Featured Labels

Botchit & Scarper

Botchit & Scarper Records was established in 1995 by business partners Vini Medley and Martin Love, the founders of pioneering Jungle record label SOUR. Over the past 7 years Botchit has become the leading international Breakbeat label (Music Week, 2000), releasing over 30 singles and 15 full length albums from the likes of FreQ Nasty, B.L.I.M., Atomic Hooligan, Aquasky, Raw Deal, Chris Carter and many more.

The 4VNINI project, a 50-track album in tribute to the late Vini Medley, who passed away late last year, proved just how versatile the label is. A number of hightly acclaimed artists contributed tracks to the album, including MJ Cole, Elisabeth Troy, Red Snapper, Pressure Drop and Roots Manuva! The first single – “Forever Young” reached the UK charts and received praise from many of the UK’s leading DJ’s.

Botchit and Scarper Records is run inconjunction with sister label Botchit Breaks.

AwesomS the label just keeps getting better….. Tayo (Mob Records)

Botchit Breaks

Botchit Breaks is the sister label of Botchit and Scarper. The label only releases 12 inch vinyl and features predominantly dancefloor orientated tracks.

The label provides a unique opportunity for us to showcase new talent (Aquasky, Atomic Hooligan and BackDraft all featured on Botchit Breaks before they released tracks with Botchit and Scarper).

This label is for the DJs, constantly pushing forward the sound of breakbeat.

The label has recently released “Proof” / “Moneyshot” by XAV from Australia, the next releases will be JHz’s “Azures” and “Rocky” by The Autobots, both have aleady received wicked response and reviews. Watch this space!

DZR Recordings & Double Zero

In 1999 the DZR imprint was launched with pedigree background, borne out of eMotif Recordings, the label that showcases new talent with guest appearances from some of the scenes most prolific names, gradually the fruition of the ‘buzz’ around this label has manifested into a tornado of a storm. A lot of genuine ‘scene’ appreciation and support is being placed at the feet of ‘DZR’. With it’s impeccable quality of releases, excellent artwork / sleeve designs by prolific artist ‘Corporate Bomber’ Mitch and it’s open door, bringing cherished guests and friends to allow them the creative freedom to express themselves how they wish, for this dynamic free form drum & bass pedestal. Artists that have featured on DZR have included ILL Logic & Raf (EBONY/ MOVEMENT), Marcus Intalex, Future Cuts, Aquasky, Stamina (LK/ V Recordings).

E-motif Recordings

Set up in September 1995 by the late Vini Medley & Company director Martin Love, as an experimental Drum and Bass label. eMotif (Part of the S.O.U.R family tree, responsible for introducing jungle music to the national charts in the mid 90’s) has released over 50 singles and four ground breaking albums (Techsteppin, Danger U.E.D, The Method & The A1-Sound carrier Part 1) to date - consistently retaining fresh appeal within the Drum and Bass ‘scene’ also an integral part of the ‘Tech step’ movement that dominated the Drum and Bass scene in the mid 90’s – eMotif continue to be innovative within the dance scene. Masters at finding the freshest talent, our history has covered major territory in siting the development & change in drum & bass. We have also worked with & helped to break major artists MC DET. Elisabeth Troy, MJ Cole (Talkin Loud), DJ Trace, Shy FX & T. Power (WARNER), Grooverider (Radio 1), Ed-rush, Ray Keith, Doc Scott, Sappo (1xtra), to name but a few.

As well as keeping a healthy ground-breaking release schedule, eMotif has involvement in London’s leading triple award winning club night ‘Movement’ and recently setting up DJ Mix competitions with the leading Technics brand and Movement, showing you that they have fingers in many pies - bringing grass roots to the over ground scene that we call DANCE MUSIC.

Recently eMotif had it’s own show on the Ministry of sound Radio online and DAB network – launched 2001 on the FM dial– this was the first time that Ministry had opened it’s door’s to this underground drum and bass scene. Also representing the drum and bass sounds on Trust the DJ / Groovetech radio / Pyrotechnic radio.

Movement

‘Movement’ was born in late 1996 at a time when the sound of Drum & Bass was beginning to polarise and nights were built around one particular ‘harder’ strain of the Drum & Bass genre.
At a launch party for ‘Techsteppin’ @ it’s first home a fortnightly residency in a private members bar, ‘Embargoes’ (Kings Road, west London) B4 moving to a thursday night residency at ‘Bar Rumba’ on Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s ‘Theatreland’ It was resolved that in order to fuel the evolution of the music a base was needed to be established for all types of the sound. Bryan Gee grabbed the name ‘Movement’ from the air (to symbolise the continued movement forward of Drum & Bass) and ‘Movement’ as we now know it had begun -

Now, seven years later, in 2004, ‘Movement’ remains roadblocked every single time. Playing host to every credible DJ in and out of the scene; from Grooverider through Goldie, Hype, Jumpin’ Jack Frost, Roni Size to Optical and everyone else in-between like Todd Terry, for example.

Over its rich seven-year history, ‘Movement’ has become a veritable dub plate testing-ground, and spread it’s wings through nights and the label to the 4 corners of the globe! hosting one-offs and tents at large-scale events like the 50,000 capacity Homelands, the 60,000 sell-out Skolbeats in Brazil and the massive Ministry of Sound Festival at Knebworth, as well as the big one-offs at clubs such as The End, Mass & Fabric in London.

This is perhaps one of the reasons why ‘Movement’ was voted Club Of The Year for the last two years consecutively at the Knowledge Magazine Awards. Indeed, Muzik, Ministry, Mixmag, The Face and a host of other top magazines have consistently placed ‘Movement’ as one of the UK’s best clubs overall in their yearly charts.

The Sound of Movement project also incorporates a radio show hosted by Bryan Gee every Thursday from 21.00 – 23.00 (GMT) playing on Ministry of Sound Radio, the largest dance music radio station in the world.

For the future, ‘Movement’ continues its work in territories all around the world – with residencies in Nottingham, Portugal and Toronto to name but a few, with resident DJ’s Bryan Gee, Marky, Addiction, Ruffstuff, Ray Keith and DJ Patife alongside the resident MCs Stamina,Darrison, Moose and IC3.

Tall Order Records

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Times Two

Times Two was set up in the summer of 1998 to release collaboration’s between the award winning and now world renowned MC’s and Artist’s MC Det and MC Skibadee .

A label that has been long called for as MIC Controllers of today become the new stars of tomorrow in the world of Drum and Bass music.

Det and Skibadee’s vision for this MC based label was to produce an outlet for their work and in the process create a Platform for MC's and artists to showcase their vocal talents and expertise.

‘Times Two’s first outing was 'O2x freestyle' (98) - a project between Det & Skibadee. Supported with a full promotional campaign including the making of a feature length video that gained heavy rotation on the popular interactive TV music channel 'The Box'.
Their fourth release was the well received and now well sought after 'Jungle Owes Me Money' E.P.

After the success of the first two releases Times Two has gone from strength to strength hosting an array of artist’s work from the unmistakable sounds of Flinty Badman and Deman Rocker AKA The Ragga Twins also quality presses from MC Shabba D and the MC Fearless.

Now well into their sixth release the demand for MC based music has grown and to keep up with the demand MC Det is now in the middle of compiling an album of lyrical flava’s for the ravers ...

More Label and Album info coming soon

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VRecordings

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