Chocolate Fireguard Records
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Chocolate Fireguard Records is an independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 founded in 2000 by Pat Fulgoni.

It is home to such bands as Fulgoni's dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 outfit Kava Kava (band), The Bluefoot Project featuring Rachel Modest, French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 crew La Cedille, girl punk rockers Mary-Jane, hip hop grime artist Practical Headz and compilations such as Interesting Flavours and Taster Sounds From The Funky Underground.

The label also organises the annual community music festival Timeless Festival
Timeless Festival
Timeless Festival was a community music festival in Huddersfield, Kirklees, which ran from 2002 to 2005. The Guardian choose the festival as its 'pick of the week' 2 years running...

 in Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

 and various regional music projects aimed at boosting the profile of West Yorkshire's music industry via the Timeless Music Project.

Albums

  • The Bluefoot Project - Brave in 2003
  • Kava Kava (band) - Maui in 2004
  • La Cedille - Vu Du Large in 2005

Singles and EPs

  • Kava Kava (band) - Funked Up & Freaked Out / Beats for Cheats (Zion Train
    Zion Train
    Zion Train are a British dub reggae ensemble . Initially formed in Oxford as a sound system in 1988 by Neil Perch and Ben Hamilton, Colin Cod and Dave Tench joined in 1990 upon relocation to London. The line-up was added to with vocalist Molara in 1992...

     "Cheat Beat Manifesto", "Beats Fi Cheats" mixes) in 2001
  • The Bluefoot Project - Observations in 2002
  • The Bluefoot Project - Brave vinyl in 2003
  • Kava Kava (band) - Maui vinyl in 2004
  • Kava Kava (band) - Bank Job vinyl in 2004
  • La Cedille - Vu Du Large vinyl in 2005
  • Kava Kava (band) - Bank Job digital ep in 2007
  • Kava Kava (band) - Don't Stop the Music digital ep in 2007
  • Kava Kava (band) - Tic digital ep in 2007 with Jon Kennedy
    Jon Kennedy
    Jon Kennedy is a drummer and electronic musician who was born in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, England.He was discovered in 2000 when he passed a demo CD to Ninja Tune artist Mr Scruff. Scruff played tracks from the CD soon after on his "Unfold" radio show on Brighton's Juice 107.2...

     remix

Compilations

  • Various - Taster Sounds From The Funky Underground in 2000
  • Various - Taster Sounds From The Funky Underground Volume 2 in 2002
  • Various - Interesting Flavours in 2005

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