Rhythim Is Rhythim - Beyond The Dance
Rhythim Is Rhythim - It is what it is
Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life
Rhythim is Rhythim (pianomix)
Rhythim is Rhythim
Showing posts with label 1990. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1990. Show all posts
Monday, March 2, 2009
RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Beyond The Dance
Rhythim Is Rhythim - It is what it is
Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life
Rhythim is Rhythim (pianomix)
Rhythim is Rhythim
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Age of Love
The Age Of Love (Maxi) 1992 Link
The Age Of Love (Remixes) (Maxi) 1997 Link
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1990's First true Trance single. Along with 1992's Jam& Spoon Remixes + many more
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Nexus 21
thx to ambi for the up!
part1.rar + part2.rar in ogg format
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A few singles and an album by Altern 8's original alias.
(Still) Life Keeps Moving (12")(1989) mp3 mixes
The Rhythm Of Life (LP) (1989) mp3
Progressive Logic EP (EP)(1990) mp3
I Know We Can Make It (12")(1991) mp3
thanks to mpsprim!
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The first Nexus 21 release was "(Still) Life Keeps Moving", a vocal techno tune today regarded as an early classic. They followed this up with their outstanding sole LP "The Rhythm Of Life", which was strongly influenced by Detroit techno, but also included acid house, electro and breakbeats elements. After the release of the album, Blue Chip folded, and Nexus 21 found a new home in the just founded Network Records. Meanwhile, R&S snapped up "Logical Progression" and "Techno City" from The Rhythm Of Life and released them on 12”. KMS released a set of Detroit remixes of "(Still) Life Keeps Moving" by Carl Craig / Mark Kinchen / Kevin Saunderson. The first Archer / Peat releases for Network were licensed versions of Another Night and the Detroit remixes. Then the pair tried out yet another alter ego and released the "Overload EP" as Altern 8. They came back to being Nexus 21 for the deep techno of "Self Hypnosis", their contribution to the Bio Rhythm compilation. A remix of Self Hypnosis then appeared on the "Progressive Logic EP", alongside "Together" (from Bio Rhythm 2) and two tunes from The Rhythm Of Life, one remixed. A second Nexus 21 album was ready in late 1991, but due to sample clearance problems, the LP never materialised. A small edition of white labels of "I Know We Can Make It"/"Sychologic PSP" was released, which showcased a bigger hardcore influence. After the success of "The Vertigo EP" and "Activ-8", credited to Altern 8, Mark Archer and Chris Peat concentrated on that project.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Interactive
Interactive - Intercollection (album,1991)
Singles
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One of the early 90's electronic dance artists which became famous with tracks like "Who is Elvis", "Elevator Up & Down" and "Dildo". Their styles crossed Hardcore/Techno/Hard Trance and later more commercial songs with trance flavour, like "Forever Young".
Sunday, March 23, 2008
The Scientist
The Scientist, (Phivos (Phil) Sebastiane) was working at gigs as a keyboard player in late 80's. At venues such as the Fridge in Brixton Phivos would play alongside the likes of Break beat pioneers, Shut Up and Dance. It was here that record label bods from GTI Records (now Kickin) heard the Scientist at play. They in turn linked up a meeting between the Scientist and up-coming Jungle Don, Dj Hype.
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Between them, creating luge tracks such as, The Exorcist, The Bee and Kick Squad (Champion Sound). Phivos would continue to use the tag the Scientist, alongside others such as, Audio Illusion and Pure Science. With much support from Londons Pirates, such as Fantasy FM. The Exorcist reached number One in the Dance charts. And was voted top track by KISS FM, (who had just recently been legalised). The Scientist started to tour Europe, doing live gigs that smashed up the raves and clubs. Later, The name the Scientist was dropped, to be replaced by his present concept, Pure Science.
Between them, creating luge tracks such as, The Exorcist, The Bee and Kick Squad (Champion Sound). Phivos would continue to use the tag the Scientist, alongside others such as, Audio Illusion and Pure Science. With much support from Londons Pirates, such as Fantasy FM. The Exorcist reached number One in the Dance charts. And was voted top track by KISS FM, (who had just recently been legalised). The Scientist started to tour Europe, doing live gigs that smashed up the raves and clubs. Later, The name the Scientist was dropped, to be replaced by his present concept, Pure Science.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Frankie Bones
Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 1 1988
Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 2 1988
Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 3 1989
Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 4 1990
Frankie Bones - Bonesbreaks Volume 5 1990
Frankie Bones was the original and first DJ coming out of the Brooklyn Underground during the mid 80's with the vision of what was yet to come on the Global front of Electronic Dance Music culture. His early mission came in the many releases of Fourth Floor and Nugroove Records. In a time when timing meant everything, the buzz of his early works caught the attention of the rapidly growing scenesters in the London Orbital M25 raves during the Summer Of Love in 1988.
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Those early "Bonesbreaks" vinyls led Frankie to playing at a rave called "Energy" which had 25,000 people. With the scene already reaching critical mass, Bones had set off a fierce bidding war between XL Recordings and Deconstruction Records which led to two albums by Musto & Bones. The U.K. was very impressed by Frankie's unique Brooklyn style which was a raw-freestylish-bass-in-your-bass-bins-but-electro-bass style that was raw enough to keep the entire scene and industry at bay, waiting for the underground to bubble over. With gigs, remixing and production work pouring in by the truckload, Frankie ventured out into the early European scene playing key breaking parties in France, Holland, Italy, Denmark and Germany. Each country taking note of his style and wanting to license music.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Man With No Name
Man With No Name - Way Out West 1990 link
Man With No Name - Way Out West (Remix) 1990 link
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Man With No Name - From Within EP(1) (1992) thx to adara!!
Martin Freeland, also known as Man With No Name is a British goa/psy-trance DJ, one of the defining artists in the genre. Originally a techno producer, Freeland changed style in the beginning of the 90s and became popular for producing tracks that were more melodic and more characteristic sounding than the then-popular tracks of the genre.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Va - Order to Dance 2-5
Tracklisting:Tracklisting:1 Project, The (3) Exclusive Remix - Part 1 "Do That Dance" Part 2 "Kick The House" (10:13) 2 Revelation First Power (Original Mix) (3:44) * 3 Spectrum Brazil (5:38) 4 CJ Bolland Get Busy Time (4:33) 5 Fantasy UFO Fantasy (Raving Rage Mix) (4:44) 6 Space Opera Space 3001 (Part 1) (5:13) 7 Digital Boys* Kokko (4:38) 8 B-Sides (2) Magic Orchestra (3:42) 9 Hardcore Get A Little Stupid (7:11) 10 Joey Beltram Energy Flash (5:54) 11 Suburban Knight The Art Of Stalking (Stalker Mix) (5:04) 12 Rhythm Device Dream Trance (Remix) (6:32) 13 Free Force M.I.R.C.O. (2:48)
Various - Order To Dance III (1991)
