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Eddie Piller is an English
England

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 DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 and record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 entrepreneur
Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of an organization, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome....
.

Starting his career in the 1980s as a part of the English
England

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 mod revival
Mod Revival

The mod revival was a music genre and subculture that started in the United Kingdom in 1978 and later spread to other countries . The Mod revival's mainstream popularity was relatively short, although its influence has lasted for decades....
, Piller launched the underground fanzine
Fanzine

A fanzine is a nonprofessional publication produced by fan s of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest....
 Extraordinary Sensations and operated as a DJ and concert promoter. In 1985, he started the Countdown Records label, through Stiff Records
Stiff Records

Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976 in music by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman , and active until 1985 in music....
. That record label gave fresh momentum to the underground mod scene, by signing bands such as The Prisoners
The Prisoners

The Prisoners were a mod revival band who formed in 1982 in Chatham, Kent, England. Their 1960s garage sound made them a regular live fixture in London's underground "psychedelic revival" scene of the early 1980s....
 and Makin' Time, and by issuing the mod revival compilation album 5-4-3-2-1 Go!.






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Eddie Piller is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 and record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 entrepreneur
Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of an organization, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome....
.

Starting his career in the 1980s as a part of the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 mod revival
Mod Revival

The mod revival was a music genre and subculture that started in the United Kingdom in 1978 and later spread to other countries . The Mod revival's mainstream popularity was relatively short, although its influence has lasted for decades....
, Piller launched the underground fanzine
Fanzine

A fanzine is a nonprofessional publication produced by fan s of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest....
 Extraordinary Sensations and operated as a DJ and concert promoter. In 1985, he started the Countdown Records label, through Stiff Records
Stiff Records

Stiff Records is a record label created in London in 1976 in music by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman , and active until 1985 in music....
. That record label gave fresh momentum to the underground mod scene, by signing bands such as The Prisoners
The Prisoners

The Prisoners were a mod revival band who formed in 1982 in Chatham, Kent, England. Their 1960s garage sound made them a regular live fixture in London's underground "psychedelic revival" scene of the early 1980s....
 and Makin' Time, and by issuing the mod revival compilation album 5-4-3-2-1 Go!. Piller appeared in the Style Council's video for their single "A Solid Bond in your Heart". He signed and A and R'd bands like The Untouchables, The Prisoners and Makin' Time for Stiff and set up an indie label called Re-Elect The President who launched the careers of the James Taylor Quartet
James Taylor Quartet

The James Taylor Quartet are a United Kingdom four-piece jazz funk band who have become renowned for their live performances. They were formed by Hammond organ player James Taylor following the break-up of his former band The Prisoners in the wake of Stiff Records' bankruptcy....
 and The Jazz Renegades (who featured the Style Council drummer Steve White)

In 1987, along with DJ Gilles Peterson
Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson is a DJ, Record_collecting#Notable_record_collectors and record label owner from London, United Kingdom.Through his labels Acid Jazz Records, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of countless well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu and Tony Rich plus Jamiroqu...
, he started a new record label, Acid Jazz
Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly Music loop beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic music dance/pop music: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as forerunners of aci...
. This soon gave rise to Britain's newest musical movement, the acid jazz scene, which included bands such as the James Taylor Quartet
James Taylor Quartet

The James Taylor Quartet are a United Kingdom four-piece jazz funk band who have become renowned for their live performances. They were formed by Hammond organ player James Taylor following the break-up of his former band The Prisoners in the wake of Stiff Records' bankruptcy....
, Corduroy
Corduroy (band)

Corduroy were a four-piece acid jazz musical ensemble based in London, formed around twins Ben Addison and Scott Addison , who were previously in Sire Records act Boys Wonder ....
, the Brand New Heavies and Galliano
Galliano (band)

Galliano was a London based acid jazz group, which started up in 1988. The group was the first signing to Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud record label....
. Piller has been credited with discovering or "breaking" many of these bands. A revival of the record label in the 2000s has resulted in several releases, including a 2006 single by Lord Large, which featured guest vocals from northern soul
Northern soul

Northern soul is a type of mid-tempo and uptempo heavy-beat soul music that was popularized in Northern England from the mid 1960s onwards. The term also refers to the associated dance styles and fashions that emanated from the Twisted Wheel club in Manchester and spread to other dancehalls and nightclubs, such as the Golden Torch , the High...
 singer Dean Parrish
Dean Parrish

Dean Parrish, is an United States soul singer from New York,best known for the song I'm On My Way which became famous for being the last record that was played at the Northern Soul all-nighters at the Wigan Casino....
 and appearances by guitarist Steve Craddock of Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene

Ocean Colour Scene are an English Britpop Musical ensemble from Birmingham....
 and Richard Searle of Corduroy
Corduroy (band)

Corduroy were a four-piece acid jazz musical ensemble based in London, formed around twins Ben Addison and Scott Addison , who were previously in Sire Records act Boys Wonder ....
.

Piller has continued to be influential in the underground dance music scene due to his many live DJing appearances and his evening radio show on BBC Radio 6. he is a regular at most of the British festivals and usually appears at The Isle Of Wight, Glastonbury, Bestival and the Isle Of Wight Scooter Rally in August.

Piller is now back on the airwaves with his own show on the new Q Radio station - allied to the music magazine of the same name, the station is being launched in June 2008 and 'the eddie piller show' is a playlist free musical journey (apparently)

External links

  • Eddie Piller (DJ) in Europe
  • An Interview with Eddie Piller