Originally produced by Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, … Read Full Bio ↴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. Along the way they met Patrick Carpenter, who, being listed on the liner notes simply by his initials, was often mistakenly thought to be a Personal computer. A loose collaborative team began to form as more like-minded people arrived at the party, including Paul Brook, Paul Rabiger, Strictly Kev and Issac Elliston.
Although keeping their hand in as DJs on the albums, Matt & Jon couldn't perform DJ sets twice in one night under both aliases of Coldcut & DJ Food, so they handed the mantle of live DJing over to PC and Strictly Kev. Later, PC became so busy with The Cinematic Orchestra that he decided to quit, at least temporarily leaving DJ Food as a Strictly Kev solo project.
In addition to The Cinematic Orchestra, PC also recorded with J. Swinscoe under the band name Neptune. Strictly Kev has recorded under the name Flexus.
Album Discography
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 1 (Oct 1990, Cat No. ZENCD 001)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 2 (Sep 1991, Cat No. ZENCD 002)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 3 (Jul 1992, Cat No. ZENCD 003)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 4 (Jun 1993, Cat No. ZENCD 006)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 5 (Oct 1994, Cat No. ZENCD 010)
* A Recipe For Disaster (Oct 1995, Cat No. ZENCD 020)
* Refried Food (remix album) (Jan 1996, ZENCD 021)
* Kaleidoscope (Apr 2000, Cat No. ZENCD 047)
* Quadraplex EP (Febr 2001, Cat No. ZENCDS 091)
* One Man's Weird is Another Man's World EP (July 2009, Cat No. ZEN232)
* The Shape Of Things That Hum EP (Dec 2009, Cat No. ZEN252)
Refried Food was re-released in 2003 as a double CD, with additional remixes.
DJ Mix albums
Quadraplex was recorded on the same session as Kaleidoscope and is it's accompanying EP.
* Blech II: Blechsdottir (1996, released on Rough Trade in Germany, Cat No. RTD 126.3175.2)
Mixed by PC and Strictly Kev.
* Plastic Apple (Oct 1996, released on Aura Surround Sounds, Cat No. SUCD 005)
Disc 1: a 56 minute mix by DJ Food. Discs 2 & 3 are by the artist MLO
* ColdKrushCuts (Feb 1997, Ninja Tune, Cat No. ZENCD 026)
A mix album collaboration between Coldcut, DJ Krush and DJ Food
* Solid Steel Presents DJ Food & DK: Now, Listen! (October 2001, Cat No. ZENCD055)
Mix album for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel mix series, with producer, DK.
* Various - Raiding The 20th Century - Words & Music Expansion (Jan 2005, Ninja Tune, Catalog No. none)
Originally aired January 18th, 2004 by Strictly Kev on XFM's The Remix show in London, Raiding the 20th Century is an attempt to catalogue the history of cut up music - be it avant garde tape manipulation, turntable megamixes or bastard pop mash ups.
Shortly after he had played it, Strictly Kev read Paul Morley's Words & Music and was amazed how certain chapters mirrored parts of his mix. Apart from the fact that the title, Raiding the 20th Century, was coined by Morley 20 years before for a future Art of Noise project, he also featured Alvin Lucier, who - purely by chance - was sampled on the opening track of the mix.
Kev thus decided to expand his idea and make it a defnitive document on cut up music, including many other parts formerly omitted by the constraints of the original radio session. After months of research, he tracked Morley down and they recorded passages from Words & Music specially for the mix in an attempt to marry the two and finish something that neither of them actually started. A year to the day of the original airing, the newly expanded version was ready, gathering 167 tracks in a 59 minutes long DJ mix.
*DJ Food & DK - Now Listen Again (Ninja Tune ZENCD123, 2007-04-02)
Solid Steel mix album.
(2) 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. ~ Sean Cooper, Rovi
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. Along the way they met Patrick Carpenter, who, being listed on the liner notes simply by his initials, was often mistakenly thought to be a Personal computer. A loose collaborative team began to form as more like-minded people arrived at the party, including Paul Brook, Paul Rabiger, Strictly Kev and Issac Elliston.
Although keeping their hand in as DJs on the albums, Matt & Jon couldn't perform DJ sets twice in one night under both aliases of Coldcut & DJ Food, so they handed the mantle of live DJing over to PC and Strictly Kev. Later, PC became so busy with The Cinematic Orchestra that he decided to quit, at least temporarily leaving DJ Food as a Strictly Kev solo project.
In addition to The Cinematic Orchestra, PC also recorded with J. Swinscoe under the band name Neptune. Strictly Kev has recorded under the name Flexus.
Album Discography
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 1 (Oct 1990, Cat No. ZENCD 001)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 2 (Sep 1991, Cat No. ZENCD 002)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 3 (Jul 1992, Cat No. ZENCD 003)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 4 (Jun 1993, Cat No. ZENCD 006)
* Jazz Brakes Vol. 5 (Oct 1994, Cat No. ZENCD 010)
* A Recipe For Disaster (Oct 1995, Cat No. ZENCD 020)
* Refried Food (remix album) (Jan 1996, ZENCD 021)
* Kaleidoscope (Apr 2000, Cat No. ZENCD 047)
* Quadraplex EP (Febr 2001, Cat No. ZENCDS 091)
* One Man's Weird is Another Man's World EP (July 2009, Cat No. ZEN232)
* The Shape Of Things That Hum EP (Dec 2009, Cat No. ZEN252)
Refried Food was re-released in 2003 as a double CD, with additional remixes.
DJ Mix albums
Quadraplex was recorded on the same session as Kaleidoscope and is it's accompanying EP.
* Blech II: Blechsdottir (1996, released on Rough Trade in Germany, Cat No. RTD 126.3175.2)
Mixed by PC and Strictly Kev.
* Plastic Apple (Oct 1996, released on Aura Surround Sounds, Cat No. SUCD 005)
Disc 1: a 56 minute mix by DJ Food. Discs 2 & 3 are by the artist MLO
* ColdKrushCuts (Feb 1997, Ninja Tune, Cat No. ZENCD 026)
A mix album collaboration between Coldcut, DJ Krush and DJ Food
* Solid Steel Presents DJ Food & DK: Now, Listen! (October 2001, Cat No. ZENCD055)
Mix album for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel mix series, with producer, DK.
* Various - Raiding The 20th Century - Words & Music Expansion (Jan 2005, Ninja Tune, Catalog No. none)
Originally aired January 18th, 2004 by Strictly Kev on XFM's The Remix show in London, Raiding the 20th Century is an attempt to catalogue the history of cut up music - be it avant garde tape manipulation, turntable megamixes or bastard pop mash ups.
Shortly after he had played it, Strictly Kev read Paul Morley's Words & Music and was amazed how certain chapters mirrored parts of his mix. Apart from the fact that the title, Raiding the 20th Century, was coined by Morley 20 years before for a future Art of Noise project, he also featured Alvin Lucier, who - purely by chance - was sampled on the opening track of the mix.
Kev thus decided to expand his idea and make it a defnitive document on cut up music, including many other parts formerly omitted by the constraints of the original radio session. After months of research, he tracked Morley down and they recorded passages from Words & Music specially for the mix in an attempt to marry the two and finish something that neither of them actually started. A year to the day of the original airing, the newly expanded version was ready, gathering 167 tracks in a 59 minutes long DJ mix.
*DJ Food & DK - Now Listen Again (Ninja Tune ZENCD123, 2007-04-02)
Solid Steel mix album.
