Towards the end of the 80s, Chris Bangs really hit pay dirt as a musical trend-setter with the invention of Acid Jazz genre and as a producer and artist responsible for many early recordings on Eddie Piller's Acid Jazz label and Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud.
The brilliantly named Cinematic Orchestra is led by composer / programmer / multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe, who formed his first group, Crabladder, in 1990 as an art student at Cardiff College.
Citrus Sun is a smooth jazz group created by Incognito leader/producer Jean Paul 'Bluey' Maunick.
Irma Group member Clan Greco is lead by trumpet player Massimo Greco, who has many aliases and is best known for his masterful arrangements and his incredible horn playing.
Club des Belugas combine contemporary European lounge & nu jazz styles with Brazilian beats and American black soul of the fifties, sixties and seventies, using their unique creativity and intensity.
DJs Jonathan More and Matt Black, aka Coldcut, rose to acclaim in the mid-'80s through production and remix work for a number of modern rock, hip-hop, and dance outfits.
What to do if you've been slogging away in the rock underground for a decade to slight critical acclaim without making any appreciable artistic or commercial headway?
Cool Breeze is Charlie Lexton. He spent his formative years listening to punk, funk, reggae and hip hop and in his teens his first band, Down By Law, performed with Big Audio Dynamite. Studying in Bristol from 1986, he began DJing in a burgeoning Bristol scene.