About Red Snapper
Red Snapper are a British instrumental band founded in London in 1993 by Ali Friend , Richard Thair , and David Ayers . The three core members are also joined by various guest musicians and vocalists on different records. Since the 2007 reunion Tom Challenger has also been a member of the band. According to music journalist Jason Ankeny of AllMusic, "the British acid jazz trio notable for their pioneering synthesis of acoustic instruments and electronic textures".
The band released three EPs on Flaw Recordings before signing to Warp Records for their debut album, Prince Blimey . The band were a somewhat unusual feature of Warp Records' 1990s roster: in contrast to the studio-oriented IDM the record label primarily dealt in, the band had a live and organic sound: a smoky mixture of dub, jazz and all tempos of breakbeat from trip hop to drum and bass. In 1997, Red Snapper supported the Prodigy on their Fat of the Land tour in the UK.
For their follow-up Making Bones they were joined by jungle MC Det, trumpeter Byron Wallen and singer Alison David. The latter was replaced by Karim Kendra by their third album, Our Aim Is to Satisfy .
In early 2002, Red Snapper announced its dissolution. In interviews since the reunion the band said a reason for splitting was too much discussing what to play, rather than playing. Each member wanted to try a different musical direction.
Also in 2002, the various artists compilation album It's All Good was released. It included a previously unreleased track, "Ultraviolet", which was also included on Red Snapper, a compilation of unreleased and rare Red Snapper tracks released by Lo Recordings in 2003.
Later in 2003, an album of remixes was released, Redone, which included tracks remixed by the Snapper themselves. Ayers and Felix Tod were credited as The Creation, Thair remixed "Ultraviolet", and the "Odd Man Out" was done by Friend, Gavin Clark and Ted Barnes. The last track included vocals. Later the Flameboy Records released a four-track vinyl called "RedOne", which included three tracks from Redone and a previously unreleased Red Snapper track entitled "Drill", featuring MC Det.
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