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Breakspoll – The Early Years

Breakspoll is back.  Now in its 11th year, the awards ceremony for the world of breaks and breakbeat is to be held at Cable Studios for the second year in a row, after a move from Fabric.  As the spam rolls in and artists suddenly start sending out newsletters and freebies, we take a look back over the early years of the awards to throw some light on the history of Breakspoll.

The first Breakspoll awards were held virtually, on an internet forum called BreaksWorld.  The site itself is long gone, but what possibly started out as a bit of fun on the internet has survived and evolved into the biggest event in the breaks calendar.  Back then, awards for the best tunes and DJs, were accompanied by categories such as ‘Best Breakbeat Beard’ and ‘Sexiest Person in Breaks’.  Many of the well established and familiar names in Breaks feature heavily in the list of nominees and winners from that year.

Adam Freeland’s live mix ‘On Tour’ won Best Album, with Koma & Bones taking the prize for Best Producer and Best Remix, for their take on Beber and Tamra’s ‘Travellin’ On’.  TCR won Best Record Label, with its owner, Rennie Pilgrem, being awarded King of Breaks.  B.L.I.M. snatched Best Remixer.  All familiar names.  Except for one – Jonathan Lisle, who won best DJ and was nominated in the best album and King of Breaks award.

Lisle seems to have vanished from the breaks scene, making an appearance in the nominations in 2002 before never being heard of again, at the Breakspoll awards at least, whilst the others continued on to become household names in the breaks scene.  Discovered by Digweed, he apparently continued DJing before hanging up his heaphones in 2007 to concentrate on a legal career.

Track of the Year was B.L.I.M. and Rennie Pilgrem’s ‘Yellow Snow’ mix of Eskimo, a absolute belter of a tune.

 

With the poll for 2001 out of the way, some bright spark decided to do it all over again, only this time there was a party to celebrate on Thursday 27th February 2003, at Electrowerkz, a club in Angel, London.  Winners of the 2001 poll formed the lineup:

Breakspoll Awards Line-up
Rennie Pilgrem
FreQ Nasty
Krafty Kuts
Jean Jacques Smoothie
Phantom Beats vs Vandal
Atomic Hooligan vs Mechanoise
Jonathan Lisle
Jay Cunning vs Haze & Force Mass Motion

The awards for 2002 were announced and presented on the night, by Annie Nightingale of BBC Radio One.  Categories increased dramatically in number compared to the first poll and the Sexiest Person in Breakbeat and Best Breakbeat Beard awards were confined to the history books.

New awards appeared for Best Website, Best Magazine and something called ‘Face Of Breaks 2003′, presumably for whom people thought would be representing the scene in the year the awards were actually presented.  Krafty Kuts took that one home.  There was also an award for the Best New Act, which is something Breakspoll has continued to expand on over the years, giving new DJs, producers and labels the opportunity to get some recognition in amongst the bigger players.

There were some recognisable names nominated in the Best New Act that year, including iLS, Stereo 8 and Dan F, but the prize was taken by Raw As F*CK, which was actually the pseudonym for The Freestylers, already well established in the breaks scene, but going by a different name after the collapse of their record label.  Best Label was won by Finger Lickin’, kicking off a series of wins that saw them take the award a further 5 times.  Serial winners were also MOFO Magazine, who won the award for Best Magazine 5 years in a row, beating DJ Mag, Muzik and Mixmag along the way, until they stopped putting out the free magazine.  The category was quietly dropped after the awards for 2006.  Best Website was presented to NuBreaks.com, with Breaksworld.com, the home of the first Breakspoll awards receiving only a nomination.

Rennie Pilgrem once again took the King of Breaks title, now referred to as Most Valuable Person, while Adam Freeland, his co-promoter from Friction was awarded the prize of best DJ.  Best Track was a real classic:

 

The third Breakspoll Awards Ceremony, for 2003, was held in a new venue, The Egg in Kings Cross.  The lineup grew somewhat that year.

