Hello, after the busiest week on record at Rho-Xs (almost 6,000 unique visits) INTO BPM goes dance 1990 with the Stereo MC's. Everybody knows Connected that great pick-up dance track (not too wild) , but the album they made before that remains my favourite, turns out the US got a censored version, can't get too stoned like when "motherman"Africa Bambaata rambles on about his favourite artists , anyway Supernatural provided the gateway for the following success, specially with remixes, albumwise they seem to have had too little pressures-being their own bosses and as we know smokin lots of weed keeps it in great ideas phase. Well currently they are doing a lot of Dj'íng. Deee-Lite burst on the scene with a great album a mega hit..more great ideas, media darlings, but somehow within 2 years they were yesterdays news, unsure what happened there. Adamski too suffered from the Killer hit on his album, and this when the album could well do without out it . Seal on the other hand , made and still makes tons of big mac from it. Personally i find his 'semenkilling' voice/singing one of the most irritating around, yuk ! Another british dance act that made the music headlines in 90 were the Happy Mondays, i compiled a selection from their 3 hits from their Pills and Thrills and Bellyaches album.
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Stereo MC's - Supernatural ( 90, 70min.flac 386mb)
Stereo MC's formed in London in 1985, when rapper Rob B. (born Rob Birch) and DJ/producer the Head (Nick Hallam) formed the Gee Street label as a means of promoting their music, with eviction money they were given to leave their London flat. Gee Street soon signed a distribution deal with the New York-based 4th & Broadway label, and a series of singles followed before they recorded the debut Stereo MCs' album 33-45-78 (1989) on a shoestring budget with DJ Cesare, drummer Owen If and backing singer, Cath Coffey.
After the departure of founding member Cesare, the group -- now consisting of Rob B., the Head, drummer Owen If (born Owen Rossiter), and vocalist Cath Coffey -- issued the 1990 single "Elevate My Mind," which became the first British rap single ever to reach the U.S. pop charts. Following the release of the album Supernatural, Stereo MC's toured with the Happy Mondays and EMF. For their live shows, they assembled a live band including singers Andrea Bedassie and Verona Davis, and were one of the few hip hop outfits to play rock music festivals at the time. These acclaimed live shows paved the way for 1992's breakthrough Connected, For their live shows, they assembled a live band including singers Andrea Bedassie and Verona Davis, and were one of the few hip hop outfits to play rock music festivals at the time. These acclaimed live shows paved the way for 1992's breakthrough Connected, a sample-free album recorded completely with live instruments , which spawned the smashes "Connected", "Step It Up", "Creation" and "Ground Level", and won them BRIT Awards for Best Group and Best Album.
Throughout several years of production and remix work, the group's long-awaited (and oft-delayed) follow-up remained unreleased. For their 2000 mix album DJ Kicks, Stereo MC's recorded three new tracks, "Rhino, Pts. 1-3," and finally in 2001 issued a new album, Deep Down & Dirty, after a long nine-year hiatus, followed by a tour, their latest album, Paradise, was released in 2005.
01 - I'm A Believer (4:35)
02 - Scene Of The Crime (4:04)
03 - Declaration (2:55)
04 - Elevate My Mind (Voc.Cath Coffey) (3:19)
05 - Watcha Gonna Do? (Voc. Afrika Baby Bambaataa) (3:55)
06 - Two Horse Town (5:11)
07 - Ain't Got Nobody (4:38)
08 - Goin' Back To The Wild (4:31)
09 - Lost In Music (4:34)
10 - Life On The Line (3:57)
11 - The Other Side (Voc.Lisette Santiago) (4:42)
12 - Set Me Loose (3:29)
13 - What's The Word (3:39)
14 - Early One Morning (3:43)
15 - Smokin' With The Motherman (Voc. Afrika Baby Bambaataa) (7:47)
16 - Relentless (4:43)
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Deee-Lite - World Clique (90 flac 278mb)
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). Altogether, they started to compose music using samples, drum loops and sound effects. 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" it defined the summer of 1990 on radio and MTV with its delicious combination of funk, modern dance sheen, and Lady Miss Kier's smart, sharp diva ways. Add in guest vocals and bass from Bootsy Collins (a pity his hilarious video cameo wasn't represented here), brass from the original Horny Horns duo of Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, and a smooth mid-song rap from A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip, and the results sounded good then and now. The rest of World Clique offers variations on the song's theme, with Kier's sweet, light vocals and DJs Dimitri and Towa Tei making it work in various ways. It's still a bit surprising that Kier didn't go on to greater fame on her own, because she definitely has not merely the pipes but the personality to carry something on her own .
