Breakbeat Kaos is a British independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 based in London

London

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, UK

United Kingdom

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 that specialises in drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

. It is jointly owned by Fresh

Fresh (musician)

DJ Fresh is an English Drum & Bass and Dubstep producer and DJ. He was one of the principal members of drum & bass supergroup, Bad Company, alongside Darren White , Jason Maldini, and Michael Wojcicki...

 and Adam F

Adam F

Adam F is an English jungle and drum and bass DJ, and film actor.-Career:An early album was the techstep effort, Metropolis/Mother Earth, released in 1997 on the Metalheadz record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles"...

, 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"

12-inch single

The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality...

 double A-side single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

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

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" picture disc format...

" by Pendulum

Pendulum (band)

Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...

, which peaked at number one in the UK Dance Chart

UK Dance Chart

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. They also produced their first full-length release with the compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back.


Breakbeat Kaos is widely considered to be one of the most influential and progressive record labels in the Drum and Bass genre

Starting in 2005, Breakbeat Kaos has released studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 debuts from Pendulum, Fresh and J Majik

J Majik

J Majik has been a drum and bass DJ since his early teens in the early 1990s. He released his first track in 1992 on the Planet Earth record label...

 & Wickaman

Wickaman

Wickaman is a Drum and Bass producer and DJ from the UK.He has worked with many other producers including J Majik, Adam F, DJ Hype, Hoodlum and RV.His debut album was Dubplate Killaz...

. The first of these, the Pendulum album Hold Your Colour

Hold Your Colour

Hold Your Colour is the debut full-length album by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. The album was mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis in London. It was released in 2005 and reissued in 2007 by Breakbeat Kaos...

, was later certified

Music recording sales certification

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

Baron (musician)

Baron is the artist name of Piers Baron, an award winning record producer and musician whose work includes film scores, Song Writing and DJing...

, who has gone onto scoring action sports film's in the USA, Chase & Status

Chase & Status

Chase & Status are an electronic music production duo from London consisting of Saul Milton and Will Kennard. MC Rage & Andy Gangadeen also make up the live band.-2003-2005:...

, D.Kay

D.Kay

D.Kay aka David Kulenkampff is a drum and bass producer.In 2001 D.Kay came together with Rawfull to form Ill.Skillz. Tracks from D.Kay were released on Soul:R, Bingo, Hospital and Renegade Hardware, and he has worked with Kasra, Marcus Intalex and Black Sun Empire...

 and Future Prophecies

Future Prophecies

Future Prophecies are Richard Animashaun and Tony Anthun, a drum and bass duo from Norway. Between 1999 and 2006, they released over twenty singles on various labels, including Certificate 18 and Teebee's influential Subtitles Recordings...

. Since its foundation, Breakbeat Kaos has released thirty one 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

Dogs On Acid

Dogs On Acid , is a UK-based electronic music website, established in 2001.-History:Dogs On Acid began life as a community on Bad Company's website, bcrecordings.com, back in 2000. One of the group's members, Dan Fresh, intended the community to be a place to discuss up-and-coming releases, mixes...

 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.

Albums

Year	No.	Artist	Title	Co-labels
2004	BBK001CD	Adam F & DJ Fresh	Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back! Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back! -Reissue:The reissue sees the unmixed disc replaced by a new unmixed one....	N/A
2005	BBK002CD	Pendulum Pendulum (band) Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...	Hold Your Colour Hold Your Colour Hold Your Colour is the debut full-length album by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum. The album was mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis in London. It was released in 2005 and reissued in 2007 by Breakbeat Kaos...	N/A
2006	BBK003CD	DJ Fresh Fresh (musician) DJ Fresh is an English Drum & Bass and Dubstep producer and DJ. He was one of the principal members of drum & bass supergroup, Bad Company, alongside Darren White , Jason Maldini, and Michael Wojcicki...	Escape from Planet Monday	System Recordings System Recordings System Recordings is a New York City based electronic music record label founded in 2000 by Eric Silver and Louis Montorio with a single artist, American drum and bass icon Dieselboy....
2008	BBK004CD	J Majik J Majik J Majik has been a drum and bass DJ since his early teens in the early 1990s. He released his first track in 1992 on the Planet Earth record label...  & Wickaman Wickaman Wickaman is a Drum and Bass producer and DJ from the UK.He has worked with many other producers including J Majik, Adam F, DJ Hype, Hoodlum and RV.His debut album was Dubplate Killaz...	Crazy World	Black Widow Infrared Infrared (record label) Infrared is a UK-based drum and bass record label owned and run by J Majik and Wickaman.- External links:* *...
	BBK005CD	Various Artists	Breakbeat Kaos Presents - Stadium Drum & Bass	N/A
2010	BBK006CD	DJ Fresh Fresh (musician) DJ Fresh is an English Drum & Bass and Dubstep producer and DJ. He was one of the principal members of drum & bass supergroup, Bad Company, alongside Darren White , Jason Maldini, and Michael Wojcicki...	Kryptonite Kryptonite (album) -Singles:* "Heavyweight/Fantasia" was released as the first single from the album. It was released on 7 September 2009 as a promotional single.* "Hypercaine" was released as the albums second single. It was released on 5 October 2009 and peaked #12 on the UK Dance Chart.* "Gold Dust" is the albums...
2011	BBK007CD	The Brookes Brothers	The Brookes Brothers

