Bass & Breaks with Mike Swaine

Little known fact, it's my 40th birthday today and I want to share with you my New Years Mix. As you are probably aware these are a labour of love and often take days (sometimes weeks) to make. I have various itterations of it on my phone and have even been known to do a 'Kanye' and tweek the mix and re-upload it. Anyway, tracklist will appear soon. Happy New Year and enjoy this years New Years Mi...

Mike's first instalment of his look back at 2023 featuring music from Skrillex, Nitro, RL Grime, Nero, Sub Focus, Mampi Swift and more... 00:00 - RL Grime & Juelz - Breach 04:16 - Nitro (ES) - Tell Me Sound (VIP) 08:50 - Bowser - Cherokee 12:14 - S.P.Y - Don't You Leave Me 14:54 - Sub Focus, Culture Shock, Camelphat - Secrets 18:25 - Konflict - Messiah (Magnetude Remix) 22:39 - Sota & Circ...

Sister Sledge - Lost In Breakbeat Swedish House Mafia & Sting - Redlight Hankook - 303 Freestylers - Cracks feat. Belle Humble - Ctrl-Z Remix Kid Panel, United States Beat Squad - Tied Up (Original Mix) Deekline - Flute Ting (feat. Rtkal) Narciss - LOVE 4 LIFE (Extended Mix) Shade K - Like That The Darrow Chem Syndicate - Breakin Bossa (Hankook & Perfect Kombo Remix) Julio Bashmore - au se...

Loads of great breaks, garage, dubstep and drum & bass including music from Flowdan, Sammy Virji, My Nu Long, Flava D, Chase & Status, Conducta, and loads more... 00:00 - Flowdan, Sammy Virji - Shella Verse 04:09 - Dusky, Denham Audio - Everything I Do 08:56 - Salute., Sammy Virji - Peach (Thys Remix) 13:57 - The Darrow Chem Syndicate - Breakin' For You (Kuplay Remix) 17:03 - MPH - Overrat...

Something something music and breakbeat. 

My second instalment in August live from Brixton Radio. 

Serious bass coming your way with music from Becky Hill & Chase & Status, Sekret Chadow, Aleph, Goldie, Plump DJs, Y U QT, SUB-X, Sota & Circadian, S.P.Y, Friction and more... 00:00 - Plump DJs - Rocket Soul (RePlumped) 05:05 - Becky Hill, Chase & Status - Disconnect (Franky Wah Remix) 08:11 - Aleph - IF U WANT 11:32 - Sekret Chadow - Slate 14:38 - Burland - Dagobah (Fixate Remix)...

Back on Brixton Radio playing a load of huge breakbeat and drum & bass records... You can listen to Bass & Breaks live on Brixton Radio every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6pm ‘til 8pm.

Better late than never... From my fortnightly live show on Brixton Radio.  You can listen to Bass & Breaks live on Brixton Radio every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 6pm ‘til 8pm.

Playing the latest in breaks and drum & bass, plus a couple of archive tracks. We have music from RL Grime & Juelz, The Darrow Them Syndicate, Perfect Kombo, Amy Wiles & Leena Punks, Disclosure, Logistics, DJ Fresh and loads more. Genres - Breaks, Breakbeat, Drum & Bass, Garage, Electro 00:00 - Rl Grime & Juelz 04:59 - Opus III - Fine Day (Left/Right Remix) 08:26 - Perfect Komb...

Back on Brixton Radio playing a load of huge breakbeat and drum & bass records... Including music from Stanton Warriors, Faithless, Freeland, Deekline, Mampi Swift (it wouldn't be a Brixton Radio show without playing this), TC, Manta, DJ Marky, Andy C and more... - Show us some love on Patreon. Subscribers get clean version of the mix (without Mike talking over it), the Patreon exclusive show...

Back in the Brixton Radio studio for 2 hours of breaks and drum & bass...

Going through the bpms with breaks from Guau & Bowser, Tiesto, OnDaMike, Mampi Swift, into 140-150bpm territory with Paper Dragon, Afghan Headspin and The Prodigy, and then drum & bass from Murdock & Ruth Royall, Tali and Syran. Plus a track you need to know by Noisia and Sleepnet. Bowser & Guau - Chemical Emotion Tiesto - Drifting Purple Velvet Curtains - Missing You OnDaMike - Fo...

