Sunday Best (music company)
Encyclopedia
Sunday Best is the British
music company founded and run by BBC Radio 1
DJ Rob da Bank
. Its primary business is as a record label
, but it also stages regular club nights and is the flagship organisation behind the UK music festival
Bestival
, which takes place on the Isle of Wight
each September.
, Grand National
, Kitty Daisy & Lewis
, The Ghost
, Sound of Rum, Max Sedgley
, Misty's Big Adventure
, Plastic Operator, Ebony Bones, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip
, Lemonade, Bastila, This Is The Kit
, Lucky Elephant and Rob da Bank's own production outfit, Lazyboy.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
music company founded and run by 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...
DJ Rob da Bank
Rob da Bank
Robert John Gorham, known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is a British disc jockey. He presents a Friday-night/Saturday-morning show, Rob da Bank, on BBC Radio 1 from 5am-7am, focused on promoting new left field music...
. Its primary business is as a record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, but it also stages regular club nights and is the flagship organisation behind the UK music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
Bestival
Bestival
Bestival is a four-day music festival held at the Robin Hill country park on the Isle of Wight, England. It has been held annually in late summer since 2004. The event is organized by DJ and record producer Rob da Bank and is an off-shoot of his Sunday Best record label and club nights. The initial...
, which takes place on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
each September.
Artists
Artists released via Sunday Best include The Cuban Brothers, Dub PistolsDub Pistols
Dub Pistols are a London based dub music and big beat band, founded by ex-club promoter, Barry Ashworth, in 1996. The other members of the band were record producer and bassist Jason O'Bryan, Brooklyn producer and lyricist, T. K. Lawrence on vocals, Jap Slut guitarist John King, and turntablist DJ...
, Grand National
Grand National (band)
Grand National is a British dance musical group from London, England who have toured extensively throughout Europe and the United States. The project is a collaboration between Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence Rudd , who also is a DJ and remixer...
, Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis is a three-piece band comprising the siblings of the Durham family. Their music is influenced heavily by R&B, swing, jump blues, country and Western, blues, Hawaiian and rock 'n' roll...
, The Ghost
The Ghost
-Literature:*The Ghost, the English-language translation of the Roman comedy play Mostellaria by Plautus*The Ghost, a character in the British novel Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann...
, Sound of Rum, Max Sedgley
Max Sedgley
Max Sedgley is a British producer and disc jockey, currently signed to the independent record label, Sunday Best . In 2004, Sedgley released his first single, "Happy", a remix of which was later used by ITV as the theme music to their coverage of the Euro 2004 football tournament...
, Misty's Big Adventure
Misty's Big Adventure
Misty's Big Adventure are an eight piece band from Birmingham, England. Their music is an eclectic mix of jazz, lounge, psychedelia, two tone, pop and punk....
, Plastic Operator, Ebony Bones, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip are a hip-hop duo, combining electronic beats with sung, spoken, and rapped lyrics. The pair are Daniel Stephens , and David Peter Meads...
, Lemonade, Bastila, This Is The Kit
This Is The Kit
This Is The Kit is a Bristol and Paris based band formed by Kate Stables.In 2006 Rob Da Bank's record label Sunday Best included This Is The Kit's track Two Wooden Spoons in their Folk Off compilation along side artists including Animal Collective, Tunng and Vashti Bunyan...
, Lucky Elephant and Rob da Bank's own production outfit, Lazyboy.