febraury 2009

YES IT'S BACK... BIGGER, BETTER & BOLDER THAN EVER BEFORE !

SATURDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2009 SEES OUR 3RD NATIONAL DRUM AND BASS AWARDS SPONSORED BY RELENTLESS ENERGY DRINK (WWW.RELENTLESSENERGY.COM) AND SUPPORTED BY THE WORLD FAMOUS BBC RADIO 1 XTRA AND RADIO ONE.

THIS SPECTACULAR EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE WORLD FAMOUS CUSTARD FACTORY COMPLEX WHICH CONSISTS OF MANY ARENAS THAT WILL COVER ALL GENRES OF DRUM AND BASS MUSIC FROM THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. AN ARRAY OF PHENOMENAL TALENT WILL BE PERFORMING AT THIS PRESTIGIOUS ANNUAL EVENT.

THESE AWARDS ARE DESIGNED TO CELEBRATE DRUM AND BASS MUSIC AS A WHOLE AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED, WHETHER IT BE ARTISTS, PROMOTERS, RADIO STATIONS ETC. TOWARDS THE MUSIC WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE THAT IS DRUM AND BASS THUS SPREADING THE MESSAGE TO INFINITY AND BEYOND.

THE NATIONAL DRUM AND BASS AWARDS IS THE PINNACLE EVENT OF THE YEAR IN THE DRUM AND BASS CALENDAR. COME ALONG AND BE A PART OF THIS MAGNIFICENT CARNIVAL EXPERIENCE IN THE HEART OF BIRMINGHAM’S THRIVING CITY.

IF THERE WAS ANY EVENT YOU HAD TO ATTEND IN 2009 THEN THIS IT LOOK NO FURTHER THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, DEFINITELY ONE NOT TO BE MISSED !

GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST DRUM AND BASS EVENTS OF THE YEAR !

HOSTED BY

GROOVERIDER
DJ BAILEY
NICKY BLACKMARKET

PLEASE NOTE THE AWARDS CEREMONY STARTS AT 12 -MIDNIGHT TIL 12.30

SO PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT !

For further information on events along with full artist lineup's on the featured events and many more can be found in the Events Section.

october 2008

The annual Hardcore Heaven Awards of 2008 have been held recently.
The votes were casted and the winners have been announced.
dj gammer was anounced as the BEST DJ and MC Whizzkid was announced as the Best Hardcore MC of 2008.
Full list of winners can be found here.

august 2008

HARDCORE TIL I DIE - Out Monday 4th August

The biggest name in hardcore brings you the ultimate hardcore album. This is Hardcore Til I Die! 45 of the biggest anthems around in the Hardcore scene mixed by DJ's RE-CON & SQUAD-E. It's one album all you hardcore heads out there you will want to pick up !

View the TV Ad by clicking HERE full tracklisting can be found HERE.

JUNE 2008

The world’s biggest rave Innovation bring you the Drum & Bass soundtrack to this summer. 3CD’s of the hottest upfront cuts, Drum & Bass, Jungle & Old Skool Classics. Includes High Contrast, Chase & Status, Sub Focus, J Magik, Hazard, Roni Size and many more. CD Includes footage from past events and exclusive interviews and footage from ‘Innovation In The Sun 2008’!

Since back in the early 1990’s Innovation has been packing out parties and has always delivered the most upfront music with an electric party vibe. Now 14 years old it has firmly cemented itself as the No.1 Drum & Bass brand, regularly selling out shows all over the UK plus Germany, Spain, Tenerife and Amsterdam. To celebrate In The Sun’s fifth year we have handpicked the biggest upfront cuts on top of some of Drum & Bass’s finest moments to bring you Innovation: The Album.

More info Visit: www.ministryofsound.com

may 2008

Nightlife 4

One of Drum & Bass's most successful mix series, Nightlife, is back to unleash its fourth chapter upon a hungry public. The Nightlife brand was created in 2003 to showcase the skills of Andy C. After constant major label interest, Andy & the Ram Records crew decided it made more sense to create a brand that could be fully controlled themselves. Five years and in excess of 70,000 units later, Nightlife 4 is here with Andy again at the controls, showcasing the production talents of the new blood alongside more established names.

