CAT57190:: APOGEE BREAKS - Trackers Life EP [Raveskool Recordings]

01. Trackers Life

02. Getting Hyped

After a long time for us all, Apogee Breaks (a.k.a Amiga Breaks or Timo Paul in common) returns with a personal release signed on Raveskool Recordings by Leeds Nu-Rave honco Paul Cronin. Any of you who is aware of Apogee Breaks, knows about his preference to oldskool rhythms and sentimental piano touches, therefore you can expect the same recipe onto this new well-worked EP.
This time Timo delivers 2 fresh tunes straight out from his Apogee galaxy, one is a ideal and conspicuous Hardcore Breaks tune coming alongside a 130bpm early Rave/Techno friendly and 1991 influencial gem.
A good chance to add one more great release in your digital library and pay homage to the label and the artist as well.

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Amiga Breaks - Time to Leave [Free DL Hardcore Breaks single]

Our good friend and very talented producer, Amiga Breaks (a.k.a. Timo Paul) has returned with a new Hardcore Breaks tune under his usual Nu-Rave piano stylee, available on free download over his personal website.

"Time to Leave" is a way to say goodbye from Japan...
Read more about it on his blogpost: http://www.binarybeats.net/index.html#april2017

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[Dark Til Dawn Records] Amiga Breaks - 16 Bit Memories [12-Track Album Digital Download + Limited Edition CD Available Now!!!]

1/ Interdimensional Sliding.

2/ Deep Constellation.

3/ Digital Vistas.

4/ Execute Command.

5/ Titan Rise.

6/ Liquid Flow.

7/ Mind Science.

8/ Mr. Sax.

9/ Nu Jazz Kind.

10/ Positive Vibes. 

11/ U Turn Around Jupiter.

12/ Binary Dreams.

Amiga Breaks returns to Dark Til Dawn Records with the release of a massive collection of oldskool style breakbeat tracks, heavily inspired by the classic sounds of the Amiga 500-1200 computers of yesteryear. Taking a departure from his trademark 140-160 bpm forays into the realms of hardcore and jungle, Amiga Breaks winds the tempo down to 120 bpm with the brand new '16 BIT Memories' album.

Right from the first few bars of atmospheric breakbeat opening track 'Interdimensional Sliding' to the deep techno outro of 'Binary Dreams', it becomes clear that Amiga Breaks has taken great steps to reconstruct the classic, retro sounds of the early nineties, whilst adding his own personal spin on the genres contained. For the likes of 'Deep Constellation', 'Liquid Flow', 'Mind Science' and 'Nu Jazz Kind' we see a funk flavoured, 2-step garage breaks and shuffling house percussion, combine with lush strings rolling basslines to great effect, providing the perfect combination of rough and smooth textures. 

'Digital Vistas' and 'Execute Command' we are provided with two electrifying takes on the classic techno template with the former's energetic, synth heavy flow and the latter's electro-esque focus on beats and bass. Rolling breakbeats are the flavour of the day with 'Titan Rise' and 'U Turn Around Jupiter' layering a heady blend of euphoric and silky smooth synth melodies over rugged beats and deep bass notes. In addition to the aforementioned genres, the spirit of rave flow strong through the pulsating bass riffs of 'Mr Sax' and 'Positive Vibes', the latter of which utilises a positively uplifting, dubwise riddim combined with soothing pads. 

The ever versatile Amiga Breaks delivers yet another essential selection of uniquely authentic and genre-spanning oldskool flavours. If you have a penchant for those vintage Amiga sounds then this album s a must have addition to your collection!!!  

The Amiga Breaks '16 BIT Memories' album is available to purchase from the official Dark Til Dawn Bandcamp page for the bargain prices of £2.50 as a digital download, or £5 as a limited edition CD. Remember you can donate more if you wish to support the artist and label to fund future releases!!!

https://darktildawnrecords.bandcamp.com/album/16-bit-memories/

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AMIGA BREAKS - Orbit Insertion E.P. [3Track Free DL]

Few weeks before the launch of a different album from the others by Amiga Breaks, Timo returns offering his HCB main character on this 3track EP, which is available on free download.
What makes Amiga Breaks unique is definetely his dreamy piano sessions inside his tracks, thus its a usual quality work in sound and effect from him!

You can grab all 3 tunes on Soundcloud.

Enjoy!

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Amiga Breaks is over...Introducing Apogee Breaks!

Timo Paul, one of the most well known members in the Hardcore Breaks scene returns with a new project and a new alias, giving away his ex- Amiga Breaks, Digital Breaks and DJ FuzzBuzz projects.

