Deep Singh

Sorry, must have got the tours mixed up? Yes I remember hearing that the video for Scream (not their best tune) was going to be filmed at the academy but was too scared to bunk off school!

Deep Singh

First (and best) concert I went to was UK Fresh which was organised by some guy called something Khan who was the guy that released the Street Sound albums. Loads of bands inc Afrika Bam, Mantronix, Roxanne.

Second best was about a year after featuring T La Rock, Just Ice and Joyce Sims ( You are my all and all!)

jods

Killing Joke
Sex Gang Children
Southern Death Cult
Death Cult
Cult
PIL
Septic Eskimos
Clash
XTC
Ramones
Sex Pistols
Siouxie and the Banshees

All great stuff - I occasionally ramp up the volume when the other half is out of the house

Steve Whitehorn

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It takes a Nation of Millions.
That album has guts
Still is my personal No1 Hip Hop Album of all time

Milamber

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Jeez, you have seriously good taste man

Got the new Cult album yet?

skoobidude

Deep, that would be UK Fresh 86! You are showing your age mate
The guy's name was Morgan Khan. He was the owner of Street Sounds record label in the 80s. I wonder what happend to him because I think SS went bust.

Nick

PeteBrant

I went to Uk Fresh '86

Remeber Mike Allen?

TK-WRX

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still listen to electro on a regular basis
newcleus - jam on it
africa bambataa - planet rock
captain rock - the return of captain rock
hashim - alnaafiysh (the soul)
cybotron - clear
to name a few

NACRO

Get them out of the loft and get them on a deck. Hate to think of records moldering away instead of being played.

GaryK

yes for that very reason I hated 'em! They want to show their roots, nothing wrong with that but I'm white not black and their message wasnt for me, simple as that! And flavour flav must be the dumbest *** ***** ever!

Robert Rosario

Now you are talking. I love alnaafiysh, I cant belive anybody has not sampled that in modern day music (correct me if I am wrong), same as "Egyptian lover" which still makes me think of nike jackets, big roll of lino, outside of Argos in Kings Lynn windmilling like a crazy man!

This thread has got me thinking about all the old stuff, so on a drive back from a clients this morning, i had on

"Planet Rock" by Bambaata
"Alnaafiysh"
"Breaking Bells" T La Rock
"My philosophy" KRS One
"Warm it up Kane" Big Daddy Kane
"Who is it" Mantronix

Great journey!

RussBoy

I wasn't allowed to UK Fresh 86 as I was about 14 but Mike Allen was hero in his day. It was the only way to reliably hear this sort of music as the pirates were being cut off every 5 minutes and his show was in pre-Westwood days when Electro and Hip Hop were real underground. Khan was a clever guy and effectively invented the dance complilation. I've loads of the SS Electro series, and who remembers the 'Upfront' compliations as well. I fondly remember my trips to MiPrice (Jazzy M) in Croydon to get my fix of vinyl. I actually met Fingers Inc/Mr Fingers there in about 88/89. Jazzy M became a cult here for me and I wondered into the Acid scene in 88 after leaving school, mainly through his musical influences...

Back on topic though...listening to some old PE stuff on an Ipod recently I told my wife how some of their revival stuff of late 1990's was very spooky in how they predicted 9/11 and the forthcoming changing of the new world order etc etc.

Another fond memory back in about 87 was when I worked as a saturday 'freezer geezer' at Bejam in Beckenham. Me and another lad who was also mad on PE were sent to Lewisham to work for a week or two during the school holiday. The guys there, who were mainly black, looked upon us 2 white kids from a supposedly posher area with obvious disgust...until we whacked on our 'Bring the Noise' tape which was our anthem which we just looped time and time again. I can honestly say, I've never ever since seen a melting of anomosity so quickly between a group of people. We all went on to be great friends for many years later and a number of the Lewisham lads reappeared a lot at some of the warehouse events we frequented a few years later. Good old days they were...


R

skoobidude

hashim - alnaafiysh = current ringtone on my workphone!

Deep Singh

I was ahem, quite young at the time! One of the best days of my life. Here is a fantastic story and its true!

I went with a mate and towards the end I went for a pee or something and ended up blagging my way back stage with a pass I found on the floor. Anyway, the finale was with all the acts on stage and I managed to sneak on stage (they had let some other people from backstage on aswell)
When my mate who was still in the audience saw me standing next to Afrika Bam with my zulu symbol up in the air his face was a picture!

Deep Singh

Do you remember 'we control the dice' by Mantronix, I loved that one!

Granby

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Just checked and i've got Upfront 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10 don't know what happened to 4 though

jods

Ya mean "Born into this" ? I heard mixed reviews - Have you got it?

Cheers for the Homage on taste - clearly you also have impeccable taste.

Don't suppose you frequented the Hacienda / Annabelles / Legends / The Blood Club in the 80's did you ????

Milamber

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Camden Palace was my haunt

Not got the new album yet, only heard about it a week ago when I saw a review

bibo_boy

Watched De La Soul at the Brixton Academy

I'm off to watch Beat Street and Break Dance the Movie on DVD... (should be VHS for the whole 80's experience!)

bibo_boy

YouTube - Beat Street Subway Battle

Dan W

I got 1 to 9 on CD plus a coiple of vynals. I sold them off in the 80's and spent ever since trying to get them back

Dan W

I agree with peeps here who say that we were naive listening to fear of a black planet with its racist undertones, But the music was great plus they were barely out of childhood themselves back then.

Chuck D seems to have mellowed with age.

In my time I have listened to alot of reggae which in some respects can be even more racist, but again its great music.

Dub is better tho

GazTheHat

Now they got me in a cell, cus my records they sell and a brother like me said well.

(For some reason i was singing this in the car this morning. Must dig out a copy of this album)

Deep Singh

Elvis was a hero to some but he never meant **** to me, you see racist the sucker was simple and plain.

I used to sing that out aloud and I actually love Elvis!

Deep Singh

I'm going to try and get hold of those CDs. Where did you get them from?

Edcase

James Secker!!!

I still have the autobiography of malcolm x here. (great book btw)

And yes, fear of a black planet is the better album