Arguably Ireland’s biggest Hard Dance DJ, LED, makes a welcome return to London to play for Frantic at Timeless next Saturday. We caught up with young Niall ahead of his set to find out more about himself and the whole Irish Hard dance scene.

Frantic’s legendary classics night Timeless is just over 3 weeks away and the theme for this year’s event is The Hard Valentines School Disko. One of the UKs biggest clubwear and events brand Contagious will be hosting the all girls room where the lovely Lisa Pin Up will be headlining. Find out what she’s been up to here and what to expect from her in 2010.

Sam and Deano aka The Tidy DJs have been rocking dance floors up and down the country with their fun-loving charisma and infectious sounds and blew the roof off Koko for Frantic 12 back in August 2009. We catch up with them ahead of their exclusive Vinyl Only Classics set in the Library for Frantic’s Timeless 8 on Saturday 13th February 2010 to find out how 2009 was for them and what they have planned for 2010 including info on their new F.U.N live set!

The annual poll for the best players, promoters and producers in the wide world of harder styles has begun.

Voting is now open for the 7th HDA at harddanceawards.com

The Awards have evolved this year to include some exciting new categories and the website is full of interviews with all the key figures in the scene.

This years awards will be held at the Atomik Weekender 3 @ Pontins, Prestatyn whcih takes place on March 5 - 7.

The line up includes The Tidy Boys, Zany, Lisa Lashes, Lab 4 Live, Alex Kidd, Kutski and more. For more on that see the Atomik DSI page.

We caught up with the man they call the dark destroyer to get his thoughts on his new residency and to see what he has been up to of late...