So much so infact that the mighty Mixmag magazine has called it “a raw and intense masterpiece” and bestows 4/5 stars on the Kanji Kinetic remix in particular! See below for the full write up and stay tuned for news of when this monster is ready to drop!

Artist: Si Begg
Tune: High Volume (Kanji Kinetic Remix)
Label: Hardcore Beats

Raw and intense masterpiece

As a part of a remix bundle of the super-eclectic, Si Begg’s classic cuts, London’s Kanji come up trumps. This teeth-grinder reworking blends an unrelenting mix of 4×4 breaks, jungle vibes and nauseating edits. It’ll truly devastate the dancefloor so drop it and run.

4/5

How did you guys get together originally and what brought you guys to the Breaks scene?

We met as art students at Kingston University in 1999 and ended up living in the same house. Adam was heavily into band music like Radiohead, Muse and Deftones and I was into Dance music ie; Happy Hardcore (yep I do dare say it so there!), Jungle and Drum and Bass.

I was also Listening to a lot of Pirate Radio which at the time was all about Garage music and many of the tunes played were re-hashes of my first love Old Skool Hardcore. This really appealed to me as I liked the tempo, the filth and the vibe. We had talked a lot about writing music together and decided this new off shoot of Big Beat and Garage which I had started to Dj as a direct result of listening to those stations would be a good place to start as Adam felt within the genre, he could still use his musical influences… and POW!

The Magnet Men were born: Two Art students who likes cider and loud Music!

What other artists/acts would you say have influenced over the years and how has that influenced your own production.

Musicly we could list tons. Everything ranging from Drum and Bass to Indie, Hardcore to Punk, Film Scores to Electro. Artists such as Radio head, Backdraft, Deftones, Dj Ratty, Mickey Finn, Muse, Vent, Nirvana, Terrafirma, Foriegn Beggars, Jeff Buckley, Noisia, Joy Division, Mob Deep, Prodigy, Altern-8, New order, 2 Bad Mice, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Out Da Ville, Blur, Acen, Bjork, Carl cox, Ellis Dee, John Williams, Queens of the Stone Age, Benga, AFI, Ruffige Kru, Grooverider, Danny Elfman, Gangstar, Dj Seduction, Drumsound and Bassline Smith…

Production wise we love any music that’s designed to make you pollute your knickers! It’s hard to say exactly how one tune or band effects our music. In the studio we might compare our mixdowns or maybe it’s a melody that is inspired by a particular composition. It’s all relative I guess.

The Hardcore Beats/720Bass camp, of which you two have played a central role for many years, is responsible for some of the heaviest music to come out of the Breaks scene. What is it about the tearout sound that resonates with people?

I can’t really speak about other people but for me because Drum and Bass has tempo on its side Breaks has to engineer that energy through interesting percussion arrangement, weird bassline sounds or hooks and clever writing.

As a result can go in as many directions as you want it too. It has space to experiment, to push boundaries, It can have as many influences as you care to mention but it’s always aimed at being party music. (though no one has taken advantage of Country Step yet!) Tearout is an unethical mix of brutal beats, epic melodies and obnoxious basslines that are so down right filthy and grimy they can really make a dance floor go bananas!!! Its fun and it’s badass so there!

What’s your opinion on the state of the Breaks scene today?

Well, I can only really talk about the grimy side of Breaks though much of what I say is relevant to all forms of Breakbeat. If I’m honest I find in this country Breaks is a dirty word. People have got into electro, Figit and Dubstep in a bid to find the ‘filth’.

As a direct result of this shift in interest producers lost there way a little (some even stopped completely). Its hard to say why exactly and it can’t of helped that in the last five years people have changed the way they buy their music. Vinyl’s fallen away and many labels have packed up. All this has definitely dented the popularity of ‘Breaks’ and it’s in a bit of a lull at the moment. Still, out of the fire and all that!