With their 1992 follow-up Infinity Within, Deee-Lite's music turned overtly political as songs touched base with hot topics like the environment, safe sex and democracy. Towa Towa left the group soon after; rechristened Towa Tei, he released his solo debut Future Listening in 1995. Kier and Dmitry, meanwhile, enlisted DJ Ani for 1994's Dewdrops in the Garden, a sensual outing influenced by the growing rave culture. After the release of 1996's remix album Sampladelic Relics and Dancefloor Oddities, Deee-Lite disbanded.
01 - Deee-Lite Theme (2:09)
02 - Good Beat (4:38)
03 - Power Of Love (4:41)
04 - Try Me On...I'm Very You (5:18)
05 - Smile On (3:58)
06 - What Is Love? (3:40)
07 - World Clique (3:23)
08 - E.S.P. (3:44)
09 - Groove Is In The Heart (Voc.Q-Tip) (3:51)
10 - Who Was That? (4:36)
11 - Deep Ending (3:49)
12 - Build the Bridge (Voc.Bill Coleman) (4:31)
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Adamski - Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy ( 71min. flac 419mb)
Born in the late ' 60s, Adamski (born Adam Tinley) appeared to have reached the perfect age for recording twenty years later, square in the middle of Britain's acid house boom. In fact, he had made his chart debut a decade earlier with the adolescent punk band the Stupid Babies and Baby Sitters, with his five-year-old brother Dominic on vocals, even recorded a radio session for John Peel. Also a member of the post-punk hip-hop band Diskord Datkord during the mid- '80s, Tinley became interested in house music by the end of the decade. After meeting Chicagoan Jimi Polo, who learned him the basics of the sequencer , 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".
Adamski's second album was Naughty. It featured a collaboration with Nina Hagen on "Get Your Body!" and plenty of club tunes, expanding from the artist's acid house roots into the pop and rock genres. Commercially, however, this album was not a big success. His third album, Adamski's Thing, was issued in late 1998 on the ZTT Records label, the style followed the trend started with Naughty, with lots of guitars, strings, raw vocals and introspective lyrics, but maintaining a rhythmic dance sensibility. In the early 2000s, Adam Tinley decided to assume a new identity: He is now producing as Adam Sky, and has released a handful of 12" under this moniker , he set up his own label (Prostitute Records), he currently lives in Spain with his daughters, Bluebell Williams Tinley and Ariella Tinley.
01 - Flashback Jack (4:23)
02 - Eighth House (4:18)
03 - Future Freak (3:15)
04 - Squiggy Groove (4:44)
05 - Soul Kitsch Inc (5:28)
06 - Killer (Voc.Seal )(4:10)
07 - Space Jungle (3:50)
08 - Future Freak (Supernova Bossanova) (7:18)
09 - Everything Is Fine (4:19)
10 - I Want You Back (Voc.Kurtis Blow) (5:26)
11 - N.R.G. Symphony In F Minor (8:24)
12 - Pipe Groover (4:32)
13 - Space Jungle (Earthquake Mix) (6:09)
14 - Over Killer (4:54)
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Happy Mondays - P,T,B, Twelvers (90 ^ 304mb)
Late eighties/early nineties party animals Happy Mondays all but ruined Factory Records with their doped up outlook on life, no wonder then that Monday meant just the start of another party week to them, therefore the name Happy Mondays is self evident. Here are three cd singles from their Pills and Thrills and Bellyaches album, which recently has been remastered and refitted with extra tracks, a bonus disk and a dvd , all to entice you to buy it again..well consider this a teaser i omitted the Kinky Afro Radio version and mixed the 3x3 tracks into a sensible order.
