Mechanikal Element Foundation is an electronic dance music

Electronic dance music

Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...

 collective. While Mechanikal Element consists of artists and producers of many electronic dance music genres, they are most well known for their work in drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

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The label was founded in 2003

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

 by Randal Knight (a.k.a. Random Acts) and Nathaniel Hinds(a.k.a. Mechanikz), two like-minded individuals who shared a common goal: Propel stateside drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 to the same level it is in the UK and in Europe. Since then, they have been responsible for bringing numerous notable drum and bass artists to the Gulf Coast. Such names include Makoto

Makoto (artist)

, professionally known as , is a Japanese drum and bass musician, DJ and actor. Among other distinctives of Makoto's musical style, a heavy influence of 1970s-era soul, funk and jazz fusion can be heard throughout the vast majority of his repertoire.-Career:Inspired by LTJ Bukem's Logical...

, DJ Silver, Gridlok

Gridlok

Ryan Powell, also known as Gridlok, is an American drum and bass producer and DJ.- Music career :Gridlok was raised in the Tampa Bay area of Florida and trained as a classical violinist. He soon found himself edging away from the constraints of a traditional musical education...

, Chris Renegade, Concord Dawn

Concord Dawn

Concord Dawn, is a New Zealand drum and bass group, active since mid 1999. It consists of Matt Harvey and Evan Short...

, and many others from the biggest labels in drum and bass (Metalheadz

Metalheadz

Metalheadz is a pioneering drum and bass record label based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1994 by Kemistry & Storm and Goldie, it has been home to some of the drum and bass scene's brightest talent and is notable for the high quality of its back catalogue....

, Virus Recordings

Virus Recordings

Virus Recordings is an influential UK-based drum and bass record label, specialising in the techstep and neurofunk sub-genres. Founded by Ed Rush and Optical in 1998, the label is known as the main home of the duo as well as Fierce, Matrix, and MC Ryme Tyme...

, Violence Recordings, and Renegade Hardware

Renegade Hardware

Renegade Hardware is one of the major record labels in the drum and bass music industry.-History:Creatively born in 1995 Renegade Hardware has without question cemented itself as one of the most pioneering Drum & Bass labels in the world....

to name a few).

Artists

• Ram-Z
• Mark Lannigan
• Syndrome
• Da Choppa
• Mechanikz
• Heathen
• Nusense
• Random Acts
• Mingle