It’s a very exciting time for UKG as a scene, with numerous different labels, both old school and new flourishing in a rapidly widening field of fortune. We are seeing some super impressive work from the likes of Four40, Slime, , Beastwang, Kiwi and a host of other names, giving the scene a real injection of vibrancy and fun, which is leading to more producers getting involved in the UK’s go-to summer sound.

The Brighton based label has always been seen as a forward thinking imprint, always looking to get involved with the next sound and be a part of what is new and vibrant within bass music. Their extensive roster has seen some top draw names pass through over the years, including the likes of Bushbaby, Skepsis, Darkly, Distinct, Freddie Martin, Zero and more.

What better way to kick off a monday than with an exclusive premiere eh?Today we are heading over to LA, one of the new leading lights in the American Bass scene, with a tonne of new and exciting artists emerging from the mist every day. We are absolutely loving the American influence on world bass music, with an influx of more techy influences and glitchy, poppy percussive additions making their way into more and more original creations. 

It’s definitely an exciting time in the UK, as we start to see the day parties emerge from their winter hibernation and slowly but surely feel a sense of summer injected into the musical landscape. This can be easily represented by the mass amount of UKG releases we have been seeing hit the shelves over the past few weeks and we couldn’t be happier about it!

It’s been a very exciting time to be a part of the 140PM scene in the UK, as we have spent 2019 push towards a massive resurgence in popularity, with a number of labels pushing out some incredibly well designed original releases and a tonne of refreshing new producers emerging onto the scene.

As a series, Charted is a perfect way for us to look into the selections and tastes of some of the most influential faces around the music scene of the UK. We are very excited to be welcoming in Koast for our next edition, one of Bristol’s most influential vocalists and forward thinkers within the bass scene.

As far as labels within this fantastic bass scene go, there aren’t many who have pushing the boundaries and shaping the sound of the scene as much as Saucy Records in recent times. The label operates with a number of regularly featured artists, including the likes of Pelikann, Taim, Affiliate and a load of other super original producers. 

As bass music grows and it’s vast fields array of producers continues to multiply, from time to time we get to see a project that really puts a smile on our face. That is exactly happened when we stumbled across the multifaceted young masterpiece that goes by the name ‘Incursion Recordings’.

It’s an exciting time for dubstep at the moment, as the deeper, darker a more futuristic side of the genre paves the way for a massive resurgence. We have been monitoring dubstep’s popularity over the last few months, both as a genre of 140bpm music and as it’s own entity, seeing it leap up the charts of online stores around the internet. 

It’s no secret that we are serious fans of the Strictly Flava movement, having taken an interest in nearly every release they have put together over the last 12 months! As a label we feel they represent the purest form of what UKG stands for, straight dancefloor bangers that can be played almost anywhere.

It’s been a little while since we heard from GHSTGHSTGHST, but we are very excited to see him back doing what he does best here as he unveils a very exciting run of four free downloads, available to grab weekly. 

There have been a lot of new artists to emerge over the last year or so from the so called ‘UKG revival movement’, a lot of which have been creating some truly incredible stuff. One of our favourites of the bunch has been Limita, a producer who’s versatility and consistency have pushed him right to the top of the pile.

Through the collection of content and expansion of the 3000 Network, we have had a need to expand the team working with us day to day. As an extended project the 3000 empire now spreads across numerous different areas, including the 3000Bass and 3000Deep SoundCloud pages, our record label 3000Digital and of course the threethousand.co.uk blog site.

We are working in an exciting time for bass music worldwide, as we see a tonne of UK producers slowly but surely move towards a more international style of 4×4 composition. It seems that this newer, more American influenced style of bass is the hot stuff to be found in the clubs, with artists such as Chris Lorenzo, Taiki Nulight and others leading the way in the UK. 

‘Who Dis’ is a surprisingly ambitious effort for it’s short runtime blending Funky, Bass and Garage influences together rather beautifully.

To help understand Nekst’s latest involvement in the Digitalization 1.0 compilation, we have asked him to get involved with the site and set out his official top 10 current tracks to spin, showcasing the wide range of influences that he folds into his tracks.

