News for all you drum & bass heads now. BBC 1Xtra has announced details of the 2007 outing of its now annual drum & bass week XtraBass which, for the first time, will include an awards event. There'll be a number of events during the week taking place at venues around the country, with 16 hours of the week's air time dedicated to the genre. Line up for the week as follows...
5 Mar: XTRABASS Presents Source from Zodiac, Oxford with Xtra Bass All Stars (L Double, Flight, Bailey, Crissy Criss) and Total Science & DJ Lee plus MC Aya and IC3.
6 Mar: XTRABASS Presents Run from Native, Bristol with Flight, Logistics, Distorted Minds Vs TC plus MC Jakes.
7 Mar: XTRABASS Presents Breakthrough from Medicine Bar, Birmingham with Flight, Alix Perez, Sabre, Skitty, Nolige, Dan B plus 1Xtra comp winner plus MC Fozz.
8 Mar: XTRABASS Presents Freshen Up from DQ Bass Bar, Sheffield with L Double, Robbo Ranx, Top Cat & Tenor Fly, Serial Killaz, Dbo General, Bongo Chilli, Dan Man and Junglist Alliance.
9 Mar: XTRABASS Presents Xplicit from the Arts School, Glasgow with Bailey, Grooverider and Fabio plus MC Tonn Piper.
10 Mar: XTRABASS Presents Urban Bass from Monkey, Swansea with Bailey, Friction plus MC SP and Rage.
11 Mar: XTRABASS AWARDS at a secret location in London.
11 Mar: XTRABASS Presents Valve Sound System from Ministry of Sound, London with Lemon D, Dillinja, Randall (recorded Friday 9th).
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