Jools Butterfield started DJ’ing in and around the Cambridge area in 1988. His first break came at the infamous ‘Peril’ parties, while he was running a local record shop called ‘Jay’s’. His eclectic style has rarely changed much from those early days, although now he can be heard playing across the board.

When Jools moved to London he started working at the ‘Blue Note’ club at Hoxton in Hackney. After enduring the long hours Jools got fed up and decided he needed to take a break from it all. On his return he joined up with ‘Nuphonic’ records as project manager. As well as this, he also helped out with the A & R and did most of the club promotions and DJ bookings. This led to his involvement with the ‘London Xpress LP’ project and production of a radio show called ‘Audio Xpress’ which featured various guests, and was syndicated to different stations globally.

In the summer of 2002 Jools teamed up with Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay and Andy Cato, and together they formed ‘Ragbull Recordings’. Releasing a blend of Soul and Disco peppered funky grooves for the dancefloor. With an ethos being to release this style of music Ragbull has already obtained music from Dan Tyler (Idjut Boys), Winston Chimes, Sweet Left Peg and Igloo, as well as Groove Armada.

Jools has appeared at many of the UK’s big festivals including Homelands and Glastonbury. Touring has also played a part in his career with recent visits to Holland and Norway.

Jools also now runs Ragbull’s sister event company called ‘Lovebox’, which is also the name of their recently released fourth LP. Lovebox have held many well-attended gigs, including the Thames boat parties, which are always a sell out. His weekly ‘Express’ night is infamous as being the only club night in London that Tom and Andy of Groove Armada appear at!!!

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