How to reference musician and DJ URLs on this website

Write as the below when referring to a specific musician and DJ webpage (URL)

The below are not ideal or advised (it causes redirect inconsistencies and bad search engine optimisation (SEO))

http:// and no www
  • http://2000undergroundmusic.com/name
  • http://2000undergroundmusic.com/name/
  • http://2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.html
  • http://2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.htm
https:// and no www
  • https://2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.html
  • https://2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.htm
http:// and www
  • http://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name
  • http://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name/
  • http://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.html
  • http://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.htm
https:// and www
  • https://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name
  • https://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name/
  • https://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.html
  • https://www.2000undergroundmusic.com/name/index.htm

We have tried to get our .htaccess file edited, so we can automatically remove trailing / from folders and directories for this website’s URLs (as SoundCloud do, but they have much better website coders than us). But we have been advised, that it is not a good thing to do, and is more complex than it looks or sounds. However, you can type the URLs into your internet browser, but it is not advisable for us to link internally inside this website, using those URLs or that way.

Square logo with very light grey background. Then the years 1987–2019, in sequence, left to right, top to bottom, in 45% grey, that are also typographically aligned vertically. After 1999 in the middle, it says ‘2000’ in black text, then on the line below ‘Underground’ in black text, then on the line below that ‘Music’ in black text.

Official description text of 2000 Underground Music

Short description

Setup in 2023 after 25 years of listening to house and techno mixes, and everything in between. 2000 Underground Music aims to promote the finest musicians and DJs specifically between 1999–2003 (but more widely between 1990–2008). Offers musician and DJ webpages, with biography, list of links and interviews. Full back catalogue of music releases, with 2 preferred seller buying links. The website also has lists, to find great mixes, articles and documentaries. An email newsletter 3 times a year, news section with special articles and guest posts, on aspects in the industry (both past and present). The director also offers a range of other services, such as music promotion advice, seller strategy advice, Discogs editing, Discogs profile (musician and DJ biography) text editing and rewriting, graphic communication design and website design, charged at an hourly rate.

Long description

Focusing on the golden years around 1999–2003 (more generally between 1990–2008). Also occasionally not following and breaking the rule.

The 2000-era never got old, and is still good today in 2024 (25 years later), that says a lot. It was a time of absolute musical excellence, in so many genres of underground music. What an amazing era it was, truly utopian, through people, music, creativity, design, commitment, machines and technology. Utopia exists, the history of house and techno is incredible.

In 2023, after about 25 years of listening to mixes, we decided to create this website, to try and help underground musicians and DJs more actively. Around 2009, we noticed musicians and DJs from the 2000-era, were not easily found. And what about lost and forgotten strains and genres, that only a few know about or can remember?

This website is as much for the 2000-era musicians and DJs, as it is is for us. If you have any ideas, contact us and let us know.

Will be updating as and when needed, and will see how it goes.

Front on photo or a vertical row of plastic name plates, with text behind them, then 1000s of small wires going into them and around them. Shows and old copper wire connector terminal.

Multi-coloured coated wire, from an older copper connector for DSL internet, fax and voice.

Photograph by Mika Baumeister (23 July 2019), distributed under a CC-BY 2.0 license, adapted, from https://unsplash.com/photos/multicolored-coated-wire-dMNee_epAnw.

Better information on 2000-era musicians and DJs covering:

Alphabetical order

  • 1980s Goa trance.
  • Acid house.
  • Acid tech house.
  • Ambient.
  • Baleric.
  • Breakbeat.
  • Breaks.
  • Classic house.
  • Chill out.
  • Clicks & cuts.
  • Dance.
  • Deep house.
  • Deep minimal.
  • Deep techno.
  • Detroit techno.
  • Disco.
  • Downtempo.
  • Drum & bass
  • Dub house.
  • Dub minimal.
  • Dub techno.
  • Electro.
  • Electro clash.
  • Experimental.
  • French house.
  • German minimal house.
  • Glitch.
  • Haçienda.
  • Hardcore.
  • House.
  • Italo disco.
  • Lo-fi.
  • London deep house.
  • London tech house.
  • Lounge.
  • Progressive deep minimal.
  • Progressive house.
  • Progressive tech house.
  • Proto techno.
  • Psychedelic trance.
  • MC’ing.
  • Microhouse.
  • Minimal.
  • Minimal house.
  • Minimal techno.
  • New wave electro.
  • Nu jazz (broken beat, future jazz).
  • Red light electro.
  • Rasta dub minimal.
  • Reggae.
  • Soulful house.
  • Synth pop.
  • Tech house.
  • Techno.
  • Trance.
  • Tribal house.
  • Vocal.
  • World.