Singles

Year	No.	Artist	Title
2003	1	Fresh Fresh (musician) DJ Fresh is an English Drum & Bass and Dubstep producer and DJ. He was one of the principal members of drum & bass supergroup, Bad Company, alongside Darren White , Jason Maldini, and Michael Wojcicki...	"Dalicks / Temple of Doom"
2004	2	Fresh & Adam F Adam F Adam F is an English jungle and drum and bass DJ, and film actor.-Career:An early album was the techstep effort, Metropolis/Mother Earth, released in 1997 on the Metalheadz record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles"...	Jungle Sound EP
	3	Pendulum Pendulum (band) Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...	"Another Planet / Voyager 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" picture disc format... "
	4	Fresh	"Submarines"
	5	Fresh & Adam F	"When the Sun Goes Down"
2005	6	Fresh & Baron Baron (musician) Baron is the artist name of Piers Baron, an award winning record producer and musician whose work includes film scores, Song Writing and DJing...	"Supernature"
	7	Distorted Minds	"Give It to Me / Stay Focused"
	8	Baron & Pendulum	"Guns at Dawn"
	9	Pendulum	"Tarantula / Fasten Your Seatbelt"
	10	Adam F	"8Ball"
	11	Pendulum	"Slam / Out Here"
	12	Chase & Status Chase & Status Chase & Status are an electronic music production duo from London consisting of Saul Milton and Will Kennard. MC Rage & Andy Gangadeen also make up the live band.-2003-2005:...	"Duppy Man / Top Shotta"
	13	Drumsound & Bassline Smith	"Killa DJ"
2006	14	Baron	"At the Drive In / Decade"
	15	Fresh	"The Immortal / Living Daylights Pt 2"
	16	Pendulum	"Hold Your Colour / Streamline"
	17	Fresh	"Nervous"
	18	Baron	"At the Drive In / St. Elmo"
2007	19	Brookes Brothers	"Hard Knocks / Mistakes"
	20	Pendulum	"Blood Sugar / Axle Grinder Blood Sugar / Axle Grinder "Blood Sugar" / "Axle Grinder" is a single by Australian drum and bass band Pendulum, released 18 June 2007 in the UK. It was the band's final single with Breakbeat Kaos, and was released in 12" vinyl and download formats only, including a 12" picture disc format... "
	21	Future Prophecies Future Prophecies Future Prophecies are Richard Animashaun and Tony Anthun, a drum and bass duo from Norway. Between 1999 and 2006, they released over twenty singles on various labels, including Certificate 18 and Teebee's influential Subtitles Recordings...	"The Roof Is on Fire / Dreadlock"
	22	Fresh	"Scream"
	23	Baron	"Endless Summer / Dr. Agnostic"
2008	24	Brookes Brothers & Futurebound	"F Zero / Dawntreader"
	25	Fresh	"Clap / Exhale"
	26	Baron	"Turn Up the Sun / Blinking with Fists"
	27	Fresh	"Gold Dust / The Field"
	28	Brookes Brothers	"Tear You Down / Drifter"
2009	29	Nero	"Act Like You Know / Sound in Motion"
	30	DJ Fresh ft. Stamina MC Stamina MC Stamina MC is a stage name of drum & bass MC and vocalist Linden Reeves. Stamina MC used both rapping and vocalizing.-Biography:His earliest experiences of MCing were on pirate radio in 1996; first Pressure FM , then on to currently active, once-pirate-but-no-longer station Rinse FM...  & Koko	"Hypercaine" (inc Original Edit & Nero Dubstep Mix)
	31	Adam F Adam F Adam F is an English jungle and drum and bass DJ, and film actor.-Career:An early album was the techstep effort, Metropolis/Mother Earth, released in 1997 on the Metalheadz record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles"...  & Horx Feat. Redman	"Shut The Lights Off"
2010	32	Camo & Krooked	"Can't Get Enough / Without You"
	33	Fresh	"Talkbox / Acid Rain"
	34	Sigma	"Stand Tall EP: Part 1" (Front To Back (Original Sin Remix) / Baltimore (Instrumental))
	35	WTF?! ft. Dead Prez	"It's Bigger Than Hip Hop UK (Dubbed Out Mix) / (Full Vocal Mix)"
	36	Sigma	"Stand Tall EP: Part 2" (Stronger / The Jungle)
	37	Fresh vs. Sigma	"Lassitude / Cylon"
	37R		"Lassitude (Jakwob / Sigma VIP Remixes)"
	38	Pendulum	"The Island The Island (Pendulum song) The Island is the third single from Australian drum and bass/electronica band Pendulum to be released from their third studio album, Immersion. It was released on 19 September 2010. "The Island" is a song split into two parts; "Dawn" and "Dusk", with "Dawn" receiving the majority of radio airplay... " EP
	39		"Witchcraft (Rob Swire's Drumstep Mix / Netsky Remix) Witchcraft (Pendulum song) "Witchcraft" is the second single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum to be released from their third studio album, Immersion. It was released as a digital single on iTunes on 18 July 2010, with the CD single being released the following day. It debuted at number sixty-two on the UK Singles... "
	40	The Brookes Brothers	"Last Night / War Cry"
2011	41		"Beautiful (ft. Robert Owens) / Souvenir
	42		"In Your Eyes (ft. Johnny Osbourne) / The Big Blue"
	43	Pixel Fist	"Seduction / Tweaky"