Featuring some of the hottest tracks of 2008 so far alongside some future killers forthcoming, the action packed mix moves seamlessly from darkside anthems such as Hive's 'Neo' & 'The Code Remix' by Absolute Zero, through to jump up gems such as 'Artisan VIP' from Lomax & Hazard's huge 'Machete' by way of fresh Ram goodness from Chase & Status, Culture Shock and Sub Focus. Watch out for this in dropping in May.

Available to purchase online from https://download.breakbeat.co.uk/

March 2008

Drum & Bass has been around for around over 15 years now and there have been hundreds of amazing singles released in that time but what are the best singles of all-time? Well, as Knowledge magazine is publishing its 100th issue in June they thought what better time to find out the 100 Best Drum & Bass Singles of All-Time as voted by the public. They need you to submit your five favourite singles and the 100 tracks with the most votes will make it into their special 100th issue.
Just go to kmag.co.uk to have your say.

The annual National Drum and Bass Awards of 2008 have been held recently at the Q club Birmingham.
The votes were casted and the winners have been announced.
High contrast walked away with 3 AWARDS inclduing BEST LIQUID DJ and MC Skibadee took away both mc awards as he won Best Lyrical and Crowd Hype MC.
Full list of winners can be found here.

J-Tek Records

Bringing it back to go forward" J-Tek Records was setup in June 2007 to fuse the classic vibes of early Jungle Techno with modern samples and the production skills of today. The label ethos is to open up the boundries between Jungle, House and Breakbeat.
More info regarding J-Tek Records and future releases can be found here

November 2007

Following on from the hugely successful previous 16 Bonkers CD’s including one gold and 5 silver sales awards in the UK, as well as this year’s top 10 charting Best Of Bonkers compilation, Resist presents Bonkers Rebooted, which has been reprogrammed, reformatted and rebooted to be rightfully reinstalled at the forefront of the hardcore scene.

On CD1 Veteran hardcore DJ/producers, Brisk and his music production partner Ham take up the DJ duties. CD2 is mixed by original Bonkers boys Sharkey & Kevin Energy. Whilst CD3 features hardcore legends Scott Brown & Marc Smith.

Bonkers Rebooted contains upfront and exclusive tracks and mixes from Joey Riot, DJ Kurt, Robbie Long, Stormtrooper and Gammer as well as the latest productions from the featured Bonkers DJ’s Brisk & Ham, Sharkey & Kev Energy and Scott Brown & Marc Smith.

Full Tracklisting, TV AD,and Album artwork can be found on HERE

October 2007

The annual Hardcore Heaven Awards of 2007 have been held recently.
The votes were casted and the winners have been announced.
Darren Styles held onto his BEST DJ title for the 2nd year running and MC Storm for the fith year running held onto his crown and won best MC of 2007.
Full list of winners can be found here.

SEPTEMBER 2007

True Hardcore triple CD, three distinctive mixes from the scene’s biggest players headlined by DJ’s Dougal & Gammer, Sy & Unknown, Supreme and Sunset Regime. Spread across three CD’s, its a killer selection of 51 tracks including the hottest, upfront hardcore tracks from the biggest names on the hardcore scene, currently devastating dancefloors at raves across the country.

Featuring tracks from the scene’s biggest DJs and producers including Dougal & Gammer, DJ Supreme, Sunset Regime, DJ Sy, Unknown, Darren Styles, Hixxy and newcomers Pulsonix, Starkillaz and many more. Unlike other genre mix albums, “True Hardcore” showcases the best tunes as made by the DJ’s themselves with the majority of the tracks exclusive to this collection and cannot be heard on any other album out there!

Cutting edge and the sound of what’s really banging on the Hardcore dancefloor, the originality and impact of these mixes combine to make this a vital album. That fact, coupled with the long-overdue inclusion of the country's greatest Hardcore MCs, Storm & Whizzkid, ensures the originality & impact of their mix on this vital album for any UK Hardcore fan!

