The Armory Podcast

For the second week in a row, we're pleased to bring you a bonus episode of The Armory Podcast. We hope you'll enjoy the dark and mysterious musical stylings of DJ/producer, Iva, of St. Petersburg, Russia.

For the track list visit http://djzachmoore.com/podcast/the-armory-podcast-065/

For more information on Iva visit https://soundcloud.com/kirilliva.

Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com

This week in The Armory we're pleased to welcome our good friend, Tim The Enchanter, one of the finest purveyors of breakbeat on the East Coast and co-promoter/resident of the Vitamin B monthly in Brooklyn. Press play. Get down.

For more information on Tim The Enchanter:

https://soundcloud.com/tim-the-enchanter

https://www.facebook.com/ttheenchanter

http://www.vitaminb.nyc

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The seventh renewal of the Space Cowboys' and SunsetSF's co-production of Ghost Ship Halloween was nothing short of spectacular. This year the mind-blowing art and music of Ghost Ship was spread over two nights instead of one. It was a great privilege to be a part of such an amazing spectacle once again. This is the recording of my midnight set on the Mog during the second night of the festivities. My heartfelt thanks to Andrea Lundquist, Robbie Kowal and the rest of the Ghost Ship LLC for a truly memorable night. - Zach

For more information on Zach visit www.djzachmoore.com

For more information on Ghost Ship visit www.ghostshiphalloween.com.

This week we're pleased to welcome talented DJ and producer, b-phreak, of Mainz, Germany to The Armory. Press play. Get down.

For the complete track listing visit

http://djzachmoore.com/podcast/the-armory-podcast-062/

For more information on b-freak visit:

www.soundcloud.com/b-phreak

www.facebook.com/phreakfunk

www.facebook.com/bphreakgermany

www.myspace.com/bphreak

www.twitter.com/bphreak

www.youtube.com/bphreakgermany

www.beatport.com/search?query=B-Phreak

www.b-phreak.de

http://dj.beatport.com/b-phreak

For booking inquiries, contact [email protected].

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This week in The Armory we welcome ILLEXXANDRA of the Vitamin B crew in Brooklyn to the 1s and 2s. For her Armory mix, ILLEXXANDRA brings together the world of classic ghetto breaks with the homegrown NYC-area sounds of Jersey club tracks and ballroom vogue, New Orleans bounce, and UK underground club music. Press play. Get down.

Brooklyn-based DJ/producer ILLEXXANDRA brings a consistently fun party vibe, drawing from the worlds of funk, UK future sound, global bass, electro swing, and classic club culture. Her sets draw you in with innocent joy, smack you around with raw ferocity, and then set you down gently with deep musical knowledge. She’ll kill it with an hour of bangers, or take you on a five-hour journey into sound.

ILLEXXANDRA has played all over the world, from the East Coast’s best underground parties (Thunder Gumbo, House of Yes, Gemini & Scorpio, BangOn, Winkel & Balktick, Bangarang, No Man’s Land, the JunXion), to major international venues (including The Room in Tokyo; Sound Channel and Union in Osaka; the Button Factory in Dublin; Club Love, the McKittrick Hotel, Pacha, and APT in NYC; the Rock & Roll Hotel and Tropicalia in DC; the Parish in Austin; 1015 Folsom, DNA Lounge, the Elbo Room, and Public Works in San Francisco; King King, The Echo, and El Cid in LA; the Freakeasy in Chicago; Club Popozuda afterparty for Notting Hill Carnival in London among many others), and festivals (SXSW, Gathering of the Vibes, Long Beach Funk Festival, and the ISA World Surfing Games in Costa Rica).

She has released tracks and remixes for Rot10 Muzik, Peligrosa, Boogie Boutique, Cast-A-Blast Records/Mishkin, MC Zulu, Feral aka MC Kinky, Jon Kwest, Kuenta i Tambu, Gato Preto, DJ Tack & DJ Tamalero, and Jaymay, and numerous cult-classic bootlegs. Her tracks were named best track of 2011 by TropicalBass.com, one of 2011′s Most Underrated Music by Marcus Dowling, and featured on BBC Radio 1. She has released mixtapes with Afropop Worldwide, Brooklyn Radio, Space Cowboys RIPEcast, the Armory Podcast, Brousse FM, and RVA Magazine.

