Freestylers

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风格: #大节拍　#电子舞曲　#神游舞曲　#电子乐　#放克打击乐
地区: United Kingdom 英国

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来自英国的Breakbeat组合Freestylers由Matt Cantor和Aston Harvey组成，自上个世纪90年代他们就一直引领着Breakbeat的时尚风格。推出过“Push Up“等著名单曲！这张Adventures In Freestyle则在关系友好的澳洲三人组合Pendulum跨刀下, 明显地迸发源源不绝的摇滚张力, 已获英国IDJ杂志给予五颗星满分顶级评价。

by John Bush

More old-school hip-hop, electro and ragga than big-beat techno (though theyre often pigeon-holed that way), the Freestylers were formed by the trio of Matt Cantor, Aston Harvey and Andrew Galea. All three were British b-boys back in the day, and were heavily involved in Britains dance scene by the late 80s, both as DJs and producers — Cantor recording as CutnPaste, 2 Fat Buddhas and Freska All Stars among others, Harvey as Blapps! Posse (author of the 1990 breakbeat classic Dont Hold Back). Harvey had also worked with Rebel MC and Definition of Sound, but after meeting Galea, the pair began recording together as Sol Brothers and soon brought Cantor into the fold as well.

Taking the name Freestylers from their first sample (Freestyles Dont Stop the Rock), the trio released their first single, Drop the Boom (AK-48) and formed their own Scratch City Records to release it. The track was a prime slice of vocoderized electro, and became an underground club classic as far afield as bass-driven Miami. The Freestyle EP followed late in 1996, and Freestylers also released singles on Freskanova (home of Cantors many solo projects). The group even managed a chart hit (and Top of the Pops appearance) with 1998s B-Boy Stance, a collaboration with vocalist Tenor Fly. A spate of remixing followed, for Audioweb, Afrika Bambaataa and the Jungle Brothers (the latter a pair of the Freestylers prime influences). The trio also helmed the big-beat compilation FSUK 2 and contributed a Radio One Essential Mix (where Beenie Man, Public Enemy, the Fall and Whodini all rubbed elbows). Live appearances at Glastonbury and around the European festival circuit met with much praise, and the Freestylers finally released their debut album We Rock Hard in 1999. The mix album Electro Science followed a year later.

Freestylers

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