DJ Food
DJ Food is a collaborative project between Coldcut/Ninja Tune duo Matt Black and Jonathan More, and second-half PC (born Patrick Carpenter) and Strictly Kev (Kevin Foakes). Although the moniker originally referred only to Black and More's several-volumed series of stripped-down breaks records designed for deck use (i.e., "food" for DJs), club booking demands for the assumedly proper-named DJ Food dictated the pair make an ongoing project of it. Adding PC and Strictly to spice things up (and differentiate DJ Food from Coldcut when they played the same bill), the quartet released a series of 12" singles in various combinations starting in 1994 (including "Freedom"/"Consciousness"), with their proper debut full-length, A Recipe for Disaster, appearing the following year. The quartet also toured Europe, Canada, and America as DJ Food (mainly DJing) and regularly mashed it up side by side on Coldcut's weekly KISS FM show Solid Steel. PC and Strictly were also hired by Warp Records to compile and mix a series of releases entitled Blech, drawing from the influential experimental techno label's back catalog. More and Black continued to split their time between DJ Food and Coldcut, as well as the day-to-day operation of their immensely popular Ninja Tune and Ntone labels. DJ Food's second production album, Kaleidoscope, appeared in April of 2000 to warm reviews. A year later, the pair inaugurated a Solid Steel CD series with the mix album Now, Listen! The years that followed found More and Black contributing less thanks to their Coldcut obligations, while PC would find success with his Cinematic Orchestra project, so much so that he resigned as a full-time member. Strictly Kev revived the project in 2011 and released The Search Engine in 2012. PC would make an appearance, joining J.G. Thirlwell and The The's Matt Johnson on the album's long guest list.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Jazz Brakes Volume 1
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Oct 1, 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Brakes Volume 2
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Sep 1, 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Magpies, Maps and Moons
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Nov 7, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kaleidoscope Companion
Electronic - Released by Ahead Of Our Time on Jul 16, 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Jazz Brakes Volume 5
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Oct 1, 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Recipe For Disaster
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Oct 1, 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Brakes Volume 4
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Jun 1, 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Jazz Brakes Volume 3
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Mar 1, 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Shape Of Things That Hum
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Nov 30, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Illectrik Hoax
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Apr 23, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dub Plates Of Food Vol 2
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Jan 2, 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Quadraplex EP
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Feb 1, 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on Jul 5, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo