Profile: Founded by Patrick van Kerckhoven (aka DJ Ruffneck) as a home for his own unique sound, which would later
 come to be known as 'artcore'. The intent was to bring breakbeat hardcore to the Netherlands, but not everyone
 fully understood this. Breakbeats have always played a very important part in all releases on the label and
 combined with tearing Juno synths and heavily distorted kick drums it has left its permanent impression on the
 entire hardcore scene. XSV were the financial backers, but in reality all A&R, and other duties, were handled
 by Patrick van Kerckhoven. 
At the end of 1997 van Kerckhoven sued XSV Music to claim the rights of Ruffneck. The court decided the music
 belonged to van Kerckhoven but the licensing of the logo was in the hands, and stayed in the hands of XSV Music.
 Without the music XSV had a worthless logo and decided to put it on sale. ID&T hesitated and eventually George
 Russeler, from Rige Entertainment, bought the logo and exploited it for commercial reasons; merchandising
 for t-shirts, slipmats and so on. 
Van Kerckhoven, frustrated as he was, continued releasing his music on a new label he called "Gangsta
 Audiovisuals". The Ruffneck label could not be used since the logos weren't his. This lead to a kind of listing
 where the Gangsta Audiovisuals catalogue numbers continue where Ruffneck Records ended (RUF 049-2). The
 first release on the Gangsta label (G 50-5) was called "The Quest For Justice", and this showed
 Van Kerckhovens frustration about the court's decision. The new logo of the Gangsta Audiovisuals label
 was an update of the old Ruffneck logo, created by Patrick Moerland.
Sublabels: RUF Intelligenze, Ruffex
Parent Label: XSV Music
Discography:
[RUF 000-5] Undercover_Anarchist-Limited_Edition-_RUF000-5_-Vinyl-1993-hM
[RUF 001-5] Undercover_Anarchist-Kingdom-_RUF001-5_-Vinyl-1993-hM_INT
[RUF 002-5] Juggernaut-The_World_Of_The_LSD-User-_RUF002-5_-Vinyl-1993-hM_INT
[RUF 003-5] Pinhead-Slammin_Beatz-_RUF003-5_-Vinyl-1993-hM_INT
[RUF 005-5] Wedlock__Comababy-Special_Series_Part_I-_RUF005-5_-Vinyl-1993-hM_INT
[RUF 006-5] Juggernaut-XTC_Motherf-_RUF006-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM_INT
[RUF 007-5] Undercover_Anarchist-Amman-_RUF007-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 008-5] Wedlock-Im_The_Fuck_You_Man-_RUF008-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM_INT
[RUF 010-5] VA-Special_Series_Part_II-The_Remix_Project-_RUF010-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM_INT
[RUF 011-5] Wedlock-Acid_Rain-_RUF011-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 012-5] Nosferatu-No_God_To_Us-_RUF012-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 013-7] VA-Limited_Edition_II-_RUF013-7_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 014-5] Juggernaut-Dont_Fuck_With_A_Ruffneck-_RUF014-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM_INT
[RUF 015-5] Keng-Induce_Trance-_RUF015-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 017-5] Cybernators-Funky_Tales-_RUF017-5_-PROPER-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 018-5] Knight_Vision-My_Salvation-_RUF018-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 019-5] Lock_Jaw-Underground_Funk-_RUF019-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 020-5] Predator-Mind_Of_A_Lunatic-_RUF020-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 021-5] VA-Special_Series_III-Happy_Edition-_RUF021-5_-Vinyl-1994-hM
[RUF 023-5] Lock_Jaw-Deep_In_The_Underground-_RUF023-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM_INT
[RUF 024-5] Diss_Reaction-Emanon_Vol_1-_RUF024-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM
[RUF 025-5] VA-Fear_Of_A_Ruff_Planet_I-_RUF025-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM
[RUF 027-5] Comababy-Nice_N_Nasty-_RUF027-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM_INT
[RUF 028-5] Wedlock-Ganjaman-_RUF028-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM_INT
[RUF 029-5] Knightvision-Knight_Of_Visions-_RUF029-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM_INT
[RUF 031-5] Phoenix-_Now__Whos_In_Control-_RUF031-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM_INT
[RUF 032-5] Lockjaw-Reactor-_RUF032-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM_INT
[RUF 033-5] Predator_Vs_Wedlock-Roots_And_Culture_EP-_RUF033-5_-Vinyl-1995-hM_INT
[RUF 034-5] Wedlock-Ruffneck__Sound_Of_The_Drum_And_The_Bass_-_RUF034-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 035-5] VA-Special_Series_Part_IV__Best_Of_Both_Worlds_-_RUF035-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM
[RUF 036-5] Cybernators-Not_Responsible-_RUF036-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 038-5] Predator-The_Strongest_Gang__The_Hood_-_RUF038-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 039-5] VA-Special_Series_Part_V-Ravers_Night_Edition-_RUF039-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 040-5] Trickster-Emphasis_On_Hardcore-_RUF040-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 041-5] VA-Special_Series_Part_VI-The_Lost_Trexx-_RUF041-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM
[RUF 042-5] Juggernaut-Got_2B_A_Ruffneck-_RUF042-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 042R-5] Juggernaut-Ruffneck_Rules_Da_Artcore_Scene-_RUF042R-5_-Vinyl-1996-hM_INT
[RUF 044-5] Trickster-White_Line-_RUF044-5_-Vinyl-1997-hM_INT
[RUF 045-5] Nosferatu-Inspiration_Vibes-_RUF045-5_-Vinyl-1997-hM_INT
[RUF 046-5] Predator-Dubplate_Style-_RUF046-5_-Vinyl-1997-hM
[RUF 047-5] DJ_Ruffneck_VS_Juggernaut-Im_A_Ruffneck-_RUF047-5_-Vinyl-1997-hM_INT
[RUF 048-5] Knightvision-The_Search_For_Mariuhana-_RUF048-5_-Vinyl-1997-hM_INT
[RUF LIM 3] VA-Ruffneck_Limited_III-Ruff_Carnage_Edition-_RUF-LIM-3_-Vinyl-1997-hM_INT