#UP! by XXHARDBIT3S

IT IS ALWAYS UP! AND WE ARE ALWAYS #UP! 2GETHER.

FROM UNITED JUMP FRONT CO-CREATOR & CAPTAIN XXHARDBIT3S
COMES "#UP!" A TAPE FOCUSED ON A 1991-1994 OLD-SKOOL RAVE RETROSPECTIVE SOUND CENTERED AROUND HARD HOUSE, BREAKBEAT HARDCORE, AND EARLY CLUB RHYTHMS. FEATURING BOOTY-BOUNCE SPECIALIST WEBMISTRESS, WITH 5 TUNES (AND 2 BONUS TOOLS FOR THE DJS EXCLUSIVELY ON BANDCAMP AND SOUNDCLOUD) - THIS TAPE IS SURE TO BRING A NU-SKOOL ENERGY TO AN OLD-SKOOL SOUND FOR RAVES EVERYWHERE.

My experience as a solo producer and dJin rave started with jungle and breakbeat hardcore, and even now that continues to be my central focus alongside my roots in jersey club.

Similar to my reasons for starting United Jump Front with JESS XO, my reasons for working on these songs were no different: The development of technology and production tools between the 90s and 2000s dramatically changed the way music was made, and archived.

Throughout the last year I continued to expand my catalogue of rave music, and knowledge on the sound. During that time I noticed a very specific trend between genres like hard house and breakbeat: there are a massive library of sounds that were made by producers of these genres that were left behind as a result of better technology, sounds I truly loved to play in sets and take advantage of in my production. More specifically, genres like hard house and breakbeat hardcore are genres I consider "groovy" music, stuff that is slower, and has more cadence, music that makes me wanna get close to others, feel the vibes on the dancefloor, etc. For the first time in a long time, I felt like I had a way to make what I considered my personal version of "club" or "steamy" music. I expressed that through this tape.

The first tracks from this tape began well over a year ago, I had started hitting up JESS XO and Webmistress about wanting to further understand techno and club music (because, who else have you seen make the room bust down like these two?), and I was attempting to blend it with my actively developing passion for jumpstyle and hard house. After many, many attempts and reworks and failed projects, the first track on this tape "UP AND DOWN #HIPS" - was made. DJING and collaborating alongside these two people over the course of my time as a musician has continued to grow my mentality and approach to music and I am truly thankful to them.

One of the central pieces of advice that Webmistress gave me that was a major contribution to this tape was to "make simple loops where every individual pieces sounds good on its own." For me, someone who, if you know my previous releases, had focused mainly on over the top, maximalist sounds at high BPMS, that was a big challenge.

One thing I will always say about producing rave music is that listening to mixes from the era of those genres, listening to how they get used in sets, and what the intentions of a track were when to came to being played live, is the best way to develop an enhanced understanding of making that genre. Over the course of starting UJF, I had become obsessed with archiving old rave music and mixes, mixes from 1991-1994 were the defining sound of this entire tape. In combination with the advice and feedback of my many many people in my crew and family, I was able to create a fusion of sounds in this tape that I truly truly love.

My point is: make music with the intention of paying respect to the culture that surrounds the sound, and make innovations on the sound with regards to the culture that proceeds it. You will never be the first person ever to make rave music, no matter what genre, there was always a culture before you, and your song, your sets, and the dancefloor is where the entire timeline culminates in one special moment. It is up to you to make that a moment where all of the things that gave us this space are remembered, and all of the things and all of the people you seek to show love to are appreciated, and all of the people on the dancefloor will dance alongside you. It is at that moment, that WE ARE UP 2GETHER!

UJF passed its 1st year as a label very recently. I'd like to personally thank everyone who has supported us this far, everyone who has jumped alongside us, learned how to jump, or contributed to any of the releases on this label. Our jump soldiers have made us so proud of everything we built. I'd like to thank my co-captain JESS XO for riding by my side as a collaborator and partner in jump crimes all the way thru. I couldn't do it with anyone else. We hope you keep jumping with us and pushing the offensive.

UNITED WE JUMP! WE ALWAYS UP AND WE ALWAYS UP 2GETHER!
- XXHARDBIT3S (CO-CAPTAIN OF UNITED JUMP FRONT)

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