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Heartless Crew: DJ Fonti & MC Bushkin B2B MC Mighty Moe | Freek FM 101.8 | UK Garage Classics 2001

Artwork by Take Me Back Pirate Radio Archives. Recorded on Sun 16th September 2001. The Garage scene was reaching its peak with an explosion of big events taking place up and down the country. National radio stations had signed and timetabled the biggest UK Garage DJs, MCs and producers to play on their platforms. There also was a proliferation of pirate radio stations, record labels and rave nights. The mixtape and mix CD phenomenon had pushed the sales of UK Garage music into the mainstream. UK Garage was now getting played in clubs in Europe, mainly in Spain and the Greek Islands by the British expat community. Although UK Garage didn't succeed to gain continental popularity like theDrum & Bass movement, it had the potential to become something greater and still achieved many great things. In 1998, UK Garage nights from the London began to feature in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. The likes of DJ S of 'Pure Silk' and Arkos (of Greek Cypriot decent) of Passion FM began running rave nights out there as well as the owners of Freek FM, 69 and Ramrod who also played their part in the building of the grassroots movement of UK Garage in Cyprus. After this all the big events from London and the Midlands were holding events in Ayia Napa. Out to the ravers that would travel over the the summer and autumn to Larnaca International Airport and would then get straight into a cab and hit the big clubs on the same night. Great memories indeed. Out to the ravers that remember nightclubs like: Babylon Club, Emporium, Fluid, Faces, Gas Club, Grease Club, Kool Club, Club Mythology, Pzazz Club, Rise Club, Spot Club, Castle Club...Big up all the vespa/moped and jet ski crew. In the years that followed Ayia Napa would become one of the most popular destinations with British holidaymakers, but with it came trouble where long brewing UK gang feuds were settled on the island with instances of serious violence and even the tragic death of UK tourists. By 2000, UK Garage as a sound had changed, it was no longer 4 by 4 but a 2 Step beat with heavy influences of Jungle, Dancehall, R&B, and Hip Hop music. The overbearing MC influence and the proliferation of crews and crew rivalries had changed the nature of the scene. Whether you celebrate it, or, you're an open critic, it's true to say it was a reflection of the social changes going on with the youth in the UK's big cities and the precursor of the Grime movement. The Heartless Crew were some of the most savvy businessmen in the UK Garage scene with them realising their full potential of getting their share of profits. They began running their own events and set up their own music artist agency solely geared towards pushing and supporting artists/acts getting bookings and getting them commercially signed. The Heartless Crew topped every bill in the late 90s and all throughout the 2000s, playing at all the big nights like, La Cosa Nostra, Sun City, Pure Silk, Garage Nation, Cream Of The Crop, Exposure, Twice As Nice, Frisky, Smoove, Garage Fever, and many other top events. The HLC conquered the UK Garage Ayia Napa scene in Cyprus, hence the Mix CD release of Heartless Crew ‎– Ayia Napa: Return To Fantasy Island, and Heartless Crew ‎– Live In Ayia Napa, Summer 2002. They also began running their own rave nights, with MC Bushkin's "Female Skanker" and DJ Fonti's "Fonti Dem Wanti". They could pull in crowds of people on their own and that's what they did and major record labels were taking note. In 2002, the Heartless Crew signed to Eastwest Records (part of Warner Music) and successfully released "The Heartless Theme" (The Super Glue Riddim) into the UK Commercial Charts. The following year in 2003 they released "Why" and "Hearts In The Music". Also releasing Heartless Crew ‎– Crisp Biscuit Vol:1. The Heartless Crew regularly featured pirate radio on Mission FM, Y2K FM and Freek FM, before they signed to BBC Radio 1Xtra in late 2002. Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Here's a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2006: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Kool FM 94.5 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Shake FM 98.0 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Smoove FM 104.0 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Force FM 106.5 / Girls FM 106.8 / Risk FM 107.1 / Dream FM 107.6 / Don FM 107.9 #takemebackpirateradio #ukgarageclassics #heartlesscrew