Member Since: 4/12/2006
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THE SOUND SYSTEMSObserver hi fi, Entebbe, abba salaam, jah shaka, saxon sound, metro inc, kool herc sound,THE DJSDj afrika islam, dj red alert, marley marl, dj afrika bambaata, chuck chilout, grandmaster flash, smart boys & the radical crew dem, mono man, lg krew breakers,david rodigan, tony williams, john peel (R.I.P.) , dj jammaster j (R.I.P.), dj scot la rock (R.I.P.), christof (original bains douche, paris), dj eric b, u.s.forces radio berlin 1980s,dave cash, don letts, kruder & dorfmeister, larry levanTHE BANDS
The clash, sex pistols,the jbs,the who, public enemy, public image ltd, run dmc, nwa, the rolling stones , the nightlighters,kraftwerk,depeche mode,esg,the wailers,the slits,the damned,the human league,siouxsie & the banshees,chic,trouble funk,sly & the family stone,the temptations,the move,sugar hill gang,the jam,the buzzcocks,misty in roots, merger, studio 1 allstars,jon spencers blues explosion,the skatalites, harlem underground band,dif jus,soft cell,thievery corporation, the prisoners,the decorators, junkyard band, beastie boys, black uhuru, roots radicsTHE BAD BREYERS & MAD FELLASJoe gibbs,phil spector,coxone dodd,david bowie,marvin gaye serge gainsbourg, ennio moricone,daniel miller, bruce lee,Robert deniro,king tubby, josip bros tito,catweasle,alfred hitcock,bob marley, fyodor dostoyevsky, malcom x,roger briottet, myrtle-rose hewson briottet, flood, marc bolan,terry mcann,john clease,eddie murphy,linda x,j p satre, look-in magazine, british music press mid 70s mid 90s (R.I.P.),,john carpenter, richard carpenter,peter osgood (R.I.P.),peter bonetti,david webb, dave sexton,george best (R.I.P.),james brown, nelson mandela,sophia loren, faye dunaway,burt bacharach,matt monroe, frank sinatra, gregory isacks,denis brown,rakim-americas greatest living poet,vladimir illich lenin, vladimir illich ramirez(carlos the jackle},henry cooper,muhummed ali,sam peckinpah (bring me the head of tony blair) mr moog, mr gretch, akai s900, atari notator,dr dre,fender pricission bass,henrys speaker parts-edgeware road, daddy kool,trade-in,record&tape exchange notting hill,rollerball,howie montag (R.I.P.), mark thomas (R.I.P.),,tony benn, all freedom fighters, sid james,henry root,uptown henry,fidel castro,george cole, roberts family dem, gary numan,baz bromley, grace jones, sly & robbie, general echo (bathroom sex)THE NIGHTSPOTSActon town hall 1970s (first soundsystem experience big-up mighty observer ), griffin park first football ground west London in effect, stamford bridge boy and man, white city stadium white city rebels speedway, ,the marquee, the 100 club, the rainbow , the roundhouse, ealing tech-rock against racism, the queen vic, the three pigeons, the white hart, the hope & anchor, acklam hall(first sound clash still fel the doors vibrating-also the clash and the slits on a thursday night),les bains douche paris christof used to mix apocalypse now over dance tracks before there were proper mixers invented),excess-berlin, the language lab Londons first rap club we used to drum on the pans from the kitchen, kitkat club- westbourne grove back in the days when west London was undercover still illegal full of charecters with little timmy simonon on the decks, save the robots nyc me and my brother steve used to play there proper after hours packed with hookers,homeboys,dragqueens,yuppies,peurto Ricans mafia,models,dealers,artisrs,djs and mcs.now thats what I call a nightclub , peoples club Paddington, palladium nyc,area nyc,the tunnel & the world nyc,danceteria nyc world nightclub heritage site, the pyramid, beatroute London, dub club London, dub club Vienna, mud club, heroes for hardtimes, hug club, westworld, athletico at the bluenote,arthrob, the park skopje, sound factory nyc, Aztec Miami, port st petersburg, dubwiser notting hill, opera house melbourne, harlem apollo, harlesdon apollo, pleasure garden Ghana, das jungle berlin, lotus club Czech rep.,THE LANDS
That I was raised - the streets of west London & north Africa, the suburbs of paris and les charentes; all the places in the world Ive been fortunate to visit and pickup vibes especially city of new york, berlin, budapest, havana, chicago, hong kong, aukland, kingdom of thailand, the wild east - republic of macedonia (bigup yourselves!), republic of serbia, republic of montenegro, russian federation, & the bulgarian nutcases , republic of ghana, republic of togo,
Sounds Like: OUTSKIRTS OF FREEDOM KID
Record Label: MUTE, 10 KILO, COOL SPRINGS, UNIVERSAL
Type of Label: Indie