 2013 and 2014 Phat Kidz took the stage playing massive breakbeat events such as Future Sound of Breaks “Leaders Of The True School“, WMC Massive “Bring On The Beats”, FSOB Miami playing for Future Sound Of Breaks All Stars.  In March 2014 they were also invited to play in New Orleans for “Fat Tuesday”, also known as “Mardi Gras“.

Be sure to keep up and follow the Phat Kidz on Beatport, iTunes, Spotify, Juno Records, Soundcloud, Facebook and YouTube today so you don’t miss out on what is coming up next…This is just the beginning!

Connect with Phat Kidz here:

https://www.facebook.com/PhatKidzFl

http://www.beatport.com/artist/phat-kidz/397237

http://earthdanceflorida.org/nikita-tweezy/

https://soundcloud.com/phatkidznikita

http://facebook.com/djnikitafl

http://facebook.com/officialtweezy

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Due to a last-minute postponement by this week’s guest, we’ve been forced to take just a short break from breakbeat in The Armory. Instead, we’re treating you to this house mix from Zach’s alter ego, W.Haze. More breaks are on the way next week. We promise! Enjoy the weekend, Everyone.

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This week in The Armory we're thrilled to be featuring this live recording of our good buddy, Lee Coombs, from the Opulent Temple sound camp on Monday night at Burning Man this year. Press play. Get down.

Checkout Lee's brand new album, Keleidoscope, at:

http://tinyurl.com/leecoombs-kaleidoscope.

British-born Lee Coombs has been involved in the music industry since 1989, when he got his start at acid house parties in London and Cambridge. He went on to run several of his own labels including the legendary Thrust Recordings and collaborate with some of the most respected artists and producers in the world, combining breaks, house, electro, techno, and acid to create groundbreaking mixes in his own signature style. Coombs is a talented and innovative fan-favorite around the world, whether he’s releasing music through his own Thrust label or as part of the Lot49 team, or mesmerizing massive audiences filling dance floors from Australia to Burning Man. 2014 has been a busy year for Coombs! The massive single ‘Lilly in the Sky’ remained up the top of the Beatport charts for many months and has gone on to be one of the biggest selling Breaks tracks of 2014. Next up is the eagerly awaited new artist Album ‘Kaleidoscope’. Collaborating with up and coming Uber producer Kostas G, they have created a musical journey into the mind, traveling through Breaks, Tech House and blissed out Downtempo moments designed to move your body and soul.

For more information on Lee visit:

https://soundcloud.com/analogdelayed

http://leecoombs.net/

https://www.facebook.com/leecoombsofficial

https://twitter.com/leecoombs

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