| Band Members | | Booking: |
incog.dj@csc.jp |
| roberta (at) dustedworld.com |
Francis
Francis began DJing in the late nineties, mostly working alongside friends and long time associates Spacek as part of the Spacek Sound System, playing an eclectic mix of old school funk and electronic soul, in several locations across Europe. Soon he had hooked up with duo Blackbeard at their legendary residency at the Notting Hill Arts Club that they shared with Yam Who? Since August 2005 he has been on rotation at the Heads Up night at Ruby Lo's W1 (as DJ Superbug), alongside DJ Dub, DJ Melissa B, and DJ Frampster (Lady Sovereign). He has also been a regular DJ for the Malibu Soundclash UK university tour for the last two years.
Peter Adjaye aka AJ Kwame:
started out his recording career as the visionary outfit RPM (or Revolution Per Minute). RPM released a string of singles on the fledgling Mo Wax imprint, and toured Europe alongside James Lavelle and DJ Shadow. Peter’s wide-ranging musical abilities and deck wrecking skills leant RPM a unique edge as a plethora of 'Trip hop' groups rose in their wake.
In 1995 Peter changed both group and label, becoming the Runaways and finding a new home in Ultimate Dilemma Recordings (UK) and Three sixty Recordings (US). Highly acclaimed singles led the way to their debut LP Classic Tales, a musical tour de force that was the culmination of the Runaways quest to forge a truly British hip-hop sound. The album featured striking cover art in the form of a painting of a calming, typically English pastoral scene. This attention to presentation has been carried over to Progress, their 2nd album, where the duo enlisted the help of the Turner Prize winning artist Chris Ofili in exclusively providing a unique cover artwork. This album also features a diverse collection of very special guests Masta Ace, Iriscience, J zone, Tye Phoenix, Sylvia Powell and Matt Cooper(Outside).
The Runaways and their music have travelled worldwide and forged relationships with a host of like-minded artists. Their golden remix touch has graced tracks from DJ Zinc, Doctor L and Emiliana Torrini, Cyclops 4000 Sir Menelik / Scaramanga / Chewbacca Uncircumcised etc), Mos Def and Talib Kweli, Kid Loco, Killer Priest, Flash and the Pan, Belles of Monica, Pressure Drop. And exclusive tracks for labels Catskills 'Cat litter 3', Blue Juice, Grand Central and Nuphonic. The Runaways are the creators of the theme music for the award winning radio show ‘London Xpress’ on XFM 105,9 FM. Runaways has also produced music for TV adverts, Citroen, TV documentaries and shows like ‘Deals on Wheels’, ‘Ghetto fabulous’, ‘The Big Bang’, ‘Richard and Judy’, and music for the film ‘Dog Eat Dog’ Including part of the score.
Peter’s musical diversity and natural flare has brought him to work closely with his brother David Adjaye (OBE) writing music for Adjaye Associates presentations, installation and lectures. He has written the score or, better the ideal sound-companion for the Adjaye Associate exhibition ‘Pavilion’ at the Cube Gallery Manchester in September 2004 and exhibited in New York 2005. June 2005 marked the re launch and opening of the Nobel Peace Institute in Norway, Oslo, where Peter completed the interactive sound design and composition for the main winners ‘gallery’ known now as the Nobel field.
Peter has since been doing music for Apple, lectures, website and worldwide stores, as well as the major architectural exhibition for Adjaye Associates Exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2006.
In 2007 he recently completed the music for the interactive new exhibit at the Science Museum; London called ‘Spymaker’ and a new soundscape for the David Adjaye installation ‘Horizon’ for Norman Fosters ‘Albion Gallery’. He is currently working with a 21-piece orchestra on a new experimental classical hip-hop album, as composer and bass Player. He is working with the Arts Council UK for touring of this experimental classical hip-hop album entitled ‘Symphonic Beats’ for 2007,already taken this ongoing live project to Italy playing in Rome for the British Council 2004, as well as concerts in Portugal, Switzerland and Big Chill Festival (UK) in 2002-2004. |
