Category: Minis

  • Para El Junco – A Jazz Mixtape by Mad Mats – Mix

    Para El Junco – A Jazz Mixtape by Mad Mats – Mix

    Scandinavian DJ Mad Mats, who runs the long-running Raw Fusion club in the heart of Stockholm, compiled this jazz mixtape in honour of his friends Gaspar and Isaías, who deejay at the El Junco jazz club in Madrid, Spain. Fans of jazz-dance DJs like Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge will be shuffling their feet to […]

  • Ah Yeah by Robert Glasper Experiment – DJ Chug drum ‘n’ bass remix – free music download

    Ah Yeah by Robert Glasper Experiment – DJ Chug drum ‘n’ bass remix – free music download

    Blue Note jazz pianist Robert Glasper is remixed by UK drum 'n' bass specialist DJ Chug. What could go wrong? Not much. Who would’ve thought that Ah Yeah from the Grammy Award-winning Black Radio would lend itself so well to d'n'b rhythms. If you like this musical marriage, download it from here. DJ Chug drum […]

  • Broken Mix Vol 1 – Mark Force

    Broken Mix Vol 1 – Mark Force

    Former Bugz in the Attic Mark Force has recently launched Ten50 Records, a label with fellow Bugz Kaidi Tatham and Matt Lord. Expect Ten50’s output to include plenty of broken beats from the likes of Blu James and Blakai. To get you in the mood, here’s a broken beat mix by Mark Force. The selection, […]

  • Southern Freeez single – Sonzeira

    Southern Freeez single – Sonzeira

    This might be a first: bossa nova meets jazz funk. UK DJ Gilles Peterson melded two of his passions to create this Brazilian reworking of Southern Freeez, originally recorded by UK jazz-funkers Freeez. This Sonzeira version, which features Emanuelle Araújo on vocals, is taken from Mr Peterson’s forthcoming album, Sonzeira – Brasil Bam Bam Bam. […]

  • Spanish Joint (Osage remix) – D’Angelo – free music download

    Spanish Joint (Osage remix) – D’Angelo – free music download

    DJ/producer Osage did a rather fine job remixing Laura Mvula’s Green Garden from her debut album Sing To The Moon. And now he’s back, upping the tempo of D’Angelo’s Spanish Joint from the neo soul king’s second studio album Voodoo. You can download it from here. If you like Osage’s reworking, contact him at osageisreal@gmail.com […]

  • Better Than This (Dego & Kaidi 2000 Black Mix) – Paul Johnson

    Better Than This (Dego & Kaidi 2000 Black Mix) – Paul Johnson

    Paul Johnson is a wonderfully emotive UK-based singer, who has worked with everyone from the London Community Gospel Choir to Bluey Maunick of Incognito. Here, “Dego” McFarlane and Kaidi Tatham give Paul Johnson’s new single Better Than This a soulful, broken beat remix. The Better Than This EP, which includes a house remix from the […]

  • Megawattz – CapitolA

    Megawattz – CapitolA

    This track is somewhat reminiscent of what Kaidi Tatham would produce. The beautiful broken beats of Megawattz, courtesy of CapitolA (aka Antoine Green).   • If you like this article, subscribe to Commercial Break’s free newsletter or RSS feed (click here).  

  • Inner City Life single – Hackney Colliery Band

    Inner City Life single – Hackney Colliery Band

    Ever wondered what drum ‘n’ bass would sound like if played by a brass band? Well wonder no more… Hackney in East London isn’t known for its coal-mining heritage. In fact, the only coal you’d find in this trendy enclave is on a few barbecues. So how Hackney Colliery Band arrived at their name is […]

  • Make It Good by The White Lamp – free music download

    Make It Good by The White Lamp – free music download

    Download the free nu jazz track Make It Good by UK duo The White Lamp, a song that featured on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Bubblers Nine compilation Berlin-based label Sonar Kollektiv is giving away the radio edit (which is slightly shorter) of Make It Good by The White Lamp. Who are The White Lamp? Well, they’re […]