Full Tracklisting, TV AD,and Album artwork can be found on HERE

January 2007

The highly anticipated Best of Bonkers album will now be released on 15TH JANUARY. All your favourite Bonkers classics are crammed into 3CDs mixed up by Hardcore legends Sharkey & Druid, Hixxy & Re-Con, and Scott Brown.

Full Tracklisting, TV AD,and Album artwork can be found on HERE

December 2006

RAVEOLOGY presents:
THE NATIONAL DRUM AND BASS AWARDS 2007

www.JungleTechno.co.uk has been nominated for :

BEST WEBSITE

Other Categories include:

BEST DJ
BEST LYRICAL MC
BEST MC / HYPE MASTER
STEVIE HYPER MEMORIAL AWARD
and more..........

HOW TO VOTE:

EMAIL YOUR VOTES TO: lisa_smith@mrn.co.uk
YOU CAN ONLY VOTE ONCE !!!

WHEN VOTING PLACE THE NUMBER OF THE CATEGORY WITH YOUR NOMINEE & SEND TO ABOVE ADDRESSS

ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN TEXT YOUR VOTES TO : 07891 399 475 SAME APPLIES, PLACE THE NUMBER OF THE CATEGORY, THEN YOUR NOMINEE AND TXT.

ONE VOTE WILL BE EXCEPTED PER MOBILE
Visit HERE for further information on voting.

Voting closes on 27th January 2007, so get voting NOW
Cheers !!!!

Clubland X-Treme Hardcore 3 is finally here.
The biggest hardcore album of the year is packed to the gills with the finest hardcore tracks of the year mixed by your favourite DJing talent, Darren Styles, Breeze and Hixxy.
Featuring brand new tracks by these fellas as well as United In Dance, Voodoo and Serano, Bodyrox and Liz Kay among others, it’s this season’s biggest album. Out on December 11th, the album is sure to be one of the hottest albums this winter!!!
Full tracklisting and Album artwork can be found on clubland

November 2006

After the success of last years debut ..Next Level.. CD, released on Valve Recordings, DJ Friction utilizes his diverse Shogun Audio Empire to once again deliver an outstanding selection of Drum & Bass music. Spanning two CD's and covering the full spectrum of the scene, The Next Level 2 features 48 of the freshest Drum & Bass tracks on the planet.

Featured artists: The Freestylers Ft Pendulum, Dillinja, High Contrast, Krafty Kuts & Tim Deluxe, Calibre, Noisia, Zinc, Makoto & Stamina MC, Clipz, Teebee & Calyx, DJ Friction & K-Tee, Commix, D-Bridge, Alix Perez, Break, Logistics, TC, Baron + many more.

CD 1 The Next Level replicates a Friction club set, right across the board, light to dark, smooth to hard, everything is represented. ..The Deeper Level.., as showcased on CD 2, heads deep into the musical realms of Friction..s selection, which includes some of the most profound, exclusive and simply musical Drum and Bass tracks around right now.

Full Tracklisting with further information can be found HERE

October 2006

The annual Hardcore Heaven Awards of 2006 have been held recently.
The votes were casted and the winners have been announced.
Darren Styles walked away with 3 AWARDS inclduing BEST DJ and MC Storm held onto his crown for a Fourth consecutive time and won best MC.

Full list of winners can be found here.

For those who were left disappointed after Flashback's 10th Birthday a full statement can be read here.

Hardcore Euphoria, Euphoria, the market leaders of UK Trance and Hard House embark on a journey into a genre of frenetic, high energy, rave fuelled music… the hedonistic world of Hardcore.

Gathering 6 of the most successful and high profile DJs of the Hardcore generation, Euphoria makes its first foray into Hardcore with extreme force. 5 legends of the scene and 1 young upstart have been carefully selected to showcase the full range of hardcore – from bouncy vocal anthems to pounding gabber cuts, it’s all here. No classics, no fillers – just a whopping 67 tracks of the most upfront, exclusive hardcore anthems, remixes, and re-edits.

