Suburban Base Records is a British breakbeat hardcore, rave and jungle/drum and bass record label. It is based in Romford, Havering, England. It was established by Danny Donnelly and operated in the UK from 1990 to 1997 and in the United States from 1994 to 1997, however, started to release again in 2014.
History
Danny Donnelly opened a record store in his native Romford, Essex. Named Boogie Times, the store specialised in dance music as well as producing its own self-made white label records. In the wake of this success, Donnelly was able to fund a nascent label entitled Suburban Base. 1992 saw the label's first Top 40 success in the UK Singles Chart - Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Eras' "Far Out" The most successful of these were the 'Drum & Bass Selection' series,
Towards the end of 1997, however, Donnelly took the decision to close Suburban Base down. This was to allow him to pursue other new challenges in business, and he felt it would be a great injustice to continue running Suburban Base without his full attention. In particular, with the emergence of the speed garage music scene, a genre that derived many elements from jungle and which saw many jungle/drum and bass fans and club-goers defect to this new scene, Donnelly had created a specific sub-label, Quench, for speed garage releases.
In 2014, the label returned initially with a compilation, and then in 2021 started to release previously unreleased material and re-issues.
Compilations
Suburban Base regularly showcased its catalogue throughout its brief history. These compilations include:
- Sub Base For Your Face LP (1992)
- The Joint LP (1993) (collaboration with Moving Shadow)
- The Joint II (1994) (collaboration with Moving Shadow)
- A History Of Hardcore (1995) (collaboration with Moving Shadow)
- Subbase Sampler (1996)
- Classic Subbase (1997)
- Suburban Base Records (The History of Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass 1991-1997) (2014 via New State Music)
See also
- List of record labels