Bass & Breaks with Mike Swaine

It's been a mad week of late sessions at the day job and writing endless documents, as I leaving where I have been since the start of the pandemic to work for a company much closer to home!!! Which meant... I recorded this podcast in my car! at 10:30 at night, as to not wake the wife and baby.  Anyway, this podcast we have Arkley in the guest mix, a huge nostalgia rave trip with a modern day...

Between the last episode and this one, life has been a weird one… Off the back of the highs of the Morden Wharf Terrace set, by the end of the following week I had a mental crash, nothing quite like I had experienced before. I had / have Post Natal Depression and thought it had passed, but the weirdest things trigger it, and in this instance it was a song. The latest track by Cookie Monsta, Flux P...

I had the privilege of warming up for the Stanton Warriors a couple of weeks ago. It was the last party of the summer at Morden Wharf Terrace, on a Sunday which meant just good daytime vibes. Recorded live from the terrace this is my warm up set, which I would say has good waves vibes, nothing too pumping but just head nodding, foot tapping vibes. Shouts to Dom for asking me to do the warm up, als...

Originally this was going to be an hour of drum & bass in the mix, but then my daughter refused to go to bed, so you have a presented show of new music and what a selection we have. If you are a long time listener, then you will know my love for Nero, and they have a new remix out of Deadmau5 which is huge!!!! Plus new music from Left/Right, OnDaMike, Document One and loads more. Show us some...

Finally!!! After my daughter took over my studio (did she really need her own bedroom), I set up a little corner of the living room to have my Pioneer controller hooked up and ready to play. It was great to have a little mess around and I recorded a bit of a breaks mix. These are tracks which I have downloaded recently and there does appear to have a lot of OnDaMike in there. Also the first track...

I know it's been a moment, but here is a new podcast! And I thought I would take it back to a format of how I used to do my shows back when I was broadcasting live on Fire Radio, with a slight difference (no live mixing). So first half, all 130 four four electro and breaks, and then second half we take it up to 175 for 30 mins of drum & bass. Jauz & Habstrakt - Like Before Born Dirty - Riz...

A little out of my comfort zone I was asked to play a chill out set at Bay Bar in Ibiza. The music policy was house music, 'house music Mike, no chilled dubstep or liquid drum & bass, house music Mike!!'. He didn't say I couldn't play breaks so... This is my "Chill & Breaks" mix or "Bass & Chill" mix, not sure which one is better. Originally I was going to play this set at Bar Bay on t...

During the "platty joobs" weekend the family, my brother and best mate went to the King Of The Beats all day-er at the Fox & Firkin. It was essentially a large pub garden with a bit of a rave corner. We took our 9 month old, as you know, she needs to get into breakbeat early and it was a lot of fun. This mix is very much inspired by the breakbeat classics played that day. Big ups Krafty Kuts,...

This time round we have Sekret Chadow in the mix from RaveArt Winter Festive 2022 in Granada. This an awesome mix and really wish I was there! Also we have incredible music from Koven, OndaMike, P Money x Whiney and more! Part 1 Deekline - Tutti Frutti Piri & Tommy - Words Gardna ft DRs - R.A.V.E.A.S.A.P OnDaMike - Sweet N Low Acraze - Do It To It (Sub Focus Remix) P Money & Whiney - Sorry...

Another huge month of music, so no mix this time, just some incredible track. Enjoy... Part 1 Reflect - Need To Feel Love (Matrix Remix) DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Marten Horger Remix) Plump DJs - Gotcha Fantom Freq - Hypnotized Spor - Let Me Be Rene LaVice & Cyantific - Cyantivice Skantia - Dreams Voicians - Light It Up Dr. Fresch - Bang Harder Everything Must Go x KJ Sawka x Alex Rival - Dying Br...

So this time we have Fantom Freq in the guest mix. It's an awesome mix and I hope you like it too. 1991 - Life AKAS & KG - I Know Aspect - Parabéns OnDaMike - Sickness VIP ODF - Spacey Dope Ammo & Benny Page - I Need Your Loving (HalfLight Remix) High Contrast - Music Is Everything (Pola & Bryson Remix) Sekret Chadow - Tambao Imanu & Kucka - It's Our Destiny Fantom Freq in the gues...

OK, it's been a moment, sorry about that. Long story short, my mental health went sideways which meant recording was really tricky. I made the actual show about a month ago, but doing the vocals, well that's a story for another time. This episode we have 2 remixes of classics, one is 15 years old and the other is 10 (points for guessing which is which). High Contrast - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Bou Rem...

It's the first week of Feb, so let's look back at January (as we missed a load of great music). If this is what January brought us, I can't wait for the rest of the year!! SACHI - Take Me Back (Kanine Remix) EDDIE - Caffeine Henry Fong x ALRT - Back To Me Finning Hamilton - Something I'm Afraid Of DJ Fresh x Buunshin - Dancing In The Dark Calyx & TeeBee - Anything For Attention Sigma x LOWES x...

