I’m very pleased to let you know that a further two volumes of the Classic Material ‘The Breaks’ mixtape series are now available officially on Apple Music! Check out the 1992 mix here, the 1993 mix here or browse the entire series here.
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This is the ninth in our ‘New Towns’ mixtape series showcasing new and recent / contemporary Drum & Bass music rooted in or influenced by the intelligent, ambient or atmospheric sounds of the mid 90s. The intention is not necessarily to focus on brand new releases, but simply to play[…]
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This is the eighth in our ‘New Towns’ mixtape series showcasing new and recent / contemporary Drum & Bass music rooted in or influenced by the intelligent, ambient or atmospheric sounds of the mid 90s. The intention is not necessarily to focus on brand new releases, but simply to play[…]
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For those who have been following updates here, you’ll have seen that the various mixes from the Classic Material series have been slowly been made available officially on Apple Music. The latest to be added to the collection is The Breaks of ’91, now finally available on the service. Listen[…]
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Following on from the recent addition of the Classic Material Hip Hop mixtape series to Apple Music in celebration of #HIPHOP50, the Classic Material ‘The Breaks’ series is now to be added. The first two volumes, covering the years 1979-1989 and 1990 respectively are now live. Search the ‘Chris Read[…]
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Now that we’ve finally wrapped up Classic Material’s year long collaboration with Wax Poetics, we’ve complied four handy playlists archiving the various mixes into themed collections: Mixtapes, Breaks Mixes, Megamixes and Bonus Mixes. Visit my Soundcloud page to listen or check them out below:
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of the genre’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1999 mixtape,[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #13 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1998 mixtape,[…]
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