#Big Riddim

[highahseekah]

The 'Big Bunx Riddim' is making big noise right now. So, here's a new ReFix - I created a big song on a re-make of the beat. Watch "Wealth" on YouTube.

[curryvillain]

Flippa Moggela Calls Out Broke Dons In "Wah Gwaan Bout Yah Man"

There are people with money, and then there’s Flippa Moggela. The self-proclaimed “Flossing King” has solidified his place in Jamaican music as one of the richest Dancehall Artists, and his catalogue of “Flossing Music” along with his flashy lifestyle showed people that he could back up his many statements. He had a run in the mid to late 2000s before doing some time behind music. Now enjoying…

[britishhiphop]

Draper - Girona Freestyle [Video]

Bristol’s Draper drops his go at the Girona Riddim Challenge from Big Zuu and Capo Lee. With this he is looking to take the £250 on offer. Draper https://twitter.com/kxngdrxpxr https://www.instagram.com/kxngdrxpxr/

[explosivebeatz]

🌃🎵 "Big City Life Riddim" - DJ Paris Walker | Official Music Release 🎵🌃

[chloeworships]

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Who has a chain with the number 8 pendant with a ton of diamonds? I’m seeing a woman with longgggg nails trying to put this chain around your neck as a gift but then she begins to choke you with it. I didn’t see faces.

If this is you, her intent is to hurt you and/or take your life. She’s not genuine.

I’m praying the LORD reveals this woman to you ASAP.

This person is just cringe 😖

Whoever this man is God, is really watching over them. This is insane! Y’all really don’t be knowin how God’s eye is on you and what/who he’s protecting you from. This is crazy.

GOD LOVES YOU THO

She’s envious. It’s because you’re levelling up. Your dreams are coming trueeeeeeee. This is fake love babes 😞 and everything to do with money 💰

I just heard “this is the time where Jezebels are coming for the Kings 👑” WOWOWOWOWOWWOWOW👀 it makes ssoooooooo much sense now.

Stay prayed up boos.

I heard this song. Please excuse the Jamaican cuss words 😞

I just cannot invent this stuff. I am done 😳

It’s an absolute MISTAKE to play with these sons of God. ⚠️ shots fired ⚠️

Scripture: Jesus said to those who came to arrest him after Judas betrayed him with a kiss “Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭53‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This means, in context of this situation, that you are protected ✝️ as a son of God, but you still need to be aware and watchful.

As AB would say “CALL GOD” and I’m saying CALL ON GOD to continuously protect you.

I remember one of the many nights they sent the Grim Reaper after me, I saw at least 20 angels packed up in my room. Shoulder to shoulder, side by side quietly talking amongst themselves, although I couldn’t understand what they were saying. They were all glowing in pure white. They stood guard over me. I promise you, Jesus knew this to be a FACT and I am a living testimony of God’s mighty power and mighty Angels. It was ASTONISHING to say the least. He is doing the same for you.

[heavenscapes]

HARD LATIN - SoundCloud

Listen to HARD LATIN by ��ⓗⓡⓘⓢ ⓢⓐⓝⓣⓞⓢ on #SoundCloud

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

so benjamin zephhaniah passed away yesterday.

though id reckon more people might recognise him as jeremiah jesus in peaky blinders, he was also a writer and a dub poet, and he was unquestionably one of the best british poets ever.

i dont want to write like a whole biography for him in this post because other people have done that much better than i can, but instead i just want to recommend his work. he has countless books, plays, poetry collections, albums, etc.

one of my favourite things about his poetry is how accessible it is and how he writes poems the way he speaks them, and in regard to that, i just want to share one of my favourite poems of his, Dis Poetry:

Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops De tongue fires a riddim dat shoots like shots Dis poetry is designed fe rantin Dance hall style, big mouth chanting, Dis poetry nar put yu to sleep Preaching follow me Like yu is blind sheep, Dis poetry is not Party Political Not designed fe dose who are critical. Dis poetry is wid me when I gu to me bed It gets into me dreadlocks It lingers around me head Dis poetry goes wid me as I pedal me bike I've tried Shakespeare, respect due dere But did is de stuff I like. Dis poetry is not afraid of going ina book Still dis poetry need ears fe hear an eyes fe hav a look Dis poetry is Verbal Riddim, no big words involved An if I hav a problem de riddim gets it solved, I've tried to be more romantic, it does nu good for me So I tek a Reggae Riddim an build me poetry, I could try be more personal But you've heard it all before, Pages of written words not needed Brain has many words in store, Yu could call dis poetry Dub Ranting De tongue plays a beat De body starts skanking, Dis poetry is quick an childish Dis poetry is fe de wise an foolish, Anybody can do it fe free, Dis poetry is fe yu an me, Don't stretch yu imagination Dis poetry is fe de good of de Nation, Chant, In de morning I chant In de night I chant In de darkness An under de spotlight, I pass thru University I pass thru Sociology An den I got a dread degree In Dreadfull Ghettology. Dis poetry stays wid me when I run or walk An when I am talking to meself in poetry I talk, Dis poetry is wid me, Below me an above, Dis poetry's from inside me It goes to yu WID LUV.

[abejamariposa]

Cantaloop Island: Funky Soul Jazz on Blue Note

Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (1993) - Us3 Cantaloupe Island (1964) - Herbie Hancock Señor Blues (1956) - Horace Silver Quintet The Sidewinder (1964) - Lee Morgan The Turnaround (1965) - Hank Mobley Blind Man, Blind Man (1963) - Herbie Hancock Hi-Heel Sneakers (1966) - Blue Mitchell Quintet Soul Woman (1966) - Big John Patton Brown Sugar (1964) - Freddie Roach Preach Brother (1962) - Fred Jackson Chitlins Con Carne (1963) - Kenny Burrell Judo Mambo (1956) - Jimmy Smith Mustang (1967) - Donald Byrd Chili Peppers (1968) - Duke Pearson Recado Bossa Nova (1966) - Hank Mobley Blue Bossa (1963) - Joe Henderson

Different Rhythms, Different People (1993) - Us3 Quantrale (1960) - Curtis Fuller Song For My Father (1965) - Horace Silver Quintet Crisis (1962) - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Adam’s Apple (1967) - Wayne Shorter One Mint Julep (1960) - Freddie Hubbard True Blue (1960) - Tina Brooks Congalegre (1961) - Horace Parlan Blues Walk (1958) - Lou Donaldson Cool Struttin’ (1958) - Sonny Clark Moanin’ (1958) - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Dat Dere (1960) - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Sweet Honey Bee (1969) - Lee Morgan Watermelon Man (1962) - Herbie Hancock Sookie Sookie (1970) - Grant Green Tukka Yoot's Riddim (1993) - Us3

Happy 60th anniversary of the release of “Cantaloupe Island” and “The Sidewinder”!

Compiled by Abeja Mariposa

[anyaexe]

charanya.delaney@MacBook-Pro ~ % cd /Users/charanya.delaney/Projects/music_recommendation_algorithm.py

These are the outputs of a (very lazy) machine learning model that set out to predict what songs a listener would enjoy based on their input. Partly inspired by (x), using the songs from the discord server for funsies. Made my computer freeze like three times. Have I listened to all of these songs? Absolutely not

Nat:

Already Over - Sabrina Carpenter

The Manuscript - Taylor Swift

I know it won't work - Gracie Abrams

i wish i hated you - Ariana Grande

Anya:

Now U Do - DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man

Sober Feels - Nia Archives

I can be your future - Mozey & Shady Novelle

Sunshine Riddim - Bandit & Disrupta

Ollie:

Never Need Me - Rachel Chinouriri

breaking news - flowerovlove

Talk Talk - Charli XCX

Strangers - Ethel Cain

Lola:

Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield

How will I know - Whitney Houston

Say my name - Destiny's Child

Jealous - Nick Jonas & Tinashe

Eddie:

Savior Complex - Phoebe Bridgers

Futile Devices - Sufjan Stevens

Kokomo, IN - Japanese Breakfast

Everything is Embarrassing - Sky Ferreira

Heni:

Homesick - Noah Kahan & Sam Fender

Creatures in Heaven - Glass Animals

Tiny Moves - Bleachers

Nonsense - Sabrina Carpenter

Parker:

The Feminine Urge - The Last Dinner Party

Cool About It - boygenius

why did you invite me to your wedding - Kevin Atwater

tolerate it - Taylor Swift

Rhia:

