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Ad Finité by Genaside II 1999 Breakbeat / Trip Hop

Genaside II might sound like the name of a reincarnated death metal band that'd previously been forced to dissolve because its former lead singer once found a way to invent and commit a new type of war crime, but it was actually a breakbeat, rave, and hardcore group from Brixton, UK whose "Narra Mine" ended up being sampled by The Prodigy for "Firestarter"—which was something that they actually never received any official credit for 👀.

And they never seemed to gain much of a following either, despite being around since pretty much the beginning of drum break-based dance music in the early 90s. Neither Genaside II's proper 1996 debut LP that featured Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Cappadonna and reggae stalwart Eek-A-Mouse, nor their 1999 follow-up that was released on Tricky's Durban Poison label, seemed to generate any fanfare.

But the reason why I'm giving their second album a listen is because of an excellent track off of it that I once heard on a digital-only compilation called Eclectic Electric that was put out by mp3 retailer eMusic in 2000. Called "The Genaside Will Not Be Televised," it's a spoken-word, heavy breakbeat-trip hop adaptation of Gil Scott-Heron's famous poem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," and replaces some of the original work's American cultural references with British ones. Recited by a British woman with a deep and militant sense of urgency, it's a tune that I can pretty safely say that I've never heard anything else quite like; cinematically enthralling and dystopian.

And now I'm off to find out what the rest of this Ad Finité album has in store too. Hopefully it's just as gripping 🙏.

[djchorlocontrolection]

Genaside II - New Life IV The Hunted (Original Mix) 1996

[pear-pies]

The Prodigy and Genaside II in Russia / words and photos by Eddy Lawrence

Select magazine / December 1997    

[hatredofmusic]

Mindmelting vocal rave music 1991 Genaside II

[electronicadaily]

Genaside II - Narra Mine (Armand Van Helden’s West Coast Mix) [1997]

A really great remix from AVH of the 1991 rave classic that turns it into a hip hop infused hard breakbeat track. It’s really hard to find this track anywhere, but it did appear on DJ Icey’s excellent 1997 mix, The Funky Breaks. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8uXJa23DTE

(alt. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-1x1v0UHyY)

[hurumhagelag]

Masterpost of playlists I've made. Arranging good songs or things with some shared nebulous personally meaningful quality into a new cohesive whole is a good thing.

bunch of tracks spanning classic early bossa nova up to 70s samba rock/funk/soul, possibly a few early 80s. appoaching 13 hrs all killer no filler

(what is balearic?) Balearic for me starts with trying to figure out the balearic section of the reviews pages in mixmag as a norwegian teenager in the late 90s. Not a genre, more of a feeling, and a history going back to the Balearic islands in the 80s. Anything with the right feeling could be balearic, but the evolution from early electronic dance/italo to newer house interacting with other types of mainly european music with a balearic feel is the concept here. Custom order.

This goes for the melodic vein found in late 60s to mid 70s giallo/genre Morricone soundtracks more often than not featuring Edda Dell'Orso singing. Morricone is legendary of course but somehow still feels underrated to me. Some compilations focus on this part of his music but this playlist does it better.

80s boogie mix. made for shuffling. playlist that had to be.

balearic virus. something going on with these songs. pop songs that don't pop. custom order.

Late 80s early 90s party rap music

Inner City Life by Goldie - the sound, the vibe and that point in time. The introduction of Goldie worldwide was pretty much "this is a new form of music". This playlist follows that train of thought for a little while.

Early 90's breakbeat rave. Think early Prodigy, Genaside II et.al. Too bad Spotify has so many holes with this kind of music.

short and sweet playlist with Tracey Thorn in various varied guises and collaborations.

Eurodance dominated the charts for a while in 90s Europe, where it was just "dance". Even if new manufactured "blonde female singer and black male rapper" duos seemingly popped up every other week from central Europe somewhere, the borders delineating it from more credible dance music weren't as rigid as it could seem.

