Cat No: NB008
Artist: Subscience / Hedrock Valley Beats
Released: 2005

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

A: “Plaedoh” – Subscience

AA: “Darklight (Subscience remix)” – Hedrock Valley Beats

Paul Reset’s notes:

I’ve already given a bit of background info on Subscience on the NB007 notes so I won’t go over it again. Needless to say – after the amazing remix he turned in for that release – I was keen to have more material from him on NB. I snapped up Plaedoh as I thought it was an amazing bit of breaks – lovely, clean drums, nice bass, quality atmosphere and so on. I had planned to have this as a vinyl release, my distributor however had other ideas. They were initially keen on the release and then went a bit strange – asking if we could remove the “ravey” stabs. Amusingly these days they’d be asking if we could rave it up even more…aren’t musical fashions fun.

Neither myself nor Tom were keen to change the track to keep a distributor happy so we put this out as the first MP3 only release on NB.

I still love the track as much as the day I first heard it, Tom’s gone on to bigger and better things with his Konx-Om-Pax project, working on video and artwork for labels like Warp and artists like Jamie Lidell and Hudson Mohawke and I highly recommend you check out his stuff.

For the flip, Tom had produced two remixes of HVB’s “Darklight” from NB003. This one was my preferred version, a nice stripped back electro-esque number that keep the atmosphere of the original but completely changed the vibe.

Cat No: NB003
Artist: Hedrock Valley Beats
Released: 2002

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

A: “Darklight”

B1: “Ledpaint”

B2: “Where’s The Punk Roc?”

Paul Reset’s notes:

After the Hedrock’s amazing remix of “Fuzzdup” on NB001 I was very keen to have more of their material on Nerve Breaks. They sent me a demo CD with some bits and bobs on and I fired it up, when “Darklight” came on my jaw pretty much dropped. It was, and still is, one of the best breaks tunes I’ve ever heard. Right up my street – big strings, quality breaks, lovely sub – perfect.

I do love the other tracks on the release and still listen to them regularly but it’s “Darklight” that I keep coming back to. It’s a must have for anyone into classy breaks.

The artwork was designed by usual Nerve designer Nick at Yuva.TV.

(oh and I’ve nicked the artwork from Rolldabeats temporarily until I get my own versions online)

Cat No: NB001
Artist: Paul Reset
Released: 2002 (vague I know, but I can’t remember)

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps Mp3 download:

A: Paul Reset – Fuzzdup (Hedrock Valley Beats rmx)

B1: Paul Reset – Fuzzdup

B2: Paul Reset – 20Free

Paul Reset’s notes:

Well, after moving Nerve over to a new distributor called Epicentre, things seemed to be going ok (although we were yet to have a release) After sending them some of my breaks demos, they asked if I fancied setting up a breaks label. To be honest it’d never occurred to me but seemed a good idea..so why not! I’d already had one breaks release on Backroom Records and was keen to get some more of my funky ass dark breakbeat shit out into the world.

Both these tracks were written in the glorious Modplug Tracker with all effects etc done in Soundforge. The distro were keen for a more uppy track for the aside and I thought a remix would do the trick. I’d recently befriended the amazing producer Decky from Hedrock Valley Beats, I asked if they’d be up for doing a remix and thankfully they were. So their remix is a brillianty chunky slice of old skool tinged breaks and my tracks are on a deeper tip.

The artwork was designed by usual Nerve designer Nick at Yuva.TV.

The rest is history, enjoy!

(oh and I’ve nicked the artwork from Rolldabeats temporarily until I get my own versions online)