Formation Records is a Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

-based 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...

 label that was founded in 1989 by DJ SS

DJ SS

DJ SS is an English drum and bass DJ and record producer. SS is short for Scratchenstein, which is a name he used when he was a hip hop scratch DJ, and a part of the hip hop act, The Formation Five, whose name inspired the name of his record label...

 (Leroy Small) and his partner Eidris. The label came to prominence from 1992 onwards releasing countless classics of darkside hardcore/jungle over the next couple of years. The label evolved with the times and by 1994 was one of the leading jungle labels.

In the wake of this, the label created a number of subsidiary labels, each showcasing a differing style of music from the main imprint, including 100% Records, 5HQ Recordings, Reformed Records, New Identity, Easymen, F Project, Dubform and lately, Digiform.

Artists

• Amaning (drum and bass)
• Critical Impact (drum and bass, minimal, neurofunk)
• DJ SS
  DJ SS
  DJ SS is an English drum and bass DJ and record producer. SS is short for Scratchenstein, which is a name he used when he was a hip hop scratch DJ, and a part of the hip hop act, The Formation Five, whose name inspired the name of his record label...
  
   (drum and bass)
• Greenlaw (downtempo, dubstep, jazz)
• Hotwire (drum and bass, jump up)
• Influx UK^ (drum and bass)
• Kid-Alt-Dub (electronica, dubstep)
• Medicin (drum and bass, jazz)
• Rollz
  Rollz
  -Biography:Matt Schofield started out in the drum and bass field simply as a DJ, already using the moniker of 'Rollz'. Time passed however, and his love of drum and bass pushed him into production and writing, practicing via online remix competitions...
  
   (drum and bass, jump up)

^Influx UK has stated he has retired, but he appears on Formation lineups and it can be assumed it meant retiring from production only.

External links

• Discography at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
  
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• Discography at Rolldabeats
  Rolldabeats
  rolldabeats is an online music database dedicated to drum and bass and its various stylistic origins. It was launched in February 2005 by the original webmaster Thijs Engels, and web designer Tom "Haste" Johnson...
  
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• Formation Records