# Breakbeat Science

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**Breakbeat Science Recordings** was a [drum and bass](/source/Drum_and_bass) [record label](/source/Record_label) and [record store](/source/Record_store) of the same name based in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)); both the label and the store were founded in 1996, and a website was launched in 1997. Breakbeat Science was the first store dedicated to Drum and Bass music in the US,[1] at the time of its opening the scene was still primarily based in the UK.

Breakbeat Science moved several times over the years. The first location was on 9th Street and the store later moved to Orchard Street, both in Manhattan's East Village.[2] After the Orchard Street location closed, the remaining backstock was moved to the Halcyon record shop in [Dumbo, Brooklyn](/source/Dumbo,_Brooklyn).

The label has been associated with a number of respected [DJs](/source/DJ) and [producers](/source/Record_producer), including [DJ DB](/source/DJ_DB) and [DJ Dara](/source/DJ_Dara), who along with Paul Morris and Sean "[Shooter](/source/Shooter_(DJ))" own the store and label,[3] and also [Pieter K](/source/Pieter_K), [DJ Abstract](/source/DJ_Abstract), and [AK1200](/source/AK1200). Other former employees include DJ Reid Speed[4] (who later founded Play Me Records) and DJ Clever[5] (who later founded [Offshore Recordings](/source/Offshore_Recordings)). It has also brought releases by [UK](/source/UK) acts [High Contrast](/source/High_Contrast), [London Elektricity](/source/London_Elektricity), [Klute](/source/Klute_(musician)), and others to the United States, along with releases from acts outside the US or UK, like the [Norwegian](/source/Norway) duo [Rawthang](/source/Rawthang); Breakbeat Science often works with other labels (for example, [Hospital Records](/source/Hospital_Records), the home of both High Contrast and London Elektricity) to do this. The label has no branches outside of the United States, but it does have a sublabel, [Orgone](/source/Orgone)[6] that cultivates American talent.

- [Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20050708020617/http://www.breakbeatscience.com/)
- [Discogs entry](http://www.discogs.com/label/Breakbeat+Science+Recordings)

Breakbeat Science Recordings should not be confused with Breakbeat Science, a short-lived label with only one release (in 1999) according to [Discogs](/source/Discogs): [\[1\]](http://www.discogs.com/label/Breakbeat+Science).

## References

1. LaGon, Chanté (n.d.). ["DJ DB"](http://www.lunarmagazine.com/features/db.php). *Lunar Magazine*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161018200719/http://lunarmagazine.com/features/db.php) 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine.

1. [Orgone](http://www.discogs.com/label/Orgone) Entry on the website *discogs.com*. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

1. LaGon, Chanté (n.d.). ["DJ DB"](http://www.lunarmagazine.com/features/db.php). *Lunar Magazine*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161018200719/http://lunarmagazine.com/features/db.php) 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["DB's No School Like the Old Skool: Reid Speed"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/dbs-no-school-like-the-old-skool-reid-speed/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131014041411/http://thump.vice.com/words/dbs-no-school-like-the-old-skool-reid-speed) 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-10-12.

1. The Lotus Queen: [Interview: DJ Clever – Leftfield DnB Goes Offshore](http://r4nt.com/article/interview-dj-clever-leftfield-dnb-goes-offshore/) Interview on the website *r4nt.com*. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

1. [Orgone](http://www.discogs.com/label/Orgone) Entry on the website *discogs.com*. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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