Line-up
Rennie Pilgrem, Krafty Kuts, Adam Freeland, FreQ Nasty, Stanton Warriors and Meat Katie in a 4 hour breakbeat DJ battle – with a warm up on the night from Phantom Beats.
New Blood Stage:
Transformer Man
Deep Impact
Random Source
SplitLoop (live)
Jay Cunning & Atomic Hooligan (5 Decks & FX ft Xander Beatbox)
Evil 9 (live)
Skool Of Thought
Drunken Allstars
Raising the Bar:
Cedric Benoit
Vandal vs Pete Jordan
Future Funk Squad
Scissorkicks
Friendly
Deekline & Ollywood

In my opinion, 2003 was a special year for breaks.  Flicking back through vinyl, it’s amazing just how many of the really great tracks came out that year.  The album category was particularly strong, with Freeland’s ‘Now & Them’, B.L.I.M.’s ‘Lost in Music’ and Koma & Bones’ ‘Shutterspeed’ all jockeying for position with the eventual winners of the award, the Plump DJ’s.  Their second album, Eargasm, gave them their second award on the night, as they were also crowned Best Producers.

There was no Best DJ award for 2003, but new categories came in the form of Best New Label and Best Retailer.  Best New Label went to Streetwise, an offshoot of the record store based in Cambridge, somewhat unsurpringly after unleashing the slab of vinyl containing the Best Remix of 2003, Rennie Pilgrem’s ‘Agatha Stomp’ remix of Zero’s ‘Emit/ Collect’.  Many still regard this as the one of the biggest tunes in nu skool breaks history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78dMQr8qA_g

Vinyl Addiction won the inaugural Best Retailer award, the shop that shared a Camden Town building with Finger Lickin Records and the Best Website award went to NuSkoolBreaks.co.uk, a forum devoted to the sound, something they have managed to repeat every year since.  Every year except for 2008, when the award seemed to take a year off.  Spectrum won Best Club for the second year in a row.  With Rennie Pilgrem once again being named Most Valuable Person, it was Adam Freeland who was declared the Face Of Breaks 2004, having had quite a successful year with We Want Your Soul and his Now and Them album.

After the awards for 2003, Breakspoll moved venues once again, to a new home that would host many years of messy Thursday February nights.  All that’s left, is to leave you with the Best Single of 2003, Rennie Pilgrem and B.L.I.M.’s ‘2 Freaks’, featuring vocals from Chickaboo, often found MCing over Rennie’s sets through the years.

See all the past winner and nominees here.

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2001

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 1st International Breakbeat Awards.

Internet poll conducted by www.breaksworld.com.

Tune Of The Year

B.L.I.M. & Rennie Pilgrem – Eskimo (Yellow Snow Mix) [TCR]
Koma & Bones – Dead Beat [TCR]
Koma & Bones – Morpheous [TCR]
Vandal – Boom Stick [Plastic Raygun]
Aquasky vs Masterblaster – 777 [Botchit Breaks]

Remix Of The Year

Beber and Tamra – Travellin’ On (Koma & Bones Mix) [Mob Records]
Orbital – Funny Break (One Is Enough) (Plump DJ’s Mix) [FFRR]
Blame – Music Takes You (B.L.I.M. Takes You) [Moving Shadow]
John Creamer and Stephane K – I Love You (Hybrid’s Claustrophobic Remix) [Acetate Ltd]

Best Breaks Album

Adam Freeland – On Tour [Marine Parade]
Stanton Warriors – The Stanton Session [XL]
Various – The Raygun Administration [Plastic Raygun]
Various – Koma & Bones Present: Y4K – Next Level Breaks [Distinct’ive Breaks]
Jonathan Lisle – Loose Cannon
Various – Botchit Breaks 4 [Botchit & Scarper]

Top DJ

Jonathan Lisle
Adam Freeland
DJ Hyper
Krafty Kuts
Plump DJs
Haze
Jay Cunning

Best Producer

Koma & Bones
PMT
Plump DJs
FreQ Nasty
B.L.I.M.
Rennie Pilgrem
Vandal

Best Remixer

B.L.I.M.
Koma and Bones
Plump DJs
PMT
Si Begg
Future Funk Squad

Top Label

TCR
Acetate Ltd
Plastic Raygun
Backroom
Marine Parade

Best Club Night

Bedrock [Breaks Room]
Cryonix
Collision

Best Non Breaks Tune

Jean Jacques Smoothie – 2 People [Echo]
Kosheen – Hide U {Moksha]
Andy C & Shimon – Bodyrock [Ministry Of Sound]
Iio – Rapture [Data]

Sexiest Person in Breakbeat

10 Sui
Shugga
Sonia Soto

King of Breakbeat Beards

Johan Olaffson
Adam Freeland
DJ Haze

King Of Breaks

Rennie Pilgrem
Adam Freeland
B.L.I.M.
Jonathan Lisle

 

2002

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 2nd International Breakbeat Awards.

