ZENIT INCOMPATIBLE: Anywhere EP (2014)

Whatever MustBeat’s Zenit Incompatible is incompatible with, it’s not soothing downtempo grooves as he funnels the essence of the chilled, post-club, early hours vibe of Euro party city, Budapest into four tracker the Anywhere EP. Head to the middle two tracks for the best of these as he chops up smokey jazz over lazy breaks and cuts up …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

ZENIT INCOMPATIBLE: Ruffneck EP (2013)

Welcome to Zenit Incompatible‘s new Ruffneck EP where the first track finds him living in a ghetto funk paradise and illuminating proceedings with a measure of MC Lyte. He follows this up by taking the roof off Eminem’s Till I Collapse, ‘inna ghetto funk stylee’, before stepping aside for compadre DJ Trashtray to get breaks-dirty on the remix. All well and good but one can’t help feeling that this should have been called the ‘Keep My Light EP’ since the last track is the standout. Zenit’s got a mean ear …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

ZENIT INCOMPATIBLE: Lovely Breaks EP (2013)

Lovely breaks eh? A weekend for two in Prague. Three days in Amsterdam with the boys. Or girls. Easter at the…what? Not those sort of breaks? What kind of breaks the-…oh. Right. Zenit Incompatible. What’s he not compatible with then? Presumably not the dancefloor as this EP would suggest he’s got that wired with a heady mixture of pounding breaks and manipulated sixties rnb/ soul divas. Never Gonna Give You Up (no, not …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

TRU FUNK: Nu Party Breaks Vol. 5 (2013)

There ain’t no party like a Tru:Funk party and the crew assembled for Nu Party Breaks Vol. 5 pillage past decades to make sure business is all funky as usual. DJ AKA gets busy with KC & The Sunshine Band, the superbly named Hiphoppapotamus wallows in the sound of Curtis Mayfield, Morlack responds to the siren call of Dizzee Rascal, Warson re-imagines soul funky cut Don’t Lose Your Groove? for the ghetto funky generation and then both he …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

ZENIT INCOMPATIBLE: Egology EP (2012) + ‘Whisperer’s Walk’ free download

The Bulabeats label surprises here by delivering Zenit Incompatible‘s Egology EP. With a name like Egology you might be forgiven for expecting full-on, check-me-out breakbeat dancefloor antics and yet we’re treated instead to some thoughtful downtempo musings from the Hungarian producer. Wherever the party was at, it’s been and gone and this five-tracker is the afterglow – or perhaps the sunrise. Although having said that the video my head conjures for Whispers Fall (in original and dub incarnations) is samurai duelling in slow motion ...READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

PULPFUSION: Wrong World Remixed Vol. 1(2012)

In which Swiss beats merchant Pulpfusion throws the keys of recent ghetto metal LP Wrong World into the remix dish and allows his baby to be taken home by a variety of remixers to get as saucy as they wish. Engaging in the action are Zenit Incompatible, Turntill & Merlin, Hong Kong Ping Pong, Frenic, Assassinated, Funkanizer, Rambla Fresh Combo, Monstaphunkaz and Jazz K Lipa. Between them they…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

VARIOUS: Bulabeats Four Zero (BB0040) (2012)

VARIOUS: Bulabeats Four Zero (BB0040) (2012)
For many, reaching forty means a flabby gut, spending money you don’t have on a leather jacket and sports car you don’t need and staring at life’s traffic lights wondering where and went it all went so wrong. Not Bulabeats though. Nope, they’re hitting the dancefloor with a ten-track blast of dirty-ass bass and breaks. But maybe that’s because this is a celebration of Bulabeats’ fortieth …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM