Dope Ammo aka Drunken Masters
Dope Ammo formed in 1996 as a collective responsible for promoting a series of highly successful club events, showcasing world renowned DJs and live acts including Scratch Perverts, Kosheen, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee and Swan-e. This management team soon found their own studio space and became «The Drunken Masters», the production moniker for the founding members of the Dope Ammo crew. Dope Ammo Records was born soon after in 1998 as an outlet for the music they were creating and quickly got their tracks in stores and on DJs turntables all over the world. Since then, with the addition of new artists and remix work from big players in the drum & bass scene, the label continues to grow, with a back catalogue now into double figures and more releases in the pipeline.
In 2001 dope Ammo signed to “Urban Agency”, a DJ agency run by Mickey Finn and Aphrodite, which gave them the opportunity to take their innovative sound to the clubs of Europe and America. It was around this time that The Drunken Masters produced the dancefloor anthem ‘Kill Bill’, which quickly made its way into the sets of the elite drum & bass DJs, and with ‘Mastered Technique’ gaining airplay on Radio 1 courtesy of legendary DJ Steve Lamacq, their profile was raised even higher.
2002 saw the release of the first album to drop on Dope Ammo, entitled ‘Uprising’, which featured tracks from the Drunken Masters themselves as well as some new recruits to the label. The lead single from the album, a reworking of ‘Deep in the Underground’, propelled DJ Hazard to the forefront of the drum & bass scene and gained Dope Ammo a reputation as a respected outlet for established artists and new talent alike. From this success the Dope Ammo crew found themselves collaborating with leading members of the drum & bass scene such as Fatman D on their club smasher ‘Evil That Men Do’, and also gave them the incentive to set up a new project label ‘Maximum Ammo’ with long term friend and veteran old skool DJ Swan-e, to which they have signed new artists Alter Ego and DJ Motion.
In between studio work and running the label, Dope Ammo have been busy playing DJ sets all over the world, gaining a well earned reputation for bringing a party vibe with them everywhere they go. 2003 was an amazing year, seeing them headlining the Roxy Fest in Slovakia to a rammed crowd alongside Tim ‘One Finger’ Taylor, and playing at the renowned Scala Nightclub in Kings Cross. Filled with a newfound energy and passion for taking their sound to the masses, 2004 saw Dope Ammo embark on their first US tour, with a series of shows in Texas, then onto playing at the renowned Snow Bombing sessions in Mayrhofen, Austria on the same bill as artists such as Mylo, DJ Yoda, Mickey Finn, Aphrodite and Darren Jay. More recently they have played a few dates in France and also headlined two massive events in Germany - ‘Dreamland Summer Vibes’ in Bremen and New Bambu in Lubeck which again saw them sharing a stage with the big names in drum & bass and tearing the house down.
Whilst continuing to make their mark on the drum & bass scene, Dope Ammo have also branched out into the world of sound design and soundtrack work for video games, with their talent for putting together original, head-nodding beats securing them a deal with Sony Entertainment Europe and FreeStyleGames working on the forthcoming break-dancing game ‘B-Boy’.
With a hectic DJing schedule and several forthcoming releases lined up, the Dope Ammo crew are showing no signs of slowing down. Truly an exciting time…
Check out the following links:
www.freestylegames.com
www.bboythegame.com
www.da-industries.com
Источник: lastfm.ru
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