VARIOUS – Dance To The Drummers Beat Vol 1 – 2LP – Vinyl

Tracklist

A1. Miami Chicken Yellow

A2. The Sunshine Band Black Water Gold

A3. Freedom Get Up And Dance

B1. Joe Thomas Polarizer

B2. Herman Kelly & Life Dance To The Drummers Beat

C1. T-Connection Groove To Get Down

C2. George McCrae I Get Lifted

C3. Queen Samantha Take A Chance

D1. Ralph MacDonald Jam On The Groove

D2. Blowfly Rapp Dirty

LABEL: TK Disco

CAT NO: TKD2020LP1

BARCODE: 5060786561602

VARIOUS Dance To The Drummers Beat Vol 1

2LP Black Vinyl

Presenting a collection of stone-cold classic breakbeats and b-boy jams from the sunkissed vaults of Miamis legendary TK Disco label! NYC in the late 70s and early 80s saw a nascent street subculture fully evolve, a movement with its 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 its own legends and history being forged on an almost daily basis across the citys 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 DJs 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 DJs who favoured the long mixes and blends in their club scenarios, hip-hop DJs 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 MCs 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 DJs, coveted, covered up, hunted down, whispered about in darkened corners by those who needed and obsessed over the freshest of beats. Theres 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!