Tag: old skool

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.

Obscure UK Old Skool Hardcore – The Final List

Hetzer on discogs suggested, “Computing a *relative* Score = Wanted By/Owned By, i.e. the higher this score is the more obscure is the release.” might throw up a nice list of obscure tunes … and he’s not wrong! So that’s the final list of ‘wanted’ tunes I’m going to run off. I’ll try and think of a few more useful things to do with this data. All suggestions gratefully received.

# ID Artist Title Label Owned By / Wanted By
1. 934292 Release The Jungle / Musical Movements Deep Seven 5 84
2. 997404 QDT Ruff N’ Tuff EP Kingsize Productions 3 49
3. 1115271 Narc Small Hours EP Bogwoppa 3 42
4. 935517 Unit-E The Overdub E.P. Contagious 4 40
5. 142669 The Prodigy Earthbound 1 XL Recordings 15 111
6. 527167 Acen Close Your Eyes (Non Beatles Version) Production House 10 69
7. 379365 Unknown Artist Untitled Not On Label 17 117
8. 751151 Noise Factory Untitled Entity 6 41
9. 585395 Unknown Artist Untitled Music Madness 9 60
10. 605913 Orca My Brothers / The Power Lucky Spin Recordings 6 40
11. 393117 Smokey Joe The Crimewatch Project SDI 27 161
12. 734826 Hyperactive Hyperactive / Feel 4 Love Hyperactive Productions 7 41
13. 408617 In Perfection Expression / Dark Manoeuvres White House 16 82
14. 391498 Sub Love And Then More Earth Recordings 21 106
15. 378940 2 For Joy Mainstream EP Not On Label 33 164
16. 349871 The Sewage Monsters Untitled Not On Label 14 69
17. 330615 DJ Freshtrax 2 Go Mad In Boscaland Little Giant Music 11 53
18. 394192 Unknown Artist X.T.C EP Not On Label 21 100
19. 267231 Nick Ball Initial Sequence E.P. Full Effect Recordings 12 56
20. 249928 Haute Control Future Styling EP Candidate 11 45
21. 571035 +e=Exotic Voice Of The Devil Happy Music (UK) 21 83
22. 365661 Dance Squad Everybody Mendoza 21 82
23. 365885 TMR Pirate Toon Pirate Club 26 101
24. 238172 The Joker Roots Skanna 36 133
25. 434606 Dreamscape I Am The Creator Absolute Mayhem 33 121
26. 1090138 Foul Play Finest Illusion / Screwface Section 5 12 44
27. 378426 Nookie Accoustic Assault Squad E.P Reflective 17 61
28. 511941 DJ H The Bass Project Dance Force 12 43
29. 126592 Underworld Mother Earth / The Hump Tomato 23 82
30. 402820 Unknown Artist Ragga Symphony Not On Label 27 95
31. 322422 The Criminal Minds Tales From The Wasteland TCM Recordings 26 90
32. 376495 Ed Rush Look What They’ve Done Not On Label 18 62
33. 786893 Head Big Bad Head Formation 17 58
34. 377256 Unknown Artist Ruff Sector Not On Label 12 40
35. 606546 Reckless B Crackman / To Succeed C&M Plastic 20 65
36. 130452 Kid Unknown Nitemare Remixes 106 26 83
37. 320014 Jungle Buddha Green Buddha EP Poetic Justice 21 67
38. 213284 Fly By Wire Alkaline 3dh Magnetic North 37 118
39. 104564 Global Method Vibe Tribe EP Not On Label 61 194
40. 17713 Origin Unknown Eastern Promise EP RAM 75 237
41. 414181 MI 7 The Great Leap Sideways EP Chill 26 80
42. 163140 R. Valentino I Am The One (Dub Mix) / New Stylee The Living Dream 18 53
43. 239120 Various The First Taste EP Fantazia 33 94
44. 331276 Hypa Koncept Love Addict Club State 25 71
45. 365099 +e=Exotic Voice Of The Devil D-Zone 50 142