26th February 2003 @ Electrowerkz –  London, UK.

Best Single

Ils – Next Level [Marine Parade]
Forme – Kick a Hole [Marine Parade]
Hybrid – Celebrity Science [Distinct’ive Breaks]
Raw as F*CK – Punks [Against The Grain]
Stabilizer – Nitzer [Plastic Raygun]

Best Remix

Afrika Bambaataa – Funky Heroes (Krafty Kuts Zulu Funk Remix) [Acetate Ltd]
Blame – Music Takes You (B.L.I.M. Takes You) [Moving Shadow]
Stir Fry – Breakin’ in the Streets (False Prophet Remix) [Kilowatt]
Xpress 2 – Smoke Machine (Koma & Bones Remix) [Skint]
Ils – No Soul (PMT Remix) [Marine Parade]

Best Album Or Compilation

DJ Hyper – Bedrock Breaks [Bedrock]
Various Artists – Botchit Breaks 5 [Botchit & Scarper]
James Lavelle – Global Underground #023 Barcelona [Global Underground Ltd]
Ils – Soul Trader [Marine Parade]
Freq Nasty – Y4K – Next Level Breaks [Distinct’ive Breaks]

Best DJ

Adam Freeland
Freq Nasty
Hybrid
Jonathan Lisle
Krafty Kuts

Best Producer

Hybrid
Dan F
Ils
Koma & Bones
Tipper

Best New Act

Raw as F*CK
Dan F
Ils
Nubreed
Stereo 8

Best Label

Finger Lickin’
Distinct’ive Breaks
Marine Parade
Plastic Raygun
TCR

Best Club / Event

Spectrum
Fabric Live
Bedrock
Trigger
Global Beats

Best Radio Show / Station

Breaks FM
Groovetech
Kiss FM
Proton Radio
BBC Radio 1

Best Website

www.nubreaks.com
www.breaksworld.co.uk
www.hybrid-group.com
www.inthemix.com.au
www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk

Best Magazine

Mofo
DJ Mag
Breaking Point
Knowledge
Muzik

Best Non Breaks Tune

Layo & Bushwacka! – Love Story [XL]
Missy Elliot – Work It [Elektra]
Royksopp – Poor Leno [Wall Of Sound]
Underworld – 2 Months Off [Junior Boy’s Own]
Streets – Original Pirate Material [679]

Face of Breaks 2003

Krafty Kuts
Adam Freeland
Freq Nasty
Jonathan Lisle
Plump DJs

Most Valuable Person

Rennie Pilgrem
Adam Freeland
Freq Nasty
Hyper
Krafty Kuts

 

2003

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 3rd International Breakbeat Awards.

26th February 2004 @ Egg – London, UK.

Best Single

Rennie & Blim ft MC Chickaboo – 2 Freaks [TCR]
AMB – Romeo [Chi]
Freeland – We Want Your Soul [Marine Parade]
General Midi – Furthur [TCR]
Friendly – Glottal Stomp [Fat!]

Best Remix

Zero – Emit / Collect (Rennie Pilgrem Remix) [Streetwise]
Presser – 2 Black 2 Gay (Friendly Remix) [Fat!]
Underworld – Cowgirl / Rez (Atomic Hooligan Remix)
Splitloop – Klaxx (Introspective Remix) [Sinister]
Groove Armada – Superstylin (Skool Of Thought Remix)

Best Album or Compilation

Plump DJs – Eargasm [Finger Lickin’]
Various – DJ Deekline Presents Hardcore Beats [Rat]
Blim – Lost in Music [TCR]
Freeland – Now & Them [Marine Parade]
Koma & Bones – Shutterspeed [TCR]

Best Producer

Plump DJs
Aquasky vs Masterblaster
B.L.I.M.
Elite Force
Evil Nine

Best New Act

Friendly
The Breakfastaz
Splitloop
Superstyle Deluxe
Transformer Man

Best Label

Finger Lickin’
Marine Parade
Plastic Raygun
Supercharged
TCR

Best New Label

Streetwise
Electrofly
Fusetrax
Lab Rok
Mantra Breaks

Best Club / Event

Spectrum
Agatha (Italy)
Fabric
Hum
Urban Gorilla

Best Radio Show / Station

Breaks FM
Annie Nightingale (BBC Radio 1)
Energy Music
Futurized Radio
Tayo (Kiss FM)

