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23rd February 2010.  Cool Britania. So January turns into February, which itself is fast coming to a close and the site still hasn't been updated. Apolologies for that. All the action has been in the studio lately, hence the lack of action round these parts. Here in the UK we've been experiencing the longest winter I can remember since I was a kid. . . . And that was a long time ago! Just when you think the snow has gone, it comes back. Anyway, enough of the weather reports, lets get down to business. . . This month we've got a new set for your downloading pleasure. We love to do 'themed' mixes that contain tracks that share a common er.. theme. So, this month the theme is Old School Hip Hop and Breaks fused with the toughest wobbly Fidget and Electro House. This one's dedicated to my old school B-Boy crew form way-way back in the day (when gerry curls, Troop jackets and British Knights trainers were considered really cool. . .) 
1. Blaze Tripp - Automatic (Defunct Cruiser Remix) - Epidemic Recordings
2. Purple Lips - Cuts On Time (Purple Fidgety mix) - Casa Rossa 3. Idiot Boyz - Crazy Saxo - Dopefish Audio 4. Young Old Boys - Anything You Want - Fine Balance Recordings 5. Sir-G vs DJ Sake - Always Been Real - Mostiko 6. The Prodigy - Girls (Kyle Watson Bootleg) 7. Dem Slackers - The Joker - Wearhouse 8. Stitch and Schenk - Got The Beat - Filthy Bitch 9. The Squatters - Bring Back The Duck (Kyle Watson Mix) - Grooved Music 10. Rhythm Rockerz - Funky Beats (original mix) - Tasty Trax This mix is going out to my old school B-Boy crew. Take a bow: Yes One, TeeKutz, Somerocz, Dr Shrink, DJ Gee, Sinn and Wize. Although I know you're not strictly House heads, there are plenty of samples here for you to listen out for. From Spooney Gee to Schooly D, from Hi Jack to MC Lyte (or is it Latifah?) from MC Duke to Broken Glass and more. Peace. 'Kudos'. "My Feelings For You Have Always Been Real. . ." 01 January 2010. A New Year, A New Decade, A New Look.
 It's the official year of biodiversity don't you know. . ?
Happy new year and welcome to the new look Fine Balance website.
It has been suggested that the last decade (now officially termed 'the noughties') was the fastest decade on record and the past ten years were actually over in about seven. . . Anyway, to celebrate the new year, a new decade and a new era for Fine Balance recordings, the website has been completely revamped to make it easier for us to update and hopefully quicker for you to navigate. All latest news, downloads, release information and general ramblings will be accessible from the front page in a blog style format. We've also decided to take complete control of our distribution in 2010, so from now on our future releases will only be available from this site (unless promos are made available to other bloggers, which is something we intend to do.) As Fine Balance is an entirely self-managed operation, we decided that we'd prefer to keep everything in house rather than have our tracks buried deep within a commercial download website only to be lost among thousands of other releases. We also believe that the role of online music and downloading is changing and the current business model of selling MP3 downloads is becoming less viable as time and technology move on. The changing state of online music and distribution is a subject that we're naturally following very closely and we'll be examining this topic in depth during the coming weeks and months. . . Stay tuned. 
2010 also marks ten years since Fine Balance first launched into cyberspace. The website first went live amid all the dot com hype in August 2000, offering streaming audio of Underground Garage projects and mixes from guest DJ's. Ah. . . Those were the days. . . When it would take an entire afternoon to upload a file on a 56k dial up connection! Vince A.L.X. - Need A Lover.
Now available as free download! Out now, 'Need A Lover', Vince A.L.X.'s long awaited follow up to his underground smash Dark Matter. Vince's newest offering is coming at you in a distinctive 'wonky house' style, with cut up vocals and break-beats dedicated to the old school die-hard's. Variable Frequency Technician.
Ragga Robot.  Glitchy, Break-beat infested, Dirty bass heavy House from The VFT The VFT - Aging Raver Part II
Live in the mix October 2009. Part two of the Aging Raver series.
Tracklist
1. Skynet UK - Back To 89 (Calvertron Remix) - Quadraphonic Recordings 2. Vince ALX - Need A Lover - Fine Balance Records 3. Will Bailey & Mikey Hook - The Knock (Bass Weazal Remix) - promo 4. Bill Eff - Trouserflap (First-Mix) - Simma Records 5. Rob Marmot - T Minus 10 Seconds (Riley and Durrant remix) - iO Music 6. Hirshee - The Rinse Out (Original mix) - Big Fish Recordings 7. Rico Tubbs - Lumberjack (Original Mix) - A New Hope Records 8. RQM - Bareley Evil (Bass Weazal Remix) - OMG! Recordings 9. Will Bailey & Wongo - The Cannock Wobble (Hot Mouth Remix) - Simma Records 10. Stereo Killaz - Are You Ready - Monkey See Monkey Do 11. Bass Weazal - Weazals Love Reggae (Lee Mortimer Remix) - Wearhouse Music 12. Fr33m4n - Bass Business - Inside Job 13. WoNK vs Kriss Kross - Jump - (Bootleg promo) 14. Jay Robinson feat Mr Eyes - Make Your Body Jack (Bill Eff Mix) - Satan's Circus Live in the mix August 2009. 
Join us on a musical journey as self confessed 'aging raver' VFT draws out a selection of his favourite Fidget and Wonky House tunes containing that 'old school flavour'. Glow sticks at the ready everyone!
Tracklist
1. Will Bailey & Wongo - The Cannock Wobble (Bill Eff Remix 2) - Simma Records 2. The VFT - Ragga Robot - Fine Balance Records 3. Dub Frequency - Whoop - Cheap Thrills 4. The Count of Monte Cristal - Dibby DJ - Cheap Thrills 5. Will Bailey & Wongo - The Cannock Wobble (Bill Eff Remix 1) - Simma Records 7. Rico Tubbs - Hip Rave Anthem (Original Mix) - Cheap Thrills 6. Bass Weazal - Captain Weazal - Simma Records 8. Callum B - Raver Flava' (Original) - Big Fish Recordings 9. Calvertron - King of Roc (Original Mix) - Total House 10. General Midi - Get It Down - Distinctive Records |
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We are currently sending out promo releases of our latest material to chosen club and radio DJ's. We'd like to expand our DJ network and are happy to send promotional copies of our releases to all active DJ's involved our genre. If that sounds like you and you're a DJ with a radio or club residency, then contact us for inclusion on our promotional mailing list.
Audio Archives
Vintage Techno and urban audio from Fine Balance Recordings. 
Archive 1 - Old School Techno 
Archive 2 - Garage VFT's Top ten chart for 2009 1. Skynet UK - Back To 89 (Calvertron Remix) - Quadraphonic Recordings 2. The Count of Monte Cristal - Dibby DJ - Cheap Thrills 3. The VFT - Ragga Robot - Fine Balance Records 4. Anthony Ross and Justin Allen ft Autumn - Infectious (Callum B remix) - Big Fish Audio 5. Will Bailey & Wongo - The Cannock Wobble (Bill Eff Remix 1) - Simma Record 6. Vince ALX - Need A Lover - Fine Balance Records 7. Callum B - Raver Flava' - Big Fish Recordings 8. La Roux - Bulletproof - Filthy Rehab vs WoNK Remix - (bootleg) 9. Cubic Zirconia - Fuck Work (Proper Villians Jubilee Remix) - Savant Guard US 10. RQM - Bareley Evil (Bass Weazal Remix) - OMG! Recordings Disturbed Beats Potty mouth music Crux Da House D.I. Radio (Electro) Track It Down Beats Digital Juno Download |
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