The Armory Podcast

Our old pal, Sychosis, is back in The Armory this week. Enjoy!

Sychosis has been in the San Francisco electronic music scene for over a decade. Before this, he toured Europe and North America as a classically trained singer. He has caught the attention of Breakbeat royalty such as Lady Waks, The Stanton Warriors, Deekline and Marten Horger. He has released on labels like Booty Trax, Atomic Zoo & Fantomas Records. He also writes for various blogs and online magazines including Insomniac (http://www.insomniac.com) & Dani Deahl (http://danideahl.com/category/blog/).

For more information on Sychosis visit:

https://www.facebook.com/sychosismusic

https://soundcloud.com/sychosis

https://twitter.com/DJSYCHOSIS

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Fresh breaks mix from Armory Podcast creator and host, DJ Zach Moore.

Track List

1. Crosshatch (Aurbs Remix) - Inkline

2. Hoping (Left/Right Remix) - Stanton Warriors

3. Say Say - DJ Icey

4. Your Body - Mafia Kiss

5. The Fuck Minds - UFO Project

6. Think - Mafia Kiss

7. Stingray - DJ Icey

8. World Click - Plump DJs

9. Heart Player - Colombo

10. Star Maidens (Kid Panel Remix) - The Darrow Chem Syndicate

11. Tol Flow - Wardian, The Brainkiller

12. Be There - Under This

13. Somewhere Shadows - Nixon

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Once again we have our good buddy, Eddie Light, to thank for lining up another fantastic guest for the podcast. This time it’s Florida’s Curtis B of Drop The World Records. Press play. Get down!

For more information on Curtis visit:

https://www.facebook.com/curtis.b.drop.the.world

https://soundcloud.com/curtis-b

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This week in The Armory we’re pleased to welcome one of the rising stars in the world of breakbeat, Yo Speed, to the 1s and 2s. Press play. Get Down.

Track List

1. Yo Speed - Fx

2. The Brainkiller - Pentagon (Yo Speed remix)

3. Yo Speed - ID

4. Yo Speed - Yo ready

5. Yo Speed & Mutantbreakz - ID

6. Yo Speed - Only me

7. Yo Speed & Bubble couple - ID

8. Yo Speed & Mutantbreakz - ID

9. Mutantbreakz & Martin flex - Let me go

10. Firestar Soundsystem - Dat booty (Yo Speed remix)

11. Jay jane - I do both (Yo Speed ft Mutantbreakz remix)

12. Yo Speed - Aups

13. Yo Speed - Man of speed

14. Yo Speed - ID

15. Yo Speed - ID

16. Yo Speed - Ku

17. Yo Speed - ID

18. Mutantbreakz - Lets get the

For more information on Yo Speed visit:

https://soundcloud.com/yospeed

https://www.facebook.com/Yo-Speed-988276881267356/

https://www.beatport.com/artist/yo-speed/526398

https://www.instagram.com/rubenyospeed/

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This week in The Armory we’re a thrilled to feature this mix of fresh and completely original tracks from our good pal, Wes Smith. Press play. Get Down.

Wes Smith is a DJ and Producer based out of San Diego, CA. With releases on Punks Music and Juice Recordings, he is a Beatport top ranked artist, track and label head multiple years running including several #1’s.

With official support from The Crystal Method, Dub Pistols, & Krafty Kuts his music is heard on major dance floors and radio programs around the world. His recent live shows include domestic and international events dropping main floor sets that run the genre game with edgy beats, bass and vocals.

For more information on Wes visit:

http://wessmith.com/

https://soundcloud.com/itswessmithyo

https://twitter.com/itswessmithyo

https://www.instagram.com/itswessmithyo/

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DJ at FAULTLINE, a Breaks N Bass party in San Francisco. Host of “Select Start with DJ Eric Riggsbee,” an interview show on YouTube where guest DJs join Eric at his place, play video games and answer questions about their lives. Have you ever wondered what your favorite DJs do in their spare time? Grab a controller and let's find out!

Eric was a big part of the early - mid 2000’s Breaks scene in San Francisco, playing with Breakthru and regularly featured in the now infamous Eklektic/Hektic weekly. Eric’s refined transitions and tight programming are second only to his impeccable track selection. This veteran has forged a reputation for being on point and delivering quality underground BASS.

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www.facebook.com/djericriggsbee

www.instagram.com/ericriggsbee

www.patreon.com/ericriggsbee

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Track List

1. Still Here (Mafia Kiss Remix) - Stanton Warriors

2. Play - Crawford

3. Dat Booty (Yo Speed Remix) - Firestar Soundsystem

4. Get Loose - IAMPHANTVM

5. Coco Puffs (Beatslappaz Remix) - Black Caviar

6. Feel This Way (Original Mix) - Stanton Warriors

7. Chained (Original Mix) - DJ Icey

8. Robot Disco - Dubaxface

9. Gonna Take You Higher (Perfect Kombo Remix) - BeatJacker

10. Bang (feat. Them & Us) (Original Mix) - Stanton Warriors & Jay Robinson

11. Ghost (Major Lazer Remix - KMFX Flip) - With You ft. Vince Staples

12. Bitch Up - Mafia Kiss

13. Higher (Original Mix) - The Push

14. Let's Ride (Original Mix) - Krafty Kuts, Sporty-O

15. Like A G (Rob Analyze Remix) - Curtis B

16. Keep On Doing - Stanton Warriors

17. League (Original Mix) - DJ Icey

18. Raise - Mafia Kiss

For more information on Zach visit www.djzachmoore.com

Artwork by Jem Panufnik

You always have to be a student of the game. Always. I have been a great follower of the Armory Podcast so when it became time to actually do one, there was a lot to think about. Decades of history place me as a “Techno” DJ. But most people who actually collect the history of DJ culture already know, Breaks have always been a part of my history. Now my first impulse was to play cool guy and go collect the hottest breaks I could find and pretend that I could hang with anyone who came before or after me. I’m humbled.

