Tummy Touch Records is an international record label with offices in London, UK and New York City, USA best known for releasing quirky dance and

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music. Artists on Tummy Touch include

Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles " At the River", " I See You Baby" and " Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of ...

, Patrick & Eugene,

Niyi Adeniyi Adeyemi Adelakun, better known as Niyi, is a British MC and singer from Crouch End North London, known for his flamboyant dress sense and unique mixing style. He is a producer and DJ commonly associated with the East London fashion scene ...

, Tutto Matto,

Tom Vek Thomas Timothy Vernon-Kell (born 10 May 1981) is an English self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician who works under the name of Tom Vek. Career Born in Hounslow, London, England, he signed to the small label Tummy Touch Records in 2001, ha ...

, and label founder Tim Lee.

Tummy Touch Music Group

Tummy Touch Records is a part of the Tummy Touch Music Group (TTMG). TTMG does production, publishing, licensing, and manages a stock music library in association with

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for commercial uses called Tummy Touch Moods. Tummy Touch Moods artists include

Keith Mansfield Keith Mansfield (born 1941 in London, England) is a British composer and arranger known for his creation of prominent television theme tunes, including the ''Grandstand'' theme for the BBC. Career Other works include "The Young Scene" (the or ...

Alan Hawkshaw William Alan Hawkshaw (27 March 1937 – 16 October 2021) was a British composer and performer, particularly of library music used as themes for movies and television programs. Hawkshaw worked extensively for the KPM production music company ...

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, and John Cameron. TTMG oversees the publishing rights to the

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music catalog which includes the hit " Walking On Sunshine". Tummy Touch Music Group also works with RAK Records publishing division to put out new and re-released material from the RAK catalog.

History

Tummy Touch was founded 1996 in the UK by Tim Lee aka Tim 'Love' Lee. Their first release was "The Nightlife EP" - by Stop / E.D.O. (MBTT 001).

had their first 12" vinyl release on Tummy Touch in 1997 with "Captain Sensual" (MBTT 003) and " At the River" (TUCH011), which hit 19 on the

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. Groove Armada's first album '' Northern Star'' (TUCH 103) also came out on Tummy Touch on 9 March 1998. The label uses

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extensively to distribute mainly sampler anthologies of its artists.

Artists

*Alan Moorhouse *

& John Cameron *Bagel Boys * The Bandana Splits *

Beardyman Darren Alexander Foreman (born 14 May 1982), better known as Beardyman, is a British multivocalist, musician and comedian from London known for his beatboxer, beatboxing skills and use of live looping. Early life After studying at Queen Elizab ...

*Ben Smith *Benji Cossa *Bilkis *

Bing Ji Ling Quinn Lamont Luke, also known as Bing Ji Ling (Chinese for "ice cream"), is a New York City-based producer/musician. Luke has released six full-length albums of original material as a solo artist, as well as numerous singles, collaborations, and ...

*Black Gold 360 *

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*Chantilly *

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*Circuits *CJ Mirra *

Coco Electrik Coco Electrik is an electropop band and musical alias of Australian (now UK based) singer, musician and songwriter Anne Booty and producer Paul Harrison aka Royal Appointment. History Coco Electrik first surfaced with ''Your Love Is Gum'', a spl ...

*Cousin Grizzly *Crackpot *Crazy Girl *

dawn Landes Dawn Landes (born December 5, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is originally from around Louisville, Kentucky but spent many years living and performing in Brooklyn, New York. As a recording artist she has released five f ...

*Dear Georgiana *The Dirty Feel *DJ DRM *DJ Fee *Dolphin Boy *Double Identity *Dynamo Dresden *

Ed Motta Eduardo "Ed" Motta (; born August 17, 1971) is a Brazilian MPB, rock, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is the nephew of late singer-songwriter Tim Maia. Career Son of Luzia Motta, sister of Tim Maia and Antonio Motta, from an early age listene ...

*EDO *The Electric Moccasins of Doom *Fimber Bravo *The Fishermen Three *Fly By Pony *

*Guessman *Hello Skinny *Huw Costin *In Flagranti *Jack & The Pulpits *

Jack Dangers Jack Dangers (born John Stephen Corrigan, 11 January 1965) is an English electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of Meat Beat Manifesto. He lives in San Francisco. Career Prior to founding ...

*Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang *

Jason Trachtenburg The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players were an American indie-rock/art pop family band. It consisted of main vocalist Jason Trachtenburg, his wife Tina, and their only child, Rachel. Overview The band's members consisted of father, Jason T ...

*Jeremy Mage & The Magi *

Jessie Baylin Jessica Baldassarre, known as Jessie Baylin, is a Nashville-based singer/ songwriter. Career Her album ''Firesight'' was written by Baylin, Jesse Harris, Mike Daly, Mark Goldenberg, Greg Wells and Danny Wilde, and was produced and engineered b ...

*Joe Richardson *Joni Haastrup *Junkie Slip *Justin Anderson *Justin Drake *

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* Kimberly Rew *King Mono *Kokoro Thief *KPM *La Rue *Le Pico *Leather Tuscadero *Leeboy & Spence *Leo Young *

Little Barrie Little Barrie is an English rock group consisting of Barrie Cadogan (vocals, guitar) and Lewis Wharton (bass, vocals). Virgil Howe contributed drums and vocals from 2007 until his death in 2017. Their sound has drawn from a mixture of influen ...

*Los Chicharrons *

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*Mains Ignition * Mammal *

Marco Benevento Marco Benevento (born July 22, 1977) is an American pianist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, who has been a fixture of the New York experimental music rock and jazz scene since 1999. He is the founder and recording e ...

*Marlon Sea *Matt Lutz *

Melt Yourself Down Melt Yourself Down are a London-based band who incorporate elements of West African musical styles (afrobeat), punk, jazz and funk. Founded in January 2012, the band is led by saxophonist Pete Wareham, former leader of now defunct jazz/punk ban ...

*Mescalito *Mossyrock *

New Young Pony Club NYPC (also known as New Young Pony Club) are an English electronic music band from London. The band was formed by Andy Spence and Tahita Bulmer in 2004. Their influences are predominantly post-punk and new wave artists. Career Forming and sig ...

*Nitwood *

*No Hassle From The Man *Organic Audio *

Patrick and Eugene Patrick & Eugene are an English musical duo, made up of Patrick Dawes (who found fame playing percussion for Groove Armada) and Eugene Bezodis (bass player for The Trudy). They are best known for their songs, "The Birds and the Bees", which was ...

*Patrick Dawes *The Pendulum Swings * The Phenomenal Handclap Band *Phil Nicholl *Phondupe *

Project Trio PROJECT Trio is a chamber music ensemble based in Brooklyn, New York. It consists of Greg Pattillo ( flute), Eric Stephenson (cello), and Peter Seymour (double bass). Their extensive repertoire consists of original compositions and arrangements ...

*Quad Throw Salchow *Red Cassette * Revolvo *Rich Davey * Robots In Disguise *Royal Appointment *The Rural Serenaders *The Saltlands Band *Samuel Purdey *Sargasso Trio * Shawn Lee *Sheer Velocity *Shod *Shuffle *

Si Begg Si Begg (born 1972) is an English electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer. His recording career began in 1993 and he has used a number of different pseudonyms and band names, and released music in different styles on several ...

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*Spiersy *The Stag Heads *The Steamboat Cabaret *

Steve Arrington Steven Ralph Arrington (born March 5, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, drummer, record producer, engineer and minister, who grew up in Dayton, Ohio. Biography Arrington played in various local bands before joining and touring with The M ...

*Stop *

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*Striplight *Stuntmen *Sunny Face *

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*Superhuman Happiness *Superspirit *

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*Tara Busch *The Test Signals Orchestra *Thieving Irons *

Tim 'Love' Lee Tim Lee, also known as Tim 'Love' Lee (born January 1970, Cambridge, England) is an English musician, record producer and DJ. He is the founder of Tummy Touch Records. He is most notable as a pioneer of electronic dance music and trip hop, his ...

*Tony Global *The Toy Band *

Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players were an American indie-rock/art pop family band. It consisted of main vocalist Jason Trachtenburg, his wife Tina, and their only child, Rachel. Overview The band's members consisted of father, Jason T ...

*Trwbador *Turbo Men *Turner Cody *Tutto Matto *The Waves *Waxploitation *We Show Up On Radar *The Wowz *Wrake & Bonnell *Xavier *Zook

References

External links

Tummy Touch on Discogs.com

Tummy Touch Records official site

Tummy Touch on Last.fm
* Tim 'Love' Lee on allmusic.com {{Authority control British record labels Electronic dance music record labels Electronic music record labels House music record labels Record labels established in 1996