www.acidjazz.co.uk

Formed back in the heady days of 1987 at the start of the ‘acieed’ explosion, Acid Jazz was the first of the groundbreaking new indie labels and paved the way for the likes of Mo Wax, Wall Of Sound and Talkin' Loud…

Initially a simple bedroom operation established by Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson, within three months of the first 45 release (Galliano’s Frederic Lies Still), the label had grown rapidly, acquired premises in London’s east end and laid out a unique manifesto of alternative club sounds – jazz, street-soul, funk, latin, reggae and jazz poetry all put in an early appearance. Galliano, Chris Bangs, The Night Trains, The Last Poets, A Man Called Adam and Snowboy & The Latin Section were amongst the first wave of label signings and they all appeared live at groundbreaking jazz themed nights at London clubs like the WAG in Soho and Camden’s legendary Dingwalls.





By ’89, Peterson had left the label to establish his own Talking Loud imprint and Piller soon moved the operation to Denmark Street, London’s original Tin Pan Alley, into the former EMI music office. The next wave of signings included D Influence, Jamiroquai and The Brand New Heavies. Chart success quickly followed as the label spread its numerous tentacles around the world. The sound of the label became the name of choice for the scene that had established in its wake and by the early ’90s, Acid Jazz was booming out of a succession of speakers from Sweden to Singapore, Hamburg to Hobart, Shibuya to Sheffield and everywhere in between. International tours followed as the label expanded through the 90′s, gradually increasing their musical influences to include daisy-age hip hop, garage psyche and trip hop.





By the mid-90′s Acid Jazz had revived the careers of legends like Terry Callier, Brian Auger and Gregory Isaacs, established three subsidiaries (Focus, All Seeing Eye and Roots to cater for progressive indie, drum and bass and roots and culture respectively) and signed yet another wave of successful independent artists which included the likes of Corduroy, Mother Earth, The Humble Souls, Goldbug and a dozen more.





In 1994, the label took the plunge and opened the first ‘non-house’ based night club in London. Based on the site of the Bass Clef, a down-at-heel and eventually semi-derelict jazz club in Hoxton – perched precariously amidst the second world war bomb sites, derelict buildings and culture-free zone, the club was credited with paving the way for the whole Hoxton/Shoreditch explosion of the late nineties. Indeed, the club was rarely less than full seven nights a week hosting events from the likes of Goldie’s Metalheads, Talvin Singh, Coldcut, Ab-ashanti, Athletico and the label’s own Magic Bus. The Blue Note closed its doors at the end of the decade and Acid Jazz went back to what they do best: releasing records.

Jumping forward to 2014 and we find the label firmly ensconced in their office at the top of Brick Lane and after celebrating their 25th Anniversary the label is as vibrant and vital as ever. The current roster includes the critically acclaimed, prog folk fusions of Matt Berry, new indie hopefuls Dexters, the soul meet the Streets stylings of New Street Adventure and ex Bluetones lead singer Mark Morriss, whilst the highly acclaimed Rare Mod series has discovered and released previously unknown works by everyone from The Riot Squad featuring David Bowie to the Small Faces Steve Marriott.

In short after over a quarter of a century Acid Jazz remains one of the UK’s most important independent labels.


The Fresh Establishment -booking: freshestband@gmail.com

F.E. is an Alternative Hip Hop band based in Los Angeles, CA. The group is rooted in Hip Hop and Neo-Soul with elements of Reggae, Dub & Pop. The sound combines a mixture of analogue and electronic instrumentation over groovy basslines and melodies. Some of The Fresh.EST. influences include The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Travis Barker, Incubus, J.Dilla, and Sublime.

The band was formed in the summer of 2015 by singer/rapper Kat Knoc & drummer Cassie Jalilie. They are joined by bassist JP Candelier, guitarist Nina Firooz and trumpet/keys player Kelly Tate. The Fresh.EST. is currently working on recording an official EP, but mostly you can find them in and around Los Angeles, performing at local venues and open mic spots.

