Jaimeson (né Jamie WilliamsJaimeson biography
, Sing365.com; accessed 14 March 2018.) is a British

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and garage producer and MC, best known for his

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s in 2003 and 2004. Jaimeson emerged in the underground music scene, breaking through in January 2003 with the release of "

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", featuring the vocals of Angel Blu and a rap verse by Jaimeson, which peaked at number four on the

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. This was then followed up by "

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" featuring singer Xara which also peaked at number four on the chart in August 2003 and "Take Control", which peaked at number sixteen in February 2004. Jaimeson ran his own

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, in addition to dealing with his own promotion. He has remixed many tracks since 2001 such as

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' " Has It Come to This",

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's " Izzo", Maxwell D's "Serious",

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' "

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' " Baby Boy",

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's "

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", Harry Wilkins' "Sex Go Round" and

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's number one hit, " Survivor". In 2004, Jaimeson featured in the

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TV documentary series '' Tower Block Dreams'', in an episode entitled "Grimetime to Primetime".

Discography

Albums

* ''Think on Your Feet'' (2004) UK #42 * ''Think on the Street'' (2004) * ''Jaimeson Revisited'' (2007)

Singles

* "

" (2003) - UK #4 * "

" (2003) - UK #4, NL #27 * "Take Control" (2004) - UK #16, FI #20

References

External links

* Living people English drum and bass musicians UK garage musicians English electronic musicians English record producers Black British male rappers Black British musicians Remixers Electronic dance music DJs Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-music-bio-stub