Breakbeat Kaos

Breakbeat Kaos is a British independent record label based in London, UK that specialises in drum and bass. It is jointly owned by Fresh and Adam F, who founded the label in 2003 by merging Fresh's Breakbeat Punk with Adam F's Kaos Recordings.[1] The label's first release was a 12" double A-side single by Fresh titled "Dalicks / Temple of Doom". The following year the label released the single "Another Planet / Voyager" by Pendulum, which peaked at number one in the UK Dance Chart.[2] They also produced their first full-length release with the compilation album Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back!.

Breakbeat Kaos discography
Studio albums4
Compilation albums2
Singles53

Starting in 2005, Breakbeat Kaos has released studio album debuts from Pendulum, Fresh and J Majik & Wickaman. The first of these, the Pendulum album Hold Your Colour, was later certified gold, exceeding 225,000 sales in the UK alone.[3] The label has also released singles by artists including Baron, who has gone on to score action sports films in the United States, Chase & Status, D.Kay and Future Prophecies. Since its foundation, Breakbeat Kaos has released 31 singles and four albums from more than thirteen artists, in addition to fourteen singles released through its sublabels, Under Construction and Dogs on Acid.

The label has also spawned a thriving online community of fans and producers through the medium of the Dogs on Acid forums. These forums have been used by various people associated with the label, including Pendulum and Adam F, in order to communicate with their target audience.

Discography

Albums
Year No. Artist Title Co-labels
2004 BBK001CD Adam F & DJ Fresh Jungle Sound: The Bassline Strikes Back! N/A
2005 BBK002CD Pendulum Hold Your Colour N/A
2006 BBK003CD DJ Fresh Escape from Planet Monday System Recordings
2008 BBK004CD J Majik & Wickaman Crazy World Black Widow
Infrared
BBK005CD Various Artists Breakbeat Kaos Presents - Stadium Drum & Bass N/A
2010 BBK006CD DJ Fresh Kryptonite
2011 BBK007CD The Brookes Brothers The Brookes Brothers

Singles
Year No. Artist Title
2003 1 Fresh "Dalicks / Temple of Doom"
2004 2 Fresh & Adam F Jungle Sound EP
3 Pendulum "Another Planet / Voyager"
4 Fresh "Submarines"
5 Fresh & Adam F "When the Sun Goes Down"
2005 6 Fresh & Baron "Supernature"
7 Distorted Minds "Give It to Me / Stay Focused"
8 Baron & Pendulum "Guns at Dawn"
9 Pendulum "Tarantula / Fasten Your Seatbelt"
10 Adam F "8Ball"
11 Pendulum "Slam / Out Here"
12 Chase & Status "Duppy Man / Top Shotta"
13 Drumsound & Bassline Smith "Killa DJ"
2006 14 Baron "At the Drive In / Decade"
15 Fresh "The Immortal / Living Daylights Pt 2"
16 Pendulum "Hold Your Colour / Streamline"
17 Fresh "Nervous"
18 Baron "At the Drive In / St. Elmo"
2007 19 Brookes Brothers "Hard Knocks / Mistakes"
20 Pendulum "Blood Sugar / Axle Grinder"
21 Future Prophecies "The Roof Is on Fire / Dreadlock"
22 Fresh "Scream"
23 Baron "Endless Summer / Dr. Agnostic"
2008 24 Brookes Brothers & Futurebound "F Zero / Dawntreader"
25 Fresh "Clap / Exhale"
26 Baron "Turn Up the Sun / Blinking with Fists"
27 Fresh "Gold Dust / The Field"
28 Brookes Brothers "Tear You Down / Drifter"
2009 29 Nero "Act Like You Know / Sound in Motion"
30 DJ Fresh ft. Stamina MC & Koko "Hypercaine" (inc Original Edit & Nero Dubstep Mix)
31 Adam F & Horx Feat. Redman "Shut The Lights Off"
2010 32 Camo & Krooked "Can't Get Enough / Without You"
33 Fresh "Talkbox / Acid Rain"
34 Sigma "Stand Tall EP: Part 1" (Front To Back (Original Sin Remix) / Baltimore (Instrumental))
35 WTF?! ft. Dead Prez "It's Bigger Than Hip Hop UK (Dubbed Out Mix) / (Full Vocal Mix)"
36 Sigma "Stand Tall EP: Part 2" (Stronger / The Jungle)
37 Fresh vs. Sigma "Lassitude / Cylon"
37R "Lassitude (Jakwob / Sigma VIP Remixes)"
38 Pendulum "The Island" EP
39 "Witchcraft (Rob Swire's Drumstep Mix / Netsky Remix)"
40 The Brookes Brothers "Last Night / War Cry"
2011 41 "Beautiful" (ft. Robert Owens) / Souvenir
42 "In Your Eyes (ft. Johnny Osbourne) / The Big Blue"
43 Pixel Fist "Seduction / Tweaky"
2012 44 Adam F "Elements EP"
45 The Brookes Brothers "LoveLine / The Blues"

Sublabels

Dogs on Acid
Year No. Artist Title
2004 1 Fresh "Floodlight"
2007 2 Fatal & DJ Raw "100 Years / The Hunt"
3 High Rankin' & Wayz "Alice / Beyond"

Under Construction
Year No. Artist Title
2005 1 Future Prophecies "Thunder & Lightning / Deceived"
2 D.Kay & DJ Lee "Rain / Take Some Time"
3 Duo Infernale "Positive Vibes / Pipe Dreams"
2006 4 Chris Paul & Mia V "All Alone / Liquid Palm"
5 TKO "Cheese on Toast / Feelin"
6 Chris Paul & Mia V "Portuguese Living / Make Noise"
7 Social Security "Children of the Sun / Warm Bass Rising"
2007 8 Santorin "Supernatural / Return of Tomorrow"
9 Dan Marshall "Remember Me / Gomen Nasai"
10 Dan Marshall "Dreamcatcher / Side Step"
11 Cybass "The Way of the Rasta / Laughing Man"

References
General
Specific
  1. IMO Records http://www.imorecords.co.uk/drumandbasslabels/breakbeat-kaos-biography/%5B%5D "Breakbeat Kaos Biography"], IMO Records, Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  2. "The Official UK Dance Charts" (13 March 2004). ChartsPlus (133). Milton Keynes, UK: IQWare.
  3. Fukushima, Glenn (1 April 2008). Pendulum Ready to Swing Towards North America. Reuters. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
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