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Screamadelica – Primal Scream – Released September 23rd, 1991, Creation Records Screamadelica is the third album from Scottish rockers turned rave generation icons, Primal Scream. The decision to incorporate dance music elements represented a major departure from previous work and was a turning point in the band’s career. The result was a rare breed of … Read more
Jam On Revenge – Newcleus – Released 1984 Jam On Revenge is the debut album from US electro/funk group Newcleus. It’s a textbook 80s electro album, which puts Kraftwerk, p funk, Planet Rock, hiphop and breakdance culture into a funky space blender mixed up with some comic book heroics and glittering Afrofuturist vibes. Forty years … Read more
Archive One – Dave Clarke – Released February 12th, 1996, Bush / Deconstruction Records. Archive One is the debut album from UK techno superstar Dave Clarke. Essentially, it’s a compilation of tracks from his three Red EPs, plus the Southside release, with additional tracks of various genres thrown in to help add more variety … Read more
Troublegum – Therapy? – Released February 7th, 1994, A&M Records Troublegum was the fourth album from Belfast rock/metal band Therapy? For the uninitiated that’s a statement, not a question. Troublegum is often regarded as one of, if not the, band’s finest album. It was the band’s second album on A&M and sits somewhere between their … Read more
In Gorbachev We Trust – The Shamen – 1989 – Released January 30th, 1989 Demon Records / Fiend 666 Named in honour of the last ever president of the USSR, the Shamen’s second studio album was a strange and seductive synergy of acid smiley euphoria, 60s psychedelia and concrete Soviet perestroika. It unknowingly inaugurated a … Read more
Dubnobasswithmyheadman – Underworld – Released January 24th, 1994, Junior Boys Own records. Dubnobasswithmyheadman is Underworld’s third album and the first one to feature Darren Emerson. Before this Underworld were a synthpop group consisting of founding (and remaining) members Rick Smith and Karl Hyde. Like many other British groups from the late 80s, such as The … Read more
Funky Worm – Ohio Players – Released January 16th, 1973 – Westbound Records Funky Worm is the first single release from the 1972 album Pleasure, by the Ohio Players. This hugely influential funk and soul band came to prominence in the 1970s releasing a string of platinum and gold records. Many seminal hiphop producers, would … Read more
Step In The Arena – Gang Starr – Released on Chrysalis Records, February 15th 1991 Released in 1991, Step In The Arena was the second album by Gang Starr, following their breakout debut, No More Mr. Nice Guy. At the controls once again was DJ Premier, who remains one of my favourite hiphop producers, alongside … Read more
Lethal Injection – Ice Cube – Released December 7th, 1993 In December 1993, west coast rapper, actor, director and all-round fucking legend Ice Cube released his fourth solo album, Lethal Injection. Ice Cube had already released three hit albums by the time his fellow NWA cohort, Dr Dre, released his debut, The Chronic, in December … Read more
Scarface (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various – Released December 9th, 1983 This month sees the 40th anniversary of one of the most influential gangster movies of all time. 1983’s Scarface stars Al Pacino as Cuban immigrant-turned-coke kingpin Tony Montana and a young Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira, his loveless love interest. The … Read more