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Andy Jenkinson (born 12 March 1979), known as Ceephax Acid Crew, is a British electronic musician and record producer who works primarily in the
acid house and
drum and bass subgenres. Jenkinson is also known simply by the
pseudonym
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Ceephax, which is a reference to the
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teletext
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service
Ceefax
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. He is the brother of
Squarepusher
Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, ac ...
(Tom Jenkinson).
Music and career
Jenkinson became interested in music at 12 years old when he would go into his brother's room and play around on his
brother's SH-101
The Roland SH-101 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation between 1982 and 1986. Though it was something of a commercial failure during the time of its manufacture, it later became a staple of electronic music in the 1990 ...
. He started a
rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
band called "C-Fax", and kept the name for his later performances.
Ceephax's music from 1997 to 2002 and beyond used mainly vintage (especially
Roland) drum machines and synthesizers such as the
TB-303
The Roland TB-303 Bass Line (also known as the 303) is a bass synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1981. Designed to simulate bass guitars, it was a commercial failure and was discontinued in 1984. However, cheap second-hand units were ...
. This music was often recorded onto a
cassette
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tape deck. The music was released on vinyl records and cassette tape on
underground record labels, such as Breakin' Records,
Lo Recordings
Lo Recordings is a label founded in 1995 by Jon Tye. They are noted for their strong visual style thanks to Non-Format, with whom they work very closely and won a D&AD award for several of their releases sleeves.
Musical style
Lo recordings m ...
, and Firstcask. This primitive acid house aesthetic and methodology countered the growing popularity of the computer music and compact disc releases of the time.
Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records was a record label launched in 1991 in Cornwall by electronic musician Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) and Grant Wilson-Claridge. The label coined the term ''braindance'' to describe the output of Aphex Twin and fellow artists ...
and
Warp Records
Warp Records (or simply Warp) is a British independent record label founded in Sheffield in 1989 by record store employees Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell and record producer Robert Gordon.Southern, Richard (2003) "Label of Love: WARP", X-RAY, ...
also released Jenkinson's remixes of Squarepusher around this time.
From 2003 onwards, as well as his more typical acid style, he has also released
drum and bass songs made on old samplers, a
Commodore Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphi ...
, and various early digital synthesizers. His set on Mary Anne Hobbs' show Breezeblock in 2003, and more recent tracks such as "Castilian" and "Arcadian" also indicate an interest in
Chiptune music.
From 2007 onwards, he has had full releases on the record labels
Rephlex and
Planet Mu
Planet Mu is an eclectic English electronic music record label created and run by Mike Paradinas. The label started out as a subsidiary of Virgin Records then Paradinas set up the label independent of Virgin. After releasing intelligent dance ...
. He also continues to release on Firstcask and other independent labels such as WéMè, Bugklinik, and his own label Waltzer.
Ceephax's live shows are set apart from the popular
laptop style of live electronic performance by exclusively using only
analogue and early
digital equipment and occasionally an Amiga computer. Frequently used hardware includes
TB-303
The Roland TB-303 Bass Line (also known as the 303) is a bass synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1981. Designed to simulate bass guitars, it was a commercial failure and was discontinued in 1984. However, cheap second-hand units were ...
,
TR-909
The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer is a drum machine introduced by Roland Corporation in 1983, succeeding the TR-808. It was the first Roland drum machine to use samples for some sounds, and the first with MIDI functionality, allowing it to syn ...
,
TR-707,
SH-101
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,
Kenton Pro-2000, and
Yamaha RS7000.
These sets range from
old school house,
acid house,
techno
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,
drum and bass, and
gabber
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. He has also produced several
music video
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s, predominantly using old video equipment and early
computer animation.
Discography
Albums
* ''
(FSK005)'' with ''
Drive Time
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'' bonus cassette - Firstcask (2000)
* ''
Exidy Tours'' (as Ceephax) - Firstcask (2003)
* ''
Ceephax Acid Crew
Andy Jenkinson (born 12 March 1979), known as Ceephax Acid Crew, is a British electronic musician and record producer who works primarily in the acid house and drum and bass subgenres. Jenkinson is also known simply by the pseudonym Ceephax ...
