Talkin' Loud is a record label

Record label

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 started by Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...

 at Phonogram

Phonogram Records

Phonogram Records was started in 1962 as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon. In 1972, Phonogram was merged with Polydor Records into PolyGram....

 in 1990 after he left Acid Jazz Records

Acid Jazz Records

Acid Jazz is a record label based in east London. It takes its name from acid jazz, a genre of jazz music. Alternative version states that the genre itself was named after the record label...

. The label name is based on Peterson's club night "Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Something", itself a reference to James Brown and Bobby Byrd's "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing

Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing

"Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" is a funk song by James Brown and Bobby Byrd. Recorded on October 1, 1970, at Bobby Smith Studios in Macon, Georgia, it was first released as an edited two-part single on King Records that same year, but was quickly withdrawn. The single received a full release on...

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The first release from Talkin' Loud was a self-titled compilation in 1990 featuring artists Galliano, Jalal of the Last Poets, Incognito, Young Disciples, Wild & Peaceful, and Ace of Clubs.

Artists

• 4 Hero
  4 Hero
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• Abstract Truth
• Ace Of Clubs
• Ahmen-Rah
• Bryan Powell
• Cinematic Orchestra, The
• Cleveland Watkiss
  Cleveland Watkiss
  Cleveland Watkiss is a versatile English singer who performs in a variety of musical genres, including jazz, reggae, rock music and drum and bass. Watkiss also performs on piano and guitar.-Life:...
  
  
• Courtney Pine
  Courtney Pine
  Courtney Pine CBE is an English jazz musician. At school he studied the clarinet, although he is known primarily for his saxophone playing. Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass Clarinet and keyboards...
  
  
• DJ Krust
• Dwele
  Dwele
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• Dynamite MC
  Dynamite MC
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• Elisabeth Troy
• Eternal Sun
• Femi Kuti
  Femi Kuti
  Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician and the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti....
  
  
• Galliano
  Galliano (band)
  Galliano were a London-based acid jazz group, which started in 1988. The group was the first signing to Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label. The original members were Rob Gallagher , Constantine Weir , Michael Snaith , and Crispin Robinson...
  
  
• Gilles Peterson
  Gilles Peterson
  Gilles Peterson , is a DJ, record collector and record label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, and latterly Brownswood Recordings, he has been associated with the careers of well-known artists of the 1990s such as Erykah Badu, Roni Size and Jamiroquai...
  
  
• Heliocentric World
• Incognito
  Incognito (band)
  Incognito is a British band, as well as one of the members of the United Kingdom's acid jazz movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, with thirteen more albums following, the last of which, Transatlantic RPM, was released in 2010....
  
  
• Innerzone Orchestra
• Jazzanova
  Jazzanova
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• Jeffrey Darnell
• Johnny One-Drop
• K-Creative, The
• Krust
  Krust
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• Marxman
  Marxman
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• MC Solaar
  MC Solaar
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• MJ Cole
• Native Sol
• Neil Barnes
• Nicolette
  Nicolette
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• Nuyorican Soul
• Oliver Nelson
• Omar
  Omar Lye-Fook
  Omar Lye-Fook and known as Omar, is an internationally acclaimed British soul singer, songwriter and musician. Omar grew up in Canterbury, Kent. He learned his craft classically, playing the trumpet, piano and percussion. Omar also spent two years at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, and...
  
  
• Perception
• Peter Thomas
• Raw Deal
• Roni Size
  Roni Size
  Roni Size is a British record producer and DJ, who came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of Reprazent, a drum and bass collective...
  
   / Reprazent
• Roots
  The Roots
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  , The
• Shawn Lee
• Skinnyman
  Skinnyman
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• Sons Of Samacand
• Steps Ahead
  Steps Ahead
  Steps Ahead is a jazz fusion group and the brainchild of vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. According to the liner notes of the group's 1983 debut album , entitled Steps Ahead, "Steps began as a part-time venture in 1979 at Seventh Avenue South, a New York City nightclub." The group began releasing...
  
  
• Tamba Trio
• Tammy Payne
• Terry Callier
  Terry Callier
  Terrence O. Callier, known as Terry Callier is an American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Tim Dog
  Tim Dog
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• United Future Organization
  United Future Organization
  United Future Organization otherwise known as UFO is a nu-jazz duo made up of Japanese-born and Frenchman . In 1994, the group appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation album, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool...
  
  
• Urban Species
• Wax Doctor
• Young Disciples
  Young Disciples
  Young Disciples was a British / American acid jazz band, formed in London in 1990 by Carleen Anderson , Marc Nelson plus Femi Williams ....