I always love a good tutorial. As writing tunes can sometimes be such an introverted pass time it’s always refreshing to get an insight into other people’s workings and thought processes. This tutorial is by far one of the most interesting and technical I’ve seen and although it centres around breakbeat I think it’s still relevant to anyone who’s tinkering in the studio as Ctrl Z is technically brilliant. Enjoy.

Ctrl Z are a production duo hailing from London. They are one of the hottest acts in the breakbeat world and have become pioneers and trendsetters of harder edged breakbeat.

Tom Petais and Nicky D’Silva, aka Dash and Inch, met through the Community Music Program in London. The pairing up of these two DJs by their tutor was to be the start of something special. When Ctrl Z’s first production was unleashed, it was snapped up by DJ Mutiny’s Funkatech Recordings. ‘Disko’ and ‘Pain’ was a defining episode in break beat history as it caused a tidal wave in the Breaks scene. It blasted it’s way straight to number 1 in the Mixmag charts and straight into the boxes of the Breakbeat elite. This dancefloor bomb paved the way for the duo, but was just a hint of what was to come.

Their DJ sets have to be seen to be believed, headlining Events all over the world, In 2007 they were one of the main drawcards in Annie Nightingales Tent on the Opening night of the infamous Glastonbury festival and became residents at the legendary End club for DJ Friction’s Shogun Audio Night. Always looking to take things to the next level, Ctrl Z have started their own label ‘Never Say Die Records’ in 2009 as an outlet for their ever changing and uncompromising sound.

http://www.myspace.com/ctrlzuk

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