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Narayan (Red Square Echo) Charly (Alley Cat Mix) No Good (Justmade remix) Crazy Man mescaline invaders must die (liam h re amped version) Warrior's Dance (Benga Remix) Firestarter (Empirion Mix) Jericho (Genaside II Remix)

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[theparanoid]

Genaside II - Return Of The Redline Evangelist

(2002, full album)

[Breakbeat, Breaks]

[timeghost]

DJ Icey’s 1997 mix cd on FFRR “The Funky Breaks”  His sound mixed up electro, trance and hip hop drum breaks. Tracklist: 1–DJ Icey - Grand Canyon Suite 5:35 2–Red Myers - Silent Partner 3:51 3–Genaside II - Narra Mine (Armand Van Helden's West Coast Mix) 3:14 4–Headrillaz - Get Yourself Organized 3:33 5–DJ Decent - Reflex Speed 4:48 6–DJ Icey - Beats-a-Rockin (Inside Mix) 6:22 7–The Ride Committee Featuring Roxy - Get Huh (Rhythm Inventions Bonus Dub) 4:19 8–PM Dawn - A Watcher's Point Of View (Don't Cha Think) (Underground Mix) 3:44 9–Galaxy 21 - Sound The Alarm 3:08 10–Rebel MC Featuring Tenor Fly And Barrington Levy - Tribal Base (Foundation Mix) 5:24 11–Richard F. - J-Break 5:17 12–Sign Of The Times - Sign 5:32 13–Flower - 2 5:30 14–Thinkhead - The Pledge 5:20

[parallaxheights]

Genaside II - Narra Mine

http://www.parallaxmoves.com/2019/12/genaside-ii-narra-mine/

#genasideii #narramine #sirensofacrelane #hardcoreurbanmusic #ardkore #jungle #triphop #artjaz #nightmare #techno #hardcore #rave

[randomvarious]

London Breakbeat Playlist

Alright, folks, I think this is probably gonna be my last breakbeat playlist post for a good while, so ya better all savor it! Introducing a nice and diverse crop of breakbeat tunes that were made and/or remixed by people who, at the time, hailed from the world's most musically vibrant metropolis: London. I've had a YouTube version of this playlist going for a good while, which I'll get to in a little bit, but now the time's finally come for me to start building a Spotify one too, now that I've rooted through enough of my own collection to actually formulate one.

Some names you may or may not be familiar with on here are the Future Sound of London, Coldcut, Ashley Beedle, and Si Begg, all of whom are electronic and dance music legends in their own right. And Beedle gets two tracks on this playlist: the jazz-loungey "Do You Believe in Love?," which he made with Uschi Classen, and appears on Coldcut-owned label Ninja Tune's 1996 Ninja Cuts: Flexistentialism comp, as well as his Latin "Sun Barrio Break Mix" of Tokyo-based musician Takada's "Ola-Le," which you can find on one of my favorite mixes of all time, Dimitri From Paris' Monsieur Dimitri's Deluxe House of Funk, which came out in 1997. "Do You Believe in Love?" has over 73.1K plays on Spotify, but the "Ola-Le" remix only has 8.4K, which is criminally low, considering just how phenomenal of a song it really is.

This playlist is ordered as chronologically as possible:

The Future Sound of London - "Expander (remix)" Tim 'Love' Lee - "One Word" Fluid - "The Man With Three Heads" Coldcut - "Atomic Moog 2000" Ashley Beedle Presents The Uschi Classen Band - "Do You Believe in Love?" Spacer - "It's a Nano World" Takada - "Ola-Le (Ashley Beedle's Sun Barrio Break Mix)" Transmutator - "My Beautiful Friend (Children of Dub Mix)" Shur-i-ken - "Niomi's Dream" Si Begg - "Muchacha"

But in addition to all those songs, the YouTube version of this playlist also has a few more tracks on it that can't be found on Spotify; like one from a worldbeat group called Loop Guru, who, in 1995, put out their third album, Amrita (…All These and the Japanese Soup Warriors), which included a song on it called “Diwana.” Loop Guru are one of those acts who take Eastern music—in their case, Indonesian gamelan and traditional Indian—and fit it within a Western electronic framework of sorts. And for this particular tune, they executed that formula by fusing together a load of Eastern sounds with a punchy drum break beneath it all, and it ended up yielding a pretty damn transcendent dance tune 😌. The song’s also been titled as “Olwana” as well, and across its multiple uploads on YouTube, it has about 9,200 plays, which again, is very low.

And another excellent, not-on-Spotify stunner is Genaside II's "The Genaside Will Not Be Televised," which adapts famed New York street poet Gil Scott-Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" for a British public, transforming it into a totally cinematic and dystopian slapper of London underground greatness 😊; currently at a little over 10.4K plays.

Plaid - "Scoobs in Columbia" DJ Food - "Ninja Walk" Loop Guru - "Olwana" Lisa Germano - "Lovesick (Underdog Rmx) [as heard on DJ-Kicks by Kid Loco] Sons of Mecha [VR Boy & DJ Erb] - "Rocweiller" Genaside II - "The Genaside Will Not Be Televised"

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So with the kickoff of the Spotify version of this playlist, we have ten songs that amount to almost an hour, but over on YouTube, we have 16 songs that run for 88 minutes. So if you want some really tremendous bangers that are harder to find, you should really give the YouTube one a listen.

