Poussez
Poussez is the electronic bastard child of Artizan’s Jafar & Maxime Cescau. Their modern blend of deep house, techno and late night electronics, have appeared on many reputable imprints including Huddtraxx, LoudEast, Blacksoul, Universal Vibes, Berwick Street and of course Artizan. They’ve remixed Rithma, Pete Dafeet, Erafaan Pearce, Timo Garcia and Blacksoul, collaborated with Demarkus [...]
Andy Touchfingers
Head of the Artizan Music label with production partners Jafar (Jafar & Touch) and Maxime Cescau, Andy Touchfingers has an extremely rich musical heritage. A veteran turntablist, keys player and tutor, he heads up both the Artizan Soul offshoot and directs the musical vision for Poetiquette, when he’s not mentoring the next musical generation along [...]
Jafar
Head of the Artizan Music label with production partners Maxime Cescau (together as Poussez) and Andy Touchfingers (Jafar & Touch), long is the musical voyage of Jafar across the electronic seas. A DJ and producer since the early 90s, with an unyielding love of the deep, he cut his teeth on the UK techno circuit, [...]
Maxime Cescau
Head of the Artizan Music label with production partners Jafar & Andy Touchfingers, Maxime Cescau has been DJ’ing and producing since the early 90s. Of French / German decent, he moved around a lot in his youth, cutting his Djing teeth on both the Chicago and San Francisco circuits before setting up home in London. [...]
Poetiquette
Formerly ‘Rare Unit’, the 8 piece live outfit Poetiquette have been synonymous with Artizan’s bosses Jafar and Andy ‘Touch’fingers, since Rare Unit’s first three releases on the Kwaito Recordings imprint back in 2003. Since then, the group has developed considerably into a collective of seasoned musicians now boasting drummer Toby Goodman (Kid Creole & The [...]
Jafar & Touch
Jafar and Andy ‘Touch’fingers met over a mutual love of fantasy novels, electronic beats and endless rounds of blackjack one rainy Saturday afternoon. The original men behind the Kwaito Recordings imprint, started Artizan Music in 2005, soon welcoming production partner Maxime Cescau into the fold the following year. Alongside their various solo doodlings and additional [...]
Demarkus Lewis
Demarkus Lewis is a driving force behind todays deep house sound and a key player in the evolution of its future. From his beginnings as a dj in 1990 to the commencement of his production career in 2000, he had already established himself as a favourite in his home town of Dallas, Texas. Couple that [...]
Nacho Marco
Head of the LoudEast records label, our good friend Nacho Marco is behind a slew of superb releases and remixes for the likes of Freerange, Plastic City, Odori, Teardrop, Om, WasNotWas and of course Artizan Music. A pioneering DJ in his native Spain since the late 80s, his studio work is consistently, nothing short of [...]
Rich Medina
The Philadelphia based Poet, Dj, Producer and musician Rich Medina’s unmistakeable tones are as deep as the spoken-word he writes and performs. From the philosophical ponderings of the Steal Vybe produced ‘Spiritual Life’ (SpaceKat Records), to his deconstruction of the state of play on Dj Spinna’s ‘Reality’ (Wonderwax) and his own powerful album ‘Connecting the [...]
Rithma
Etienne ‘Rithma’ Stehelin first joined us, spinning for our ‘Hasselhoff Scandal’ parties directly after the Hoff himself had made an appearance, back in March 2003. The Los Angeles based producer kicked off the label with his ‘Pepper Tree’ e.p and continues to tour his live stage show and unique brand of visceral deep house grooves [...]
Rhythm Plate
Rhythm Plate consists of Matt Rhythm and Ant Plate (aka YSE) who hail from the beautifully backward, peak district town of Matlock, UK. They first met at school, where it quickly became apparent that they had the same make of orthopaedic shoe, meaning, they quite literally got off on the right foot. Their recording career [...]
