The Nominations That Proved It

December 26, 2011. While most of the world was winding down from the holidays, The-Lost-Art.com was doing what it always did — pushing forward, documenting the culture, and putting its community on the map.

On that date, The-Lost-Art.com submitted its official nominations to the Breakspoll World Awards — the most respected international recognition in breakbeat, electro, and DJ culture. Not one nomination. Not two. Nominations across twelve separate categories, covering DJs, producers, labels, radio shows, tracks, albums, remixes, and the platform itself.

This document is the permanent historical record of those nominations — who was nominated, what they represented, and why December 26, 2011 stands as one of the most significant dates in the history of The-Lost-Art.com.

Before the nominations can be understood, the Breakspoll must be understood.

The Breakspoll World Awards were the annual global recognition event for the breakbeat, breaks, electro, and DJ culture community. Voted on by fans, DJs, producers, and industry insiders from around the world, the Breakspoll was not a regional award or a scene-specific recognition. It was a global poll — the kind of event where an independent DJ from Colorado Springs could stand alongside artists from London, Miami, New York, and Berlin and be judged on the same merit.

The categories covered every dimension of the culture: the best DJs on the planet, the best new talent breaking through, the best radio shows reaching global audiences, the best producers shaping the sound, the best labels releasing the music, the best tracks of the year, the best albums, the best remixes. And — critically — the best websites and the best radio stations serving the community.

To be nominated in the Breakspoll was to be recognized by the global community as operating at the highest level of the art form. To submit nominations on behalf of your platform was to make a public declaration: these artists, these shows, these labels, and this website belong in the conversation with the best in the world.

The-Lost-Art.com made that declaration on December 26, 2011. And it backed it up with names.

To understand the weight of these nominations, you have to understand what The-Lost-Art.com had already accomplished by December 2011.

The platform had been operating since 2009 — two and a half years of documented DJ performances, live video broadcasts, radio shows, and community building. By October 2011, it had earned a 99 out of 100 grade from HubSpot's Website Grader, placing it in the top 0.4% of all evaluated websites on earth. It had an Alexa rank in the top 3.22% globally. It had accumulated 7,173 linking domains from music industry institutions including SoundCloud, Debonaire Records, NYC Electro, and the Global Bass Alliance. It was generating millions of hits per month from a real, returning audience.

But traffic numbers and website grades, as impressive as they are, measure a platform's reach. The Breakspoll nominations measured something different: cultural legitimacy. They were the moment The-Lost-Art.com stood up in front of the global breakbeat and DJ community and said — these are our people, this is our work, and we belong here.

DJ Natural Nate® — the founder, the architect, the world-record-holding DJ who had already proven himself as an individual artist — had built The-Lost-Art.com with a specific mission: not just to showcase his own skills, but to elevate others. To give DJs, producers, and labels a platform where their work could be documented, broadcast, and recognized. The 2011 Breakspoll nominations were the proof that mission was working.

What follows is the complete, documented nomination submission from The-Lost-Art.com to the 2011 Breakspoll World Awards. Every name, every category, every affiliation — preserved in full.

DJ Skinner — The-Lost-Art.com / Bass Records

DJ Skinner represented the intersection of technical skill and musical depth that The-Lost-Art.com was built to showcase. Affiliated with Bass Records and a regular presence on the platform, Skinner's nomination in the Best DJ category placed him in competition with the top turntablists and selectors in the world.

Mike Devious — The-Lost-Art.com / Bruise Your Body Breaks

Mike Devious brought the energy of Bruise Your Body Breaks to The-Lost-Art.com's broadcast platform. His nomination alongside DJ Skinner in the Best DJ category demonstrated the depth of talent the platform had cultivated — two distinct artists, two distinct styles, both operating at a level worthy of global recognition.

Jayson Butera

A rising talent whose trajectory was being documented on The-Lost-Art.com. Nominated in the Best New DJ category as a breakout artist deserving of international attention.