Tracklisting:1 Second Phase Mentasm (4:29) 2 Human Resource Dominator (4:55) 3 D.H.S.* House Of God (3:05) 4 Dave Angel Poison (5:25) 5 Sonic Solution Quest (5:30) 6 N - Joi* Malfunction (4:21) 7 Tronikhouse Multifunction (4:22) 8 Radical Rob Monkeywah (4:11) 9 Moby Go (6:31) 10 Beltram Vol. II* My Sound (4:16) 11 Outlander Vamp (5:07) 12 Voodoo Child Voodoo Child (5:54) 13 Prodigy, The Android (4:59) 14 Q (3) From Within (5:58) 15 Reese Bassline (6:05)
Tracklisting:1 Mundo Muzique Andromeda (7:02) 2 Sun Electric :-) And :-( (5:30) 3 C.J. Bolland* Nightbreed (4:54) 4 Phuture Rise From Your Grave (Morley's Universe Mix) (5:56) 5 Dave Angel Bounce Back (5:06) 6 Source Neuromancer (5:06) 7 Neuro Mama (Saturn Mix) (6:30) 8 DJ Hell* My Definition Of House Music (5:47) 9 Afrotrance Flying Dreams (7:42) 10 Aphex Twin Analog Bubblebath Vol 1 (4:46) 11 House Of Usher Shades (4:50) 12 Music Of Life Orchestra* The Dream (6:45) 13 Jaydee Plastic Dreams (3:22)
Various - In Order To Dance 4 UK (1993)
Tracklisting:1.01 Ramin* Brainticket (7:04) 1.02 CJ Bolland Nightbreed (4:54) 1.03 N.R.G. The Real Hardcore (4:00) 1.04 Source Neuromancer (5:06) 1.05 House Of Usher Shades (4:51) 1.06 DJ Hell* My Definition Of House Music (5:46) 1.07 Dave Angel Bounce Back (5:07) 1.08 Sven Van Hees Emotional Rehabilitation (5:29) 1.09 TC 1992 1992 (4:59) 1.10 3 Phase Der Klang Der Familie (6:33) 1.11 Future/Past Clinically Inclined (4:33) 1.12 Aphex Twin Digeridoo (7:05) 1.13 Neuro Mama (7:56) 2.01 Mundo Muzique Andromeda (7:02) 2.02 Minimal Vision Magic Staircase (4:19) 2.03 Future Sound Of London, The Papua New Guinea (4:57) 2.04 Electrotete I Love You (5:32) 2.05 Phuture Rise From Your Grave (6:27) 2.06 Jam & Spoon Stella (6:18) 2.07 Aphex Twin Analog Bubblebath (4:46) 2.08 Infinite Wheel, The Lake Of Dreams (10:05) 2.09 Piece Free Your Mind (5:45) 2.10 Rhythm Invention Can't Take It (6:15) 2.11 Music Of Life Orchestra* The Dream (6:46) 2.12 Jaydee Plastic Dreams (3:21) 2.13 Golden Girls Kinetic (Orbital Mix) (5:11)
Tracklisting:1-01 Mike Dred Macrocosm (8:46) 1-02 Quadrant Infinition (7:43) 1-03 Future/Past Jam Packed (5:41) 1-04 µ-Ziq Phi*1700 (U/V) (5:53) 1-05 Speed Jack Storm (8:04) 1-06 Outlander Shades Of Perception (5:37) 1-07 Biosphere Seti Project (6:08) 1-08 Teste The Wipe (5 Am Synaptic) (4:51) 1-09 69 Rushed (8:47) 1-10 Phylyps Trak (4:56) 1-11 Source Experience, The Voices Of The Spirit (7:05) 1-12 Aphex Twin Polynomial-C (4:44) 2-01 In Sync Subway Route (Edit) (6:15) 2-02 Kenny Larkin Soul Man (6:23) 2-03 Point Blank Meng's Theme (Original Mix) (7:16) 2-04 CJ Bolland Austral Body (7:24) 2-05 Translucent Spadang (6:53) 2-06 Sensurreal From Subversive Territory (7:46) 2-07 Sonic Solution Turbulence (6:55) 2-08 Dave Angel Abyss (6:02) 2-09 Carl Craig At Les (8:07) 2-10 Speed Jack C.T.C. (8:35) 2-11 Frank De Wulf vs. T-Quest > (6:11)
Monday, March 10, 2008
Dance 2 Trance
We Came In Peace (1993)
with the 1990 and 1991 versions
Moon Spirits (album) 1992
Dance 2 Trance - Works 1991-1995
More Links
Dance 2 Trance (Rolf Ellmer [A.K.A. Jam El Mar], a classically trained composer; and Dag Lerner, a DJ) is believed by many to be one of the first trance music acts. The promotional vinyl release of their song "We Came In Peace", from 1990, is one of the first pieces of music in history to clearly fall into the "trance" genre. Many of their lyrics are about native Americans and the way we believe they have lived. Ellmer left the group in 1995 to focus on composing for his main project, Jam & Spoon — another prominent early trance act.
More about the History of Trance .
Guru Josh - Infinity
Guru Josh - Infinity (1990)
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Guru Josh was a brief star of the early 1990s British acid house music scene, on the back of the 1989 single Infinity (1990s... Time For The Guru) (UK # 5, Ger #2, Australia #4). A track which, in radio edit form, has gone on to feature on a large number of compilations of 'old skool' house music. Guru Josh was an alias for Paul Walden, who began his career as an entertainer and keyboard player at Sands night club, Jersey, Performing under the name of Syndrone, Later to become.. Animal and His Crazy Organs, Following the release of Infinity, his debut single, he soon fell out of favour with the music press when his album, also titled Infinity, came out. It received mixed reviews. Notwithstanding , the album sold a staggering 900,000 units to such loyal fans.
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Guru Josh also had several other singles: Freaky Dreamer, Holographic Dreams, Whose Law (Is It Anyway?) (all from 1990) and Hallelujah (in 1991), although none of them proved to be anywhere near as popular as his first single (and only true commercial success), Infinity, which has been reissued twice.
Black Box
I Don't Know Anybody Else (12") (1989)
Ride On Time (12", Maxi)(1989)
Black Box - Hits & Mixes (Compilation)(1997)
Part 1 Part 2 Pass : www.peb.pl
One of the leading exponents of a wave of Italian house music that flourished on the dancefloors of the late 80s and early 90s, Black Box comprised three Italian studio musicians (Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni and Valerio Semplici), collectively known as Groove Groove Melody. Based in the Reggio Emilia area of northern Italy, and made frequent use of "singer" Katrine (b. Catherine Quinol, Paris, France, of Guadelope descent). Semplici was a clarinet teacher and played in the La Scala Classical Music Orchestra in Milan. Davoli was a well-known Italian club DJ (known as DJ Lelewel), largely at the Marabu Starlight Club, while Limoni was the computer and keyboard whizz kid of the trio and had previously engineered for Italian pop act Spagna. The Groove Groove Melody team were established as one of the top two production outfits in Italian dance music, churning out more than a dozen singles a year in their native country.
One of the leading exponents of a wave of Italian house music that flourished on the dancefloors of the late 80s and early 90s, Black Box comprised three Italian studio musicians (Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni and Valerio Semplici), collectively known as Groove Groove Melody. Based in the Reggio Emilia area of northern Italy, and made frequent use of "singer" Katrine (b. Catherine Quinol, Paris, France, of Guadelope descent). Semplici was a clarinet teacher and played in the La Scala Classical Music Orchestra in Milan. Davoli was a well-known Italian club DJ (known as DJ Lelewel), largely at the Marabu Starlight Club, while Limoni was the computer and keyboard whizz kid of the trio and had previously engineered for Italian pop act Spagna. The Groove Groove Melody team were established as one of the top two production outfits in Italian dance music, churning out more than a dozen singles a year in their native country.
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Katrine was spotted by Spagna's guitarist at a club, and, after introductions, featured as vocalist on "Ride On Time". The single became the first of a series of Italian house records to crossover to the UK charts, staying at number 1 for six weeks in 1989. Controversy reigned when it was realized that the single had sampled the voice of singer Loleatta Holloway from the "Love Sensation" single she made with Dan Hartman in the late 70s. An agreement was eventually worked out with Salsoul (who owned the rights) as both companies benefited from 800,000 UK sales.
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The Groove Groove Melody team were also behind the production of Starlight's "Numero Uno" and Mixmaster, The's "Grand Piano", another prime example of "Italo-house", and another crossover hit. Under seven or more pseudonyms, they turned out numerous further records. However, as Black Box, their hits included "I Don't Know Anybody Else" (also based on "Love Sensation"), "Everybody Everybody" (the last of the "Ride On Time" trilogy), "Strike It Up", and "Fantasy", a revamp of the Earth, Wind & Fire hit, all of which featured an uncredited Martha Wash on vocals and broke them into the US market.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
XL Recordings: The First Chapter - Fifth Chapter
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Various - XL Recordings: The First Chapter (1990)
Tracklisting:1 Flowmasters Let It Take Control (Pumped Piano Mix) (7:13) 2 2 In Rhythm We Want Funk (Re-Hyped Mix) (5:47) 3 Brooklyn Funk Essentials (2) We Got To Come Together (Track Attack Rough Mix) (4:42) 4 Looney Tunes Just As Long As I Got You (Original Mix) (4:42) 5 Centerfield Assignment Mi-Casa (Mi-Condo Mix) (6:42) 6 Ellis-D I Will Survive (Nothing Like The Track Mix) (5:11) 7 Subliminal Aurra Ease The Pressure (Mental Mix) (5:06) 8 Moody Boys, The Jammin (Ital Mix) (5:20) 9 Hardcore I Like John (Punky Mix) (8:24) 10 Space Opera Space 3001 (Part One) (5:28) 11 Fantasy UFO Fantasy (Club Cut Mix) (5:14) 12 Liaisons D He Chilled Out (Remix) (5:26) 13 Looney Tunes Inject The Beat (Original Mix) (4:35) 14 Freedom Authority Expressions (Rub-A-Version Mix) (5:05)
Various - XL Recordings: The Second Chapter - Hardcore European Dance Music (1991)
Tracklisting:A1 T99 Anasthasia (The Scientist Remix) (5:22) A2 Channel X Rave The Rhythm (4:35) A3 Holy Noise The Noise (X-Treme Sounds) (5:33) A4 John & Julie Circles (Round And Round) (G.T.O.'s Europa Remix) (5:30) A5 Set Up System Fairy Dust (Centripetal Mix) (4:40) A6 External Group Gravity (Eternal Mix) (5:14) B1 Cubic 22 Night In Motion (Original Mix) (5:14) B2 Digital Boy Gimme A Fat Beat (Frank De Wulf Remix Part One) (4:43) B3 Frequency (3) Where Is Your Evidence ? (Hard! Harder!!) (5:19) B4 Prodigy, The Charly (Alley Cat Mix) (5:27) B5 Incubus The Spirit (5:00) B6 Praga Khan Rave Alarm (Underground Mix) (5:10)
Various - XL-Recordings: The Third Chapter - Breakbeat House (1992)
Tracklisting:A1 Liquid Sweet Harmony (4:21) A2 Shut Up & Dance Green Man (Rum & Black Mix) (6:12) A3 Tronikhouse Uptempo (Reese Mix) (5:01) B1 SL2 On A Ragga Tip (5:06) B2 Project One Smokin’ (5:11) B3 House Crew, The Keep The Fire Burning (6:33) C1 Prodigy, The Everybody In The Place (Fairground Mix) (5:06) C2 Nu-Matic Hard Times (4:10) C3 First Project* Right Before (5:17) D1 Kicks Like A Mule The Bouncer (Housequake Mix) (6:01) D2 SL2 DJs Take Control (DJ Seduction Mix) (5:27) D3 Mark One (2) Hoovers And Spraycans (6:36)
Various - XL Recordings: The Fourth Chapter (1993)
Tracklisting:1 Underworld Rez (6:55) 2 Illuminatae Tremora Del Terra (7:40) 3 Jonny L Ooh I Like It (Original Sin Edit) (4:02) 4 Liquid Free (5:50) 5 Me And Jack Viva House (6:58) 6 Delta Lady Anything You Want (6:03) 7 Prodigy, The One Love (Original Mix) (5:50) 8 Sourmash Pilgrimage To Paradise (8:20) 9 Jonny L Transonic (4:02) 10 Prodigy, The Weather Experience (Top Buzz Remix) (6:52) 11 Wiggle Africa (4:19) 12 Dome Patrol The Cutting Edge (Original Mix) (6:58)
Various - XL Recordings: The Fifth Chapter - The Heavyweight Selection (1995)
Tracklisting:1 Liquid Niagara (6:46) 2 Winx* Don't Laugh (Josh Wink Raw Mix) (5:21) 3 Tall Paul Rok Da House (6:11) 4 Subliminal Cuts Le Voie Le Soleil (Way Out West Summer Of Love Remix) (6:53) 5 Head-On I Want Your Love (JX Mix) (6:39) 6 Yum Yum 3 Minute Warning (Scope Mix) (6:42) 7 Movin' Melodies La Luna (To The Beat Of The Drum) (4:52) 8 Pleasant Chemistry (Let's Have Some) Sax (Sax Or Snares Mix) (4:05) 9 Prodigy, The Speedway (Theme From Fastlane) (Secret Knowledge Trouser Rouser) (9:00) 10 Empirion Narcotic Influence (4:09)
Friday, March 7, 2008
Adamski
Adamski - Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy (1990)
Adam Tinley adopted his stage name after the UFO enthusiast, George Adamski, and began playing live at warehouse parties and raves around London.He signed with MCA by the end of the decade and debuted with "N-R-G," a number 12 hit in the U.K. Adamski enjoyed modest success with his first release, "Live and Direct" which was a collection of tracks recorded live at a small venue in Kentish Town, London. It contained a short, live version of his first single, "NRG" made the charts, his subsequent single, "Killer," wisely forestalled the (recognizable) samples and hit number one -- it featured the collaboration of his brother, programmer and sound engineer, Mark Tinley. "Killer" crossed over into the mainstream music charts, becoming a massive worldwide hit. It is featured on the album, Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy, with follow-up hits such "The Space Jungle" (which was Adamski singing Elvis' "All Shook Up" to a dance backing) and "Flashback Jack".
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Westbam - Singles
The leader of Germany's house and techno scene since his beginning early in the 1980s, Westbam recorded several house/rave crossover hits during the late '80s and early '90s but is renowned for his founding of the Mayday Festival and the Love Parade, the latter of which routinely drew hundreds of thousands of club-goers into the streets of Berlin on an annual basis.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
The KLF - albums & singles
The White Room (1991) or here<-both 256
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Singles:
Bonus Singles: Box One & Two
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More than any pop band in history, the KLF ripped off the music industry for a bucketful of loot and got away with it — as illustrated in their own guidebook to creating number one singles, The Manual. Bill Drummond and Jimi Cauty applied the tactics of punk shock-terrorism to late-'80s acid house and became one of Britain's best-selling artists (recording also as the JAMS and the Timelords) just before their retirement in 1992. The duo then deleted their entire back catalog — a potential loss in the millions of pounds — and declared they wouldn't release another record until peace was declared throughout the world.
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Cauty and Drummond recorded the classic Chill Out album in late 1989, mixing source material from two DAT machines onto a cassette recorder during a live session. Concurrent to the Chill Out project, Cauty had actually formed another ambient house forerunner, the Orb, with Dr. Alex Paterson. The duo recorded "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld" in addition to material for an album, but split early in 1990 — with Paterson taking the name for his future recordings.
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Obviously, the KLF's ambient recordings weren't going to top the charts, so later in 1990 Cauty and Drummond moved back to acid house and earned the greatest success of their career. The single "What Time Is Love?" — the first volume in what became known as the Stadium House Trilogy — hit number five on the U.K. singles charts in August 1990. "3 A.M. Eternal" took over the number one spot in January 1991, and The White Room LP topped the album charts upon its release in March. The final single in the trilogy, "Last Train to Trancentral," also made Top Ten. The KLF's success carried into Europe during 1991, and even the Americans caught on by September, pushing "3 A.M. Eternal" to number five and The White Room into the Top 40 album charts. The U.S.-only "America: What Time Is Love?" reached number 57 in November 1991, and early in 1992 "Justified and Ancient" — the surprising pairing of the KLF with country queen Tammy Wynette — almost reached the American Top Ten. Cauty and Drummond, the best-selling singles act in the world during 1991, were on the verge of becoming superstars.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
808 State - Ten years of ...and more
and a few more albums
A pioneer of the acid house sound, 808 State formed in Manchester, England in 1988 when Martin Price, the owner of the city's legendary record store Eastern Bloc and the founder of the independent label Creed, first joined forces with local musician and producer Graham Massey. After teaming with collaborator Gerald Simpson, 808 State recorded its debut EP Newbuild in 1988, and also began remixing tracks for groups like the Inspiral Carpets. After Simpson exited to form his solo project A Guy Called Gerald, Price and Massey enlisted DJs Andrew Barker and Darren Partington (known together as the Spinmasters) for the recording of 1989's Quadrastate EP, which earned the group a huge club hit with the track "Pacific." After signing with ZTT, they released the album 90, which was embraced by the burgeoning rave culture. A series of diverse singles followed, culminating in the 1991 album Ex: El, which featured guest vocals from New Order's Bernard Sumner and Bjork.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Shamen - 2 Collections
Entire Discography
En Tact (1990)
Boss Drum (1992)
After the psychedelic rock first album, founder Angus immersed himself in the emerging acid house/hip-hop club scene, reshaping the band's sound into a dense, rhythmic pulse that relied heavily on samples, drum machines, and loud guitars. Besides being one of the few early British dance albums worth its weight in artistry as well as sound, En-Tact is a truly historical gathering of the cream of the new dance music; mixing and production come from a cast including Paul Oakenfold, William Orbit, Graham Massey, Orbital, Evil Eddie Richards, the Beatmasters, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Joey Beltram. The Shamen fare well also on their own productions, and the singles "Move Any Mountain," "Make It Mine" and "Hyperreal Orbit" are infectious techno-pop anthems. Their follow-up Boss Drum even improves upon En-Tact's formula with some wonderful singles. Their work is collected here in the two best-of's comps.
Snap - World Power
This German electronic dance music production duo (Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti), who were fronted by a rotating cast of singers and rappers, had a huge international smash in 1990 with "The Power." London-based rapper Turbo B. and his cousin Jackie Harris teamed up to vocalize on "The Power," with Harris' curdling vocal elevating Turbo B.'s pedestrian rap. But by the time things got rolling, Harris was already gone, replaced by Penny Ford, a former Gap Band background vocalist. Turbo B. himself was gone by 1992, shortly after Snap!'s second Arista LP, The Madman's Return, hit the streets. He was replaced by Nikki Harris, a former Madonna background vocalist. Snap! had a second big hit in 1990 with the number five pop single "Rhythm Is a Dancer."
Deee-Lite
World Clique (1990)
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Groove Is In The Heart (1990)
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Power of love (1990)
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With the massive popularity of their hit single "Groove Is in the Heart," Deee-Lite brought the colorful sights and sounds of New York's club culture into the mainstream. Formed in 1986, the trio was led by vocalist Lady Miss Kier (born Kieren Kirby in Youngstown, Ohio) and fleshed out by a pair of DJs, Super DJ Dmitry (a classically-trained guitarist and Russian emigre born Dmitry Brill) and Jungle DJ Towa Towa (born Doug Wa-Chung in Tokyo, Japan).
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Fusing house, techno, rap, ambient and funk music with an outrageous visual flair largely influenced by the drag-queen community (Kier's fondness for Fluevog platform shoes helped the 1970s fashion revival gather steam), Deee-Lite became hugely popular among New York club denizens, and the trio's own unique cultural make-up earned them a following which ignored racial and sexual boundaries. In 1990, they debuted with the album World Clique, a crossover smash thanks to hits like the loping classic "Groove Is in the Heart" (featuring the fluid bass of Bootsy Collins and the saxophone of Maceo Parker) and "Power of Love."
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