Dr Meaker

Dr Meaker are the hottest Live UK Dance act RIGHT NOW!

They started their journey as a Bristol based sound system comprising of electronic and acoustic musicians. The band soon built up a strong following and quickly gained the attention of the BBC resulting in a play of their popular track ‘Rubber Gloves’ on Rob da Bank’s BBC Radio 1 show.
Clive Meaker then successfully won funding from the BBC’s Urban Talent Bursary award scheme, which he used to fund the making of the bands debut album ‘A lesson from the Speaker’.

Following this funding triumph, Dr Meaker entered the Glastonbury Festival Unsigned Competition and were the outright winners of the Dance Music category. This gained them an interview with Huw Stevens on BBC Radio 1, a nod from the mighty Zane Lowe on his show and a prime time slot in the Dance village at Glastonbury Festival. The biggest achievement for the band, who are keen fans of the Glastonbury Festival, was to have Michael Eavis himself comment on how much he enjoyed the bands performance at Glastonbury.

“Fantastic!” – Michael Eavis

After winning the prized Glastonbury slot a flurry of gigs and festivals followed as the band released their first single ‘Moving And Grooving’ in August 2007. The song featured Dr Meaker vocalist Lorna King and was mixed by Howie B at Miloco Studios, London. The track was released both on vinyl and digital and included a remix by Drum and Bass producer and friend of the band – Interface.

The debut album ‘A Lesson From The Speaker’ and the single “Bad Boy Calling” (Flightcase Recordings) were both released on 17th November 2008. The album was distributed by Absolute Distribution, the subsidery of the Universal music group.

“Oozing quircky funk from every corner 4/5” – iDJ magazine

The album received critical acclaim and was played on many Radio stations including BBC Radio 1, 1XTRA, BBC6, XFM and Jazz Fm. Music from the album was also featured on several TV programmes including Skins (Channel 4) and Come Dine with me (Channel 4).

“A vibrant, promising debut” – Clash magazine

The band have released 3 singles since their album; Double Bass, The Fix ft. Pyrelli and Higher Ft. Redskin. Dr Meaker remixed a track for  William Orbit  in early ’09 for his Optical Illusions album. They remixed Mr Fogg’s Moving Parts and The King Blues single “Headbutt”. Dr Meaker was then asked back to the King Blues camp and co-produced “We are Fucking Angry” and “Futures” for their 2011 album “Punk & Poetry” and remixed their single “Set the World on fire”. Dr Meaker have taken a break from remixing to concentrate on building their second album which is nearing completion. The band are planning a string of releases on heavy hitting dance labels before they release their second album Starting with a release on Sludge Records in January 2013.

The band consist of the following members: Clive Meaker (producer, keyboards & vocals), Lorna King (vocals), Tom Wheeler (Drums), Jon Winder (Trumpet) & Ben Wood (Sax).

Dr Meaker band are currently taking bookings for 2014. They will be storming up and down the country and beyond…Dr Meaker are the ones to watch for 2014 as they unleash their well nurtured Sound upon the World.