Back to the Old House - The Smiths

Sunday - The Cranberries

When the Sun Hits - Slowdive

Cherry Waves - Deftones

Logan:

Silk Chiffon - MUNA & Phoebe Bridgers

Crying Over U - Medium Build

Deeper Vell - Kacey Musgraves

Time Shrinks - Arcy Drive

Jesse:

Highway Tune - Greta van Fleet

Killing in the Name - Rage against the Machine

Run - Foo Fighters

Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Monty:

Not - Big Thief

Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space - Spiritualized

Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth

I Don't Belong - Fontaines DC

Gen:

Apple - Charli XCX

Too Sweet - Hozier

get him back! - Olivia Rodrigo

Style (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

Freddie:

Whatta Man - Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue

Party Up (Up In Here) - DMX

Da' Dip - Freak Nasty

Dream Job - Yard Act

Charlie:

Mean Girls - Charli XCX

Tears - Perrie

ART - Tyla

French Exit - Dua Lipa

Silja:

Starburned And Unkissed - Caroline Polachek

Hater's Anthem - Infinity Song

Crushcrushcrush - paramore

Missing Out - Maya Hawke

[highahseekah]

While 'cash' and such still exists: Listen "Wealth" on YouTube.

[curryvillain]

.@DiGenius1 Brings Dancehall Classics To Streaming With "The Recovered Files" Album

The 2000s in Dancehall Music was an era that can never be duplicated. There were local and International crossovers, the ascension of Deejays who went on to become legends, and lots of good vibes and energy. It was in the mid 2000s that the world warmed up to a young Producer by the name of Stephen McGregor. The son of the legendary Freddie McGregor was determined to carve his own path in music,…

[djscuffs]

New Mix! Live at Cabana Pool Bar, Summer 2023. 2 hours of Dance, Pop, House, Baile Funk, Jersey Club, and more mixed by DJ SCUFFS. Featuring music from Doja Cat, Rihanna, Avicii, Jengi, Central Cee, and more! 

Playlist

Barbatuques – Baianá – DJ Larry-T Remix Diplo, Charli Xcx, Herve Pagez – Spicy  Jamelia – Superstar – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Nelly – Hot In Herre – Da Phonk vs Lules & Naken Remix Doja Cat – Woman  Doja Cat – Woman ft. Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Dua Lipa, Missy Elliott (Remix) Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. – The Way I Are – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison – Bastian Bell Remix Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado – Give It To Me – Le Boeuf Remix ACRAZE – Do It To It FT Cherish Dillon Francis – Goodies Kanye West – Mercy – FOMO Remix Bruno Mars vs. Timmy Trumpet & Kastra – Uptown Funk (HMC 2019 Bootleg) Rihanna – Rude Boy (AANSE Remix) Jain – Makeba – Jerry Wallis Remix Shenseea & Megan Thee Stallion – Lick – Anthem Kingz Finer Things Edit Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) – Anthem Kingz Don’t Stop Moving Edit Jorja Smith – Little Things x Gypsy Woman (L BEATS MASHUP) David Guetta/Kid Cudi – Memories (feat. Kid Cudi) – 2021 Remix Avicii – Levels – RICHIE ROZEX Remix Daft Punk – One More Time – Lambue, Guztav & Siëma Remix Tag Team – Whoomp! There It Is – DJ Serg Remix LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem – Tony B & Vocalteknix Remix Eve ft. Gwen Stefani – Let Me Blow Ya Mind – Anthem Kingz Work My Body Edit Central Cee – Doja – Vunzige Deuntjes SoundSystem Remix LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It – Richastic Remix Barbatuques – Baianá – Rogerson Remix Jengi – Bel Mercy Rihanna – Rude Boy (Klean Remix) Nina Sky x CHAMOS – Move Ya Body Shenseea & Megan Thee Stallion – Lick – ETX Coolie Dance Riddim Edit Bob Sinclar ft. Big Ali – Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) – MIKIS & ZING Remix Richastic – The Roof Is On Fire – Tall Boys Clap Intro Don Omar ft. Lucenzo – Danza Kuduro – Kevin D & Sven & Rolf Remix Farruko – Pepas (Smoothies Baile Funk Remix) Pitbull – Give Me Everything (BeatBreaker ‘Barranquilla’ Banger) Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk FT BRUNO MARS (Club Breakerz x Medy Landia Mambo Edit) DJ Katch – Banga Black Eyed Peas – My Humps – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell – Blurred Lines – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – We Found Love – DSM League Remix Delirious & Alex K ft. Max-A-Million – Sexual Healing – Anthem Kingz Closer Edit Koffee   – Toast (262 Remix) James Hype/Miggy Dela Rosa/Oliver Heldens – Ferrari – Oliver Heldens Remix Axwell Λ Ingrosso – More Than You Know (Extended Mix)  Avicii – Levels – DJ Serg Remix Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam – Sico Vox Remix Tag Team – Whoomp! There It Is – Lincoln Baio Money Edit Salt-N-Pepa x Megan Thee Stallion – Push It Flamin Hottie (Jonney Miles Segue) City Girls – Twerkulator – MarkCutz Remix Megan Thee Stallion – Thot Shit – DJ Serg Sniper Move Shake Drop Edit Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World) – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music – Trayze Carnival Remix Taio Cruz – Dynamite – ZIGGY & Replay M Remix Flo Rida ft. Sesman – Low – Richastic Remix  DJ Crell/Silez – Do it To it – Baile Funk Remix J Balvin & Skrillex – In Da Getto Barbatuques – Baianà – Jack Back Remix Steve Aoki Daddy Yankee Play-N-Skillz and Elvis Crespo – Azukita (CloudNine Intro Edit) Deorro – Bailar (Afro Bros Bootleg) Steve Aoki & Willy William ft. Sean Paul, El Alfa – Mambo Jengi – Bel Mercy – Richtanner Remix  Wiley & Sean Paul & Stefflon Don feat. Idris Elba – Wale – Boasty (Grandtheft x Wuki Dub) Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music – Richastic Remix