Best Website

www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk
Fuel
www.nubreaks.com
www.spectrum48k.com
www.streetwisemusic .co.uk

Best Magazine

Mofo
DJ Mag
iDJ
Jockey Slut
Knowledge

Best Breaks Retailer

Vinyl Addiction
Decksterity Records
Juno
Release Records
Streetwise

Face of Breaks 2004

Adam Freeland
Freq Nasty
Krafty Kuts
Plump DJs
Rennie Pilgrem

Most Valuable Person

Rennie Pilgrem
Adam Freeland
Krafty Kuts
Meat Katie
Plump DJs

 

2004

Winners (Highlighted) and Nominees of the 4th International Breakbeat Awards.

24th February 2005 @ Fabric – London, UK.

Best Single

Plump DJs – Soul Vibrates / Bullet Train [Finger Lickin’]
Evil Nine – Crooked [Marine Parade]
Friendly – Bump & Grind [Fat!]
JDS vs Mihel – Purple Funky Monkey [TCR]
Steelzawheelz – P Fonk (Remixes) [West]

Best Remix

Freestylers – Push Up (Plump DJs Remix) [Against The Grain]
Freestylers – Boom Blast (Deekline & Wizard Remix) [Against The Grain]
Alex Dolby – Hazy Way (Evil9 Remix) [Mantra Vibes]
Armand Van Helden – My My My (Deekline & Wizard Vocal Mix Featuring Yolanda) [Southern Fried]
Unkle – Reign (Evil 9 Mix) [GU Music]

Best Album or Compilation

Evil 9 – You Can Be Special Too [Marine Parade]
Deekline & Wizard – Beats, Breaks & Blondes [Botchit & Scarper]
Freestylers – Raw As F*CK [Against The Grain]
Lee Coombs – Breakfast Of Champions [Finger Lickin’]
Rennie Pilgrem – Pilgremage [TCR]

Best DJ

Krafty Kuts
Adam Freeland
Meat Katie
Plump DJs
Rennie Pilgrem

Best Producer

Plump DJs
The Breakfastaz
Friendly
Rennie Pilgrem
Evil Nine

Breakthrough Act

The Breakfastaz
Baobinga
Madox
Splitloop
Steelzawheelz

Best Label

Finger Lickin’
Marine Parade
Fat!
Streetwise
TCR

Breakthrough Label

West
Bassrock
Heavy Disco
Lot49
Vinyl Addiction Breaks

Best Club / Event

Spectrum
Agatha (Italy)
Chew The Fat
Hum
Eargasm @ Fabric

Best Radio Show / Station

Breaks FM
Annie Nightingale (BBC Radio 1)
Menu Sessions
NSB Radio
Strongarm Sessions

Best Website

www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk
www.breakbeatworldwide.com
www.nubreaks.com
www.samurai.fm
www.streetwisemusic .co.uk

Best Magazine

Mofo
DJ
iDJ
Mixmag
Knowledge

Best Breaks Retailer

Vinyl Addiction
Decksterity Records
Juno
Know How Records
Streetwise

Radio 1 Grass Roots Award

Biff Mitchell
Jimmy Brayks
Paul Arnold
Pete Jordan
Pippa (TCR)

Outstanding Contribution To Breaks

Rennie Pilgrem
Adam Freeland
Annie Nightingale
Meat Katie
Plump DJs

 

2005

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 5th International Breakbeat Awards.

23rd February 2006 @ Fabric – London, UK.

