UKF Music

UKF is a record label founded by Luke Hood and AEI Group that focuses on promoting electronic music. UKF Music was created by Luke Hood, who began sharing bass music through his original two YouTube Channels, UKF Drum & Bass and UKF Dubstep, in 2009. The UKF brand now has five YouTube Channels: UKF Music, UKF Dubstep, UKF Drum & Bass, UKF Mixes, and UKF Live. UKF has expanded beyond its YouTube Channels to creating compilation series and podcasts, organizing events, offering merchandise as well as its own ticketing platform.

UKF
Product typeElectronic music
CountryUnited Kingdom
IntroducedApril 2009
MarketsEurope, US
Ambassador(s)Luke Hood
TaglineThe home of bass music
Websitehttp://www.ukf.com/

History

Luke Hood created UKF on YouTube to share music with friends while studying at Frome Community College in 2009.[1] As his subscriber base began to grow, he started to focus on the music channels and expanding the UKF brand. The brand has since sold half of its ownership to AEI Media and plans to take advantage of YouTube's live streaming function to broadcast their events that now occur throughout Europe and North America.[2] As of December 2012, Luke Hood is still the managing director at UKF.[3]

The name UKF stands for United Kingdom and Frome, Luke Hood's hometown.[2]

Luke Hood and UKF have been featured in several music magazines as well as entrepreneurial news platforms. In January 2012 Your Hidden Potential, a UK-based platform for aspiring entrepreneurs, named Luke Hood one of the top 20 young entrepreneurs to watch, stating that "there is lots of scope to grow and he already has the subscribers".[4] At the 2012 Red Bull Elektropedia Awards in Belgium, UKF took home the award for 'Best Really Big Party', and an award for Visual Iconography for both of their sell out shows in Belgium.[5]

Compilation albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Dance[6]
UKF Dubstep 2010
  • Released: 28 November 2010
  • Format: Digital
 7
UKF Drum & Bass 2010
  • Released: 19 December 2010
  • Format: Digital
 —
Circus One
  • Released: 1 May 2011
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 —
UKF Bass Culture
  • Released: 31 July 2011
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 15
UKF Bass Culture 2
  • Released: 2 September 2012
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 18
UKF Dubstep 2011
  • Released: 27 September 2011
  • Format: Digital
 3
UKF Drum & Bass 2011
  • Released: 27 November 2011
  • Format: Digital
 3
UKF Dubstep 2012
  • Released: 9 December 2012
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 4
UKF Drum & Bass 2012
  • Released: 10 December 2012
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 —
UKF Drum & Bass 2013
  • Released: 13 December 2013
  • Format: Digital
 —
UKF Dubstep 2013
  • Released: 15 December 2013
  • Format: Digital
 8
UKF Bass Culture 3
  • Released: 12 September 2014
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 —
UKF Drum & Bass 2014
  • Released: 14 December 2014
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 —
UKF Dubstep 2014
  • Released: 18 December 2014
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 15
UKF Dubstep 2015
  • Released: 11 December 2015
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 21
UKF Drum & Bass 2015
  • Released: 11 December 2015
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 —
UKF Dubstep 2016
  • Released: 2 December 2016
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk, Vinyl
 5
UKF Drum & Bass 2016
  • Released: 9 December 2016
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk, Vinyl
 —
UKF Dubstep 2017
  • Released: 1 December 2017
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk, Vinyl
 —
UKF Drum & Bass 2017
  • Released: 1 December 2017
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk, Vinyl
 —
UKF Bass Culture 4
  • Released: 28 September 2018
  • Format: Digital, Compact Disk
 —
UKF10 - Ten Years of UKF —

References
  1. "Interview with UKF founder Luke Hood." So So Active.Web. http://www.sosoactive.com/interview-luke-hood-ukf-dubstep/
  2. Hick, Melanie. "Luke Hood, The 19 Year Old From UKF Dubstep Tops YouTube Charts." Huffington Post.Web. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/14/luke-hood-ukf-youtube-dubstep_n_1148370.html
  3. Hood, Luke. "Facebook: Luke Hood." Facebook. 2012.Web. https://www.facebook.com/luke.hood>.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Jenkins, Dave. "Red Bull Elektropedia: UKF award success." AEI Media. 11 November 2012 2012.Web. 9/25/2012 http://aeimedia.co.uk/2012/11/red-bull-elektropedia-ukf-award-success/
  6. "Various Artists Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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