Boscaland Recordings

Started in 1992 by [a=DJ H.M.S.] and [a=Jon The Dentist] as the UK's first gabba label. Now JTD runs it on his own. Releases range from gabba to trance to, in the more recent releases, acid techno/trance that tends to be rather percussive. Part of the [l=Truelove Label Collective].

Jon The Dentist tells about the origin of the name 'Boscaland' in the interview, which was posted on the old web site [url=http://www.truelove.co.uk]truelove.co.uk[/url], now available only in [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070208224923/truelove.co.uk/inactive-labels/boscabeats/index.htm] web archive[/url].

"‘Bosca’ comes from a drink called ‘Canei Bosca’ which is filthy, horrible, cheap Italian wine. It’s like Thunderbird." explains Jon The Dentist.

"We had a job lot in the studio about 5 years ago so we started drinking it all and wearing sombreros, like you do and we just came up with Boscaland. You know, it all came out of a pissed haze (imitating mexican Bandito accent).. ‘I am Senor Bosca, from Boscaland’".

"Bosca Beats arrived later because I wanted to record stuff which was more trancey and bouncy. I had a label called Dream Inn with Baby Doc which we closed down – so I set up Bosca Beats as an outlet for all that stuff. I hate to use the word, but it was more nu-energy, with even more keyboards."