Hotflush Recordings

Hotflush Recordings began as a UK garage night in Bristol's Stokes Croft, where founder Paul Rose, later known as Scuba, was studying at the University of Bristol in the early 2000s. The night brought in guests including Artful Dodger before Hotflush developed into a record label.

Founded by Rose in 2003, the British label emerged from the early dubstep era but didn't limit itself to one strain of UK club music. Its releases have also drawn on UK garage, breakstep and techno, reflecting the wider interests present from its beginnings. Rose's own work as Scuba has remained central to the label's story, while the roster has connected dubstep's formative years with later bass and electronic music.

Hotflush has released music by Mount Kimbie, Boxcutter, Vaccine, Joy Orbison and Untold, artists whose records trace the label's links to dubstep, garage-rooted rhythms and more experimental electronic forms. Artists including SCB, Bodhi, Braille, Odd Occasion, DJ Jackum, Ackermann and Cortese also form part of its catalogue.