Juno Recommends Breakbeat July 2020

Review: While breakbeats never really go away, they are also as popular now as they have been for decades. Whether curried deep in a dusty techno track, from t and centre in some naughty jungle or dropped into a rave tune for a wave of nostalgia, the appeal of the break never goes away. Hornsey Hardcore know this and here serve up some face melting tools and brain warping tracks on their own label. They are hundred mile an hour affairs with more energy than the sun and cannot fail to blow up your spot. Their first white label sold out quickly and immediately became overpriced on Discogs so don't sleep on this one.

Review: When it comes to revivalist rave business and rushing bass music mutations, few are quite as accomplished at delivering the goods as Denham Audio. There's naturally plenty to get the heart pumping on his latest EP, from the Peech Boys sampling deep two-step goodness of "Caviar Cocktail", to the icy, windswept ambient soundsacape that is closing cut "A Never Ending Dream of Love". In between you'll find the pumping, warehouse-ready riff on Moby's "Go" that is "Free Your Soul" - we're not sure if it samples the same Angelo Badalamenti theme, but the chords are certainly very similar - and the sub-heavy breakbeat hardcore rush of "Make You Move", where pitched-up female vocal samples and giddy piano riffs catch the ear.

Review: When Braik made his debut earlier this year with an EP of retro-futurist breakbeat/tech-house/techno fusions, it was released on the most unlikely of formats: a CD-ROM. We suspect he'll get more praise and plays for this follow-up, which marks his first appearance on wax. There's much to enjoy throughout, from the chiming, acid-flecked deep breaks shuffle of opener "Breakund", to the funky acid bass, psychedelic electronics, creepy melodies and snappy house beats of closer "Jack O'Lantern". Sandwiched in between you'll the bold synth-string stabs, squelchy alien bass and jacking drums of "Intentos Fallidos", as well as the funky, sharply defined 21st century electro shuffle of "Buildin".