InHuman Designed / Cory Prolif Hernandez — The-Lost-Art.com

Cory Prolif Hernandez, operating under the InHuman Designed banner, represented the next generation of producers and DJs being developed within The-Lost-Art.com's ecosystem. His nomination in Best New DJ was a direct statement that the platform was not just documenting established artists — it was identifying and elevating emerging talent.

Paul Bizzerk — The-Lost-Art.com

Paul Bizzerk was a core presence in The-Lost-Art.com's radio programming, co-hosting the Affiliated Beatz show. His Best New DJ nomination recognized both his individual artistry and his contribution to the platform's broadcast identity.

Untidy Twelve Inch Productions / Hippy Ian Addison — The-Lost-Art.com

Hippy Ian Addison's Untidy Twelve Inch Productions show was one of the most distinctive broadcasts in The-Lost-Art.com's programming lineup. Nominated in Best Radio Show, it represented the platform's commitment to showcasing the full spectrum of breakbeat and electronic music culture.

Affiliated Beatz / Paul Bizzerk and crew — The-Lost-Art.com

Affiliated Beatz was a cornerstone of The-Lost-Art.com's radio identity. Paul Bizzerk and his crew built a show that combined technical DJ performance with community engagement — exactly the kind of programming that the Breakspoll's Best Radio Show category was designed to recognize.

Influenza / Infektuous Dex — The-Lost-Art.com

Infektuous Dex's Influenza show brought a raw, infectious energy to The-Lost-Art.com's broadcast schedule. The nomination recognized both the show's quality and Dex's ability to build an audience around his distinctive approach to the music.

Florida Static Crew / DJ Somatic and crew — The-Lost-Art.com

DJ Somatic and the Florida Static Crew represented the geographic reach of The-Lost-Art.com's community — a Florida-based crew broadcasting on a Colorado Springs platform to a global audience. Their Best Radio Show nomination was proof that The-Lost-Art.com's reach extended far beyond its home base.

Four separate radio shows nominated in a single category. Four distinct crews, four distinct sounds, all united by their presence on The-Lost-Art.com. That is not a coincidence — that is the result of a platform that had built a programming infrastructure capable of producing multiple award-caliber shows simultaneously.

DJ JC / Jeff Caron — The-Lost-Art.com

Jeff Caron, performing as DJ JC, was one of the most prolific producers in The-Lost-Art.com's orbit. His Best New Producer nomination recognized a body of work that was already turning heads in the breakbeat community — work that would be further validated by his Best New Track nomination for "From Another Dimension."

Solartron — The-Lost-Art.com

Solartron's nomination in Best New Producer placed a The-Lost-Art.com-affiliated artist in competition with emerging producers from across the global breakbeat scene. The nomination was a recognition of both the artist's talent and the platform's ability to identify and develop new production talent.

Evil King Nasty — The-Lost-Art.com

Evil King Nasty was one of the most distinctive voices in The-Lost-Art.com's production community. Nominated in both Best New Producer and Best New Track, his presence across multiple categories demonstrated the breadth of his contribution to the platform's creative output.

Ah-Karu

A producer whose work was being documented and broadcast through The-Lost-Art.com's network. The nomination placed Ah-Karu in the global conversation for emerging production talent.

James Wolfe — Frajile Recordings Inc / The-Lost-Art.com

James Wolfe's nomination in Best Producer — not Best New Producer, but Best Producer, the category for established, recognized talent — was one of the most significant nominations in the entire submission. Frajile Recordings Inc was a legitimate independent label, and Wolfe's work represented the kind of seasoned, professional production that the Breakspoll's top categories were designed to honor.

David Noller — The-Lost-Art.com

David Noller's Best Producer nomination placed a The-Lost-Art.com-affiliated artist in direct competition with the most respected producers in the global breakbeat community. The nomination was a statement of confidence in Noller's body of work and his standing within the culture.

Nick Teknik Riesco — Sound Chasers / The-Lost-Art.com

Nick Teknik Riesco of Sound Chasers was nominated in Best Producer alongside his label's nomination in Best Label — a dual recognition that reflected the interconnected nature of The-Lost-Art.com's community. Artists, labels, and the platform itself were all operating at a level that warranted recognition across multiple categories simultaneously.