There is some awesome music about at the moment and what with Dubstep using more breakbeats in its programing I really feel passionately that we’re on the verge of some really exciting new music from very different backgrounds and influences (Vent, Noisia, Reso anyone?) and you can call it what you want it’s all in the same ball park. Having said that, ‘Breaks’ still smashes the south of Spain, America and eastern Europe so there plenty of life in our faithful friend!

Every headliner we meet seems to have some dodgy gigging story. What’s the strangest gig you guys have played?

Well not sure about strangest… Maybe an old Orchard, that was a pretty good party (and by sun up we’d run out of mixer for our vodkas and substituted it for Cider of all things!? That may well have added to why it was pretty strange!) I guess the biggest scrape was probably when I went to Belarus.

Wicked party but on the way back to the airport the next day the car broke down (a few times!) and they wouldn’t let me on the plane. My visa had run out too and as a result I was an Illegal Immigrant! Try that on in a communist Dictatorship! Everything worked out in the long run and besides water torcher isn’t all that, and I don’t need all my toes anyway! (actually all was okay, the promoter was wicked and after being stressed out by the Stazi, he sorted it all out and I got the next flight out…)

This, by the way, is my only printable story…

What advice would you give to young producers looking to start out and get their music heard?

Geez, I’m not sure. Keep listening to as much music as possible for ideas, samples and inspiration. Analyze your favorite producers and try and glean as much as you can from their work. Get involved in production forums, YouTube has loads of tutorials from top producers and basically if you feel your there or there abouts, send it to the labels you like or indeed the Dj’s and producers who you feel would like your stuff.

Ask for feedback and most importantly don’t be put off. It’s really tough out there but hell, it’s worth it!

All Magnet Men releases also have a uniquely visual element to them – in the form of some truly striking artwork. As awesome graphic artists, how important do you think it is to use strong visual stylings to accompany your music?

I think the way Adam constructs most of his melodies actually paints strong imagery anyway and lends itself to a different medium but as both of us work in the art industry as a way to put Marmite on the kitchen table I guess we were always going to be about imagery in all its forms.

It’s all part of the same creative beast so it was natural to include it in what we do. Its all part of what we’re trying to say, it’s all a statement. We want to stand out and we want to be our own brand. Music: check, Artwork: check, now all we need is matching shell suits with our names on!

What does the future hold for The MagnetMen!?

Well that’s a big question! Get a quicker turn over of tunes released for one thing. We haven’t yet captured anything like the following we want because we’ve been working on getting our sound to a good enough standard so have not had a chance to build up momentum.

Now we feel we’re there I think all we can do is put good music out there and hope that people will get it. I guess it’s about preaching our gospel and Get people excited about this music form again. Basicaly smash as many parties to peaces as humanly possible!

Oh and personally I’d like to start up my own sex cult…

Catch Ned from the MagnetMen Live at Bar Iguana in Reading alongside a selection of THUMP’s very best residents for a night of belly-shaking Breaky badness!

Click here for more info about this event…

How and when were you first infected by dance music ?
Last week, im ok now though.
 
When did you start making music / producing, and how long was it before you started making tracks that you were really happy with?
I started producing around 2 years ago. I guess im still trying to make tracks that im really happy with , but if there is an answer to the question its around 2 years (and counting…)
 
What have been your personal favorite tracks / productions so far?
Of my own, ? Of whats out there guess I was happy with the way price turned out. The weekend wars remix worked, a recent track ive done called San Angel.
 
Where does your name come from?
Apparently its of greek origin
 
Who would you most like to work with?
Many people, anyone whose music has character I guess, Bjork would be in there.
 
What have you got in store for the coming months?
In the coming months there are a few remixes coming out, as well as a couple more original releases. I have a few things bobbing about at the moment…
 
What can we expect from one of your DJ sets or live sets?
At the moment im just having fun with the dj sets. I used to do turntablism a few years back, so I still have quite a cut and paste / choppy sort of style when I play. I get bored pretty easily, so flit between genres quite a lot.
 
