Colin Curtis is a DJ originally from Staffordshire. He is closely associated with the Northern Soul scene, and rose to prominence in the early 70s. Curtis would go on to promote and play a selection of different genres as part of his DJ sets over the years, including modern soul, jazz, jazz-funk, electro and early
David Nathan is a soul music historian, former record shop owner and author. He helped establish and was a co-owner of the Soul City record shop from the 1960s, as well as its accompanying Soul City record label, along with Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore. Nathan was also a contributing editor to Blues & Soul
DJ Bigger is a former record shop owner, DJ and entrepreneur, specialising in the soul, R&B, and hip hop genres. He ran Rhythm and Bass Records in Barking for 12 years, starting in the early 90s. He is now the owner of Bigger Management and the Big Records record label. He has also worked at
Graeme Park is a DJ specialising in house music, and was one of the leading figures during the heyday of The Hacienda nightclub in Manchester. Park worked at the Selectadisc record shop in Nottingham and started to hear house music coming through from the US. He incorporated this into DJ sets in Nottingham and around
Jazzie B is best known as the founder of Soul II Soul, a British music collective that has won two Grammy Awards and achieved a UK number one with their 1989 release ‘Back to Life’. Real name Trevor Beresford Romeo, Jazzie B has also established the Funki Dreds record label, and gone on to host
Jon Jules is a celebrated London-based DJ and former record shop owner. Starting out as a DJ in 1982, Jules would go on to hold residencies at a number of popular venues, including Club UK, the Camden Palace and Limelight. In the late 80s and early 90s, Jules worked at and then took over the
A celebrated DJ and radio presenter, Marcia Carr has been playing her favourites from behind the decks for more than 30 years. Carr’s DJ sets are renowned for their mixture of soul and jazz sounds, incorporating elements of funk, boogie, Detroit techno, gospel, broken beat, and Chicago house. She has also worked as a broadcaster,
Mark Coddington is the founder of Simply Soul, a mail order business specialising in soul, jazz and R&B vinyls and CDs. Based in Leicester, Mark started Simply Soul in the mid-90s as a wholesale business, and would take trips to the US and Japan to source records and then sell them to record shops across
Morgan Khan is the founder and owner of the Street Sounds record label and brand, launching it in 1982. Khan and Street Sounds were central to increasing accessibility to different black and urban music genres in the UK. Khan has also worked as an events and concert promoter.
Manchester-based record producer, DJ, musical artist and cartoonist Mr Scruff is renowned as a leading figure in north-west music. Real name Andy Carthy, Mr Scruff blends a huge selection of genres into his work, drawing from his record collection which features 2000+ titles.
