Watch a new documentary exploring the history of drum & bass
A new documentary exploring the history of d&b, titled Drum & Bass: The Movement, has gone online. You can watch it for free below.
Five years in the making, the documentary features some of the most important pioneers of the genre, including Goldie, Grooverider, Andy C, GQ, Digital, Spirit, Total Science and many more.
A press release for Drum & Bass: The Movement says the documentary captures a "specific and intense slice of drum & bass and jungle culture’s rapid acceleration from 1996 - 2016.
Nozstock locks Andy C, Flava D, Dillinja, more for 2020
Hertfordshire's Nozstock festival has revealed the first wave of acts playing its 2020 edition.
Leading the announcement are Sister Sledge, who are set to play live, while there are confirmed DJ sets locked in from Andy C (with MC Tonn Piper), Flava D and Dillinja.
Drum & bass features heavily in the announcement, as in addition to Andy C and Dillinja, the festival has also confirmed sets from Randall, Break, Calyx & Teebee, Culture Shock, Total Science, Nicky Blackmarket, and Critical Music mainstay Bou. Dub afficionados Mungo's Hi-Fi will also play the fesival.
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Andy C announces Xmas Party at Printworks
Andy C has announced his Xmas Party at Printworks in London.
The mammoth gathering will take place on Saturday 7th December, running from midday to 11PM. The drum 'n' bass goliath has lined up an enviable guest list for the occasion featuring icons of the scene and fresh upstarts alike.
Standout billings include b2bs from DJ Storm and Bailey, Mark XTC and Northbase, Nicky Blackmarket and Ray Keith, Unknown Error and Contakt, and Randall and Dillinja. Legendary sparring partners Ed Rush and Optical will also team up in the booth.
Andy C wins DJ Mag Top 100 DJs 2019 Highest Drum & Bass award
Andy C has claimed the Highest Drum & Bass award once again in this year’s DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll - climbing 11 spots on last year’s position to sit at No.79 and serving as the only entry from the genre.
Starting the year with a 12-week residency at XOYO in London, for which he invited a representative cross-section of drum & bass DJs old and new, Andy pretty much sold out each of the nights in the series.
Carl Cox, Charlotte de Witte, more locked for Arcadia’s new 50-metre high stage at Glastonbury
Carl Cox b2b Jamie Jones, Charlotte de Witte, The Black Madonna, Bicep, Andy C and more are confirmed for Arcadia's new 50-metre high stage at Glastonbury.
The area is consistently one of the most impressive at the festival, or any other the crew collaborate with, thanks to the dramatic aesthetics, pyrotechnic effects and huge bookings, with the most iconic setup involving an enormous fire-breathing robot spider.
Sónar locks Dax J, Honey Dijon, Andy C, more
Sonár has confirmed a further wave of acts for this summer's event, including Dax J (who will play b2b with Blawan), Andy C and The Matthew Herbert Brexit Big Band. The latter will play the festival's closing concert.
Honey Dijon and Louie Vega are scheduled to play b2b together for the first time, while there are also newly confirmed slots from Afrodeutsche, Acid Arab, PAN label head Bill Kouligas and Neon Chambers, the collaborative project of Sigha and Kangding Ray.
Get To Know: Harriet Jaxxon
Harriet Jaxxon epitomises the dream of the self-made DJ. Born and raised in the small Kentish town of Whitstable, when she was just a child her jungle-loving father’s record collection led her to the sounds of DJ Ron’s ‘African Charm’ and Roni Size’s ‘Sound Advice’. “Those two tracks are the ones that for me stick out as two jungle tracks that I discovered before I knew what jungle was,” she tells DJ Mag.
Andy C locked for second residency series at XOYO
Andy C has been locked to return for his second residency at XOYO London. He's the first artist to be invited back to helm the club’s much-loved residency series.
The drum & bass DJ’s second stint at XOYO will run on Fridays for 13 weeks from 4th January until 29th March 2019, with the full line-up to be announced this Thursday, 29th November.
Andy C will play all-night long for the opening and closing parties. Tickets for those events go on sale this Thursday 29th November, with the general sale to follow this Friday 30th November.
Andy C at Wembley: 13 insane photos from the drum & bass don's takeover
Andy C quite literally made history at the weekend, becoming the first ever drum & bass DJ to headline the SSE Arena next door to Wembley stadium in London.