RuFFM am 28.06.2008 mit Ly'da Buddah

Präsident der Drum and Bass Bundesliga
Die Drum and Bass Bundesliga wurde vor 5 Jahren gegründet. Hier kämpfen die Top-Künstler aus Deutschland um den begehrten Meisterschaftstitel. Eine fachkundige Jury und das Publikum entscheidet in 5 Kategorien (Selection, Mix, MC, Performance und Rauschzustand) ob das Spiel unentschieden ausgegangen ist oder eine Mannschaft gewonnen hat. Am Ende jeder Saison steht der Meister fest.

Herausgeber von Deutschlands größtem DnB Magazin “Headliner”
Headliner ist das größte deutsche Drum and Bass Magazin mit einer Auflage von 5000 Printausgaben.

Bekannter Song- und Mixtape-Produzent
Ly.da’Buddah und Buzz T sind Motagen Sound. Seit 2006 sind die beiden offiziell bei Europas zweitgrößtem Reggae- und Dancehall-Label Germaican Records gesigned. Internationale Bekanntheit wurde durch die große Anzahl an kreativen Remixen und Bootlegs auf Ihren Mixtapes und verschiedenen White Labels erreicht. Es folgten unzählige Remixaufträge aus allen Teilen Europas, den USA und Jamaica.

RuFFM am 11.05.2008 mit DJ Storm, Stamina MC und Rob-B

Storm has always been one of the most influential DJs within drum and bass, known for tight mixing skills and exclusive selection. As one of the Metalheadz label’s chief selectors, she represents the crew at their residencies, label nights and tours as well as countless solo gigs. More recently, she’s linked with other like-minded female drum and bass artists to form Feline and has travelled with the crew to dates in across Europe as well as making regular appearances as Feline resident at their club night at London’s Herbal. Affectionately dubbed the First Lady of Drum and Bass, Storm’s career has also had it’s lows to match the highs. In a tragic accident returning home from a gig, her best friend and DJing partner Kemistry was killed beside her. Storm carried on with the music beside her, continuing the passion they had shared for drum and bass and leading the way as a role model for aspiring young female artists to break into what is still a male-dominated scene. In 2007 she also received plenty of much deserved press attention. A rarity for a non-producer, she bagged herself a Knowledge Cover feature in Summer, only to top it up with an ATM mag cover mix-cd featuring a ‘history of Metalheadz’ mix. This mix was to help promote the newly established Metalheadz Sunday Sessions at London’s Clockwork club which Storm does not only serve as a resident but also as a promoter and programmer for all bi-weeky line-ups.

Stamina has toured the world extensively over the last few years alongside DJ Marky, in addition to performing with a variety of other DJ’s, and in fact, performing DJ gigs himself. After the success of DJ Marky & XRS’s track ‘LK’ and D.Kay & Epsilon’s ‘Barcelona’ both which featured Stamina’s vocals, the MC’s career skyrocketed and has brought him all over the globe: to Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Japan, and of course all over the UK and Europe and beyond. Stamina was also for a time touring as vocalist for London Electricity Live and has since moved on to open himself up to offers with a variety of artists. With his smooth vocal stylings it’s fair to say Stamina, above all other drum’n’bass MC’s, has had a great crossover appeal that has brought him to a wider worldwide audience. With his style he’ll make a great accompanyment to the finest d’n’b nights on offer, and is currently also the MC for Shy FX’s album tour.

RuFFM am 03.05.2008 mit DJ Public

RuFFM am 26.04.2008 mit Henree

Henree has always been a passionate music lover with interest in a broad spectrum of genres including detroit techno, deep house, hip-hop, jazz, funk & fusion. Since all these styles played an influencial part for his 1st love – Drum and Bass it was just a logical progression to immerse himself in this music & get behind the decks.
Hailing from the city of Cologne in Germany, he is part of a long-serving crew called Tatort, with whom he still runs a monthly allnighter in is hometown.
When his first productions saw the light of day, they were pretty quickly picked up by all major players in and outside of the drum and bass scene and were making their waves on dancefloors and radiostadions all across the globe.
Since he gained more and more attention through his releases on various labels (e.g. like Soundtrax, Phunkfiction and finally Soul:R), Henree had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe to present his music.
In terms of his DJ selection as well as on his own productions he prefers his beats energetic but still with a soulful edge not forgetting about the funk & groove. But whilst others try to split Drum & Bass in even more subgenres, it‘s still just Drum & Bass to him.
It doesn‘t matter what style it is – if it‘s good it‘s good. Quality is what matters to him – not the pigeonhole it‘s been put in. Truly playing the whole spectrum that this music has to offer you will undoubtedbly here more of him and his music in the near future.

RuFFM am 19.04.2008 mit Suv

As a crucial member of the respected Full Cycle and Reprazent stables, Suv has undoubtedly contributed his fair share to the development of Drum n Bass and definitely to the sound of Bristol. A member of the seminal 1989 group Fresh Four who burst onto the scene with ‘Wishing On A Star’, Suv has continued to carve a musical journey both as a solo producer and part of larger conglomerates with Roni Size, Krust and Die always with the intent to break new ground. Having listened to everything from Bob Marley to David Bowie growing up in the UK, Suv brings a truly urbane, open-minded sense to his musical productions. Never afraid to look into the past and routes seldom explored, Suv’s Desert Rose EP kicked up a storm with its release. Borrowing influences from Latin, Brazilian, Hindu and Moroccan grooves, the EP was caned by everyone from the likes of Grooverider and Fabio to eclectic leftfield DJs like Gilles Peterson and John Peel, proving that good Drum n Bass can appeal to both the serious headz as well as anyone who appreciates good music. Mixing up these Asian and Flamenco-inspired themes with his trademark Bristol dubby sounds has definitely given Suv a new dimension – one that saw him follow up the EP with Follow The Sun. Like its precursor, the EP delves into uncharted territory in terms of fresh rhythms. On a more dancefloor-orientated front, Suv has been churning out a number of tracks that as always have made people sit up and pay attention. His single, Do You Remember Me, a release employing the vocal talents of New Zealand’s MC Tali, has been causing some serious damage on dance floors worldwide up to this very day. When Suv’s got time from his V Recording, Fullcycle, & Reprazent duties, he has his own label to work on called Playside. Playside releases represent the signature Suv sound that you’ll hear in his DJ sets – these are tracks that may not fit the Fullcycle or V Recordings mould. As Suv as a DJ plays like no other DJ, his open mindedness and willingness to open peoples minds and play a wider range of music has made him the DJ producer he is today. Suv has a few diferent projects on the move at the mo, one of them being Rhythm and Bass, or R’n‘Bass as he calls it. Suv met Don-e, an RnB artist and formed a brand new sound mixing the RnB styles of Don-e with Suv’s Drum n Bass to form Rhythm n Bass. They’re currently working on an album called Rhythm n Bass to show the nation once again that Drum n Bass can be musical yet still hard. Suv once more finds that equilibrium between hard dance floor beats and music for the soul…