By the end of 2015, with their debut album blowing up everywhere, the year might well be too.This article needs additional citations for verification. If DC Breaks can avoid being fried by flame-throwers, the summer will be theirs. If something goes wrong we were literally toast!” I was literally three or four feet directly underneath the flame-thrower in a really small box. “I love the wildness of festivals,” says Dan, “Like we played on Arcadia’s outdoor stage last New Year’s Eve, in this big tower with fire blasting out of it. It certainly looks that way with appearances at multiple 2015 festivals, including UKF, NASS, SW4 and Glastonbury. “Chase and Status opened the door to drum & bass being accepted in the mainstream,” says Dan, “and through that door went DJ Fresh, Wilkinson, and now us.” DC Breaks tunes made it onto BBC Radio via Zane Lowe, Mistajam and Annie Mac. Before long it wasn’t just the drum & bass scene paying attention. Once they graduated to Ram itself, with monster cuts such as ‘Shaman’ and last year’s battering ‘Lock-In’, they hit the drum & bass A-league. Or the epic blast of ‘Salvation’ wherein DC Breaks take heavy duty bass sounds and tie them to uplifting, irresistible vocal hooks. It was the start of the journey that led to the forthcoming album, packed with crossover cuts such as the piano-led ‘Breathe’ featuring Dave Gibson, with its contagious, urgent chorus. Or the soulful explosion of ‘No One Like You’ sung with passion by Niara Scarlett. Their work on singles by Paloma Faith, Lady Gaga, Lana del Rey, Tinie Tempah and others, and production for Example (a cut on the ‘Playing in the Shadows’ album) woke the pair up to the possibilities offered by vocalists. Since signing to Andy C’s Ram Records they’ve carved a reputation for delivering world class remixes for some of the biggest names in pop. DC Breaks have earned their stripes in the underground but, with an album due in the Autumn and a packed festival season ahead, they’re about to explode onto the international stage in a spectacular fashion. That’s just the tip of a very large iceberg. On the other hand, the songwriting ability displayed on the single ‘Faithless’, featuring Bianca, has plastered them all over the radio. Their hardcore club cuts have been rewound by the likes of DJ Friction and Andy C. Drum & Bass duo DC Breaks have made their way onto the widest range of playlists.
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