The synergy between Adam Deitch and Borahm Lee, the duo that call themselves Break Science, is palpable. This was completely evident at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday night, for the album release party of their second EP Monolith Code. Opening with “Forest of Illumination” (the first track off the new EP), the beats got dropped early and often. “The Alliance”, the song that featured Talib Kweli on their first EP Further Than Our Eyes Can See, followed suit and kept heads bobbing.
Break Science continued the show by featuring new songs “Whole World Locked” and “Resistance March”. As staff writer Brian Weidy points out in his album review of Monolith Code, “WWL” really does bring one through a “sort of dream sequence”. The synth lines Borahm was laying down made my mind wander off to my childhood, as if I was in a dungeon trying to obtain one of the eight pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom from The Legend of Zelda. Break Science has done some really amazing remixes of some high profile work recently, as well. They played their remix of Nicky Minaj’s “Moment 4 Life”, which is sooo choice, with its swirling synths that lead into nasty drops. Also played was their incredible version of the Rihanna and Jay-Z track “Talk that Talk”, which got everyone in the crowd going wild. Deitch’s drums are insane on this; so quick and tight. This is a track that should get Break Science a lot of of notice, and some serious cred. They made the title track from Rihanna’s most recent album sound so tough, and that much better.
It was also cool to see fellow Royal Family member Adam Smirnoff (Lettuce) join Deitch and Lee for the new track “Light Speed Transit”, along with CX, a fellow MC that also came out for “Zion Station”. “Transit’ begins with this jazzy/70′s feel to it, then drops into this Tron-esque, year 3030 type jam, with everyone hitting on all cylinders.
Break Science ended the set with the super-dubby “Move Ya Body” from Further Than Our Eyes Can See, which was co-produced by Paper Diamond & Gramatik. Overall, this show was played really well. I spoke with Borahm for a minute, and asked him his thoughts on the show, and he said that “It was a great show and a great show of support from our fans.” I couldn’t agree more.
In fitting fashion, Break Science encored with “Victory”, the first single off Monolith Code. If anything can be said about the last year for Break Science, the word victory could sum things up perfectly. In the last year, they have released two EP’s off of Pretty Lights Music label, have had spots at more than a few major music festivals, and continue to, as Borahm told me “define our sound more clearly”. Not a bad year at all, and the future is only looking better.
Written by Chris Meyer
Setlist
1. INTRO
2. FOREST OF ILLUMINATION
3. ALLIANCE
4. WHOLE WORLD LOCKED
5. RESISTANCE MARCH
6. SHANTI
7. MOMENT FOR LIFE REMIX
8. BEAMING UP
9. ZION STATION
10. LIGHT SPEED TRANSIT
11. BOOGIE DOWN
12. WANNA BE WITCHU
13. DURTAY RIOT
14. WIZDOM OF ANTIQUITY
15. TALK THAT TALK REMIX
16. HIGH
17. MOVE YA BODY
18. ZION STATION