AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Corduroy

Artist:Corduroy

Song:Mini

Album:London, England

For a period of time in the 90s, Acid Jazz was very popular in London clubs. Corduroy was one of the more popular groups at the time. Corduroy was led by twin brothers Scott (keyboards) and Ben (drums) Addison. They were in the band Boys Wonder who released a few singles on Sire Records. Bassist Richard Searle was also in Boys Wonder. The guitarist was Simon Nelson-Smith. The name Corduroy was so they could call themselves The Fabric Four. How cheeky. So they had a sense of humor and that attracted them to Acid Jazz Records owner Gilles Peterson, the DJ who invented Acid Jazz. Corduroy released three albums for Acid Jazz. Some of their songs got radio play. But they were never able to get that big hit single. Mini is from the 1994 album Out of Here. After that album, they left Acid Jazz for Fat Cat Records. After two albums, Fat Cat was dropped by their distributor Virgin and Corduroy decided to disband. Castle Records released this 2CD comp in 2001. The Addison Twins continue to work together. Ben Addison has released a couple of albums as Ben Human and Ben from Corduroy. Corduroy has reformed a few times and they released the album Return of the Fabric Four in 2018. Here's an interview from The BPM Show followed by the video for Mini by Corduroy.