- Comprised of three members - Gavin, Merfie and Froe - the Breakfastaz are a new and upcoming breakbeat crew out of West London. The boys have already seen releases on DJ Quest's Cyberfunk label and have also been heavily involved as studio engineers working on a wide range of styles including urban, hip hop, house, breakbeat and drum'n'bass. DJ Tayo saw potential in the boys from their earlier releases on Cyberfunk and signed two tunes to Mob.
Side A. Kick It
Designed for peak time floors, Kick It features a clean breakbeat, crisp snares and ravey synth stabs during the introduction. The tune gets its title from the scratched up vocals cut up throughout the track. After the buildup the synth stabs transform into a catchy synth hook while a monotonic bass line gives the track a much needed testosterone injection. There's a lot going on in this tune - lots of acid elements and old skool flavours while the buildups are especially useful for hyping up a crowd.
Side B. Green Light
Green Light on the flip goes on a heavier breaks tip. What's noticeable about the 'fastaz is their use of clean sounding breaks and nice snares. This tune features more dark, rumbling bass, a ravey hook and what sounds like female vocal stabs passed through various effects filters. The second phase in the tune brings a little more melody to the bass and electro arpeggio to the track with a massive drum fill to end it off. The information sheet states that this is 2004's equivalent of DJ Trace's "Locust" from back in the day.
Mob is one label that encompasses a wide range of breakbeat, mainly thanks to Tayo having to personally like each tune before they get signed to the label. Now with this Breakfastaz release they can safely say they've cornered the uplifting party tunes and tear out breaks section.