Coming from a classical-music education (piano and musicology studies), Dilemn got interested in electro music through different music styles such as hip hop, drum 'n' bass, techno, and breaks before stopping on electro at the age of 22.
It has also brought releases by UK acts High Contrast, London Elektricity, Klute, and others to the United States, along with releases from acts outside the US or UK, like the Norwegian duo Rawthang; Breakbeat Science often works with other labels (for example, Hospital Records, the home of both High Contrast and London Elektricity) to do this.
After releasing their first 7 inch single "Getcho Soul Togetha" (an original composition in fact) in 1999 on Stones Throw records and two full-length albums of mostly covers and sample-filled breaks, Breakestra put out Hit the Floor in 2005 on Ubiquity Records, which included all-original recordings fusing elements of hip hop, funk, and soul.
His "Theme from the Planets" has been sampled and was featured on the breakbeat compilation album, Ultimate Breaks and Beats.
Additionally, the track has appeared on various compilation releases including the heavily sampled breakbeat album entitled Ultimate Breaks and Beats popular among deejays and hip-hop artists.
R4 instead explored music styles encompassing funk, breakbeat, acid jazz, UK garage, progressive house, and neo-soul mixed with traditional Namco synth melodies.
The Cradle of Fear EP was released for download only in 2011 from www.darkpoets.com Featuring a re-release of their 'oldskool' breakbeat Cradle of Fear tracks 'Breakbeat Haloween' & 'It doesn't matter' the EP also features British electronica artist Kontour on vocals - a rendition Breakbeat Haloween.
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Featuring the tracks "Breakbeat Haloween" & "It doesn't matter" and "Breakbeat Haloween Featuring Kontour" and "headf*ck".
In 1998, The Chemical Brothers released a DJ mix CD called Brothers Gonna Work It Out, which featured a song by a San Francisco techno / breakbeat band named The Ultraviolet Catastrophe.
This EP, as well as their subsequent one on breakbeat producer Si Begg's label Noodles Institute of Technology, serves as an archetypical release for the nu skool electro genre.
"We Want Your Soul" is a 2003 breakbeat song by British DJ and producer Adam Freeland; the song made the Top 40 charts in several countries, and resulted in an award-winning music video.
The label also recorded Harlem Underground Band (featuring a young George Benson), whose "Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba" (1976), from the album "Harlem Underground" would furnish a break for hip hop's burgeoning breakbeat culture.