Dean Rudland is a British DJ, compiler, and general manager of record company

Acid Jazz Records Acid Jazz Records is a record label based in East London formed by Gilles Peterson and Eddie Piller in 1987. The label is the namesake of the acid-jazz subgenre of jazz music for which it is most famously known for producing. Background The l ...

. Initially interested in 1960s soul music which he found via the early to mid-1980s

mod revival The mod revival is a subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and later spread to other countries (to a lesser degree). The Mod Revival started with disillusionment with the punk scene when commercialism set in. It was f ...

scene, Rudland began DJing at club nights before meeting Acid Jazz Records founder

Eddie Piller Eddie Piller is a British DJ, radio show host, and founder/managing director of Acid Jazz Records. Early life and career Piller was born in 1963 and grew up in Essex. His father ran a firm of bookmakers and his mother ran the Small Faces' fa ...

. As well as assisting with the signing of artists on Acid Jazz, Rudland helped put together the label's popular compilation series "T''otally Wired"''. Whilst working for Acid Jazz Rudland met Tony Harlow, who worked for Blue Note Europe. The pair released a number of compilations which collectively became "The Blue Series". Throughout his career he has relaunched EMI's Stateside label as well as worked for Fania, and currently works for Ace Records as an A and R consultant, running their BGP label as well as continuing to work for Acid Jazz.

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