The DJs who mixed this compilation have been enthusing to us for weeks, telling us how excited they are about the imminent release of this massive compilation. Brisk & Ham had so much hot material that they had to cram 30 tracks onto their disc, Dougal thinks his disc with young prodigy Gammer is the best mix he’s ever done, and Sy & Unknown had to take a couple of Valiums after they mixed theirs to calm them down!

Full Tracklisting with further information can be found HERE

September 2006

In 1990 Topbuzz hooked up with the Infamous Basement Records and recorded a string of releases such as "Living In Darkness" & "Maintain Her", which helped forge the sound we now call Drum & Bass. They also recorded some top remixes of acts such as The Prodigy, Raging Rockers, Anthill Mob, A Homeboy a Hippie & A Funki Dredd & Criminal Mindz. Thier Anthem "Living in Darkness" has become one of the seminal Rave Tunes and features in just about every ravers collection.

So with a huge following for both thier Live performances and releases you'll understand when you put this CD in your player, you will instantly feel a tingle through your spine, you will fly back to days gone by, as soon as the first beat drops and Mad P's voice comes across, you will realise that there was a music and a time that can never be forgotten.

Bring on Jungle Techno, bring on Top Buzz.

Full Tracklisting with further information can be found HERE

Hardcore Heaven is back with the 4th installment of this much loved series. HH4 is compiled and mixed by 2 of the Scene’s A list DJ’s – Scott Brown & Kevin Energy alongside the hottest rookie from the Hardcore ranks - as you may have predicted, it's the inimitable Joey Riot.

HH4 is a 3CD collection of the freshest underground Hardcore tracks, from some of the heavyweight names in the scene, including Brisk & Ham, Dougal & Gammer, Sharkey, Seduction, Storm, Force and Dutch Hardcore legend Neophyte.

Full Tracklisting with Audio and TV Advert can be found on the E-Flyer

August 2006

Hardcore Nation 3 - mixed by DJ Seduction, Stu Allan & Robbie Long.

The best gets bigger & better! The critically acclaimed and influential Hardcore Nation album series returns on August 7th 2006 for its 3rd high energy instalment featuring the proven DJ mixing prowess of DJ Seduction, Stu Allan & Robbie Long.... these DJs live and breathe hardcore.

Between them have selected 54 of the scene's hugest anthems, biggest classics and best upfront exclusives which are guaranteed to have rocked dance floors across the globe and are now brought to you on one album!!!
48 of these killer tracks from the UK's fastest growing, most innovative, enjoyable and youthful harder dance scene are totally exclusive to this album and cannot be heard on any other compilation!!!

Featuring tracks from Prodigy, Pendulum, Mauro Picotto, Styles & Breeze, Hixxy, Seduction, Sy & Unknown, Dougal & Gammer, Brisk & Ham, Stu Allan, Robbie Long, BK, Scott Brown & more, you know this is gonna be huge!!!
Full Tracklisting with Audio and TV Advert can be found on the E-Flyer

After the phenomenal success of MC Bassman's Birthday, legends of the dark black have issued a 10 cd pack from this event. These are limited in quantity and are selling fast at £25. Artists from the night include include: MICKEY FINN B2B DARREN J, FABIO, NICKY BLACKMARKET, RAY KEITH, BASSMAN, SPYDA, JUICEMAN, TRIGGA, EKSMAN, Lenni and many more.

CD packs are available from oldskool daze 01214720777 and all good outlets.

July 2006

on 10th July Resist are proud to officially announce the release of Bonkers 16 :Maximum Hardcore Energy. The line up features the cream of the Hardcore scene: Hixxy & Recon, Sharkey & CLSM & Kutski, Scott Brown & Gammer, who all drop brand spanking new, upfront and exclusive tracks across 3 CD’s! Bonkers 16 also features fresh tracks from Hardcore heroes Breeze & Styles, DJ Force, Brisk & Ham, Sy, and Kevin Energy!

With Bonkers 16 set to launch, many have now predicted the coming months to be the ‘Summer of Hardcore’. This is evident in the number of massive Hardcore events taking place across the country and mammoth selling compilations, all helping to maintain Hardcore’s position as the UK’s most dominant Dance genre.

