Ageing B-Boys Unite!: Streetsounds Electro Vol 10 & 11 / Exciting Streetsounds news

The ABU & Disco Scratch Summer Madness!

Well, we've both talked about it, chewed the fat and given you hints but now both myself (Repo) and Waxer can finally give you the whole damn skinny on the event of the summer.

The date is Saturday June 22nd, the event is Summer Madness where you will find yourself maxing and relaxing in the company of other like-minded members of the whole Ageing B-Boys and Disco Scratch fraternity.
You need no reminding of how exactly it is that we roll. We put on no airs or graces and refuse to take the whole hip hop mindset as seriously as we may have once done as an angry young African Medallian-wearing teenager.
Just like the evening surely will be at Summer Madness, the mood is mellow now and all we want to do is kick back and chill with a cool bottle, can or glass of our favourite tipple, chinwag and listen to some great, classic hip hop and cot-damn funky breaks.
Whilst there you will be chatting to people that previously you may have only communicated with in the Disco Scratch chatroom but now you can see what they are like in person!
Pull up a chair, discuss the finer points of nodding your head on the up or downbeat with JimCee and Bit; discover just what goes into preparing the finest cookies with LG's Biscuit Roulette; ask Mrs Waxer in person if it is actually a diploma or a degree? The sky really is the limit, folks.

We have purposefully decided NOT to call this event a jam because we are not booking any acts to perform. However due to the spontaneity of this culture we love (not live, c'mon unless you're Westwood) then if anyone feels like dropping some lyrical outpourings on the mic then, just like Aviva Insurance, we got your back.
We have plans for you all to get interactive up in here should you wish to. Two activities that are designed to keep you steppin', brother man, are Rap Karaoke and Scratch-aoke. Get on the microphone as the liquid refreshment is the key to unlock that patter you've kept locked in your dome for 20 years and unleash it over a familiar beat.
Drop that famous scratch you've practiced so many times over your favourite tune. Scratch like Eric B and win a prize!

Summer Madness will also bring to you something that Waxer and myself feel is almost unheard of, especially around hip hop circles.
This is an effort to get family together. The Disco Scratch Thursday Night Wives are cordially invited, nay, begged to attend this gathering. And not only that but if you have kids then WE WANT THE SHORTIES!
Yes, we are proud to give you a special event that will give your kids the opportunity to shine and be a part of the day. For two hours the music selection will be provided by the dj's of tomorrow. Your cherished offspring can play 4 or 5 tunes each and get a taste of what being behind the wheels of steel with a booming system is like. Don't have vinyl? We have Traktor. We got your tunes. We taking care of bidness, yo.

The sun will shine. And what else do we need to keep the funk flowing? This party needs a Hip Hop Pub Quiz, you say? Way ahead of you, tough guy. Like the J-Beez, we got it like that. Teams of 4 are needed here - however Whirlwind D is in a team of one, possibly bound and gagged to let everyone else in with a chance. Drop the knowledge and prove to your missus that all those years of reading vinyl run-out grooves have certainly not been in vain.

With the sun beating down on your baseball hat, we're sure the need for grub will be most anticipated along with your bring-your-own-beer. A BBQ with the sweetest meat this side of The Real Roxanne will be handled by a team of hip hop honeys to provide you with a mouth-watering selection of chicken, burgers, sausages and ribs.

And of course a Bouncy Castle and Water Slide for the little 'uns and a Hot Tub for the mums and dads.

The whole thing kicks off at 2pm with the booming system toned down to a chilled-level at midnight where we can carry on until the small hours.
The venue is in a large, spacious house with ample parking in a quiet lane situated in the South-East of England.

This is not only a family affair but a modest one, too. We are keeping the numbers down to 40 adults.
Tickets are £10 each and a Family Ticket is available at £30. A one adult/one child option is also available at £15.

(The above Paypal button has cut-off the information on the Single Ticket option. It should read: Single Ticket (One Adult or One Child).
The last date to purchase, should there still be tickets available, will be Friday May 31st. Don't sleep on this.

This is a non-profit event and should any profit be made it will go straight back into the kitty to buy booze! How you like them apples?

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Streetsounds Electro Vol 10 & 11 / Exciting Streetsounds news

I thought it was time to add some more Electro's to the blog and rather topically we arrive at Electro Volume 10. Topically in that it contains one of the best electro b-boy classics to ever grace the series which is currently flavour of the month courtesy of Cadbury's marketing department.

