Dutch producer and DJ Tommy de Roos has been mutating jungle and hardcore as FFF since the mid 1990s. Piling noise and distortion on top of intense, complex breakbeats and gargantuan bass lines, he was one of the early innovators of the breakcore scene, as well as its dancehall-influenced raggacore subgenre.

His work throughout the 2000s, such as the Planet Mu-issued 12" The Feeling, consisted of violently ecstatic bastardizations of rave, happy hardcore, and ragga-jungle and he pushed this sound further with subsequent full-lengths for the Japanese label Murder Channel, including 2011's 20.000 Hardcore Members Can't Be Wrong.

Since the mid-2010s, he's generally toned down the distortion and produced more atmospheric, focused tracks, leading a revived jungle scene along with producers and DJs such as Tim Reaper and Coco Bryce.

Tommy de Roos first attempted to DJ techno and rave records in the early 1990s, and began experimenting with making music from sampled tape loops, a keyboard, and feedback. After his family acquired a computer, he started using tracker software, which drastically changed his approach to music-making.

He started a zine and label called Orange Socks in 1997, and released breakcore, noise, and experimental cassettes by himself, his friends, and artists he met through trading tapes.

Around 2001 he started issuing tracks on vinyl, beginning with a split EP with Fast Forward, and followed by records on labels including Hong Kong Violence, Clash Records, and Sprengstoff Recordings.

That year, FFF and Bong-Ra also organized Breakcore a GoGo, one of the first regular breakcore events in Europe. After the series ended in 2004, FFF started a similar monthly event called Wreck Havoc. A 12" titled after the event series was released in 2007.

A 2015 split EP with Coco Bryce marked FFF's shift from breakcore towards old-school jungle, mixing heavy breakbeats with more atmospheric textures. He's successfully continued in this style, releasing additional splits with Bryce and solo records like 2017's Badman Touchdown, additionally flirting with footwork on the same year's Dubcore Volume 12.

Continuing his productive output into the 2020s, FFF released records on Foxy Jangle, 7th Storey Projects, Diamond Life, and several other imprints.

[Written by Paul Simpson, Rovi]

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“Setting fire to dancefloors with chopped breaks, deadly deep subs, soundclash mentality and pure euphoria”

FFF started "djing" on 2 turntables (without pitch control) early 90s. Mixing mainly rave, techno and the sparse UK breakbeat hardcore imports that arrived at the local record shops.

First steps into making music: combining sounds from vinyl mixed with tapeloops, sounds from his sisters keyboard and a lot of feedback. Things changed big time when his parents bought a PC and his friends turned him onto tracker software.

Mid 90s he started the cassette label "Orange Socks" on which he released his own material plus music from his friends and artists he met through tapetrading. Released his first track on vinyl in 2001 (on the French Necromaniacs Industry label) and from then on kept releasing on a wide variety of labels (see list of labels below)

His first full length album "20.000 Hardcore Members Can't Be Wrong" was released on the Japanese Murder Channel Label in 2011. Followed by "Keep The Fire" in 2013 and “In Fear” in 2016. His new album “Part Of The Order” Is out now on Fresh 86.

In 2001 Bong-Ra & FFF organized the Breakcore a GoGo parties. These became one of the first regular Breakcore nights in Europe. When BCGG ended in 2004, FFF continued to promote breakcore & Jungle on the monthly Wreck havoc nights. Nowadays his focus lies more on producing, touring and running his label “3AM Eternal”.

Labels: (selection)

Myor Massiv, 7th Storey Projects, Fresh 86, Planet Mu, Foxy Jangle, Cat In The Bag, Modern Urban Jazz, Lickshot, Criterion Records, Murder Channel, Prspct RVLT, Vibez 93, Amenology, Kool.Pop, Hong Kong Violence, Mindbender, Sozialistischer Plattenbau, Sprengstoff, Clash, K-produktions, Sonic Beligeranza, Ketacore.

Complete discography:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/FFF