Seven Songs

by

23 Skidoo

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I've waited years for this to be re-released and I'm at last happy to say it has been. This has been deleted for a very long time, so you better get your hands on it now!

But what is it all about? Oh right! 23 Skidoo were the main members, and best, of the second phase of the whole industrial-funk explosion that happened in England in the early eighties. Combining elements of industrial noise, guitars, drumbeats, tape-loops, Asian percussion (particularly Gamelan from Indonesia) to from a sometimes hard, but mainly highly rhythmic mix of percussive funk tracks. On some songs there are vocals but none of the group were really great singers so it was the instrumentation of the group that took charge and precedence.

Don't be put off by the 'industrial' tag, this album has more in common with funk and dub. 23 Skidoo were innovators and have influenced a vast array of music groups, most notably Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers, who nicked the whole of Skidoo's bassline from 'Coup' to make their own hit single 'Block Rockin' Beats'. So for those that think they've never heard Skidoo, think again!