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UKF Music
UKF Drum & Bass and UKF Dubstep are two of the most popular music YouTube channels, launched in 2009 with the primary focus of bringing users high quality music into their inbox. No single YouTube channel has such a diverse selection of Drum & Bass or Dubstep, and it is this that has brought music-lovers to UKF in order to get their fix of the latest tracks, from smaller up and coming artists’ right up to the biggest names in the scene. With over 125 million views in 2010 (and 30 million in January 2011 alone), UKF has become a key promotional tool for labels to push content out to their fans.
With a subscriber base of over 300K, UKF is now serving up experiences beyond youtube with a massively successful podcast, digital compilations and a recent sell-out event. By providing access to both genres across a single brand, UKF serves an open-minded community of the next generation of bass music fans, both on and offline.
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Drum&BassArena
Established in 1996, Drum & Bass Arena is the leading global music brand for drum & bass / jungle music. Although its origins can be traced to an online portal at www.breakbeat.co.uk, Drum & Bass Arena has successfully expanded its brand to encompass live events and tours, TV-advertised compilation albums, merchandise, mobile services and a digital distribution arm.
This year Drum & Bass Arena will celebrate its 15th year as the number 1 drum & bass site on the web, recognised by awards from BBC 1Xtra, Knowledge People's Choice, National Drum & Bass Awards and Accelerated Culture. The success of the website and forum have been extended with regular email newsletters, a Top 5 weekly podcast and a weekly D&BTV webcast which is now available on mobile.
The Drum & Bass Arena compilation series is the biggest selling of its kind with over 250K CD’s sold to date. Flying the flag for drum & bass for a decade, often mixed by the biggest DJ’s in the scene, these compilations have brought the music to a whole new generation.
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This Is Dubstep
Launched in 2009 by GetDarker, This Is Dubstep became the biggest-selling dubstep compilation, with its two TV-advertised follow up volumes in 2010. With the phenomenal success of the first digital album, Volumes 2 and 3 were released on CD, bringing the underground sound of dubstep to an even wider audience. Accompanying the releases have been a series of This Is Dubstep parties featuring many of the artists from the compilations, attended by hundreds of bass-lovers eager to experience the heavy sounds live and direct.
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D&BTV
With an archive stretching back to footage from the turn of the new millennium, D&BTV is the richest source of drum & bass / jungle video in the world. With over a decade’s worth of live footage from the biggest club nights and festivals, music videos and interviews with DJs, producers and MCs, and music videos, the D&BTV concept was developed in 2007 to incorporate live webcasting.
D&BTV Live now goes out every Wednesday, and 2010 featured over 200 top DJ’s and MC’s representing the full spectrum of drum & bass. Combined with live chat, the D&BTV Live interface gives users around the world an interactive way to experience drum and bass online. The sets and interviews from D&BTV Live are added to the archive every week, expanding the wealth of content even further.
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Getdarker
GetDarker www.getdarker.com is an endorsed independent online magazine devoted to dubstep music and UK underground culture. Evolving from an original site launched in 2003, GetDarker has since expanded beyond its London, UK roots and now has strong support from a global audience.
GetDarker has bolstered its brand as an award-winning leader in dubstep via the TV-advertised compilation series This Is Dubstep, weekly GetDarker webcasts, a Top 15 podcast, merchandise and exposure at UK festivals and international tours. Showcasing the full spectrum of the genre, these multi-media platforms have provided exposure to up and coming artists as well as bringing the audience closer to the scene’s biggest stars.
www.getdarker.com