Jumpin Jack Frost

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Jumpin Jack Frost
Birth nameNigel Thompson
Also known asLeviticus
Born (1967-05-29) 29 May 1967 (age 56)
Origin Brixton, London, England
Genres Jungle, drum and bass
Occupation(s) DJ, record producer
Years active1989–present
Labels V Recordings, Philly Blunt, Formation
Website https://jumpinjackfrost.com/

Nigel Thompson (born 29 May 1967), better known as Jumpin Jack Frost, is a British jungle and drum and bass DJ and record producer. [1] [2]

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Biography

Frost was born in Brixton, London and, after a troubled youth, started to discover music through local sound system 'dances' and then nights such as Soul II Soul at the Africa Centre. [2] He first started DJing at 18, playing funk and hip hop before the acid house scene arrived and he played at the Carwash nights in the late 1980s with Grooverider, Bryan Gee, and Fabio. [2] As a resident at The Fridge in Brixton, he played alongside Paul 'Trouble' Anderson and Evil Eddie Richards. He also hosted a show on the Brixton-based pirate radio station Passion FM which later became Lightning FM. [2] From here, he would DJ at all the large raves up and down the country including Dreamscape , Telepathy, The Edge , and One Nation.

His friendship with Bryan Gee would lead to both forming the celebrated drum and bass label V Recordings in 1993, and signing artists such as Roni Size, DJ Die, and Krust. [2] In 1994, Frost would produce one of the jungle scenes most seminal anthems in Burial, under the alias of Leviticus, released on the V Recordings sub-label Philly Blunt. [2] [3] [4] The track was later picked up by FFRR and upon its wider release in March 1995, debuted at No. 6 in the UK Dance Single Chart [5] and peaked at No. 66 in the UK Singles Chart. [6]

During this time, Frost would also host a show on Kiss 100 which continued until 2001. [4] He would plays some regular guest slots on Centreforce around 2007-2009. Frost returned to radio in 2012 co-hosting the drum and bass show on Mi-Soul alongside DJ Bailey. [7]

Through writing his autobiography published in 2017, Frost has in the last few years increasingly spoken up about mental health issues. [8] [9]

Discography

Singles & EPs

Mix compilations

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References

  1. "Jumpin' Jack Frost - AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thompson, Nigel & Woods, Andrew. Big, Bad and Heavy. Music Mondays, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Bradley, Lloyd. Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital. Profile Books, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Dubwise Vinyl #013 Leviticus 'Burial'". Testpressing.org. 3 July 2020.
  5. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 (19 March 1995 - 25 March 1995)". Official Charts Company.
  6. "LEVITICUS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
  7. "Mi-Soul Presenter Jumping Jack Frost". Mi-Soul . 12 July 2017.
  8. Carl Loben (12 September 2019). "Jumpin Jack Frost is breaking the stigma around mental health". DJ Mag .
  9. "Jumping Jack Frost: "I'm at peace with myself after all these years" - Drum&BassArena". Drum & Bass Arena . 31 May 2017.

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