Full Tracklisting with Audio and TV Advert can be found on the E-CArd

June 2006

HARDCORE HEAVEN presents:

THE OFFICIAL HARDCORE HEAVEN AWARDS 2006

www.JungleTechno.co.uk has been nominated for :
BEST WEBSITE / MAGAZINE

Please take your time out and vote for JungleTechno

Other Categories include:
BEST HARDCORE DJ
BEST HARDCORE MC
BEST RECORD LABEL
and more..........

Saturday 28th October sees the fourth consecutive Official Hardcore Awards , hosted by Hardcore Heaven as part of the massive WestFest event , to be held at the Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

So get voting NOW, Click HERE to vote online.

Voting continues up until 21st October , the week before the event. The earlier votes throughout June, July & August will determine most of the artists who will be performing on the night, although other artists may be added if voting dictates this.

Cheers !!

May 2006

Over the Spring Bank Holiday Sunday 28th May 2006, Back to the Oldskool and Epidemik.com presented:
'The Official Oldskool Awards 2006'
www.JUNGLETEHCNO.co.uk was nominated for BEST OLDSKOOL WEBSITE.
Voting was closed on Sunday 21st May and the results were finally announced by Billy ‘Daniel’ Bunter at London's most original old skool venue's Koko (formerly Camden palace).

Here is a brief list of winners:
Best Old Skool DJ: Slipmatt
Best Old Skool Jungle DJ: Nicky Blackmarket
Best Old Skool MC: Robbie Dee

www.JUNGLETECHNO.co.uk was voted 3rd Best Oldskool Website.
JungleTechno would like to thank all those who voted in the awards and congratulate all those who were nominated in the various categories and of course the winners.

Full list of winners can be found here.

April 2006

Following on from the success of Hardcore Heaven 2, Resist Music and Slammin Vinyl the UK's#1 hardcore promoter come together once more to bring you what is set to be the definitive Hardcore album of 2006. Mixed by DJ’s SY (voted no1 hardcore DJ’s 2004 & 2005), BRISK(Next Generation/Stimulant Records) & KEVIN ENERGY(Nu Energy/Relentless Records) this 3xCD package offers the freshest tracks from the Hardcore underground, from some of the biggest names in the scene.

To cover the full spectrum of the UK’s fastest growing, most diverse dance genre we have selected three of the Hardcore scenes most popular and influential DJ’s who have over the past decade helped shape the scene and turn it into the vibrant, innovative, youth lead movement that it is today.
HARDCORE HEAVEN 3 RELEASED on Monday 10th APRIL 2006

Full Tracklisting, TV Advert and more can be found on hardcore heaven 3

February 2006

The 2006 Orange British Snowboard and Freestyle Ski Championships take place Laax, Switzerland from March 11-18. More commonly known as the Orange Brits, the event is the finale of the Orange AIM (Artificial, Indoor and Mountain) Series, the official competition circuit for British snowboarding and freestyle skiing. Of course the Orange Brits isn't just about competition, oh no. Talent and impressive moves can also be experienced on the decks at the Riders Palace on March 14th as BarKnowledge hits town for a one-off special.

Featuring Darren Jay (AWOL) and Beni G (The Mixologists) - lovers of hip hop and drum & bass are in for a treat.

More info here Knowledge Magazine

January 2006

Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 2:
It had to happen: so positive was the response to 1 that we're doing it all over again.
Yes! Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 2 drops on 6th March.
We've hooked up with the three best-loved hardcore DJs for this monster album. It's a 3CD set with Darren Styles and Breeze each mixing a CD and Hixxy providing his best tracks and remixes on the bonus third disc.
Following on from the biggest hardcore album ever CXH2 will feature all the newest and biggest on the scene with exclusive mixes of tracks unavailable anywhere else
They're all on there - all the big hardcore names like Styles , Breeze , Hixxy , Dougal & Gammer , MC Storm , UFO , Sy & Unknown , Re-Con etc etc.
Full tracklisting, TV Advert and Album artwork can be found on clubland