quoted 2 lines Really, the most exciting stuff for me lately has been break-beat driven,>>Really, the most exciting stuff for me lately has been break-beat driven,
>>and all that "broken beat" stuffquoted 2 lines i still don't completely understand what broken beat/west london/etc is...>i still don't completely understand what broken beat/west london/etc is...
>(any comps that show off this style or real stand out artists?)
hells yeah. there have been a slew of representative comps in the last year, and while some of the best tracks in the genre are only on 12s, the comps are a great place to start:
the good good (2000 black) - released by planet E in the US, featuring dego's selection of deep funk and soul
laws of motion (laws of motion) - a little housier, incl. modaji & stephane attias
phuturistic dancin (bitasweet) - more percussive breakbeat funk
family planning (main squeeze) - IG Culture's joint; the furthest "out" the genre goes
off limits 2 (sonar kollektiv) - from the jazzanova extended family, a little more melodic soul
people make the world go round (people)
co-operation (co-op) - the collective effort between people, mainsqueeze, and all the above...
sorry about the truncated descriptions - but any of these would be good starting points for the mixture of breaks, deep house, funk, soul and detroit techno that is broken beat...
cheers
philip