Future Underground Nation (F.U.N.) are based in Exeter which is situated in the South West of the United Kingdom. F.U.N. are responsible for running a record label, 'Functional ' releasing underground dance music on Vinyl and CD. F.U.N. promote clubnights around the South West including Beatz & Bobz one of the longest running breaks nights in the world ,now inits ninth year, FUN co promote the biggest dance party in the area on New Years Eve for 1,400 people. We are parners with Rennie Pilgrem's TCR Records promoting Breaksday Events and with new partners Nano Records with our new party 'Stir'
F.U.N. undertake production work for one off events and festivals including programing in the new Dance Village at Glastonbury Festival. F.U.N. carry out production work and are part of the managment team for The Glade Festival and Beautiful Days Festival F.U.N. are the UK agents for Spain's Natural Productions booking the international artists for their 6,000 people events in Seville.
F.U.N. Events has now been set up to promote larger gigs featuring Live Acts. Events are held around the UK.

Beatz & Bobz / Functional – A potted history
Since it’s inception at the tail end of the 90’s Beatz & Bobz has been pivotal in the development of the breakbeat scene. From recognising ‘Nu-Skool Breaks’ as one of the most influential and exciting genres to emerge from the late 90’s, Beatz & Bobz has continued to pave the way by bringing some of the biggest and most influential DJs in the world to their west country club. Alongside this, Beatz & Bobz have been responsible for bringing the sound we all know and love to major UK events including Glastonbury Festival, The Glade Festival and Beautiful Days as well as internationally to events such as WMC and beyond. With it’s sister label ‘Functional Breaks’ (now Functional Records) launching in the same year; the label has pushed sounds from local talent, the clubs resident DJs as well as big name artists and DJ’s who’ve performed at the venue. Over the years the label has also been responsible for the ‘Beatz & Bobz’ mix album series featuring cutting edge mixes from residents and friends of the label, as well as artist album projects from local hero The Spoon Wizard through to internationally renowned artists such as Dreadzone.

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Tickets available now from Reform Records Exeter, Guild Box Office, Phoenix Box Office

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We have a few limited edition Functional shirts availabe from our webshop

Uberzone is the musical alter-ago of Southern California native Q (named after the gizmo-loving James Bond character.)  Having won an army of fans with his debut album ‘Faith In The Future’, the past five years have seen him criss-cross the globe with his dynamic live show.

Finally finding time to get back in the studio, in between mixing albums for the likes of Distinct’ive Records ‘Y4K’ series, the don of US breaks is now set to release his sophomore album ‘Ideology’ on Functional Records.

‘Ideology’ is a refreshing blend of solid song-writing, timeless melodies and upfront breaks, and the result of a lot of quality time spent in the studio ‘experimenting with equipment’.  “To me, the most engaging aspect of writing electronic music is the interaction with the gear,” Q explains.  “Whether it’s a drum machine, a synthesizer or a piece of ‘found sound’ that I’m manipulating in Reaktor.  The whole process is the part that I love the most.  I love the creative building blocks of the music.  The more you’re involved with every single facet of the music, the more your identity is going to be engrained.” 

The glitch-funk of album opener ‘Okay’ is stamped with Q’s personality andleads into the tech driven ‘4 Bit’; a future single that has already caught the ears of Hybrid, who are currently working on a remix.  The pulsating atmosphere of first single ‘Satisfaction’ provides a rough energetic dancefloor workout, while the charismatic ‘FUBAR’ oozes infectious breaks appeal.  Title track ‘Ideology’ is a mellower affair and, alongside ‘M87’ and ‘Blackhole’ provides some of the album’s more laid-back moments, perfectly showcasing the melodious side of Uberzone.

Q first burst onto the scene in his Uberzone guise in the mid-1990’s, releasing a series of sought after singles, including ‘Botz’, ‘The Freaks’ and ‘2Kool4Skool’, on the City Of Angels label and immediately stamping his own unique trademark on the scene.  A slew of remix requests followed as well as a collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa and a high profile tour with The Crystal Method.  Carving himself an identity as one of the scenes innovators, his debut album featured collaborations with artists from Beenie Man to Rennie Pilgrem and spawned Uberzone’s dynamic live show.  Featuring the talents of scratch DJ Davey Dave and drummer Alex Rosson, the Uber-live experience has taken in crowds the world over and is heading to the UK this summer for special performances at Glastonbury and Glade.

Brand new show for NSB Radio Ben & Lex present a brand new fortnightly show on NSB radio 'The Beatz & Bobz Show'. The long time NSB radio DJs have hung up there pint glasses and said fareware to ‘The Beer Session’ but its not all sad news as they have hooked up with Beatz & Bobz (One of the UK's longest running breaks night) and breaks label Functional to bring you exclusive guest mixes from Functional artists plus live sets from the Beatz & Bobz club night. So expect sets from Dreadzone. JDS, Tom Real vs Rogue Element, Hyper, Freestylers plus loads more..

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F.U.N.'s founder Biff won the Radio One 'Grass Roots' Award at the 2004 Breakspoll awards held at Fabric, London in February see www.breakspoll.com