The Young Punx

about

The Young Punx are a genre-blending electronic music project led by Grammy-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist Hal Ritson together with DJ Nathan Taylor and hype man Betto.

Formed in the mid-2000s, The Young Punx built a reputation for high-energy releases and DJ-led live shows that mash together house, drum and bass, electro, funk, disco, rock and left-field pop, often collaborating with vocalists, musicians and visual artists from across scenes.

Alongside the core project, Hal Ritson is an established producer whose work for other artists has amassed over 35 billion streams, including collaborations with Katy Perry, Duke Dumont, The Chemical Brothers, Nas, Charli XCX, Avicii, Clean Bandit and many more.

The Young Punx have released multiple studio albums, remixes and singles, toured internationally and curated their own broadcasts and visual worlds through projects such as The Young Punx FM podcast. The project has always existed as a space for creative freedom, playful genre collision and ideas that sit just outside the expected lanes of electronic music.

The party everyone’s invited to!

The Young Punx FM is the legendary dance music and entertainment podcast hosted by producer Hal Ritson and a revolving crew of DJs, musicians and friends. Broadcasting since 2007, when it began life in a basement at London’s Old Hit Factory, the show combines fresh house, disco, drum and bass, breaks and electronic music with outrageous banter, music industry stories, live musical chaos and occasionally very serious snack reviews.

Listen to the latest episodes below!

The Young Punx FM Podcast

The party everyone’s invited to! Multi-platinum producer Hal Ritson and a revolving crew of DJs, musicians and friends serve up a genre-hopping feast of fresh house, drum & bass, breaks, disco, mashups and hip hop, colliding head-on with outrageous stories from the music industry, drunken revelry, live jamming and hardcore snack reviews. Part radio show, part backstage afterparty, part complete nonsense. Broadcasting since 2007, with roots at London’s legendary Old Hit Factory. Beats, banter and basslines from The Young Punx!

After ten years apart, The Young Punx reunite for an unexpected adventure in Tokyo. Naturally, it all begins with Betto and an airport sausage. Hal runs 100 metres across an enormous stage, Hal and Nathan play a live DJ set on Japan’s block.fm, and the whole gang pick up pretty much where they left off a decade ago. Expect Japanese adventures, questionable conversations and a healthy selection of the finest disco, house and drum & bass that’s caught our ears. Too big for the bun? Aren’t we all?

Music in this show: Numero27 – Machine 9×3; Bee Gees – Tokyo Nights; Maison J – Tokyo Touch; Knower – It’s All Nothing Until It’s Everything; The Young Punx – Soul Destroyer (Unfinished Demo); Forty Night – Where My Wookie’s At; Mike Kerrigan – Warm SF Nights; Lexa Hill x The Young Punx – Kiss of Life (The Young Punx Colour of Love Mix); The Young Punx – Jambo Jambo; Pablo J, The Lobsterettes – Dance Till Dawn; Breakbot – Fantasy; Wh0 – Mary’s Poppin’; The Young Punx – Idiots; Stupid Fresh – Do the Dog; Fantastic Plastic Machine (FPM) – Madness (+ Baby Got Back Acapella); John B x The Young Punx – The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind); The Young Punx – Like Dat (Kodin Mix); Wyld Dogz (The Young Punx) – Call On Me; Chase & Status – Baddadan.