N.Y. come L.A. DJ Reid Speed throws down a mean fidgety electro house mix for all you wayward back-to-schoolers to sneak into your iPods (pro tip: grow shaggy hair & you can wear headphones in class). The mix is ‘Back To School’. The sound is massive.
For a quick bio, know that Reid entered the drum’n'bass scene in the mid ’90s working raves & honing her DJ chops, shortly after, she securing a spot behind the scenes at heavyweight junglist Dara’s highly revered Breakbeat Science record shop (and label) in Manhattan. Her DJing has taken her physically to stages across the globe, and musically from drum’n'bass to UK garage to breakbeat to some fidget electro that you hear below.
Tracklist:
- Bassbin Twins – Pigpen
- Andy Stuffa – Pretty Girls (David Eckenback Remix)
- Don Rimini – Rave On
- Alex Metric – Deadly on a Mission
- Count of Monte Cristal – Dub More Forward
- Estelle – American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (Nadastorm Remix)
- N.E.R.D. – Anti Matter (Destroy Disco Edit)
- Foamo – Rockerman
- B. Rich – Everyday Hustle (AC Slater Remix)
- B. Rich – Everyday Hustle
- Calvertron – Back to ‘89
- Scott Cooper – I Can’t Go
- AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (B. Rich Remix)
- DJ Kue – Massive Hotstepper
- Flipside – The Rubdown (Heavyfeet’s Jack in the Day Mix)
- Crookers – Segalia (Oh Snap Booty Alarm Mix)
- Moby – I Love to Move in Here (Crookers Lemmesee Mix)
- Calvertron vs. Benga – Turn It Up
- Andy George & Scott Cooper – Piano Man
- Passions – Turn the Music Up (AC Slater Remix)
- Kidda – Under The Sun (Herve Remix)
- Bass Weazel – Captain Weazel
- Bloc Party – Mercury in Retrograde (Herve Remix)
- Dr. Dre – Next Episode (feat. Snoop Dogg) (Project Cyborg Remix)
- Shwayze – Buzzin’ (Villains Remix)
- Kill The Noise – Hey You
- Tittsworth – WTF (feat. Kid Sister & Pase Rock)
- Cool Kids – It’s a Party (Deekline Boot)
- Fatboy Slim – Toe Jam (feat. Dizzee Rascal) (Stanton Warriors Remix)
- Evil Nine – They Live (Trevor Loveys Hip Hop Mix)
- Foreigner – Cold as Ice (Sharkslayer Remix)
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MP3: Reid Speed – Back To School [58:09 | 83mb]
Reid Speed alongside Josh David & Matt David (one half of Audiodummies) are collectively known as Breakdown, who we’ll have more from real soon. Reid Speed is also one half of IDM-meets-breaks-meets-electro team, Beep!.
Now, the Breakdown crew & I have been friend for several years, and we came to the realization that it’d be fun to throw a little party together. So, if you’re in Hollywood on a Tuesday and feelin’ like getting saucy & moving your ass around, check out BOOM ROOM, located in the Attic at Arena (we’re sharing the space with DANCE who majorly rave downstairs in the main room). It’s a party, yo! Free & easy!
Visit Reid Speed on MySpace.
Visit Breakdown on MySpace.