Electro 10 is actually quite a good volume to own as it contains The Most Expensive And Rare Electro 12" Ever Probably™, namely Star Raid.
The volume starts off exceedingly well with Tricky Tee and oozes mastery with Mantronik on the drum machine - check out those snares and clap on the intro.
The Queen Of Rox is in fine feisty mood on Bite This and has a nice go at all sorts of artists as she reclaims her throne over a very nice Marley Marl production. The Dynamic Duo bring on a sense of history with their King Arthur-alike Knights Of The Turntables. I love the little JB samples mid-way through the track.
Run DMC start off the beeside with their not-really-recorded-live, live-sounding Together Forever - listen to that 808 kick, uuuugh! Craig G provides this album's only 'meh' track, although with the competition as high as it is here then judged on it's own is still a worthy contender. Takes you back though with the 'Robots in disguise' sample. My man Optimus Prime.
DJ Born Supreme Allah changes the mood to a scratch session. Like the use of scratch-panning.
This brings the album up to a close with the last track Don't Stop The Rock which as I've already mentioned is a doozy. Currently on tv now and previously completely ripped off by The Freestylers, this is a seriously fine example of what Electro was.

A1 Tricky Tee - Johnny The Fox
A2 Roxanne Shanté - Bite This
A3 Dynamic Duo featuring Shaquan - Knights Of The Turntables
A4 19th Fleet - Star Raid

B1 Run-DMC - Together Forever
B2 MC Craig G - Transformer
B3 DJ Born Supreme Allah - Two, Three, Break
B4 Freestyle - Don't Stop The Rock

And so onto Electro 11 and you can now, in retrospect, see a change in the music. Concentrating less on space-age themes and twirly synths and more on real-world issues, albeit not exactly serious ones (Success Is The Word, Butt Naked).
Kicking off with a well-sampled intro in Roxanne Shanté's Def Fresh Crew which features an early appearance from the Diabolical Biz Markie. A crashing, thundering and very much Monster Beat from the Awesome Foursome follows and Captain Rock states his anger of smelly butts ("wash your ass" or at the very least give it a wipe).
Get Busy is a track I love with a very nice drum machine beat. And Electro 11 is the first time we were told of a guy named KRS One in the studio group 12:41 which also featured Scott La Rock and B-Boy Records labelmate LEVI167. The other great thing about this record is that Mantronik was also involved - well it was on Sleeping Bag!
What about the B-Boys' Girls?? In my prepubescent years this was err, an awakening, ahem.
Now, the 2 Live Crew was either one of those groups you loved or hated later on in their career but in the early years they weren't as extreme. I would listen to the Scratch Version again and again just not believing Mr Mixxx' tricks.
It's a case of 'always the bridegroom never the bride' for Hashim's Primrose Path as Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) is always the tune that gets put on the latest breakdance compilation rather than this one. I like it though as it has a nice quirkiness to it.
What were Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde all about anyway? Fun, that's what! Who would sing about being in their birthday clothes these days? Coldplay? Girls Aloud?

A1 Roxanne Shanté - Def Fresh Crew
A2 Awesome Foursome - Monster Beat
A3 Captain Rock - You Stink
A4 Disco Four - Get Busy
A5 12:41 - Success Is The Word
B1 The B-Boys - Girls - Part 2
B2 Stetsasonic - Just Say Stet
B3 2 Live Crew - What I Like
B4 Hashim - Primrose Path
B5 Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde - Butt Naked

Electro 10

Electro 11

And some good news you may have heard a whisper about is that Morgan Khan is getting back in the game again.
'Tim' left some comments in the 'Demise Of Streetsounds' post about the return of Streetsounds.
"Streetsounds is about to relaunch in the UK on CD and Limited Vinyl in 2009 more than 25 years later.
The new series will focus on and be entitled "Electro Breaks - Volume 1"

Check out the new website http://www.streetsoundsmusic.co.uk "

If you check the bottom of the page of the website you'll see the first Streetsounds Electro Chart. And who's number 1? Well thanks to Cadbury's, who else could it be. The rest of the top 5 are actually really good as well, still keeping the real electro elements.

Future releases include an official UK Fresh 86 release? Can you believe that?
Check out the forum as well which is pretty empty at the moment and needs your help to fill up. Get over there people! I'm there already, saps! Look out for me under REPO136.

n.b. Just realised I never posted volumes 8 & 9.
Here they are:
Volume 8
Volume 9

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Yo b-boy
would ya repost volume 10 please??
other than not being able to download 'em, cool blog!; 9 June 2009 06:44
Ciarán said...: Yo, the first mixes were boss, but volumes 8 to 11 seem to have disappeared from rapidshare. Is there any chance you could stick them back up? Sound; 8 August 2009 00:04
Mr. said...: yeah, I've been craving to hear vol 11 again for ages. Is there another link to try?; 18 August 2010 11:07
Ben said...: Here's Volume 11
http://rapidshare.com/files/417074878/StSnds11repo136.zip; 4 September 2010 20:44
Ben said...: Here's Volume 10
http://rapidshare.com/files/417092571/Stsnds10.zip; 4 September 2010 21:06