Nick on Breakbeat:

"I've been addicted to electronic music for more years than I can possibly remember. Not just a particular strain mind you, but ALL of it - ranging from the funkiest deep house to the harder, faster and techier d&b and almost everything in between. I think as a result of this, I found it quite difficult to settle into a groove when it came to writing and composing.

Five years ago, I remember first hearing Tsunami One's Hip Hop Phenomenon, and just being completely blown away by that track. There was something there that for me transcended everything I'd ever heard before; there were cool electronic noises, chopped up vocals and deep basslines that I appreciated and was accustomed to. But underpinning it were these intoxicating beats, dominating the lower frequencies but moving and syncopating in a way that I hadn't really heard before. When it came to the breakdown, my jaw just dropped - this fucker was huge!

I went out the following day and bought up the entire Marine Parade back catalogue, and even though those tracks didn't quite match up to the sheer quality of HHP (you can't touch a collaboration between BT and Freeland in my opinion) a seed was definitely planted. I guess you could say that that one put my musical life on track, and led me to start Fullmono in the first place!

I think to this day, breaks is the only underground dance style that has survived commercial homogenisation; apart from from the odd Orange phone ad (which was class btw), you very rarely hear breaks tunes outside of the underground. It's remained true to it's roots, which kind of appeals to me."

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