Tuesday 7 September 2010

Artist Profile: Code:Breaker 4.1


Breaker cut his teeth in jungle drum and bass back in the mid nineties on London's pirate radio scene, and was fast immortalised as the voice of MSXFM  radio station in the multi million worldwide selling and award winning video game 'Grand Theft Auto 3', and the follow up 'Liberty City Stories' - starring alongside one of D&B's most famous innovators, DJ Timecode (Rob Playford, Moving Shadow Recordings).

An engineer as well as a vocalist, stints in the studio since then saw him most notably team up with Crystal Clear and David Boomah to produce Jungle classics, 2 Tone Sound and The Sickness on DJ Hype's Ganja Records,as well as a host of releases on Formation Records, Reformed, Heavy Rotation, Sonix & Buttercuts Records.

Working both the UK Hip Hop and Drum and Bass scenes since the millennium, Breaker honed and crafted his wordsmith skills and has graced many a lineup as part of a number of acts (BC400, The Mighty Avatar, Murderation) as well as solo MC work as Code:Breaker. As an MC, Breaker is known for razor sharp creativeness and inventive, intelligent wordplay – never turning to the many cliches that are the pitfall of too many MC's.

2010 sees Breaker bring all his skills to the fore, combining Production, DJ'ing and MC'ing as the only one man band in the business. Seamlessly bridging the gap between DJ and MC using a custom designed DJ rig for explosive, professional live performances, Breaker obliterates the notion that Dj'ing and MC'ing simultaneously 'cant be done blood'.

A true innovator for future music performance, Codebreaker 4.1 has raised the bar on traditional DJ/MC sets. A flexible, creative 'D&Bcentric' live performance can encompass many styles and genre's from Hip Hop and Reggae, through to Jungle, Dubstep and beyond.

Current residencies in the UK see Breaker working crowds for jungle legends Congo Natty, Ray Keith of Dread Recordings, Flex FM 99.7 London and many more, both as a solo MC and as his one man DJ/MC imprint, Codebreaker 4.1.

Highlights of the year include a bone shaking performance at Glastonbury 2010 on the full to the brim Bassline Circus stage alongside long-time sparring partner David Boomah.





Mission:
Push things FORWARD! & Cant stand it when people hark back to the 90's constantly, them days are gone lets make good music going forward not looking back.
Personal mission: Releases releases releases...

You can catch Code:Breaker 4.1 Live alongside David Boomah @ The Remedy @ Blag Club, Canalot Studios.  A night of Jungle, DnB, House, Garage and Dubstep on Saturday 11th September 10pm - 3am

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