Finger Lickin' Records is an English

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

. Founded by Justin Rushmore and Jem Panufnik (known collectively as Soul of Man) in 1998, Finger Lickin' is solely dedicated to

dance music Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded danc ...

, mainly covering

breakbeat Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK ...

, electro and hip hop, elements of

disco Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pia ...

and

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

can be found throughout these genres.

Artists On Label

Artists on the label include the

Plump DJs Plump DJs are an English dance music duo consisting of Lee Rous and Andy Gardner, considered to be early pioneers of the breakbeat genre in late 1990s. Throughout the 2000s, they have been very prolific creatively, releasing many celebrated und ...

, Soul of Man,

A Skillz A.Skillz (born Adam Mills) is an English electronic musician. He has worked across the UK at FabricLive, Spectrum, Chew The Fat, Supercharged, The Boutique and Sugarbeat as well as gigs around the world at major events, festivals and music indus ...

, Slyde, Brothers Bud, The Drumattic Twins, 2 InDaBush, Freaky Jalapeno, Grinny Grandad as well as working very closely with

Krafty Kuts Krafty Kuts (real name Martin Reeves) is an English producer and DJ of electronic music and breakbeat. His first album, ''Freakshow'', was released in 2006 on his Against The Grain label and contains guest artists Tim Deluxe and Ashley Sla ...

, and one off releases from

Dreadzone Dreadzone are a British electronic music group. They have released eight studio albums, two live albums, and two compilations. Career Dreadzone were formed in London, England in 1993 when ex- Big Audio Dynamite drummer Greg Roberts teamed up ...

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, Criminal Element Orchestra and Arc-En-Ciel.

Awards

Finger Lickin' have placed highly in the Breakspoll awards, winning best label in 2002 through 2005. Several of their artists have also been recognized by Breakspoll, in particular Plump DJs who took three awards in 2004: Best Producer, Best Single (for Soul Vibrates/Bullet Train) and Best Remix (Freestylers – Push Up).

References

External links

Finger Lickin' Records official site
* British independent record labels Electronic dance music record labels Electronic music record labels Hip hop record labels {{UK-record-label-stub

Artists On Label

Awards

See also

References

External links