It was launched in February 2005 by the original webmaster Thijs Engels, and web designer Tom "Haste" Johnson.

This soon expanded through regular contributors to the forum, especially tracklistings of mixtapes and unreleased tracks.

The database grew to collate information on over 100,000 tracks released by more than 20,000 artists, and as an alternative to Discogs.

[2] The site was nominated twice for Best Website in the Dutch Drum 'n' Bass Awards of 2006–07,[3] losing to DnBForum.nl on both occasions, and taking joint second with 3VOOR12 in the latter.

[5] The site held a fundraiser on 3 November 2007, hosted by London nightclub DiTch, featuring several live sets including DJ Bailey of BBC Radio 1Xtra.