As the party continues, we announce the winners of the International Breakbeat Awards 2012 – presented live on stage by Barry Ashworth and Carl Loben at Cable London on Saturday 25th February.

Plenty of changes this year, with fresh blood taking hold of the top awards, mixed with established names and major players to truly show the diverse nature of the breaks scene.

The big winner this year was the “nicest fella in breaks” Mr A-Skillz, who received his awards for Best Free Track and as more importantly, Best DJ, to rapturous applause!

Best Track – Hyper & Beatman & Ludmilla – Lights (Ayra Recordings)
Best Remix – Krafty Kuts – Lets Go, Lets Ride (Pyramid Remix)
Best Album – Stanton Warriors – The Warriors
Best Label – Ghetto Funk
Best New Label – Diablo Loco Records
Best Producer – Colombo
Best New Producer – Mafia Kiss
Best DJ – A-Skillz
Best New DJ – James D’ley
Best Large Event – Shambhala Festival
Best Small Event – Lowdown & Dirty
Best Website – NuSkoolBreaks.co.uk
Best Radio Station – NSB Radio
Best Radio Show – Lady Waks Show (Radio Record)
Best Free Track – Marlena Shaw – California Soul (A-Skillz Remix)
Outstanding Contribution – The Freestylers

Massive congratulations to all the winners, but all of those nominated should be very proud of themselves to be recognised in such an international music scene.  More photos and comment from the night coming soon…

To get you warmed up for tomorrows massive International Breakbeat Awards, 2010′s Best New DJ winner Richie Balboa has sliced together 31 classic breakbeat tracks for a “10 Years of Breakbeat Retrospective” – mixing up old and new and spanning multiple facets of the breaks scene!

Its a blinding mix so check it out now:

Tracklisting:

1/ Ils – The Next Level (Marine Parade)
2/ Tsunami One & BT – Hip Hop Phenomenom (Bassbin Twins Edit)
3/ Rennie Pilgrem & BLIM – (Yellow Snow Remix) (TCR)
4/ Plump DJs – Scram (Fingerlickin)
5/ Rennie Pilgrem and BLIM – 2 Freaks (TCR)
6/ Friendly – Bump n Grind (Fat)
7/ Evil Nice – Crooked (Marine Parade)
8/ Plump DJs – Electric Disco (Finkerlickin)
9/ Ils – Lovin You (Atomic Hooligan Remix) (Distinctive)
10/ DJ Mutiny – Soul Runner (Super Style Deluxe Remix) (Botchit Breaks)
11/ Freestylers – Push Up (Against The Grain)
12/ Stanton Warriors – Pop Ya Cork (Punks)
13/ Mr No Hands & Bassbin Twins – Adrenaline (Diverted Traffic)
14/ NAPT – Gotta Have More Cowbell (Funkatech)
15/ Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe – Bass Phenomenom (Against The Grain)
16/ Noisia – Gutterpump (Tom Real & Rogue Element Remix) (Passenger)
17/ Zero – Emit (Rennie Pilgrem Remix) (Streetwise Recordings)
18/ Dopamine – Hold You (TCR)
19/ Autobots v Screwface – Flesheater (General Midi Remix) (Broke)
20/ Freestylers – Boom Blast (Deekline & Wizard Remix) (Against The Grain)
21/ Baobinga – The Machine (FAT)
22/ Plump DJs – Remember my Name (Fingerlickin)
23/ Freestylers – Warrior Dance (Breakfastaz remix) (Against The Grain)
24/ Elite Force – Engine (Lot 49)
25/ Future Funk Squad – Isolate (Eshericks Remix) (En:Vision)
26/ Ed Solo and Skool of Thought – What I as a Yout (Supercharged)
27/ Baobinga – The Bashment Track (2008 Remastered) (Cyberfunk)
28/ Pyramid – Trouble (Funkatech)
29/ Flore – Get In Get On (Botchit)
30/ Krafty Kuts & C5 Joyriders – Take It (Against The Grain)
31/ Rack n Ruin – Synthetic Heart (Sub Slayers)

For more info on the Balboa, find him on Facebook.

Due to a phenomenal demand for tickets, Breakspoll have secured Cable’s sister nightclub, Relay for the Breakspoll 2012 event this Saturday 25th February!

We’ll be taking over the additional intimate space of Relay as well as the entire Cable venue, creating a 3 room behemoth of a clubbing experience!

Adding on an extra room of music not only means more space for partying but also new DJs being added to the lineup!  On top of the existing lineup, we welcome DJ sets from Beat Assassins (back in a big way for 2012 with their own tracks plus more on Mofo Recordings), King Yoof (Sunz of Mecha and all round stalwart of the breaks scene), Jurassik vs Steve Thorpe (two legends of UK breakbeat promotion head it off) plus a live set from Broken Robots Monk3yLogic (psy-breaks goodness from these loveable rogues).

We’ve made a handful of extra tickets available from TicketWeb, and there will be plenty available on the door from 9pm on the night.  See you on Saturday!!

