Eddie Piller

British broadcaster, DJ, antique dealer, and head of [l=Acid Jazz] records.

Piller was born into the mod scene (his mother was head of a fan club for the mod band [a=Small Faces]) and came in contact with soul music early-on. He began with DJing in the early 1980s (time of the punk initiated mod revival) combining soul, mod, ska, and punk in his sets.

In 1987, after running the record labels [l=Countdown] and [l=Re-Elect The President], together with [a=Gilles Peterson] (at that time DJ at [l=BBC Radio London], he cofounded the legendary [l=Acid Jazz] label. Before that, he created the "Acid Jazz" style; playing together in clubs a mix between Psychedelic Jazz, 1970s Funk, Hip Hop and Soul. The name was the result of a joke about the big acid house boom in England at this time, when someone asked: "What music is this?", he answered: "Acid Jazz".