Tempa is a garage and

dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...

music label founded in 2000 by Neil Jolliffe, who also coined the term "

" in 2002. The label, along with Big Apple, and parent label

Ammunition Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapo ...

, was part of the formation of

as a genre. A key member and the face of Tempa Recordings is DJ and producer Youngsta, who has been in charge of

artists and repertoire Artists and repertoire (colloquially abbreviated to A&R) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists (singers, instrumentalist ...

for the label since its inception. The label's biggest release is the "Midnight Request Line" by

Skream Oliver Dene Jones (born 1 June 1986), known as Skream, is an English electronic music producer based in Croydon. Skream was an early and influential exponent of the dubstep genre. After producing several singles, he released his first full-leng ...

which was released in 2005.

Artists

* Alex Coulton * Amit * Appleblim * Artwork * AxH * Benga * Benny Ill * Biome * Cimm * Cliques * Coki (

Digital Mystikz Digital Mystikz are a dubstep production duo consisting of Mala (born Mark Lawrence), and Coki (born Dean Harris, 26 August 1980) from the South London suburb of Norwood. Along with Loefah and SGT Pokes, who make up the group ASBO (All Soundbwo ...

) * Cosmin TRG * D1 * Data *

DJ Distance Distance (born Greg Sanders) is a British dubstep producer and DJ. He also founded the record label Chestplate, whose sonic direction followed his style, fusing metal influences with dubstep templates. Distance's involvement in Mary Anne Hobbs ...

* Dub War * El-B * Facta * Goldspot Productions *

Hatcha Terry Leonard, better known as DJ Hatcha or simply Hatcha, is a South London producer and DJ notable for his seminal work in the musical genre dubstep. He is divorced from defected DJ Sam Divine. He had a regular show on the prominent pirate rad ...

* Headhunter * High Plains Drifter * Hodge * Horsepower Productions * Ipman * J Da Flex * J:Kenzo * Killawatt * Kode9 * LX One * Magnetic Man * Markee Ledge * Nomine * Osiris Jay * Parris * Proxima * Quest * SP:MC * Sam Frank * Seven * Silkie * Skeptical *

* Soap Dodgers * TRG * The Culprit * The Spaceape *

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* Wen *

Youngsta Riyadh Roberts (born Riyadh Emandien; 23 December 1991), known professionally as YoungstaCPT (or simply YoungCPT), is a South African rapper and songwriter. He is known for incorporating details about his Cape Malay culture and his Cape Town r ...

References

External links

Official website
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