Read on below to see if your favourites made the cut – and if you want to see the winners be announced live, come on down to Cable on Saturday 25th February to see the awards being presented – advanced tickets have sold out, but there will be plenty on the door available.

The Breakspoll 2012 Nominations in full:

Best Track

Colombo – Everybody (iBreaks)
Elite Force – Captain America (U&A Recordings)
Hyper & Beatman & Ludmilla – Lights (Ayra Recordings)
Pyramid – Cruel feat. Julie Thompson (Funkatech)
Stanton Warriors – Shoot Me Down (Punks)

Best Remix

Deekline & Ed Solo – Blow Out (DJ Fixx & Ill DJ Chris B Remix)
Elite Force – No Turning Back (Hedflux Remix)
Krafty Kuts – Lets Go, Lets Ride (Pyramid Remix)
Paul Oakenfold – Tokyo (Beatman & Ludmilla Remix)
Skrillex – Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites (Noisia Remix)

Best Album

Afghan Headspin – The Story So Far LP (Rocstar)
Colombo – Antiques of the Future (iBreaks)
Ghetto Funk presents: Icons Vol 2 (Ghetto Funk)
Stanton Warriors – The Warriors (Punks)

Best Label

Broken Robot
Funkatech
Ghetto Funk
iBreaks Records
U&A Recordings

Best New Label

Breakz R Boss
Death Proof Recordings
Diablo Loco Records
Logariddim
STFU

Best Producer

A-Skillz
Colombo
Elite Force (sHack)
Hedflux
Pyramid

Best New Producer

Bad Tango
Fisso & Spark
Leuce Rhythms
Mafia Kiss
Megatron

Best DJ

A-Skillz
Elite Force (sHack)
Krafty Kuts
Lady Packa
Lady Waks

Best New DJ

James D’ley
Key_Lo & Dr $Icknote
Leuce Rhythms
Stickybuds
The Hustle

Best Free Track

Adele – Hometown Glory (Adsorb Breaks Mix)
Chase & Status – Time (Run Riot Remix)
Emeli Sande – Heaven (Pyramid Refix)
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (A-Skillz Remix)
Tomb Crew – Watch This (Kid Digital Remix)

Best Large Event

Breakfest (AUS)
Burning Man (USA)
Shake&Break (RUS)
Shambahala (CAD)
Summer Festival (ESP)

Best Small Event

Hong Kong Ping Pong
Lowdown & Dirty
Naughty Panda
The Vinyl Touch
Thump

Best Website

BreakZlinkz
GhettoFunk.co.uk
lifesupportmachine.co.uk
NuSkoolBreaks.co.uk
thetruejoe90.com

Best Radio Station

Brap FM
NSB Radio
NuBreaks
Radio Record
Rough Tempo

Best Radio Show

Annie Nightingale (Radio One)
Beatz n Bobz Show hosted by Ben & Lex (NSB Radio)
DJ Iceys Automatic Static (Sirius)
Lady Waks Show (Radio Record)
Scoundrel Presents – The Rough Tempo Guest Show (Rough Tempo Radio)

Congratulations to all the nominees! What a list of quality stuff!! Are your favourites in there? Let us know below of who is missing! Remember – its a public vote!

If you still haven’t voted in this years Breakspoll Awards – get on over to the Voting page and share some love for your favourite breakbeat artists!

We’ve had a cracking amount of votes so far, so make sure you get in your favourites – voting closes at 2pm GMT on Monday 6th February – so make sure you vote before then!

Breakspoll 2012
The 11th International Breakbeat Awards
Saturday 25th February – Cable, London, SE1

After one of the biggest and best Breakspoll events ever last year, we take Breakspoll back to Cable in South London for another monumental night of the finest in breakbeat!

Combined with one of the biggest party’s in the breaks scene calendar, Breakspoll is also all about recognising the best of the breakbeat scene – with the 11th International Breakbeat Awards being presented live on stage at 11pm on Saturday 25th February.

Joining us on the night will be the cream of the International DJ circuit – the full lineup in alphabetical order:

A-Skillz
Afghan Headspin
Aquasky
Beatman & Ludmilla
Ben & Lex
Damian vs Bubu
Dancefloor Outlaws
Deekline & Ed Solo
Elite Force
Featurecast
Freerange DJs vs Richie Balboa
Freestylers
HongKongPingPong
JFB
Krafty Kuts
Lady Packa
Parker
Peter Paul presents The Apocalypse
Pyramid feat MC Ken Mac
Rennie Pilgrem
Slyde
Specimen A feat MC Incyte and Miss Trouble

Tickets : Just £10 in advance from ticketweb.co.uk. Buy your ticket now to ensure entry – capacity is limited and this event will sell out.

Date: Saturday 25th February 2012
Venue : Cable
Address: Bermondsey Street Tunnel, London Bridge, London, SE1 3JW
Doors : 9pm-6am
Awards : 11pm sharp
Tickets : £10 advance / More on Door
Please arrive early and allow time to pass security checks at the door.
No dress code. A form of identification may be required for entry.
More Info : http://www.breakspoll.com / info@breakspoll.com

To find Cable, and for more information, please visit their website.

