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Friday, 8 May 2026

Various Artists – "The Philosophy Of Sound And Machine" (Applied Rhythmic Technology (ART) – art 2 cd) 1992

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When things start going all Highfalutin,the nerds reappear from their lair, and try and fix the stuff the Alpha-Males did while they were aw...
Thursday, 23 April 2026

Maurice Joshua – "This Is Acid (a New Dance Craze" (Watch Out ! – 560176) 1988

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At last an Acid 12" with an actual sleeve, albeit in a strange sort of K-Tel trend cash in style,complete with smiley faces. It's t...
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Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Biff'um Baff'um Boys – "Bombers Over Baghdad" (G-Force Records – YIKES 997T) 1990

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Nothing's fucking changed has it? No its not another posthumous release by Muslimgauze ,but some politically aware Rave Techno by a grou...
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Monday, 13 April 2026

UR – "The Final Frontier" (Underground Resistance – UR003) 1992

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The healing hands of Donald J. Trump?   Yep, this is what we woke up to today, Trump is actually God!?.....It's all so clear to me now,J...
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Monday, 6 April 2026

Sleezy D. – "I've Lost Control" (Trax Records – TX113) 1986

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They didn't waste much time on cover artwork at Trax records did they? Then again why should they? I suspect that these things were rega...
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Thursday, 2 April 2026

Charanjit Singh – "Synthesizing - Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat" (His Master's Voice – ECSD. 2912) 1982

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Groan!.Here we go again......Who's invented Acid House this time? Ay Up, its a bloke from India of course,who in the process of modernis...
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Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Mr. Fingers – "Washing Machine / Can You Feel It / Beyond The Clouds (Trax Records – TX127) 1986

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  Under the guise of Mr Fingers,aka Larry Heard,the inventor of House music,one can certainly feel the transition from Disco to House to Aci...
Sunday, 29 March 2026

Manuel Göttsching – "E2-E4" (Inteam GmbH – ID 20.004) 1984

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Look backwards from any point in time up to 1970,and some clever dick will always find a long lost Krautrock classic waiting to be hauled up...
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Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Phuture – "We Are Phuture" - (Trax Records – TX165) 1988

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Well, these Acid House pioneers didn't get where they are today through sleeve art alone,or lack of there in, but, for a brief moment th...
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Monday, 23 March 2026

Various Artists– "Street Sounds-Electro 10" (Street Sounds – ELCST 10) 1985

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Did I say Don't Mention The WAR!?? Is this record a warning from History, or did a Hip Hop Nostradamus write these dope lyrics? "St...
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Thursday, 19 March 2026

Phuture – "Acid Tracks" (Trax Records – TX142) 1987

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Was this repetitively bleepy knob twiddling four to the floor thumper really the year zero for Acid House? Or was it that it was Accidently ...
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Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Various Artists - "Street Sounds - Electro 9" ( ELCST 9) 1985

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Like hunter gatherers these Crate Diggers scoured the used records section of junk stalls,and thrift stores looking for new breaks from the ...
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Saturday, 7 March 2026

The Computer People Communicaters (CPC) – "Talking And Scratching (For The People)" -(Electric Land Records – EL 1007) 1983

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DON'T MENTION THE WAR! .....I mentioned it about a thousand times but I think I got away with it!?) Back in the good olde bad olde days ...
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Friday, 6 March 2026

The Computer People Communicators – "Hey Party People (The Computer Funk Classic)" Electric Land Records 1982

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  The lifeless oceans of the pre-cambrian period, surrounding the one solitary super continent of Pangaea.Devoid of anything but insects,and...
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Thursday, 5 March 2026

Just-Ice – "Back To The Old School"(Fresh Records – LPRE-1) 1986

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Okay!I like the cover of this misogynistic Old School Gangsta shiesterwerk. ......that just about sums it all up. You know what its gonna so...
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Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Various Artists – "Street Sounds Electro 8"(Street Sounds – ELCST 8) 1985

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Don't have much to say about this one, which includes slagging it off, so by elimination this must be a good one?......right? It's,i...
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Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Various Artists – "Street Sounds Electro 7" (Street Sounds – ELCST 7) 1985

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Post Elvis,1985 was once looked upon as the official worst year of music evah! Live Aid happened,and the possibilities of world corporate ma...
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Monday, 23 February 2026

Jr. And His Soulettes – "Psychodelic Sounds" (HMM Records – SH 954-955) 1971

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I can only assume that the misspelling is deliberate, otherwise it translates as the sounds of serial killers on drugs.....which is not a ba...
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Sunday, 22 February 2026

Angela Simpson– "Angela" (Spectrum Records – SPEC 5001) 1971

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Hey...let's take a short break from Electro Compilations and stray onto the controversial turf of who was the first Rapper person? Not q...
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Friday, 20 February 2026

Various Artists– "Street Sounds Electro 6" (Street Sounds – ELCST 6) 1984

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  "The Roxanne Wars", as these call and response rap songs on side one are known as,featuring a 14 year old Female  old school  Ra...
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Thursday, 19 February 2026

Various Artists – "Street Sounds Electro 5" (Street Sounds – ELCST 5)1984)

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Unfortunately ,there's too much of that 'old Skool' rapping that sounds like a Caucasian office worker getting down with the gro...
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Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Various Artists – Street Sounds Electro 4 (Street Sounds – ELCST 4) 1984

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Oi! C areful who you calling a sucker you Cheeky Fuckers! I'll piss on your fucking silly Trilby's  Run-DMC had the,... not-so....,...
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Monday, 16 February 2026

Various Artists - "Streetsounds Electro 3 (Street Sounds – ELCST 3) 1984

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  More from the Cambrian Oceans of Old Skool Hip Hop,from before they.... the Rap-Singers  ....regularly called out the Female of this speci...
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Sunday, 15 February 2026

Various Artists – "Street Sounds Electro 2" (Street Sounds – ELCST 2) 1983

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Got some stone cold classix on this one,including the radical re-arrangment of Hip-Hop godfather Herbie Hancock's seminal electro protot...
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Thursday, 12 February 2026

Various Artists – "Street Sounds Electro 1" (Street Sounds – ELCST 1) 1983

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There ain't nuffink more Do It Yerself than a bunch of black kids in the ghetto with a Boom Box, a turntable, an Oberhiem DMX, a mike fo...
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