If you weren’t a DJ/producer/artists, what would you be?
Journalism, philosophy, studying some subject or another as much as time will allow…
 
Which other producers and DJs and artists do you really rate?
Many. I haven’t been to many DJ nights for quite a while, but im fairly sure Scratch Perverts would still be one of my favourite acts..Artist wise, I recently saw a group called Fat Freddys Drop, and recommend everyone gets hold of a copy of their latest album, its a big grower…. cheers

First up is an awesome release by Z-Listers and LuQas, with a headbanging remix by rackNruin on the flip. Check the original and the remix here.

Next is a debut by 720Bass newcomer Tony Anthem and Axl Ender – entitled Pressure. Check both the Breaks and Dubstep versions here.

Finally we have three face-melting new tunes from the mighty George Lenton! Price, Cold Rocker and Beware! Guaranteed dancefloor destroyers each and every one!

TrackItDown said of the release:
“VENT have been dropping some ridiculous tunes injecting massive amounts of bass and adrenaline style riffs to create a new sound that is being picked up by the likes of Eddy Temple Morris and Reso. With producers like this and similar tracks coming through by The Illness the future of breaks looks bright. Roll on 2010!”

The good news didn’t stop there for 720Bass artists with The Equalizers’ barnstorming release ‘The Illness’ also being short-listed as one of the top Breaks tunes of the year!

Here’s to bing tings in 2010!!

The rising popularity of MLM’s London Town anthem shows no sign of stopping (they had to perform it twice to satisfy the ecstatic crowds).

Here at 720Bass we’re proud to be releasing the immense London Town Remix package. Bringing you pure, unadulterated bassline filth…

DOORLY / FOAMO / RACKNRUIN / GEORGE LENTON

The release is spread over both the Future Perfect (Electro House) and Wicky Lindows (Dubstep) labels, and are available at all good vinyl and digital now!

Check them out at the links below:
London Town (rackNruin Remix)
London Town (Foamo Remix
London Town (George Lenton Remix)
London Town (Doorly Remix)

Anyone who caught this will remember it being one of the highlights of the weekend and, after checkin this out, you won’t be disappointed!! Click the artwork below to download or subscribe to us on iTunes and have your computer grab the new episodes automatically!

TRACKLISTING
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VENT feat. Profisee – Definition
Cypress Hill – Lick A Shot
VENT – Reeces Pieces
VENT – Lunatics
Luke Vibert – Bend Over
VENT – Crispy Crisp
Crunch – Karot (VENT Remix)
VENT – Bear Crunk
Tipper – Off Kilter
Foreign Beggars feat. Noisia – Contact
Opiou – Slip
VENT – Crystalite (Deviant Edit)
Michael Jackson – Bad
VENT – Encoded
Dylan Rhymes – I Am Sweet (Ctrl-Z Remix)
VENT – Go Gorilla
VENT – White Out (VIP Mix)
VENT feat. Foreign Beggars – Cheeseballs
VENT feat. Profisee – Garms
VENT – Deft Ode
Reso – Otacon
VENT – Lock Up
Ed Chamberlain – Dave (Vent Remix)
Rico Tubbs – Gansgters (Jay Stewart Remix)
Jay Cunning – Badman (VENT Edit)
Freestylers – Slammer (Affinity Remix)
Stereo:Type – Dusk Till Dawn
Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
Plump DJs – Mad Cow
VENT vs Reso – Rumble (Mash-Up Version)
Si Begg – Jump (VENT Edit)
Subfocus – Timewarp
DC Breaks – Mankind (VIP Mix)
Spor – Aztec
DC Breaks – 7th Heaven

Not only that but Annie decided to give VENTs set from earlier in the year another spin – if you havent caught this before now, make sure you check it out!

Hit up http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkp7 and skip in around 30mins to check out the mix!

Here’s what they had to say:

“Here’s a free track were not going to put out coz were doing the whole dubstep/breaks crossover thing now, but saying that we had a couple of offers from a couple of bloody good labels for it and it’s had support from Jay Cunning, Bill Vega, Inchie Ctl Z & Fro Breakfastaz so seems a shame to just leave it on the hardrive, hope some of you like it!”

Listen and download it below – its a belter!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD