They have recently done a DJ mix covermount CD on 140,000 copies of Mixamg, their biggest selling issue ever and achieved Pete Tong's 'Essential Tune' with their remix of The Elektronauts 'Bumper' on Lacerba. Since releasing 'A Plump Night Out' their success has soared. They have achieved Mixmag 'Breaks compilation of the year'; Pete Tong's Essential compilation album; album of the Month in Wax and M8; profile pieces in Muzik, Seven, Knowledge, and I-DJ. They achieved No.1 in DJ magazines Breaks and Beats chart with their album samplers for an amazing three issues and won second place overall for the year 2000. In Wax and M8 they got Single of the month as well as constant Cool Cuts and Buzz chart positions. In Seven they made Essential Breaks tune for 'Fever'.

Inspired by the title of a top shelf girlie mag entitled 'Plumpers', Lee Rous and Andy Gardner made friends and the Plump DJs were born. It would be nice to say that before making music, the Plump DJs had glamorous jobs - but we can't. Before the duo met Andy worked in a cardboard box factory and Lee was a waiter at a Berni Inn. The music started as a hobby and after a number of excursions and collaborations, the two found their oats at the Finger Lickin' stable.
However, the first Plump DJs release, the much sought after 'Y2K:Chunky Plumps' (1988) exists only as a one sided white label with just 200 copies in the world. The second Plump DJs release was the almighty 'Electric Disco/ Plumpy Chunks' in November 99, which paved the way for the massive new tune 'You Will Remember My Name/ The Push', which made Muzik magazine's 'Vital Release of the month', with only 20 copies in existence! Andy has also recorded as 'Bowser' and 'Cut & Paste', a collaboration with The Freestlyers' Matt Cantor. Lee has recorded under 'Dat Bratz' with Billy from Zero B, and 'Freshly Breaked' with DJ Massive.

Since then the Plumps have been locked away at Laboratoire Plump, their Soho recording studio. They have remixed everyone from BT, Orbital, The Freestylers, Mint Royale to the chart bound classic Stakker Humanoid and Judge Jules' tune of the week JDS Nine Ways. Their productions are proving so popular that Phil Hartnoll of Orbital called the label to say it was the best mix they have ever had! Subsequently they have been support DJs for both recent tours. They are now stopping remixes to concentrate on their eagerly awaited artist album, due for 2002.

So popular is their sound that their music has been used on a Levis commercial, two Sony Playstation games as well as providing backing music for Grandstand, Ski Sunday and Sky Sports. Support from radio has been overwhelming. They have achieved essential new tune on Pete Tong, had guest mixes on all Radio shows including the Essential Selection, Annie Nightingale, Marie Ann Hobbs 'Breeze Block', James Hyman on XFM, Capital Radio and even host their own show on Kiss FM on a regular basis.

The Plump DJs are about to tour with Orbital as the support act, at the same time staying faithful to their other monthly residency at the U.K's number one club Fabric. That's as well as appearances at Friction, Funkt, (London), Blowpop (Bristol), Big Beat Boutique (Brighton); Bugged Out events around the country and guest spots around the world, including a tour of Australia and Singapore. Their crazy schedule of DJ'ing worldwide has kept them very busy. Tours of Germany, New Zealand, Japan and Canada and the US are in the pipeline for 2002.