And for those who want something a little more specific or shorter, I've got a London breakbeat playlist that solely deals with the 90s too:

1990s London Breakbeat: YouTube / YouTube Music

Next week, trip hop!

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

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[djchorlocontrolection]

Genaside II - Sirens Of Acre Lane (Original Mix) 1991

[pear-pies]

The Prodigy and Genaside II in Russia / photos by Eddy Lawrence

Select magazine / December 1997      

[airadam]

Episode 132 : All Love

"They don't never see the work, only results of it."

- Rapper Big Pooh

Another month inside, and one that has been tinged with sadness; we say Rest In Power to Ty, Andre Harrell, and the soul legend Betty Wright. The month's selection starts with a favourite of mine from Ty's catalogue, and though the styles change, we keep a steady pace all the way through - I know some of you are running to try and stay in shape during this time, so I hope it helps!

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Playlist/Notes

Ty ft. Kwadjo and Michelle Escoffery : Ha Ha

"Feeling like my left toe's equal to Pele" - always loved that line, I think it's the delivery! We start off with a track from Ty's second studio album ("Upwards"), which was also on the B-side of the "Groovement" 12". From the off, he was an artist who never pretended to be anything other than who he was and represented his life with skill and humour, which is well-demonstrated here! The beat is kind of staccato, with no hi-hat between drum beats and the synth bass stabbing in hard. Wicked tune from one of our greats who will be sadly missed.

[Dante Ross] Casual : Turf Dirt (Instrumental)

The 2001 "VIP" single was dope, but the headline track was definitely an example of an artist trying to step into the unfamiliar sonic territory of the club lane! "Turf Dirt" was the last track of three, and the B-side has instrumentals of everything - in this case, Dante Ross with a stomper.

J-Live : Harder

I'd almost forgotten about this one until it turned up as part of the vinyl digitisation project! A 2005 single release from "The Hear After", this is a loud and proud statement of intent from one of the hardest-working artists in the business. The beat is courtesy of the five-headed production team "The Fire Dept", who also did some work for GZA the same year and have also performed as his live band.

Conway the Machine : Be Proud Of Me

Buffalo's Conway is an artist who knows of the life that he speaks, and this is a really personal track. He's clawed his way up to a career as a respected MC, but as you can hear, not everyone with him was really with him as he tried to make it. Khrysis is on production, giving this real-life story an appropriately downbeat backing, on the penultimate cut on "EIF 2 : Eat What U Kill".

Big Twan ft. Big Kwam : The Hellgate Rebel

This track has some of my favourite scratches on a rap record of all time, with Tony Vegas of the Scratch Perverts flaring out in an ill fashion! The deep listeners might know Big Twan from his debut professional appearance, a verse on Big L's "8 Iz Enuff", but the "One Time 4 The Lyricist" 12" is his sole vinyl release as a soloist. The main track is heavy, and having this on there as well makes the vinyl a great addition to your library. It's a meeting of the Bigs, with Twan sharing mic time with the UK MC Big Kwam over a killer beat from The Creators - the horns and bass might be the drivers, but check the plucked guitar-type sounds all over the verses too. 

Genaside II ft. Eek-A-Mouse : Just As Rough

The UK's Genaside II were a really unique crew who had Hip-Hop, rave, jungle, and more in their stylistic blend. In various combinations and configurations since the 90s, they've been a low-key influence on quite a few big names, despite being unknown to many! This track is from their debut "New Life 4 The Hunted", and features the legendary reggae artist Eek-A-Mouse on vocals, telling a story of a hard life on the streets. If you've got the ear for something a bit different - especially if you like D&B or breakbeat - then the album is well worth picking up if you see it.

Blue Stone : Lost Sun

This is probably a bit "New Age"-y and ambient for some if heard in isolation, but I think it fits well here! It's got a little bit of a north African/Arab vibe to the drums at the start, and builds up from a gentle start to a thundering peak before easing back down. It's one of the many well-produced tracks on the 2007 "Worlds Apart" LP.

The Mouse Outfit ft. One Only : Sunrise

Brand new single, and perfect for the season! An all-Manchester affair with One Only showing versatility on the mic, and Chini and Metrodome taking the production reins. A welcome return, no doubt.

