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Kilburn Pub Jukebox circa 1978.
This Is Life! Some drum ’n’ bass favourites!
The Hammock Mix. This is the second HouseBreakin’ Mix. The brief set by Tendril was a selection of your favourite tunes to lie in a hammock on some tropical shore watching the sun set. I decided on a selection of old classics from a good few years back which is probably a bit upbeat for lying in a hammock! It’s a good mix though sure to keep your toes tapping!
Doin’ What I Do... Is another selection of tunes taken from way before I decided to have a go at being a Dj. It’s mostly old House and more Techy stuff with a few clangers thrown in for good measure!
City Lights is a mix of some of my favourite House tunes from the last few years. I wanted the mix to have the feel of a night out in the city so get your glad-rags on and get ready to shake your thang...
Deviant is a dark and moody mix inspired by some of the more interesting aspects of human interaction. The mix fuses Dubstep, Techno, House and Breaks to create a world of contrast and paradox that you may or may not like! So would you care to slip into something less comfortable?
Urban11. Us urban75ers occasionally when we can be arsed do a massive cd-mix-swapping exercise where everyone concerned sends out a mix they have done to two complete strangers, and in return recieves two mixes from two complete strangers. The mixes can be as diverse as the compiler likes, and this is my effort from the last run. It covers hip-hop, house, dubstep, breaks and whatnot...
Vestax Blisters is a right old mish-mash of the old and new, to achieve some of the mixes some serious pitch control abuse had to be undertaken in order to shoe-horn the tunes together! It’s another dark selection that includes some lighter moments incuding a silly mash-up of The Sabres of Paradise’s classic Wilmot.
80's Mixtape. Well some of the best new tunes are re-edits and mash-ups of classic old tunes. This is a silly, cheese-ridden bit of fun I did a few years back that will have you wanting to get your flourescent leg-warmers and global-hypercolour t-shirts on. Hitman and Her anyone?
Crystalline. A truly stonkin’ selection of phat nu-skool breaks, and very much a HouseBreakin’ style mix. This really does keep on rockin’ right the way to the end, and should definitely be on your personal music device!
My name is Toby and my alter-ego is DjTAB, during the week I have a day-job and at the weekend I'm a Dj.
I'm a member of the HouseBreakin’ collective, a group of like-minded individuals who when not doing thier respective day-jobs put on lovely parties for the discerning clubber and experienced hedonist! You can find a link to the main HouseBreakin’ site in the top-bar of this page.
Alongside HouseBreakin’s Tendril I co-founded StumbleWorthy, an eclectic music based social club which began life in a back-street South London boozer. Since it’s birth the concept has grown in popularity which culminated in our first Stumble-All-Nighter featuring Dj Bigga and J*Star... You can also find a link to the main StumbleWorthy site in the top-bar of this page.
I’m a very versatile Dj, I’ve been playing and loving music for as long as I can remember and am just as happy playing hip-hop as I am playing House, Techno and everything else inbetween. I have been teaching myself to scratch which has also broadened the range of styles in which I can play, I love to have fun behind the decks, if I’m having fun it transfers across onto the dancefloor.
On this site you’ll find free mixes for you to download, lots of links to the party community. There’s also photo galleries including an archive of all the flyers from events we’ve organised or been involved in. There’s links to me on Facebook and Myspace plus some other places I hang out! Also there is a link to our party collective calendar, and any party information will also be published here so bookmark me eh!?
In honour of Mr HouseBreakin’s Birthday we're going back to nature. Secret London location to be revealed on the day. Unsound are going to be joining us on this one, and there is a Metaponto Reunion Picnic in London Fields prior to the party. 11pm to 8am. Phone the partyline on 07940 065 313 for location details.
StumbleWorthy now has it’s very own shiny new Facebook group to match the shiny new 2009! Make sure you join up to be kept up to date with our parties plus mixes to download, photo galleries etc etc.. The main StumbleWorthy site is currently down, we are trying to condense our web-costs, so we will probably put the site back up again soon as a sub-domain of the main HouseBreakin’ site
Well the above picture surely represents the moment of 2008 for HouseBreakin’ It was taken outside JAMM in Brixton, there were several crews involved in the organisation of this event but somehow we ended up on the same poster as the legend that is Colin Dale. His radio show on Kiss certainly figures in my music history. I’m not ashamed to admit that we were to be found outside at 5am picking the poster off it’s hoarding. I’m on the left, and Tendril is on the right.
Ooooh! - a new toy!
Truly stumped I was as I tore off the paper of my Birthday present from the lovely Mrs TAB. Inside was a Korg Kaoss Pad 3, not at all what I expected! It calls itself a "Dynamic Effects Sampler" and so far all I can establish is that sound goes in, wizardry happens then lots more sound comes out again. It's great fun, and I figure I’m going to be learning how to use it properly for some time..... -Click the picture to be taken to a big version.
I’ve been using the blog function on Myspace for a while now, and it’s not really doing it for me any more. The purpose of this website is to document the experiences I have along the way, so I’ve decided to move my blog here as soon as I find a script I like the look of...
Check out StumbleRadio, every Sunday from 3pm to 5pm GMT on Interface. Expect much silliness and musical tomfoolery from myself and Tendril, plus with added web-cam goodness and chatter on the mic! Click the artwork below to go to Interface... Afterwards is the London Underground Show from 5pm to 8pm GMT, this will be hosted by a rota of Dj’s from London’s finest underground party crews. All details are on the HouseBreakin calendar.
We’re really pleased to announce that LouisePlus1 has allowed us to take on her radio show permanently. She along with the very best of London’s underground crews and Djs will provide quality tunes to accompany your Sunday afternoon. The LouisePlus1 show, now re-named London Underground follows on from StumbleWorthy from 17.00GMT.
I should also say a big thankyou to HouseBreakin’ for providing an environment in which I could develop as a Dj, I’m sure that without them I wouldn't have got as far as I have. A big thanks as well for Richard AKA King-Kutz for designing my logo. More thanks go to Tendril for not only building this website, but also teaching me how to keep it updated!
Finally thanks to all the people who help organise and come to our parties, all those who tune into interFACE or who download the mixes we put up. This isn’t about money, (although a little would be nice!) it’s about doing something you love doing. It’s really cool to know there are people listening and enjoying what you do!
Peace
Toby / DjTAB
