Slipmatt – Breaking Free / Hear Me

As the scene split I followed the darker vibe of drum and bass but I still think this record has to be a contender for the best bit of vinyl ever pressed. Can anything else quite match the absolute stone cold classic anthems that are on it? Alien Girl and Cutslo maybe? The DJ SS remix of Breaking Free is also awesome.

Slipmatt PLEASE remaster this digitally for everyone to enjoy. This has a bit of Jungle, D&B, Hardcore and Happy all in one...even a nice dark edge to it as well. CLASSIC !

As with the majority of "Ramos And Sunset Regime (and Supreme)" tracks and remixes around this time, this is an excellent, emotional piece of music. A journey on vinyl. All about "Hear Me remix". The other side is good too.

Mastering issues on this press.
Pushing the volume a bit hard maybe?

Slipmatt - Breaking Free (Ramos & Sunset Regime Remix)
This song is sublime. It's pure class on a stick. Restrained. Deliberate. Stylish. Sophisticated. Classy. A perfect bullet point before all the cheesiness and straight 4/4 kick drums. 4Beat, Breakbeat, whatever you want to call it.

As a few said, the rave scene here in the UK was still one. Hardcore and jungle (before it split and became jungle, drum 'n' bass and happy hardcore) was all one, all the DJ's played the music in no particular order and everybody danced regardless!

I for one NEVER stuck to only just one post-94 onwards, I was listening and still do listen to hardcore and jungle!

Back on topic, one of Slipmatt's timeless classics. Both quality tracks in one LP. "Breaking Free" is on the jungle side of things whereas the Elevation 4th's sampling "Hear Me" is on a slightly happier tip!

Timeless classics!

People get too stuck on Genre's. I was 15/16 and buying tapes and collecting Flyers so to young to enjoy the wonders of raving/clubbing (how I longed to go to a Fantazia/Rez etc event). But as everyone knows 93/94 was a cross over period.And a lot of Tracks like this were a hybrid of both Hardcore Breaks/Jungle & Intelligent/Atmosphheric Drum & Bass. The fact is Breaking Free/Hear Me is an outstanding piece of Vinyl. And a true classic from the era.

Back when this was being played out nobody cared if it was called jungle or hardcore, jungle was hardcore. This tune was played by many great dj's on pirate radio back in the day...

The break in Breaking Free, still makes the hairs on my neck stand up..takes me straight back to the old days, bliss.

Best Tune he ever made!!!

breaking free.