'' - Breakin' Records (2003)
* ''
Ceephax Acid Crew Part One'' - Breakin' Records (2003)
* ''
Ceephax Acid Crew Part Two'' - Breakin' Records (2003)
* ''
Ceephax Presents "Acid Travelator"'' - Funbox Records (2006)
*''
Volume One'' - Rephlex Records (2007)
*''
Volume Two'' - Rephlex Records (2007)
* ''
Drive Time LP'' (as Ceephax) - Firstcask (2008)
* ''
Ceeland'' - Waltzer (2009)
* ''
United Acid Emirates'' -
Planet Mu
Planet Mu is an eclectic English electronic music record label created and run by Mike Paradinas. The label started out as a subsidiary of Virgin Records then Paradinas set up the label independent of Virgin. After releasing intelligent dance ...
(2010)
* ''Live'' - Waltzer (2011)
* ''Cro Magnox'' -
WéMè (2013)
* ''
Essex Spacebin OST'' (as Andy Jenkinson) - Waltzer (2017)
* ''
Camelot Arcade'' -
WéMè (2018)
* ''
Acid Cask Trilogy'' - (2019)
* ''
Box Steady'' - Waltzer (2021)
* Baddow Moods (2022)
EPs and singles
* ''
Radiotin EP'' - Breakin' Records (1998)
* ''
Bainted Smile EP'' - Breakin' Records (1998)
* ''
Acid Quakers 1000'' (as Ceephax) - Lo Recordings (2000)
* ''
Acid Legacy EP'' - Breakin' Records (2003)
* ''
Hardcore Wick/Acid Varsity Speciale'' - Firstcask (2006)
* ''
Hardcore Esplanade'' - Bug Klinik Records (2006)
* ''
The Crisp Chronicles'' - WeMe Records (2006)
* ''
Ceerial Port EP'' - Firstcask (2006)
*''
Megalift EP'' - Planet Mu (2007)
*''
Wild Westie'' - Kitchen Dweller Records (2008)
*''
Psychtapolis'' - WeMe Records (2010)
*''
The Unstoppable Phax Machine'' - 030303 Records (2011)
*''
Capsule In Space/Mediterranean Acid'' - WALTZER (2012)
*''
World Dissolver EP'' - WALTZER (2013)
*''
Charismatic Integrity Slam EP'' - WALTZER (2015)
*''
Acid Fourniture EP'' - WEME (2017)
*''
Byron's Ballads EP'' - WEME (2017)
MP3s
* ''Ceephax Acid Crew Live @ WMF Club, Berlin, 1.25.01'' - Live Bootleg encoded by CBrown (2001)
*
Ceephax live on Mary Anne Hobbs's Breezeblock show on BBC 1' - Various bootlegs. (2004)
* ''Various''
www.ceephax.co.uk(2005)
* ''Ceephax Acid Crew Live on Resonance 104.4 fm'' - Live Bootleg recorded 18 April (2005)
Remixes
* "Bioslate (Every Time Mix)" and "Bioslate (Tarzan Mix)" on ''
Remixes 12"'' by ''
Squarepusher
Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, ac ...
'' (1998)
* "Ceephax Mix" on ''
Selection Sixteen'' by ''
Squarepusher
Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, ac ...
'' (1999)
* "Sho U Rite (Ceephax Remix)" on ''
Kerrier District 2'' (2006)
References
External links
Ceephax's website*
Ceephax's MySpace page.Ceephax's BandCamp page.Interview with Bleep prior to release of United Acid Emirates
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1979 births
Living people
Acid house musicians
English electronic musicians
English house musicians
English record producers
Braindance musicians
Musicians from Essex
Planet Mu artists
Rephlex Records artists