Breed Intelligence and guest &Them Records presented Breed Intelligence episode 4 on Scientific Sound Asia, first broadcast on Saturday 21 November 2020. Scientific Sound Asia is an underground electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Breed Intelligence is the project of Alexander McCann, a DJ, producer and label operator originally from London and based in Spain. With more than fifteen years of experience in the underground party scene, Alex has deep roots in London's electronic music community and a production style built around bassy, dark and intelligent sounds that resist easy genre classification.
The Breed Intelligence name functions as both a DJ and producer alias and a record label, with Alex working alongside other artists and producers behind the scenes to develop a distinct brand identity. The label focuses on giving exposure to new producers and artists from around the globe, with each episode drawing a fresh selection from across the underground.
Breed Intel is committed to showcasing emerging producers and artists from around the world. This episode featured some of their favourite Minimal Techno and Progressive House tracks from established producers, while the podcast aimed to introduce fresh content in each instalment.
For this episode, Breed Intel featured &Them Records for the third time while the label developed its musical releases. The podcast offered a preview of the sound the label planned to release in the following months, with many forthcoming tracks played in the second hour.
The episode opens with Damian Lazarus featuring The Ancient Moons on All I Need To Get High, followed by Ae:Ther featuring Dealing With God on Arteon, before Alfa Romero's Claim Your Love on Afterlife Records establishes a Melodic House and Techno direction. Einmusik's Tormenta on Suara and Rafael Cerato featuring Liu Bei's Further (Hidden Empire Remix) on Eleatics Records extend that opening stretch.
Wurtz featuring Iberian Muse brings Detune and Gamala, both released through Three Hands Records, into an Electro passage. ARTBAT featuring Dino Lenny's Upperground on Diynamic then returns to the melodic tension before Carlo Whale's Midnight on Re:vibe Audio introduces Deep House.
&Them's Salivation and Techno Freak lead into Patrick Topping's Dr. Vibes on Relief. Topping's record brings Tech House into focus, while &Them's Regrets precedes Boris Brejcha's I Get No Sleep on FCKNG SERIOUS and its Deep Tech House character.
Boris Brejcha follows with Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven on Harthouse, moving the selection towards Peak Time Techno. Aney F.'s Turn It On on Innocent Music softens the pressure with another deep-house cut before the final run.
Josh Taylor and Justin Jay's Pussy Pop (Jamies Jones RMX) is followed by Leftwing & Kody's Soundboy, keeping the club-focused approach in place. Lane 8's March Of The Forest Cat on This Never Happened gives way to Oxia's Domino, released through Armada Music Albums, for a deep-house finish.
Guest DJ &Them Records.
This week's guests are &Them! Records, a Spain-based label whose sound draws from the darker and more minimal end of electronic music, with artists including Pig and Dan and Boris Brejcha among their key influences. The label was formed after a chance meeting between two dance music enthusiasts whose shared passion quickly developed into a focused creative partnership.
Work on their debut releases is ongoing, with material due to arrive shortly. Episode 4 offers another early listen to where their sound is headed ahead of the official launch.
Breed Intelligence Episode 04 opens with &Them! Records taking the first hour, Damian Lazarus and The Ancient Moons's All I Need To Get High on Crosstown Rebels setting a warm and atmospheric Deep House tone. Ae:Ther and Dealing With God's Arteon follow before Alfa Romero's Claim Your Love shifts into Tech House territory.
Einmusik's Tormenta develops a Melodic House and Techno direction before Rafael Cerato and Liu Bei's Further in the Hidden Empire Remix sustains the melodic character. Wurtz and Iberian Muse contribute two consecutive selections, Detune and Gamala, their Organic House and Deep House qualities providing a warmer and more atmospheric stretch within the first hour.
ARTBAT and Dino Lenny's Upperground then arrives as one of the hour's most driven moments, the Ukrainian duo's Melodic House and Techno energy connecting to their Apollo 11 from the previous episode. Carlo Whale's Midnight closes the &Them! Records hour on a deeper and more melodic note.
Breed Intel takes over for the second hour with the label's own material leading the way. Three &Them tracks, Salivation, Techno Freak and Regrets, appear across the hour alongside Patrick Topping's Dr Vibes, establishing the label's Tech House identity from the outset.
Boris Brejcha contributes two consecutive selections, I Get No Sleep and Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, the German producer's Minimal Tech and Melodic House sensibility giving the second hour a distinctive character that sits apart from the more straightforward Tech House material on either side.
Aney F's Turn It On and Josh Taylor and Justin Jay's Pussy Pop in the Jamie Jones Remix sustain the Tech House direction before Leftwing and Kody's Soundboy carries the set towards its close. Lane 8's March Of The Forest Cat introduces a Progressive House warmth before Oxia's Domino closes the episode on a Minimal and Progressive House note.
Breed Intelligence Episode 04 is a well-structured two hours, the &Them! Records first hour moving between Deep House and Melodic Techno warmth before Breed Intel's own label showcase delivers a more Tech House-focused second half.
Breed Intelligence 04
&Them Records (first hour)
Damian Lazarus Ft. The Ancient Moons - All I Need To Get High
Ae:Ther Ft. Dealing With God - Arteon
Alfa Romero - Claim Your Love
Einmusik - Tormenta
Rafael Cerato Ft. Liu Bei - Further (Hidden Empire Remix)
Wurtz Ft. Iberian Muse - Detune
Wurtz Ft. Iberian Muse - Gamala
ARTBAT Ft. Dino Lenny - Upperground
Carlo Whale - Midnight
Breed Intel (second hour)
&Them - Salivation
&Them - Techno Freak
Patrick Topping - Dr Vibes
&Them - Regrets
Boris Brejcha - I Get No Sleep
Boris Brejcha - Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
Aney F - Turn It On
Josh Taylor & Justin Jay - Pussy Pop (Jamies Jones RMX)
Leftwing & Kody - Soundboy
Lane 8 - March Of The Forest Cat
Oxia - Domino
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