THE CAPTAIN presents: PHONOMATT & TOMMYBOY (2013)

This latest release from Breakbeat Paradise finds Italian duo Phonomatt & Tommyboy at the helm under the guidance of The Captain a.k.a. Fab Samperi. It also demonstrates one of the label’s strengths i.e. it’s broad approach to breakbeat music, here manifested in a five stage voyage that, broadly speaking, sails through the brisker end of bass. 5 O’ Clock is a liquid dnb-ish EZ Rollers-esque affair for example, that the The Captain remixes into a more jump-up Aphrodite number and…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

GHETTO FUNK presents: THE CAPTAIN (GFP013)(2013)

The Captain a.k.a. Italian breaks producer Fab Samperi, is a man known for his wide-ranging voyages across the seas of breakbeat-related music. He seems of late to have been cruising mostly in ghetto funky waters though. Aptly enough, really, since here he is with a party ship of an EP on the Ghetto Funk label. It’s all very modern with wobbly bass and those drop thingies and suchlike and the he’s kept it euphorically hands-in-the-air by sampling Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM