Yes, it’s that time of year again… Welcome (again) to York and to Breakz for another year of musical mayhem!

Breakz is the society on campus devoted to promoting drum & bass, breaks and hip-hop, with some dubstep, ragga and jungle thrown in for good measure. If you came to Access All Areas, hopefully you caught us mixing up some serious tunage in Vanbrugh for your aural delectation. We were apparently the last people on campus to stop the music (at 2:40 am), so it looks like we’ve got a hardcore crew this year!

Keeping You Informed

Over the next year we’ll keep you up to date with our regular newsletter, [Now], detailing upcoming events (on campus and in York), music releases, information about the scene, and other news that interests us (and hopefully you as well).

The website (you’re looking at it :) contains even more information about our world, including past and future events (ours and others in York) and the Breakz forum.

We’re now able to offer RSS feeds to keep you up to date with everything that’s going on. If you’d like to take advantage, you can subscribe to the main site fee or the events feed.

Getting Involved

Want to get involved in running some of the best events staged in York? Breakz is run by a small team of people with little in the way of hierarchy, so you really can get stuck in, take decisions and make a difference from the start.

We need:

• DJs – the core of everything we do, really
• MCs – if you can spit out some tight lyrics over dnb, hip-hop or anything else, we want to hear from you.
• Organisers – booking acts, running events on the night, scouting for venues and opportunities, organising trips.
• Promoters – designing posters and flyers, working with printers, contacting media and other ents organisers, website, email campaigns, distribution.

If this sounds like your kinda thing then get in touch. Email us or come along to our weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 3:15 in Derwent bar.

Joining Breakz

Just signed up for the mailing list and not joined Breakz? If so, I’d like a moment of your time…

So what do you get out of it?

As well as helping us stage some of the finest events on campus and in York - we really can’t do it without you - and the warm (but unfortunately intangible) knowledge that you are part of Breakz, you will £1 off the ticket price at each Breakz and Herbal Mafia event (where we can offer a discount). That alone could have saved you £10-20 last year.

We’ll also give you a free double CD with four exclusive mixes by Breakz resident DJs and a shiny membership card. It’s just £4 to join, so please get in touch or grab us at an event if you’d like to become part of the team.

Finally…

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or anything else, just email info@breakzdjs.com.