(2) 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. ~ Sean Cooper, Rovi
The Crow
DJ Food Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'The Crow' by these artists:
@home I missed your blue skies I missed your sunlight today You ca…
a crowd of rebellion I pray for the eternity I want everything back Firm ground,…
Amer Humming to himself as he, Is thinking of his latest debts, J…
Anna Justen There's a blackbird on my shoulder She grows bigger while I…
Bishops Green In a field with gloom all around I hear them fighting…
Blaspheme Sur l’autoroute de mes déboires Y’a pas de doute, y’a…
Brother Sleep Just a reason to Escape All the dog wars Track Every m…
death.by.design Dead of night in the town of light A crow sits…
Dessa That old crow came back today Sitting in my window like…
Graeme Revell Words keep falling from my mouth Trying just to slow them…
Henry Kaiser & Steve Kimock Check out the scheme of a dream thick fog all…
Hopa & Bones & DJ Phantasy I've been running from the crow I've been searching high and…
Hurts Golden days are so far away There's a black rain up…
Johnny O.C./O.C. Check out the scheme of a dream, thick fog all…
Joseph Spence & The Pinder Family Oh, Mama come see that crow, see how he flies Oh,…
Kathryn Joseph Found a crow Broke its wing You said I like inside of…
L.A. Edwards It started off in the morning rain Sleeping and staring in…
Marc and the Matron Stay out of the light Black crows are moving in the…
Nightwish Don't give me love, don't give me faith Wisdom nor pride,…
O.C. Check out the scheme of a dream, thick fog all…
Oracle The mirrors reflection Reveals the truth If you can stomach …
Prolific It’s like we’re all just going in circles.... Not getting a…
Ravenland In the dark cold night Travels the crow He fly is over…
sad13 Another life, another voice another heartbeat could find a h…
Shinedown I painted your room at midnight So I'd know yesterday was…
Siela Black roofs and shadows of the night Cold smile on the…
Slim Dusty A stranger landed in our town, he hadn′t any dough. We…
Spell Jordan Walk in with the bag empty I left with it…
Subtle A ways outside the tower and turmoil of towns, In the…
The Bobs Woke in the mornin', wanderin' Weary and worn out I woke in…
The Eleven Like the pearls by shells of seas We're sweated…
The Jim Carroll Band It must be strange to just fall from the stage and…
The Pine Box Boys At the end of the road Where the cotton would grow A…
TV/Movie Soundtracks சூரியன் மேற்கே போயாச்சு பாப்பா உறங்கும் நேரம் வந்தாச்சு பட்ட…
Wolfheart and the Ravens All the words you told me are just hiding in…
ａ ｃｒｏｗｄ ｏｆ ｒｅｂｅｌｌｉｏｎ I pray for the eternity I want everything back Firm ground, …
We have lyrics for these tracks by DJ Food:
A Little Samba there is no division between the conscious and the subconsci…
Akaire once again men of wealth and authority happen to turn…
Bass City Roller music is so relaxing and the percussion instruments make …
Break The break was so loud That it hushed the crowd they…
Fungle Junk COME ON…
Fuzzy Freaky Rose is tattooed in the perfect place She bears the burden…
Half Step that's fantasy with honor that's fantasy with love so call …
Little samba there is no division between the conscious and the subconsci…
Mella you might as well come down jack there's no one left…
Nocturne (mummuring in background) who are you? Are you good enough t…
Nocturne ) (mummuring in background) who are you? Are you good enough…
Poison Dart Do nuh test Yeah! Weh me say! mesay It’s all about the bu…
Spiral thanks to discovery of science which has advanced more in…
Strange Taste doesnt the food taste a little strange to you?…
The Ageing Young Rebel DJ Food Kaleidoscope The Ageing Young Rebel (Gentle Cruelt…
The Ageing Young Rebel (feat. Ken Nordine) DJ Food Kaleidoscope The Ageing Young Rebel (Gentle Cruelty)…
The Breaks The break was so loud That it hushed the crowd they…
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@discardedthefold5212
Thanks For Sharing:) This Song IS A Journey:)
There is potential Thought. In The Writings,, Listed As =
Harp & Pipe = Harp = H = Air For Strings.
