Sav Remzi
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Sav Remzi is responsible for a number of ventures over the past 20 years, most notably the prolific label Nuphonic Records, The Blue Note Club in Shoreditch, the London Xpress
radio shows for Xfm, Tirk Records, the Lovebox Festival, and the championing of various hit bands including New Young Pony Club
and Fujiya & Miyagi
.
Whilst still directing his Tirk Records label, Sav also creates music based marketing campaigns for brands including Virgin Media, NFL, The Guardian, Pernod Ricard, Intel and Bowers & Wilkins.
, Gilles Peterson
and Norman Jay
, where he recruited their talents to grace his own newly built Jazz club, the Red-Eye.
He went on to found the record label, Nuphonic Records in 1993. Nuphonic's first release, Faze Action
's In The Trees
, became the first of many club classics released by the label. In the following years, the label went on to release a broad spectrum of soul infused dance music ranging from Afro rhythms to House music. Nuphonic ceased operations in 2002. Nuphonic titles included David Mancuso's Loft series, Norman Jay's Good Times, Andrew Weatherall, Faze Action, Ashley Beedle and many others http://www.discogs.com/label/Nuphonic.
1994 saw Remzi take charge of the Blue Note
club in London's Hoxton Square
. By hosting residencies from the likes of DJ Harvey
, Weatherall
, James Lavelle
, Gilles Peterson
, Goldie's 'Metalheadz
', Talvin Singh's 'Anokha
' and Ninja Tune's 'Stealth
', the club became a platform from which audiences could sample the various new musical movements that were emerging at the time.
In 2000, Remzi secured the production of a new weekly radio show called London Xpress
which was placed to successfully launch Xfm's drive towards dance audiences.
In September 2000, Remzi acquired and built his own venue, the Bridge & Tunnel, a two-floor 400 capacity venue in London's Shoreditch
. Previously a bank, the site was converted into a club/restaurant/bar which boasted the first full installation of the Funktion-One sound system together with Capellini styling. The club was sold-on in 2003.
Remzi now runs his own record label [Tirk Records] which was founded in 2003 http://www.tirk.co.uk. The label's first signing, 2007 Mercury Award nominees New Young Pony Club attracted critical acclaim with their singles 'Ice Cream' and 'The Get Go'. Tirk's second signing subsequently unearthed another hit band in Fujiya & Miyagi
with their album (Transparent Things), which further established the label as a home for new British talent. The Tirk roster also include acts such as Richard Norris (Time & Space Machine Richard Norris (musician)), Architeq, Maurice Fulton, Tom Findley (Groove Armada Groove Armada
), Idjut Boys, Greg Wilson Greg Wilson (DJ), Chaz Jankel Chaz Jankel, Martin Rushent Martin Rushent
and many others.
In 2005 Remzi secured partnership in London's Lovebox Festival http://www.lovebox.net/http://www.answers.com/topic/lovebox, facilitating it's move to East Londons' Victoria Park. The now established yearly weekender festival attracted 33,000 in its first year, and 42,000 attendance in its second, with Groove Armada http://www.groovearmada.com/ and JK http://www.jamiroquai.co.uk/ headlining http://www.answers.com/topic/lovebox. The event has enjoyed growth ever since, and now stands as one of Londons' premier outdoor festivals.
Whilst continuing to run Tirk Recordings, Remzi now acts as music strategy consultant to various brands. These include projects with The Guardian and Intel for the creation of the world's first ever on-line festival, Secondfest http://www.guardian.co.uk/secondfest/listings, which was aired live in June 2007 within the virtual environment of Second Life
. Secondfest was subsequently awarded the AOP (Association of Online Publishers) prize for the 'Innovation' category http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1633.
In 2008 Remzi was recruited as panel judge together with Carl Barat Carl Barat
and other industry figures in Virgin Media's call for bands competition Road To V, where bands such as Bombay Bicycle Club
and Young Knives were first aired. The show was a 8 part TV series aired on Channel 4 and subsequently across the Virgin networks http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1539766/episode_one_on_tour_with_the_road_to_v_2008_finalists/.
