Lee Brough 
Hard House DJ Producer

www.mixcloud.com/ak909

AWsum Hard is an exciting new imprint releasing the very best of the harder end of Hardhouse. Andy Whitby wanted to showcase a tougher side of the AWsum imprint, and alongside label manager Dave Curtis has put together a collection of releases perfectly suited for when the dancefloor needs it that little bit tougher!



Strap in and enjoy AWsum Hard, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!


Please e-mail all track submissions in full HQ to hard@awsum.co.uk



Since showing interest in dance music and djing in the late 90's, Boca Byrne has went on to perform at some of the biggest events in hard house. His dj sets consists of tight mixing, good choice of tracks and sharp sounding scratching.
In the production circuit, Boca has been firing some interesting ideas around the studio and its certainly paying off with multiple number 1 hits in the hard house charts and tracks signed to top hardhouse/dance labels like, Fireball Recordings, Kung Fu Wax, Deprivation Records, Encoded NRG, Nu-Skool Recordings, Stereodays, Hi Oktane Records and the mighty Vicious Circle Recordings. His tracks have had support from some major players in the hard house scene like Ben Stevens, Rodi Style, Adam M, Lucy Fur, Nik Denton, Justin Bourne and Karl Davis. All of witch have been playing Boca Byrne material at the biggest events in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand plus on internet radio show, Slinky.FM and Irish national radio station, RTE 2FM.
Irishman Boca, who is no stranger when it comes to delivering a quality dj set, has played hard house and hard dance in Ireland, England and club capital Ibiza. He has rocked high profile dance events such as Frantic, Goodgreef and Trade aswell as spinning at countless clubnights like Encoded NRG, Hi-Oktane, Meltdown and Effective.
Be it in the studio or behind the decks, Boca Byrne has a great passion for what he does that shows no sign of stopping!
For bookings contact Stuart >>

djbocabyrne@gmail.com

For all licencing, remixing and general inquiries please contact: info@synedrionmusicgroup.com

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Associated Labels

Synedrion Music  Group (UK)
Metamorph Recordings (UK)
Metamorph Advance (UK)
Metamorph Rapture (UK)
Metamorph Seismic (UK)
Discover Recordings (UK)
Outburst Recordings (UK)
Raz Nitan Music (NL)
Perfecto Recordings (US)
Suanda Music (RU)
Alter Ego Recordings (UK)
Pheonix Recordings (CH)
Hard Trance Europe (UK)
Masif (AU)
Technikal Recordings (UK)
Fevah Recordings (NZ)
Dataless Recordings (UK)
Joyride Recordings (CH)
Syncopy Recordings (UK)
Impact Recordings (UK)
Bleach Recordings (SA)
Electrik Shandy Recordings (UK)   
H.A.R.D. (AU)
Cheeky Tracks (UK)
Hard Trance Europe (UK)
Fired Up Records (UK)
Riot! Recordings (UK)
Traffic Records(UK)
Caterpillar Trax (UK)
Encoded (UK) 
Outbreak Digital (UK) 
Kung Fu Wax Recordings (CA/UK) 
Ballistik Recordings (NZ)
Hyperdrive Recordings (PL/UK)
Zone Traxx (UK)
Fireball Recordings (UK)
CN Recordings (UK)
Presence Recordings (UK)  
Presence Hard Trance (UK) 
Presence Hard Dance (UK) 
Presence Hard (UK)
Direct Drive Recordings (UK)
Tidy Trax (UK)

Ian M is the original hard house DJ and still the best.

For eight years in the ‘90s, the Leicester prodigy played a central role in the success of the most important after-hours club in British dance music history, Trade, the most influential club in the annals of hardness.

Having cut his teeth in his hometown for several years towards the end of the 80s, the DJ world’s God of thunder got his first big break when Trade offered him a slot on a tour date in Birmingham.

The rewarding residency that followed at the London club’s homebase in London gave Ian the challenging task of playing after the lord of the dance Tony de Vit, one that he pulled off successfully week after week.

The fruitful relationship with Trade afforded the Godfather of hard house a number of memorable career highlights. These include playing to an audience of 250,000 at the Love Parade in Leeds, teaming up with Danny Tenaglia at Twilo in New York and playing Dance Valley in Amsterdam alongside Carl Cox.

The punisher’s more recent successes at the epicentre of the hard universe are as notable and widespread, as his much-admired residencies at Sundissential, Insomniacz, Storm, Twist, Sinergy, Fuel and Insekt testify.

Worldwide demand for his dynamic DJ sets has taken Ian everywhere from Ireland, France, Hong Kong, Canada, Ibiza, South Africa, New York, Washington D.C, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

As a creator of top quality tunes with high production values, Ian has never been described as prolific, but when he does deliver a new tune, it tends to be a major event rather than just another record coming out. 

Who can forget the phenomenal global hysteria surrounding his timeless masterpiece ‘Crazy Pills’ when it first appeared?

Prior to that landmark outing, a string of unforgettable classics had cemented his reputation as a most outstanding music maker. 

These include two remixes of Dyewitness for Tidy Trax, his famed ‘Black Is Black’ remake for the same label, the storming singles ‘Annihilation’ and ‘The Dreamer’ along with hard-as-nails treatments for top labels such as React, Tripoli Trax, Elasticman, OVD, Kaktai and Mohawk.

Ian compiled and mixed the biggest-selling volume of all the Trade album series, and has released a host of superb compilation mixes for Tidy Trax, Fevah N.Z and Torture Garden.

2009 saw Ian returning to the studio with Dom Sweeten (of OD404) and Karl Davis (from Ireland) to run up three tracks, of which two were released for Karl’s Pure NRG label and one (DJ Rave) ended up being used for Dom’s mix on Spinball’s “Velvet Hammer” compilation.

2010 has seen Ian going back in the studio but this time, it is with Dave Owens & Valex to co-produce “Demons”, which was exclusively featured on Valex's Toolbox album together with an exclusive "Butcher Boy" Remix. Ian finished the year going back in Dave Owens Turtledog Studio with the huge "Crank" for Tidy.

2011 has started with Ian going in with Mr Owens again for the massive "Where R Da Drums" for newly formed label Twist Trax and the Radio 1 played "Bang Yer Mind" (with Ben Stevens) for Vicious Circle. And finally finishing the year off with a new track called "Dirty GaGa", recorded at Ben Stevens all new & plush studios nr Manchester.

And 2012 is looking as busy, with another visit to Mr Owens Turtledog Studios with Ben Townsend (man about town) in January, where we knocked out "Pop Idol" on Smalltown Records. Other projects are due to follow.

2013 starts with a mix album for Razor Recordings, with the name "The Razorz Edge", which has gone straight to No.1 in the Juno Download Album Chart. Ian will be in the studio again at some point in 2013 with more new artists and will be working on a new Hard House offshoot label & signing new tracks for it sometime in 2013. Watch this space for details!! 

Originally written by Mark Kavanagh. 
Slight Update: Feb 2013

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