Acid Jazz Announces 25th Anniversary: Special Releases and Events

Acid Jazz Records is 25

Eddie Piller's Label Celebrates 25 years of True Independence

Proudly independent record label, Acid Jazz Records are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. Having played a major part in shaping the musical landscape of the nineties and onwards, Acid Jazz will commemorate their quarter of a century with a bang!

The iconic British label was set up in 1987 by Eddie Piller and fellow DJ Gilles Peterson and became much more than a label - introducing a new genre of music and culture to a whole generation.

Having founded The Blue Note club in Hoxton, they changed the face of 90s clubbing and launched the Hoxton-Shoreditch triangle as the cultural hub it is today.

The new soul and jazz sound was spearheaded by their artists including, Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies, Galliano, Mother Earth and the James Taylor Quartet.

Today, Acid Jazz continues to release a broad spectrum of artists, including Matt Berry, Tony Christie and the hotly tipped Janice Graham Band.

To honour the label's varied and influential history there will be a whole series of events and releases. An exhibition at Redchurch Street's Londonewcastle will showcase exclusive, never seen before Acid Jazz memorabilia. There will also be vinyl reissues, an AJ25 box set, live events (including the Olympics closing ceremony), film and book.

Acid Jazz is one of the last remaining truly indie labels and is proud to have a made it to its' silver jubilee, in the words of label founder Eddie Piller:

"Acid Jazz has always been about mixing different types of music, opening doors and moving forwards. And after twenty-five years people are slowly beginning to realise we're still here and still putting out great records. And I'll carry on doing so until I die...."

Programme of events

Events

August

10th - Acid Jazz stage at the Olympics (Victoria Park) featuring Geno Washington, Filthy Six and Janice Graham Band

September

16th - Acid Jazz Rare Mod boat trip

October

31st - AJ 25 Exhibition featuring never seen before Acid Jazz memorabilia - Maurice Einhardt Neu Gallery, Redchurch Street (Private viewing)

November

1st-8th - AJ 25 Exhibition featuring never seen before Acid Jazz memorabilia - Maurice Enhardt Neu Gallery, Redchurch Street (Open Exhibition)

9th - AJ 25 Anniversary Live Event - 229 - Andy Lewis, Janice Graham Band, Matt Berry

10th - AJ 25 Anniversary Live Event - 229 - acts to be announced

December

5th - AJ 25 Exhibition featuring never seen before Acid Jazz memorabilia - Londonewcastle, Redchurch Street (Private viewing)

6-24th - AJ 25 Exhibition featuring never seen before Acid Jazz memorabilia - Londonewcastle, Redchurch Street (Open exhibition)

Album Releases

August

13th - Brand New Heavies - 'Brand New Heavies' (LP) - re-issue

13th - James Taylor Quartet - 'Mission Impossible' (LP) - re-issue

September

17th - Manasseh Meets The Equaliser - 'Dub The Millennium' (LP) -Vinyl re-issue

17th - Mother Earth - 'Stoned Woman' (LP) - Vinyl re-issue

October

15th - James Taylor Quartet - 'Money Spyder' (LP) - re-issue

15th - Brand New Heavies - 'Heavy Rhyme Experience' (LP) & (CD) - re-issue

22nd - 'Acid Jazz' Compilation - CD (released by Harmless)

November

12th - James Taylor Quartet - 'In The Hands Of....' (LP) - re-issue

12th - New Jersey Kings - 'Party To The Bus Stop' (LP) & (CD) - re-issue

17th - Snowboy - MFOS (LP) & (CD)- re-issue

Single Releases

November

19th - Jamiroquai - 'When You Gonna Learn' (S) - re-issue

19th - The Third Degree - 'Mercy' (S) re-issue

December

17th - Snowboy - New Avengers (S) - re-issue

17th - Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True (S) - re-issue

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