We go into the Bass & Breaks archive and pull out something from 2012, this mix is awesome and was so proud to get this exclusive guest mix. Black Sun Empire meant a lot to me when I was buying vinyl, I loved drum & bass but I couldn't find a sound I was passionate about until I heard these guys. They had a label called BSE Recordings (the precursor to Blackout Music NL) and I'm sure I hav...

These guys are one of my ones to watch this year. After dropping 5 tracks on Yana music last year, they are set for big things. This mix is a huge mix of dance floor bangers! Thank you Ben & Patrick for sending this over. Enjoy! Lateral - Every Nite Subsonic ft: Harry Shotta - Party People K Motionz ft: Emily Makis - High Note Dimension - Ultraviolent Subsonic ft: Ruth Royal - Hold On Daida -...

Continuing mix month with an archive mix from last year. An hour of drum & bass in the mix!! Delta Heavy & Koven - Feel Sub Focus - Out Of The Blue High Contrast - Met Her At A Dance In Leicester (DJ Marky Remix) Seinabo Sey - Pistols at Dawn (Culture Shock Remix) Kove - Motor Whiney x Mitekiss - Broken Bones (feat. Ruth Royall) Halflight - Call Back Sub Focus - Timewarp (Dimension Remix)...

OK, it's 7 days late, but better late than never. I spent way too much time making this but I am happy with it. Anyway, part 1 of mix month. Enjoy! Prospa - Want Need Love Doggo - Shoot To Kill OnDaMike - Holla VIP Rasco - The Dark Knight Rider Neon Steve & Marten Horger - Hip Hop Y U QT - Homeless Dub Piero Pirupa - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) Bensley - That Feeling (House Edit) The Prodi...

Part 1 Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray - No Rival! (Nero Remix) Quick Mix Piero Pirupa - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) Ondamike - Holla (VIP) Rasco - The Dark Knight Rider Ripple - Violet feat. No Cure (Manta Remix) Album Showcase Hybrid - Flashpoint Alan Fitzpatrick & High Contrast - Bourgeois Imagery Prospa - Want Need Love Part 2 DJ Fixx - Sega Album Showcase Bicep - Apricots Quick Mix 1991...

Last new music show of the year and we have some awesome tracks. A cover of a classic by Luude, Neon Steve & Marten Horger doing their take on hiphop, a huge colab by High Contrast & Bou, and more music from Something Something. Plus a classic archive mix from 2017. Part 1 Luude - Down Under Neon Steve & Marten Horger - Hiphop Longstoryshort - To Ya Headtop Higgo - Crush High Contrast...

This is an exciting show. We have a new remix by one of my favourite artists, Nero! Plus Bensley debut foray into dubstep, drum & bass from Beat Assassins, Rene LaVice and Science of Man, and more! Plus we go into the archive for a breaks and electro mix. Part 1 Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray - No Rival! (Nero Remix) Bensley - No Problem No Thanks & FOMO - Bongo Russell Small & DNO P fea...

After a moment (again) we are back with a huge show featuring music from Danny Byrd & D Double E, an epic odyssey from 1991, the return of Evol Intent and more!! Plus a drum & bass mix from the archive. Part 1 Danny Byrd & D Double E - Selecta Mashd N Kutcher - On My Mind (Odd Mob Remix) Return Of The Jaded - Be The Reason MKII - Can't You See (Agora Remix) 1991 - Odyssey Lateral - Eve...

On this show I try my hand at a baseline mix. I think it went down well but let me know what you think. Other than that we have music from High Contrast & Alan Fitzpatrick, Skepsis & Kanine, Skream, Y U QT, Blanke, Franky Wah and more! Part 1 High Contrast & Alan Fitzpatrick - Bourgeois Imagery Skream - Doolally Skepsis, Kanine - Again Y U QT - Homeless Dub Upgrade - Band Practice Voli...

Part 1 Prospa - Want Need Love (Dimension Remix) Anti Up - Something's About To Go Down Jason Laidback - Soundsystem Luude - Glenorchy Andy C - Boom Willow Kanye - I Don't Wanna Know (Kings Of The Rollers Remix) S9 - Ternion Franky Wah x Carl Cox - We Are One Part 2 Track list coming soon

Part 1 Macky Gee - Summer Sun Just10 - Dance With You Mac & Ward - Take Me Higher Night Shift - Move Me Theatrix x SOFi MARi - Queen Thys & Noisia - Into Safety - Optimism in Negative Space Doggo - Shoot To Kill Pendulum x Hybrid Minds - Louder Than Words (Rob Swire Chill Mix) Part 2 Just10 in the mix

Part 1 Swedish House Mafia - It Gets Better The Prodigy - Breathe ft RZA (Rene LaVice Dark DnB Remix) Rusko - Mac 19 Marten Horger & Phace - Pow Pow Bklava - Leave Lateral - Every Nite Active x Toronto Is Broken - Acid Organic VIP Toronto Is Broken on the phone High Maintenance & ALSO - Here We Go Again (Toronto Is Broken Remix) Toronto Is Broken - Paragons Part 2 Sub Focus - Could This Be...