25+ Years Strong

United Underground

est. 1995

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Straylight Music Group is the combined accumulation of 7 Underground Records Labels including Force Recordings, Stepping Forward Records, Tuff Love Dubs, Subsong, Shotgun Daisy Records, Nightmare Recordings & Elohim Records. As well as the Audio Engineering & Mastering Studio 'Straylight Mastering', Music Publishing & Licensing arm 'We Are Legion ASCAP' and a diverse selection of artists more than 200 deep who's releases have defined the high water mark for generation after generation of underground dance music lovers.

Stepping Forward Records

Stepping Forward Records is a Sub-label of FORCE Recordings focusing on the forward directions of DnB, capable of stepping into new styles on a whim. The imprint is meant to provide a snapshot at any given moment of what we believe is the future forward sound of the moment and a platform for experimentation. Stable artists include: A1-VOODOO, MIKAL, SECRET STRUCTURES, STUNNA, ACID_LAB, KODAMA, HUMANATURE, MAD RABBIT aka FOREIGN CONCEPT, PHAT PLAYAZ, GOOD SHEPHERD, MUWOOKIE, JAYBEE, ACTRAISER, MALAKY, PARAMETRIC, SALRYMAN… and many more!

Force Recordings

Force is the United States’ longest continuously operating independent Drum n Bass record label. Originally started in 1998 as an outlet for music produced by members of the STATESIDE COLLECTIVE DJ Crew located in Tampa Florida, today the stable continues on for those members and many more including renowned international artists ACID_LAB, AHMAD, KODAMA, ANDY ODYSEE, MIKAL, GREMLINZ, A1-VOODOO, GRIDLOK, GENR8, VECTOR BURN, ART CUEBIK, DSTAR, AIRSTRIKE, NOAH D, JAYBEE, SENSENET, ACTRAISER, CRIMSONIX, MSDOS, SOUL CULTURE, SOUL DEFIANCE, SEVERITY ZERO… and many others!

Tuff Love Dubs

TLD was an american Dubstep / Future Jungle / Bass Music record label representing a diverse international artist line-up . Put on hiatus in 2013 to bookend the original ‘version’ of the imprint, it was re-birthed in 2020 as a contemporary Jungle label! ALL first edition Tuff entries from there forward are released on 10″ Vinyl Dubplate in quantities of only 10 plates per release. — Originally formed during the burgeoning days of US dubstep frenzy in 2008, TUFF LOVE DUBS set the tone for much of what US based dubstep artists would produce in the years to come. Quickly establishing itself as a launching pad for some of the biggest names in dubstep, the label is proud to represent world class talent including: GETTER, SLUGGO, BARE, THE JUGGERNAUT, STATIC FUNCTION, WE BANG, ITCHY ROBOT, BUKEZ FINEZT, BLOKHEAD, CLRH2O, A1 VOODOO, CANO, HULK, GEOFF BUKK, DAVR, WONKAP, G31, THE END IS PART OF THE DANCE, HALO NOVA / VARIEN, PRODUCE AND DESTROY, BONE LOC, ULTRABLACK, LEON, RUMBLE JUNKIE, CRIMES!, DECREE, KING, TOTAL RECALL, REIKA…… and many others!

Design

Since 1995 CLRH2OStudios has created some of the most memorable underground flyers, album release art, artist logos and label websites in the game.

Mastering

Since 1999 Straylight Mastering has output of some of the most memorable Drum & Bass, Jungle, House, Dubstep, Garage, Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Breaks, Ambient, 2-Step, IDM, EBM, and ‘EDM’.

Labels

Straylight Music Group encompasses 6 imprints including Force Recordings, Stepping Forward Records, Tuff Love Dubs, Shotgun Daisy, Nightmare Recordings & Elohim Records.

Publishing

SLMG’s publishing arm is We Are Legion ASCAP, administering and protecting the recording rights of over a hundred artists from around the world.