London Elektricity
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| London Elektricity | |
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| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Genre(s) | Drum and Bass - Liquid Funk |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Label(s) | Hospital Records |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| Tony Colman | |
| Former members | |
| Chris Goss | |
London Elektricity is a musical collective and (subsequently) band. They are best-known as a forerunning live drum and bass act, although they also incorporate large elements of jazz, funk and breakbeat.
[edit] History
The first incarnation of London Elektricity was the duo Tony Colman and Chris Goss. Colman and Goss are also founders of the Hospital Records record label, to which London Elektricity are currently signed.
In 1999 they released their debut album Pull the Plug on Hospital Records. Although session musicians contributed a wide range of live instruments (double bass, electric guitar, brass section, flute, strings), and jazz singer Liane Carroll provided vocals on two tracks, the LP was essentially a studio work, under the control of producer/DJ duo Colman and Goss.
In 2002 Chris Goss departed to concentrate on managing Hospital Records, leaving it a solo project of Tony Colman. The second album Billion Dollar Gravy was released in 2003. During the making of the album, the session musicians began to coalesce into a band, and Colman decided to take the band live. The line-up included Colman, Landslide, MC Wrec, the Jungle Drummer, Liane Carroll and Robert Owens, amongst others. In 2004 they released a live DVD entitled London Elektricity: Live Gravy.
2005 saw the release of their third album Power Ballads using the same line-up as the live band. London Elektricity announced at Pressure (the University of Warwick's drum and bass event) on 2 December 2005 that they had no plans to play live in future. They were joined on stage for the announcement by former member Chris Goss. As of 2006 Tony Colman now DJs drum and bass solo under the name of London Elektricity. Liane Carroll was awarded Best of Jazz Award at the BBC Jazz Awards 2005 and is now pursuing a successful solo jazz singing career. The band's new mixer as of 2007 is Ben Nguyen.
Tony presents the Hospital Records Podcast produced by Matt Riley at Hospital HQ. It generally features many releases from Hospital Records, and a wide spectrum of drum and bass from around the globe. The podcast recently won 'Best Podcast' at the BT Digital Music Awards, and has over 15,000 downloads a week. The podcast regularly involves special guests who are signed to Hospital records such as Logistics.
In 2007, London Elektricity won the BBC 1Xtra Xtra Bass award for best live act despite not having played live with the band for 2 years.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- The HospitalCast (podcast)
- London Elektricity at Discogs
- London Elektricity at rolldabeats
- London Elektricity interview
- London Elektricity on MySpace
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