User:HARDBASSuk

PLJA

Russ was a young lad growing up in a city in the North West of England, Liverpool. The early 90s was when Russ found the Rave scene, listening to the likes of The Prodigy, 808 State, Bizarre Inc, SL2 and more. As time progressed so did the genres and styles of the electronic underground movement of Rave music. Happy Hardcore was the next genre of music Russ listened to in the late 90s until he heard Hard House, by this time he was well into the Rave scene but still too young to go to a club or Rave but bought a set of Kam direct drive turntables, from Hard House he discovered the Wigan Pier and the Scouse House genre of music and at the age of just 17 was getting into the Wigan Pier and various other raves. He started playing Scouse House and after a few years, Scouse House progressed to what we know as today's Bounce music. By that time Russ was on Technic 1210 direct drive turntables and a Pioneer DJM mixer. Russ had always messed about with various music production software starting with Music 2000, discovering FL Studio quickly wanted to produce Hardbass or Hard Bounce just to play for himself and friends and in sets if he had the courage in clubs and bars. (The digital era) Russ gave up DJing for a while as the Wigan Pier had closed down. But still had a love for Donk. 2021 Russ heard a track by Bar@bass and some by XS project saw a video of the Russian Rave in the woods then known as Russian Donk. A few years on Russ came across an EP by Tri Poloski called the tape and just wanted to help get the sounds of Hardbass known or just be part of this hectic Donk scene. Once Russ had found Hardbass again he was in love with the Underground sounds from some very interesting producers from around the world and knew this was the path he wanted to take as he had a full passion and love for the genre and friendly worldwide community. People started to approach Russ for his tracks so he thought why not make an easy way to get a hold of his music and began to think, ‘Why not make a label myself’ In 2019 Criminal Records was born but not officially launched to publish until 2021 and PLJA as a project was created. If you didn’t know PLJA is the first letter of names close to Russ, PATTO for himself LUIS his youngest son, JESSICA his eldest daughter, ALAN and ANARAE his eldest son and youngest daughter. Now you know. Russ then wanted to help unsigned producers with their unique styles by releasing music on Criminal Records Hardbass so signed and continues to build the label with worldwide producers releasing Hardbass and Metal Shade regularly. The label is now well known and respected worldwide within the hardbass and UK bounce communities. PLJA has played in various venues around the North West of the UK and with some of the biggest artists from the hardbass and metal shade scene now he dares to play his tracks also. You can join PLJA in several ways, he is a resident DJ for Criminal Records, The Bounce Industry and Hardbass Attack, He is also a resident DJ on The Radio-Active show on Loop Radio, he can also be found on Facebook and Instagram.