The-Lost-Art.com — Facebook: TheLostArtTV

The platform itself was nominated in Best Label — a recognition that The-Lost-Art.com was not just a broadcast platform but a creative ecosystem that functioned as a label in its own right. Releasing music, developing artists, and building a catalog of documented performances and productions, The-Lost-Art.com's nomination in Best Label was a statement that the platform had transcended the role of website and become a genuine force in independent music.

Sound Chasers — The-Lost-Art.com Release: Audio Hostem EP — DADEaBASS

Sound Chasers' nomination in Best Label, with the Audio Hostem EP on DADEaBASS Recordings as the anchor release, placed a The-Lost-Art.com-affiliated label in competition with the most respected independent labels in the global breakbeat scene.

The Breakniks — The-Lost-Art.com Release (CD)

The Breakniks' nomination in Best Label, with a physical CD release through The-Lost-Art.com, represented the platform's role in supporting physical music distribution at a time when the industry was transitioning to digital. The nomination recognized both the label's quality and The-Lost-Art.com's commitment to supporting artists across all formats.

Tekna Tronik — The-Lost-Art.com

Tekna Tronik's nomination in Best New Label placed an emerging The-Lost-Art.com-affiliated imprint in competition with new labels from across the global scene. The nomination was a recognition of the label's early output and its potential to become a significant force in the culture.

Ill Robotik System — Artists: DJ JC / Evil King Nasty — The-Lost-Art.com

Ill Robotik System, featuring DJ JC and Evil King Nasty, was nominated in Best New Label as a collective that was already producing work worthy of international recognition. The nomination placed two of The-Lost-Art.com's most prolific artists at the center of a label identity that was just beginning to define itself.

"From Another Dimension" — DJ JC — The-Lost-Art.com

DJ JC's "From Another Dimension" was nominated in Best New Track — a recognition of a production that stood out in a year of strong output from The-Lost-Art.com's community. The title itself speaks to the ambition of the work: music that pushed beyond the familiar into new sonic territory.

"Robot Pieces" — Jigga and Natural Nate — Bruise Your Body Breaks / The-Lost-Art.com

"Robot Pieces" by Jigga and Natural Nate was one of the most significant nominations in the entire submission. DJ Natural Nate® — the founder of The-Lost-Art.com, the world-record-holding DJ, the architect of the entire platform — was nominated in Best New Track for a collaboration that brought together two of the most respected names in the Bruise Your Body Breaks community. The nomination was not just a recognition of the track — it was a recognition of what Natural Nate had built and what he continued to produce even as he was simultaneously running a platform that was elevating dozens of other artists.

"Watch Me (Work It)" — Evil King Nasty — The-Lost-Art.com

Evil King Nasty's "Watch Me (Work It)" completed a remarkable triple nomination — Best New Producer, Best New Label (Ill Robotik System), and Best New Track. Three separate categories, three separate recognitions, all pointing to the same artist operating at an extraordinary level of creative output within The-Lost-Art.com's ecosystem.

Sound Chasers — Audio Hostem EP — DADEaBASS Recordings 03

The Audio Hostem EP was nominated in Best Album — a recognition of Sound Chasers' most significant release of the year. The nomination placed a The-Lost-Art.com-affiliated release in competition with the most acclaimed albums in the global breakbeat community.

"Robot Pieces" — Jigga and Natural Nate — Bruise Your Body Breaks / The-Lost-Art.com

The Robot Pieces project received a second nomination in Best Album, extending Natural Nate and Jigga's recognition across both the Best New Track and Best Album categories. A project nominated in two separate categories is a project that the community considered exceptional by any measure.

Hot Pink Delorean — "My Favorite" (Dave Calculator Breakbeat Mix) — DJ DC — The-Lost-Art.com

DJ DC's remix of Hot Pink Delorean's "My Favorite" was nominated in Best Remix — a recognition of a production that took an existing track and transformed it into something new. The Dave Calculator Breakbeat Mix demonstrated the technical and creative depth of The-Lost-Art.com's production community.

