First Music Acts Announced First Music acts are here. Check out headliners for the Indoor Arena plus a load of sweet support acts. Andy C Last year saw Andy C reign supreme once more as he was crowned Best DJ for the 10th successive year; a record for the drum and bass industry. He was the highest drum and bass representative at DJs top 100 DJs Poll at number 28, and started the year getting the ultimate accolade from the bible of dance music Mixmag listing him in the top 10 of their Club lands Ultimate Power List. While running his label, signing new talents, producing and traveling across the globe to play some of the biggest clubs, Andy C is a busy man, and one of dance musics best ambassadors. Nero NERO have become a big name in both the Drum and Bass and Dubstep scenes, often fusing both styles of music in their DJ sets. They started with DnB, joining DJ SS's Formation Records in the Summer of 2004. Since then Dan and Joe's tracks have caused quite a stir, gaining huge support from DJs like Andy C, Grooverider and Friction, as well as radio airplay from Zane Lowe, Jo Whiley, Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Rob Da Bank, Steve Lamacq and Fabio & Grooverider, to name just a few. Friction Brighton raised, multi award winning DJ Friction is a member of an exclusive club. He is one of a handful of DJ's to have smashed through the ranks and become a superstar in his genre simply through an unbelievable talent behind the decks. This year has seen him add more accolades to his ever increasing CV and is regarded by many as not only the most skilled but the most diverse DJ in drum & bass. Danny Byrd Hailing from Bath in the South West of England, Danny Byrd has been involved in the Drum & Bass music scene since the late 90's. Seen as a pioneer of soulful and vocal liquid funk, Danny had his first release on DJ Ron's Piccasso imprint back in 1998 with "Manhattan", quickly moving onto join up with the Hospital Records camp in the year 2000. It was with Hospital that he really made his mark with the singles "Do it Again" and "Changes", this was the start of a fresh new sound mixing D&B with soulful house, garage and R&B influences. Crissy Criss Crissy was raised in Leytonstone in the East of London after growing up in area's such as Newmarket, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk around the age of 2-3 years old when mother 'Tracey' met Kenny Ken, who was at the time playing Acid House & Jungle Techno. It was then Crissy was introduced to a set of decks at the age of 5. Years later Crissy found himself as one of the UK’s premier DnB, Hip Hop and Grime DJ’s while presenting his own shows on Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra Klimax As many know, the rise of a DJ is often a long and winding struggling journey, however when the rarity of raw talent does hit onto the scene an air of head turning excitement ensues, with heightened recognition and instant attention. A DJ with such rapid hysteria surrounding him is young gun ‘DJ Klimax’, bagging ‘Best DJ’ two years in a row at the highly respected ‘ South West Drum & Bass Awards’. At 21 he is leading the nu-generation onslaught with his weaponry of Jump Up and dance-floor with undertones of wobble.. Krafty Kuts Martin Reeves, AKA Krafty Kuts, is without doubt one of the world’s greatest DJs. Lauded in the UK, worshipped in Australia, acclaimed in America, where ever he plays he is guaranteed to cause a commotion with his riotous skills. So far in a glittering career he has gained dance music’s top accolades including Best International DJ at the Australian Dance Music Awards, Breakspoll’s Face of Breaks 2003 and Best Breaks DJ at the M8 Ibiza awards 2006, in only his first year as a resident on the white isle. A stunning haul at Breakspoll 2007 saw him claiming Best Album for his debut long player ‘Freakshow’, Best DJ for a record third consecutive year and to cap it off, the richly deserved Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat award that acknowledged his long journey to the acme of club culture. Caspa Today, Caspa is synonymous with the underground. If you don’t know Caspa you don’t know Dubstep. With an epic list of tour dates taking him to every corner of the globe he still finds time to host a bi-monthly night at the world famous Fabric. Not content with running 3 labels , producing dancefloor bomb after dancefloor bomb and the acclaimed album ‘Everybody’s Talking, Nobody’s Listening’, his remix skills are in higher demand than ever, remixing for the likes of Deadmau5, Miike Snow, Depeche Mode and Kid Sister just to name a few. Kidda Last time we met Kidda was last year just as his debut album, Going Up was released and gained immediate success with brilliant tunes such as Feel Too Good, Stronger Together and the fantastic Under The Sun. Since the he’s done a Radio one mini mix for Annie Mac, and toured the country to apply this trade. Good time parties await!] Charlie G Dynamic, diligent and armed with dancefloor dynamite – it’s difficult to know where to start with Charlie G. A DJ, producer, label owner, artist manager, event organiser, promoter and writer, Charlie represents all that the dancefloor has to offer a passionate party player. But while most of us dive into one, or maybe two, of those roles, Charlie does it all. And he does it well. Freerange DJ’s =AVE=, Olly G & Hi-Fly are 3 Cornish boys who spend their time throwing party's, partying, Dj'ing & making beats together in the Southwest of the UK under the title of the "Freerange Dj's". Tho they have only been Dj'ing collectively for the last 3 years they have individually been clocking up club time all over the country for years, holding residences at club nights of all different dance genres right across the board. It was in 2007 where they really started stepping things up together, playing to crowds of 3000+ people at festivals and continually supporting some of the biggest names in Breakbeat, D&B, Hip-Hop and Electro they soon gained a reputation for really energizing the crowds at their events. Weather it be devastating dance floors, outrageous partying or just general "Cornish" misbehavior they have definitely created a wicked party vibe around the name "Freerange"