I can’t do that. Some of Iva’s mixes have totally blown my socks off. I’ve watched Stanton Warriors Punks label become the Metalheadz of this breaks genre. Then I hear someone like D-Bridge do a slower 130 BPM track, and it’s unfuckablewith. That’s not a word, but it should be.

So where does that put me with this episode? Bonesbreaks. It’s a series of vinyl which started many, many years ago as a concept in 1987, and went on to multiple volumes around a dozen, and were the first breakbeat records that fused “House” together when nobody did that. It’s great to reminisce, but to me it always has been a sum of all parts. So if 2000 Saturday Nights have passed and nobody cared to listen until this Saturday Night, Welcome to the future, my reality.

The tracks here are from the new Bonesbreaks Volumes. 14, 15, 16, 17. They are more recent then the first. I don’t have to copy anyone else’s style in Breaks. I don’t want to. You hold down your lane. I’m going to stay in mine. I’ve been driving this way for a long time. I’ve been able to update what I have been doing without losing the original flavor.

It’s quite interesting to hear newer styles built off the original analog method I always used. Everything is as it was. Just cleaner and more dynamic. Tons of crafty drums and samples, not Ableton or TRAKTOR and stem packs. It’s more 80’s Hip Hop by design, then Trap or Dubstep. But that is where it gets interesting, because we are out with the old and in with the new, yet maybe timeless, maybe not. It’s subjective, so I will leave it up to you.

Enjoy,

Peace, Love, Unity & Respect to all,

Frankie Bones

Track List

1. Electropoliss

2. I Want The People To Know

3. Stomp Your Feet

4. Funky Acid Makossa (Loves The Acid Redux)

5. Techno Dot

6. Just The Way You Like It (Breaks)

7. When The Bass Drops

8. Come Closer

9. The Bridge* - MC Shan (Boiler Room Edit)

10. Behind The Curtain

11. Vamp And Clear

12. Imperial Highway

13. Long Train Running

For more information on Frankie Bones visit:

https://soundcloud.com/frankiebones

https://www.facebook.com/DJFRANKIEBONES/

https://www.instagram.com/djfrankiebones/

https://twitter.com/djfrankiebones

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This week in the Armory, we welcome Charlotte’s Rex Dasteppa to the 1s and 2s. Press play. Get Down.

A mainstay of the club scene and DJ life for the better part of 25 years, Charlotte NC's Rex Dasteppa (aka Lorin Wade) has a very distinct and diverse djing style that pulls from all genres and emotions of music and puts the listener on a complete mix of heavy riddims, ghetto, house, and broken beats.

Having held many residencies over the years at some of the country's most prestigious nightclubs, with his ever evolving versatility, has given him the opportunity to open for and share the stage over the decades with a who's who of electronic artists and Djs including Orbital, DJ Craze, Carl Cox, Roni Size, Rabbit in the Moon, Hardkiss Brothers, and Dynamix II just to name a few.

Rex Dasteppa is the owner and director of respected boutique dance label Base Industry Records, where he spends his time looking for fresh and talented artists, and has worked with Lowfreak, Nina Wilde, Freq Boutique, Move Ya, Stephen Cole, Rick Tedesco and more.

As a producer, he holds original and remixing credits for artists like Agent K, J-Break, Charlie P, Plex Long, and more, seeing releases on Digital Records, Rewind, Abstract Logic, Twijit, BasicLux, as well as his label Base Industry.

Bookings: [email protected]

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Find more of Rex Dasteppa and Base Industry Records music and merchandise at the links below.

http://soundcloud.com/base-industry-records

https://www.facebook.com/baseindustry

http://shop.spreadshirt.com/baseindustry/

http://www.beatport.com/label/base-industry-records/39154

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We have our good pal, Keith MacKenzie, to thank for introducing us to this week’s talented Armory Podcast guest, McTwist of Calgary. Press play. Get down!

McTwist is synonymous with Breaks and anything funky. Since 1999, he has hosted an internet radio show which ran for a total of 7 years, played among some of the greatest names in the electronic music industry and has released a bunch of tunes. His work in the studio has produced some serious booty shaking beats. His solo work has gained recognition in the music scene by having charted on Beatport multiple times. The release “Petrol”, produced with Dj Fixx and Keith Mackenzie on Illeven:Eleven records, hit #11 on the Beatport top 100 breaks chart. Beatport Breaks top 100 charter "Here it comes", which was released on Breakz R Boss Records in September of 2014, hit #43. Most recently, he has released a remix for SONEK on Diablo Loco records which which also charted on the Beatport breaks chart. McTwist has had the opportunity to rub shoulders and share decks with the likes of The Stanton Warriors, Krafty Kuts, The Freestylers, K+Lab, Keith Mackenzie, Elite Force, Dj Dan, A.Skillz and Featurecast to name a few.

For more information on McTwist visit:

https://soundcloud.com/mctwist

https://www.facebook.com/sosofreshmctwist/

Artwork by Jem Panufnik