Best Single

Dopamine – Hold You [TCR]
Deekline & Wizard – All Your Love [Botchit & Scarper]
Stanton Warriors – Pop Ya Cork [Punks]
Pendulum Featuring The Freestylers – Fasten Your Seatbelts [Inertia]
Vandal – Mad As Hell [Lot49]

Best Remix

Drumattic Twins – Feelin Kinda Strange (Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer Remix) [Finger Lickin’]
Diverted – Tholid (Vlad Remix) [TCR]
Gorillaz – Feel Good (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Plaza De Funk – Got The Funk (Madox Mozzarella Mix) [West]
Splitloop – Both Knees (The Breakfastaz Remix) [Against The Grain]

Best Album

Atomic Hooligan – You Are Here [Botchit & Scarper]
General Midi – Midi Style [Distinct’ive]
Ils – Bohemia [Distinct’ive]
Splitloop – Here On Business [Against The Grain]
The Rogue Element – Rogue Rock [Exceptional]

Best Compilation

Plump DJs Present Saturday Night Lotion {Finger Lickin’]
The Breakfastaz Present Breakspoll Presents: Vol. 1 [Against The Grain]
Fabric 21: Meat Katie [Fabric]
Rennie Pilgrem Presents TCR 100 [TCR]
Y4K Presents: Evil 9 [Distinct’ive Breaks]

Best DJ

Krafty Kuts
Atomic Hooligan
The Breakfastaz
Meat Katie
Plump DJs

Breakthrough Act

NAPT
Clive Morley
Ctrl-Z
Steelo
Steelzawheelz

Best Producer

Plump DJs
Deekline & Wizard
Madox
Splitloop
Stanton Warriors

Breakthrough Producer

The Rogue Element
Ctrl-Z
Dopamine
Metric
NAPT

Best Label

Finger Lickin’
Lot49
Mantra Breaks
TCR
West

Breakthrough Label

Broke
Burrito
Menu Music
Splank!
Title Fight

Best Club / Event

Eargasm
Chew The Fat
Fabric Live
Hum
Spectrum

Best Radio Show

Annie Nightingale (BBC Radio 1)
Menu Music Sessions
Mjoogoo – Highheels Sessions
Elite Force – Strongarm Session
Tayo – Dread At The Controls

Best Radio Station

Breaks FM
BBC Radio 1
iBreaks
NSB Radio
Proton Radio

Best Website

www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk
www.bijoubreaks.com
www.breakbeatworldwide.com
www.fingerlickin.co.uk
www.ibreaks.co.uk

Best Breaks Retailer

Know How Records
Chemical Records
Decksterity Records
Juno
Streetwise

Best Magazine

Mofo
DJ
iDJ
Knowledge
Mixmag

Outstanding Contribution To Breaks

Meat Katie
Adam Freeland
Deekline & Wizard
Paul Arnold
Plump DJs

 

2006

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 6th International Breakbeat Awards.

22nd February 2007 @ Fabric – London, UK.

Best Single

Far Too Loud – Get High / Midnight [Funkatech]
Krafty Kuts and Tim Deluxe – Bass Phenomenon [Against The Grain]
Noisia – Gutterpump [Passenger]
Plump DJs – Mad Cow [Finger Lickin’]
SOTO – Ghetto Blast Ya [Menu Music]

Best Remix

Noisia – Gutterpump (Rogue Element vs Tom Real Remix) [Passenger]
Future Funk Squad – Towards The Sun (Evil Nine Remix) [Default]
Jay Stewart – I’m Crazy You’re Crazy (Dopamine Remix) [Menu Music]
Krafty Kuts – Tell Me How You Feel (Rogue Element Remix) [Against The Grain]
Rob Reng – Plug Me In (Madox Remix) [Ruff Dog]

Best Album

Krafty Kuts – Freakshow [Against The Grain]
Aquasky – Teamplayers [Passenger]
Atomic Hooligan – You Are Here: The Remixes [Botchit & Scarper]
Elite Force – Modern Primitive [Adrift]
Freestylers – Adventures In Freestyle [Freskanova]

Best Compilation

Stanton Warriors – FabricLive. 30 [Fabric]
Various – Breakbeat Bass Vol 2 [Passenger]
Various – Various – Hardwired Mixed By CTRL-Z & Screwface [Hardcore Beats]
Evil Nine – FabricLive. 28 [Fabric]
Freq Nasty – Breakspoll Presents: Volume 2 [Supercharged]