This month's show from Brixton Radio.  The vocal is bad (my mic technique was way off). Enjoy!

I'm off on holiday so smashed out a show... Show us some love on Patreon. Subscribers get clean version of the mix (without Mike talking over it), the Patreon exclusive show "The Vinyl Sessions", plus access to the archive dropbox. http://patreon.com/bassandbreaks Otherwise, follow us! http://instagram.com/bassandbreaks http://facebook.com/bassandbreaks http://twitter.com/bassandbreaks This is a L...

It's the Silver Jubilee for the "world's greatest breaks label", Finger Lickin' Records and I had the immense privilege to chat to Jem Panufnik, one half of Soul Of Man and the founder of Finger Lickin' Records. We talk how he met Justin (the other half of Soul Of Man), how they signed some of the key figures in the breaks scene and also Jem's label Bona Fido. This Saturday they are hosting a part...

After seeing Andy C play The O2, I think I am in love with drum & bass again. I have moments where I think it’s all fart noises, but there has been some quality dnb in my inbox. Loving it!! Also want to mention the new Left/Right album. Sending a lot of love out to Chris, who unfortunately had his laptop and a load of equipment stolen from his car in San Fransisco. While I know a play on here...

On Easter Monday I started my monthly shows on Brixton Radio. It was a lot of fun and while the microphone doesn't sound as polished as I would like it, it still was a great show.  Track list to come.  The next live show will be on May 31st at 6pm but until then, enjoy this one. 

While listening to some promos I discovered an EP by Solomon France. Man, this EP is something, just wasn't expecting the drop on the track 'Fall'. After obsessively playing this track for over a week, I have made it my 'track you need to know'. Also this month we lost the legendary MC Fats. We pay tribute by pulling out some of his tracks from the archive. Show us some love on Patreon. Subscriber...

So Skrillex has not 1 but 2 albums out. He dropped a surprise album yesterday, although kind of knew it was coming... Firstly some of the singles he has released leading up to 'Quest For Fire' weren't on the album, and second he hinted he was releasing 2 albums on Instagram last year.  Anyway, the bigger question is, when he played Madison Square Garden with Four Tet and Fred Again.., who had...

It's been 7 years since his Bass & Breaks debut and this episode we have the return of DJ Justin Johnson in the guest mix. Take it away!! The Darrow Chem Syndicate - Highway (Sergei Orange Remix) GLØX - Look At Me GreenFlamez - In Love Tiger Smith - Run (DJ VIP) The Darrow Chem Syndicate - Disease (OVUS & Hankook Remix) Maybe One - On The Track Mike G - Feel Bad (Menges Remix) Destroyers -...

Second week of Mix Month and this is an archive mix from September last year. Dom from the Stanton Warriors invited me to play at the summer last terrace party at Morden Wharf. This gig meant a lot to me as not only was I on a line up of awesome DJs playing the music I love, but my wife and daughter came down too. This would have been the first time Evie has seen me play and my wife almost never c...

Sister Sledge - Lost In Breakbeat Swedish House Mafia - Redlight Arkley - Back 2 Love (House '89) Plump DJs - Gotcha DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Marten Horger Remix) Brothers Of Funk - Make My Day (OnDaMike Remix) Herve - Make My Day 1991 - Life Perfect Combo - Places 2022 Alex Metric - Shirley You Can't Be Serious OnDaMike - 9am Till I Come Booty GVN & Gardenstate - Take Me There GVN & Gardenst...

2022 has been another huge year for bass music, breaks is making a resurgence (although are we allowed to call it breaks), drum & bass keeps pushing the boundaries of what is dnb and what is hardcore (looking at you Dimension), and those hoover and foghorn noises are transitioning into other genres. Yup 2022 has been a vintage. Bring on 2023! 1991 - Life Piri & Tommy - On & On (Sammy V...

Only about 6 weeks late... Sorry for the delay on getting this one out, between starting a new day job, getting the child plague and not being able to get to my studio (aka car) to record the vocal, this has been delayed and delayed... So you get a live mix without me chatting over it... Recorded live from Fire & Lightbox in London at Big Fish Little Fish's Halloween Spooktakular, this is me i...