She has played all over the Burning Man festival, including the coliseum at Root Society, Funky Town, Dustfish, Basshenge, PEX, Kostume Kult, Disorient, Nexus, Burners Without Borders, BMIR, Dirty Beetles/Black 22s, Black Rock Boutique, Tsunami Bass Experience, Pedal Bump, and Brulee, as well as the arts cars the Janky Barge, Icarus, the Bump Bed, A Cavallo, the Dodo, and the Nautilus. She has played prominent sets at regional Burning Man-related events Transformus, PEX Summer Festival, Playa del Fuego, Frostburn, Freeform Festival, Decompression in NYC and Chicago, and Figment NYC and DC.

ILLEXXANDRA is a resident DJ at Vitamin B, New York’s longest running monthly breakbeat party, and at Tropic of Bass in Washington, DC. She is also a resident of the infamous and long-running Rubulad party, a core DJ of the Mischief DC crew, and member of the Plug 4 camp at Burning Man.

Upcoming gigs include:

Oct 24 - London Decompression

Oct 25 - Guachafita (Toulouse, France)

Nov 1 - Hot Cakes Halloween (London)

Nov 8 - Vitamin B 6th Anniversary with guest Tony Quattro (NYC)

Dec 6 - Naughty Snowball (Washington, DC)

For more information on ILLEXXANDRA visit http://illexxandra.com

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This week on The Armory Podcast, we’re pleased to welcome Manchester’s Breaksjunky (aka Martyn King), a 2013 Breakspoll finalist for “Best New DJ”, to the 1s and 2s. Press play. Get down!

It has been a great start to the year for Breaksjunky, After being nominated in 2013 at Breakspoll International Breakbeat Awards for 'Best New DJ' and narrowly missing out, he came back even stronger to not only take the Award in 2014, putting his name on everyone’s lips, but also adding 'Best Radio Show' to the collection.

When Manchester's Breaksjunky first stepped up to the decks in 2002 he had a simple ambition, to infect the masses with Big, Fat, Dirty BASS!! Since those early days he has only gone from strength to strength with a string of performances for some of the biggest names in Club Land, playing along side the like of: Grandmaster Flash, Plump DJs, Stanton Warriors, The Freestylers, Dub Pistols, Meat Katie, Cut La Roc, Elite Force, Far Too Loud, Gaudi, Dub Mafia, Slamboree, Monk3ylogic, Krossbow, Bad Tango & Justin Robertson to name a few.

Not content with just rubbing shoulders with the greats, Breaksjunky has made it his personal mission to play at all of the U.K's most inspirational club nights and festivals. 2013 saw him play a string of stand out sets across the U.K and take to the stage at Boomtown Fair, Ravenstonedale Festival and being Honoured with opening the amazing, 'Fortress' stage at The Beat-Herder Festival. 

As well as his own Radio Show, awards and DJ sets, Breaksjunky is also a chart success having his debut track “All That Junk” co produced with Zen Cartel, do very well in the Beatport Breaks chart since it’s release and has lots of new projects and co labs underway! 

Most recently Breaksjunky has started to infect Europe & Asia performing in Copenhagen in Denmark, Bangkok & Phuket in Thailand and has more International bookings in the pipeline, he's all about spreading the gospel of Breaks.

With the buzz still going after his current Awards, 2014 is set to be a another great year!!

For more information on Breaksjunky visit:

http://breaksjunky.co.uk

http://facebook.com/breaksjunky1

http://soundcloud.com/breaksjunky2

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We have our good pal, Mafia Kiss, to thank for bringing this week's talented guest, Kurse, to The Armory. Kurse (aka Kris Barker) is both a DJ and producer known in his native London as one half of AK Soundsystem and for his work with the renowned Hot Cakes label. We're excited to have him in The Armory this week. Press play. Get down.

For the complete track listing visit:

http://djzachmoore.com/podcast/the-armory-podcast-059/

Kurse is a DJ and producer from the outskirts of London who, since 2007, has gained notoriety for his fast paced, cut 'n' chop, bass heavy DJ mixes. Playing a varied mix of bass music, Kurse leaves no one standing still as he brings the fire to any sound system.  As one half of AK SOUNDSYSTEM , originator of The Naughty Cool boat parties and supporting the likes of The Stanton Warriors, Deekline, Elite Force and Krafty Kuts ,to name just a few, he has become inextricably linked with the UK underground breakbeat and bass music scene. Through releasing regular DJ mixes, personal productions and having collaborated with Mafia Kiss and AK (Se7en Deadly Breaks) on some successful remix projects he is day by day increasing his following around the globe.

