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Originally produced by Coldcut on the ninja tune independent record label, the DJ Food project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical “food for DJs”. DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful. The records consisted of collections of breaks, loops and samples, ideal for mixing, remixing and producing the trademark ninja tune blend of jazz & hip hop.

Volumes 4 and 5 of the Jazz Brakes series, co-created with DJ / producer PC transcend the breakbeat compilation format to stand as artist albums in their own right. The later DJ Food albums have developed with shades of latin, dub, techno, ambient, and jungle flavouring the funk.

The 1995 album, A Recipe for Disaster was a conscious move away from the Jazz Brakes volumes to form more of an identity as an artist, and a remix album of tracks from all 6 LPs, entitled Refried Food was released the following year. Their last release, Kaleidoscope, featured guest artists including Bundy K. Brown (formerly of Tortoise, Directions In Music, Pullman) and voiceover artist and jazz poet, Ken Nordine).

With a seemingly single DJ name, it is often wrongly assumed that DJ Food is single person. In fact, a whole host of DJs, producers and musicians have performed under the name, so the evolutionary nature of the DJ Food sound comes as no surprise. Matt Black and Jonathan More (aka Coldcut) were responsible for starting Jazz Brakes series in the early 90s.

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maladziec wrote:
Sunday afternoon

no pięknie.. pół roku po hexie w whitestocku

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Oz_Alchemist wrote:
last week

ABSTRACT AND TRIP-HOP ARTIST, COME CHECK THIS PAGE : http://www.last.fm/music/Oz+Alchemist

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claudia_l wrote:
16 days ago

Similar tunes : the hotel costes g r o u p >> > ☆ The Hôtel Costes Group Playlist ☆ : only: full tracks | free downloads ;

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Fetaxe wrote:
last month

атлична атлична тащемта

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djcratedigger wrote:
September 2009

If you dig Food you should checkout Metaform's latest mixtape, free download from his homepage: www.metaformonline.com It's a bit darker, more for the smokers and chillers ;0)

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sweetyoff wrote:
September 2009

http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/pages/FreeFormFestival/145494931263?ref=ts

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Shantek wrote:
August 2009

I'm getting hungry....

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NinjaTune000 wrote:
July 2009

New Ninja Tune Podcast - The 1st Guest is Mr Scruff talking about the 10 yr reissue of Keep It Unreal, his best Ninja tracks + a look at upcoming Ninja Tunes... iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=214335564 MP3 download: feed://www.ninjatune.net/ninjacast.xml

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eastbaythunder wrote:
July 2009

the track "Consciousness" is killer!

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NinjaTune000 wrote:
July 2009

Daedelus, DJ Food, Grasscut, King Cannibal, Cursor Miner are playing the ICA at a NInja Tune night on 10th July, London Tickers can be found here Tickets £11.50 - http://www.ica.org.uk/Ninja%20Tune%20+20384.twl - 7.30am - 2am ! Thank You, Ninja

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rauldap wrote:
May 2009

es un poco del estilo de 2 many dj's pero más cañero. tiene buen gusto en las mezclas y su showcase es variadito y muy bueno ;)

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NinjaTune000 wrote:
May 2009

please join ninja on facebook for latest news and event invites... http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Ninja-Tune-Official/93381751409

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amir8686 wrote:
May 2009

The Crow Супер!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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shadowattack wrote:
May 2009

:) my life

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agmp wrote:
April 2009

Quantic & his Combo Barbaro - EXCLUSIVE LONDON SHOW - The Roundhouse, London, NW1 - Friday 04 September 2009 Buy tickets NOW from http://www.roundhouse.org.uk

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EElton wrote:
April 2009

http://www.lastfm.pl/group/DJ+Vadim+Society

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Cesium100 wrote:
March 2009

If you like DJ Food - download iambic's new EP It's free here - http://www.friskrecords.com/

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LAMEjunk wrote:
March 2009

"Kaleidoscope jest zajebisty " [+1]

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Abraxas87 wrote:
March 2009

Kaleidoscope jest zajebisty

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mkglenn wrote:
March 2009

mmm...nourishment

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Events

Nov 28 DJ Food Presents Strictly Kev Corvintető, Budapest, Hungary
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Dec 3 DJ Food Fama, Białystok, Poland
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Jan 23 DJ Food Ikra, Москва, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Ralf & Florian - the sitcom

7 Nov 2009 | from www.djfood.org/djfood

Ran across this whilst looking for something else - genius. Finally getting round to doing the Kraftwerk Kover Kollection volume 6 this week to tie in with the release of The Catalogue. …

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