HOSPITAL RECORDS co-founder and CEO TONY COLMAN reveals exclusively to ROAR about his decision to step down after a difficult last year, in part 2 of our exclusive mega-interview.

Some 12 months after the label was caught in a storm of allegations of racism, Tony - AKA DJ and producer LONDON ELEKTRICITY explains he wants to focus on performing and producing as he moves into his sixties.

Beginning with a discussion about how his label’s rise coincided with New Labour’s landslide 1997 General Election win - which was set to the sound-track of D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better - and ‘Cool Britannia’, he admits the sometimes moody jungle scene came close to being toppled by garage.

But instead of that happening, Tony states his belief that garage actually saved drum and bass by removing some of what he saw as the troublesome and violent elements.

He also recalls his highs and lows of his DJing career - including one set where he was too drunk to play, which saw him stop drinking before performing - and talks about the thrill he gets from giving opportunities to new acts.

In the final part, coming FRIDAY, Tony will exclusively address for the first time in an interview those allegations of racism from last Summer. So please stay right to the end of the interview, because it's not one to miss!

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Episode 53: Hospital Records CEO London Elektricity, 2/3 - Things Can Only Get Better

@four-tet, live from an isolated woodland retreat.

Four Tet | Streaming From Isolation – #8

Mampi Swift @ Return 2 Source 01.04.22

I played a Renegade Hardware set at a gig 2 weeks ago and it got me thinking, wouldn't it be cool to do a mix of the origins of dark / neuro / techy drum & bass where darkside drum & bass was born?

So I did...

01. DJ Trace - Definition Of Living (1995)
02. DJ Trace - Lost Entity (London Side) (1993)
03. Ed Rush - Bludclot Artattack (1994)
04. Ed Rush, DJ Trace & Nico - Droid (1996)
05. Nico & Fierce - Input (1996)
06. Trace & Nico - Squadron (1996)
07. Source Direct - Stonekiller (1996)
08. Trace & Nico - Damn Son (1997)
09. Doc Scott - Machines (1996)
10. Dillinja - Threshold (1996)
11. Dom & Current Affairs - Drones (1997)
12. Dead Calm - Identity (Dom & Roland Remix) (1997)
13. Dom & Roland - Aliens (1996)
14. Dom & Roland - The Storm (1996)
15. Ed Rush - Comatone (1996)
16. Ed Rush - The Raven (1996)
17. Dom And Roland - Mechanics (1997)
18. Adam F - Metropolis (1996)
19. Ed Rush & Nico - Technology (Boymerang Mix) (1997)
20. NeoTech - Valves (1997)
21. Ed Rush & Nico - What's Up (1996)
22. T.Power vs DJ Trace - Mutant Revisited (1996)
23. Dom & Optical - Concrete Shoes (1997)
24. Dillinja - Silver Blade (1997)
25. Doc Scott - The Unofficial Ghost (1996)
26. Source Direct - Capital D. (1997)
27. Fierce & Future Forces Inc - Constant (1997)
28. John B - Sight Beyond (1996)
29. Optical - The Shining (1997)
30. Dillinja - Acid Roller (1997)
31. Skyscraper - Mach II (1996)
32. Skyscraper - Liberty One (1996)
33. Future Forces Inc - Dead by Dawn (1996)
34. Ed Rush & Nico - Proton (1997)
35. Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust (1997)
36. Genotype - Extra Terrestrial (1997)
37. Dylan - Witchcraft (1997)
38. Twisted Anger - Woodsnake (1997)
39. Dylan - Turbulence (1997)
40. Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing (1996)

Big up to Trace, Dom, Nico, Ed Rush, Optical, Doc Scott...

Thumpa - The History Of Really Fucking Dark Drum & Bass (The Beginnings 1993 - 1997)

WATCH IT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWvXSSXUwnw&t=2310s

WATCH

KETTAMA - Boiler Room x AVA Festival 2023

Fred Again.. Glastonbury2023

Tracklist: https://bit.ly/3OrMFQu

This mix series is celebrating the numerous music style Windrush migration has been pivotal in the development and spread of.

