ARCHANGEL^ BREAKS AND DUB STAGE

ARCHANGEL^ BREAKS AND DUB STAGE

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CTRL Z

Ctrl Z are a breakbeat production duo hailing from London. They are one of the hottest acts in the breakbeat world signed to one of the hottest labels, Hardcore Beats. So hot in fact that the world's leading drum and bass agency Echo Location (Home to Pendulum, Hype, Grooverider, Dillinja, Subfocus, Noisia...the list goes on!) took them on as their first breaks act. They have become pioneers and trendsetters of harder edged breakbeat. www.myspace.com/ctrlzuk

ILS

With an extensive discography spanning several years, some of the most groundbreaking tunes in dance music under his belt and a musical history which encompasses every aspect of production, engineering and DJing, ILS is one of breakbeats leading lights. The new album "PARANOID PROPHETS" on Botchit and Scarperrecords is set to blow up in 2008! and is already recommended by such leading lights as DJ Mag ,Jay Cunning, Zane Lowe, Pete Tong and even the Stanton Warriors ! www.myspace.com/ilsnextlevel

FAR TOO LOUD

Emerging from outer London, Far Too Loud are a UK breakbeat DJ/production colective, whose sound is a peak-time mix of heady psychadelia, tough basses and heavy funk. Far Too Loud have released tunes on labels such as 777, Broke and Funkatech. These have had airplay on Radio 1 and Kiss FM and support from top acts including Meat Katie, Plump DJs, The Breakfastaz, The Rogue Element and Aquasky. Their Louder Than Life EP picked up the breakspoll 2007 award for best single!
www.myspace.com/fartooloud

THE BREAKFASTAZ

A Nu-skool breaks collective who have had over 20 successful releases on respected breaks labels such as Passenger, Mob and Against The Grain with wide ranging support from scene stalwarts such as Plump DJs, The Freestylers, Tayo, Ali B, Meat Katie, Aquasky, Krafty Kuts, Deekline and even catching the ear of Zane Lowe. They have been DJing all over the world and have also been invited to do guest shows and interviews on BBC Radio 1, Xfm and Kiss 100  accompanying their weekly show on Pyrotechnic Radio www.pyrotechnicradio.com. www.myspace.com/thebreakfastaz

APPLY THE BREAKS

ATB consists of 9 artists who combined to produce an energetic DJ show covering the full spectrum of breakbeat music. Operating on five turntables, two CDJs and four mixers with the ocassional host, the collective rip through funky, rolling, bass-heavy, old-skool, electro and reggae-influenced breaks with plenty of cutting, scratching and vocal accapellas to boot. The outfit also run their own successful ATB and This Is Oldskool parties in their home-town of Luton, in Bedfordshire. Apply the Breaks as a night has thrice been listed in DJ mags top 10 nights in the land. www.myspace.com/applythebreaks1

FRESHOLD

Accomplished producer and DJ, Freshold burst onto the dance music scene earlier this year with his explosive track entitled "Bring It On". He has since completed a remix of "Brazillian Love Affair" by George Duke vs E-S/L and has more remixes for the likes of Subsource and Dead Famous Records to follow. Whilst freshold's been producing material for his impending onslaught on the scene, he's also been systematically devastating the dancefloors of the UK's most prestigious venues. www.myspace.com/freshold

HEXADECIMAL

Nottingham's progressive pioneers Sound Alliance recruited Ben Harvey & Scott Reeder, created a new form of breakbeat and Hexadecimal was born! Another remix opportunity came Hexadecimal's way. This time the boys went one better turning 'From Home's epic house groove into a tech-funk workout, immediately snapped up by The Plumps DJ's as the opening track to their massively successful Fabric Live CD. Residents at 'The Bomb' they then began to move their sound out of town throughout the UK. www.myspace.com/scotthexadecimal

TOM REAL

Tom plays a blend of electro with techno and breaks. Last year saw Tom and Rogue win ’Best Remix’ accolade at Breakspoll Awards , plus Mixmag awarded him ’most sarcastic acceptance speech’ in their ’Award Awards of 2007’. He also plays at leading UK festivals including Glastonbury and The Glade Festival alongside Wildchild Outside, Sunrise Celebration and The Waveform Festival. He released ’Feel My’ on Functional and ’Machine’ which featured as part of Passenger Records’ ’This Way Up’ album. www.myspace.com/tomrealuk