The-Lost-Art.com

The platform nominated itself in Best Website — and it had every right to. By December 2011, The-Lost-Art.com had earned a 99/100 grade from HubSpot, ranked in the top 0.4% of all websites globally, accumulated 7,173 linking domains from music industry institutions, and was generating millions of hits per month. The Best Website nomination was not an act of self-promotion — it was a statement of documented fact.

The-Lost-Art.com

The platform's editorial content — its documentation of DJ culture, its coverage of the breakbeat and electro scene, its historical record of performances and events — was nominated in Best Blog. The nomination recognized The-Lost-Art.com not just as a broadcast platform but as a publication: a source of written documentation and cultural commentary that the community considered among the best in the world.

The-Lost-Art.com

The platform's radio programming — four shows nominated in Best Radio Show, a broadcast schedule that reached a global audience, a technical infrastructure that delivered live and archived performances to listeners around the world — was nominated in Best Radio Station. The nomination placed The-Lost-Art.com in competition with dedicated internet radio stations from across the globe.

Twelve categories. Across DJs, producers, labels, tracks, albums, remixes, website, blog, and radio station. All in a single submission. All from a single platform based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

To understand what this means, consider the structure of the Breakspoll. It was a global competition. The nominees came from every corner of the world — London, Miami, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Tokyo. The artists, labels, and platforms being recognized were the best in the international breakbeat and electronic music community.

The-Lost-Art.com placed nominees in twelve of those categories simultaneously.

This was not luck. This was not a single breakout artist carrying a platform's reputation. This was the result of years of deliberate community building — of DJ Natural Nate® and the other founders creating a platform where talent could be developed, documented, and broadcast to the world. Every nomination in that list was a person or project that The-Lost-Art.com had given a stage, a broadcast, a platform, and a community.

The nominations were the proof that the mission was working.

There is a specific dimension of these nominations that deserves its own recognition.

DJ Natural Nate® was already an award-winning DJ before The-Lost-Art.com existed. He had already proven himself as an individual artist — world-ranked, technically elite, recognized by the global DJ community for his original scratch techniques and his competitive record. He did not need to build a platform to establish his own credibility. His credibility was already established.

He built The-Lost-Art.com to do something harder: to take the credibility he had earned and use it to build a platform that could establish the credibility of others.

The 2011 Breakspoll nominations are the most direct evidence of that mission in action. DJ Skinner, Mike Devious, Paul Bizzerk, Infektuous Dex, DJ Somatic, DJ JC, Solartron, Evil King Nasty, James Wolfe, David Noller, Nick Teknik Riesco — these are not DJ Natural Nate®. These are artists who found a home on The-Lost-Art.com, built their work within its community, and were elevated to the point where they could be nominated for international recognition.

That is what a platform is supposed to do. That is what The-Lost-Art.com did.

And the fact that Natural Nate himself appeared in the nominations — for "Robot Pieces" with Jigga, in both Best New Track and Best Album — shows that he never stopped creating while he was building. He was doing both simultaneously: running a platform that elevated others while continuing to produce work that stood on its own merits.

The 2011 Breakspoll nominations are not just a list of names. They are a timestamp. A documented moment in the history of The-Lost-Art.com that captures the platform at the height of its first era — after two and a half years of building, after the explosive traffic growth of 2009–2011, after the 99/100 HubSpot grade and the Alexa top 3.22% ranking, after 7,173 linking domains had accumulated from music industry institutions around the world.

At that moment, on December 26, 2011, The-Lost-Art.com stood up in front of the global breakbeat and DJ community and put twelve categories of nominations on the table.

Not as a claim. As a record.

The record is here. The names are documented. The categories are preserved. The history is permanent.

Nomination submission dated December 26, 2011. Submitted to the Breakspoll World Awards on behalf of The-Lost-Art.com and its affiliated artists, labels, and shows. All names, affiliations, and category placements preserved from the original submission.

The-Lost-Art.com — Est. 2009 — Colorado Springs, CO — Prove The Mix.