October will mark the welcome return of the Beatz & Bobz mix album series with Jay Cunning & Atomic Hooligan next in line. The Functional label (formally known as Functional Breaks) have offered the duo the opportunity to compile and mix vol 5 in the popular series as the empire turns 8!
Beatz & Bobz is the UK’s longest running monthly breaks event based in Exeter and is part of the Functional empire set up by local promoter Biff Mitchell. The monthly club night has been responsible for pushing the sound of breaks in the west country for over 8 years.
Beatz & Bobz Volume 5
1 Jay Cunning & One Sinner / Bad Man / 2S2
2 Jay Stewart / Disco Donkey (Menu Mule Mix) / EXCLUSIVE
3 Jay Stewart / I'm Crazy / Menu Music
4 Dopamine vs Dr Benwahh / Kiss my break / Menu Music
5 JCat / Good Times (Atomic Hooligan Remix) / Menu Music
6 Rico Tubbs / Ghetto Soul / Menu Music
7 SOTO / Ghetto Blaster / Unreleased
Move Ya / Rock Me (Acapella) / Audio Bug
8 Albino Allstars / Hit Em / Tagsta
9 Atomic Hooligan / 7 Ten Split (Smithmonger remix) / Botchit
10 Jay Cunning & Smithmonger / Never Stop / Menu Music
11 Sugashak / Sunshine Dayz (Dirty Box remix) / E-Dance
12 Klaus Heavyweight Hill / Glo Stix / Title Fight
13 C83 / Twisted Logic (Kraymon Remix) / Unreleased
14 Atomic Hooligan / Just One More (VIP) / Botchi
This mix will top off a big year for the label which has released a mix album and artist album from Dreadzone, been involved in programming and running two of the UK’s most important festivals; Glastonbury and The Glade.
A full UK Wide tour will support the release, whilst they will have two birthday parties at their spiritual home in Exeter on Oct 14th with Krafty Kuts and Ben & Lex and Oct 28th with Dreadzone Live! & Tom Real.
Taking the reigns from Paul Oakenfold’s Grammy nominated 2004 Creamfields mix album this year is one of the trance’s genres most established and respected producers.
With a fresh new site, hot new shows, and spectacular guests DJs, the merger of Eccentric Beats and Mercury Nation has given the dance music world something to cheer about.
Industry professionals and artists in the electronic music industry will converge on Buenos Aires, Argentina for the second edition of the South American Music Conference (SAMC) in October