Connect with Kurse here:

www.facebook.com/pages/Kurse/223902994315223

www.facebook.com/AK5oundsystem

https://soundcloud.com/kurse_music

www.mixcloud.com/kursemusic

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The Armory Podcast has been woefully short on female artists, an oversight we intend to correct beginning with this week’s special guest. In her hometown of Orlando and across North America they call her “The Bass Queen”. She's an accomplished DJ and producer and runs her own label, “Bad Baby”. She is the talented and lovely, Baby Anne, and we’re thrilled to have her in The Armory this week. Now Press play. And get down!

Baby Anne aka "The Bass Queen" has blazed a Trail across North America and Beyond with her DJ sets and Original Productions. Her signature recipe is a delicious fusion of high energy Electro Breaks and Miami Bass seasoned with funky beats and driving bass lines. Her musical influences range from Miami Bass stalwarts Dynamix II and AfroRican, to overseas tunes by Kraftwerk & 808 State, from statesides DJ Icey and Information Society to a host of Funky Freestyle records from back in the day!

Baby Anne is known not only as a DJ but also a recording artist, having dropped loads of tracks on her own Bad Baby record label and DJ Icey's Zone Records Imprint as well as other labels. Her latest single "Baby Vicious", on Bad Baby is rocking dance floors across the country. Baby Anne has pounded out 14 Mix Cds, all of which have charted on the Billboard Soundscan Electronic Top 50 album chart from 1999's "BassQueen in the Mix" to last year's  release, "Beauty of The Beats".   Baby Anne is currently on tour promoting her latest CD release, "Disturbing the Beats".

Connect with Baby Anne here:

https://www.facebook.com/bassqueen

http://bassqueen.com/

https://twitter.com/BadBabyAnne

https://soundcloud.com/baby-anne

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This week in The Armory, we’re thrilled to be featuring the “big room breakbeats” of Miami’s own, Lo IQ? (Zone Records/Breakz R Boss/DEDR).

If you live in the Bay Area you’ll have a chance to check out Lo IQ? live and in technicolor on October 11th at F8 in San Francisco! Visit www.facebook.com/events/674730652620102 for more information on that event.

Now press play and get down!

Since the conception of the “Lo IQ?” project in 2010, it has been destined for great things. Lo IQ? has an unique style of producing and DJing, which can be best described as big room Breakbeats. In 2010 Lo IQ? came storming out of the gates with original releases and remixes on labels such as DJ Icey’s world renown Zone Records and famed UK Label Ground Level Records, which all have reached top tier positions on the top 100 Beatport chart.In early June 2013 Lo IQ? was named #15 on Billboard's Next Big Sound Chart, Reinforcing that Lo IQ?'s sound is headed in the right direction. Recently in July 2013 Lo IQ?'s velocity shows no sign of slowing down and had a big month, first releasing a track on Breakz R Boss "Around The World" which rocketed to #2 on the charts only to be followed by 2 other releases to also reach the top ten that month, one being another original "Gettin' Right To It" on Zone Records.

In these few short years Lo IQ? has toured and performed in cities nationwide like Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte, Seattle, Boston, Charleston, Portland, Orlando, St. Louis, Tampa, Houston, Jacksonville, San Francisco, West Palm Beach, and Cave-In-Rock Southern Illinois to name a few. Although Lo IQ? has kept a busy schedule rocking clubs and nationwide festivals, he is consistently in the studio producing many new future releases and remixes for labels such as Zone, System Static Records, Breakz R Boss, and Clever Fool Recordings. Lo IQ?’s tracks including his remixes of CJ Bolland’s “Sugar is Sweeter” and Daft Punk's "Doin It Right" has received major support from the Breaks community and you’re sure to hear them at any EDM events/festivals worldwide

For more information on Lo IQ? visit:

www.Soundcloud.com/Lo-IQ

www.facebook.com/LoIQMusic

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This week in The Armory we welcome the incomparable and eclectic, Philly Blunt (aka Phil Berrick), to 1s and 2s. Berrick is known in Western Australia for pushing new sounds, styles and BPMs as both an accomplished DJ and producer. You can also read his musings on all things dance music at TheBootlegBlog.wordpress.com. Now press play and get down.

Connect with Philly Blunt here:

https://soundcloud.com/philly-blunt

https://www.facebook.com/IAmPhillyBlunt

https://twitter.com/_phillyblunt

TheBootlegBlog.wordpress.com

Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com