Lifted Music

Infobox record label
name = Lifted music

founded = 2006
founder = Chris Renegade
genre = Drum and bass/ Avant garde
country = England
location = St Albans
url = [http://www.liftedmusic.co.uk] Lifted music is a drum and bass concept label mainly releasing darkstep and avant-garde drum and bass. The idea behind the label is to create a collective of friends rather than just releasing their tracks. Each producer tours the world in order to promote the English and American drum and bass underground scene.

History

Created in 2006, Lifted Music is a UK-based drum and bass label managed and owned by Chris Renegade. With audio and video artists from all over the world, Lifted represents a new concept in the drum and bass underground scene. In order to promote new performers, the team launched in 2007 a then bi-weekly podcast on iTuneswhich received interest from drum and bass fans all around the world. According to the vinyl distribution company S.T. Holdings Ltd [ [http://www.stholdings.co.uk/index.php?mod=cat&inc=index&ss=b630436a7e98b90c11558474de68ec51 Catalogue No. LFTD001 and LFTD002] ] , Lifted music had immediate support from drum and bass artists such as Calyx (artist), Teebee, Noisia, Dieselboy, Phace, Ed Rush, Pendulum, Chase and Status. The collective now focus on releasing a full EP for each members.

"The Lifted Crew"

Chris Renegade managed the TOV Music Group (A&R / Label Manager/Renegade Hardware/ Barcode Recordings/ Renegade Recordings) for four years. While managing the group, Chris discovered some of the most respected artistsin the contemperary drum and bass scene, and decided to create the Lifted concept label with the help of long time friend Spor. Chris Renegade now runs the Lifted music's label and regularly tours around the world as a DJ.

2006 saw Spor depart from the TOV Music Group, a project for Evol Intent Recordings and Planet Mu, a track on
Subtitles_Recordings and a remix for Pendulum with Toxic Shock. In 2007, his track Molehillreleased on Subtitles Recordings climbed to the BBC Radio1 D&B Top ten in May, 2007. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/ldouble/20070529.shtml BBC top 10 D&B Chart, May 2007] ] .Also in 2007, Spor released a track on Lifted 001 and his Lifted 002 double EP, "Supernova", reached the BBC Radio1 D&B Top Ten. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/ldouble/ BBC Top 10 D&B Chart, August 2007] ]

Apex has been producing music as Unknown Error for the last 3 years, but has recently split from the partnership to shape his own identity. With Unknown Error featuring on labelssuch as Renegade Hardware, Moving Shadow, Defcom and Horizons, and covering a rangeof styles, Apex has already begun to continue from where he left off. His debut work as Apex - The Space Between feat. Ayah, has made its way straight onto Hospital Records and into the BBC Radio1 D&B Top Ten. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/ldouble/20070417.shtml, BBC Top 10 D&B Chart, April 2007] ]

American Evol Intent also joined the Lifted collective. The crew operates as athree pieces outfit: Knick, Gigantor and the Enemy. They all grew up in the punk-hardcore culture and are now involved in the American drum and bass scene. They launched the Evol intent recordinglabel in 2000, and released tracks from Ewun, SPL, Current value, Couterstrike, Mayhem, Psidream, as well as themselves. [ [http://www.discogs.com/label/Evol+Intent Evol Intent recordings discography] ]

A second American entrant completes the Stateside lineup: From New-York, Ewun has alreadyreleased some of his work on labels such as Evol Intent recordings, Barcode Recordings and Human Imprint Recordings. 2007 will see a US tour for Ewun, as well as a double EP for lifted music.

References

External links

* [http://www.liftedmusic.co.uk/ Official site]
* [http://www.rolldabeats.com/label/lifted_music/ Lifted Music discography]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Spor Spor discography]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Unknown+Error Apex + Unknown Error discography]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Evol+Intent Evol Intent discography]
* [http://www.evolintent.com/ Evol intent official site]
* [http://www.ewunthegun.com Ewun official site]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ewun Ewun discography]