[medinainternational]

(Motif-Radio) Reggae Pon Top # 17 2024 track listing below:

SINGLES: PRISON OVAL ROCK VERSION JAH BRADEZ- ROCK WITH ME AVARAN- WHO SHALL SEND JAH MASON & PAUL LIPA- WHAT'S THE DEALIN ZION HEAD- POLICE A KILLER LINVAL THOMPSON- GANJAMAN NAAMAN FT. ALBOROSIE- WALK REMIX DAWEH CONGO- BIG BAD SOUND DON CARLOS- PRAISE JAH DAWEH CONGO- WILDERNESS SALLY MWAIR- ANATAYA PRODUCER AJAL FT. EESAH- REAL GANJA FARMER RAS PENCO- TUNNEL VISION JAZ ELISE- GUNMAN

RIDDIMS: FIRE LUV RIDDIM FIGHT AGAIN RIDDIM COSTAMAICA RIDDIM

DANCEHALL: VERSHON- ZIP IT UP DENYQUE- EASE MY MIND KASH PROMISE- MORE BY MYSELF NIGY BOY- NOMAD GYPTIAN & TROUBLEMEKKER- ALL OF ME BAYAKA- ACTIVE BELLA SHMURDA- LONER KIM KELLY- MONEY PILE MISSION STATEMENT RIDDIM BLACK SATIN RIDDIM

ROOTS/ONE DROP/LOVER'S ROCK: MADI SIMMONS- HOW DOES IT FEEL MYKAL ROSE, SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM, HOLLIE COOLIE- GET HIGH RACHAAD AMARJII & SYLFORD WALKER- DUB GOLDEN PEN ALBOROSIE FT. JAZ ELISE- FAITH AZZIZZI ROMEO- JAH SEND THE RAIN STEVE BASWELL- COOL I RASTAMAN WINSTON REEDY- VERY WELL MARTIN CAMPBELL- ACROSS THE SEA MARTIN CAMPBELL- HOPE AND DREAMS DENNIS BROWN- THING IN LIFE EARTH & STONE- I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE GONE

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Baby Boomer Classics: Groovin' Sixties 1987 Pop-Rock / R&B / Soul / Blue-Eyed Soul / Doo Wop

Well, this one was kinda fun and unexpected. Here we have Groovin' Sixties, a comp with a title so vague that you couldn't possibly glean a coherent theme from its name besides the decade that it deals in. Every other title that I've gone through in this Baby Boomer Classics series thus far has been pretty self-explanatory with regards to the type of music that's on each one (British Sixties, Electric Sixties, Folk Sixties, Dance Sixties, etc., etc.), but this release appears to be different.

