A brief history: Tony's last band was the soul/jazzfunk combo IZIT, which funked it's way round the world's clubs from 1988 to 1995. Chris used to work in Soho's Soul Jazz record shop. Tongue and Groove started in 1992, and Chris joined in 1993 as label manager. Chris and Tony didn't make any music together until 1994, when they produced the eccentric 'Caterpillar', accredited to Mustardspoon. They closed T+G in 95 and formed Hospital and Galactic Disco Music. GDM was a London house/funk label and home of Future Homosapiens, Orkestra Galactica and Funky Nasa. However, when Hospital took off in 1998, GDM was put on hold. Hospital's early drum and bass output earned them an underground fanbase, but it was London Elektricity's "Song In The Key of Knife" that captured the imagination of the scene. The London Elektricity LP "Pull The Plug" released in the summer of 99 to critical acclaim and is widely regarded as a classic. In 2000 Hospital released the first in a series of freestyle compilations, Out Patients, signalling they were no longer "just" a drum and bass label. That summer saw the signing of Danny Byrd, whose vocal r+b stylings found immediate favour with Fabio. The year finished with another signing, a certain welsh producer Link Barrett, aka High Contrast. Hospital has become a byword for quality soulful breakbeat thanks to a series of unfailingly consistent releases; from compilations (such as the Plastic Surgery and Outpatients series) to some heavyweight artist albums High Contrast's amazing Debut 'True Colours' and London Elektricity's fast soul classic 'Billion Dollar Gravy'. 2004 sees Hospital carrying on doing what we do best, nurturing new talent, as well as breaking the junglist mould : be it through more militant dancefloor offshoot M*A*S*H, the twisted soul boys Phuturistix or through the groundbreaking projects like the London Elektricity Live show. The label's discography reads like a who's who of UK Breakbeat. Don't sleep!