Pipe = P = Consonental Clicks For Air, or,
Pipe = Ancient Clicks For Tongues, or, Language.. ( we still gang easily, music & clothing styles as 10-12 year olds, & sports, with respects)
In This Way, Harp & Pipe =
Pipe & Harp. PH = 16 & 8th Letters, & These Two Letters,
p & h = Doubling For 'f' Sound. in this way,
PH = 16, 8 , f=6, or, ph= 16, 8 , 6, or, ph = 1, 686 = Line Triangle, or,
ph = Linear Triangulation. Greek Architecture. The Triangle At the Top of the Pillars. Low & Wide. with respects. in this way,
Pharaon = Ph = Doubling, 16 & 8th Letters = Doubling, yet, these letters also Double for, The 'f' Sound.
ara = 1,18,1 = 20, yet, 1 1 8Up2cm 1 = Pyramid In Perspective Sketch. & on = On. or,
Pharaon = Doubling On 20. Literaly.
Pyr-A-Mid = Broken Pencil. quite clearly with the A in the middle. yet,
Pyr-A-Mid = Broken Couples, Broken Pencil, or,
Egypt, Eden & OtheR's, (OtheR = The OR-iginals, o & r = OR-iginal SoundOut Groups In Our Alphabet, e & o = Original SoundOuts In French. French = With The Feminine Particles, for the Broken Couples Broken Pencil.)
e o r = 13 = 13 = Family Down To Ark, Standard, Theory, Embodiments, 1's & 10's, we lose member, Not Child, Child = Continuation. We Lose A Parent. or,
13 = Family Down To Ark , The West IS Missing Mom.
Thieves Ark = ( b h n r , v x z , a b ) = Fractal Scribing Loss Of Ark, At Least, To Set, VXZ, Return. This IS A Thieves Ark.
6 = Scroll For Hand & Writing Instrument. & Time. 60Seconds = a Second = 1, or, 2 = 1.
9 = Brain Stem & Thorax, or, Thought & Word, yet, Word = Pretext for Thought, or,
9 = The Word. & This Yet Dregged To,,
e = Linear Scroll. e = Line Ark Till , or , e = Line Ark Un-Till.
9 = The Word Yet Dregged To,
e = Linear Arks ARE Cereals. Agriculture, Writings & Deluges.
a = Upside down 'e' With A Comma. m-coma = 2Mt-Coma,
a = The Till For The Ground IS OVER THE GLOBE &
a = Horizon Line, or, The Horizontal Line on 'e' = Horizon.
a = Horizon IS AT AN ANGLE. or,
a = Italics, I-Tali-Seas & I-Tali-Exiles, (c =thread west cycle east, or, exile east. with respects)
The Word IS Alive Unt(d)o The Least Article, Or, There ARE NO Leasts.
L'Etincelle = L=Elle, or, She In French, ' = apostrophe, or, '=a & a = 1 of 5, or, The Opposible Digit = Thumb, & head in case of Eden. or,
L'Etincelle = Elle Pouce Et Pre-Vis Sparque, or,
She IS Light & Line Bearer Of Old. Ancients.
L'Etincelle = She Cradles & Thumb(Nail)s Spark.
We Live In A Re-Lay, That has been Screened As Masc'U'Line.
The Word Being Alive To The Degree It Is.. Our Peoples & Spirit Have Always Given. Global Treasure Hunt For Family Re-Intigration & Altruism To Help People Come to terms, To The Point Engagement of The Mind IS SPONSORED!!! Holy Gosh:)
With Respects You WonderWork. Thanks For Sharing. Nice Tune Pick:)
@bci3937
16 years ago and i still love this piece...
@rasklaat2
20
@dianaderamon-rius1760
what a special freaky tune - love it !!!
@jhanz1112
Fell in love with the crow a long time ago. No regrets, just JOY. Give this one your best audio time! LAter...
@TheRavenOne
Gets me every time.
🌱🌱🌱🐦🐇🌱🌱🌱
@garethhoyle4969
This song always makes my hairs stand on end.
@dragons10000
Just found this and it's it's GOD DAMN MASTER MAGIC !
@regularchickens
This is the best version. I don't know what's up with those other versions.
@andrewwalker1931
ym2612 I don't either. The one on Spotify claims to be from this album, but this is the one I remember.
@user82938
Seriously. I think it must have been some sample clearance issue.