23 Skidoo

Andy W compilation 9 o'clock drop is a very fine album

although last year 23 skidoo said they would re release the albums on CD. There is no news at the moment ! very annoying.

I am keen to get my hands on them: "Urban Gamelan", "The Culling Is Coming" and "Seven Songs" . They have been unavailable for a very long time.

Any further news on 23 Skidoo I will post on my blog, and to this thread.

Also I would interested in a re release of Clock DVA: advantage album from the same period.

DJ Martian http://djmartian.blogspot.com

It's not a mix CD. Just 13 'old school' trax from the early/mid 80's. As I said, I bought it to get the 23 Skidoo trax mainly, but there are some real gems that I didn't expect to find. The opener "Nice Mover" by Gina X is actually from 1979, and is unbelievable - a kind of early electro Kraftwerky groove. There's also some great bass- heavy tracks from Shriekback and 400 Blows, and ACR's 'Waterline' is also better than I remembered.

The only track I don't really like is Colourbox's 'Looks like we're shy one horse', although for a couple of people I've spoken to, it's the highlight of the whole album.

I hope Weatherall plans to do more of these.

The original 'Warm Leatherette' was a double a-side with 'TVOD', as far as I remember. A real one-off. The Normal was Daniel Miller, the Mute Records founder.

According to Jungle.com 23 Skidoo - Seven Songs to be released on CD May 14th.

On a related note same era a rare Shriekback album has recently been released that is another on my growning to get list.

shrie kback - aberrations 81-4

a post punk supergroup featuring dave allen (gang of four), barry andrews (xtc,iggy pop,robert fripp) and carl marsh (out on blue six) with an album of furious experimentation from the 80s - includes 9 never released before gems - cd only

Available on 2cd at £12.99

According to Tower Records - Urban Gamelan is set for release 2nd July: (also on the Tower Records - The Culling is Coming is listed available as a CD that ships from the US)

Tower Records - Urban Gamelan

So - who are all those voices on 'Just Like Everybody' - arms dealers, torturers, CIA? Anyone know the story.

Yeah, I've always wondered what that's from. My guess is a movie.

Albums are being rereleased with loads of goody extras.

There isn't enough about this band on ILX. I'd like to know the answer to Ned's question above.

What sort of goody extras?

the singles, mostly. there's a compilation that rounds up the stuff that gets missed, too.

I thought Just Like Everybody already collected the singles?

Any tracklistings for these?

oh, that's the comp. "most of the tracks and mixes on this double CD set are exclusive, and are not repeated on the other 23 Skidoo CDs in LTM's reissue program", apparently.

here

Great to see that it's LTM doing these, always been impressed with their re-issues

Hmmph these do seem better than the one's that came out a couple years back. Damn donus tracks.

Donut tracks.

(I have these, BTW, and yep, pretty great.)

i'm really excited for these - i couldn't find those older reissues anywhere when i was looking for the a couple years back.

What fuck "JLE Mix" of "Coup"?

it's a slightly different monitor mix of "coup" with the intro from the urban gamelan version (aka g.i. fuck you)

Fair enough - I was afeared that it was going to be some rubbish Big Beat remix.

I'm anxiously waiting for my copies...

So - who are all those voices on 'Just Like Everybody' - arms dealers, torturers, CIA? Anyone know the story.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 25 April 2008 14:22 (6 months ago) Bookmark

Liner notes say it's a CIA operative, Frank Turpel.

well for london folx, just got a message that 23 skidoo are playing March 24, posting info below, wish i could be there :(

Trevor Jackson & Cosey Club present

METAL DANCE
Saturday 24th March 2012 - Electrowerkz London

live & exclusive:
23 SKIDOO

djs:
TREVOR JACKSON (PLAYGROUP/OUTPUT RECORDINGS)
RICHARD D. CLOUSTON (COSEY CLUB)
+ Special Guests

INDUSTRIAL, POST PUNK, EBM, MUTANT FUNK

Advance tickets available now:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?337059

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On Saturday 24th of march 2012 the Electrowerkz hosts the official launch party
for Strut records Trevor Jackson compiled METAL DANCE compilation.

‘Metal Dance’ mines deep and hones in on the more underground and danceable side
of industrial, post-punk and EBM (Electronic Body Music), a phrase coined by Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk but honed by later bands like DAF and Front 242 as socialist realist aesthetics were dragged onto the dancefloor during the mid-‘80s. Jackson cherry-picks classics and rarities from this era. Featuring seminal artists of the time Cabaret Voltaire, Nitzer Ebb, Yello, Alien Sex Fiend & Pete Shelly. He'll be spinning floor filling treasures from his expansive record collection, focusing his selection on tracks related to the compilation, both classic and contemporary.

Appearing live for the first time in well over a decade will be the legendary 23 SKIDOO, specially reforming for the launch (their seminal track 'coup' appears on the compilation). The band released a series of genre-defining records fusing post-punk, dub, industrial, world and hip-hop styles during 1979-1987, their appearance on the 24th will be as much a celebration of their highly influential recordings as it will be an education to those in attendance who were never fortunate enough to experience their visceral audio visual assaults first time around

they just released the soundtrack to the "Beyond Time" movie, background here:

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/feb/26/william-turnbull-punk-genes

rehearsal video for "Coup:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gKhBLslKnM

There isn't enough about this band on ILX

have you heard the new album? based on the clips i heard i decided i could live without it but have a nagging fear i might be missing out.