For the newbies, this is a lesser known event compared to Breakspoll. However, for those who are looking for a whole spectrum of breakbeat to celebrate the Ist May 2009, you may want to head over to Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall to get the finest funk, drum and bass, breaks, jazz, hip hop, soul, latino and arts. The South West Drum n Bass Awards are co-promoted by Darren Bason and Nigel Muntz through the 247 Magazine connection. It started as a Drum n Bass polling event to recognise hardworking individuals, especially popular MC, DJ talents and those who put out the best nights to create the lively scene at the South West Side of UK ( mainly the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Bristol). To ensure a fair and true representation of the best in their scene, the awards are compiled from votes of people who check out the music and the different nights across the region.

With the success of the breaks room at their 2007 event, a new Breaks awards was introduced. This year, in association with Streetwise Music, their breaks resident DJs are hosting the first South West Breakbeat Awards alongside the event. More of the line-up and joint forces here.

This is pure delight for those who are about to die of heat or cold. It's the all-time favourite Beardyman presenting 5 minutes of music out of his vocals on a special podcast. For those living in UK, head over to Annie Mac's Radio One Minimix for the goods. The following link is purely for banished fans living in the far-flung corners of the world.

Download Beardyman Mini Mix

TRACKLISTING

1. 2 Headed Monster (Fine Cut Bodies Remix)
2. Electro Mouse (Fine Cut Bodies Remix)
3. Cider Club (Error Response Remix)


WHO

DIG
The excellent Hungarian label has snapped up a few tracks from Transparent Sound vault and repackaged the goods into remixes that are pure sonic heaven. With its deep, pulsating beats, Fine Cut Bodies spliced things up via an Electro Breaks version of 2 Headed Monster and a Tech House version of Electro Mouse. Error Response remix of the Cider Club is a mellow affair, but with much emotive warmth that will be loved at the chill-out corners. Pick this up when it's out on April 13.

LABEL
The name Chi comes from the ancient concept of the flow of energy which fulfills and directs life and all its forms. With music being a form of representation in the form of Chi (be it dub, ambient, breakbeat, techno, house, etc.), Chi-Recordings was founded in the year 2000 to extend opportunities to Hungarian artists and DJs to showcase their talents outside its borders.

FORMAT
Digital

Music courtesy of Chi Recordings

TRACKLISTING

1. Histoire Naturel (Vocals Feat. Xim & Bass)
2. Histoire Naturel (Breaks Version)


WHO

DIG
As you might expect from its title Historie Naturel, it's a lush, melodic roller with an emotive flute and spoken vocal snippet of Xim & Bass weaving their way through the beats. Although the tune reminds the listeners very much of those journeying movie scene, it's still a slick production that is identifiably White Papoo-flavoured liquid vibes. On the breaks version, it's an instrumental affair that lets the beats do the talking. Hunt this down when it's out on April 20th.

LABEL
Rocstar Recordings is a Breakbeat, Hip Hop and House label born out of collaboration between Lee Potter (Cut La Roc of Skint fame) and Marco Distefano (then Director Of Music for BT and part time musician).

FORMAT
Digital

Music courtesy of Rocstar Recordings

Second release from the brand new Portsmouth-based Breakbeat & Electro Label; the first was a slammer of a new and upcoming South Coast artist/producer, IITone's Crush. Break Through by Paul Lyman will be out on April 20 with remixes coming from Breakspoll 2009 nominees D'Funk, The Wrongstars, Cut La Roc and 10 Rapid. For preview, head over to the lads' Myspace page.

Dustedbreaks was born in Portsmouth in early 2002, when Lee & Mark Martin, John Lewis and their buddies Kevin Brown & Jason Mullineaux came up with a cunning plan to flood a predominantly hard dance city with a much needed injection of flavour, in the form of tough house music and breaks - Dusted Breaks.co.uk

Another online entertainment magazine theDISH has been giving breaks artists much coverage lately. As featured in their music column, here's the lowdown on the top ten bangers from their regular contributor.

Will Streetwise - DJ Chart - Breaks - April 09

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The current edition of the global club-culture magazine, M8 is online and up for grabs now.

In this issue, besides their monthly Breaks Music Review, you'll find their Q&A session with Hardcore Beats and Botchit Scarper famous duos - Stereo:Type (Chris Screwface & Tommy Dish of Ctrl Z) and Soto (Sonia & Toby).

Download M8 Magazine April 2009 (PDF)