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 →
Kategorien-Archiv: Sample House
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 →
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 →
Marrs – Pump Up The Volume
Pump Up the Volume is a song by British recording act M|A|R|R|S. Despite being the act’s only single, it was a number-one hit in many countries and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music and music sampling. Marrs … Read More →
Bomb The Bass – Beat Dis
Beat Dis, which the recording cost a reputed £500 – funded by Simenon himself with money coming from DJ sets at London club, The Wag, and an odd-job stacking shelves in a supermarket – was one of the first hit singles to introduce the mainstream … 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 →