DJ TRON Vinyl & CDs

Review: Swiss breaks, hop-hop and house DJ Tron (Mike Mory) is best recognized as a certified b-boy, embarking on his musical career at the age of 14 by mixing Italo disco and acid house records together. Coming up as the likes of Beastie Boys and Public Enemy made waves, he later switched to breaks editry, graff, emceeing, and scratching. Now channelling his teenaged spirit, Mory returns for Play It Loud!, a full-length LP full of the noxiously addictive breaks-funk stuff, and featuring a series of bespoke novelty figurines to accompany it, handmade by Tron himself. In his own words - there are no duplicates of these, so be quick off the mark!

Review: We could all do with a little more love, peace and unity in our life and DJ Tron is happy to oblige on his new one with Luana. The title track is an old school bit of hip hop with huge drum breaks, fills and a sing-along-chorus that's all about the good times. "Soul In Ya Mind" is a deeper and more considered jam with golden era flow and warmer chords, put still plenty of playful stabs and breaks to get you moving. Limited to just 100 copies but in three different colours, this one is sure to shift fast.

Review: We're riveted with excitement when b-boys turn to disco edits. This DJ Tron (Mike Mory) isn't the speedcore artist we all know and love, but rather a lesser-known Swiss Italo and disco collector turned mixer turned deft producer, who took the classic route out from spraying graffiti and rapping into making breaks. 'Cloudburst' is simply one of many 7"s from Tron to hit our shelves this year; the eponymous A-side lands square in the middle of live and electronic, quantizing yet grooving up crisp live-dubbed drums and easy sax. 'Frogs!', meanwhile, brings honking, city montage bass to muddier drummy waters.