2) Ultimate Breaks & Beats: An Oral History
How one essential vinyl collection transformed the sound of music and helped funky beats conquer the world
Article by @unkut via @CuepointMusic
https://medium.com/cuepoint/ultimate-breaks-beats-an-oral-history-74937f932026">https://medium.com/cuepoint/...
How one essential vinyl collection transformed the sound of music and helped funky beats conquer the world
Article by @unkut via @CuepointMusic
https://medium.com/cuepoint/ultimate-breaks-beats-an-oral-history-74937f932026">https://medium.com/cuepoint/...
3) Amen, Brother: Breakbeat Lou and The Legacy of “Ultimate Breaks and Beats”
Breakbeat Lou is the man behind nearly every classic hip hop beat made from 1986-1997. Sweeney Kovar speaks with the original 45 king.
By Sweeney Kovar via @Passionweiss
https://www.passionweiss.com/2014/11/21/amen-brother-breakbeat-lou-and-the-legacy-of-ultimate-breaks-and-beats/">https://www.passionweiss.com/2014/11/2...
Breakbeat Lou is the man behind nearly every classic hip hop beat made from 1986-1997. Sweeney Kovar speaks with the original 45 king.
By Sweeney Kovar via @Passionweiss
https://www.passionweiss.com/2014/11/21/amen-brother-breakbeat-lou-and-the-legacy-of-ultimate-breaks-and-beats/">https://www.passionweiss.com/2014/11/2...
4) "There’s a certain way that I edited ‘Impeach The President’ – there’s a slight pop on one of the edits that you can hear – and people tend to sample that and they have no idea that I can tell."- Breakbeat Lou
Article by Robbie Ettelson via @unkut
https://www.unkut.com/2015/06/breakbeat-lou-the-unkut-interview/">https://www.unkut.com/2015/06/b...
Article by Robbie Ettelson via @unkut
https://www.unkut.com/2015/06/breakbeat-lou-the-unkut-interview/">https://www.unkut.com/2015/06/b...
5) "There’s a lot of stuff that people are looking for, for samples or boom bap drums, that’s simple. I’m looking for… I love structures of records, the full soul of a song that you can really feel."- Breakbeat Lou
By @jamieGroovement via Groovement
https://groovement.co.uk/2015/10/interview-breakbeat-lou-peanut-butter-wolf/">https://groovement.co.uk/2015/10/i...
By @jamieGroovement via Groovement
https://groovement.co.uk/2015/10/interview-breakbeat-lou-peanut-butter-wolf/">https://groovement.co.uk/2015/10/i...
6) "Your mixing skills had to be on point because you had very little pitch control...you had to know how to throw the records in because the slb-101 belt drive would drag if you didn’t know what you were doing."- Breakbeat Lou
Article by @djleanrock
http://www.leanrock.com/2011/in-the-crates-with-breakbeat-lou/">https://www.leanrock.com/2011/in-t...
Article by @djleanrock
http://www.leanrock.com/2011/in-the-crates-with-breakbeat-lou/">https://www.leanrock.com/2011/in-t...
7) "I would put the record in the bathtub with water so the label completely comes off. So, you wouldn’t know anything."- Breakbeat Lou
Article by @justinstrauss1 via @acehotel
http://reader.acehotel.com/music/just-talk-justin-strauss-with-breakbeat-lou-flores/">https://reader.acehotel.com/music/jus...
Article by @justinstrauss1 via @acehotel
http://reader.acehotel.com/music/just-talk-justin-strauss-with-breakbeat-lou-flores/">https://reader.acehotel.com/music/jus...
8) It Only Takes Six Seconds To Hear The World’s Most Sampled Song
Article by @dgoldenberg via @FiveThirtyEight https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-sampled-song-of-all-time/">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...
Article by @dgoldenberg via @FiveThirtyEight https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-sampled-song-of-all-time/">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...
9) "It changed so much that in 1995, in the Billboard top 100 singles chart, of the 52 weeks in the year, for 37 weeks there were records [charted] that sampled something from Street Beat Records."- Breakbeat Lou
Article/video by @SerkoFu via @RBMA
https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/breakbeat-lou">https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/...
Article/video by @SerkoFu via @RBMA
https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/breakbeat-lou">https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/...
10) “Again, you gotta understand something. Our collection was like a subculture. Only hardcore DJs and hardcore diggers and producers gravitated to them."- Breakbeat Lou
Article by @jamieGroovement via @nowthenmag
https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/breakbeat-lou-breakbeat-lou-ultimate-breaks-and-beats-on-tour">https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/...
Article by @jamieGroovement via @nowthenmag
https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/breakbeat-lou-breakbeat-lou-ultimate-breaks-and-beats-on-tour">https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/...
11) Discogs Mix 44- Breakbeat Lou
Article by @shooezgirl via @discogs
https://blog.discogs.com/en/discogs-mix-44-breakbeat-lou/">https://blog.discogs.com/en/discog...
Article by @shooezgirl via @discogs
https://blog.discogs.com/en/discogs-mix-44-breakbeat-lou/">https://blog.discogs.com/en/discog...
12) Building Blocks
Article by @monkuno via @waxpoetics
https://songwriting2018.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/ultimate-breaks-beats.pdf">https://songwriting2018.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/u...
Article by @monkuno via @waxpoetics
https://songwriting2018.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/ultimate-breaks-beats.pdf">https://songwriting2018.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/u...