Category: 1Xtra
Date: 14.01.2005
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Today, 1Xtra announced its
third Xtra Bass Week, a week of live Drum & Bass broadcasts from
Monday 28 February to Saturday 5 March 2005.
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2005's Xtra Bass Week will broadcast 24 hours of live radio and will
be touching down in ten cities across six days with some of the freshest
D&B talent in the UK right now.
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The Xtra Bass Week finale will be on Saturday 5 March from 11.00pm
to 4.00am.
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The finale will be a unique five city broadcast over five hours with
1Xtra's entire D&B DJ roster L Double, Flight, Bailey,
Friction and Sappo who will representing across the length
and breadth of the UK all in one night.
The tour will visit Portsmouth, Cardiff, Nottingham, Sheffield, London,
Cambridge, Liverpool, Belfast, Manchester and Bristol.
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On each date of the tour 1Xtra will be joined by the
best D&B talent such as Andy C, High Contrast, Hype,
Fabio, Grooverider, Breakage, D-Bridge,
Dynamite MC, MC Rage and more.
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In addition, the regular drum & bass shows will
remain on 1Xtra but will be broadcast live from a secret location at
one of the Xtra Bass Week 2005 cities.
Drum & Bass continues its ascension in 2005, with almost a 15 year
heritage and the support of a healthy 1Xtra listenership, the Xtra Bass
Week 2005 looks set to be more successful than ever before.
Willber Willberforce, 1Xtra Programmes Editor, said: "Xtra Bass
Week gets bigger and bigger every year, it is a highlight on our calendar
and our listeners look forward to it.
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"The week allows us to pay homage to a genre born
on these shores, a genre that continues to produce some of the best
new music.
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"I'm also delighted that
we can broadcast from 10 cities over six days, it's a first for our
listeners."
For further info keep listening to 1Xtra and check the website bbc.co.uk/1Xtra.
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Listen live to 1Xtra via Digital DAB Radio, or by logging
on to bbc.co.uk/1Xtra, and via Digital TV: Sky Digital 887, Telewest
& Broadband 907, NTL Digital 859 and Freeview 71.
Broadcast and tour schedule
Monday 28 February
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Live broadcast from Breakneck @Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth,
Midnight-2.00am
DJs: Friction & Andy C, MCs: SP-MC and 2Shy
Tuesday 1 March
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Connexions with L Double, 7.00–10.00pm, Live from
The Tavern @Cardiff University Student Union with special guests
from the Cardiff scene
Live from Submerge@Toucan, Cardiff, Midnight-2.00am
DJs: Flight, Breakage, High Contrast, MCs: Stamina,
MC Reuben
Wednesday 2 March
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The Next Chapter with Flight, 10.00pm-Midnight, Live
from a secret location in Nottingham with special guests from the Nottingham
scene
Live from Repercussion @Snug, Nottingham, Midnight-2.00am
DJs: Sappo and D-Bridge, MC: Rage
Thursday 3 March
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Live from Drum & Bass Arena @Corporation, Sheffield,
Midnight-2.00am
DJs: L Double, Hype, Fabio. MC: Dynamite MC
M1X with Sappo, 2.00–6.00am
Live from a secret D&B studio location
Friday 4 March
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Live from Prototype @Fabric, London, Midnight-2.00am
DJs: Bailey, Grooverider. MCs: GQ, SP-MC, 5Alive
Saturday 5 March
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Live from Warning @Junction Cambridge with Sappo, 11.00pm–
Midnight
Live from Chibuku Shake Shake @Barfly, Liverpool with L Double, Midnight–1.00am
Live from Release @Lavery’s Belfast with Flight, 1.00–2.00am
Live from Metropolis @Attic, Manchester with Friction, 2.00–3.00am
Live from Revolution @Bristol Academy with Bailey 3.00–4.00am
