It’s Alright is the 13th single from Pet Shop Boys and was released in the UK by Parlophone Records on 26 June 1989. The lyrics list a wide variety of serious political issues in the headlines at the time (“Dictation enforced in Afghanistan, revolution in … Read More →
Kategorien-Archiv: Acid House
Krush – House Arrest
House Arrest, a sample based dance track, reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1987 and January 1988. Alongside similar releases “House Arrest” was considered a pioneering example of British house music. It has since been licensed to numerous compilation albums. Krush were … Read More →
Bomb The Bass – Don’t Make Me Wait / Megablast
Don’t Make Me Wait / Megablast was the second single and a double-A side release. Megablast, took its bassline from the theme music to the John Carpenter film Assault on Precinct 13, and was also used in the Bitmap Brothers computer game Xenon 2 Megablast. … Read More →
Bomb The Bass – Say A Little Prayer
Say A Little Prayer is a cover version of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition I Say a Little Prayer. Bomb the Bass (formed 1987, in London, England) is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has … Read More →
Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full
The Coldcut Seven Minutes of Madness remix of Paid in Full is considered a milestone in hip-hop, remixes, and sample-based music and is arguably the duo’s most-recognized hit. Despite its world wide success which led to the track entering many overseas top ten music charts, … Read More →
The KLF – Justified & Ancient
Justified & Ancient was remade and re-released in November 1991 as a pop-house single subtitled “Stand by The JAMs”, featuring the vocals of country music singer Tammy Wynette. This version was an international hit, reaching #2 in the UK Singles Chart, #11 on the U.S. … Read More →
The KLF – 3 A.M. Eternal
3 A.M. Eternal is a song by The KLF, numerous versions of which were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. A version heavily reworked for a mainstream audience, “3 a.m. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.)”, was issued in January 1991 and hit # 1 … Read More →
The KLF – The White Room
The White Room was conceived as the soundtrack to a road movie, also called The White Room, about the KLF’s search for the mystical White Room that would enable them to be released from their contract with Eternity. Parts of the movie were filmed in … Read More →
The KLF – Last Train To Trancentral
Last Train to Trancentral is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by The KLF, including “Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent)”, a commercially successful single of April 1991 that reached # 2 in the UK Singles Chart … Read More →
The KLF – What Time Is Love? (Live At Trancentral)
What Time Is Love? is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by acid house pioneers The KLF. It featured prominently and repeatedly in their output from 1988 to 1992 and, under the moniker of 2K, in 1997. In its original … Read More →
The Justifed Ancients Of Mu Mu – It’s Grim Up North
It’s Grim Up North was a 1991 single by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs), the main lyrics of which consist of a list of towns and cities in the North of England, set to a pounding industrial techno accompaniment reminiscent of steam … Read More →
Tyree – Hardcore Hip House (New ’89 Version)
Tyree was already two years after college one of the most popular and highly sought-after DJs in Chicago. Then Vince Lawrence, of the garage funk band Jesse Gang persuaded Tyree to put together a demo tape of his music to start a career as a … Read More →
Acieed Inferno
“Acieed Inferno” was my first Acid Compilation on vinyl. It was a present to my 17th birthday from my girlfriend in 1988. I found on the backside of the cover the following interesting article : ARE YOU REALLY EXPERIENCED? Let’s hope so, ‘cos if not … Read More →
D-Mob – It Is Time To Get Funky
It’s Time to Get Funky was the second hit-single from D-Mob (1989 UK #9, U.S. Dance #1). D-Mob is one of the stage names used by British house music producer Dancin’ Danny D (born Daniel Kojo Poku). In the late 1980s and early 1990s D-Mob … Read More →
Phuture – We Are Phuture
We Are Phuture: Perhaps not DJ Pierre’s best work, but this Marshall Jefferson produced wonder spawned a generation of copyists who have since attempted to emulate that twisted bass rumble. Proclaimed the Roland 303 the machine of the century. Phuture (nowadays called Phuture 303) is … Read More →
Yazz – The Only Way Is Up
The Only Way Is Up is a song written by George Jackson and Johnny Henderson and originally released 1980 as single by soul singer Otis Clay. In 1988, it became a chart-topping single for Yazz and the Plastic Population. The Yazz version was produced by … Read More →