After ironing out a few glitches with our voting system, the Breakspoll Awards 2012 is now open for voting!

Head on over to our voting page at http://www.breakspoll.com/voting to submit your votes for The International Breakbeat Awards 2012!

Pick your favourite tracks, artists, events and more of 2011, and see the artists you love pick up an award at the official Awards party in London on Saturday 25th February!

Voting runs from 11am today (Friday 6th) until Monday 6th February 2012 at 2pm. Vote now!

We dun did a mix!

Well not quite – this is 2011 yo! We’ve done a Spotify Playlist, filled with some bangers to get you in the mood for the Southern Sounds Festival this Saturday!

Featuring 25 tracks from Utah Saints, A-Skillz, Beat Vandals (Utah Saints alter-ego!), DJ Yoda, Krafty Kuts, Freestylers, Elite Force, Adam Freeland, Eddy Temple-Morris and of course finishing it off with some of Rennie Pilgrems epic house music tracks!

Click here to check out the full Tracklist and also add play it in Spotify

With a line-up spanning the very epitome of the hottest in broken beats – from Adam Freeland to Freestylers, Rennie Pilgrem to DJ Yoda, the Crooked/Breakspoll arena will be dishing up 9 hours of the hottest beats in the hottest English Summer Sun!

Forget your tent, forget your wellies, this is an all-day festival of EPIC porportions, and this is a quick reminder that TODAY is the last day to order tickets direct from Breakspoll to be mailed out to you in the post!

So if you haven’t already, grab some of the last few tickets direct from us, and save yourself a bundle on the booking fee!

If you miss the deadline today, don’t fear! Our agents across London can still sort you out, and we can even leave tickets for you to be collected at Gigalum Bar on the edge of Clapham Common on Saturday morning! Bonza! If you wanna buy some direct from us – contact Breakspoll, or Honeycombe on 07515 806734 or her email info@crooked-events.com for more info.

At what age did you start DJing?

28, just after I started losing my hair.

How did you get into music production?

I bought a Korg M1 (keyboard with sequencer) and a few empty cans of paint. The old Rhythm Section tunes are so meaty on the beats as that paint was Dulux.

What is your motto in life?

Do as you would be done by.

How has the industry changed since you started?

Slightly! No more getting your music onto vinyl and feeling the buzz of hearing it that way for the first time. Obviously digital has changed music for ever

Tell us something we don’t know about Rennie Pilgrem?

I am about to launch an online Art Gallery called pocketgallery.co.uk which will sell mine and others abstract art

You are known as the pioneer of ‘Nu Skool Breaks.’ How did you develop an interest in breaks?

I was doing house music with a friend in the East End and we met Ellis Dee who played me house music but with hip-hop beats and there was no going back

What’s the latest with TCR? Any new or upcoming projects?

I am going to release a Soundtrack I’ve written for the film ‘The Fix’ and I am currently remixing Dopamine’s ‘Hold You’ with Pyramid. I am doing a lot of ‘Nu Jungle’, ‘Jungle Breaks’ (or whatever it’s called). I have a vocal version of a 140 track called ‘Erica’s Fix’ which will be out June 20th

What are your top 3 favourite tunes of all time?

Future Sound Of London ‘Papua New Guinea’
JD ‘Plastic Dreams’
A Guy Called Gerald ‘Voodoo Ray’

Top 3 tracks out at the moment?

Rennie Pilgrem ‘Erica’s Fix’ TCR
RackNRuin ‘Mindscape’ Sub Slayers
Pyramid ‘Blast Off’ Funkatech

What current producers do you think are really making waves at the moment?

RackNRuin
Pyramid
Skism

In what way do you think breaks has evolved over the years?

It’s gone round in a circle from being all about the beats, to become a bit techy to coming back to raw beats again

How have you incorporated the changes into your music?

Breaks has always taken-aboard influences from what’s going on around it, and currently it’s taking a leaf from Dub Step by going-up to 140 BPM and using some of their sounds and production techniques. Same way as when Nu Skool started we were obsessed with emulating the futuristic sounds of Drum n Bass

Out of all your albums, which one is your favourite?

I think Pilgremage because it has all my influences on there and was the first time I started playing bass guitar

Name three of your biggest influences…

Prince, Miles Davis and my Father who got me into music

If you were to throw a party which 3 people would top your Guestlist?

Whichever 3 people had the biggest Facebook network

Would you ever consider switching genres away from breaks?

Well I’ve been doing more funk-influenced stuff lately which has not just been breaks and my Soundtrack is much more abstract but those rhythms are not etched in my soul and I can’t see any going back.

If you had to live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Majorca, because the water don’t taste like it ‘ought ta.

What can we expect from you this summer at Southern Sounds?

I have a troupe of dancing pigmies who will be pogoing in gay abandon to my irresistible music and I am going to smash the arse out of it with ‘140’ mayhem.

See Rennie smash the backside off a pygmy on June 11th on Clapham Common! Tickets for Southern Sounds are now on sale, and you can buy direct from Breakspoll and Crooked and save yourself a bundle! Buy Tickets Here.