{"id":27890,"date":"2020-09-12T18:47:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T22:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/records\/adventures-in-the-land-of-breaks\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T18:49:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T22:49:52","slug":"adventures-in-the-land-of-breaks","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/adventures-in-the-land-of-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in the Land of Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bust out the boombox, flatten out that cardboard dishwasher box, Funky Bijou have a bunch of fierce and sturdy breaks for you. The duo of DJs Marrrtin et Deheb, key players in the Rennes-based DJ and graffiti crew Stereophonk, have been cranking this stuff out for a decade or more now, and their productions have featured at breakdance battles worldwide. This mix in two 20-minute parts is a showcase for their finest moments, and it indulges unapologetically in the globetrotting \u201970s gangster-movie grooves that facilitators of funky breaks are so fond of. Lots of apprehensive bass lines, gritty rhythm guitar, and alarming brass outbursts. Much of side A is informed by Japanese yakuza thrillers, closing out on their excellent \u201cOkinawa Break\u201d, with its urgent shamisen and razor-sharp bamboo-flute licks. Side B kicks off with the squealing tires of a getawav car, the green light for the tight, punchy \u201cLido Break\u201d. That\u2019s followed by a synth-heavy remix of \u201cYekatt\u201d, a Mulatu Astatke piece covered by French Ethio-jazz revivalists he Selenites Band (also on Stereophonk). \u201cWorldwide\u201d wraps things up, not with a big bang but with a sneaky shuffle. Or does it? The bumping bonus track \u201cLate Night\u201d is thrown in as a little extra for the digital version of Adventures in the Land of Breaks<\/em>, and it\u2019s nothing to complain about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n