It’s a blue seven inch vinyl re-press time for Mantronix’s seminal Bassline a.k.a. the opening cut off Kurtis Mantronik and MC Tee’s debut album, The Album. Recorded in a day, the track is world famous and a seminal slice of music – though as much (if not more) inflential outside of hip-hop than within. Why? One listen to the combo of the 3-note bassline (played on a Juno 60) and the
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MANTRONIX: ‘Bassline’ blue 7″ (2015)
VARIOUS: Music That Inspired The Cult Film ‘Big Fun In The Big Town’ + track list
Music That Inspired The Cult Film ‘Big Fun In The Big Town’? Snappy title – like it. For those not in the know, Big Fun In The Big Town is the long lost NY hip-hop documentary by Dutchman Bram Van Splunteren which recently saw light of day in a proper dvd release. Well worth checking out, it’s forty-five minutes of hip-hop history that takes the viewer back to a very summery-looking 1986 in the
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