And that's because the thing that actually links all of these songs together is not really their sound at all, but the labels that released them: Heritage and Colossus, a pair of short-lived labels that existed from the late 60s through early 70s that were both run by a guy named Jerry Ross, whose biggest claim to fame is probably making the song "Venus," by Dutch group Shocking Blue, a mega-hit after spending some time in Europe looking for songs to bring to a US market. And he managed to score a big ol' #1 for himself with that tune!

So while these Baby Boomer Classics albums have been doing a pretty ample job thus far of weaving big hits together with smaller ones, this release in particular has a very different focus; and it makes no indication of this focus anywhere on its front or back covers, but it's clearly to highlight some very good singles from Jerry Ross' two labels, regardless of where those songs may or may not have ended up charting. And while it's a departure from what this series typically offers, you all know that I'm relishing at this opportunity to hear some totally forgotten and unheard gems here 😎.

But before I get to a great tune that doesn't appear to have ever made the Billboard Hot 100 chart at all, let me talk about a blue-eyed soul group from the city of Portsmouth, Virginia called Bill Deal & the Rhondels. This group, who became a big fixture of the Carolina beach scene and circuit, managed to chart five times between 1969 and 1970, and three of those hits appear on this album. Two out of those three strike me especially, though, because both "May I" and "I've Been Hurt," which were Bill Deal & the Rhondels' first two singles to chart (at #39 and #35, respectively), seem to be deliberately complementing their blue-eyed soul with underlying Jamaican ska riddims, with an instrument constantly hitting the same note on every other beat. And both of these songs are made catchily remarkable—and also Carolina shaggable!—because of this neat quirk.

Now, I really don't think that many American bands were incorporating ska into their own sound all the way back in the late 60s—much less white bands—but maybe I've found where Bill Deal & the Rhondels actually managed to derive that Jamaican inspiration from in the first place. See, both "May I" and "I've Been Hurt" are actually covers, and while the original version of "May I," which was by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs—whose classic, "Stay," is the shortest song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100—had no ska in it and no known covers before Bill Deal & the Rhondels made their own version, "I've Been Hurt" had a whole handful of covers before BD&R got around to releasing theirs. And one of them, by Jamaican legend Delroy Wilson, was a reggae version that came out in '68.

To be clear, though, because the timelines here are so murky, I really have no idea if Wilson's rendition was even made before Bill Deal & the Rhondels started to implement ska, and I don't know if BD&R were even aware that the Wilson version ever existed in the first place either; but being that "May I," the first of these two BD&R singles with some ska in It, appears to have a recording date in July of 1968, and Wilson's version of "I've Been Hurt" was released on an unknown date that same year, it opens up a possibility that Bill Deal & the Rhondels hatched their ska idea for "May I" after hearing Delroy Wilson's reggae cover of "It Hurts."

What's funny though is that Bruce Eder at AllMusic tries to explain that "May I" had actually been performed by Bill Deal & the Rhondels for quite some time before they eventually made their debut with it; in fact, they'd actually dropped it from their set before someone shouted it out as a request, and they then decided, right on the spot, to put their own spin on the tune, which led to their popular ska-infused studio recording. But for some reason, in Eder's write-up, he doesn't refer to that performance as incorporating ska, but rather polka. And I'm sorry, folks, but that's not polka on that song! It's pretty clearly ska!

Anyhoo, I promised you all a gem that didn't chart on the Hot 100, and it's a great, uplifting soul tune by a group called The Festivals, whose "You're Gonna Make It" only managed to peak at #99 on the chart of Billboard's biggest competitor, Cashbox. And if you weren't from the New Jersey/Philly area when it first came out in 1970, you've probably never heard it at all!

So this album appears to have been an aberration in the Baby Boomer Classics series overall, but clearly it gave me plenty to write about today! And I should also note that even though the title is Groovin' Sixties, not everything on here is actually from that decade. This series seems to have a real problem with keeping track of release dates, but my nerdy, eagle-eyed ass is keeping on top of it all 🤓.

