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 

  1. ARIES
  2. SERUM
  3. BLADERUNNER

BEST ALBUM

  1. NOISIA
  2. METRIK
  3. DELTA HEAVY

BEST PERFORMANCE OF 2016

  1. ANDY C: WESTFEST 16
  2. SASASAS: WESTFEST 16
  3. HIGH CONTRAST: HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK 16

BEST ALTERNATE ARTIST 

  1. SKEPTICAL
  2. BREAK
  3. FRICTION

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST

  1. TEDDY KILLERZ
  2. RENE LAVICE
  3. CAMO & KROOKED

BEST OVERSEAS PROMOTER 

  1. LET IT ROLL – CZECH REPUBLIC
  2. RAMPAGE – BELGUIM
  3. BASSRUSH – U.S.A.

BEST PROMOTER

  1. BREAKIN SCIENCE
  2. HOSPITALITY
  3. WARNING

BEST ONLINE MUSIC PORTAL

  1. TRACK IT DOWN
  2. JUNO
  3. BEATPORT

BEST CLUB NIGHT

  1. FABRIC
  2. DETONATE
  3. WEIRD SCIENCE

BEST PRODUCER

  1. GUV
  2. METRIK
  3. AUDIO

BEST LABEL 

  1. RAM
  2. VIPER
  3. LOW DOWN DEEP

BEST EVENT OF 2016

  1. HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK
  2. WESTFEST 2016
  3. INNOVATION IN THE SUN

BEST FESTIVAL

  1. HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK
  2. BOOMTOWN
  3. NASS FESTIVAL

BEST RADIO STATION/ONLINE 

  1. ROUGH TEMPO
  2. KOOL LONDON
  3. PYRO RADIO

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PROMOTER

  1. BASSLAYERZ
  2. UCOJ
  3. WEIRD SCIENCE

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER

  1. TOTAL RECALL
  2. 1991
  3. TEDDY KILLERZ

BEST JUNGLE MC

  1. SPYDA
  2. NAVIGATOR
  3. FEARLESS

BEST BREAKTHROUGH MC

  1. TODDLAH
  2. KUEDON
  3. IMPACT

BEST CROWD HYPE MC

  1. STORMIN
  2. IC3
  3. RHYMESTAR

BEST LYRICAL

  1. HARRY SHOTTA
  2. EKSMAN
  3. EVIL B

BEST FEMALE ARTIST

  1. LADY V DUBZ
  2. MISS MELODY MC
  3. COLLETTE WARREN

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DJ

  1. MOLLIE COLLINS
  2. TOTAL RECALL
  3. ROWNEY & PROPZ

BEST RADIO SHOW

  1. FRICTION  RADIO 1
  2. DJ HYPE KISS 100
  3. UNCLE DUGGS RINSE

BEST TRACK 

  1. HIGH CONTRAST ‘REMIND ME ‘3 BEAT RECORDS
  2. TANTRUM DESIRE ‘AIRHEAD’ TECHNIQUE RECORDS
  3. INSIDEINFO ‘CONFORMITY’ – VIPER RECORDS

LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT

STEVIE HYPER D MEMORIAL AWARD

JUMPING JACK FROST

BEST LIVE ACT

  1. CHASE & STATUS
  2. SASASAS
  3. SIGMA LIVE

BEST DJ

  1. HAZARD
  2. ANDY C
  3. GUV

Until next year, Drum and Bass Awards.