Nigel Thompson (born 29 May 1967), better known as Jumpin Jack Frost, is a British

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and

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DJ and

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Biography

Frost was born in

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, and after a troubled youth, started to discover music through local sound system 'dances' and then nights such as

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at the

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. He first started DJing at 18, playing

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and hip hop before the

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scene arrived and he played at the ''Carwash'' nights in the late 1980s with

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, and

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. As a resident at The Fridge in Brixton, he played alongside Paul 'Trouble' Anderson and

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. He also hosted a show on the Brixton-based

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station Passion FM which later became Lightning FM. From here, he would DJ at all the large raves up and down the country including '' Dreamscape'', ''Telepathy'', ''

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'', and ''One Nation''. His friendship with Bryan Gee would lead to both forming the celebrated

label

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in 1993, and signing artists such as

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, and

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. In 1994, Frost would produce one of the jungle scenes most seminal anthems in ''Burial'', under the alias of Leviticus, released on the V Recordings sub-label ''Philly Blunt''. The track was later picked up by

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and upon its wider release in March 1995, debuted at No. 6 in the UK Dance Single Chart and peaked at No. 66 in the UK Singles Chart. During this time, Frost would also host a show on

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which continued until 2001. He would plays some regular guest slots on

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around 2007-2009. Frost returned to radio in 2012 co-hosting the

show on Mi-Soul alongside DJ Bailey. Through writing his autobiography published in 2017, Frost has in the last few years increasingly spoken up about mental health issues.

Discography

Singles & EPs

*''Jumping Jack Frost'' EP (F Project, 1993) *''Underworld (Osmosis/Pornography)'' EP (Formation Records, 1994) *''Burial'' (as Leviticus) (Philly Blunt//

, 1994)

Mix compilations

*DJ Randall & Jumping Jack Frost - ''MixMag Live 15'' (

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, 1994) *''Big, Bad and Heavy Part Three'' (Chronic, 2012)

References

External links

Official website

Jumping Jack Frost
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