01 - Step On (One Louder Mix) (6:14)
02 - Loose Fit (edit (3:55)
03 - Kinky Afro (12"mix) (5:07)
04 - Step On (Twistin My Melon Mix) (5:55)
05 - Bob's Yer Uncle (ext) (6:15)
06 - Kinky Afro (euro mix) (7:32)
07 - Step On (Stuff It In Mix) (5:54)
08 - Kinky Afro (Live) (6:36)
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Stereo MC's - Supernatural ( 90, 70min.flac 386mb)
Stereo MC's formed in London in 1985, when rapper Rob B. (born Rob Birch) and DJ/producer the Head (Nick Hallam) formed the Gee Street label as a means of promoting their music, with eviction money they were given to leave their London flat. Gee Street soon signed a distribution deal with the New York-based 4th & Broadway label, and a series of singles followed before they recorded the debut Stereo MCs' album 33-45-78 (1989) on a shoestring budget with DJ Cesare, drummer Owen If and backing singer, Cath Coffey.
After the departure of founding member Cesare, the group -- now consisting of Rob B., the Head, drummer Owen If (born Owen Rossiter), and vocalist Cath Coffey -- issued the 1990 single "Elevate My Mind," which became the first British rap single ever to reach the U.S. pop charts. Following the release of the album Supernatural, Stereo MC's toured with the Happy Mondays and EMF. For their live shows, they assembled a live band including singers Andrea Bedassie and Verona Davis, and were one of the few hip hop outfits to play rock music festivals at the time. These acclaimed live shows paved the way for 1992's breakthrough Connected, For their live shows, they assembled a live band including singers Andrea Bedassie and Verona Davis, and were one of the few hip hop outfits to play rock music festivals at the time. These acclaimed live shows paved the way for 1992's breakthrough Connected, a sample-free album recorded completely with live instruments , which spawned the smashes "Connected", "Step It Up", "Creation" and "Ground Level", and won them BRIT Awards for Best Group and Best Album.
Throughout several years of production and remix work, the group's long-awaited (and oft-delayed) follow-up remained unreleased. For their 2000 mix album DJ Kicks, Stereo MC's recorded three new tracks, "Rhino, Pts. 1-3," and finally in 2001 issued a new album, Deep Down & Dirty, after a long nine-year hiatus, followed by a tour, their latest album, Paradise, was released in 2005.
01 - I'm A Believer (4:35)
02 - Scene Of The Crime (4:04)
03 - Declaration (2:55)
04 - Elevate My Mind (Voc.Cath Coffey) (3:19)
05 - Watcha Gonna Do? (Voc. Afrika Baby Bambaataa) (3:55)
06 - Two Horse Town (5:11)
07 - Ain't Got Nobody (4:38)
08 - Goin' Back To The Wild (4:31)
09 - Lost In Music (4:34)
10 - Life On The Line (3:57)
11 - The Other Side (Voc.Lisette Santiago) (4:42)
12 - Set Me Loose (3:29)
13 - What's The Word (3:39)
14 - Early One Morning (3:43)
15 - Smokin' With The Motherman (Voc. Afrika Baby Bambaataa) (7:47)
16 - Relentless (4:43)
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Deee-Lite - World Clique (90 flac 278mb)
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). Altogether, they started to compose music using samples, drum loops and sound effects. 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" it defined the summer of 1990 on radio and MTV with its delicious combination of funk, modern dance sheen, and Lady Miss Kier's smart, sharp diva ways. Add in guest vocals and bass from Bootsy Collins (a pity his hilarious video cameo wasn't represented here), brass from the original Horny Horns duo of Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker, and a smooth mid-song rap from A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip, and the results sounded good then and now. The rest of World Clique offers variations on the song's theme, with Kier's sweet, light vocals and DJs Dimitri and Towa Tei making it work in various ways. It's still a bit surprising that Kier didn't go on to greater fame on her own, because she definitely has not merely the pipes but the personality to carry something on her own .
With their 1992 follow-up Infinity Within, Deee-Lite's music turned overtly political as songs touched base with hot topics like the environment, safe sex and democracy. Towa Towa left the group soon after; rechristened Towa Tei, he released his solo debut Future Listening in 1995. Kier and Dmitry, meanwhile, enlisted DJ Ani for 1994's Dewdrops in the Garden, a sensual outing influenced by the growing rave culture. After the release of 1996's remix album Sampladelic Relics and Dancefloor Oddities, Deee-Lite disbanded.
