Paul 'Durty' Den is one of the Hard South 'babes' - a regular since the club began, and a specialist in the harder sounds. Only fitting, then, that he should make his debut at the 7th birthday party! And an excuse too for me to have another one of our conversations about hard house.

K90 has spent the last decade at the very top of his game, and now he's set to join the Rebellion! With less than 2 weeks to go before he headlines the Rebellion Launch party, we caught up with the legend to see what he's been getting up too...

In the last few years since his well documented change in musical preference from European style Hard Trance, D-10 has gone from strength to strength. Some might even claim that he is the best that the UK has to offer when it comes to challenging the Dutch and Italians stranglehold they have on the scene. Some may disagree, but no matter what your opinion, one thing is for sure... It's worth Rebelling against!

Chances are, if you’ve been clubbing north of Birmingham lately, you’ll have heard of Stu Rush. 2009 saw him play at some of the north’s biggest events, as well as winning a set at Kiddfectious vs Judgement Sundays, beating hundreds of entrants (including this reporter). With his London debut fast approaching, Rebellion’s Shift-e took a few moments to talk tech trance, biker festivals and run-ins with the law…

Defective Audio, OD404, Base Graffiti, Tomcat … Kaktai Records, Spinball, Spidertrax … A single thread links these defining names in the hardhouse scene - plus many more aliases across the spectrum of dance music. That thread is Dom Sweeten, a uniquely influential DJ, producer, and studio engineer, who will be gracing the decks at the Hard South Circus of Wrong on March 5th.