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SEAN GROTZ INTERVIEW – BY HARD AS NAILS

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So hows it going Grotzy? Good as always hey! Working hard, and playing harder! So how did you get into making Hard Dance?Was it a tune or a person or both that got you there? Wow where to begin haha. I guess it was when I got my first hard house album at the age of 14. Extreme Euphoria mixed by Lisa Lashes. Still got it and in brilliant condition! A few months after I got the album, and … [Read more...]

JUPE (FLASHPOINT DIGITAL LABEL) Interview

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Tell us a bit about yourself...... How did you get into the industry and when? I was in university in San Diego in 1998, California and I went back home to the Oxford area one summer.  My cousin invited me over to a friends house and he was learning to DJ.  I had a try, sucked badly, but got hooked! I went back to uni and spent my entire student loan on 1200's and set up....the rest as … [Read more...]

Sonic Roksta From Renewable NRG Interview

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  RENEWABLE NRG LABEL AND EVENTS – HARD NRG LABEL – BRISBANE AUSTRALIA – SONIC ROKSTA - Hard As Nails DIGITAL LABEL Interview By Syrus From Hard As Nails Digital   How and when did you start getting into the whole nrg scene? I got into the scene many years ago. I started out getting into acid house early on and eventually evolved into a hard house and nrg nutter/punter. I did … [Read more...]

Hard As Nails Tracks Review By Jupe From Flashpoint Digital

Fresh and raw feedback on our tracks from Jupe @ Flashpoint Digital  Sparx And Riggsy 'Satan' -Blood Poisoning Mix (Bulldog Bash 2008)- Wickedly hard with beautiful acid line, with some nice stabs thrown in for general dancefloor madness... Available soon from Flashpoint Digital http://www.flashpointrecords.co.uk/music.php Resh And Riggsy - Crazy Fucking Maniac - one mean son of a bitch, … [Read more...]

Hi Freak 1c (Outbreak Digital) Interview

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So tell us a bit about yourself for those who dont know. Hi my name is Ian Jay i'm produce/label owner I produce hard house, hard trance, techno, I've also starting to get into other styles now like dubstep and minimal, so keeping nice and busy. I co-run a label called Outbreak Digital which is not like other label, all the money we make goes direct to charities such as cancer research, … [Read more...]

New Mix From Hard As Nails Records – SparX – 'Nuclear NRG' – Free Download!- Hard Nrg Mix

  DOWNLOAD LINK  http://www.sendspace.com/file/wfz935  1.equinox - no more 2.sista x - adrenaline' (Hard As Nails Nailgun 001 CD) 3.sparx and james taff 'eviseration' (Hard As Nails Digital) 4.simon vegas and riggsy 'drop it - cut' (Hard As Nails Nailgun 002 CD) 5.od404 'compromised' 6.riggsy and sparx 'adrenaline' (Hard As Nails Digital) 7.sista x and sparx 'inferno' (The Beatranch … [Read more...]

Dom Sweeten – A.K.A -Defective Audio Interview

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So dom you are one of the best known artists on our scene - how does that feel? Thanks for the compliment, it feels great to be doing what I love. It's always good to be acknowledged in your work but in this area it is especially hard to get the exposure sometimes, I have been lucky in many areas but also feel it is the benefit of hard work and plugging away while sticking to my own … [Read more...]

STEVE HEWITT Interview

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Today I've got Steve Hewitt the other half of 'Raw Power Recordings' and funnily enough Gem Stones other half also....... So Steve ready for some interrogation? Always.. So what got you into Hard NRG? When I was about 15-16 I was in to some pretty nasty Gabba, then got into real hard rock and D&B. I always seemed to like the harder styles of music (some of it makes me cringe to think … [Read more...]

NIK DENTON INTERVIEW (Toolbox Records) By SPARX – (HARD AS NAILS RECORDS)

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So Nik tell us a bit about Toolbox, and what you do for the few of us who dont know. Toolbox is my own company that I started back in 2001. It started off as a Hard House record label and over time has spread out into other areas in the dance world. We do distribution, have an online store, we publish artists, put on events and are now looking after a few artist diaries too. I basically over see … [Read more...]

Sean .J. Interview Sparx (Hard As Nails)

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Sean .J. here ,Im sat here right across from a pioneer and genius his name is SparX How are you mate.Im ok just wondering if you walked up to bill gates and licked him would he taste like microchips?its a mystery...annnnnyway. SO SPARX HOW DID THE MISSION OF A DJ/PRODUCER START THEN…. Well i started listening to eufex and farley, bk, and lashes at about 14.....then i got older got into a … [Read more...]

DJ GEM STONE Interview

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So Gem Stone old friend good to have you on.......... ready? So you’ve been doing a lot with yourself miss stone with the success of your digital label 'raw power recordings' fancy telling us a bit about how you started, who is involved and the ethic behind the label? Well starting a label has always been a dream of mine and with me learning to produce as well it seemed to be the best … [Read more...]

BRIAN JOHNSON / BEATRANCH Interview

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Brian Johnson A.K.A Dj Destructo So Brian how did The Beatranch come about? The Beat Ranch was created in 2006 when Sebby and I's radio show on 1Groove.com (also called The Beat Ranch) came to an end. The company who ran the site decided that electronic music was not a profitiable market anymore and pulled the plug. Sebby and I thought it would be awsome to have a site where we could post … [Read more...]