Eddie Piller & Dean Rudland present: Acid Jazz (Not Jazz)
- Super Strut - the Apostles
- Escucha Ma Funk - the Hightower Set
- Testify - Mains Ignition
- Russian Roulette - Night Trains (Ft. Afrika Bambaataa)
- From the Ghetto - Dread Flimstone
- Delancy St... the Theme - Ballistic Brothers Vs. Eccentric Afros
- Tranz Euro X-Press - X-Press 2
- Farside - Jaziacs
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Catalog No.
- 750
- Tracks
- 8
Following the hugely popular first 'Acid Jazz (Not Jazz)' release in 2022, label-heads Eddie Piller and Dean Rudland return with a second volume - We've Got A Funky Beat. The record further takes in the club sounds of the original acid jazz scene in the early '90s, where obscure funk, soul and rock records were mixed with new productions that turned up at the Acid Jazz (then- Denmark Street) offices on a near-daily basis. A document of an era, before the internet, where clubs and record stores informed the tastes and direction of the burgeoning London music community, and close-knit groups of producers, musicians, label and shop owners that were constant companions in search of the new sound. Ballistic Brothers and X-Press 2 appear alongside unsung heroes such as Night Trains and The Hightower Set, all presented in a beautiful geometric graphic sleeve, with a printed inner sleeve documenting the original release designs.
- Blacker - the Ballistic Brothers/The Eccentic Afros
- Beads, Things ; Flowers - the Humble Souls
- Come on - Marden Hill
- Last Night Beats - the Subterraneans
- Apb - a Man Called Adam
- Modal (Blue Train Dub) - the Quiet Boys
- Jazz Jupiter (Da Scatt Mix) - A-Zel
- Everything Is Going to the Beat (Strictly Speaking Mix) - Dhama B/Ace of Clubs
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Catalog No.
- AJXLP675
- Tracks
- 8
Vinyl LP pressing. Back in the early 1990s as Acid Jazz began a period of extraordinary commercial success where acts like the Brand New Heavies and Jamiroquai sold millions of records, and US groups such as A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Digable Planets were actively influenced by what was being played in London, the whole scene was being fuelled by a small number of clubs, led by Gilles Peterson's Sunday afternoons at Dingwalls but taking in nights in Leeds, Bari, Munich, Tokyo, Stockholm and New York. In those clubs, funky Jazz, Latin boogaloo and '70s Soul soundracks competed for time on the dance floor with import records from New York, and the latest sounds coming out of bedrooms and makeshift basement studios that created contemporary sounds out of the past.
