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This CD was in small realease a few months back and I was fortunate to have picked it up before it went into wide realease.

This mix by DJ Icey is the cream of the crop for old-school breaks and is seriously one of my favorite dj mixes. There are 14 tracks here and all of them are top notch. The first 6 tracks are all produced by Icey himself, giving you a feeling of an e.p. within a full length. Mind blowing tracks "Blue Chips" and "Message From Space", both from Icey, are refreshing and all 14 tracks have smooth transition from track to track.

This is a 'must have' for all fans of Icey or if you just love Breaks.

Clearing something up --- Breakbeat music originated in the United States and was later revolutionized by artists like DJ Icey. The difference between Icey's version of breaks and Adam Freeland's breaks is like the difference between, for example, Massive Attack and Dieselboy. Music that comes from the southern U.S. (Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, & St. Louis) incorporates a good amount of bass if you didn't already know. More than half of Adam Freelands bass rythms on the ON TOUR CD for example only hit on the 1st and 3rd beat. Freeland is a great DJ and does produce good sounds, but if you were to play one of his mixes versus one of Icey's mixes to a random crowd of electro\breakbeat\techno-music-in-general fans, I would bet more than 9 out of 10 times Icey would get the most favor. I listen to my Icey, Huda Hudia, and Friction&Spice CD's much more than I do my A. Freeland, Rennie Pilgrem, or Uberzone CD's - and I like both genres. My point is, and I know I'm taking a while to get to it, is that you shouldn't write reviews on 2 different Icey CDs just to dis his music and glorify Adam Freeland's because thats clearly all your trying to do. The only electronic CDs that I think I've ever listened to and not picked up some cheesyness are those produced by The Crystal Method, but thats beyond the point. The point is, Psilocybin, that you should do everyone a favor and throw away your keyboard and just use the mouse from now on. This CD, released about the same time as Essential Elements, is a great display of Icey's uncanny ability to rock a set. I can't say that I've seen a wide variety of wellknown DJ's live but then again we are talking about a CD and not a live set. I have been to a few Icey shows that were completely awesome and I've never talked to anyone else that didn't enjoy the same experience.

Icey has delivered quite a different sound with this Mix cd consisting of newer works, the tunes span the range of breaks starting off with some nu-skool flavored tracks that merge into Electro territiory as well as the techy break sound of "Alright" and the housey head nodding groove of "Drive", The mix glides seemless and grows on you with repeated listens. Definetly one to add to the collection.

First, a little about myself. I grew up in Orlando and started sneaking into clubs in 91/92ish. I have heard Icey, Kimball, Cannalte, Sasha, Lawrence, Fortier, AK1200 among others spin in Orlando. Icey on CD is not Icey live. Totally different vibe. I like the Florida breaks and love Progressive and Trance. This CD is probably the best Icey CD out there. The sound is fresh and deviates from normal FL breaks or DnB. So yeah, it may not do it for you if you want that pure sound. Otherwise it combines different genres to produce a CD that is fun to listen to. Definitely worth the dough!

Well, I have read all the other reviews and am a little dissapointed with the way psilosibin tried to make a case. Icey broke the mold. I have heard all of the Dj's he put in his review live in London. And they pale in comparison live, yes they do have some good cd's and maybe a couple of records but in the long run go with Icey!!! I live in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and have been to London, Maidstone, Paris, Ibiza, Boston, LA, N.O., Brussles, Amsterdam and several other places. You get the idea? I spin mostly D&B and a little breaks. Icey is one of the phattest dj's I have ever seen live period I put him in the top 5. If you like D&B you should check out a few London Dj's. That is where it all started!!

I have been living in Florida all my life, but have traveled to Houston, Dallas, Charleston, Omaha, and a slew of other cities in my time. I am a Florida Breaks DJ, so maybe I'm a bit biased. But I still fail to understand how people can listen to the same BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM for 6 hours on end at some of these night establishments. THAT'S CHEESY. Being in the Air Force, I have met many people and transformed them into Florida Breaks fans with the spinning of one set.

Florida Breaks, as a genre, is the most refreshing, energizing, revolutionary movement in the ENTIRE dance music scene. Period.