Highlights:

Shocking Blue - "Venus" Bill Deal & the Rhondels - "May I" George Baker Selection - "Little Green Bag" Bill Deal & the Rhondels - "I've Been Hurt" The Festivals - "You're Gonna Make It"

[c-40]

A-T-4 042 Art Of Versions

The Art of Noise follow the Into Battle EP with Beat Box. As you've probably guessed from previous ZTT and AON posts releasing many different edits and versions was their m.o. The image (I got at least) was the technology (most noticeably the Fairlight) and time in the studio gave you the ability to churn out endless variations (AON released at least 11 'diversions' of Beat Box). It was great advertising for Trevor Horn as he and his partner owned one of the most sophisticated recording studios on the planet at the time. It's easy to see similarities with Jamaican producers and studios that in the previous decade created dubs and versions, although the closest AON got to producing a riddim would be Moments In Love which has been covered, remixed, and sampled a lot a lot. We have had pop music factory production lines before and I suppose this is where Trevor Horn crosses over with his contemporary Pete Waterman, according to Phil Harding "Waterman watched Trevor Horn so closely that he would strike a deal with equipment suppliers to furnish him with whatever state-of-the-art gadgetry Horn had." Before his hit factory had been established Waterman produced a Relax sound alike track, complete with a look alike sleeve, in 1984 called The Upstroke by Agents Aren't Aeroplanes. Nowadays trap music can be made quickly for very little money and production is more automated and streamlined than it ever has been

Beat Box was the first track AON worked on and it came from JJ Jeczalik messing around with recordings of Yes drummer, Alan White's drums with a Linn drum machine, a Fairlight CMI Series II and Page R (music sequencing software) while Horn was working on the Yes album 90125 (the similarities between the Red + Blue Mix of Owner Of A Lonely Heart and Beat Box are unmistakable). "So JJ was screwing around in the back room and I remember him playing me that 'Beat Box' drum loop and I said 'Jees, that's fantastic, they'll love that in New York.'"

...And they did, Beat Box did very well on the Billboard dance and black music charts in America, reaching number 1 and 10 respectively. Writer Simon Reynold's has written Beat Box was popular with breakdancers in the US, I believe it's still popular with poppin and lockin dads (and granddads)

In June 1984 AON released their debut album Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? the title a pun on the 1962 play and later film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? which is itself a pun on the song Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? from the 1933 Walt Disney cartoon The Three Little Pigs... would we call this a meme?

On the album is Close (To The Edit) which would be released as a single in October 1984. There were five different 12" versions of Close (To The Edit) released, including a picture disk. As far as I can tell AON put out six different versions of the track at the time, including the LP version (that's if I ignore the cassette single). To make matters more confusing Close (To The Edit) evolved out of the afore mentioned Beat Box. Beat Box Diversion Two is a version of Close (To The Edit) and vice versa, as are Diversion Seven and Diversion Eight. Close (To The Edit) was named after the Yes album Close To The Edge and they had fun with the names of the various versions of Close (To The Edit) that they put out, Close-Up, Closer, Closest, Closely Closely (Enough's Enough), Closed

Close (To The Edit) features Anne Dudley playing a very familiar sounding walking bass on piano, if we ignore the car ignition sounds they also use a sample of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters. I wondering if this comes from the Duck Rock sessions the then unnamed AON did with Malcom McLaren? I'm thinking Buffalo Gals is taken from a song reference in It's A Wonderful Life, that film was made in 1946 when boogie woogie was the sound. It's either that or they love boogie woogie and swing. AON do love film genre recordings Peter Gunn, Dragnet, James Bond, Robinson Crusoe...

There's another diversion on the Close (To The Edit) singles, a track called A Time To Hear (Who's Listening). Of course there's a few versions, Who's Listening goes into Beat Box and then Close (To The Edit), as does the version called A Time To Clear (It Up) ("all together now") - there's very little difference between these tracks, then there's A Time To Hear (We're Listening) which is the first minute and a half of A Time To Hear (Who's Listening) - the variations of names is more fun the tracks themselves when there's very little to tell them apart... unless the lesson is to accept being resold more of the same stuff in a slightly different package and disappointment

Oh and all these records have come out and Marley Marl still hasn't sampled a drum beat

Art Of Noise - Beat Box Live on the Tube in 1984

Art Of Noise - A Time To Hear (We're Listening)

Art Of Noise - Closely Closely, Enough's Enough

12 versions of Beat Box personally I can see more appearing in time, that's what RSD is for