ED REAL

If you don’t know who Ed Real is you probably don’t know much about the London dance scene, along with well as being a DJ and producer, he’s put on some amazing nights and launched one of the biggest dance music MP3 stores in the world. Ed's one of the Managing Directors at Trackitdown. When he's not in the office, Ed's off touring the world with the dance massive! www.trackitdown.net

LIQUID DJEMS

Label DJ Liquid Djems is A/R boss on the chill/elecronica side of Liquid Records and has recently compiled and released the first in a series of up-beat chill compilations called 'soul vibration#001' - a unique fusion of organic electronica and deep pulsating psy dub n breaks. Although working mostly on the more up-beat chill side of things James is also known to rock a dance floor.....playing a more intelligent mix of rolling full spectrum psychedelic breaks fused with phatt and funky psy trance. www.myspace.com/liquiddjems

 

AGENT SMITH

Agent Smith mainly play breaks, but has a lot of involvement with the UK psy trance scene, and also enjoys collecting funk, trip hop, dub step, etc. The kind of breaks he looks for are a nice balance of funk and psy. He is known for his scratching and has started using DJM 909 with effects and foot pedal and hopes to start incorporating this into some production stuff soon. Promotion wise he’s generally associated with Liquid Records www.liquid-records.com and Archangel Breaks www.archangeluk.co.uk. www.myspace.com/agentsmithdj


HOFFMAN V MODEL 101

Model 101 (Ollie) started spinning at parties in 2001 and progressed quickly to playing at clubs with H0ffman, and soon gained a rep in the South Coast breaks scene for sets that brought the party to the party. Find M0del101's tracks, and the occasional sneaky bootleg remix, on labels Virus B-23 and Crisp Biscuits - new material on Waveshape Records. Ollie is fast gaining a reputation as a solid producer and has worked on tracks with H0ffman, Guilty as Charged, Anti Science and the RMS. H0ff and M0d have been hosting popular weekly radio shows since 2005 and can currently be heard on the Unstable Radio Show on BreaksFM. www.myspace.com/m0del101 - www.myspace.com/djhoffman

RMS

Jonno & Martyn got together in 2005 from a Drum & Bass background, and the acid tech / trance scene. The love of breaks by both of them fused the partnership, which consists of rolling Basslines, with acid fused squelches. The tune “Love Stick” which they produced with m0del101 will be released on Unstable label with a Far Too Loud remix on the flip. Recently Martyn has become been initaited into Unstable Label which he runs with h0ffman and Era. www.myspace.com/theraremonkeyspecies

GAV RAVENOUS

Have been djing for around 13 years now in which i have covered pretty much every style during that! I am co-promoter/resident dj of Tribal Medicine and also resident dj for Contact. My other promotion which includes a 15k funktion one soundsystem goes under the name of Ravenous and has been active for about 6 years now during which i have collaberated with many other promotions all over the country including Contact, Punchfunk, Section 63, Project Storm and Underground City. www.myspace.com/gavravenous

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SUBTERRA

Subterra is quickly developing a reputation for being one of the most versatile young djs in the drum n bass scene, and has every intention of continuing to push the boundaries with his mixing skills, whilst keeping busy in the studio and pleasing crowds wherever he plays. With his 1st release with Sudden Def off shoot Def LTD as well as rmx duties for Sudden Def Records. www.myspace.com/subterradj


EQUALIZERS

Brand spankin new breakbeat duo from london, a fresh new sound in the world of breaks. New signing to Ollywood..s Hardcore Beats camp, The Equalizers have been touring all around Europe and USA over the past few years tearing crowds apart with their explosive, energetic and genre-crossing DJ sets. After the enormous 'Pandemic', 'Let..s Go', 'Kickin' Hard' and 'Revenge', support from many of the main players on the breaks scene, BBC Radio 1, Kiss100 as well as smashing the infamous Glastonbury festival this year. www.myspace.com/theequalizersuk

 

MR WHITE (aka Alphadog 1)

A mixture of breaks, techno, psy Trance, and a bit of minimal … Generally if its got a sick bassline and rocks I like it! You can now find me at five and lime in Guildford every week playing out with my partner in crime Magical T and playing for the well established Antiworld, Archangel, also play residential slots and waveform, sunrise, antiworld, festivals and other events across London and Bournemouth! Best way to describe my style is psyadelic funky dirtiness!! I your feeling it show the love!! www.myspace.com/dj_mrwhite

LEAN

more info coming soon...

www.myspace.com/djleanjohn

BAZIL

Collaborations with DJ Lean and tracks he made with freind and now production parter Subterra are seperate breakbeat and minimal projects. Influenced by acid techno acts such as Lab 4 and psy trance, his drum and bass style still holds those influences. www.myspace.com/bazill

