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Artist:	DJ POGO
Title:	Block Party Breaks 2
Label:	STRUT (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	STRUT 009CD

"Something of a phenomena in the OG-breaks reissue arena. In that the CD version hails the initial digital appearance of the long fabled 'Amen' break (albeit a smugly 45-nicked but nicely remastered take) used by every berk with a sampler (and an internet connection/sound card) at some point over the last 15 years. Which of course heralds in a new era of folks using said break without considering the repercussions (ouch! NPI), not to mention the cloaked/hooded 'hall of breaks dealers' now rendered obsolete with a single mass-market issue. Otherwise a nice to great selection of funk and soul rarities, although Pogo's audacity in filtering less desirable break-choons (by Jeff Beck and Gong!) in with what would otherwise be a flawless set to the oblivious is a bit on the inconsiderate tip. Buy a copy, rip the break(s), download Dynamo, run the presets (esp. Beat Burglar), send yr demo to Ipecac, put Radiohead on yr speed-dial (nothing but love). Safe sampling, folks." -- Hrvatski. "By now, we all know the breaks -- the part of the record where the musicians leave the drummer to give it some. Drum breaks from original '70s funk, rock and disco have formed the building blocks of dance music since the mid-'80s and the demand for the original sources has never been greater. Since UK turntable hero DJ Pogo compiled the first official album of some of the classic original breaks on Harmless in 1998, the breaks compilation market has exploded. Pogo's follow-up, Block Party Breaks, released in 1999 on Strut, was acclaimed as one of the best of the genre -- established classics alongside some lethal rare funk. Time, then, for Pogo's Block Party Breaks 2. The classics are there -- the famous 'Amen break', ('Amen Brother' by The Winstons) and Juice's 'Catch A Groove' receive their first commercial release since the '70s. There's more rare, rough funk 45s with bad breaks -- Jesse Gresham Plus 3, Dave Cortez & The Moon People and Sammy Gordon." Limited stock, deleted item.

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