Sav Remzi is responsible for a number of ventures over the past 20 years, most notably the prolific label Nuphonic Records, The Blue Note Club in Shoreditch, the London Xpress radio shows for Xfm, Tirk Records, the Lovebox Festival, and the championing of various hit bands including New Young Pony Club and Fujiya & Miyagi.
Whilst still directing his Tirk Records label, Sav also creates music based marketing campaigns for brands including Virgin Media, NFL, The Guardian, Pernod Ricard, Intel and Bowers & Wilkins.
In 1989, Remzi began working with early musical pioneers such as Andrew Weatherall, Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay, where he recruited their talents to grace his own newly built Jazz club, the Red-Eye.
He went on to found the record label, Nuphonic Records in 1993. Nuphonic's first release, Faze Action's In The Trees, became the first of many club classics released by the label. In the following years, the label went on to release a broad spectrum of soul infused dance music ranging from Afro rhythms to House music. Nuphonic ceased operations in 2002. Nuphonic titles included David Mancuso's Loft series, Norman Jay's Good Times, Andrew Weatherall, Faze Action, Ashley Beedle and many others [1].
1994 saw Remzi take charge of the Blue Note club in London's Hoxton Square. By hosting residencies from the likes of DJ Harvey, Weatherall, James Lavelle, Gilles Peterson, Goldie's 'Metalheadz', Talvin Singh's 'Anokha' and Ninja Tune's 'Stealth', the club became a platform from which audiences could sample the various new musical movements that were emerging at the time.
In 2000, Remzi secured the production of a new weekly radio show called London Xpress which was placed to successfully launch Xfm's drive towards dance audiences.
In September 2000, Remzi acquired and built his own venue, the Bridge & Tunnel, a two-floor 400 capacity venue in London's Shoreditch. Previously a bank, the site was converted into a club/restaurant/bar which boasted the first full installation of the Funktion-One sound system together with Capellini styling. The club was sold-on in 2003.
Remzi now runs his own record label [Tirk Records] which was founded in 2003 [2]. The label's first signing, 2007 Mercury Award nominees New Young Pony Club attracted critical acclaim with their singles 'Ice Cream' and 'The Get Go'. Tirk's second signing subsequently unearthed another hit band in Fujiya & Miyagi with their album (Transparent Things), which further established the label as a home for new British talent. The Tirk roster also include acts such as Richard Norris (Time & Space Machine Richard Norris (musician)), Architeq, Maurice Fulton, Tom Findley (Groove Armada Groove Armada), Idjut Boys, Greg Wilson Greg Wilson (DJ), Chaz Jankel Chaz Jankel, Martin Rushent Martin Rushent and many others.
In 2005 Remzi secured partnership in London's Lovebox Festival [3][4], facilitating it's move to East Londons' Victoria Park. The now established yearly weekender festival attracted 33,000 in its first year, and 42,000 attendance in its second, with Groove Armada [5] and JK [6] headlining [7]. The event has enjoyed growth ever since, and now stands as one of Londons' premier outdoor festivals.
Whilst continuing to run Tirk Recordings, Remzi now acts as music strategy consultant to various brands. These include projects with The Guardian and Intel for the creation of the world's first ever on-line festival, Secondfest [8], which was aired live in June 2007 within the virtual environment of Second Life. Secondfest was subsequently awarded the AOP (Association of Online Publishers) prize for the 'Innovation' category [9].
In 2008 Remzi was recruited as panel judge together with Carl Barat Carl Barat and other industry figures in Virgin Media's call for bands competition Road To V, where bands such as Bombay Bicycle Club and Young Knives were first aired. The show was a 8 part TV series aired on Channel 4 and subsequently across the Virgin networks [10].