01 - Deee-Lite Theme (2:09)
02 - Good Beat (4:38)
03 - Power Of Love (4:41)
04 - Try Me On...I'm Very You (5:18)
05 - Smile On (3:58)
06 - What Is Love? (3:40)
07 - World Clique (3:23)
08 - E.S.P. (3:44)
09 - Groove Is In The Heart (Voc.Q-Tip) (3:51)
10 - Who Was That? (4:36)
11 - Deep Ending (3:49)
12 - Build the Bridge (Voc.Bill Coleman) (4:31)
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Adamski - Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy ( 71min. flac 419mb)
Born in the late ' 60s, Adamski (born Adam Tinley) appeared to have reached the perfect age for recording twenty years later, square in the middle of Britain's acid house boom. In fact, he had made his chart debut a decade earlier with the adolescent punk band the Stupid Babies and Baby Sitters, with his five-year-old brother Dominic on vocals, even recorded a radio session for John Peel. Also a member of the post-punk hip-hop band Diskord Datkord during the mid- '80s, Tinley became interested in house music by the end of the decade. After meeting Chicagoan Jimi Polo, who learned him the basics of the sequencer , 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".
Adamski's second album was Naughty. It featured a collaboration with Nina Hagen on "Get Your Body!" and plenty of club tunes, expanding from the artist's acid house roots into the pop and rock genres. Commercially, however, this album was not a big success. His third album, Adamski's Thing, was issued in late 1998 on the ZTT Records label, the style followed the trend started with Naughty, with lots of guitars, strings, raw vocals and introspective lyrics, but maintaining a rhythmic dance sensibility. In the early 2000s, Adam Tinley decided to assume a new identity: He is now producing as Adam Sky, and has released a handful of 12" under this moniker , he set up his own label (Prostitute Records), he currently lives in Spain with his daughters, Bluebell Williams Tinley and Ariella Tinley.
01 - Flashback Jack (4:23)
02 - Eighth House (4:18)
03 - Future Freak (3:15)
04 - Squiggy Groove (4:44)
05 - Soul Kitsch Inc (5:28)
06 - Killer (Voc.Seal )(4:10)
07 - Space Jungle (3:50)
08 - Future Freak (Supernova Bossanova) (7:18)
09 - Everything Is Fine (4:19)
10 - I Want You Back (Voc.Kurtis Blow) (5:26)
11 - N.R.G. Symphony In F Minor (8:24)
12 - Pipe Groover (4:32)
13 - Space Jungle (Earthquake Mix) (6:09)
14 - Over Killer (4:54)
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Happy Mondays - P,T,B, Twelvers (90 ^ 304mb)
Late eighties/early nineties party animals Happy Mondays all but ruined Factory Records with their doped up outlook on life, no wonder then that Monday meant just the start of another party week to them, therefore the name Happy Mondays is self evident. Here are three cd singles from their Pills and Thrills and Bellyaches album, which recently has been remastered and refitted with extra tracks, a bonus disk and a dvd , all to entice you to buy it again..well consider this a teaser i omitted the Kinky Afro Radio version and mixed the 3x3 tracks into a sensible order.
01 - Step On (One Louder Mix) (6:14)
02 - Loose Fit (edit (3:55)
03 - Kinky Afro (12"mix) (5:07)
04 - Step On (Twistin My Melon Mix) (5:55)
05 - Bob's Yer Uncle (ext) (6:15)
06 - Kinky Afro (euro mix) (7:32)
07 - Step On (Stuff It In Mix) (5:54)
08 - Kinky Afro (Live) (6:36)
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Any chance of a re-up of the Stereo MCs whilst I try to hunt down the Collected box set
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Lee
To anonymous: use the link at the top of the page, not the one below the song listing.
ReplyDeleteCould you re-up the Happy Mondays tracks? Also do you have the 12" version of Loose Fit (5:59) (has Bobs Yer Uncle (6:21) as the B side
ReplyDeleteThis was me not Unknown. Appreciate this Rho when you do get around to it
ReplyDeleterho, thank you for updating the stereo mcs supernatural share.
ReplyDeleteMan, congrats on your blog and the amount of years you have put into it.
ReplyDeleteAlways fresh. Anyone who posts World Clique and Magical Pharmacy on the same page deserves some sort of award. Thanks for the music
Could you please upload "World Clique" again?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Stereo MCs link is broken.
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