Releasing the best in funk, jazz, soul, reggae & more since 2003

“EVERY NOW AND THEN A YOUNG BAND COMES ALONG WHO SHAKE YOU FROM YOUR REVERIES ABOUT POP’S GOLDEN PAST AND REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE STILL CLASSIC CHAPTERS 
TO BE WRITTEN” 
Paul Moody, The Guardian/Q Magazine

“SOUL MUSIC HAS ALWAYS HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE UK, WITH SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS APPROPRIATING STATESIDE SOUNDS AND REWORKING THEM INTO SOMETHING MORE INDIGENOUS. NEW STREET ADVENTURE ARE  YOUNG SOUL DEVOTEES WHO, THOUGH SMITTEN WITH CRACKLY 45S, SING SONGS ABOUT THEIR CONTEMPORARY LIVES AND DO SO WITH A VOICE TO MATCH.”
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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.


Englishman living in Sweden.
I sing with a rhythm and blues outfit called Simple Sinners.
http://simplesinners.com
 I use SoundCloud as a medium for writing songs.
Reason and Record are my tools for writing.
I love soul, funk and blues but have an open mind.
Alot of the songs here are in an experimental phase.
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One-Man Project

A community of followers of Jesus from across the Chew Valley, worshipping together in Chew Magna, Bishop Sutton and beyond.

I am the creator of Sonic Charge Microtonic, Synplant, Bitspeek, Permut8, Cyclone and Echobode. I also helped creating Addictive Drums and I developed the Malström synth for Reason and the CWO effect for Teenage Engineering's OP-1 as well as the PO-32 and PO-35 Pocket Operators.
I am trying out SoundCloud as a place to upload experiments, demo tracks and other sonical accidents that would otherwise just collect binary dust in my digital archives.
My intention is to link to song files, sources, tools etc in the track comments, so check them out.

The Strypes are 4-piece rhythm and blues band hailing from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2011 by Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Pete O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).

The group has spent the past 18 months launching their explosive R&B assault on the clubs and festivals of Ireland, the UK and Europe, viciously hammering out a no-nonsense blues repertoire drawing from the songbooks of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Slim Harpo and more with the passion and venom of British blues groups such as Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and The Animals. 

Having already been met with critical acclaim from greats such as Jeff Beck and Paul Weller and been tipped by NME as the No. 1 new band to watch, it seems things can only get better for The Strypes.

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