When attending a night of non-stop, 10 hour, drum and bass raving it’s almost impossible for everything to not blend into one. However by splitting up the night, with the awards being revealed at midnight, the poignant and best sets were easily remembered. Highlights include acts like Dimension and Sub Focus- giving the crowd a mixed set including a whole load of their own tracks, and a few of their fellow DJ’s tracks, both of their sets were somewhat similar, but still significantly the same.
Despite drum and bass being a genre that’s quite subjective, as you could say most dance music is, by presenting acts such as Chase and Status and Sigma – who both have a variety of tracks that everyone would notice within the first beat being dropped – this night was for anyone who loves to rave, or even just have a little dance.
However, what everyone was really there for – despite the line-up – was the awards ceremony. Although not everyone who was up for an award, or even accepting an award, was there, there was still a lot of suspense for the artists. Especially when some of them were just metres away, and had been fighting for their listener’s votes just weeks before.
So here’s what drum and bass fans have been waiting for – the award winners, and runners up.
BEST JUNGLE DJ
- ARIES
- SERUM
- BLADERUNNER
BEST ALBUM
- NOISIA
- METRIK
- DELTA HEAVY
BEST PERFORMANCE OF 2016
- ANDY C: WESTFEST 16
- SASASAS: WESTFEST 16
- HIGH CONTRAST: HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK 16
BEST ALTERNATE ARTIST
- SKEPTICAL
- BREAK
- FRICTION
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
- TEDDY KILLERZ
- RENE LAVICE
- CAMO & KROOKED
BEST OVERSEAS PROMOTER
- LET IT ROLL – CZECH REPUBLIC
- RAMPAGE – BELGUIM
- BASSRUSH – U.S.A.
BEST PROMOTER
- BREAKIN SCIENCE
- HOSPITALITY
- WARNING
BEST ONLINE MUSIC PORTAL
- TRACK IT DOWN
- JUNO
- BEATPORT
BEST CLUB NIGHT
- FABRIC
- DETONATE
- WEIRD SCIENCE
BEST PRODUCER
- GUV
- METRIK
- AUDIO
BEST LABEL
- RAM
- VIPER
- LOW DOWN DEEP
BEST EVENT OF 2016
- HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK
- WESTFEST 2016
- INNOVATION IN THE SUN
BEST FESTIVAL
- HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK
- BOOMTOWN
- NASS FESTIVAL
BEST RADIO STATION/ONLINE
- ROUGH TEMPO
- KOOL LONDON
- PYRO RADIO
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PROMOTER
- BASSLAYERZ
- UCOJ
- WEIRD SCIENCE
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
- TOTAL RECALL
- 1991
- TEDDY KILLERZ
BEST JUNGLE MC
- SPYDA
- NAVIGATOR
- FEARLESS
BEST BREAKTHROUGH MC
- TODDLAH
- KUEDON
- IMPACT
BEST CROWD HYPE MC
- STORMIN
- IC3
- RHYMESTAR
BEST LYRICAL
- HARRY SHOTTA
- EKSMAN
- EVIL B
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
- LADY V DUBZ
- MISS MELODY MC
- COLLETTE WARREN
BEST BREAKTHROUGH DJ
- MOLLIE COLLINS
- TOTAL RECALL
- ROWNEY & PROPZ
BEST RADIO SHOW
- FRICTION RADIO 1
- DJ HYPE KISS 100
- UNCLE DUGGS RINSE
BEST TRACK
- HIGH CONTRAST ‘REMIND ME ‘3 BEAT RECORDS
- TANTRUM DESIRE ‘AIRHEAD’ TECHNIQUE RECORDS
- INSIDEINFO ‘CONFORMITY’ – VIPER RECORDS
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT
STEVIE HYPER D MEMORIAL AWARD
JUMPING JACK FROST
BEST LIVE ACT
- CHASE & STATUS
- SASASAS
- SIGMA LIVE
BEST DJ
- HAZARD
- ANDY C
- GUV
Until next year, Drum and Bass Awards.