All About Aquasky
Aquasky [Audio]: Showing down under it's 'This Way Up'
by angy on October 3rd, 2007
They're one of the finest breakbeat acts to have emerged from the UK, and since dropping the clunky 'vs Masterblaster' part of their name - which, confusingly, gave the impression the trio were in fact a duo... - they've continued to dominate. [more]
Aquasky: Smells like team spirit
With their new record, 'Teamplayers', Aquasky have redefined the term 'collaboration', recruiting a dream team of producers and vocalists to conspire on every track of their unofficial tenth anniversary celebration. ITM chatted with Aquasky's Brent Newitt about the biggest album of their career. [more]
The group with possibly the longest name in dance music have decided to cut it short - again. Aquasky vs Masterblaster are back on a first name basis, casting off the Masterblaster moniker they adopted in 01 to differentiate their breakbeat project from their drum & bass one they started with in 95. [more]
Having one of the more unique (and confusing when considering their history and number of group members) names in dance music today, Aquasky vs. Masterblaster are the UK trio spoken about in hallowed tones by fans of breakbeat the world over. [more]
Breakfest 2008 line-up announced
WA's biggest celebration of dance music's syncopated styles is now entering its eigth year. The mighty boutique festival known far and wide as Breakfest returns once again on Boxing Day at Belvoir Amphitheatre. [more]
The Club Club's massive NYE
With a fresh and forward thinking array of guests appearing at The Club Club every week, you wouldn't expect anything but quality when pondering on their NYE line-up. [more]
Aquasky break back into Australia
They’re one of the most recognisable names in breakbeat production, and tye’ll be back in the country in October for a club tour across the country. [more]
Aquasky to tour in May
Fuzzy Touring has just announced that they will be bringing Aquasky to Australia next month. Hot on the heels of their brand new album called 'Teamplayers', which is a collaborative album to celebrate 10 years of being in the business. [more]
Brisbane was positively melting on New Years Day for the BBQ Beats party against the backdrop of the beautiful botanical gardens. [more]
BreakFest 2008 was about 10 degrees cooler than the previous year, just right for enjoying the chilled-out tunes on offer at the Belvoir Amphitheatre [more]
The best I can do is describe Stonefest as one of those ‘choose your own adventure’ novels. You know, to see Cut Copy, turn to page 54, to visit the Hub turn to page 3, or to pass out, turn to page 70. [more]
Friday nights at Ambar are always something to look forward to and last week was no exception. The mighty Aquasky was on the bill. [more]
Could the boys from Aquasky be about ready to join the hallowed ranks of such beats-compatriots as Pendulum and the Prodigy? Lining up for their share of the spoils from the mainstream-acceptance pie - all whilst maintaining some sense of their indie genre cred...? [more]
There was a definite vibe in the air surrounding the entry to the Chinese Laundry on Friday night and with one of the hottest Break Inn line-ups to date featuring legends of the scene Aquasky, it came as no surprise. [more]
Overall, if you are a breakbeat fan you were probably watching the boys showing off their tasty breakbeat frenzy, and if you weren't, why not? Congratulations to the Landspeed crew and lets hope some more 'interesting' dance acts come to visit our Pleasantville nation [more]
I arrived around midnight to the sounds of Fuzzy kingpin Jonathan Wall who was getting the place pumped in preparation for the big event. A nice tight set and for the second week in a row the other half of the club was opened up to the public, a sure sign of a good night ahead. [more]
How do you make one of the biggest nights in breaks last year better? Simple ! Crank it harder, add killer dubplates, hoovered basslines with a twist of ragga plus one of the set to be tunes of 2005 from one of our own locals and you have a killer gig. [more]
Having secured the legendary and much-loved Hordern for the first all-nighter in recent years, Fuzzy had more than usual riding on the success of 360. Needless to say it didn't disappoint. [more]
On Sunday the 11th of April, Perth played host to a gala Drum & Bass and breaks event at Ambar. With some of our finest local talent in support of our international guest(s) Aquasky vs. Masterblaster (pronounced AQUA SKY), the atmosphere was nothing short of spectacular. [more]
Various Artists - Breakbeat Bass 4, Mixed by Aquasky
I really enjoyed this album... but come to think of it, I like almost everything Aquasky have done over the past few years, so it should come as no surprise! [more]
Various Artists - Passenger pres. This Way Up, mixed by DJ Friction
Passenger release 'This Way Up' is a new album project that looks to be one of the most exciting in the breakbeat genre this year. [more]
Aquasky vs. Master Blaster - All in Check / Thru the Fire (Remixes)
Although with a history in drum & bass, the Aquasky vs. Master Blaster duo have been doing good things on the breakbeat front of late thanks in no small part to their impressive album Beat the System. [more]
Aquasky vs Masterblaster - Krush Groove / Cobra
I'm not even going to try and hide my bias when it comes to Aquasky vs. Masterblaster. The swirling synths, the fat basslines, the tight drum programming, the pleasing melodies, it all makes the Aquasky vs. Masterblaster production team a little hard to overlook. [more]
I loved the last Aquasky release – big, stomping breakbeat tunes with occasionally cheesy electronic voice overlays, ecstatic highs and driving bass lows. [more]
Celebrating nearly 10 years in the business, the Bournemouth, UK, trio of Dave Wallace, Brent Newitt and Keiron Bailey - otherwise known as Aquasky - have collaborated with plenty of big names in the breakbeat business to release a stormer of an album on their own Passenger Records label. [more]
Bass-heavy anthems to rock your block or wishy-washy batty breaks? The inaugural release from fledgling label Passenger is in the eye of the beholder. [more]
Break beat for good cause, the Breakbeat community have put this compilation together in relief of those who deserve it in the Sudan with the sticky situation over there with all profits are going to Disaster Emergence Committee and Oxfam. Two discs of breaks await once the cover sleave is removed. [more]
Former drum'n'bass heads come breakbeat madhatters Aquasky vs Masterblaster deliver their sixth album of dancefloor killers. the album has been picked up locally by Sydney breakbeat promoter extraordinaires Fuzzy as the third release for their 'Fuzzy Breaks' label. [more]
Passenger label honchos Aquasky have described this as one of the best demos that they've been sent - thus, they moved fast to secure it's release on their UK-based label, and also jumped at the chance to provide a remix (included here on the flipside). [more]
Aquasky - Radio 1 mini-mix: 153 [!] tunes in 5 mins
Aquasky turn in a novelty mini-mix of 153 (yep... 153!) tracks in 5 minutes! You have to hear it to believe it - right here on ITMFM! [more]