Pete Dafeet
Woof Woof! Our favourite Hound loving Houser Pete Dafeet, has been trying to find his missing quadruped since ‘Lost My Dog’s’ inception in 2004. 30 odd releases in, and the boys seem no nearer to finding their elusive puppy, they have however released a crate load of gorgeous electronic music from a roster boasting Jay [...]
Funky Transport
Like fine Malt Whisky, Funky Transport is without doubt one of Scotlands most prolific production exports. An experienced DJ, producer and engineer, his comprehensive discography reads like a who’s who of the industry’s most respected House labels; Farris Wheel, 20:20 Vision, Classic, Lowdown, Flat n Round, Chez, Brique Rouge, DotBleep, Tanzen, Playhouse, Wally’s Groove World, [...]
Blacksoul
Head of the popular Croatian label Blacksoul Music, Tom ‘Blacksoul’ Pasanec is behind over 70 releases and remixes for the likes of Odds and Ends, Reverberations, CR2, Milk & Sugar, DAE, Grab, Look at You, Uniform, Greenhouse, Soulstar, Deepfunk, Icon and of course Blacksoul & Artizan. His label is easily one of the best electronic [...]
Deporto
Deporto comprises southern, deep house dandy Mickey Blue and northern, progressive fiend Dodge.
These cheeky chappies have been forging their own paths through dance music’s murky waters since the early 90s; Mickey, a self-confessed slave to the rhythm, toured the DnB and techno DJ circuits, whilst Dodge quietly got on with putting out quality, progressive house. [...]
Tim Split
Tim Deal, aka Tim Split hails from the small, leafy town of St. Albans inHertfordshire, UK. At 20 he is already a highly accomplished drummer, Classical/Jazz Pianist, producer, DJ, singer and songwriter. When he’s not producing sumptuous Deep House or remixing Artizan’s tracks, he also heads up a 6-piece Funk outfit called ‘Sugar Daddy’. Check [...]
Eightbitrate
Originating from Naples, the three piece multi-media outfit Eightbitrate, broke onto the dance music circuit running interactive parties in Italy, based around nights of 8BIT videogames, electronic music and their own musical productions and visual wizardry. Comprising DJs Alfa, Beta and the VJ, Gamma, Eightbitrate moved over to London in 2003, taking up DJ residencies [...]
Spieltape
Our Russian friend Alexander ‘Spieltape’ Malyutin has gained notoriety quickly in the ever-fickle world of electronic music, down in no small part to a consistent output of quality, deep, melancholic music. He combines elements of minimal, tech, prog and deep house for a warm, modern sound that has wide-ranging club appeal. UK giant Global Underground [...]
The Smoke
The Smoke is the collective studio output from UK stalwarts and all round scenesters, Terry Farley, Dave Jarvis and Uschi Classen. Known individually for their respective Farley and Heller, Original Soulboy and Blackscience Orchestra releases, Terry and Dave are of course founding members of the London based ‘Faith Fanzine’ collective, a series of stellar underground [...]
Holmes & Watz
Hailing from Leeds, the North of England’s House epicentre, Jacob ‘Holmes’ Kelly and Paul ‘Watz’ Hardy, are the two loveable pipe-smoking rogues behind both the respected UK House label ‘Baker Street Recordings’ (elementary my dears), and a slew of boompty dancefloor productions on quality imprints like 20:20 Vision, .dotbleep, Minority Music, Music For Freaks, Zeros [...]
Pepe Navarino
Artizan Music’s Art Director Pepe Navarino lives in a fantastical kitchen cupboard populated by strange little men with magical faces and balloons for feet. He painstakingly, visually documents all that he sees, the results of which can be viewed on our website, mailouts, releases and the like. There is an exclusive range of t-shirts forthcoming [...]
Jimmy P
An Acid House obsessive since the heady days of 88’s Summer of Love, Artizan’s 2nd resident Art Director James Piercy, is another stalwart of the London scene. A talented graphic designer by day and, alongside Terry Farley and Roual Galloway, the man responsible for the world’s best (if not only remaining), truly dedicated, HOUSE fanzine, [...]