46. 239588 D.S.K.F. New Science EP Not On Label 59 166
47. 93801 R. Solution Blowing My Mind Reinforced 16 44
48. 573212 A Guy Called Gerald 28 Gun Bad Boy Juice Box 33 89
49. 341468 Temple Of Life EDP Not On Label 42 113
50. 260714 On 1 Crew Let Em Ave It E.P Bump 19 51
51. 1107778 Mega City 2 Nightwalker Extra Terrestrial 22 59
52. 380027 LTJ Bukem Delitefol Not On Label 31 83
53. 374359 Techno Brewster Dream On Tangerine Invention 36 96
54. 1114465 Bad Influence Sudden Impact Bad Influence 16 42
55. 365938 Fozbee & Cooz Chamber Of Dreams SRT 18 47
56. 189758 Power Zone Addicted To Love Ruby Red 41 106
57. 398956 Blame & Justice Murderin’ MC / Death Row Chill 28 72
58. 1084306 Hyper On Experience Deaf In The Family EP Moving Shadow 16 41
59. 257998 Nick Ball Abstract Trance EP Slammin 27 69
60. 353953 QDT The Cool Tip EP Kingsize Productions 24 61
61. 376712 K Groove K Groove E.P. The White Label 34 86
62. 807599 Shout Is It Ever Going To End (Remix) Entity 35 88
63. 345942 Leeroy Thornhill Lowrise E.P Not On Label 30 75
64. 282072 Jungle Buddha Jungle Buddha E.P Poetic Justice 23 57
65. 459977 Adam F Pressure Lucky Spin Recordings 23 57
66. 526022 Acen Trip II The Moon – Part 2 Production House 38 94
67. 600149 Various 3rd Party / Kickin X Pack 3rd Party 24 59
68. 223969 Top Buzz Top Buzz EP Not On Label 33 81
69. 362776 Bay B Kane Mystro EP Jack In The Box 33 80
70. 256196 Ecology Ecology EP Vicious Pumpin’ Plastic 59 142
71. 37587 Curly Greylox Call The Cops / Teknicks Dex Buzz 56 134
72. 63066 Narc Small Hours EP Bogwoppa 56 134
73. 187343 Total Output Acid Mind FX 31 74
74. 248874 Fozbee & Cooz Magic & Mystery Another Planet 36 85
75. 346009 Twinhead Make Me Feel Not On Label 20 47
76. 394050 Mega 4 Drop This (T.E.T Remix) 2′e’Z 40 94
77. 84201 A Guy Called Gerald Cops Juice Box 56 131
78. 107150 Demo And Poet PCP EP Boom Toon 33 77
79. 363550 Utomica Rok A Bye Pro-One 27 63
80. 401876 Tekno Too The Remix EP D-Zone 22 51
81. 74738 Skanna The Future White House 52 119
82. 319140 Dillinja Sine / Dark Science Cybotron 18 41
83. 192962 Sub Love Always (In My Mind) Earth Recordings 45 102
84. 111731 Jack Smooth 20 Hurts Sound Entity 53 119
85. 236436 Lifeline Clubsonic Great Asset 62 138
86. 378894 Tri-Core Belfast Says E.P. Underground 62 137
87. 333072 DJ Jinx Devotion Music Madness 67 146
88. 379987 Bleeps Posse Smooth Operator / Exodus Not On Label 24 52
89. 313163 Rhythm On The Loose Break Of Dawn / Optimism (Fall Down) The One After D 37 80
90. 74043 Legal Offence Burnin’ / Burnin’ Up Deep Seven 25 54
91. 379393 Unknown Artist Untitled Not On Label 19 41
92. 380042 Unknown Artist The One & Only Not On Label 19 41
93. 436326 Bodysnatch Just 4 U London / Dubster Big City 38 82
94. 72168 The Deceivers Fatal Dose E.P. Vol 1 V Recordings 30 64
95. 232935 Brainkillers Crackhead Vibe Alive 25 53
96. 105486 Citrus Fascination / Frantic Paradise 92 195
97. 1098123 The Untouchables N’Joi This Tough Toonz 28 59
98. 591868 DJ Distroi & Boykz The Flyte EP Rhythm UK 19 40
99. 253383 Spaced Deeper Incite 43 90
100. 321228 B-Free B-Free E.P. Not On Label 33 69

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.