London Xpress
London Xpress was originally an underground club night produced by Nuphonic Records through the 90s which grew from a monthly London gig into a touring festival showcase, and then a weekly radio show on London's Xfm....
radio shows for Xfm, Tirk Records, the Lovebox Festival, and the championing of various hit bands including New Young Pony Club
New Young Pony Club
New Young Pony Club are an English electronic band from London, consisting of members from London, Hereford, Cambridge and Bromley. Their influences are prominently from post-punk and New Wave....
and Fujiya & Miyagi
Fujiya & Miyagi
Fujiya & Miyagi are an English band formed in Brighton in 2000. They are currently signed to Full Time Hobby Records in the United Kingdom.-Career:...
.
Whilst still directing his Tirk Records label, Sav also creates music based marketing campaigns for brands including Virgin Media, NFL, The Guardian, Pernod Ricard, Intel and Bowers & Wilkins.
Career
In 1989, Remzi began working with early musical pioneers such as Andrew WeatherallAndrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall is a DJ, producer, and remixer.Andrew, Terry Farley, Cymon Eckel and Steve Mayes started Boy's Own initially as a fanzine commenting on fashion, records, football, and other issues...
, 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...
and Norman Jay
Norman Jay
Norman Jay MBE is an innovative and pioneering British DJ. He first came to prominence playing unlicensed or 'warehouse' parties in the early 1980s, such as Shake 'n' Fingerpop. His diverse and deep musical knowledge and his refusal to be restricted to playing from any single genre distinguishes...
, where he recruited their talents to grace his own newly built Jazz club, the Red-Eye.
He went on to found the record label, Nuphonic Records in 1993. Nuphonic's first release, Faze Action
Faze Action
Faze Action are a British band composed of brothers Simon and Robin Lee.Over the years Faze Action blended house music with Western classical, pan-African, and Latin music. Its music is also heavily influenced by funk, disco, and jazz....
's In The Trees
In the Trees
In The Trees is the second studio album by The Watchmen. With hits "Lusitana", "Boneyard Tree" and "All Uncovered", this was the band's breakthrough release in their home country of Canada...
, became the first of many club classics released by the label. In the following years, the label went on to release a broad spectrum of soul infused dance music ranging from Afro rhythms to House music. Nuphonic ceased operations in 2002. Nuphonic titles included David Mancuso's Loft series, Norman Jay's Good Times, Andrew Weatherall, Faze Action, Ashley Beedle and many others http://www.discogs.com/label/Nuphonic.
1994 saw Remzi take charge of the Blue Note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
club in London's Hoxton Square
Hoxton Square
Hoxton Square is a garden square situated in Hoxton in the London Borough of Hackney, in London's East End. Formerly home to industrial premises, since the 1990s it has become the heart of the Hoxton arts and media scene, as well as being a hub of the thriving local entertainment district...
. By hosting residencies from the likes of DJ Harvey
DJ Harvey
Dj Harvey, , is a DJ from Cambridge, England. He has achieved a following the world over including places such as Singapore and Japan...
, Weatherall
Weatherall
Weatherall or Weatherill is a surname, and may refer to:* Andrew Weatherall* Carol Weatherall, prominent math instructor* Christine Weatherall Stevenson* David Weatherall* James Weatherall* Jim Weatherall* Kimberlee Weatherall* Percy Weatherall...
, James Lavelle
James Lavelle
James Lavelle is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss.-Early years:Born into a family with a strong tradition of music, Lavelle first began by learning the cello with his grandmother in Oxford....
, 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...
, Goldie's 'Metalheadz
Metalheadz
Metalheadz is a pioneering drum and bass record label based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1994 by Kemistry & Storm and Goldie, it has been home to some of the drum and bass scene's brightest talent and is notable for the high quality of its back catalogue....
', Talvin Singh's 'Anokha
Anokha
-Cast:*A.K. Hangal - Hridaynath*Jeevan - Manchanda*Zarina Wahab - Sudha Manchanda*Hercules - Hercules, Manchanda's goon*Kanhaiyalal - Lala Kanhaiyalal*Imtiaz Khan - Shambu Khanna*Master Kotak - Kishan*Maruti - Gambler...