Genre ordered

  • Breaks
    • Breakbeat.
    • Nu jazz (broken beat, future jazz).
  • Chill out
    • Ambient.
    • Downtempo.
    • Lounge.
  • Dance
    • Baleric.
  • Disco
    • Italo disco.
  • Drum & bass
  • Electro
    • New wave electro.
    • Electro clash.
    • Red light electro.
  • Experimental
  • Haçienda
  • Hardcore
  • House
    • Acid house.
    • Classic house.
    • Deep house.
    • Dub house.
    • French house.
    • London deep house.
    • Progressive house.
    • Soulful house.
    • Tribal house.
  • Microhouse
    • Clicks & cuts.
    • Glitch.
  • Minimal
    • Deep minimal.
    • Dub minimal.
    • German minimal house.
    • Lo-fi
    • Minimal house.
    • Minimal techno.
    • Progressive deep minimal.
    • Rasta dub minimal.
  • Reggae
  • Synth pop
  • Tech house
    • Acid tech house.
    • London tech house.
    • Progressive tech house.
  • Techno
    • Deep techno.
    • Detroit techno.
    • Dub techno.
    • Proto techno.
  • Trance
    • 1980s Goa trance.
    • Psychedelic trance.
  • Vocal
    • MC’ing.
  • World

Style ordered

  • Acid
    • Acid house.
    • Acid tech house.
  • Breaks
    • Breakbeat.
    • Nu jazz (broken beat, future jazz).
  • Chill out
    • Ambient.
    • Downtempo.
    • Lounge.
  • Classics
    • 1980s Goa trance.
    • Classic house.
    • Haçienda.
  • Dance
    • Baleric.
  • Deep
    • Deep house.
    • Deep minimal.
    • Deep techno.
    • London deep house.
  • Disco
    • Italo disco.
  • Dub
    • Dub house.
    • Dub techno.
    • Rasta dub minimal.
  • Drum & bass
  • Electro
    • Electro clash.
    • New wave electro.
    • Red light electro.
  • Experimental.
  • Hardcore.
  • House
    • French house.
    • Soulful house.
    • Tribal house.
  • Microhouse
    • Clicks & cuts.
    • Glitch.
  • Minimal
    • Dub minimal.
    • German minimal house.
    • Lo-fi.
    • Minimal house.
    • Minimal techno.
  • Progressive
    • Progressive deep minimal.
    • Progressive house.
    • Progressive tech house.
  • Reggae
  • Synth pop
  • Tech house
    • London tech house.
  • Techno
    • Detroit techno.
    • Proto techno.
  • Trance
    • Psychedelic trance.
  • Vocal
    • MC’ing.
  • World

Our aims and what we offer you

  • Make this website available for the next 10+ years, so the musicians and DJs, have a permanent consistent reliable place, to have some of their key information, and are not forgot.
  • Consistent URL like https://2000undergroundmusic.com/yourname.
  • List of websites, social media, URLs, and interviews.
  • Direct buyer links to the musicians and DJs music for a cleaner better sale, avoiding middle-people and cheaper not great physical sellers, or digital sellers (that have been so destructive for the sustainability of underground musicians).
  • Free edits and updating (although there is a 1-off fee, if you would like a webpage (or webpages, for any aliases or groups you are in) directly made-up, see the section below How this website works, and the process to get a webpage or webpages).
  • Accurate website statistics so how many views your webpage (or webpages) got a year.
  • Direct people interested in the musicians and DJs music, more quickly and precisely to buying it. That is 1st-hand and as direct, clean and honest sale as possible. 2nd-hand is near useless, as the original musician and DJ, gets £0 for the resale…
  • Assist in rewriting, editing and updating musicians and DJs biography (essentially the Discogs profile text). That can be reused wherever they wish, copyright-free.
  • Collate, make and sell extended tracklists for mixes. To offer people great information on the music in mixes, places to buy the music (and to help us make this project and website sustainable).
  • Use accessible, usable, and good technology to deliver a great website (see our Vacancies and feelancers, if you think you can help).
  • Introduce ideas that musicians and DJs may have, to make this website even better. Like a timeline of key events throughout their career, blog, super cool information, things like this.

Thomas (December 2023)

Director

2000 Underground Music

https://2000undergroundmusic.com