The Armory Podcast

Another 4th of July is upon us and for San Franciscans that means huddling for warmth in hoodies and beanies at backyard barbeques and watching our fireworks disappear into the fog. While the weather around here may leave a little something to be desired on Independence Day, it doesn’t stop us from celebrating anyway. Enjoy this 4th-of-July beakbeat mix from The Armory's DJ Zach Moore. Happy Independence Day, Everyone!

As a member and resident of Space Cowboys, DJ Zach Moore spins events from San Francisco to the Black Rock Desert to New York City and beyond. Zach has played epic, sold-out events like Outside Lands, Burning Man, Treasure Island Music Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, PEX Summer Fest, GhostShip and the legendary Breakfast of Champions. These days, Zach's live sets are mostly packed with party rockin' breaks, but his love of electronic music starts with house and spans many of the subgenres, including deep, vocal, tech, progressive, and electro. Zach is also known as the creator of The Armory Podcast and for his work on The RIPEcast, the Space Cowboys' Breakspoll-nominated, electronic music podcast.

For more information on Zach visit www.djzachmoore.com

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We are absolutely thrilled to welcome to the podcast a legendary artist who to breaks fans across the globe needs no introduction. They call him “The Merchant of Boom”, otherwise known as Orlando's DJ Icey, label boss at Zone Records, creator of the world-renowned Automatic Static Podcast, and he’s this week’s special guest host in The Armory! For the next 50 minutes kick back and enjoy this Armory exclusive mix loaded with fresh booty bass, including Icey’s latest release with DJ Ark entitled “Empire”!

For more information on DJ Icey visit:

http://soundcloud.com/dj-icey

www.facebook.com/Icey.DJ.Page

http://twitter.com/dj_icey

instagram.com/dj_icey

www.djicey.com

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This week in The Armory we're pleased to bring you the unique musical stylings of San Francisco's Delachaux. Press play. Get down.

Delachaux is San Francisco’s sonic evocateur par excellence. His intoxicating big beat burlectro style of pouring vintage samples and exotic orchestrations over a barrage of saucy beats has fused a wild carousel of voluptuous voodoo and body-quaking bass that reflect the dilated discos and carbonated cabarets of Barbary Coast nightlife and have made him one of the west coast underground’s most seminal DJ/producers. 

For more information on Delachaux visit:

https://www.facebook.com/delachaux

http://soundcloud.com/delachaux

http://www.mixcloud.com/delachaux

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From Tampa, FL (home to some our very favorite breakbeat artists including DJ Icey, Fixx and Bella) we're pleased to welcome DJ Eddie Light to The Armory Podcast. Fresh off his triumphant debut on the Stanton Warriors' world-renowned podcast, Eddie treats us to this fabulous 50-minute mix oozing with that signature Florida 808 sound. Press play. Get down.

For more information on Eddie Light visit:

https://soundcloud.com/dj-eddie-light

www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Eddie-Light/254816414568146

https://twitter.com/DJEddieLight

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Coming to you all the way from Chelyabinsk, Russia we’re very excited to have Kid Digital on The Armory Podcast. We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that in spite of a broken left forearm, our distinguished guest was still able to deliver this fantastic, glitch hop/breakbeat mix in time for your listening enjoyment this week. Big thanks (and get well soon) to Mr. Kid Digital for the extra effort!

Having only arrived on the international breakbeat scene in 2007, Kid Digital has been a near instant success with dozens of releases on imprints such as Elektroshok Records, Bombtraxx and Distorsion. And his many collaborations with breakbeat heavyweights like Mutantbreakz and Colombo have earned rave reviews. Many of you will recognize his latest big track, ‘Attack The Speaker’ with Rubi Dan, from several of our most popular episodes including BETA’s last fall and Seven Deadly Breaks' earlier this spring.

For more information on Kid Digital visit:

soundcloud.com/kid-digital

http://www.beatport.com/artist/kid-digital/73463

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We have a big week lined up for y'all on The Armory Podcast with two extremely talented artists making their Armory debuts! To get things started we're honored to have QDup (aka Jason Brown) of Fort Knox Recordings on the 1s and 2s. Press play. Get down.

Jason Brown (aka Jayclue) is Qdup, and has been making dance floors groove and butts move worldwide since late 2006. Over the years, Qdup has released top selling tunes and remixes on many well received labels including Bombstrikes, Fort Knox Recordings, Bombastic Jam, Goodgroove, Air, ESL Music, Royal Soul, MustBeat and his own Qdup Records imprint.

Having remixed the likes of Fort Knox Five, DJ Love, Thunderball, Basement Freaks, All Good Funk Alliance and Ursula1000 to name a few, Qdup has garnered a spot as one of the most in demand artists for remixing friends of funk and breaks. Also known for his party mashing exclusive edits and re-rubs, he has gained a following via some of the webs hottest blogs, dropping secret weapon DJ tunes.

