Tag: hip hop

East Side Posse – UK Old Skool Hip Hop

Many, many years ago (well, about 22 I think) I got myself a copy of this tape made by a group calling themselves East Side Posse. It’s been sat in my stash unplayed for many years now but whilst having a bit of spring clean today I discovered it once more. A quick search on Google throws up no info on these guys, so I’m guessing their efforts didn’t make it past the demo tape stage. They did do a few live appearances though and as luck would have it, I still have one of the posters from a performance in Bury St Edmunds back in either 87 or 88 (anyone confirm the year?).

So for your listening pleasure, here is an @192 rip of their demo tape. It’s almost complete but I taped over the last couple of tracks with a Mike Allen show.

Also, check the poster for that night of Hip Hop at the Rendesvous, Bury St Edmunds. In the house, Boy Blue, Zanie E, B. Nasty, Cha, DJ MD & DJ Lee.

It’s Time For Some Electro

As promised in this post, here are some more scans of the classic Electro Rock pages from The Street Scene magazine. You can now check out up to issue 5 in glorious high-resolution on my flickr.

If you like your old skool electro, be sure to check out the Electro Nation weekly podcast. They also have a new live show every Friday @ 9pm.

Below are the pages from issue 5. Anyone know who did the Electro Rock outline?

Electro Talk – The Street Scene Magazine 1985

Way back in the mid 80’s it was a hard to get info on the latest electro & hip hop releases. Blues & Soul was probably the choice but then Morgan Khan played a blinder with the release of The Street Scene in November 1985. Sadly it only lasted for 25 issues, and every one was pure quality. Here is the very first Electro Talk page. I’ll scan them all up over the next few days and add them to flickr.