DJ Food

DJ Food
Strictly Kev as DJ Food at Moldejazz, 2009.
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Electronica, IDM, trip hop, dub
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Ninja Tune
Associated acts	DK
Website	http://www.djfood.org/
Members	Strictly Kev
Past members	Matt Black Jonathan More Patrick Carpenter

DJ Food is an electronic music project currently headed by Kevin Foakes, a.k.a. Strictly Kev. Originally conceived by the members of Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical "food for DJs". DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful. The records consisted of collections of breaks, loops and samples, that could be used for mixing, remixing and producing.

The later DJ Food albums have developed with shades of Latin, dub, breakbeat, ambient, and drum and bass.

The 1995 album, A Recipe for Disaster was a conscious move away from the Jazz Brakes volumes to form more of an identity as an artist, and a remix album of tracks from all 6 LPs, entitled Refried Food was released the following year. The more recent release, Kaleidoscope, features guest artists including Bundy K. Brown (formerly of Tortoise, Directions in Music, Pullman) and voiceover artist and jazz poet, Ken Nordine.

DJ Food started as a Coldcut side project from Jonathan More and Matt Black, Along the way they met Patrick Carpenter, who was listed on the liner notes, but only his initials. A loose collaborative team began to form including Paul Brook, Paul Rabiger, Kevin Foakes a.k.a. Strictly Kev and Issac Elliston.