Timo's devotion and love to the scene has been a personal achievement with many free download tunes and several released stuff on labels like Paranoid Recordings, Kode 5, Inner Minds, Dred Collective, Ransaked Records, Long Live The Animals, Big Fish Little Fish and of course his latest offering, 'Journey's End' album, which was out on digital & limited edition cd version on Dark Til Dawn Records.

Timo has recently decided to resume and change his mind and his decision to give up with music production, so he has been reborn setting up a new project called Apogee Breaks.

Check out some following words from him about his new trip as posted on his official website.

" Apogee Breaks, is my little project for creating tunes that inspire the feeling or are influenced by all things space and astronomical, this stems from my long interest in all things space and beyond and marrying my love of music has been a long time coming.

Finally this year I decided to drop the other projects I have been working on and start a new with a sound that I have been working on and a philosophy to that sound. Apogee means, "...the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it ...", I felt this applied well to the music as it still follows the basics of breakbeat/hardcore breaks but tries to move further away from it but still orbits the same genre.

Previously I had produced under other aliases but as life has changed, so has my music and priorities. Apogee Breaks is not a producer name but just the name of this project, I will not be able to product as much as I did in the past due to time constraints and also wanting to spend more time on my study of astronomy.

There is still so much for me to learn and while music has been a large part of my life I wish to expand my knowledge in other areas. Apogee breaks allows me to merge these two interests."

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LLTA026 - Various Animals - Rat 2 The Old Skool 004

Long Live The Animals successful series of Breakbeat Hardcore EPs is followed by the fourth chapter and 9 marvellous tracks by some of the most talented and hungry for Rave, producers.

This releases goes on free download/name your price and nuff respect to the badboys featured like Yell-O-Phase, Schnez, Amiga Breaks, AcdBrnOut, Loxley, Mark C, pureFILTH, Raggamortis, Leonized.

Oldschool is alive and Animals show you the right way to rewind yourselves!

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Amiga Breaks - Digital Oceans EP

Something unusual from the well known Amiga Breaks stuff, has revealed these days. "Digital Oceans EP" is a 2track free download release by him following a deep path inside his mind of mellow rhythms and touching chilling melodies.

Good news have come also, especially for those who remember his full length album 'Journey's End' which was released some months ago @ Dark Til Dawn Records.
The label alogside Timo have announced that his album will get remastered and run a limited number of 50 CDs with proper jewel cases, full cover artwork/cd artwork + some remixes and unreleased tracks.
There will be a pre-order in the next few weeks so better stay tune @ https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Til-Dawn-Records-708179799267661

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Amiga Breaks / DJ Fuzzbuzz - Journeys End (Remastered Edition) [Available To Pre-Order Now In Limited CD + Digital Album Formats From Dark Til Dawn Records!!!]

1/ Oldskool Daze.

2/ Past Regrets.

3/ Round Trip.

4/ Scratch This.

5/ Miso Ramen.

6/ Time To Die.

7/ Pad And Bass.

8/ Venus Wars.
9/ J.T.V 15.
10/ Raving Days.
11/ Feeling High.

12/ The End Of The Beginning.

After years of sharing his wealth of music on Soundcloud, veteran producer and unsung hero of the underground Hardcore Breaks and Jungle scenes, Amiga Breaks (aka DJ Fuzzbuzz) has finally collated his finest works together to release his first ever artist album, 'Journeys End' on Dred Collective offshoot label Dark Til Dawn Records. 
Ever since his first forays into making music, the Amiga Breaks sound has lately become firmly entrenched in vintage production techniques, with many of his tracks being created on the Amiga PC and in the OctaMED tracker format to retain that authentic oldskool sound. And 'Journeys End' perfectly showcases that dedication to the classic early nineties vibe.



From the shamelessly ecstatic opening track 'Oldskool Daze' which takes us back to the heady days of '91-'92 where smooth house grooves and uplifting pianos unite with pumping bass and crunching breakbeats, to the stirringly mellow breaks bass, and piano led closing track, 'The End Of The Beginning'. 'Journeys End' is an ambitious album which expertly strides the whole spectrum of the rave continuum.

The album veers towards 1993-style hardcore and junglism with the excellent 'Past Regrets', which to me evokes memories of Reinforced Records a la Underground Software/Nookie, and 'Round Trip' take us on an exhilarating 4/4 kickdrum, rushing piano and jungle breakbeat ride that feels like it's rolling at 200mph.

'Scratch This' meshes techno undertones to the roughneck, stab-heavy hardcore formula while 'Miso Ramen' continues on with the jungle-tekno theme whilst adding some lush, soaring pads to the mix. Classic sci-fi flick dialogue crops up in the atmospheric, yet rolling epic 'Time To Die'. A 10 minute beast of a track awash with thundering breaks, accentuated with additional drum edits, thumping bass throbs, sweeping synth washes and a gritty oldskool vibe throughout.

