Hot Blood are Jools Butterfield and Adrian Fillary who originally met in the strange disco-microclimate of late eighties / early nineties Cambridge via London scene; of Strawberry Fair, parties at the Junction, soundsystem raves in the woods and pilgrimages to dance on the beach in Brighton and in disused film studios in London.

With already a decade worth of spinning under their belts they went on to co-found Lovebox as a club night in 2002 and continue today to fly the flag for the festival's more underground roots while presiding over its dance music programming.

Before starting Lovebox, Jools Butterfield ran Hoxton Square's legendary Blue Note which led to managing the highly regarded Nuphonic imprint and serving as the label's resident DJ for 10 years, while Adrian Fillary was immersed in the fledging Soho bar scene of the mid-90's playing disco, still a dirty word at the time, to surprise reactions, while designing sleeves, club interiors and decorating some wild parties.

Fast forward again and with selected Hot Blood CV excerpts which include: Groove Armada's tour DJs; peak-time main room sets at The Ministry, Fabric and The End and other clubs too numerous to mention; Sound-tracking the Horse Meat Disco Vogue Balls; Playing to 20k audiences before Blondie and The B52s; carrying the speakers for David Mancuso's NYC Loft parties; designing sleeves for obscure jazz labels and platinum selling artists; …it would seem that Hot Blood's musical love affair is profound. And having been spinning dance music since pre acid-house there's depth to draw on too: expect tag-team psychedelic cock-rock disco, basement house, bar-room techno, hooligan-soul, space dub intricacies, and necessary roughness dependent on the mood. AND mostly played on vinyl records.

Summer 2010 highlights will be spinning the NYC Downlow at Glastonbury, their own Hot Blood Soundsystem at Lovebox, the Saturday night slot at the Collo-silly-um at the Secret Garden Party, Friday on The Starburst Stage at The Big Chill and their own occasional and itinerant Hot Blood parties in East London.

Continuing in their key roles in making Lovebox happen every year has seen the pair of them book some of their favourite DJs and soundsystems. Here are just a few who've rocked the Lovebox.

DJ Cash Money, DJ Spinna, Theo Parish, the Nextmen, Todd Terje, Danielle Baldelli, Afrika Bambaata, Horse Meat Disco, Faith, secretsundaze, Greg Wilson, DJ Derek, Marky and Patif, Tiefschwarz, Diplo, The Idjut Boys, Maurice Fulton, Adam Goldstone, Hector Romero, Rub n Tug, Disco Bloodbath, Unabombers. Plus an honourable mention for past contributions to the craft: Grandmaster Flash. (read less)