Picked this mix up at Fatbeats (R.I.P.) on Melrose many years ago and it continues to blow my mind. Record collectors and DJs alike can appreciate the uninhibited break selection by DJ Zeph and DJ Platurn, accompanied by DJ Teeko on the cuts. Listening to this mix leads me to question where and when audiences lost track of what makes a great DJ. This is what it's all about. These sounds and ideas are why many of us starting collecting records in the first place.

Break Builders Vol 2 by DJ Zeph and DJ Platurn, Feat DJ Teeko this is Vol 2 in a series of original breaks mixes. After finishing Vol 1, DJ Imperial and I had this idea to do a volume 2 using a sampler, and really blurring the lines between what was produced and what was played. When Imperial moved back to Sweden, and using a sampler seemed to be unnecessary with the editing options in what was then new- protools, I stepped up to do Vol 2 w/ one of my favorite DJ's and crate diggers.....DJ Platurn!!! Since the previous mix was predominantly live, and with this new concept, Platurn and I found that we were not in jeopardy of reinventing the wheel. We met up, and came to some conclusions...we wanted it to be B Boy/Girl friendly, we werent going to limit what we used to any category, and that we wanted to feature one of our favorite DJ's with the illest cuts DJ Teeko. This format proved to be really hot, and i dont think we were the only ones to do something like this, but we were definately one of the first, and we were really proud of the end result. Being able to extend and overlap breaks indefinately really is a great way to approach a breaks mix. This is really proven in moments like the Olympic Runners kazoo mashup, or the Ramsey Lewis rock blend. By not limiting the selection to any categories we get edits of newer releases of classics like the Kenny Dope/J5 and its monster drums intro, but without all the excessive parts (the song lol). We also get DJ Teeko just murdering the cuts in moments like the Shadow/Cut Chemist numbers redo. We had a lot of fun putting this down, and hope you enjoy listening/dancing...