Best DJ

Krafty Kuts
Atomic Hooligan
Madox
Pete Jordan
Stanton Warriors

Breakthrough DJ

Hexadecimal
Def Inc
Groove Diggerz
Janette Slack
Kid Blue

Best Producer

The Rogue Element
Aquasky
Dopamine
Madox
Stanton Warriors

Breakthrough Producer

Groove Diggerz
Def Inc
Far Too Loud
Hexadecimal
Noisia

Best Label

Mantra Breaks
Botchit and Scarper
Broke
Hardcore Beats
Passenger

Breakthrough Label

Sound of Spectrum
Breakin Even
Diverted Traffic
Mofo
Trans:verse

Best Club/Event

Spectrum
C64
Chew The Fat
Eargasm
Platform 12

Best Radio Show

Annie Nightingale (BBC Radio 1)
Mjoogoo – Highheels Session (NSB Radio)
Jay Cunning (Kiss FM)
JBass and Journeyman
Elite Force – Strongarms Session

Best Radio Station

Breaks FM
BBC Radio 1
Brap FM
iBreaks
NSB Radio

Best Website

www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk
www.bijoubreaks.com
www.breaks.fm
www.ibreaks.co.uk
www.streetwisemusic.co.uk

Best Magazine

Mofo
DJ Mag
Future Music
iDJ
Mixmag

Best Retailer

Know How Records
Chemical Records
DJ Download
Juno
Streetwise

Outstanding Contribution

Krafty Kuts
Annie Nightingale
Aquasky
Plump DJs
Stanton Warriors

 

2007

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 5th International Breakbeat Awards.

29rd February 2008 @ Fabric – London, UK.

Best Single

Plump DJs – System Addict [Finger Lickin’]
30Hz – Daddio featuring Yolanda [Lot 49]
Atomic Hooligan – Paper Cuts [Botchit & Scarper]
Hardy Hard & Lady Waks – Minimal [Menu Music]
The Breakfastaz featuring Ivory – Girls, Money, Drink & Drugs [The Breakfast Club]

Best Remix

The Autobots & Screwface – Flesh Eater (General Midi Remix) [Broke]
DJ Mutiny – Soulrunner (Superstyle Deluxe Remix) [Botchit Breaks]
Groove Armada – Get Down (Elite Force Remix) [Columbia]
Hardy Hard and Lady Waks – Minimal (The Rogue Element Remix) [Menu Music]
Robb G – 12 Inch Therapy (Bass Kleph Dirty Ows Mix) [Promo]

Best Album

Ils – Paranoid Prophets [Botchit & Scarper]
30Hz – Electric Sheep [Lot49]
Ed Solo & Skool of Thought – Random Acts Of Kindness [Against The Grain]
Various – Remixes: Remixed By Stanton Warriors [Skint]
Soul Of Man – Relicked [Finger Lickin’]

Best DJ

Stanton Warriors
A Skillz
Plump DJs
Rennie Pilgrem
Tayo

Best Breakthrough DJ

Plaza De Funk
Antiform
Def Inc
Groove Diggerz
Lady Waks

Best Live Act

Atomic Hooligan
Deekline & Wizard
Hyper
Slyde
Freestylers

Best Producer

Plump DJs
Elite Force
Napt
Rogue Element
Stanton Warriors

Best Breakthrough Producer

Alex Metric
Beat Assassins
M.I. Loki
Maelstrom
Plaza De Funk

Best Label

Finger Lickin’
Against the Grain
Botchit & Scarper
Lot49
Menu Music

Best Breakthrough Label

Tricksta Recordings
Bombtraxx
Breakin Even
Diverted Traffic
Promo Records

Best Large Club / Event

Eargasm
Breaks Arena
Breaksday @ Glade
Chew The Fat
Supercharged

Best Small Club / Event

Fuse
Hoodoo
Sumo
Supatronix
Tangled

Best Radio Show

Annie Nightingale (BBC Radio 1)
Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1)
Ben & Lex – Beatz & Bobz Show
Jay Cunning (Kiss FM)
Elite Force – Strongarm Sessions

Best Radio Station

NSB Radio
BBC Radio 1
Breaks FM
iBreaks
Kiss FM

Best Website

www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk
www.bijoubreaks.com
www.breaks.it
www.fingerlickin.co.uk
www.superchargedmusic.com

Best Retailer

Know How Records
Beatport
DJ Download
Streetwise Music
Track It Down

Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat

Paul Arnold

 

2008

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 8th International Breakbeat Awards.

26th February 2009 @ Fabric – London, UK.