Next up: @fabioandgrooverider share a mix of killer jungle from the '90s

Windrush 75 mix: Fabio & Grooverider (Jungle)

Get the tracklist here: https://blrrm.tv/3zQvnoV

The wait is over. UK super-producer Fred again.. makes his Boiler Room debut in London.

Fred again.. | Boiler Room: London

Here's a short promo mix of some of my favourite mid 90s techstep classics warming up for the next Drum & Bass Classics All-Dayer Sat 27th Jan 2024!

Headliners include Hazard (D&B Classics debut), Randall, Grooverider, Heist, DJ Die, DJ Sleepless & many more to be revealed. I'll be dropping some serious deep techstep in room 2!

https://linktr.ee/dnbclassics for tickets...

01. Optical - Moving 808's
02. Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing
03. Rescale - The Vision
04. Skyscraper - The Difference
05. Ed Rush & Nico - Technology (Boymerang Mix)
06. Decoder - Stash
07. Future Forces Inc - The Killer
08. Trace & Nico - Damn Son
09. Rollers Instinct - Haze
10. Doc Scott - Swarm
11. Dom & Roland - Mechanics
12. NeoTech - Valves 
13. Ed Rush & Nico - Proton
14. Dead Calm - Identity (Dom & Roland Remix)
15. T.Power vs DJ Trace - Mutant Revisited

Thumpa - Drum & Bass Classics All-Dayer 27th Jan Promo Mix (Classic Techstep)

Formation Records 1991 - 1993 History Mix
mixed by: Dave Junglist (Coventry, UK)

EXPECT THE FULL FORMATION RECORDS BACK CATALOG IN 2016! WE WILL START TO UPLOAD THE LABEL HISTORY IN JANUARY! 

Tracklist:
DJ SS - The Psycho
Rhythm For Reasons - The Grand National
Tango - You And Me
DJ SS - The Stomp
Tango - Can't Stop The Rush
Tango - Can't Stop The Rush(Remix)
EQ - I'm So High
Mega Drive - Mindscape
Rhythm For Reasons - The Grand National(Tango Remix)
Mega Drive - Demon
DJ SS & EQ - Dj's Anthem Volume 1
EQ - Total Xtasy(DJ SS & EQ Remix)
Head - Big Bad Head
Jungle House Crew - King Of The Jungle
Oaysis - Heaven
Oaysis - Incredible Bass
Mastersafe - Tarzan Meets Jane
Mega Drive - Pure Intensions(DJ SS & EQ Remix)
Mastersafe - In Your Eyes
Rhythm For Reasons - Doomsday(Tango Remix)
Oaysis - Jungle Mash Up(DJ SS Remix)
Brainstorm Crew - Define The Beat
Darkman - String Of Darkness
DJ SS - Respect To The Following
Darkman - Darkman
DJ SS - Don't Come No Ruffer
Bizzi - I'll Take You(Amazon Mix)
DJ SS - The Pulse(Darkside Mix)
Rhythm For Reasons - Music In Search Of The Light
Bass Ballistics - Breakbeat Culture
Tango - Time Bomb
Tango - Future Followers(Remix)
Rhythm For Reasons - Heavy On Your Head(Remix) 
EQ - Void Of Xtasy
Sound Of The Future - The Warning
EQ - Dubplate Style
International Rude Boyz - Paragon
EQ - So Damn Tuff(Ray Keith Remix)
Sound Of The Future - Hands Of Time
International Rude Boyz - Drum Programme(Remix)
The Last Crusaders - Dark Expolration
Drum & Bass - Lowdown & Funky
DJ SS & EQ - Volume 2
Drum & Bass - That Ruff Track
DJ SS - A New Breed Of Ravers

This is re-vamped dedication to one of the pioneering labels of Hardcore & Jungle back in the early 1990's. Started by Leroy Small AKA DJ SS, Formation established itself as one of the main players in the Jungle scene. 

Dave Junglist links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dave-Junglist-495467633866384/
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/DaveJunglist/

Formation Records links:
@formationrecords
www.formationrecordsuk.com
www.twitter.com/formationrecs
www.facebook.com/FormationRecs

Formation Records 1991-1993 History Mix

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