Pitch 92 ft. Tyler Daley : Confused

Chilled again, Manchester again, this time from the "3rd Culture" album from last year. Pitch 92 showed the talent from early in his career, and the release of his producer project was great to see.  If you're looking for top-shelf local mic expertise, Tyler Daley should be one of the first names on the list, and you get him switching effortlessly between the bars many don't recognise him for and the singing voice that they do.

Black Star ft. Black Thought : Respiration (Pete Rock Remix)

No doubt, the original "Respiration" from the "Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star" LP is a great track. But how do you make it better? First off, bring in Black Thought, one of those who could be described as "your favourite MC's favourite MC". That kicks things up a notch. Not enough? Ok, why not bring Pete Rock in to remix it? This should be illegal. Brilliant re-working of the 1998 classic, which I'm pulling from the "4 Pete Sake" (bootleg?) remix compilation, but which is also on the B-side of the main single. 

Camp Lo : Life I Love

I absolutely loved the "Ragtime Hightimes" album, and while there are many tracks that are more of an immediate sonic hit, this one is a quiet killer. This is a group who need to be called in to score a heist movie, as they drop slang-heavy, super-dense rhymes about a glamourised crime life all over a Ski beat that's as cool as the other side of the pillow.

[Prince Kaysaan] Royal Flush : Can't Help It (Instrumental)

Kaysaan's run may "only" have been a few releases between 1997 and 1998, but he forever gets props for this one from "Ghetto Millionaire" alone. The combo of an 80s R&B sample with the filter coming in and out together with crispy jazz-sourced drums made this a late 90s winner that I'm happy to throw on a mixtape anytime.

Kris Kross ft. Da Brat, Aaliyah, Jermaine Dupri, and Mr Black: Live and Die for Hip-Hop (DJ Clark Kent Mix)

RIP Chris Kelly, gone seven years as of this month. Most people don't even realise that Kris Kross continued to record after their "Jump" and "I Missed The Bus" days, but they did indeed, and this is a remix of a track from their third and final album, 1996's "Young, Rich, & Dangerous". Laid back, cooled out, but in a different and even better-done fashion to the LP version - that bass flavour is definitely working.

Little Brother : Work Through Me

The return of Little Brother last year was much-welcomed by those who've been with them since the beginning, and they are standouts when it comes to bringing the changes in their lives into the music. This is a track about not just their own music career, but getting up every day and doing your best - which is pretty appropriate right now. Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh have continued to improve with age, and while 9th Wonder didn't join them this time, Focus and BlaaqGold slay this bumping and soulful beat.

Reks : Due Diligence

The "Revolution Cocktail" album by Reks seems to have all but disappeared - you won't find it on Spotify, and I can't find it on Amazon or other download sites either. It's a shame, as I think he had some high-quality tracks on there. I don't have a producer credit for this, but the beat was what drew me in first. You can almost hear Reks warming up on the first few bars before he hits his stride and brings it home. The Massachusetts native is incredibly slept on, even after twelve albums - but I appreciate the grind.

Boyz II Men ft. Erick Sermon, Redman, Keith Murray, and 2 Ta Da Head : Vibin' (Kenny Smoove Remix)

As @DragonflyJonez recently suggested, you might not be able to think of any gatherings where it was demanded that Boyz II Men be put on, but this might be an exception! Kenny Smoove was part of the Untouchables collective that also included Eddie F, Dave "Jam" Hall, and one Pete Rock, and he did his thing on this remix. Granted, I'm not exactly Mr R&B, but this slaughters the original, not least because he brings in heavy artillery - the whole Def Squad, headed up by Erick Sermon. There's a whole 12" of remixes that this is drawn from, should you want to hear some alternative takes!

Ilajide : Mothership Connection 1-2

Detroit in the house, with the trademark bump of Clear Soul Forces' Ilajide, from his killer 2015 "Latex" LP.

Bronx Slang : Excuse Me Officer

We close with a great track from 2019's debut LP from the link up of Jerry Beeks and Ollie Miggs - Bronx Slang. If you're very eagle-eared, you'll recognise a couple of these bars from the track I did with Jerry Beeks ("I'm A Cop"), which is on episode 86 of the podcast! Sadly, as this topic continues to be relevant, new names enter the roll of the fallen, and Beeks expands still further on police violence.

Please remember to support the artists you like! The purpose of putting the podcast out and providing the full tracklist is to try and give some light, so do use the songs on each episode as a starting point to search out more material. If you have Spotify in your country it's a great way to explore, but otherwise there's always Youtube and the like. Seeing your favourite artists live is the best way to put money in their pockets, and buy the vinyl/CDs/downloads of the stuff you like the most!

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