Juno Recommends Breakbeat July 2021

Review: Ilian Tape staple Andrea returns to the imprint, marking a big one for the Munich-based operation with a massive album by Skee Mask also this week. As always, UK and rave influences are abundant throughout the talented producer's work and this one is no exception. This EP is called Sktch and features the cavernous, glacial and downright knackered dub techno of 'Sarec', followed by the sinister subterranean breaks of Auxl and the meditative deep dubstep frequencies of 'Kjones' which sees him delve deeper into off kilter territory.

Review: More blissed out chilled breakbeat from Rising Sun aka Steffen Laschinski featuring a killer remix from The Ambientist.

Review: Sheffield based Club Glow members Denham Audio make an appearance on Lobster Theremin with Transcendence. A tribute to UK rave classics, Club Culture sees them revisit past aesthetics reinterpreted for modern dancefloors as heard on northern bleep and bass tribute 'Retort', rolling all the way back to '95 on the junglist stepper 'Run Da Ting' and exploring the intelligent strains of drum and bass that came later on in the era on the emotive title track.

Review: To celebrate the 25th birthday of their celebrated debut album, A New Sound Spectacular, the Belgian band has decided to offer-up this selection of long-forgotten remixes of two tracks from the set, '2Wicky' and 'Inhaler', both of which were originally released on now delated 12" singles. The A-side highlight is undoubtedly DJ Pulse's terrifically spacey drum & bass revision of '2Wicky', though the heavy trip-hop psychedelia of the 'Not So Extended Hoovering' version is also surprisingly good. Over on the flip, you'll find two more D&B-inspired takes on 'Inhaler': a wonderfully deep and jazzy 'Mr Pink' revision courtesy of Pierre Job AKA Hector Zazou, and the band's own string-laden 'Drum & Orch' revision.

Review: Norman Cook's obligatory Record Store Day offering for 2021 is a rather snazzy 20th anniversary picture disc edition of 'Weapon of Choice', perhaps his last great single as Fatboy Slim (though there may yet be more to come in future, of course). On the A-side you'll find his original mix, a typically addictive, funky and fun-fuelled affair in which Bootsy Collins' spoken word vocals top off Brazilian-influenced drums, familiar horn samples and a wonderfully low-slung bassline. On the flip there's a chance to cop German duo AKA AKA's obscure revision of the track, which has long been in demand amongst DJs after Cook included it in a DJ mix that he recorded for a music magazine back in 2013.