Should auld acquaintance be forgot...

... and never brought to mind. Well, not quite. Do bring it to mind in fact, for no sooner have the evenings only just begun to draw in are we at Slammin' turning our thoughts to New Year's Eve. Not because we're wishing our lives away, more to do with the fact that these things take some organising.

We'll have the full details for you soon, but for the time being here's just a little taster...

Slammin' Vinyl will be joined on the night by Hardcore Heaven and One Nation of course, plus we'll be teaming up once again with the brilliant HTID, Goodgreef and North.

We also give a special welcome to Raveology who are on board with us at the NEC for the first time so we can't wait for that!

So clear that date in your diary... you know it's the only way to spend New Year's Eve!

It's time-to-save-money time!

Just to let you know that the ticket price for our Westfest event increases this Friday 31st July.

At the moment, the price is £25 but it goes up to the £30 at the weekend. So it's simple, order now and save yourself £5 per ticket! Call 020 8363 5566 or go to http://www.slamminvinyl.com

You can see all the line up details, travel info plus all you need to know about tickets and FAQs on the microsite below...




And here's some video footage from last year's massive sell out event... just to give you a flavour!

From the Hardcore Heaven Hardcore Arena.




From the One Nation Drum and Bass Arena.




From the Bionic Hardstyle Arena.




Seriously, make sure you don't miss this... it will sell out!

It's a beautiful thing

When we're not sorting out events, we do a spot of designing.

We've had a little play and this is the latest thing we've come with. We like it and I hope you do too. It's called the Urban Junglist t-shirt and it's produced under our drum and bass brand, One Nation.

It's a 100% cotton denim blue t-shirt from the industry leader in blank garments. We then take it to our screen printers who pull each t-shirt print by hand. This time we've used a process called Discharge Print. This is where the ink sits within the fabric of the garment, rather that sitting on the surface. And this means that the print is ultra-smooth to the touch, and, most importantly, it looks great!

Front of the Urban Junglist T-Shirt



We're getting clever so we also printed on the back. The rear print features the One Nation logo printed in the trendy rear-of-the-right-shoulder position. Check it out...

Looks good, huh?



They're available now to buy, and you can get it at http://www.slamminvinyl.com

Westfest 2009

So Westfest is back again.

This year it's on October 31st at the Royal Bath & West Showground. If you haven't been, you should. There'll be your good self plus about 10,000 others going mad in deepest Somerset. 'Tis truly a sight to behold.

There are 5 arenas, 4 of which are dedicated to one genre of music, with the fifth being the mixed-genre main arena which hosts the best of the best of Hardcore, Drum & Bass and Hardstyle.


It's a popular event this one, so we release tickets early.

You can pick up a standard ticket in July for just £25, or there are VIP tickets available for £50. The VIP benefits include queue jump, access to the VIP room and a free event programme and lanyard.

Alternatively you can pay for your ticket in 3 installments. The total price to purchase this way is £35 as the early bird discount does not apply to tickets bought in installments. The installments comprise payments of £15, then £10 then a final £10.

You can get your tickets from 020 8363 5566 or the Slammin' Vinyl site


Darren Stlyes at Westfest '08


This event is one of the busiest ones we do, and having established itself over the last five years as the date in the UK clubbing calendar, tickets naturally go fast. So if you fancy, I really do recommend purchasing your tickets early!


Massive Crowds at Westfest '08

Next on the agenda

So next up we have our Hardcore Heaven Summer Session event at the Opera House in the lovely seaside town of Bournemouth on the 3rd July. We use this venue a few times a year and without blowing our own trumpet, it always tends to sell out... so if you fancy it, you will need to book up sooner rather than later.






In the main arena we have the UK's Number One Hardcore DJ - Gammer, ably supported by Sy & Unknown, Hixxy & Squad-E, Andy Whitby, Brisk & Joey Riot, DJ Kurt, Cally & Juice, Dougal and Al Storm, with Whizzkid, Storm, Wotsee, Enemy, Static and Keyes on the mic.



So if you fancy it, you can book tickets from us on 020 8363 5566 or online at the Official site. As always, it's an over 18's event so you'll need to bring your photo to get in.

Come along, and join in the fun...! (Please note, dark glasses are not compulsory!)

So what else you got?

Well, you know we do Hardcore events under the name of Hardcore Heaven, and you know we do Drum and Bass events with the One Nation brand.

And on top of that, we host our big multi-arena events under the Slammin' Vinyl umbrella... but as well as the events side of things, we also produce our own merchandise - you know the type; t-shirts, hooded tops, caps and the like.

We've been doing it a while and we have a pretty expansive range. We've just released our Summer '09 designs, so take a peek...

We do a men's range as well, the latest of which you can see below but there's plenty more where that came from, and you can see it all at Slammin' Vinyl.



So, if you're interested in any of that you can order online at Slammin' Vinyl or by calling us on 020 8363 5566.

We're a decent bunch here, so if your order arrives and you need a different size, don't like it or think you'd prefer something else, you're protected by our returns policy - just pop it back in the post and we'll refund or replace (as long as you contact us within 14 days, of course!)

Photographic evidence...

See it with your eyes.

Tranz-mission main arena

So, simply put, it's about big rooms with big production - that's LED screens, lasers, lights and a load of speakers to me and you. Fill up the room with people, and hey presto, it's an event!

DJs

DJs. Always useful at an event. Ms Cally Gage and Ms Frisky doing what they do.

Happy People.

Coming to one of our events can make you this happy.

The Great Outdoors

We do these things outside, too.

There's loads more where these came from... check out more photos from our Hardcore events at the Official site. There are pictures from Tranz-mission, The Hardcore Weekender, WestFest, Sanctuary Festival and NYE-NEC to name just a few.

Who are we?

We at Slammin' Vinyl organise and promote the biggest, and arguably the best Hardcore and Drum and Bass music events in the UK.

We've been around a while, well over a decade, and we've grown to the point where we now host our events at venues like Alexandra Palace in London, the NEC in Birmingham, The Royal Bath & West Showground in the West Country plus a number of the O2 Academy venues.

For our smaller events, we also use venues like the Opera House in Bournemouth and The Custard Factory in Birmingham.

As well as the Slammin' Vinyl brand, we also run the Hardcore Heaven and One Nation names for Hardcore and Drum and events respectively.

Our events calendar tends to begin with our Tranz-mission party for 10,000 people on Easter Saturday at Alexandra Palace. 

We then move on to the ever-popular Hardcore Weekender which was the first event of its type dedicated purely to Hardcore in the UK. This event tends to fall in the middle of May each year in Southport.

Then, if it's sunny (among other determining factors) we organise our Sanctuary Festival - a two-night full on outdoor festival. We're not doing one in 2009, but after the events of 2007 & 2008, we hope to bring it back in 2010.

Our next big event is WestFest at the Royal Bath & West Showground - a mammoth, multi-arena monster of an event held on the last Saturday of October, the 31st this year.

Then we top the year off with our New Year's Eve party at the NEC, aptly named NYE-NEC.

And in between those key dates, we'll have a sprinkling of smaller, club night parties dotted around the country.

I hope that's introduced you to us, and I'll be along with more soon, but in the meantime, you can always search us on Facebook or go to the official Slammin' Vinyl site.