Finger Lickin' Records is an English
record label
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. Founded by Justin Rushmore and Jem Panufnik (known collectively as Soul of Man) in 1998, Finger Lickin' is solely dedicated to
dance music
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, mainly covering
breakbeat
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,
electro and
hip hop, elements of
disco and
funk 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 indu ...
, Slyde,
Brothers Bud
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,
The Drumattic Twins,
2 InDaBush,
Freaky Jalapeno
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* ''Freaky'' (film), a 2020 horror-comedy film from Blumhouse Productions
* "Freaky" (Koda Kumi song), 2006
* "Freaky!", a 2020 song by Italian singer Senhit, San M ...
,
Grinny Grandad
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Etymology
The name "chipmunk" comes from the Ojibwe word ''ajidamoo'' (or pos ...
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 S ...
, 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 ...
,
Osmosis
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,
Criminal Element Orchestra
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and
Arc-En-Ciel
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* ''Arc-en-Ciel'' (newspaper), Burundi
* Arcenciel, a Lebanese NGO
* L'Arc-en-Ciel, a Japanese rock band
* ''L'arc-en-ciel'' (film), a 2009 short feature film
* Several aircraft des ...
.
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).
See also
*
List of record labels
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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
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