Oldskool jungle and nuskool D&B styles collide with the dubwise 'Pads And Bass', which adds dub-reggae piano notes to stepping breaks and rude, reversed bass throbs and 'Venus Wars', which features 10 tonne, heavyweight amens and intense drumbreak edits .

We are introduced to the first of the three brand new Amiga Breaks tracks next with the breakbeat hardcore, meets acid, meets dub skanking 'J.T.V 15' which is then backed up by the breakneck speed, 1993-style, piano hardcore track that is 'Raving Days' and the euphorically uplifting penultimate track, 'Feeling High'.

It becomes clear upon listening that Amiga Breaks / DJ Fuzzbuzz, 'Journeys End' has been a labour of love in it's creation and showcases the artist's expertise on capturing his passion for re-energising the oldskool sound, and is an essential purchase for all lovers of high BPM, breakbeat based music. 'Journey's End' has received 

The Amiga Breaks / DJ Fuzzbuzz'  fully remastered 'Journeys End' album is available to pre-order in Limited Edition CD format for $11.99 (plus shipping) and in Digital Download format for $5.99, from the official Dark Til Dawn Records Bandcamp page. 

The CD is due to ship on 18/01/16 and the digital release is due to made available on 24/01/16.

https://darktildawnrecords.bandcamp.com/album/journeys-end-remastered

Also be sure to check out the Dark Til Dawn Records discography on the official Bandcamp page for even more jungle goodness...

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AMIGA BREAKS/FUZZBUZZ Interview + Guest Mix for Strictly NuSkool Blog

- Hello Timo! First of all I'd like to introduce yourself to Strictly NuSkool Blog fans, and tell me few things about you and your project, when did you first start making music and what inspired you to catch up with it

I first started messing around with music in 1990 with an Amiga 500, it was such a rush to hear breakbeats, bass, pads and pianos coming out of an Amiga 500, from there i moved onto the Amiga 1200 and created in OctaMED until 2002 when i moved onto a Mac.
I would have continued with the Amiga but i found Renoise for the Mac, which is very similar to OctaMED. It was nice to have the 16 bit sound and more than 4 channels.
Mainly i was writing hardcore, happy hardcore and downtempo breaks, when hardcore went away and it was only happy hardcore I countinued to create tracks with the oldskool sound and when i found out about the hardcore breaks scene I jumped onto the bandwagon in 2006. It was around this time that I had to moved to Japan and it became harder to follow the scene in the UK. 


- Checking your Soundcloud page & your website, can someone see a variety of genres on your productions, such as future jungle, hardcore breaks, oldskool hardcore. Tell me few things about your productions and which genre is your fav one

I like to experiment with different styles, back when i was doing my production on the Amiga I did house, garage, drum & bass, jungle, hardcore, happy hardcore and downtempo. When I moved onto the Mac I steered more towards the hardcore breaks sound and drum & bass, however over the last few years I have been doing some 80s style tracks.
I would have to say that the oldskool hardcore sound is my favourite but it changes depending on my mood.


- Let's play a game now..Oldskool VS Nuskool anthems.. Choose please, 5 of your essential gems and 5 nuskool gems that you like mostly

1. Neuromancer - Pennywise (This tune has to be the ultimate oldskool tune!)
2. Fat Controller - In Complete Darkness
3. DJ Vibes - Sing It Loud
4. DJ Red Alert and Mike Slammer - Slammer
5. DJ Red Alert and Mike Slammer - F*cking Hardcore (The slammer boys are the definition of what oldskool hardcore is)
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1. Amiga Junglism - DreamBench WIP
2. Sike - Bongo Bongo
3. Anything on the Paranoid Recordings label
4. Luna-C - piano progression remix
5. SL2 - On a Ragga Trip (SL2 & Modified Motion Remix)


- Best rave memory that you will never forget?

Hmm there are many that I am sure were good nights but I can't remember, probably the best that stands out was the Dream All Nighter events, but I can't remember where it was lol


- Few things that you want to say about your Guest Mix on Strictly NuSkool Blog

Please excuse the quality of the mix, it has been a while since I have been on the decks but these are just a few of the tracks that i liked to rave out to in the day


- Is there anyone you want to thank, send your greetings, or mention anything else extra?

Yes I just want to give a massive shout out to Renegade Genious over at Paranoid Recordings, Amiga Junglism, Tari Ziyad at NuRave, Glowkid, Nicky Allen, Leonized, Paul Cronin, Exit Point and finaly my wife and family, sorry to the people that I did not mention.





Amiga Breaks Guest Mix for the Strictly NuSkool Blog

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