Best Track

NAPT – Gotta Have More Cowbell
A-Skillz feat Krafty Kuts – Happiness
Deekline & Ed Solo featuring MC Flipside & Benzo – Handz Up!
Far Too Loud feat SubSource – You Know the Sound
Stanton Warriors feat Big Daddy Kane – Get Wild

Best Remix

Slyde – Freqency (NAPT Remix)
Deekline & Ed Solo – Handz Up! (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Far Too Loud – Play It Loud (Broken Robot Remix)
Freestylers – Push Up Word Up (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Plump DJs – Shifting Gears (Stanton Warriors Remix)

Best Album

Plump DJs – Headthrash
Atomic Hooligan – Sex, Drugs & Blah Blah Blah
Evil Nine – They Live!
Slyde – Everyones Entitled To Our Opinion
Splitloop – Pleasure Machine

Best Compilation/Mix

Stanton Sessions Vol 3 – Mixed by Stanton Warriors
10 Years of Finger Lickin’
Booty Breaks Vol 3 – Mixed by Deekline & Wizard
Fabric Live 42 – Mixed by FreQ Nasty
Lot 49 Presents Lee Coombs – Mixed by Lee Coombs

Best DJ

Stanton Warriors
A Skillz
Freestylers
Krafty Kuts
Plump DJs

Best Breakthrough DJ

Apply The Breaks
Adsorb
D*Funk
Lady Waks
Richie Balboa

Best Live Act

Atomic Hooligan
Deekline & Wizard
Evil Nine
Freestylers
London Breakbeat Orchestra

Best Producer

NAPT
Deekline & Wizard
Evil Nine
Plump DJs
Stanton Warriors

Best Breakthrough Producer

Lady Waks
Beat Assassins
Break the Box
Specimen A
Vent

Best MC/Vocalist

Beardyman
Chickaboo
Dynamite
Ken Mac
Ragga Twins

Best Label

Finger Lickin’
Against The Grain
Funkatech
Hardcore Beats
Lot 49

Best Breakthrough Label

Cool & Deadly
Electric Tastebuds
Future Perfect
Ground Level
The Saw

Best Large Club / Event

FABRICLIVE
Breaks Arena
Breaksday @ Glade
Future Sound of Breaks
Glastonbury Dance Village

Best Small Club / Event

The Vinyl Touch
In Beats We Trust
Naughty Panda
Simian Sounds
Supatronix

Best Radio Show

Annie Nightingale (Radio One)
Jay Cunning Breakbeat Show (Kiss FM)
Beatz and Bobz Show with Ben and Lex (NSB Radio)
PointBreakz Sessionz (Point Blank FM)
Rennie Pilgrem Galaxy Breaks Show (Galaxy FM)

Best Radio Station

NSB Radio
Brap FM
Breaks FM
iBreaks
NuBreaks

Best Retailer

Beatport
Chemical Records
DJ Download
Juno
Track It Down

Outstanding Contribution To Breaks

Annie Nightingale

 

2009

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 9th International Breakbeat Awards.

25th February 2010 @ Fabric – London, UK.

Best Track

NAPT ft Louise Marshall – Make My Day (Funkatech)
Ctrl Z Vs The Freestylers – Ruffneck 09 Feat Navigator (Never Say Die Records)
Elite Force & Meat Katie – Believe (U&A Recordings)
Far Too Loud – Bass Association (Funkatech)
Stanton Warriors – Precinct (Punks)

Best Remix

Stanton Warriors – Precinct (Plump DJs Remix)
Deadmau5 – Strobe (Plump DJs Remix)
Deekline & Wizard – Back Up (Krafty Kuts Remix)
Drumattic Twins – Crazy Love (Peo De Pitte Remix)
The Prodigy – Omen (Noisia Remix)

Best Album

Deekline & Wizard – Back Up Coming Through
Crystal Method – Divided by Night
Drumattic Twins – Hammer & Tongs
Future Funk Squad – Disorders of Skill
Stereo:type presents – Whats That Noize

Best Compilation

Krafty Kuts – Re-Rubs
Deekline & Wizard – Back up Coming Through Remixed
Fort Knox Five – Radio Free DC Remixed
NuSkoolBreaks.co.uk presents Uncovered – Mixed by Ben & Lex
Plump DJs – Global Underground