The group also collaborates with like-minded creatives and friends such as DJ Simple, Mad Fuego, The Imfamous Tito Sanchez, etc. And continues to create additional ongoing projects including :

– A Drummer / DJ mixtape collaboration (Cassie Jalilie and JR Noble)
– Beats on Beats on Beats (JP Candelier)
– Acoustic Duo (Cassie Jalilie & Kat Knoc)
– Spoken Word (Kat Knoc)


Born and raised in Barcelona, singer-songwriter and emerging producer ANGE combines a fresh blend of neo-soul and electronic music. Some have tasted Erykah Badu and NAO in her sound.

Nec Nymbl = Toronto Composer/Producer + Phonetician (multi-syllabic MC with crazy word-play on conscious tip) from the late 90's, creating various sounds inspired by life's joy/pain & empirical struggles.
Was heavily involved in many of the hip-hop elements and a leader in a  world-wide crew up until 2005. Became so dissatisfied with the industry, the usury of manipulative artists, the decline of quality music and the state of hip-hop...that it resulted in the abandonment of the public and cyber scene. 
Thus hermit mode was entered for about 13yrs. 

However, during that time a secret arsenal of kits were being made, the rarest samples were being unearthed and instrumentals were still being produced and preserved in the Noemadik Sound Lab archive...

Nec has decided to re-emerge from the dusty dungeons and dark caverns, and unite with the similar minded heads (musicians/artists and listeners) who would like to preserve the purity of such art-forms.

Heavily influenced by Golden Era hip-hop,  trip-hop, chill-hop and all genres of music that has heart/soul in it, NEC NIMBLE created instrumentals of all kinds: 
Raw & Rugged golden era Boom Bap, Hardcore Bangers, Soulful/Funky & Jazzy beats, Melancholic/Mellodramatic sounds, dark grimy beats, Lo-Fi and ambient chill grooves, Ethnic fusion and various cinematic and exotic sounding lounge friendly pieces.

Nec Nimble has been a serious crate-digger for about 20yrs with 10k+ vinyl.

Producers that have influenced Nec are: Nick Wiz, Dj ALX, Pete Rock, Havoc, Dj Muggs, J Dilla, Organized Noize, Sleepy Brown, Rico Wade, Decompoze, Mike Loe, Buckwild, Lord Finesse, Madlib, Dj Krush, Dj Shadow, Dj Scratch, Timbaland, Large Professor, Tony D, Easy Mo Bee, Kutmasta Kurt, 9th Wonder, Dj Jazzy Jeff, Dj Spinna, Kev Brown, K-Def,  Insight, Godfather Don, Lord Digga, Dj U-Neek, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Dj Nu-Mark, Dj Babu, Dj Honda, The Alchemist, Masta Ace, Ali Saheed, Jehst, Lewis Parker, RJD2, Skinothetis, El-P, Morcheeba, Portishead, Tricky, Thievery Corporation, Boards of Canada and other similar producers from the Golden Era of Hip-Hop as well as Trip-Hop.

Similar sounding Producers are: Damu the Fudgemunk, Theory Hazit, Vanilla, Ta-Ku, Apollo Brown, Genelec, Rob the Viking, Stoupe, 7L, Bugseed,  M-Phazes, Thallus, Brock Berrigan, Bonobo, Emancipator, Vanderslice, Malefique, Thes One, Maker, Ric Notes, Freddie Joachim, 20syl, Jel, Sixtoo, BBZ Darney, Thomas Prime, Shigeto, Sam the Kid, Wun Two, Philanthrope, Mononome, Muneshine, Kick Back, Mani Deiz, Fat Jon, Nujabes, Robot Orchestra, Anno Domini, Araabmuzik, Stan Forbee, Drumatic, Oddisee, Elaquent, Chillhop Music and other similar artists...

Musician, Artist, Creative Thinker. 
Email: 09djmorpheus@gmail.com

Cover band Playing a wide range of American English and Australian Rock and Pop classics from the 70s 80s and 90s

Radio: Thursdays 19:00 - 20:00 GMT PM on http://www.d3ep.com/show/the-real-underground

https://www.instagram.com/alexspeedyg/

House & Garage DJ and Collector. 

Also a big fan of New-Acid-Smooth Jazz and G-Funk.

My channel for House & Garage Sets http://www.youtube.com/user/speedygarage 

My channel for Acid Jazz & Smooth Grooves http://www.youtube.com/user/JazzVybez

Demos to my soundcloud inbox :)

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