Breakbeat Kaos is a British

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based in

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, UK that specialises in

drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...

. It is jointly owned by

Fresh Fresh or FRESH may refer to: People *DJ Fresh (born 1977), UK-based drum and bass artist *DJ Fresh (producer), US-based R&B producer born Marqus Brown Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Fresh'' (1994 film), a crime film * ''Fresh'' (200 ...

and

Adam F Adam Fenton (born 8 February 1972) is an English record producer and DJ who has worked across various genres. He is also the co-founder of the drum and bass label Breakbeat Kaos along with DJ Fresh. He found initial success with the 1990s dru ...

, who founded the label in 2003 by merging Fresh's Breakbeat Punk with Adam F's Kaos Recordings. The label's first release was a 12"

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by Fresh titled "Dalicks / Temple of Doom". The following year the label released the single "

Another Planet / Voyager "Another Planet" / "Voyager" is the second single by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. It was released on 23 February 2004 by independent label Breakbeat Kaos, and was their first single to use the 12-inch picture disc format. The single peak ...

" by

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, which peaked at number one in the

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."The Official UK Dance Charts" (13 March 2004). ''

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'' (133). Milton Keynes, UK: IQWare. They also produced their first full-length release with the

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'' Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!''. Starting in 2005, Breakbeat Kaos has released

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debuts from Pendulum, Fresh and

J Majik J Majik (born Jamie Spratling, Northwood, England) is a drum and bass DJ and producer. He has been active since his early teens in the early 1990s. Biography He released his first track in 1992 (as DJ Dextrous) on the Planet Earth record lab ...

Wickaman Wickaman is a British drum and bass producer and DJ. He has worked with many other producers including Adam F, Asnide Slide, DJ Hype, Hoodlum, J Majik, Mavrik, Mc Morgan, and RV. His debut album was Dubplate Killaz (mixed by DJ Hype.) In Se ...

. The first of these, the Pendulum album ''

Hold Your Colour ''Hold Your Colour'' is the debut studio album by the Australian drum and bass band Pendulum, released on 25 July 2005 and later reissued in 2007 by Breakbeat Kaos. The album was mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis in London. The album feat ...

'', was later

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, exceeding 225,000 sales in the UK alone. The label has also released singles by artists including

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, who has gone on to score action sports films in the United States,

Chase & Status Chase & Status are an English electronic music duo composed of Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status). In addition, Andy Gangadeen is the drummer when the band performs live. MC Rage formerly performed as MC with the group, but left in Ju ...

D.Kay D.Kay aka David Kulenkampff (born 1979, Vienna, Austria) is a drum and bass producer. In 2001 D.Kay came together with Rawfull to form Ill.Skillz, having met him while promoting club nights in Vienna. Tracks from D.Kay were released on Soul:R, ...

and Future Prophecies. Since its foundation, Breakbeat Kaos has released 31 singles and four albums from more than thirteen artists, in addition to fourteen singles released through its sublabels, Under Construction and Dogs on Acid. The label has also spawned a thriving online community of fans and producers through the medium of the Dogs on Acid forums. These forums have been used by various people associated with the label, including Pendulum and Adam F, in order to communicate with their target audience. Breakbeat Kaos stopped releasing music in 2012, but in 2018 the label was brought back into operation.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Sublabels

Dogs on Acid

Under Construction

External links

Breakbeat Kaos

Dogs on Acid

References

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Breakbeat Kaos discography
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Dogs on Acid discography
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Under Construction discography
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