Various Artists

Dance To The Drummer's Beat Vol. 1 (Block Party Jams and Breakbeats from The TK Disco Vaults)

TK Disco

TKD2020LP01

Various Artists

Dance To The Drummer's Beat Vol. 1 (Block Party Jams and Breakbeats from The TK Disco Vaults)

TK Disco

TKD2020LP01

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ARTIST
Various Artists
TITLE
Dance To The Drummer's Beat Vol. 1 (Block Party Jams and Breakbeats from The TK Disco Vaults)
LABEL
TK Disco
CAT NO.
TKD2020LP01
FORMAT
2 x 12"
RELEASE DATE
  • 28/08/2020 [INITIAL RELEASE]
  • 08/01/2021 [REPRESS]
TERRITORY
Worldwide
BARCODE
5060786561602
GENRE
Disco Funk
FEATURING
Blowfly Freedom George McCrae Herman Kelly & Life Joe Thomas Miami Queen Samantha Ralph Macdonald T Connection The Sunshine Band

TRACK LISTING

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  1. A1. Miami - Chicken Yellow  ▾
  2. A2. The Sunshine Band - Black Water Gold  ▾
  3. A3. Freedom - Get Up And Dance  ▾
  4. B1. Joe Thomas - Polarizer  ▾
  5. B2. Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer's Beat  ▾
  6. C1. T-Connection - Groove To Get Down  ▾
  7. C2. George McCrae - I Get Lifted  ▾
  8. C3. Queen Samantha - Take A Chance  ▾
  9. D1. Ralph MacDonald - Jam On The Groove  ▾
  10. D2. Blowfly - Rapp Dirty  ▾

SALES NOTES

Presenting a collection of stone-cold classic breakbeats and b-boy jams from the sunkissed vaults of Miami's legendary TK Disco label!

NYC in the late 70's and early 80's saw a nascent street subculture fully evolve, a movement with it's own language, art, aesthetics, dances, fashion and way of living.

What would become what is now globally known as 'hip-hop' was in its infancy, with it's own legends and history being forged on an almost daily basis across the city's Black and Hispanic neighbourhoods. Music was central to hip-hop, the DJ was king and at the hands of people like Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flowers, Mean Gene, Jazzy Jay, Afrika Bambaataa, Charlie Chase and numerous other groundbreaking DJ's of the era, music took on a whole new meaning that would reverberate through popular culture for the rest of time.

The breaks - minute sections or breakdowns of a record where we get to the unadulterated groove and the band on the record cut loose - is what it was all about! Unlike the discotheque DJ's who favoured the long mixes and blends in their club scenarios, hip-hop DJ's were amassing huge collections of records that had these magical sections on them, often x 2 copies of each, so that they could elongate the best part of the record ad infinitum by cutting them up live - all killer no filler! These special on the fly mixes and edits were then unleashed in the local parks of their neighbourhoods, on gargantuan DIY sound systems for all of their friends and neighbours to party on down until the wee small hours. These breakbeat segments also gave the MC's space to address the gathered masses without their voices colliding with lavish string arrangements or vocals underneath. A clear, concise, stripped back slab of funk on which to put forth their ideas, feelings and rhymes for all to enjoy.

Collected here are some of those most infamous breakbeats, all from the TK vaults. These records were studied by these young DJ's, coveted, covered up, hunted down, whispered about in darkened corners by those who needed and obsessed over the freshest of beats. There's a good chance you will have heard these records in some form or another as they have been covered, sampled, recreated and spun in clubs across the galaxy for over 4 decades. These are the very building blocks upon which popular culture and club music have been built, and here they are all in one place for your listening enjoyment!

Released with love and respect by: Above Board and TK Disco, Miami FL. 2020.

Published: 29th June 2020

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