Saturday, April 24, 2010
Throwback Music: The Wild Bunch - Look of Love
I just tweeted this but since I think I'm about to post a bunch of UK hip hop stuff in one of my regular raids of DJ Semtex's site, I figured I'd do a post on it too...
So for those not knowing, Wild Bunch is the proto-hip hop/soul sound crew from Bristol in the UK that later splintered into Soul II Soul and Massive Attack.
On the low you can trace the influence of what they were doing, directly and indirectly, all the way from Ron G and Kid Capri mixtapes through to what Puff was doing with Mary J Blige at the beginning of her career singing over hip hop beats and old school breaks. Do the knowledge....
Previously on The Kitchen: Soundclash: Wild Bunch Vs Soul II Soul - New Years Eve 1987
Labels: Massive Attack, Old School Hip Hop, Soul II Soul, UK Hip Hop, Wild Bunch
Saturday, October 31, 2009
TOMORROW in London: Back II Life with Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)
Soul II Soul, The Doctor's Orders & Trippin Records present
4pm till you stop dancing every Sunday
Launch Party Sunday 1st November 2009
@ The Den & Centro (Formerly The End)
18 West Central Street, London WC1A 1JJ
Free B4 8pm, £7 after (£4 members)
(First 100 people on each night in November get free membership)
with residents
Jazzie B
Spin Doctor
& Dominic Versell
with November guests:
1st: Ben Johnson & & Jephte Guillaume
8th: Quentin Harris
15th: Phil Asher
22nd: Marc Mac
29th: Residents
and future guests including…
Norman Jay, Sarah Love, Mr Thing, Alex Nut,
Aitch B, Jazzi Q, Andrew Small, Andy Bird & more tbc
4pm till you stop dancing every Sunday
Launch Party Sunday 1st November 2009
@ The Den & Centro (Formerly The End)
18 West Central Street, London WC1A 1JJ
Free B4 8pm, £7 after (£4 members)
(First 100 people on each night in November get free membership)
with residents
Jazzie B
Spin Doctor
& Dominic Versell
with November guests:
1st: Ben Johnson & & Jephte Guillaume
8th: Quentin Harris
15th: Phil Asher
22nd: Marc Mac
29th: Residents
and future guests including…
Norman Jay, Sarah Love, Mr Thing, Alex Nut,
Aitch B, Jazzi Q, Andrew Small, Andy Bird & more tbc
Funki Dreds was the movement back in the day! Watch and Learn!
Labels: Soul II Soul
Friday, February 27, 2009
Soundclash: Wild Bunch Vs Soul II Soul - New Years Eve 1987
Download it here [direct mp3 link, right click and save as]. Listen to it at Test Pressing.
This is f-cking EPIC! For young uns' benefit, here's the background story: when the Wild Bunch broke up they became Soul II Soul (with Nellee Hooper joining Jazzie B's London crew and helping them produce "Back to Life" and "Keep On Movin'") and Massive Attack (formed by WB members Daddy G, 3D and maybe Milo too, though not sure about that last one).
Test Pressing has more crucial UK sounds. Check them out here.
[h/t: Anousheh]
Labels: Massive Attack, Soul II Soul, Wild Bunch
