bio:
Jacknife Lee is a pop visionary. The boogie woogie man plays all the instruments, sings, mixes and records his own tunes. He makes high tech future retro pop and dreams of writing music for the band in Star Wars.
Born in Dublin and now living in London he's been playing since he was 14. Nowadays, his vision hurls him round the planet sucking up sounds from Paso Robles to Osaka. The result is a funky new noise. He comes from a musical background as opposed to a DJing one.
"I love hooks in songs, I couldn't lose them even if I wanted to". His sweet beats and luscious lyrics will blow dusty cynics out of their tree. "I want the music to be fun without being stupid".
The last couple of a years have been spent learning [programming, sampling and cooking], writing [tunes and tales of the King & Hawaiian satellites, a funky BBQ and a crunchy track featuring American cheese - Casey Kasem], recording [production and re-mixes for Bjork, The O, Shed Seven, Perry Blake, and Sack, TV theme tunes and now for Pussyfoot] recovering [from having spent 4 years playing punk rock guitar with Compulsion - he found the constraints of a band too limiting, "Every time I did anything with someone else I felt like I was having an affair"] and listening [Bacharach to Black Sabbath, The Blackbyrds to the Boards of Canada].
After his vision set him on the boogie trail, Jacknife Lee started in Jan 1998. The Pussyfoot 12" 'A Dog Named Snuggles' was his first release.
Next came the acclaimed 'Kitty Liiter' EP featuring the smah hit 'Cookies' which was used in the film 'Human Traffic'.
If you like your guitars with a 'punkier' vibe...
No problem with a guy like that on board. Bring it on.