Saturday saw the 11th annual Drum & Bass Awards ceremony take place in a cavernous hangar in Castle Donington, Derby in the heart of the UK midlands - the perfect location for the rave-like event.
A massive line-up of Camo & Krooked, Chase & Status, High Contrast, Sub Focus, Friction, Dimension and Sigma took to the main stage, and many more insane acts gave it their all on a second stage. With thousands of punters in attendance, the actual awards ceremony only took up an hour of the night, with the main focus being on the party - just the way it should be!
27 awards were presented, including Noisia (Best Album), High Contrast (Best Track), Friction (Best Radio Show) Chase & Status (Best Live Act), Total Recall (Best Breakthrough Producer), Mollie Collins (Best Breakthrough DJ), Let It Roll (Best Overseas Promoter), Ram (Best Label), Hospitality In The Park (Best Festival).
The biggest award of the night - Best DJ - went to DJ Hazard, who couldn't quite believe it:
Check out the full list of winners:
BEST JUNGLE DJ
1. ARIES
2. SERUM
3. BLADERUNNER
BEST ALBUM
1. NOISIA
2. METRIK
3. DELTA HEAVY
BEST PERFORMANCE OF 2016
1. ANDY C: WESTFEST 16
2. SASASAS: WESTFEST 16
3. HIGH CONTRAST: HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK 16
BEST ALTERNATE ARTIST
1. SKEPTICAL
2. BREAK
3. FRICTION
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
1. TEDDY KILLERZ
2. RENE LAVICE
3. CAMO & KROOKED
BEST OVERSEAS PROMOTER
1. LET IT ROLL – CZECH REPUBLIC
2. RAMPAGE – BELGUIM
3. BASSRUSH – U.S.A.
BEST PROMOTER
1. BREAKIN SCIENCE
2. HOSPITALITY
3. WARNING
BEST ONLINE MUSIC PORTAL
1. TRACK IT DOWN
2. JUNO
3. BEATPORT
BEST CLUB NIGHT
1. FABRIC
2. DETONATE
3. WEIRD SCIENCE
BEST PRODUCER
1. GUV
2. METRIK
3. AUDIO
BEST LABEL
1. RAM
2. VIPER
3. LOW DOWN DEEP
BEST EVENT OF 2016
1. HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK
2. WESTFEST 2016
3. INNOVATION IN THE SUN
BEST FESTIVAL
1. HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK
2. BOOMTOWN
3. NASS FESTIVAL
BEST RADIO STATION/ONLINE
1. ROUGH TEMPO
2. KOOL LONDON
3. PYRO RADIO
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PROMOTER
1. BASSLAYERZ
2. UCOJ
3. WEIRD SCIENCE
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER
1. TOTAL RECALL
2. 1991
3. TEDDY KILLERZ
BEST JUNGLE MC
1. SPYDA
2. NAVIGATOR
3. FEARLESS
BEST BREAKTHROUGH MC
1. TODDLAH
2. KUEDON
3. IMPACT
BEST CROWD HYPE MC
1. STORMIN
2. IC3
3. RHYMESTAR
BEST LYRICAL
1. HARRY SHOTTA
2. EKSMAN
3. EVIL B
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
1. LADY V DUBZ
2. MISS MELODY MC
3. COLLETTE WARREN
BEST BREAKTHROUGH DJ
1. MOLLIE COLLINS
2. TOTAL RECALL
3. ROWNEY & PROPZ
BEST RADIO SHOW
1. FRICTION RADIO 1
2. DJ HYPE KISS 100
3. UNCLE DUGGS RINSE
BEST TRACK
1. HIGH CONTRAST ‘REMIND ME ‘3 BEAT RECORDS
2. TANTRUM DESIRE ‘AIRHEAD’ TECHNIQUE RECORDS
3. INSIDEINFO ‘CONFORMITY’ – VIPER RECORDS
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT
STEVIE HYPER D MEMORIAL AWARD
JUMPING JACK FROST
BEST LIVE ACT
1. CHASE & STATUS
2. SASASAS
3. SIGMA LIVE
BEST DJ
1. HAZARD
2. ANDY C
3. GUV