KWALILOX

Psy Vocalist, MC, Snake charmer, Fire Eater, Stilt walker, Performance Artist & Psyber Burlesque Fairy...Presenting and tantilizing the audience with my sexy unique self created psychedelic hair. She describes herself as a dedicatd warrior of the greater good, working for our father sky and mother earth to help re-tune,upgrade and prepare timeship earth and its inhabitants for a smooth concious global aszcention. www.myspace.com/kwalilox


DRUM MONKEYS

Billy Borez and Carl Loben met through mutual friend Barry Ashworth, and soon discovered that theyd both been to Barrys Monkey Drum night back in the day. Hence the Drum Monkeys. Uber-producer Billy recorded as Zero B. His biggest track from back then was LockUp, a tuune licensed to countless compilations and that stills brings goosebumps to older raves who remember it. DJ/journo Carl is a bit of an unsung dance music legend, too often giving innovative acts like Squarepusher, DJ Marky and, err, Skunk Anansie their first UK press. www.myspace.com/drummonkeys


A9ENT ORAN9E

Winner of the Sunrise Celebration DJ competition, A9ENTORAN9E aka Bruce Campbell is currently picking up fans and industry attention for his DJ sets and production work, playing alongside artists from Funkatech, Twisted, Sinister, and Liquid Records, his track ‘Fix Your Shadow’ has already been featured on the ‘Sneaker and the Dryer show’ on NSB Radio as well as Dj mLe’s Bi-weekly show on Breaks FM. a9ent0ran9e is currently enjoying Club and Radio support In Canada, America and Europe. www.myspace.com/a9ent0ran9e

 

 Waveform Festival 2008

MARY MISS FAIRY

more info coming soon...

 

NEEK

Bristol born Sam Barrett is the creator of the Sureskank Convention events, which started off in his home town but have since spread to his current residence in Brighton. Resident DJ for Blood Tribe Records, Neek always has an ear on the movements within the dubstep scene, so you will never hear the same set twice! www.myspace.com/middlemanandneek

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SCREENAGER

Screenager, hailing from Portsmouth is Mark Owens whose sound is best described as futuristic bass music...techno-sodden dubstep and breakbeats with outrageous drops and screaming synth-werk. www.myspace.com/dascreen

NORTON DUB BRIGADE

A collective of djs & producers from the southwest of England. Since 2005 they have been tearing up Bristol, Brighton, Bath and their home town of Midsomer-Norton with a wide selection of Dubstep, Breakbeat, 2-Step & Grime plus being a part of the free party scene in the southwest. The group's founders Mistabit and SK have now not only got a strong following but a growing amount of residencies and gigs under their belt,  supporting the likes of Dubstep pioneers Caspa, Rusko, Hijak and Rod Azlan. www.myspace.com/nortondubbrigade

JIGSORE SOUND SYSTEM

Jigsore is another group of party peoples who never quite got over the first time they stood in front of a stack and felt ya lunch wobble...It was at that moment we realised that they should avoid getting real jobs and continue trying to make that jam sandwich bounce against your diaphragm like a spastic wallaby.  They dabble in oldskool, jungle, reggae, ragga, breakcore, 80s stuff yourmum would be ashamed of but your brother used to love, dubstep,hardtek, ska, punk, acid, breakstep, mashups, tekno, electro bla blabla...

BET MIDDLER

Bet Middler loves nothing more than a tasty bass tickle. The love for big sounds pushed him to render himself staving to be able to buy vinyl to play the deepest darkest Dubstep around. Prepare to wobble that gut!

HUMB

Humb cut his teeth chopping ragga and breakcore in the woodlands of the southwest. Now his oscillating basslines are guaranteed to cause even the most dedicated treehugger to fall to the ground like a tranquilised sloth. Step over the tye-dye tide and get stompin'!  


DIBDUB SOUNDSYSTEM

DIBDUB first formed as an embryo in the belly of the beautiful Devon hills in the year 2000, filling a void which had formed just outside of Exeter. The birth of DIBDUB at the Cavern in 2002 saw the rise of DIBDUB SOUNDSYSTEM, an almagamation of DJ's and live instruments, blended together with concious, attitude free vocals, and dubbed out effects.  DIBDUB SOUNDSYSTEM present reggae, ska, dub, jungle, breaks, drum and bass and just about any other kind of music that they can find or create that will get yer skanking, and help you to move those dancing feet. www.myspace.com/dibdubsoundsystem

