Breakbeat Era

Updated on Jan 01, 2024

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Genres Drum and bass Associated acts Reprazent Genre Drum and bass		Labels XL Recordings Active until 2000 Albums Ultra-Obscene

Years active 1998 (1998)–1999 (1999) Past members DJ Die Roni Size Leonie Laws Members Roni Size, DJ Die, Leonie Laws

Breakbeat Era was a short-lived British project, that combined the breakbeat talent of drum and bass producers, Roni Size and DJ Die, with the vocals of singer Leonie Laws. Spearheaded by the single "Ultra-Obscene", they then released as an album under the same title in 1999.

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In conjunction with the album's release, the group was also seen as a live act in the U.S. and UK in a similar vein as Reprazent, with focus on Leonie Laws.

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The original mix of the track "Breakbeat Era" first appeared under the name of Scorpio (a.k.a. Roni Size and DJ Die) featuring Leonie Laws, when it was included on the compilation, Music Box: A New Era In Drum & Bass in 1996. That mix was released on the 12" release under the Breakbeat Era name in 1998.

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As the album was a one-off project, other releases seemed unlikely. As of 2006, Laws had been working with a drum and bass group called Blackout DnB. She provided vocals for DJ Die's track "Little Punk" on the Skate or Die EP, released on Die's own Clear Skyz label in 2008.