The relationship between vocalist and instrumentalist is rarely talked about outside the realms of “rap”. You’ll notice the use of quotation marks as I refer to the action rather than the genre – an action prevalent across many forms of music in 2019 – ranging from House, to Jazz, to Country music.

Presenting April’s edition of ‘The 3000 Selection’ our guide to the hottest tracks we think you should be paying attention to, all brought to you on a monthly basis courtesy of our very own bass connoisseur Pundit.

It’s an extremely exciting time for the Tengu boys at the minute, as the bass scene applauds the Worthing based duo’s consistency across the recent months. It’s been awesome to see the pair progress further and further as they have started to gain the attention we feel they have deserved for a very long time.

It’s safe to say that there is a very exciting new breed of bass artist slowly emerging onto the scene, following in the footsteps of those innovative bassline artists that came before. We are also seeing that a lot of the more established label projects are now starting to find space for the new breed, with the likes of CruCast, Four40 and Southpoint all delivering music from the new breed from the studio to our eardrums.

In yet another collaboration between two of the scene’s shining lights, ‘The Vibe’ brings together Brighton native Hadean and Bristolian Vellum for a succinct lesson in bass music production.

What a wonderful time it really is for bass music in general around the entire breadth of the UK. We live in a time of mass collaboration and genre fusion, something we are absolutely adoring to witness. Around the country we see different cities pushing for different styles of fusion also, with a lot of Brighton based pushing a futuristic techy twist on bassline and cities such as Nottingham pushing the funky bass hybrid sound.

It’s a seriously exciting time to be in and around The 3000 Network at the moment, with multiple platforms all surging forward with a tremendous amount of energy and catalogue weight. Ahead of the release of the first volume of the highly anticipated ‘Digitalization’ compilation series that we have been tirelessly working on over the last few months, we are very excited to present to you the first single from that project.

Club night turned record label ‘1Forty’ return to grace the 3000 blog with yet another Funky and Garage release. Following on from FNG002, this release features an all star lineup, and has been as high as #1 on the Juno Garage and Funky charts.

At 3000 we can admit that we often put a bit too much emphasis onto the DJ’s and producers of the scene. However, we felt it was time we made an effort to highlight the MC’s, vocalists and hosts who work in and around UK bass culture, being one of the most important elements of a decent rave. A host’s job is to conduct the dance, assist in the build up of energy and be the human point of engagement between a crowd and a DJ and it is a skill that is far too often overlooked.

We are truly blessed to live in an era in which bass music is allowed to roam so freely. Throughout the years we have heard genres evolve and styles develop around the world, culminating in the fantastic population of underground dance music genres that fill both our playlists and airwaves today.

As ever with Southpoint, it’s quite difficult to keep up with the mass of content that they appear to be able to put together. As a label, they are one of the few projects currently active who are able to really traverse between grime, bass, dubstep, breaks, funky and garage with relative ease and without anything seeming forced. The main reason for this is their incredibly diverse roster, from the techy stylings of front runner Bushbaby, to the UKG know-how of Moony and Movement, to the grimey insights of KXVU, Jakebob & Dubzta, just to name a few off the top of the head.

We work in an era of bass music in which we see projects rise and fall more regularly than ever. The UK sound is changing and keeping up with that change without losing your roots is without a doubt the hardest thing for any record label to do.

Within the UK bass scene, we sit an a pivotal point between saturation and expansion, as we start to see some of our biggest homegrown starts hit mega stats on the world scale. Perfect examples of this are acts such as Skepsis and Holy Goof heading around America on tour with Jauz, Bushbaby and Taiki Nulight heading up their own tours around Australia and a tonne of other UK artists making major headway around the European festival circuit.

It’s no secret at this point that we are massive fans of what the Strictly Flava is up to. Over the last year or so we have seen them put together a string of fantastic, original and forward thinking UKG releases, perfect for adding a dash of life to a party of any kind. Who doesn’t like a bit of wavy UKG at the end of the day? Since their inception we have seen fantastic drops with artists such as Kobe JT, Witchdoctor, Minista, On1 and host of other names who are all representing the new school garage movement.