KINGS HI-FI

Foundation Members include the likes of Irie Fresh aka Zebby, Mr Finn, Big T, and the Bush Doctor. Running Reggae Dances about 5 years in Brighton UK, with regular trips round europe mashin dances all over. SOULJAHZ in the camp ..... Culture B,Inasound, Silva, Mc Trooper, Ras Tali, Shama Shark. BIG UP TO ALL THE KINGZ AND SOULJAHZ WORLDWIDE..........www.myspace.com/kingshifi

 

 

MANASSEH

Manasseh is a Reggae Soundsystem which specializes in the best of Reggae Music of all types (from Ska to Dubwise to Roots to Dancehall) and always has done since 1985. www.myspace.com/manassehsound

 CAFE MAMBA

DUB REVOLUTION

Featuring live players of instruments and singers. Regulars are akimbo, gina ,flip flop,dappa and i-vibe on the mike + trumpet and dub fx from ritchie baton +vibraphone from tobi + percussion from ras rebeun bongo i. Guests have included tony wrafter on saxophone and flute,ilodica blowing mystic melodica fire,jane blowing flute,ben on harmonica, pippa on flute, jimmy from el pato band on guitar, legendary bristol diva thea coles singing,firerocious chatting,stamina li chanting, mc idle and general direction chatting, jimmy from el pato band playing guitar, tina on percussion , sarjo on jembe,+many more. www.myspace.com/regrev

JUD DUB SELECTA

Co-founder of the mighty Bridgwater Reggae Sound System, Jud-Dub Selecta delivers fat slabs of bass heavy dubs on a red, gold and green platter. With his musical roots in DIY anarcho punk and the free party scene, he fell in love when travelling the Balkans in late 2006; where the Dub soundsystems in the former warzone were producing a fresh hybrid of the energy and ethics of both, but with that dark, dirty groove exclusive to dub. www.myspace.com/bridgwaterreggaesoundsystem

 

IN DUB WE TRUST

In Dub We Trust are a dubstep dj duo based in the Westcountry. They hold recidancies on the Bridgewater Reggae Soundsystem, who hold a monthly night in Glastonbury. These nights play a wide array of Dub, Reggae and of course Dubstep. Also In Dub We Trust can be found at the Plastek Surgery monthly boat parties in Falmouth, setting up the crowd for monsters of the dance music scene such as CTRL-Z and Klimax. The IDWT boys also hold a fortnightly radio show on www.brap.fm. www.myspace.com/indubwetrustuk

 

IMMORTAL

Immortal has been producing music since early 2004. Since then his musical style and production technique has matured and grown to create a deep,dark rolling dubstep that he is quickly becoming synonymous for. As a fully accomplished drummer ImMortal knows what makes you tick and with his love of dirty basslines,it makes for some dancefloor devastating tunes. Come and see him,you will see exactly how much he enjoys doing what he does. www.myspace.com/immortaldub

 

DEFAZED

Defazed has been creating electronic music since around 2001, and has played in excess of 50 live shows, many of which were versus sets with the mighty Headphobe. Defazed and Headphobe were crowned UK Laptop Battle team champions in March 2007 and UK Laptop Battle solo champion in December 2007. After a stint of 12" and MP3 releases on labels including 1 Man Army Records and Dissident's JungleTek Movement, Defazed has taken his work back underground. www.myspace.com/defazed

 

EXEL

Exel plays a mix of Reggae, Dubstep, Ska and dancehall as well as being part of a new collective called Screaming Soul Sound System working with Sandman and Ghetto Priest (Asian Dub Foundation), who have supported reggae legends Jnr Kelly and Macka B as well as UK dates with Taskforce and Jehst. In 2005 he became a resident Dj for Vital Culture at Herbal and then went on to play as a resident at Control Freaks at 93 Feet East. He's also been producing Hip-hop, Reggae and Dubstep for the past 5 years. www.myspace.com/djexellondon

 

POOK

Pook was part of the promotional team that brought you Sunday Sessions which launched with Dirty Habit, Rysty, Pook and Terry Hooligan, not to mention the West boys, Danny Sanders and Breakbeat Ant making it very funky downstairs. The next chapter - Pook is now hosting The BeatRouteSessions on S.O.U.L. 99.5FM every Monday night 6-8pm show casing new and unsigned talent from across the globe and guest mixes from the likes of General Midi, Chris Carter and Dirty Habit. Pook can regularly be found playing a funk/soul/hip- hop/ska/breaks extravaganza in his position as resident at Jrink in Frith St Soho and playing clubs and Festivals all over the UK. www.myspace.com/musicpook

 

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