Breaks Co-Op

Breaks Co-Op started in 1997 when New Zealander hip-hop aficionados and studio talents Zane Lowe and Hamish Clark produced their critically acclaimed first album, Roofers. There was a long hiatus in their output whilst Zane went to the UK and worked in the media industry and Hamish travelled. They returned to working together with a new outlook, focusing less on samples and hip hop beats and more on live instrumentation and songs. They were joined by Englishman producer and vocalist, Andy Lovegrove, and released their long-awaited second album, The Sound Inside in 2004 and embarked on a recording deal with Parlophone in the UK.