Fractured Presents Phantom Beats (Plastic Raygun, UK) and DJ Food
“UK Bass Stars!” – BBC Radio One
In the five short years that Matt and Neil Phantom (Phantom Beats) have been working together they have knocked up an impressive array of achievements. They have DJed all around the world, been broadcast on BBC Radio One (both DJing and Live), held down residencies at legendary clubs and released records that have become classics. Their mash-up DJ style first brought them to the attention of the promoters of Heavenly Jukebox, the birthplace of Big Beat, who shipped them to London. They caused such a riot that they were invited back on a monthly basis. From there on they made progress through Britain’s clubs, blowing dancefloors away as their style became funkier and tougher. It was about this time that they started to produce their own music and that’s when the world really sat up and listened...
Their first solo single "Growler" on Plastic Raygun had the likes of Rennie Pilgrem, Shut Up & Dance and 808 State on the phone praising their efforts, whilst Hybrid became such big fans they fused one of the boys' later tracks (”Don’t Care”) with Xpander for a bootleg which received massive attention. Shortly after, they recorded 3 exclusive live tracks for the Evening Session for BBC Radio One and made 2000 a year of extensively touring the US and Europe. 2001 became a remix year, pumping out things on labels such as Functional, Default and Freakaboom. They finished the year off with another US tour, a gig to 7,000 Spaniards and a glut of UK dates alongside label mate Jean Jacques Smoothie.
2002 was an incredible year for Phantom Beats. Not only were promos of their releases ("Mercury" and "Remixed") receiving glowing praise from the likes of Tay o, MeatKatie and Hybrd, but they became one of the most in demand breakbeat DJ teams in the world. Every weekend saw them in a different country and that summer saw them mix “The Raygun Administration 2”, the second installment in Plastic Raygun's hugely successful compilation series.
2003 was the year of “21st Century Breaks”, a triple-CD mix with Soul Of Man on React Records which receiving gushing praise from press and punters alike. Some called it “hands down the best breaks compilation on the market” whilst Mixmag said “Full marks…rating = Beast!”. It was no surprise that it has been non-stop ever since for the boys. By the end of the year their records will have traveled through four continents with them finishing 2003 with a three week tour of Australia and Japan which will coincide with the release of their brand new single “Rip It Up” on Plastic Raygun and maybe some additional production work with Australian supremo Kid Kenobi. At this rate 2004 had better watch out!!!
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DJ FOOD (UK) :: Originally a collaboration between Matt Black & Jonathan More (COLDCUT) and Patrick Carpenter (PC), featuring along the way contributions from others including Paul Brook, Paul Rabiger, Strictly Kev, Isaac Elliston...
PC
Serving his 'sorcerors apprenticeship' at the Coldcut Soundlab for over many years, PC has become an integral part of the DJ Food (and Coldcut sound) including weekly sessions on the Solid Steel radio show as well as the Food LPs. A graduate of Manchester School of Sound Recording and long time jazz and hip hop DJ PC also plays keyboards & guitar as well as being a member of J. Swinscoe's Cinematic Orchestra live band. His greatest DJing moment was last night....
Strictly Kev
Another Ninja now stepping out of the shadows after years of steady DJing with Coldcut on numerous club gigs and their weekly radio show 'Solid Steel!' Kev met Matt Black at the 'Telepathic Fish' ambient parties of the early 90's, started designing artwork for Ninja Tune and paired up with PC to form the public 'face' of DJ Food on 4 decks in clubs around the world. After working on various Food and Coldcut related studio projects with PC (Recipe for Disaster, Journeys by DJ, Coldkrush Cuts and the Blech mix compilations for Warp) he is preparing for the next course...
Jazz Brakes
Originally produced by Coldcut the DJ Food project started in 1990 with the release of Jazz Brakes. Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the label's most successful early album. Not only are they effective collections of breaks, loops and samples ideal for mixing, remixing and producing - but also fine collections of funky jazz & hip hop tunes, that cut it just as well on the discerning dancefloor as in the safety of your own home... Since the growth of the abstract hip hop scene recent years the Jazz Brakes albums have proved to be ahead of their time Jazz Brakes Volumes 4 & 5, co-created with DJ/producer PC, are collections of finely crafted tunes that transcend the breakbeat compilation format to stand as artist albums in their own right. These latter DJ Food albums have developed with shades of latin, dub, techno, ambient, tribal, african and jungle flavouring the funk. The last Food album in October '95 titled 'A Recipe For Disaster' was a concious break from the 5 Jazz Brakes volumes to form more of an identity as an artist, and a remix album of tracks from all 6 LPs 'Refried Food' was released Feb '96. A new Studio album is being prepared by PC and Strictly Kev in various top secret kitchens across London as you read this. They are collaborating with various guests on this including Bundy K. Brown (ex-Tortoise, Directions in Music, Pullman) and Ken Nordine (60's word jazz poet).
Who is DJ Food?
Who indeed? The most often asked question in interviews and most widely misunderstood concept in reality, which we will, here & now, try to clear up once and for all. First off; DJ FOOD is a person, wrong, DJ Food is many persons, of who we will come to in a moment. DJ FOOD is best described as Food for DJs, simple as that, just flip it around and it begins to mean something entirely different.
But who makes this food then? Most of you will know that Matt Black & Jonathan More (aka Coldcut) are responsible for starting the DJ FOOD series of Jazz Brakes back in the early 90's, along the way they met Patrick Carpenter (PC) who was commonly misconstrued as the computer that they made the tracks on for a while. A loose collaborative team began to form as more likeminded people arrived at the party; Paul Brook, Paul Rabiger, Strictly Kev and Issac Elliston to name a few. Whilst keeping their hand in as DJs, Matt & Jon couldn't / didn't want to DJ twice in one night under both aliases of Coldcut & Food so PC & Strictly stepped up to represent the Food club-wise. Over the years various combinations of people appeared as 'Food' in public and in music magazines the world over. Then everyone got confused.
So who is DJ FOOD now? For the purpose of this album, and for the time being at least, we would like you to think of it as PC & Strictly Kev as the band leaders / conductors, in conjuction with guest performers, producers & collaborations by the likes of Bundy K. Brown, Ken Nordine, & J. Swinscoe. (Jon & Matt having relinquished control to concentrate on Coldcut now that contractual restraints don't forbid them to use their original moniker)
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