CHART POSITIONS
# 1 BREAKS & BEATS CHART – DJ MAGAZINE (27.10.04)

DJ COMMENTS –

Andy Gardner / Plump DJs (Various – Worldwide)
“Yep, we’ve liked these guys for a while. I’m liking the tech-funk”

Laurent Garnier (Various – Worldwide)
“Will definitely play “Brain Machine”

Jay Cunning (Menu Music / Breaks FM / Various – Europe)
“Into deep freq, got a nice freaky vibe to it.”

Friendly / Andrew Kornweibel (FAT! / Various – Worldwide)
“The swing/triplet timing in the A is so extreme. It’s a hook in itself. The B-side is good also”

Phil Hartnoll / Orbital (Various – Worldwide)
“Great double sider – got this label’s last release… also very good!”

Si Begg (Various – Europe)
“Love it, wicked, been playing off CD for ages.”

Tom Real (Mob / Various – UK)
“Good stuff. Blippy and squeaky. It’s Nuskool innit.”

Orion Edgar (Salt DJs / Various – Nottingham)
“Excellent tracks, high in my B&B chart.”

Fink / Sideshow (Ninja Tunes / Simple / Various – UK)
“Brain Machine does it’s thing – programming is bordering on Atom Heart style, didn’t really get Deep Frequency.”

Clive Morley (Supatronix / Breaks FM / Various - UK)
“I’ve had both of these on CD so I’m well used to getting a solid reaction from them. Another top slice from Heavy Disco.”

Dean Mushin (Urban Gorilla / Hum / DMC Update)
“Wickedness.”

Vigi (Streetwise / Various – UK)
“Crisp production, definitely worth looking out for in the future, thanks.”

Vlad / Breakneck (Breaks Fm / Various – UK)
“Great piece of production!… drops really heavy on the floor… in the box.”

Jonny Mac (Frequency / Various – UK)“Worth all the hype for sure, prefer Deep Freq.”

Klaus Heavyweight (TCR / Various – Australia)
“It’s cool, not really for my sets, but I did like…”

Vandal (Plastic Raygun / Various – UK)
“Two solid tracks which keep the floor busy.”

Ben Dickeson / Frakkar DJs (Crobar / Monkey / Various – Wales)
“Been Hearing this for ages. It lives up to the hype.”

Ann D (Headcharge / Various – UK)
“Heavy disco on top form as usual rocks socks.”

Mike Hogan (Breakspoll / TTR / Mofo / nsb.co.uk)
“Great track, have reviewed.”

George Mac / Basstrap (Various - Scotland)
“Pure digital funk in a very perfect form…sparkling and shimmerin’ electronics just ready to blow the lid off! Superb programming and tones…tight mix and vibe. Deep frequency has the acid edge we all need…Brain Machine swings a superb rhythm out and keeps it rollin just right. Totally lovin this 12!”

Kevin / Fine Cut Bodies (Chi Recordings / Various – Europe)
“Hexadecimal has the quality! Like both sides really, will play a lot!”

Eddy Temple Morris (The Remix – XFM / Various – UK)
“I like the B-Side most, it’s got an unruly squelch factor , it sounds amazing on a big sound system. More a club than a radio tune this, I can’t wait to drop it on savvy, bass adled breaks nuts.!”

Dom B / Stanton Warriors (Various – Worldwide)
“Brain Machine sounds cool.”

Lee Burridge (Tyrant / Various – Worldwide)
“I will play the A-Side out but both are good.”
Skool Of Thought (Supercharged / Various – Europe)
“Quality 12”, #6 in my chart.”

Chris Carter (TCR / Various – UK)
“Unusual blend of influences, well put together, nice trickey touches, top squelching!”

Mr Sneaky (Supercharged / Totally Radio / Various – UK)
“Dirty, heavy and funky ass grooves! Suit you!”

Danny Toft (Show No Shame / Tribal Sessions)
“Deep frequency… serious number, Love it!

Andy Marshall / Analogue (Viroid / Gurilla Tactics / Various – UK)
“Top tunes & long awaited, #5 in my chart.”

Pete Jordan (Spectrum)
“At last these two tunes get a release! Undoubtedly the dawn of something special for the breaks / music scene. Hexadecimal for president! ~1 in my chart.”

Geoff Ticehurst (Urban Gorilla / .Zero / Various)
“I’m really feeling the deep vibe to these tracks, they have enough chunkiness for the floor but don’t just bang for the sake of it. Love the breakdown on Brain Machine.”

Paul Thomas (God’s Kitchen / Various – UK)
“Dirty Dirty breaks! Went off when I dropped it at GK.”

Neil Raygun (Plastic Raygun / Various – UK)
“I’m no stranger to these guys. Brilliant. Brain machine is marginally my fave…”

Guy Hyper (DJ Mag / Various – Worldwide)
“Hexadecimal 12” is wicked! Have reviewed for DJ Mag!”

Jane Hassanali (Mixmag)
“I’ve received it, thanks, will try to review.”

Jerry Bouthier (DMC Update / Continental Records)
“A – starts off as pumping electro-disco (right up my avenue) but then gets a little too jazz funk (for me). B – Solid breaks. All together well produced in a tuff n’ funky vein.”

Tim Hancock / Capoeira Twins (Various – UK)
“And one day, All records will be made this way! Classic material – love both tracks , Brilliant!”

Mole & Aya (Boombox Records / Planet Patro)
“Cutting edge breaks at their best. B is my fave. Top 5 in my chart.”

Jake Subtropic (Experiments / Various – UK)
“Loving it! Shuffling beats make this groove with extreme funk – plenty of changes hold the attention on and off the floor. Brilliant!”

Ben & Lex (Functional Breaks / Beatz N Bobz / Various – UK)
“Very cool indeed. Nice programming, nice bass. Quite techy but still maintains the funk. Cool.”

PRESS
Hyper – DJ Mag (15-28.10.04)
Hexadecimal are from one of the UKs leading breaks nights, Spectrum in Nottingham. This is their debut release but their sound already shows maturity beyond their experience. This is their debut release but their sound already shows maturity beyond their experience. These two tracks are firmly groove based with bounding electro beats, crazy, squelchy noises and a deep bassline to move the floor. Miss out on this at your peril.
4.5 stars

Mike Hogan – TTR / nsb.co.uk / Mofo
These Nottingham based lads have delivered a real corker for the third instalment from this excellent new label. Title track is a big party starting tune with a hypnotic electronic vocal loop played off against a shuffling percussive beat and electroid melodies and great builds.
Brain machine on the flip is heavy electrobreaks with buckets of squelch and more synthetic vocal hooks, and is one of Meat Katie’s favourite tunes. Heavy disco is a label to pay notice of every release so picks this up.

Rennie Pilgrem – IDJ (November 2004)
Heavy disco’s third release in as many months. This time from Nottingham’s Hexadecimal.’Brain Machine’ is electro-tinged, vocodered funk with heavy kicks and snare and lots of squelchy bits. ‘Deep Frequency’ is more Nu Skool with distorted bass and plenty of futuristic noises.
4/5