Dogs on Acid

Year	No.	Artist	Title
2004	1	Fresh Fresh (musician) DJ Fresh is an English Drum & Bass and Dubstep producer and DJ. He was one of the principal members of drum & bass supergroup, Bad Company, alongside Darren White , Jason Maldini, and Michael Wojcicki...	"Floodlight"
2007	2	Fatal & DJ Raw	"100 Years / The Hunt"
	3	High Rankin' & Wayz	"Alice / Beyond"

Under Construction

Year	No.	Artist	Title
2005	1	Future Prophecies Future Prophecies Future Prophecies are Richard Animashaun and Tony Anthun, a drum and bass duo from Norway. Between 1999 and 2006, they released over twenty singles on various labels, including Certificate 18 and Teebee's influential Subtitles Recordings...	"Thunder & Lightning / Deceived"
	2	D.Kay D.Kay D.Kay aka David Kulenkampff is a drum and bass producer.In 2001 D.Kay came together with Rawfull to form Ill.Skillz. Tracks from D.Kay were released on Soul:R, Bingo, Hospital and Renegade Hardware, and he has worked with Kasra, Marcus Intalex and Black Sun Empire... & DJ Lee	"Rain / Take Some Time"
	3	Duo Infernale	"Positive Vibes / Pipe Dreams"
2006	4	Chris Paul & Mia V	"All Alone / Liquid Palm"
	5	TKO	"Cheese on Toast / Feelin"
	6	Chris Paul & Mia V	"Portuguese Living / Make Noise"
	7	Social Security	"Children of the Sun / Warm Bass Rising"
2007	8	Santorin	"Supernatural / Return of Tomorrow"
	9	Dan Marshall	"Remember Me / Gomen Nasai"
	10	Dan Marshall	"Dreamcatcher / Side Step"
	11	Cybass	"The Way of the Rasta / Laughing Man"

External links

• Breakbeat Kaos
• Dogs On Acid