Pieces of a Dream – Mt. Airy Groove (instrumental)
Considered by many to be a classic B-boy anthem, this sublime slice of laidback rare-groove funk from Philadelphia’s Pieces of A Dream was released in 1982 and was taken from the album We Are One. A trippy excursion into disco, boogie and electro, ‘Mt Airy Groove’ has been sampled [...]
Tony Cook & The Party People – On The Floor (Rock It)
Hello everybody! Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I thoroughly enjoyed the festive period but I’ve got the sniffles today (boo!), so let’s crack on with our first post of 2011 (yay!). Released in 1983, Tony Cook’s classic ‘Party People On The Floor (Rock It)’ is [...]
Groovy Ghosts of Yule: Santa Comes To Beat Street (sort of)
Attempting to outdo each other with tales of who will have the crappiest Christmas, here’s the Treacherous Three deliver their famous Santa’s Rap from the legendary 1984 film Beat Street. Still iconic due to the memorable sight of the torso-less ‘Three, it also features a brief yet splendid beatbox performance [...]
Single of the Day – Natasha King – AM-FM (instrumental)
Italo meets breakdance in today’s SOTD. A stone cold stunna from 1983, Natasha King’s AM/FM is one of those records that can easily straddle the cosmic and electro spheres with some stylish ‘old school’ finesse. Recorded when she was only 18, King’s charming rap style fits perfectly with Pierluigi Giombini’s [...]
Subway Sounds: The Salsoul Orchestra: Ooh I Love It (Love Break)
Shep Pettibone’s monstrous remix of the definitive Salsoul track, Love Break (as it’s more commonly known), became a staple of the early NYC rap/breakdancing scene, as well as being the ultimate ‘voguing’ song at the Harlem Drag Balls during the late eighties. The Orchestra’s finest has been sampled to death, [...]
Subway Sounds: Futura 2000 & The Clash – The Escapades of Futura 2000 (dub)
The Clash shed a lot fans when they released ‘This Is Radio Clash’ in 1981. Released on a 12” between the ‘Sandinista’ and ‘Combat Rock’ albums, it was a massive club smash, promptly entered the disco charts and the Clash famously divided their fanbase. It marked the point when the [...]