Botchit & Breakspeak

Four years on from Organik Technoloji and Botchit & Scarper release an equally eclectic collection of breakbeat workouts. The jungle influenced breakbeats and dirty sub-bass synonymous with the label remain pivotal, but vocals are the connecting force, whether the gruff rap of Master Blaster on ‘Frequency’, the soaring soulful tones on Overdriver vs Vini’s ‘History’, or the plaintive crooning on Native Bass’ ‘Leo & Capricorn’. There’s even some spoken word and a few diva efforts that wouldn’t be out of place on a Saturday night house anthem. It’s not just the vocals that make this one of the most exceptional breaks compilations around – musically the diversity on show dispels the myth that the breaks scene represents a bunch of boys with their toys and no soul or funk. This has lots of both. And it’s got Jason Sparks’ ‘Gangsters’ and S.F.K.’s ‘Forever Young’ – two good enough reasons to buy the album. Do it.