DJ Icey
DJ Icey's breakbeat funk helped jump-start the increasingly fertile dance scene in and around Orlando, FL, during the '90s. Born and raised in the Sunshine State, Icey first got into music via early-'80s synth pop, industrial, and hip-hop. The boom in club music during the late '80s hooked him as well, and when he began DJing early in the '90s, he usually played out acid house and funky breaks. He gained a residency at The Edge, one of Orlando's seminal clubs, and soon began playing farther afield thanks to the burgeoning U.S. dance underground. (The club later went under, though not before hosting the Chemical Brothers' first American appearance, an invite extended by Icey himself.) When British DJ and longtime A&R kingpin Pete Tong heard an early single produced for Icey's own Zone Records in 1996, he signed the big-beat precursor Galaxy Breaks to his ffrr label. Even while spinning in several cities per week, DJ Icey managed to produce a good dozen singles per year for Zone, usually out of his studio in Orlando. His first major mix set, 1997's The Funky Breaks, was followed one year later by his full-length production debut Generate. Following in the footsteps of notable DJs from Tong to Fatboy Slim, DJ Icey released a volume in the Essential Mix series in 2000. Three years later, DJ Icey returned with his slickest breakbeat effort to date. Different Day appeared on System in March 2003.
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The Funky Breaks
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Island Mercury on 1 Jan 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hold on to Me
Electronic - Released by Zone Records on 10 Mar 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fridays Live at Home / Sunrise at Five
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Beat Art Department on 22 May 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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DEAR GIRLS
Rock - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 3 Feb 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
mulu mole
Rock - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 15 Sep 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Different Day
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by System Recordings on 11 Mar 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
XX emotion
Rock - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 16 May 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Little Louder / Dreams
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by System Recordings on 29 Jul 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Trackotron 2
Electronic - Released by Zone Records on 1 Dec 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Something About You
Dance - Released by Zone Records on 1 Nov 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Take a Little Take a Lot
Electronic - Released by Zone Records on 22 Apr 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Catalysts of the Catalog
Electronic - Released by Zone Records on 25 May 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ride Mountain Ride
Electronic - Released by Zone Records on 24 Aug 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
And Go!
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by System Recordings on 4 May 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
No Hard Feelings
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Ink Music on 30 Sep 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Wonderland
Rock - Released by Sony Music Labels Inc. on 8 Feb 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo