Today's Metalheadz Pick Their Favorite "Platinum Breakz" Tracks

Without a doubt, Metalheadz' Platinum Breakz series has been one of the most important in the drum & bass scene. These compilations have helped build

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Without a doubt, Metalheadz' Platinum Breakz series has been one of the most important in the drum & bass scene. These compilations have helped build not only the sound of the Metalheadz imprint, but has introduced a vital group of producers to the scene, many of which helped, as Optical might put it, shape the future of the scene. It's so intense that heads have been itching for the fourth edition to be released. Now the landscape of the Metalheadz roster has changed, but as you'll hear when Platinum Breakz 4 drops, they are moving in the same direction that they've always been: forward. Today, a number of select producers and figures in today's Metalheadz roster, all of which had a hand in making Platinum Breakz 4, selected their favorite tunes from previous Platinum Breakz compilations. This will be a proper education for those who are just getting into dnb, and a great look back for headz who were already in the know.

Photek - "Consciousness"

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Appeared on: Platinum Breakz

Lenzman: "It was, and still is, so out there and unlike anything else really. It's got such a unique atmosphere and when it drops it's wild like a jazz freestyle but at the same time it has samurai like precision."

Ant TC1: "As always incredible drum work but the bottom end on this one just rumbles cleanly through everything else and packs punch a lot of tunes can't quite match today (maybe due to taking production too far at times), dance floors used to go visibly nuts when this tune dropped. Photek always had his own unique sound back in those early inspirational days."

Optical - "To Shape The Future (Remix)"

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Appeared on: Metalheadz Boxset 1

Ulterior Motive: "A pivotal moment for us as duo, this has never failed to smash dancefloors and even outside of dancefloors it remains relevant to this day."

Doc Scott - "The Unofficial Ghost"

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Appeared on: Platinum Breakz

Jubei: "This track is not only my favourite track from the Platinum Breakz series, but it is probably my favorite drum & bass track! From hearing it for the first time to listening to it again just now, after all these years I never tire of it. The mood of it is perfect, the strings, chopped vocals, steppy edited drums, and that fierce bassline. For me it captured the Metalheadz ‘sound’ perfectly, it was everything I loved about the music and still do."

Optical -"Swift Glide"

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Appeared on: Platinum Breakz II

Mikal: "Very simple tune but has such a wicked groove! Love the drums on this!!"

Goldie - "Dark Metal (Source Direct Remix)"

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Appeared on: Platinum Breakz II

SB81: "There's certain Metalheadz tracks that I feel some up the whole ethos of the label and this is one of them. With the original being one of my favorite Goldie tracks; this remix effortlessly progresses throughout with it's twists and sinister turns. I've always felt that Source Direct were the best at doing deep, subtle darkness."

Special Forces - "Freeway"

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