Leftfoot
Encyclopedia
Leftfoot is a musical event. It started life in Birmingham
's Medicine Bar and the Bulls Head Public House
in the suburb of Moseley
in the late 1990s.
Primarily an acid jazz
night, many other major music styles such as hip hop
, funk
and dub
are included.
The residents and organisers are DJ Dick (originally from the Rum Runner
nightclub
and Rockers Hi-Fi
) and Adam Regan.
Leftfoot has featured on BBC Radio 1
several times and at other events such as the Cheltenham International Jazz Festival.
Acts that have performed for Leftfoot include Gilles Peterson
, Mr Scruff, DJ Patife
, Cleveland Watkiss
, Keb Darge
, Roots Manuva
, Bonobo
and Ninja Tune
records.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
's Medicine Bar and the Bulls Head Public House
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
in the suburb of Moseley
Moseley
Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, two miles south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants...
in the late 1990s.
Primarily an acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
night, many other major music styles such as hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
are included.
The residents and organisers are DJ Dick (originally from the Rum Runner
Rum Runner (nightclub)
The Rum Runner nightclub was opened on Broad Street, Birmingham in the city centre in 1964. It was demolished in 1987 to make way for the Hyatt Hotel....
nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
and Rockers Hi-Fi
Rockers Hi-Fi
Rockers Hi-Fi were an electronic dub/dance outfit formed in Birmingham, England in 1992 as Original Rockers. In 1994 they changed their name to Rockers Hi-Fi...
) and Adam Regan.
Leftfoot has featured on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
several times and at other events such as the Cheltenham International Jazz Festival.
Acts that have performed for Leftfoot include Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...
, Mr Scruff, DJ Patife
DJ Patife
Wagner Borges Ribeiro de Souza , better known by his stage name DJ Patife, is a prominent Brazilian drum and bass DJ....
, Cleveland Watkiss
Cleveland Watkiss
Cleveland Watkiss is a versatile English singer who performs in a variety of musical genres, including jazz, reggae, rock music and drum and bass. Watkiss also performs on piano and guitar.-Life:...
, Keb Darge
Keb Darge
Keb Darge is a Scottish DJ of the genres of Northern Soul and Rockabilly music.He began his career in local disco dance competitions in the North of Scotland, and made an appearance in the nationally televised 1979 UK disco dance finals. He was also a dancer for the Wigan Casino, whilst...
, Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva
Rodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...
, Bonobo
Bonobo
The bonobo , Pan paniscus, previously called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is a great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan. The other species in genus Pan is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee...
and Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
records.