About TAK Records 

TAK Records was set up by Kier and Tom to put out the house tunes they made. Distributed by Intergroove, TAK released 13 records of music made in various studios in Stamford Hill & Stoke Newington in North London between 1998 and 2004.

Kier and Tom DJed back-to-back with the Whitstable-based free party soundsystem, tVC, run by DJ Oz and his then-girlfriend Nikki. In a marquee in fields round Kent, they played mostly American deep house music in the early-to-late morning hours to a mixed crowd of free-thinking party people.

TAK's third member and manager, Stevino Talent put on parties in London such as Underground Freqs, at venues like The End, 414, The Drome, and the All Nations Club. Kier and Tom played alongside guests from DiY soundsystem, Big Hair, and Drop Music.

Kier died in 2024. Tom collected the images and music for this site after Kier's passing to celebrate and remember the unique creative partnership he and Kier had, and to provide a lasting resource documenting the little-publicised history of the label and the music it put out.

Shout out to Steve V, Laila, Lisa, James BT, Nick B, Ed, Jes, Megan, Timo, Vibey, Burnsa, Liam, Vicki, Sasha, Shaun, Penny, Oz (R.I.P.), Nicky, Eldad, Sara, Louie, Terri, Chris, Gary, Shelly, John, Jane, Linda, Lindsey, Simon S, Nick D, Nick R, Martin, Morris (R.I.P.), Macka, Sam, Mike SU, MDM, Rosie, Robin, Si, Grace, Pete (R.I.P.), Simon (R.I.P.), Jack, Harry, Austin, H, Luke, Lee Jones, Bala, Aaron, Kate, Chris, KT,  Wayne, Colin, Ken, Hannah, Dave R, Ziggy, Murray, all the people who bought TAK tunes, and all the people who danced to TAK's music in fields and nightclubs in the late-90s and early-00s.