Best DJ

Krafty Kuts
A Skillz
Lady Waks
NAPT
Stanton Warriors

Best Breakthrough DJ

Richie Balboa
BSD
DJ Chamber
James D´Ley
Scoundrel

Best Producer

NAPT
A-Skillz
Elite Force
Krafty Kuts
Stanton Warriors

Best Breakthrough Producer

BSD
Eschericks
Karton
Kouncilhouse
Peo De Pitte

Best Label

Funkatech
Against The Grain
Dead Famous
iBreaks
Westway

Best New Label

Dusted Breaks
Broken Robot Recordings
InBeatWeTrust Music
Scarcity
Up:Start Music

Best Large Club / Event

Glade Festival
Breaks Arena
FabricLive
Future Sound of Breaks
Stanton Sessions

Best Small Club / Event

Bass Kitchen
Barhouse, Chelmsford
In Beat We Trust
Monster Monster
Naughty Panda

Best Radio Show

Annie Nightingale (Radio One)
Annie Mac (Radio One)
Beatz n Bobz Show hosted by Ben & Lex (NSB Radio)
DJ Iceys Automatic Static (Sirius)
Jay Cunning Breakbeat Show (Kiss FM)

Best Radio Station

NSB Radio
Brap FM
iBreaks
NuBreaks
Rough Tempo

Best Podcast

Hedflux – Mindcell
Ali B presents Airpod
Evil Keg Breakbeat Podcast
Juno Breakbeat Podcast with Richie Balboa
The Bass & Breaks Podcast

Best Website / Blog

www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk
www.noiseporn.com
www.raveart.es
www.roughtempo.com
www.thisisbreaks.com

Best Retailer

Beatport
Breakbeat Online
Chemical Records
Juno
TrackItDown

Outstanding Contribution to Breaks

Jay Cunning

 

2010

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 10th International Breakbeat Awards.

4th March 2011 @ Canvas – London, UK.

Best Track

Hedflux – Mindcell
Beatman and Ludmilla – Backyard
Elite Force – The Law of Life
Noisia – Split the Atom
Stanton Warriors – Turn Me Up Some

Best Remix

Freestylers – Cracks (Ctrl Z Remix)
Bar 9 – Shaolin Style (Elite Force Mix)
Digital Breaks Foundation & Retroid – Nightfall (Kultur + Colombo Remix)
Don Diablo – Whos Your Daddy? (A-Skillz Remix)
Elite Force – The Law of Life (Access Denied Remix)

Best Album

Against The Grain Classics – Krafty Kuts
Disappear Here – Hybrid
Malditos Bass-Star-Dos! – BSD
Revamped – Elite Force
Tonight We Riot – Vandal

Best DJ

Krafty Kuts
A-Skillz
Elite Force
Lady Waks
Stanton Warriors

Best New DJ

DJ Chamber
Freerange DJs
Hedflux
James D’Ley
Mesmer

Best Producer

Elite Force
BSD
Far Too Loud
Krafty Kuts
Stanton Warriors

Best New Producer

Run Riot
Freerange DJs
Hedflux
Home Alone
Mesmer

Best Label

U&A
Against The Grain
Broken Robot
Finger Lickin’
Funkatech

Best New Label

Scarcity
Broken Robot
Digital Sensation UK
Electroshock
Ghetto Funk

Best Large Event

Shambahala Music Festival (CA)
Big Beat Reunion (UK)
Burning Man (USA)
iBreaks Festival (ESP)
Summer Festival (ESP)

Best Small Event

The Drop (Bristol, UK)
Hong Kong Ping Pong (Falmouth, UK)
Lowdown & Dirty (Manchester, UK)
Naughty Panda (Manchester, UK)
The Vinyl Touch (London, UK)

Best Radio Show

Annie Nightingale Breaks Show (Radio One)
Beatz n Bobz Show hosted by Ben & Lex (NSB Radio)
Disc Breaks with Llupa (NSB Radio)
DJ Iceys Automatic Static (Sirius)
Jay Cunning Breakbeat Show (Kiss FM)

Best Radio Station

NSB Radio
Brap FM
NuBreaks
Rough Tempo
UnitedBreaks

Best Website/Blog

www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk
www.ghettofunk.co.uk
www.nubreaks.com
www.raveart.es
www.thisisbreaks.com

Outstanding Contribution to Breaks

Krafty Kuts

 

2011

Winners (bold) and Nominees of the 11th International Breakbeat Awards.

25th February 2012 @ Canvas – London, UK.

To be announced…