' and Ninja Tune's 'Stealth
Stealth
Stealth may refer to:*Stealth technology, technology used to conceal ships, aircraft, and missiles*Stealth aircraft, aircraft which use stealth technology*Stealth ground vehicle, ground vehicles which use stealth technology...
', the club became a platform from which audiences could sample the various new musical movements that were emerging at the time.
In 2000, Remzi secured the production of a new weekly radio show called London Xpress
London Xpress
London Xpress was originally an underground club night produced by Nuphonic Records through the 90s which grew from a monthly London gig into a touring festival showcase, and then a weekly radio show on London's Xfm....
which was placed to successfully launch Xfm's drive towards dance audiences.
In September 2000, Remzi acquired and built his own venue, the Bridge & Tunnel, a two-floor 400 capacity venue in London's Shoreditch
Shoreditch
Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney in England. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located east-northeast of Charing Cross.-Etymology:...
. Previously a bank, the site was converted into a club/restaurant/bar which boasted the first full installation of the Funktion-One sound system together with Capellini styling. The club was sold-on in 2003.
Remzi now runs his own record label [Tirk Records] which was founded in 2003 http://www.tirk.co.uk. The label's first signing, 2007 Mercury Award nominees New Young Pony Club attracted critical acclaim with their singles 'Ice Cream' and 'The Get Go'. Tirk's second signing subsequently unearthed another hit band in Fujiya & Miyagi
Fujiya & Miyagi
Fujiya & Miyagi are an English band formed in Brighton in 2000. They are currently signed to Full Time Hobby Records in the United Kingdom.-Career:...
with their album (Transparent Things), which further established the label as a home for new British talent. The Tirk roster also include acts such as Richard Norris (Time & Space Machine Richard Norris (musician)), Architeq, Maurice Fulton, Tom Findley (Groove Armada Groove Armada
Groove Armada
Groove Armada is an English electronic music duo from London, England comprising Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'"...
), Idjut Boys, Greg Wilson Greg Wilson (DJ), Chaz Jankel Chaz Jankel, Martin Rushent Martin Rushent
Martin Rushent
Martin Rushent was an English record producer, best known for his work with The Human League, The Stranglers and The Buzzcocks.- Early life :Rushent was born on 11 July 1948 in Enfield, Middlesex. His father was a car salesman...
and many others.
In 2005 Remzi secured partnership in London's Lovebox Festival http://www.lovebox.net/http://www.answers.com/topic/lovebox, facilitating it's move to East Londons' Victoria Park. The now established yearly weekender festival attracted 33,000 in its first year, and 42,000 attendance in its second, with Groove Armada http://www.groovearmada.com/ and JK http://www.jamiroquai.co.uk/ headlining http://www.answers.com/topic/lovebox. The event has enjoyed growth ever since, and now stands as one of Londons' premier outdoor festivals.
Whilst continuing to run Tirk Recordings, Remzi now acts as music strategy consultant to various brands. These include projects with The Guardian and Intel for the creation of the world's first ever on-line festival, Secondfest http://www.guardian.co.uk/secondfest/listings, which was aired live in June 2007 within the virtual environment of Second Life
Second Life
Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...
. Secondfest was subsequently awarded the AOP (Association of Online Publishers) prize for the 'Innovation' category http://www.ukaop.org.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/news/article.html?uid=1633.
In 2008 Remzi was recruited as panel judge together with Carl Barat Carl Barat
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
and other industry figures in Virgin Media's call for bands competition Road To V, where bands such as Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club are a British indie rock and folk band from Crouch End, London. The band comprises: Jack Steadman , Jamie MacColl , Ed Nash and Suren de Saram ....
and Young Knives were first aired. The show was a 8 part TV series aired on Channel 4 and subsequently across the Virgin networks http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1539766/episode_one_on_tour_with_the_road_to_v_2008_finalists/.