Barbelith Underground > Radio & Music > What is this music and who makes it? Electronic beats stuff.

I know next to nothing about this stuff but you could probably do worse than have a peak at my mate Jon's blog, which is a bit of a mixed bag (damned interesting mixed bag) but he takes an interest in this sort of stuff, so there's the occasional reference.

I'm going to be cheeky and rip off his end of 2003 breakcore list (Sorry Jon). Should be enough to get you started:

Singles (breakcore mash up)

A great year for this stuff as well, but I worry about 2004 being the time it becomes a little bit generic. Who will stay ahead of the game?

=1. LFO.Demon - Rave for Communism 7" (Sprengstoff) "hey big spender... put the poor people on your agenda" this rules!

=1. Aphasic: Yeah Yeah Yeah Whatever 12" (Junk) see comments below (courtesy Jason Aphasic)

3. The Bug feat Cutty Ranks – Gun Disease Cdsingle (Rephlex) do-over of "Gun Man Lyrics" which is on the Dancehall Techniques LP (courtesy Marcus @ Rephlex)

4. Leyton Breakers - I Drink Your Blood 12" (Still Raven) "The strange thing for me is that I have never been to Hackney... I hope to God there isn’t a rave..." Retro hardcore massif!

5. Killahman Machine – Amen/Lighta 7" (Clash) mashed madness from Bong Ra off-shoot.

6. The Bug vs The Rootsman featuring Wayne Lonesome – Slew Dem 7" (Razor X) A proper seven. There needs to be more 'version' sides in this genre. (courtesy Kevin)

7. V/a - Speedhall 12" (Koolpop) Loony distorted ragga biz including Snow’s 'Informer'. Also a salutary warning against sampling stuff you know nothing about – one of the tracks is called 'Battybwoy' and it seems that nobody involved particularly knew what this meant – assuming it was a general dis rather than homphobia. Plonkers.

8. The Bug vs The Rootsman featuring Daddy Freddy / DJ/Rupture split 12" (Tigerbeat6) Mixed feelings about the spoken word stuff on the Rupture side but you can’t mess with The Bug (courtesy Kevin)

9. Base Force One - Expenditure of Excess Energy 12" (Still Raven) "a little bit... harder!" (courtesy Christoph @ Praxis)

10. Sonic Belligeranza - Straight Edge Rastafari 12" (Sonic Belligeranza) Bolognese insanity including folk music samples

Check the archives for this, can't be botheed to do a link.

Well, much as I love the fact that someone is making music under the name Leyton Breakers, the only things are heard from the above list is the stuff be The Bug - interview here and it's completely amazing. He's a guy who was previously in GOD and Godflesh, has banged around the industrial scene a bit, and is now making music influenced by dub and ragga. That's just fucking fantastic IMO, as the industrial scene is far too plauged with pseudo white power beardy weirdness, (couple of threads round here lately discussing this) and needs a bit of funk up it's ass. A bit of cross cultural mashup bizness which made me really happy - sounds absolutely shit hot as well. He's done a track with Cutty F***in' Ranks!!