artists

• Where: Argonaughty boat
• When: Sunday 11.07. at 14:00-18:00
• Where: Tiki Bar and Beach Terrace
• When: Sunday 11.07. at 00:00-02:00

Leftfoot is celebrating it’s 10th year with a series of events throughout 2010. The line-up includes Greg Wilson, Fabio, Mr Scruff, Marlena Shaw, Introducing, Gaslamp Killer, Bonobo, Jazzie B, Jah Shaka, Breakestra & Chali 2NA, Soil & Pimp Sessions, Gilles Peterson & Earl Zinger, with more artists lined up for the 2nd half of the year.

Adam started DJing 20 years ago and has played all over the world with the Different Drummer Soundsystem. His first residency was at the Medicine Bar in London in 1993, where he played house, hip-hop, disco, jazz, funk, reggae & soul alongside Norman Cook, Jon Carter & Richard Fearless. He then became the manager and resident DJ at Birmingham’s Medicine Bar in 1995, where he co-promoted the Annual Summer Madness Festival with guests Nightmares On Wax, LTJ Bukem, Fabio, Ballistic Brothers, Andrew Weatherall , Scratch Perverts and many more

Leftfoot was launched at The Medicine Bar (Custard Factory) in January 2000 by Adam Regan & Richard Whittingham. Having travelled the world with Different Drummer Soundsystem, the Birmingham-born DJ’s were keen to recreate the atmosphere and attitude of their favourite European clubs.
Back in 2000, Birmingham was in the grip of two equally horrendous musical forms, the mainstream and completely un- Funky House and the student-friendly, music-by-numbers known as big beat. Leftfoot quickly became a haven for fans of leftfield, soulful music, and guests like Kruder & Dorfmeister, Keb Darge, Jazzanova, Fabio, Gilles Peterson, Carl Craig & Fila Brazillia regularly played to crowds of 7-800 people. The venue quickly gained a reputation as one of the best in the country and nights like Substance, Procreation & Capsule all contributed to it’s growing credibility.
In 2003, Leftfoot was voted “Best Clubnight” on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Radio Show and came runners-up to Co-Op in 2004. And the list of artists that continued to join the dots between house, hip-hop, disco, jazz, funk, soul, reggae, drum&bass, techno, afrobeat & latin, started to grow. Lee Scratch Perry, Roots Manuva, Dego (4-Hero), Ty, Mr Scruff, Jazzy Jeff, Rainer Truby, Daddy G (Massive Attack), Kenny Dope Gonzales, King Britt, Quantic Soul Orchestra & Norman Jay, all featured over the coming years with nights as far afield as Paris, San Francisco, Croatia, Liverpool, London & Nottingham.

Leftfoot now resides in the more intimate surroundings of the Hare & Hounds & Bull’s Head but continues to push underground soul music for the people of Birmingham and beyond.

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