Red Snapper are a British instrumental band founded in London in 1993 by Ali Friend (bass), Richard Thair (drums), and David Ayers (guitar). The three core members are also joined by various guest musicians and vocalists on different records. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... Bass drum made from wood, rope, and cowskin A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion group that can be large, technically classified as a membranophone. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Stylistically, Red Snapper's music contains elements of jazz, funk, jungle, trip-hop, hip-hop and breakbeat, as well as references to early psychedelic and progressive rock. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Funk is an African American musical style. ... Jungle music is one of the most deviant and punkish forms of electronic music, employing fast tempos (150-190 BPM is common), layering extended and mangled breakbeats on top of throbbing, authoritative basslines, originally borrowed from reggae. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The band released three EPs before signing to Warp Records for their debut LP Prince Blimey (1996). The band were a somewhat unusual feature of Warp Records' 1990s roster: in contrast to the studio-oriented IDM the label primarily dealt in, the band had a very live and organic sound: a smoky mixture of dub, jazz and all tempos of breakbeat from trip hop to drum and bass. Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre of electronic music derived from dance music of the 1980s and early 1990s which puts an emphasis on novel processing and sequencing. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to d&b, DnB, dnb,deenbee, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ...

For their follow-up Making Bones they were joined by jungle MC Det and singer Alison David. The latter was replaced by Karim Kendra by their third album, Our Aim is to Satisfy Red Snapper (2000). Jungle music is one of the most deviant and punkish forms of electronic music, employing fast tempos (150-190 BPM is common), layering extended and mangled breakbeats on top of throbbing, authoritative basslines, originally borrowed from reggae. ... A Master of Ceremonies or MC (sometimes spelled emcee), sometimes called a compere or an MJ for microphone jockey, is the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In early 2002, Red Snapper announced its dissolution.

Also in 2002 the compilation "It's All Good" was released, it included a previously unreleased track, Ultraviolet. The next year (2003) an album of remixes was released, Redone, which included tracks remixed by the Snapper themselves. David Ayers and Felix Tod were credited as The Creation, Rich Thair remixed Ultraviolet and the Odd Man Out (Odd Man Remix) were done by Ali Friend, Gavin Clark and Ted Barnes. The last track was surprisingly vocalized.

Later the Flameboy Records (owned by Jake Williams, former RS keybord player)released 4-track vinyl called "RedOne" which included previously unreleased Red Snapper track called "Drill" featuring MC Det.

Red Snapper reformed in 2007 - this was posted on their MySpace page:

"After 6 years apart concentrating on different projects, Red Snapper return. Ali has been working with Beth Orton and his new band Clayhill. David has been focusing on writing music for TV with his work featuring on the highly acclaimed BBC show 'The Tribe'. Rich has been working with Jakeone on their band Toob, with Rennie Pilgrem and the TCR Allstars and Bomb the Bass.

They decided to hook up before Christmas and after a successful jamming session are back in the studio working on new material for their 6th album with saxophonist 'Tom Challenger'.

A live show has been arranged for August in London, with a special appearance at some UK festivals. More details to follow soon."

External links

• Official site
  
• Red Snapper (band) at Discogs
• Myspace site