As an established tastemaker, Qdup has been a contributor to the UK based Ghetto Funk blog since it's inception and has produced several tracks on their Icons series remix albums. 2013 saw Qdup break out on the summer festival scene in North America including Shambhala (Salmo, BC), BassCoast (Merritt, BC), Firefly Fest (DE, USA), Art Outside (TX, USA) and P.E.X. (MD, USA). With additional releases upcoming on Fort Knox Recordings, new collaborations, remixes, free downloads and DJ mixes in the works, 2014 is lining up to be a busy year for Qdup.

For more information on Qdup visit:

www.facebook.com/QdupMusic

soundcloud.com/qdupmusic

https://twitter.com/QdupMusic

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This week we're thrilled to have Bay Area legend, DJ Ethan Miller, in The Armory. The mix you’re about to enjoy is Ethan's set as recorded live from Schpank Me a Go Go on April 19, 2014. Press play. Get down.

Colorful founder of the much-loved Bay Area dance collective, Friends and Family, Ethan has been making dance floors sweat since 1993. Known early in his career for hard Acid and Techno sets, the years since have revealed a taste for Breaks, House, Tech House, Deep House, and of course Techno of all flavors.

While currently turning up at DISTRIKT, BrassTax, Strategik, SWAG, MotorCityJam, Prohibition, Opel, and other Bay Area underground events, Ethan has also held residencies at MAD Mondays, RhythmMethod, Delve, and of course Friends and Family. Reaching way back you would have found him holding it down at some of SF's now legendary raves including The Gathering, Vision, Basics and more.

If you've got an iPhone, point it at djethan.com/mobile/ for an enhanced and streaming version of the same collection. (Choose "Add to Home Screen" to run it as a full-screen app!)

Ethan is available for gigs near and far! You can reach him at [email protected].

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This week in The Armory we're pleased to feature the funky and diverse musical stylings of Lebrosk (aka James Glenton). Press play. Get down.

The year was 1996 and a young, wide-eyed James Glenton was first introduced to dance music after a wrong turn at Knebworth Festival led him away from Oasis and into the electronic embrace of The Chemical Brothers. Four years later and with his trusty student loan burning a hole in his wallet, James walked sheepishly into his first record shop and bought his first piece of vinyl. Since that fateful day, James quickly set about getting his hands on a dusty pair of 1210s and after a few years of trainwrecks, has since been seen bouncing around as Lebrosk playing behind the decks of countless clubs, boats, warehouses and festivals both in the UK and across Europe.

After a 3 year stint as radio presenter on renowned Breakbeat radio station Ramp FM, James took over as station manager on the revamped Ramp Shows Blog and has established himself as someone with a keen ear for new music and a passion for discovering cutting edge new artists.

For more information on Lebrosk visit:

www.soundcloud.com/lebrosk

www.facebook.com/lebrosk

www.mixcloud.com/lebrosk

www.ramp-shows.blogspot.com

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They are Jake McCaffery and Aaron King, better known as the Breakspoll Award-winning duo Se7en Deadly Breaks, and we're absolutely thrilled to have them in The Armory this week! Press play. Get down.

Aaron & Jake joined forces back in 2007 to form Se7en Deadly Breaks as they both had a passion for underground music and an even bigger passion to be the ones behind the decks.

Whilst the pair was making there mark in and around Berkshire they also had shows on two of the biggest pirate radio stations in London and the west London area PointBlank FM & Flex FM which took the attention of some well known names in the scene including Deekline & Wizard, Pure SX, Pyramid, Jigga Flo, Sneaky D, CodeBreaker and Ben & Lex to name a few.

Se7en Deadly Breaks have quickly became a well known name because of the party's and event's they have played & also Radio but more importantly because of the music selection they play and the way they both have similar mixing styles behind the decks with their scratching, edits, loops and the way they switch up into genres they know how to rock a party!

Se7en Deadly Breaks have been hitting big club events in London which have seen them play along side there idols in the Breakbeat world such as Deekline, Stanton Warriors, Pyramid, Ed Solo, High Rankin, Hostage & Jurrasik to name a few. They have also Headlined the 2012 Hot Cakes Break Beach Festival in Spain and are set on course to continue growing strong as DJ's & two best friends loving what they do and the people they meet on this musical journey they are on.

Now with the lads 1st release on Deekline's BOOTY BREAKS label in November 2012 "Superman" hitting NUMBER ONE in the TOP 100 BREAKS CHART on BEATPORT they are set for a big future.

And now in the new year of 2013 they won the award of Breakthrough DJ at the 12th International Breakbeat Awards and have the full support from some huge names in the scene including, Deekline, Stanton Warriors, Lady Waks, Ben & Lex, Pyramid, Ed 209.

For more information on Se7en Deadly Breaks visit:

soundcloud.com/se7en-deadly-breaks

https://www.facebook.com/pages/SE7EN-DEADLY-BREAKS/159832874079536

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We're dropping another bonus episode of The Armory Podcast on you this week. This is DJ Zach Moore's set as recorded live from Family Affair poolside at The Standard Downtown L.A. this past Sunday afternoon. We hope you like!

www.armorypodcast.com

www.djzachmoore.com

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