‘Tactical Shifts’ compiles 90s and early 00s UK electrobreaks

La Escuela Moderna is set to launch a retrospective compilation revisiting the UK electro and breaks scene at the turn of the millennium.

Released on June 19, the double album features eight tracks covering the years 1995 – 2003, presenting a vibrant era celebrating the creativity and innovation that characterised this pivotal era in British electronic music.

Producers Kruton, System UCS, Noyeahno, Being and The Illistines (Keith Tenniswood, Jim Foster and Dave Appleton) are among those featured on the record.

The compilation opens with the starry-eyed Ayemooth, an early transmission from The Wee Paton (The Wee Djs, Distorto). Followed up by The Illistines channelling the free spirited Castlemorton. System UCS (Neil Keating and Harold Slater) provide a growling electro track with Memory Trace, first released on Break/Flow. The first record closes with a rugged breakbeat number by Milo Smee AKA Kruton.

Rag and Bone co-founder NoYeahNo opens the B-side with the rollicking Pushing Percussion, an early entry in the seminal label. Nick Philphin and John O’Donnell’s Orphic project brings the relentless beat science of Obvious Intruder. Lunar builds momentum with the bleepy breaks of Orbiting Ganymede and Phil Holmberg AKA Schematix wraps up the comp with the sinuous pads of Magnum Six.